Sweet on Citrus Gardening
AN ELEGANT FORM OF EDIBLE LANDSCAPING BY JOSIE SEELIGSON A few years ago I planted a small Satsuma orange tree in our backyard. Lovely evergreen leaves unfolded barren for a season or so, until finally, late one spring, delicate white flowers fragrantly blossomed near the back porch. That summer, round green balls appeared on its […]
Hill Country Guide: My Favorite Fredericksburg
WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN AND AROUND THIS MOST POPULAR HILL COUNTRY TOWN What is new to say about a place I’ve been to a thousand times? You might be surprised. With each new visit, there are more wonderful places to discover. As the author of several guidebooks and countless magazine features […]
Eat, Stay, Play in Santa Fe
YEAR-ROUND FUN IN “THE CITY DIFFERENT” BY JANIS TURK “The City Different” seems an odd official nickname for a city as pretty as Santa Fe, New Mexico. However, this popular vacation destination’s century-old moniker conveys the message that Santa Fe is a city like no other. Adobe-inspired architecture, markets filled with turquoise and silver jewelry, […]
Artbeat: Music for the Soul
Deborah Marshall MUSIC THANATOLOGIST PLAYS HARP FOR THE DYING The Abode Home is a unique place where terminally ill patients are embraced and taken care of. It’s not a hospice, says the brochure, “but rather a home with a simple, welcoming, peaceful ambience for guests entering the last three months of life.” The sprawling house […]
September is Photo Festival Month
Founded in 1995 as a “unique and eclectic forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photographically based art,” Fotoseptiembre USA has become an established and eagerly anticipated art festival in San Antonio and the surrounding cities. It attracts regional, national and international artists who this year will show their work in 30-plus exhibits […]
