San Antonio – The Fig Tree Restaurant
The Fig Tree Restaurant According to Google Maps, it is barely an eight-minute walk from the front door of the...
San Antonio – The Menger Hotel
The Menger Hotel San Antonio is getting to be a habit, and when an opportunity falls into our lap to...
Concan – Hippie Chic’s River Shack
Country Roads Hippie Chic’s River Shack in Concan is today’s lunchtime destination. So, as we back out of the driveway...
San Antonio – Lunch at Southerleigh
I love my friend Vivien, but she always tells me, “You decide. I’ll drive,” for what has become our monthly...
San Antonio – Las Canarias at the Omni La Mansion del Rio
Las Canarias Seated by a window overlooking the San Antonio River, I am so happy to be here in this...
San Antonio – Signature Restaurant
I’m thinking about cooking something — wonderful, maybe, maybe not — but Michael walks into the kitchen and says, “Why...
Victoria – Timeless Serenity B&B
At the edge of downtown Victoria, in the venerable old Historic District, sits Timeless Serenity B&B. Yes, it is a...
Galveston Island – Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve
Blue sky. Shining sun. Light breezes. This is what a Texas April is supposed to be. But instead of trotting...
Galveston – Our Rented Loft Apartment & The Star Drugstore
A friend once told me, long ago, that I was serendipitous. I wish things dropped into my lap that easily,...
La Grange – Bistro 108
Sometimes I just get lucky. I could say it was serendipity that led me through the doors of the Bistro...
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!
