How to Celebrate the Fourth of July Right in Round Top: Texas’ Independence Day Headquarters Raises the Bar on Patriotic Partying
Parades, live music and festive activities fill every nook and cranny of the small towns that hug Highway 290.
Texas’ Hidden Garden Paradise: Inside John Fairey Garden’s World of Natural Wonders
The garden — located an hour northwest of Houston in Hempstead, 43 minutes from Round Top — boasts more than 3,000 trees and plants, many of them rare and endangered.
Welcome to the Country Club: Round Top’s New Red Antler Bungalows
Red Antler bungalows, a modern rendition of early Texas farmhouses, is open in Round Top, and you may never want to leave.
New Showcase Golf Course To Open at Big Easy Ranch: A Private Hunting and Sports Club Gets Even Better
The new golf course dubbed The Covey will include 80-foot elevation changes, tree-lined fairways, natural running creeks and waterfalls.
6 Round Top Jewelry Stores You Need to Know: All That Sparkles Makes For Great Year-Round Shopping
We often hear the question: "What's open in Round Top outside of show season?" The answer is. . . plenty.
Dueling Piano Fundraiser Rocks The Halles, Raising Money For a Variety of Worthy Causes
Traveling pianists with the Howl at the Moon club of San Antonio led the fundraising efforts, collecting cash in exchange for sing-along performances.
The Best Things to Do in Greater Round Top This June: Art Beckons, Summer Sips Await and Festival Hill Keeps the Music Going
This month will be a paradise for art lovers in the Round Top region with galleries, classes, live performances and more. There is also plenty of outdoor fun to be had.
Funky Western Party in Famed Round Top Hall Raises Vital Funds For a Beloved La Grange Animal Shelter
The Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter has been saving furry lives for almost three decades.
Something for the Guys Lounge and Gaming Space Brings Something Different to Round Top: Find It in The Halles During the Antique Shows
The space was created as a sanctuary for visitors of all kinds in need of a place to escape the antiques shop-a-thon in favor of games, cocktails and conversation
Original Top Gun House Gets Some Round Top Magic: How Southern Beasts’ Mary Lou Marks Became the Perfect Wingwoman
Marks was tabbed to put her her one-of-a-kind styling and fanciful finishing touches on the famous movie house.
Texas’ Quietly Hot Small Town: Everything You Need to Know About Hollywood Favorite Smithville
Best known as the bucolic backdrop for the 1998 big-screen drama Hope Floats starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr., Smithville has been quietly undergoing a revival.
