From the monthly archives: May 2010
Blues guitarist Kirby Kelley was down to his last guitar, a custom-made Paul Reed Smith. “Think about it,” said Kelly’s friend at the North Dallas Guitar Center when the musician laid the instrument, which was worth enough to help his family out of a deep financial hole, on the counter and said he wanted to sell it. “Think it over.”
Continue Reading →Texoma Living! Magzine senior editor, Master Gardener, author and newspaper columnist Jessie Gunn Stephens has organized a new guidebook to the gardens in Texas into her new book Touring Texas Gardens. At 270 pages, it is a handy reference book showing the reader how to discover the “best kept secret in Texas.” Texas has lots to offer, whether it is the elaborate Japanese Gardens in Fort Worth or San Antonio, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, or the cacti gardens in Alamo or Hale Center.
Continue Reading →Use these links to find stories in last year’s 2009 coverage of Texoma’s Favorite BBQ Joints, Shacks & Stands.
The BBQ Joint by Edward Southerland
BBQ: It’s a Matter of Taste by Edward Southerland
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I’ve been to Las Vegas, Atlantic City and place in between and I will tell you that dollar-for-dollar, light-for-sparkling-light, Choctaw Hotel & Resort is up to the standards of most of the grander, more expensive places east and west.
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Poinsettias
Poinsettias are one of the longest-lasting blooming plants available to consumers. Here are the basic Do’s and Don’ts to keep yours alive and well throughout the year!
The Doll Maker
Dorothy Hayes’ home is a one-woman doll factory. Hayes shares her house with grandchildren, great-grandchildren and at least 250 dolls.
Justice of the Peach?
It was meant to be a simple gesture of New Year greetings to his constituents. But someone forgot to proof the ad (hum..sounds familiar). The substitution of an “h” for an “e” made for a humorous moment of Dogberryism.
