Downtown Brenham Texas Shopping

Want to know what to do when in town and staying  at the ranch?  Looking for some fun duds?  You’ll find fun and fashion all wrapped up into a unique boutique in downtown Brenham Texas.  Stop in and shop Bar B Boutique, located on the courthouse square, where you will find smiling faces ready to help you with all your fashion needs to get your groove on!

• Red wine, typically more than white wine, has antioxidant properties and contains resveratrol, which seems to be important in the cardio-protective effects of wine.
• California, New York, and Florida lead the United States in wine consumption.
• California is the fourth-largest wine producer in the world, after France, Italy, and Spain.
• Wine testers swirl their glass to encourage the wine to release all of its powerful aromas. Most don’t fill the glass more than a third full in order to allow aromas to collect and to not spill it during a swirl.
• Most wine is served in a glass that has a gently curved rim at the top to help contain the aromas in the glass. The thinner the glass and the finer the rim, the better. A flaring, trumpet-shaped class dissipates the aromas.

Poinsettia Celebration

It wouldn’t be the start of the holiday season without viewing the thousands of brilliant poinsettia plants at the annual Poinsettia Celebration held every  year the weekend before Thanksgiving at Ellison’s Greenhouses in Brenham located just down the  road from the B&B  which is the perfect place to elope in Texas!

From 10 am-4 pm each day the weekend before Thanksgiving, visitors can view and purchase from both traditional plants and new varieties. The famous 6-foot “Texas-sized” poinsettias are always on display, as well as the giant holiday poinsettia tree. Tour the greenhouses filled with colorful mums, kalanchoes and other blooming plants, plus the wonder of more than 80,000 multi-color blooming poinsettia varieties. Plus, garden, interiorscape and floral design experts  present educational mini-seminars. Don’t forget your holiday gift shopping list for there are also arts and crafts booths.

Join the fun at the Annual Poinsettia Celebration at Ellison’s Greenhouses, located at the intersection of Blue Bell Rd. and East Stone St. in Brenham. For more information, call 1-888-BRENHAM or visit .

Christmas Shopping & Brenham Texas Home Tours

Do all your  Christmas shopping at the Mansion and tour  historic homes of architectural note beautifully decorated for Christmas during this  festive holiday weekend in Brenham Texas!  Heritage Belles in Period dress guide guests through historic homes beautifully decorated for the holidays, plus the Trunk Show with holiday shopping from a variety of vendors.  Held annually on the weekend before Thanksgiving……make it your official kickoff of the holiday season and stay at the ranch, the perfect romantic weekend getaway and elopement spot!  Giddings Stone Mansion  979-836-1690

Stained Glass Image of St. Peter

Annual art show featuring 34 area artists displaying and selling  paintings, mosaics, drawings, ceramics, photography,  jewelry, pottery, wood sculptures and more of local artisans is the first weekend in November.  This year free reception and silent auction on Friday November 4 from 5-8 pm.  Show and sale on Saturday November 5 from 10-4 pm.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 2310 Airline Dr., Brenham…..979-836-7248

Romantic lodging at the ranch and holiday elopement packages!

Texas Ice Cream voted #1!

Want to know  what ice cream to buy?  Blue Bell Vanilla, voted the best in Bon Appetit’!  Looking for a place to elope?  Come to the ranch!  All you have to do is ask and we’ll be happy to  include some Blue Bell in your mini-reception for your elopement wedding package!

The handmade pizza that comes out of this tiny shop rivals any New York gourmet style pizza pie! Dominic’s recipe is a family recipe passed down from his grandfather who opened the first pizza warehouse in New York when he immigrated. You can dine in or take out. We love the Margherita and the Bada Bing pizzas! Grab you a Shiner Bock, which is a Texas made beer, while you wait! It doesn’t get any better than this!

Better yet, order your pizza to go and enjoy it at the ranch during your romantic weekend getaway!  Dominics Pizza, just 5 minutes from the ranch,  is located on South Market Street inside Möbius Coffeehouse and is open seven days a week.

Meat Market Fare: Shop local meat!

One of the main things we emphasize in our Texas cooking  classes is  eating seasonally and locally!   Nothing tastes better on the grill or on the plate than farm raised fresh cut meat.  You can also purchase fresh sliced deli  lunchmeat and cheeses of all varieties which are perfect for that romantic getaway picnic at the B&B.  Some will even make sandwiches and burgers on site for you…..all you have to do is dig in and enjoy!  All this and more can be found at these fine local area meat markets within easy driving distance of the B&B:  Rau’s, Dan’s, Burton Sausage Co, Chappell Hill Meat Market and Eckermann’s.

Hoop cheese for picnics at the ranch!

Great dried sausage for on the go!

Texas Rodeo

The first County Fair in Texas celebrates 143 years! Don’t miss the fun of the Washington County Fair, September 10-17 at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Brenham, Texas.  The B&B is just 1 mile down  the  road and we get to enjoy the sights and sounds from our porches if the wind is just right!  Love it, love it!  So,come on up and get ready for the excitement and thrills of the  a real Texas Fair and real Texas rodeo!

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