Subject: Fredericksburg

• Slip Inside This House: MP3s from Thirteenth Floor Elevators and The Chaparral Trio

  August 26, 2008

• Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg

  October 15, 2008

• Opa Dog

  October 20, 2008

• Daddy's Girl

  Gregory Beard says his wife did drugs in front of their child, yet a Harris County associate judge awarded her custody. Beard spent the summer fighting to get his baby back.

  November 22, 2001

• Bridges II the Bend

  Two tiny publishers from Houston land the sequel to Madison County

  March 28, 2002

• The Last Word

  February 17, 1994

• Static

  January 11, 1996

• Breaking News: Candy Bars Can't Cure Alzheimer's

  Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced this morning that he's charging a Fredericksburg company called Nature's Candy with violating the Texas Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. (Woe to the person who violates the "cosmetic" part of the first act. Grandma with the eyeshadow, we're looking at you.)The company, Abbott says, sold bars in health-food stores and "improperly claim[ed] the products could treat such ailments as Alzheimer's and depression."Ripp

  February 5, 2009

• Lucky Horseshoe

  March 13, 1997

• Sparking Interest

  March 19, 1998

• Setting a New Standard

  August 20, 1998

• In the Name of...

  These Generals speak the name of the Lord, but is it in vain?

  February 20, 2003

• Texas Wants Beer!

  October 16, 2008

• Fotofest opening

  Houston’s photography festival hangs 3,000 photos in 129 locations

  March 6, 2008

• David Rice

  A songsmith picks up the pieces and returns to Houston in triumph

  October 11, 2007

• Kinky's Got His Mojo Workin'

  A Texas wild man enlists his Appalachian counterpart in his crusade

  April 13, 2006

• King of the Roads

  A Houston author tells how our traffic got jammed

  October 2, 2003

• Best Weekend Getaway

  Hangar Hotel

  September 25, 2003

• Publishing Gulf?

  How Internet pipe dreams and literary ambitions dismantled one of Texas's largest publishers

  August 16, 2001

• A Promise Fulfilled

  Vince Bell returns from the brink with hard-won songs of love and loss

  October 20, 1994

• Texas Traveler: Enchanted Rock and Fredericksburg

  Enchanted Rock, the legend says, was home to ghost fires. That's how the Tonkawas explained the crackling and popping sounds that emanated from the rock on cool evenings. Today we know this: Enchanted Rock is one of the country's largest plutons, a gigantic pink granite pebble unearthed by erosion. The crackling sounds the Indians heard were likely caused by the rock's expansion and contraction due to the heat of the sun. The rock (it's more of a dome, really) is about an hour north of San Anton

  April 27, 2009

• Road Trip!

  May 21, 2009

• Upcoming Events

  Whether your beverage of choice is wine, coffee or beer, we've got you covered in this week's upcoming events. The French Open takes place this weekend, and if you're looking for a spot to watch, then Coffee Groundz is the place for you. The coffee shop-cum-gelateria in Midtown is offering specials all weekend, with viewing parties starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Befitting the French theme, all wine is $1 off each glass or 30 percent off each bottle, all French press coffee is $5, an

  June 5, 2009

• This Week In Deliciousness

  Katharine Shilcutt ate all this chicken and did not save any for you.Welcome back to the weekly Eating Our Words round-up, where the food is well-prepared, plentiful and, more often than not, weird as all hell. To start with, Robb Walsh introduced us to the concept of a Wal-Mart supermercado, which might not go over as well as Wal-Mart is hoping, because the main competitor to the Hispanic-style Wal-Mart is the regular Wal-Mart. After some quick tacos and a tall, frosty mojito limonada, J

  June 12, 2009

• What Is Pul-A-Pul?

  Photos by Nick DiFonzoTo find out, a trip to Schulenburg and the recently revived Sengelmann Hall is in order. Schulenburg lies exactly halfway between San Antonio and Houston along Interstate 10. While the small town itself was formally established in 1875, Czech and German settlers had already made their homes there for several decades prior and had brought with them the culinary heritage of their homelands in central and eastern Europe. Kolaches, sausages, goulash and schnitzel -- all the

  June 19, 2009

• Texas Traveler: Oktoberfests

  Photo by dave77459​The Texas Hill Country is full of place-names that make Texas Traveler yearn for her nth-generation German heritage. New Braunfels conjures up the scent of the bratwurst and sauerkraut my Moomaw used to make on weekend mornings (food which I loathed, by the way, until I turned about 25 years old). Fredericksburg perfectly replicates memories of the blue-eyed blonde-haired cowboy-clad men of my father's family, who eventually found their way to Oklahoma in search of free

  August 31, 2009

• Chocolate Festival of Texas

  ​This Saturday at the Chocolate Festival of Texas, Eating Our Words set out to see just how much chocolate and wine $25 will buy you at a Sheraton near IAH. The answer is about five half-glasses with no obligation to pour any out, and enough chocolate to make you consider trashing all remaining Halloween candy. There were chocolates and there were wines, but the most notable finds fell into the "both" category. A chocolate wine: Landon Winery from McKinney boasts a limited-production "Ch

  November 9, 2009

• Wine of the Week - Rancho Ponte Vineyard

  ​Five miles east of Fredericksburg, Texas is the newest addition to the 290 Wine Corridor, Rancho Ponte Vineyard. This family-owned winery opened in early 2009 and features, in my opinion, some of the better Texas wines. Rancho Ponte offers tastings Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For $8, you can try five of the ten wines. This past weekend, we tried the Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Rose, Meritage, Tempranillo, Merlot and the famou

  November 16, 2009

• Rather Sweet Goodies

  ​This past summer, Robb Walsh visited Fredericksburg hot spot Rebecca's Table, owned by famous chef and baker Rebecca Rather. After his mouthwatering description of the rabbit sausage there, I couldn't wait to go. Unfortunately, it's now closed, but I decided to try the bakery next door, Rather Sweet, which Rather opened in 2001. We got there about an hour before closing. The lunch service was over, but we were hoping to grab a few goodies for our drive home. We weren't the only ones wit

  November 18, 2009