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Small towns in Texas find ways to go from just a spot along the road on the way to someplace else to a distinctive stop along that road.
Luling and nearby Gonzales are good examples of that. You might just be dashing through and not notice a thing except a stop light, but stop for a bit, look around, and what you’ll find is likely to surprise you and keep you busy all day long.
Learn all about nature in the Hill Country, up close and personal, during the 16th annual Nature Quest this April.
During the Nature Quest, you’ll learn from experts about all facets of the Hill Country—bats, birds, butterflies, insects, champion big trees, flowers, natural history, native plants, wildlife habitats, rivers, and more.
Around the Concan-Utopia area of the scenic western Hill Country, you’ll get to go on scenic field trips, attend works ...
Situated on a shady stretch of San Antonio’s inviting River Walk is one of the city’s newest cultural attractions, the Briscoe Western Art Museum. Since opening in October of 2014, this attrctive and very visitor-friendly collection (comfortably and attractively housed in the fully modernized and beautifully restored original San An ...
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 ...
