Houston Botanic Garden brightens the holidays with Lightscape
Lightscape at Houston Botanic Garden is a fun new addition to the holiday garden-visiting scene. It runs through January 2,2022.… Read More
Dazzling holiday lights in Johnson City and Austin
For dazzle and shine and small-town Christmas spirit, there’s no better place than Johnson City, Texas, about an hour west of Austin, and the headquarters of Pedernales Electric Co-op, where a grove of live oak trees is annually transformed into a nebula of twinkle lights. … Read More
Joy to the Weird: Austin’s 37th and 35th Street Christmas lights
December 25, 2018Merry Christmas, Joy to the Weird, and festive holiday greetings to you from Austin! Last night, on Christmas Eve, my family and I joined curious throngs of people walking and cruising along W. 37th Street, with a jog … Read More
Moonstruck and aglow at Wildflower Center’s Luminations
December 10, 2018Under a fingernail sliver of moon, we strolled quiet garden paths illuminated with hundreds of glowing luminarias, ultraviolet uplighting on trees, and the occasional white moon light at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center last night. The annual … Read More
The twinkliest town in the Hill Country
December 22, 2017 If you want to see trees made of light and a charmingly illuminated main square, go visit Johnson City, a small town of 2,000 residents, located about an hour west of Austin. Every December they turn their … Read More