First thing you need to know about Gruene is how to pronounce it: Green. The second thing you need to know about Gruene is that it's fun.
No matter what your definition of fun is, you are going to find it in Gruene, that little historic district near New Braunfels.
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Pam Jernigan had no idea she had any creative talent until she stepped into the Textile Studio at Uptown Blanco, a dining and cultural arts complex on the Blanco square.
"I don't draw, paint or sculpt," Jernigan says. "I live in Georgetown, but I drive here because of the ladies who work and teach in the studio."
It doesn't get any better than the 22nd Annual Fredericksburg Fall Antiques Show opening Saturday, November 15 from 10 – 5 and continuing on Sunday, November 16 from 10 - 4. It is an incredible time of the year to visit the Texas Hill Country and spend time in on of Texas' best known locations.
Wimberley Valley Art League is home to 110 area artists who stage an annual show. This three-day event will highlight painters, jewelers, potters, photographers and many more artistic technicians. New work, slated for gifts, is shown at sale prices for the holidays. The show runs from 10am on Friday through Sunday at 4pm.
Annual Bertram Olde Tyme Christmas festival will be held on November 29, 2014. Avoid the crowds in the malls and come to our all handcrafted festival in Bertram. There will be Live Music, Antique Car Show, Children's games, food and Santa in the park. A professional photographer will be there to take pictures with Santa.
Of all the holiday events planned, expect the Gillespie County Historical Society, Pioneer Museum 57th Annual Holiday Home Tour to be among the most irresistible. Benefiting the Gillespie County Historical Society, Pioneer Museum.
'Tis the season when Fredericksburg captivates you with seven homes. Each bring sophisticated beauty and festive holiday spirit.
For the intrepid traveler uncowed by crowds of scarecrows, eager for authentic antiques or enthusiastically enticed by the "verities of the vine" – not to mention just looking for a great time – Comfort is the place to be! Each October (traditionally a festive month), this charming old German town, known for its history, hospitality and Hill Country quaintness, welcomes one and all with multiple fun (and fanciful) fall-oriented doings guaranteed to keep attendees coming back year after year ...
The fun and excitement of a carnival midway joins a stock show, barbecue and bean cook-offs and bull-riding at the 35th Annual Kerr County Fair in Kerrville on October 24-26. Add a petting zoo, mutton busting, stick horse races, nightly dances and vendors galore, and you'll find something to interest everyone in the family.
For 30 years now, Frio's Dry 50 has been offering visitors to the Concan area in the far west end of the Hill Country everything they could possible want.
Three granddaughters of Tom and Vidal Neal—the legendary couple who began Neal's Lodges and Dining Room back in 1926—decided to start their own place along the Frio and opened the shop in 1985.
"We lived in Uvalde then and spent our weekends and all summer here having a great time, running around shirtless and shoeless.
