Round Top Art Festival: Weekend Art Crawl Culminates at The Compound
The Compound will host its second annual Round Top Art Festival May 16 – 18, and this time the entire town of Round Top is joining in on the fun.
May 2017
The Rambling Boy, Fence Law in Texas
Fence Law in Texas Fences and fence lines have caused so much trouble in the Big Bend over the years that I was pleased...
Bone Spirits: A Farm to Bottle Distillery
Bone Spirits, located in Smithville, relies on a bare bones approach to distill locally grown corn and capture its essential, pure flavor in a...
On the Porch: Summer Style Made Easy
June was always my favorite month. It marked the end of school and the beginning of summer vacation. It also meant that we would...
Rohan Meadery: A Honey of a Winery
John and Wendy Rohan are busy as bees operating Blissful Folly Farm, home to their honey-based winery Rohan Meadery—and their family. “We both have...
Wiley Boehnke: Wine-making Jack of All Trades
I expected Wiley Boehnke of Flatonia to be a skilled homemade winemaker, which he is. As such, I didn’t expect him to immediately hand...
Prosit! My Shiner Tour
Prosit! My Shiner Tour I toured the Spoetzl Brewery, where they make Shiner beer, the day after a funeral for Jeanette “Red Bird” Boedeker....
Friends with Words, German Grandparents
My ancestors are Anglo-Saxon with some Viking of the Danish variety thrown in. The latter’s presence in my genome explains my propensity for third-degree...
The Hills are Alive with Romance at White House on the Hill
Rob Rosenbaum and Linda O’Neal graciously hosted our What to Wear to a Round Top Wedding photo shoot on their farm between Burton and...
Round Top Wedding Tip Round Up
Round Top Wedding Tip Round Up is provided by Natalie Dawley of Two Be Wed, which serves Round Top and the surrounding communities as...
What to Wear to a Round Top Wedding in 2017
Texas State Highway 237 leads to Round Top, a place filled with passion and ingenuity. I tell people, “You have to go to understand.”...
