My first real job in journalism was at the Grapevine Sun, a twice-weekly newspaper headquartered in the city’s—at the time—fledgling downtown historic district. Back then, in the late 1990s, there ...

You may have heard of historic Grapevine because it’s the self-declared Christmas capital of Texas. My son’s new college friend Landon, who hails from the North Texas suburb, told me all about his ...