TexasTexas.com · Since 1996
The Hitt Family, rooted in Texas.
Craft, culture and code from Houston. For thirty years this site has followed a family that has built, traveled, written and worked across five continents, and always come home to Texas.
30 years online · Houston, Texas
The Family
Four corners of TexasTexas
A language business, a lifetime of workshop craft and travel writing, an engineering project, and a garden apartment beside the family's urban vineyard.
Interpreting & Translation
Sousan Hitt
Professional Dari, Farsi and Persian interpreting and translation in Houston and remotely.
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Founder · Maker · Writer
Bobby Hitt
Metal and wood creations, a converted-warehouse loft, short stories and two decades of life abroad.
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Engineering
Jason Hitt
Hitt-A-Trade, a machine-learning trading system, plus custom PC builds and repairs.
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Furnished Mid-Term Rental
Urban Vineyard Apartment
A private garage apartment above Bobby's gated vineyard and food forest, minutes from downtown.
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Thirty years of TexasTexas
Bobby started TexasTexas.com in 1996 as a way to keep family and friends in the loop. It became a travel journal from Kuwait and beyond, a home for his short stories and workshop projects, and now a home for the whole family's work.
- 1996
TexasTexas.com goes online
Bobby's corner of the early web, built for family and friends.
- 1998
The expat years begin
A "one or two-year adventure" became 11 years in Kuwait, a year in Qatar and a year in Seoul, with travels across the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
- 2012
Home to Texas
Back to Houston and a converted warehouse loft near downtown, furnished from a lifetime of travel.
- 2016
The workshop
Lamps, pot racks and steel-and-wood pieces from Bobby's two-car-garage shop.
- 2026
A new chapter
The Urban Vineyard Apartment opens, and the site is rebuilt for the whole family.