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In what’s promising to be a “reel” fun four-day run this spring (April 28 through May 1), the spotlight again will be beaming brightly on historic Fredericksburg as the community’s focus shifts (slightly) away from its treasured Old World heritage and reorients, amazingly enough, more towards something most would associate with the West Coast and Tinsel Town – namely, the art of filmmaking.

Wimberley is Bootiful. That isn’t a misspelled word. Oh, sure, Wimberley is beautiful and everyone who lives here or who visits will attest to that fact, but two years ago the village became “bootiful” thanks to all those big artistic boots you see all around. These are fiberglass boots, six feet tall and planted at various businesses, art galleries, the library, the visitors center, the high school, the Wimberley Institute of Cultures, the United Me ...

Green Guy Recycling in San Marcos is a jumble of waste—most of which will not go to waste. This is a friendly local center for household recyclables and a bustling marketplace for buying and selling scrap metal. “I’ve made my living for more than 20 years with other people’s trash and I’ve employed 30 people based on that trash,” says Green Guy’s Kyle Hahn.

Here’s a bed and breakfast inn that couldn’t be any more perfect: The Inn at Chachalaca Bend in Los Fresnos. The first thing you notice is that it’s out of way, way off the beaten path. Next, after you drive through the gate, you travel through a tunnel created by palms and cactus and mesquite and ebony.

Kimble County is located in the western corner of the Hill Country, approximately 100 miles west of San Antonio.  IH-10 cuts through the northern part of the City of Junction, its county seat, and US Hwys 83, 290 and 377 intersect here, along with numerous Ranch Roads, Farm-to-Market and county roads.

The 12-acre campus has been a long undertake, and on March 19, the FTRA will host the Grand Opening of Phase I, which includes the Open-Air Texas Ranger Pavilion, the Campanile, or bell tower, which is a Beacon for Learning and a Salute to Good Citizenship. A huge Texas Ranger badge sculpture is the Ranger Ring of Honor Memorial, dedicated to those who lost their lives in the line of duty; names of those who sacrificed everything to serve Texas are inscribed there. In addition, there is an Amph ...

Yeah, Bandera is sort of different when it comes to events.  For such a small town, there is an event almost every moth of the year and they are always different and exceptionally exciting!  So, if you have not been to the Annual Wild Hog Explosion, well, get ready!   It’s squeals and spills at the 14th annual Wild Hog Explosion and All Bike Rally!

The beautiful landscape of the Texas Hill Country has been the subject of countless paintings and photos, drawing people to the area from all over the world. It is here that artists come to be inspired. While there have always been artists in the Hill Country, it seems that the industry has taken off in recent years, and galleries and exhibits abound. Tucked away in the communities that make this area, artists are bus ...

The stirring sound of Highland Bagpipes announced the opening of Highland Games. Members of Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums marched to the stage with precision, pipers piping and drummers drumming. It was a cool misty November day, shrouded in low, gray clouds and as the beautiful notes of the bagpipes rang out, it seemed as if you were in the midst of the Scottish countryside, breathing in the scent of heather on the hills and moors. In real ...

When I was a little girl growing up in Central America, I loved going to the Mercado. I was blessed to have a Costa Rican mom and an American dad, which resulted in spending the wonder-filled days of my childhood in Costa Rica. We lived in the capital city of San Jose and its Mercado Central is huge, taking up a full city block.