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 more than 50 years, New Braunfels has been celebrating all things sausage, ever since Mayor Ed Grist conceived an idea to boost the local economy. The first year Wurstfest was held, in 1961, around 2,000 people attended. Within five years, the festival had grown from a one day event to a 10-day event drawing more than 35,000 people to the popular event.
Today, Wurstfest has become a tradition for families, both those who make the trek in November to the Wurstfest grounds in Landa Park, as w ...
What do you get when you cross beer, a singer/songwriter and honey? Robert Earl Keen Honey Pils, of course!
It was a case of serendipity that the three came together, but for Robert Earl Keen and Lee Hereford, it just made sense.
That's Robert Earl Keen, Texas singer and songwriter, who, for the last 25 years has called the Hill Country his home.
Lost Maples State Natural Area was once one of the best kept secrets in Texas. In the first place, not too many people believed it could even exist. Colorful fall foliage in Texas? From maple trees? Yeah, right, and I've got ocean-front property in Lubbock for sale.
But today, most Texans know about Lost Maples, the 2,175-acre preserve along the Sabinal River in the far west end of the Hill Country.
The legend says, "Build it and they will come." That's what happened to the Salt Lick barbecue restaurant.
In 1967, Thurman Roberts dragged his heel in a circle in a field beside a back country road out in the middle of nowhere. He built a barbecue pit in that circle.
"People would drive by and smell the barbecue smoke and stop to buy some to take home,"
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 ...
As a boy, John Phalen sometimes took the overnight train from Buffalo to Chicago to visit his aunt. "Bedroom B was mine," he tells visitors, who are seated at triangular tables in the same sleeper-lounge car that once carried him along the tracks of the Nickel Plate Road in the 1960s.
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.
