Candice Cowin - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/candice-cowin/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:24:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Candice Cowin - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/candice-cowin/ 32 32 103504436 Rockabilly Baroness Brings Round Top to Houston Just In Time For Rodeo Season — The Chance to Shop a Limited Collection Beckons https://houstonnewmedia.org/rockabilly-baroness-brings-round-top-to-houston-just-in-time-for-rodeo-season-the-chance-to-shop-a-limited-collection-beckons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rockabilly-baroness-brings-round-top-to-houston-just-in-time-for-rodeo-season-the-chance-to-shop-a-limited-collection-beckons Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:24:31 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=506197 Couture fashion, accessories and home purveyor Rockabilly Baroness recently welcomed a select group of Round Top-based makers and designers to its West U shop for a meet and greet party complete with cocktails and tunes by DJ Ziggy Morrow. It’s a...

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]]> 728716 Round Top Hospitality Pioneer and Local Icon Lee Ellis Has Died https://houstonnewmedia.org/round-top-hospitality-pioneer-and-local-icon-lee-ellis-has-died/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=round-top-hospitality-pioneer-and-local-icon-lee-ellis-has-died Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:05:37 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=442907 Best known for his exalted Henkel Square concepts Ellis Motel Emporium & Lounge and Round Top Smokehouse, Lee Ellis was easy to spot. On weekends, he could often be found behind the smokehouse cash wrap with his signature long white beard and daily...

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]]> 563671 Protested Christmas Market Gives Way to Design-Forward Residential Community Near Round Top https://houstonnewmedia.org/protested-christmas-market-gives-way-to-design-forward-residential-community-near-round-top/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protested-christmas-market-gives-way-to-design-forward-residential-community-near-round-top Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:39:09 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=422617 The folks of Round Top and nearby Carmine have been in a snit since the announcement last year that a 150-acre Christmas market was being planned about six miles north of town. Dirk Winter, who operates a similar market in Cambria, California bought th...

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]]> 454326 Inside a Chic, Plant-Forward Oasis in Round Top, Texas https://houstonnewmedia.org/inside-a-chic-plant-forward-oasis-in-round-top-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-a-chic-plant-forward-oasis-in-round-top-texas Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:25:28 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=419985 Just in time for the Fall Show, Round Top’s first lady Kasey Massey brings healthy, plant-forward fare to the heart of town with the much-anticipated opening of Casa Blanke, a modern, meditative space created to nourish body and soul. Located across fr...

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]]> 445525 Purple Reign — Inside Texas’ Surprising Lavender Farm Culture and the Blanco Festival You Need to See https://houstonnewmedia.org/purple-reign-inside-texas-surprising-lavender-farm-culture-and-the-blanco-festival-you-need-to-see/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=purple-reign-inside-texas-surprising-lavender-farm-culture-and-the-blanco-festival-you-need-to-see Wed, 09 Jun 2021 01:41:18 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=345099 The Blanco Lavender Festival is back on the calendar — and it sure to be more colorful than ever. This year’s event, set for this weekend, June 11 to 13, will mark the 16th annual gathering of Texas lavender producers at the historic Blanco County Cour...

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