Texas Real Estate

Round Top Has the Oldest July 4th Celebration and One of the Most Luxurious Homes in the City

By Mimi Perez / June 23, 2026 /

With all the tiny town swagger it can muster, Round Top, Texas, hosted its first July 4th celebration in 1851. It boasts to be the oldest Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. Just to give you an idea of the fun they have celebrating the holiday, the parade kicks off with a cannon…

It’s Easy to Chase Away the Post Holiday Blues in This Exquisite San Antonio Home

By Mimi Perez / January 6, 2026 /

As a child, I always considered the first Sunday of the year the saddest day of the year. Christmas had come and gone and the naughty vs. nice accounting started over. The same with the New Year’s Eve parties my parents would throw with family and friends. The first Sunday of the year meant going…

This Granbury Oasis Will Make Living Like a Hallmark Christmas Movie a Luxurious Reality

By Mimi Perez / December 16, 2025 /

A good friend of mine just loves, loves, loooovvveeessss Hallmark Christmas movies. She simply cannot get enough of them. You know the movies I’m talking about. Typically, some city slicker returns home for Christmas to the quaint little hometown from whence they broke free so many years earlier, only to fall in love with a…

San Antonio Ranks 1st on Where to Spend Turkey Day. This Elegant, Modern Home Comes in 2nd

By Mimi Perez / November 18, 2025 /

Turkey Day is quickly approaching like a pack of crazed Turkey Trot runners. You can feel the impending frenzy when you go out. For those who are looking to take a time-out from the insanity, then the place to go is San Antonio. That’s not what you were expecting was it? Typically when I need…

Freestone County Commissioners Court Decries Use of Eminent Domain to Acquire Fairfield Lake State Park

By Joanna England / June 21, 2023 /

The saga of Fairfield Lake State Park continues as the Freestone County Commissioners Court has stepped into the ring. The battle between Todd Interests, the developer that purchased the 5,000 acres that comprise Fairfield Lake and the state park land, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission that voted to condemn the property and acquire…