ETX Getting Out Blog
To Moonrivers Naturals And Back
After working for Whole Foods in Austin I gained a much greater appreciation for what goes into the products we use on our skin. Your …
Cafe 1948 – Where Coffee Is An Experience
My husband and I understand all too well the challenges of operating multiple small businesses while maintaining some semblance of home and family life. I …
Say Cheese With Haute Goat Creamery
A couple weeks ago we were at the Longview Farmers Market sampling some of the best goat cheese I had ever tasted from Haute Goat …
Heartisans Marketplace
I got my first job at a pet store before I turned 16 years old. With the help of my parents, they dropped me off …
Longview Art Walk
I have attended my fair share of art walks in the past. I have to admit I didn’t have super high expectations for the Longview …
DIY Clay Dish Workshop
I have written about the Starr Family Home before (click to read). I love how enthusiastic the staff is when it comes to sponsoring community …
Riding At Roselake Ranch
My Mom was in town visiting and while looking for fun family friendly activities I came across Roselake Ranch in Garrison, TX right outside Nacogdoches. …
Silver Grizzly Espresso
We enjoyed a girls birthday shopping trip to Longview this week. We needed a little pick me up and Silver Grizzly Espresso has been on …
Jefferson Historical Museum
We packed a picnic lunch and went to experience some “Art on the River”. To be more accurate it feels like a stroll over a …
Stop & Smell The Peaches
I can’t remember the last time I had a really good peach. I have eaten several apples dressed up like peaches. You know the ones …
McKee’s Soul Food
You know how some people just seem to get lucky and win things? Yeah, we are not those people. Until we won “Bunny Bingo” over …
Kitts Kornbread Sandwich & Pie Bar
A cornbread sandwich sounds good in theroy but doesn’t cornbread just crumble apart? This is the question I asked our waitress at Kitt’s. She informed …
Core Yoga At The Firestation
I sat down with Megan Chacos of Core Yoga at The Fire Station to learn more about her studio. Originally from Oklahoma, Megan says she …
Juicy Berries From Panola Orchard
One of the things I miss about where we lived in California was the proximity of a pick your own farm, called Underwood Family Farms. …
Powerful Plants From River Hill Nursery
I have a jade plant and a spider plant that are over 25 years old. These resilient plants are super easy to propagate and I …
Caddo Lake Pond Dipping
I have grown up as a self-proclaimed “beach girl”. Lakes are OK as long as I can see the bottom. Ponds not so much. I …
Caddo Lake State Park
Our first visit to Caddo Lake State Park began with a Junior Ranger program hosted by Ranger Kelsey. She had a table set up by …
Starr Family Home
We visited the Starr Family Home over the Christmas holiday to partake in crafts, story-time and cookie decorating. We were so impressed by the beautiful …
Joseph’s Riverport BBQ
This was our second attempt to visit Joseph’s. The first time they closed early because they ran out of food. A good sign if you …
Marshall Public Library
We traveled here pretty light and what we did keep was locked in a storage unit hundreds of miles away. One of the things we …
Historic Jefferson Railway
As parents we have learned kids are more cooperative when given choices. Today we gave Aria the choice between a train ride and a boat …
Trinity Groves
I can see Trinity Groves being the model that more cities will adapt. It’s a cool concept that takes former industrial warehouses and revamps them …
Dallas World Aquarium
Dallas is kind of like EX’s cool cousin. We ventured to the World Aquarium and it did not disappoint. We went on a Sunday and …
Gators and Friends
Coming from California we had the creme de la creme of Zoos. Needless to say my expectations were low coming to Gators and Friends. To …