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Wimberley may be a small town, but it does the winter holidays up in a big way.
The EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens presents its impressive Trail of Lights November 28 through December 29 while the Wimberley Merchants Association has something for everyone on the Wimberley Square on December 12.
Wimberley’s Queen Bee has something for everyone.
That’s no exaggeration. You’ll realize it’s the truth the second you step into this palace of what owner Mary Van Ostrand has labeled Fabulous Finds, Uncommon Goods, and Antiques.
An unassuming San Angelo art teacher wanted to change chicken coops into art galleries. This figment of Roger Allen’s imagination has not only become reality, it’s become a unique attraction and an oasis of art, culture and creativity out on the edge of West Texas.
Despite the proverbial jokes, fruitcake remains a holiday favorite and in Texas of course, the pecan pie reigns king of desserts at any time of year. And although homemade is wonderful, for most of us, it’s simply too time-consuming or it doesn’t turn out like Grandma’s.
In Texas homes, you’re just as likely to have a cedar tree cut from the pasture, a barbed-wire tree and wreath, or an old cowboy boot as a table centerpiece, rather than the more traditional forms of Christmas decoration. Cactus pads strung together with rope and red ribbon are a fine garland if hung well-away from kids and pets.
Mourning doves? — You'll have to look a long time to find a quarry that's more fun to hunt. Or more frustrating. Me, I've been chasing doves for more than 60 years now and I still haven't figured them out. Sure — I know they enjoy a dead mesquite limb like I do my favorite La-Z- Boy.
John Taylor believes anytime is a good time to go nuts.
In today's "ready-to-eat society," as he describes it, those morsels courtesy of Mother Nature are portable, delicious and, best of all, nutritious, says the CEO of Texas Star Nut and Food Co., one of the nation's largest providers of snacking nuts, baking nuts, dried fruit, trail mixes, seeds and confections such as dark-chocolate almonds.
From the company's bustl ...
John Taylor believes anytime is a good time to go nuts.
In today’s “ready-to-eat society,” as he describes it, those morsels courtesy of Mother Nature are portable, delicious and, best of all, nutritious, says the CEO of Texas Star Nut and Food Co., one of the nation’s largest providers of snacking nuts, baking nuts, dried fruit, trail m ...
It may be the ultimate Throwback. An era that was finished now lives—not in huge numbers, but the industry is breathing. It's not The End just yet. The MGM Lion roars; the Columbia Beacon shines; that Warner Brothers "WB" is coming at you.
The first reel is ready at the Drive-In theater.
"I was mentored by my grandfather,"
What makes a singer great? Is it the tone of their voice, or the way they swing their hips?
Most times, it's a song.
A song can take an unknown and send them straight to the top of the charts.
In celebration of those guys and gals who pen the words to those songs, Jim Halfpenny, Laurie Halfpenny and Dave Niemeyer have organized the 2015 Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival.
For the second year, songwriters from around the world will come together in downtown Dripping Springs to sing the songs ...
