The beautiful Texas Mountain Laurel is welcoming an early spring with its sweet lavender blooms. This hardy, drought-tolerant plant deserves a place in any Texas landscape. It’s an evergreen shrub/small tree, so it provides privacy even in the winter months. If the beauty of the lavender blooms aren’t enough, their grape Kool-ade scent will take [...]

Join Cindy Jaeger Designs for an Egg-Stravaganza taking place March 9-10!  With every $25.00 purchase made on Friday from 9:30 am to 7:00 pm your name will be entered in a drawing for one of eight amazing door prizes.  Photos with the Easter Bunny will be taken by D & K Photography on Saturday only from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm.  Saturday will also [...]

The new-year started off with a bang at the Maude Cobb Convention & Activity Center in Longview, Texas this past Saturday evening. With the sweet sounds of live big band music, young and young at heart from all over East Texas gathered together to celebrate the art of dance. The very talented Longview Dance Youth [...]

Texas spirits are a great addition to your holiday bar or your gift list. Many of us have friends or family that we like to give a taste of Texas, but it can be hard to find a Texas gift that doesn’t feature bluebonnets or Texas flags. Choosing a Texas-made product that isn’t necessarily Texas-themed [...]

New Orleans isn’t the only place to “let the good times roll” this Mardi Gras season. Make the short trip out to Galveston, Texas to The Tremont House, A Wyndham Grand Hotel. Come celebrate  their 28th Annual Mardi Gras Ball and Parade Viewing Party on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. saluting “The Golden Era [...]

Chinese Tallow is an invasive tree in the South. There’s very little good I can say about this weed–until its fall color transforms to glorious golds and rich reds. It spreads easily by roots and by seeds. The seeds can be carried by the wind or by birds, so this invasive tree can show up [...]

Christmas is right around the corner, and the Texas LIVE CREW has been inspired once again by Robyn Pandolph Designs, located on Postoffice street on Galveston Island. If anyone is headed down to the Island for holiday celebrations, be sure to stop in Robyn’s and say hello. She’s a dear and loves visitors from the [...]

After opening its doors over a hundred years ago, Blue Bell Creameries has become one of the most successful and beloved ice cream companies in the nation.  While only available in 26 percent of the nation’s supermarkets, it still ranks as the third best-selling ice cream in America.  Their commitment to high quality and uncompromised [...]

By Ursula Morris The Morris Mansion, Bastrop, Texas Bastrop has been in the hearts and minds of Texans over the last few months. Despite the devastating damage of the wildfires around Bastrop, the community still thrives. If you visit the historic streets of this small Texas town, you’ll come across the Morris Mansion. Owners Ursula [...]

Brenham’s Past Is Full of Surprises Toubin Park reveals newly discovered history and architectural wonders. by Sharon Brass (As seen in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of Texas LIVE Magazine) Colorful untold stories about Washington County’s past are disclosed at Brenham’s new Toubin Park. The downtown pocket park, being opened early this fall by Main Street [...]