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The Gourdgeous Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival Breaks the Mold for the Fall Season

By Jill Coody Smits
September 14, 2022

Sensing a Need in Uncertain Times, Indie Bookstore Owners Set Up Shop Around Texas

By Jill Coody Smits
August 19, 2021

5 Small-Town Grocery Stores to Shop During Your Next Road Trip

By Jill Coody Smits
July 26, 2021

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A woman pours white wine into a glass

11 Wineries to Visit in Fredericksburg Now

By Jill Coody Smits
May 27, 2021

All You Need to Know to Do the Round Top Antiques Show Right

By Jill Coody Smits
March 24, 2021
restaurant, interior, tables, vintage, decor

Try These Four Restaurants During the Round Top Antiques Show

By Jill Coody Smits
March 16, 2021
restaurant, garden, outdoors, table, food. The Nicolett, Lubbock

What It’s Like to Open a Restaurant in Texas During a Pandemic

By Jill Coody Smits
February 6, 2021
A vintage photo outside of Luby's

Luby’s Long Goodbye

By Jill Coody Smits
September 11, 2020
A person in a light blue shirt and tan hat walks through a heavily wooded forest in search of mushrooms

Forage for Rare and Pricey Chanterelle Mushrooms in East Texas

By Jill Coody Smits
August 27, 2020
Dandy Rosé is a light pink wine crafted from grapes from the Texas High Plains. Photo courtesy Wine for the People.

Try These 5 Texas Rosés This Summer

By Jill Coody Smits
May 13, 2020

Lone Star Launches Its First-Ever Seasonal Beer

By Jill Coody Smits
April 24, 2020
One of the historic homes on Tyler's Azalea Trail. Photo by Ronald Rang.

Small-Town Dispatches: Tyler, an Empty Town in Bloom, Looks Ahead to Better Days

By Jill Coody Smits
April 9, 2020

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