Red Bean & Sausage Cakes, Poached Eggs, Poblano Pepper Cream, & Cilantro Salsa
Red Bean & Sausage Cakes with Poached Eggs, Poblano Pepper Cream, & Cilantro Salsa are great for brunch, lunch, or...
Croque Madame
This is probably the BEST ham and cheese sandwich in the world! I only tasted one once in a French...
Traveler’s Table in Houston Texas
Serendipity Leads the Way It was pure serendipity the day that led me to take a break, sit down, and...
Blanco State Park
Six a.m. The forecast for this morning is 75 degrees with 97% humidity—warm and muggy. So muggy, that during our...
Old Sturbridge Village
The land we see is being farmed, producing real crops that are harvested and eaten. Sheep that are really shorn, wood that is really sawed, blacksmiths making tools that are really used. This is a history about a way of life. Ordinary people. Not one historical figure in the lot.
Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden
Serendipity Leads the Way Rainey Street, Austin, Texas Walking down charmingly funky Rainey Street in Austin, I’m looking forward to...
Boerne – Brunch at Peggy’s on the Green
We drive for food, I think, as Michael noses our car west toward Highway 473. It is Sunday—it is brunch...
Music – Fredericksburg – A Gospel Brunch at the Hill Top Cafe
The Hill Top Café, tucked on the side of the highway on US 87, peeks at us between the trees....
Brunch – Smoked Pork Chops, Scrambled Eggs with Red Potatoes, Crunchy French Toast
Brunch at Home on a Holiday Weekend Seven a.m., sitting on the patio, we let nature’s music invade our senses....
Diamond Mills Tavern
POD’s are always interesting. Michael wings it. I plan. It is his week. Today he has a plan. Brunch on...
About Me
Artist - Traveller - Foodie - Avid Hostess - Picnicker - Amateur Chef
Simply put, I love Texas. I have lived almost my entire life in this state. Born and raised in San Antonio, I spent the majority of my adult life in Fort Worth, in addition to ten years—on and off—sailing in and around the Gulf Coast on our 40’ Endeavor, Island Rose. For the past ten years, my husband and I have called Wimberley home—and if I love Texas—I adore the Texas Hill Country.
We have traveled extensively in this state--from deep East to far West, from North to South--and have probably been on more back roads and in more towns than anyone I have encountered. I AM a Texan—through and through!
I’m a foodie. I love to cook. I am a good judge of what is excellent, what is not. We will drive two-and-a-half hours for Saturday lunch; for the journey and the destination. I love picnics and trying out local wineries. Food and wine pairings draw me like a magnet. And music—all kinds. Concerts are on the menu at our house every year, be they concerts in a house, in a park, in a barn, in an auditorium or at a winery--we're there.
I paint. I cook. I entertain. I love back country roads and small towns—we own two convertibles so I can be sure that nothing bars the experience of just being there.
I finally decided it was time to share my love of this state and these hills with anyone who will listen or read, letting them in on on the famous, the infamous and the not so famous places that dot the countryside and cities. I'll share stories, experiences, and recipes.
Hopefully, you will come along for the ride, blaze your own trails and let me know if you are having fun. If you step out your door and take a chance, I know that you will!
