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Tag: Van Alstyne

Historic Elmont Farmers Market

August 8, 2009June 7, 2011 Edward Southerland

If you are looking for really fresh, really healthy produce and homemade items visit Historic Elmont Farmers Market. Located in a vintage barn along FM 121 west of Van Alstyne, you’ll find a handful of local folks who have invested a lot of... Read More

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Roger Sanders

Citizen Sanders

By Edward Southerland

If Roger Sanders were an insect, most likely he would be a boll weevil. Now wait a minute. Before the Sherman lawyer’s friends start raising sand, let us consider the attributes of the little black bug.

Category: People

Five Minutes to Midnight

By Dan Acree

Not so long ago, New Year’s Eve called for gentlemen in black ties, ladies in formal gowns, an elegant menu, exotic libations, and an orchestra with a chart of “Auld Lang Syne” on their music stands. In the Mulberry Room of the Grayson Hotel or the Ballroom of the Hotel Denison, revelers danced the night away until the clock’s hands came together at XII, and then the band played, couples kissed, and streamers, confetti, and the toot of tin horns filled the air.

Category: Style

The Watson in Watsonburger

By Dan Acree

“The problem with many restauranteurs today, is that people get into the business to make money,” said Charlie Watson. “Well, we got in it to make good food. Some think they can work 8 to 5 and make $200,000 a year in the restaurant business. Well, that ain’t gonna happen.”

Category: Business, Heritage

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