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What makes a singer great? Is it the tone of their voice, or the way they swing their hips?
While both can catapult a singer into stardom, usually, it's a song that takes a singer from the small stage, to the world.
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 Dri ...
Hey Girlfriends, It’s almost hunting season and you know what that means! It’s time to take time out for yourself! Relax, decompress and get the royal treatment! While he’s off with his buddies this Fall, come melt away in relaxation at one of Fredericksburg’s amazing Day Spas! Get a wrap and a massage, breathe in the aromatherapy and come out smooth as a baby’s bottom!
It is always with great anticipation that I wait for the first lights of the Holiday season. My Christmas memories always include at least one drive to ooh and ah over beautiful strings of lights that adorned homes.
I grew up where homes dotted the landscape in the middle of cotton fields.
Picking out the perfect Christmas tree can be tough. The ideal tree varies wildly from person to person – short, tall, wide, narrow, cedar, fir, pine, real, fake…the list goes on. We may not get Christmas snow in the Texas Hill Country, but we do have beautiful trees.
Ah, San Angelo, the most fascinating city in Texas.
For most Hill Country folks, San Angelo is just that West Texas city you drive through on the way to Lubbock or New Mexico. It’s way out in the middle of nowhere, not all that far from the exact middle of the Lone Star State.
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.
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.
Barely off the Wimberley Square, the shop is housed in a building that used to be the city’s post office on Oak Street.
The EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens began in 1998 as a tribute to Emily Ann Rolling, a 16-year-old high school drama student who was killed in a car accident. Volunteers in the Wimberley community built the amphitheater and expansive grounds with donations and grants.
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.
Fortunately, there are bakeries right here in the Hill Country that replicate the old-fashioned goodness that we crave, particularly during the holiday season.
