Round Top Festival Institute: No Ordinary Dream
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist James Dick asks: Why dream the ordinary? Master carpenter Larry Birkelbach maintains: The impossible just takes longer. Two men. Four hands. One...
Shooting the Breeze: Bernard Mendoza
Bernard Mendoza in Round Top Bernard Mendoza’s move to Round Top was prompted by his first grandchild being born a Texan. At the time,...
Voices of Bright Sky: A Thistle Downe State of Mind
What is Thistle Downe? Well, it’s a charming miniature twig house, an inspiring and entertaining book about trolls and fairies—and for its creators, Molly...
Independence Day in Round Top
For 166 years, Round Top has celebrated Independence Day with a bang. With a patriotic kick-off on the square, an All-American parade and a...
On the Porch: Making Your Porch a Destination
Country life was foreign to me, yet it drew me in. It imprinted my soul in a way I still don’t fully understand. My...
The Bald Eagle in Coastal Texas
The bald eagle, our national emblem, is one of the most charismatic birds in Texas. It’s a species that people will stop to watch;...
Junk Gypsy Launches Boot Line
Junk Gypsy Launches Boot Line Amie Sikes said that she'd always wanted to design boots so the dream has come true. Yesterday Amie and...
Tootsie Tomanetz: First Lady of Texas Barbecue
Barbecue aficionados around the world know Tootsie Tomanetz as “possibly the greatest female pitmaster in Texas history,” but she’ll always be Miss Tootsie to...
Jessica Robertson Visits Round Top
Jessica Robertson, one of the stars of A&E's Duck Dynasty television show, signed copies of the book she co-authored with her husband Jep: The...
Stirring the Pot: Royers Cafe
Due to unforgiving schedules that come with running restaurants and magazines, the Royers Café family and I talked food over the phone. It was...
