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by Linda Laughter, guest blogger Trips are fun to plan, and the time spent in a vacation spot is always memorable. This year our travel to one of our favorite locations, Galveston, Texas was cut short. I was looking forward to writing a blog about this great trip. Upon arriving we visited a...
by Linda Laughter, guest blogger. Having grown up in Houston, Texas, a trip to Galveston was our “go to place”. On this trip to see family and friends, we visited some old faithful experiences and some new places too. Galveston island boasts an amazing history which is told in its many...
In February, I had the wonderful opportunity of going with a group of Grand Rapidians to visit Austin, Texas with the goal of learning about the city and exchanging ideas with its leaders. Perfect timing. It was cold and miserable in Grand Rapids while biking weather in Austin. But the...
Your path is illuminated by the light. Yet darkness lets the stars shine bright. ~J.L.W. Brooks Photo taken in Johnson City, Texas, January 2010.
Recently I fell in love with a funny old town in the middle of the Hill Country of Texas. It’s where you might stay if you want to visit the wineries, the LBJ Ranch, shop, and enjoy bakeries, breweries and peaches. It was one of the first German settlements in the 1800s and is now […]
We couldn’t go to Austin without visiting the Mecca for Foodies, Whole Foods. In 2005, the grocery store that changed the way America shops, built a new 80,000 square food flagship emporium on the outskirts of downtown Austin designed to show off everything that Whole Foods stands for....
My first clue that Austin, Texas was a different kind of place was arriving at the airport and seeing a colorful accumulation of guitars decorating the baggage claim area. Creative and lively, they mixed with a motley assortment of Christmas decor. Seemed to be just “plunked there.”
Lighting in Johnson City, Texas is simply amazing. Johnson City is the birthplace of President Johnson–a tiny little town we went through several times “on our way” some place else in the Hill Country of the Lone Star State. The lighting display of trees, court house and...