• hgtv. home is where the junk is.

    HGTV. {pinch me now}. our new home. hgtv. that’s right, in case you haven’t heard…one of HGTV’s newest design series set to launch in 2012 is…JUNK GypSIES! it’ll be a design show based on the…

    October 13, 2011
  • fleamarket morning.

    i stumbled upon an old word document the other day…a little something i wrote several years back about the mystic of fleamarket mornings. some things have changed since i wrote this…(i.e. we no longer stay in…

    September 21, 2011
  • true-blue & tragic.

    it’s reallllly a travesty. a true-blue tragic reality. and it’s practically IMPOSSIBLE for us to understand. BUT, the word on the street is that SOME of you… HAVE. NOT. BEEN. to. ANTIQUES. week.   {gasp}…

    September 15, 2011
  • antiques week. the low-down.

    A QUiCK 411 on all the latest, greatest and HOTTEST news about this ANTIQUES WEEK!!! OFFICIAL WaRRENTON/ROUND top ANtiQUES WEEK dates for the ZAPP HALL SHOW: FRiDAY, sept 23 (the JG tent opens around noon)…

    September 13, 2011
  • the PiSTOL ANNIE’s

    YOu GONNA pull them pistols or WhiSTLE diXIE? the PiSTOL ANNie’S are comin to town!! 3 guitar-slingin, songwritin’, heartbreakin’, honky-tonkin’ girls… their BRAND-new, already-hot-on-the-charts, debut album will be RELEASED tomorrow…it’s chock full of soulful, swanky, gritty, sayin-what-ya-mean…

    August 22, 2011
  • dashboard therapy.

    maybe this is the reason they call it the dog days of summer. maybe it’s the convection-oven heat here in texas, the desert-like dryness, or maybe it’s just good-ole writers block…but i was starting to feel…

    August 8, 2011
  • pull up a chair & sit a spell…

    seating 600 folks…that’s a mighty big heap o’ chairs. sticking to our grit & GLaMOUR theme, we opted against the standard rental slipcovers and decided to keep it simple. and rustic. and CHEAP. and…

    July 12, 2011
  • baby put on yer dancin’ shoes…

    because we were a little caught up with trying to create the most rockstar perfect wedding reception we could imagine, we kinda neglected other little details. like uh, what WE were going to wear to the big event……

    July 5, 2011