Located just outside of Houston in the beautiful countryside of Navasota is the area’s oldest alpaca ranch. With over fifteen years of experience, Laurence and Donna Binder, owners of Bluebonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch, bring their expertise and knowledge to the fun adventures of raising and breeding alpacas. Since starting their business in 1997, the Binders [...]

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 [...]

“DEAR JOHN, PLEASE BRING MY SADDLE BACK HOME … TO THE RED CARPET LOUNGE” By Bill Winsor As a child in South Texas during the drought stricken 1950s, I participated in what seemed then to be rather mundane Saturday morning rituals.  While still clear in my mind today, these events seem a part of a [...]

Authors Note: “Sometimes here at Texas LIVE, we have the chance to encounter people and places that make a lasting impression on us. This classic piece, “Winning Back the Wild West”  from January 2010, is about a couple living in Fayette County (Southeast of Austin) who have outfitted their Texas Ranch with small buildings and [...]

Today it rained in Texas. The heavens broke forth and the angels cried. I stood at the end of our office driveway, huddled in the rain with coworkers as we gazed at the sea of flashing lights streaming down the street. The convoy was long, filled with big Texas trucks and city Mercedes alike. It [...]

- By Ashley Diamond – Amber and Brian Collier are the parents of 2 beautiful healthy little twin girls, Eden and Priscilla, who were born premature at 33 weeks gestation. They spent 4 weeks in the NICU growing and maturing before being allowed to go home. Going through the trials of having preemie babies has [...]

James and Carolyn Prihoda share the art of making sugarcane molasses with their family. – By Natalie Lacy Lange – Not long after sunrise, the temperature and humidity are already climbing. The hot August sun beats down on Schulenburg while the Prihoda family begins their long day of transforming a load of sugarcane into pure [...]

- By Ashley Diamond – Russ and Linda Harvell of Texas Trading Post never thought when they retired that they would end up running the largest online store for “All Things Texas.” “We thought it would be fun to sell some stuff on eBay in the evenings,” Linda says, “and then we ended up with [...]

We want to honor fathers in the upcoming June issue. Share your favorite memories and/or photos of your father for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com. To enter, share your favorite memory in the comment section of this blog post, or email your memory or photo to natalie.livemagazine@gmail.com. Deadline: Friday, April [...]

Here’s a behind the scenes look at many of Galveston’s finest places to visit. Where to stay? Things to see and do on the seawall and beach. Where to Eat? Where to Shop? Upcoming Activities & Events Tours & Attractions