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EATS & TREATS: November/December 2011 A GUIDE TO FOOD & FUN HOLIDAY HEART & HOME plus VETERAn’s DAY Live History for a Day CHRISTMAS QUAINT Small Towns, Big Hearts HAVE A BALL Junior League 30th Celebration HEED THE CALL Willing Hands & Loving Hearts GOOD READS Local Authors Open New Worlds November/December 2011 INSITE 1 Get Your Christmas Cash! See The Enclosed Gift Guide 2 INSITE November/December 2011 November/December 2011 INSITE 3 PublIShEr’SDESK CHRISTMAS IS COMING as every com November 7-11 and get TWICE AS Best Ever 5 Minute Hot Chocolate jingle and tingle reminds you, and who couldn’t use a MUCH CHRISTMAS CASH to 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips little extra cash to get the house ready for company or spend for your holiday shopping budget. Go again the 1 cup half-and-half to fill those empty stockings by the fireplace? We’ve week of December 5-9 and buy a gift 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon got you covered. card to participating merchants Vanilla vodka or hazelnut The holiday GIFT GUIDE inside this for DOUBLE the Deal liqueur, optional month’s issue is chock full of the niche gift items that value. Everyone’s a hero will make your giving stand out this season. when you give a $20 Gift Over medium heat, mix Someone snitched your copy of The Gift Guide Card to spend at one of chocolate chips, half-and- before you got to it? No worries. Find the complete Gift the participating Gift Guide half and cinnamon. Stir fre- Guide online at www.insitebrazosvalley.com. Be sure merchants that only cost you quently with wooden spoon to pay attention to the bright green 365DealsForU.com $10. to melt chocolate, about 5 minutes. Do NOT boil. Pour logos on some of the ads in The Gift Guide. Click on Who doesn’t love a Deal? Jingle tingle! – into mug and add a shot of vanilla vodka or hazelnut Christmas Cash Deals of the Day at 365DealsForU. Angelique Gammon liqueur if desired. Top with whipped cream. Get in Touch Sign Up! Wednesday’s Wake Up to the Weekend Possibilities e-Newsletter www.insitebrazosvalley.com Angelique Gammon, Publisher [email protected] Insite Magazine 4 INSITE November/December 2011 16 CONTENTS 6 FUNSPOTS I’ll Be Home For Christmas Keep It Quaint This Holiday Season by Megan Jarvie 15 SERVEOTHERS Museum of the American GI Veterans Day celebration brings history to life by Megan Jarvie 16 HOLIDAYHOME Update, Decorate, Celebrate INSITE Magazine is Your holiday home resources published monthly by Insite Printing & Graphic Services, Special Advertising Section 123 E. Wm. J. Bryan Pkwy., Bryan, Texas 77803. (979) 823- 5567 www.insitebrazosvalley. 21 GETINVOLVED com Volume 28, Number 7. Publisher/Editor: Angelique Heed the Call Gammon; Account Executive: Helping hands & willing hearts needed Myron King; Graphic by Margaret Ann Thurmond Designer: Karen Green. Editorial Interns: Megan Jarvie, Travis Lawson, Margaret Ann Thurmond; 25 COMMUNITYOUTREACH INSITE Magazine is a division of The Insite Group, LP. Celebrating Service Reproduction of any part Junior League marks 30 years of giving back without written permission by Margaret Ann Thurmond of the publisher is prohibited. Insite Printing & Graphic Services Managing Partners: 27 DOGOOD Kyle DeWitt, Angelique Gammon, Greg Gammon. A Kitchen With a Calling General Manager: Carl Dixon; Brenham restaurant serves Pre-Press Manager: Mari a hearty meal of hope Brown; Office Manager: Wendy Seward; Sales & by Margaret Ann Thurmond Customer Service: Molly Barton; Candi Burling; Manda Jackson; Marie Lindley; Kim 28 ARTSSPOTLIGHT Quinney; Barbara Wyss; Production: Stephen Beatty; Visit Another World Norris Carnes; Marilyn Carey; Local authors open doors to new worlds Don Coburn; Jaimie Colwell; by Megan Roiz Ricky Conchola; Byron Lee; Margie Lowry; Doug Madison; Arthur Maldonado; Brandon Prouse; Frank Ramirez; Mike Departments Seward; Ruben Torres; Jimmy Welch; Stephen Woodruff. PUBLISHEr’SDESK Christmas Cash page 4 WHAT’SHAPPENING Brazos Valley events page 11 BUSINESSBRIEFS Notable business news page 30 EATS & TREATS Food & fun guide page 31 November/December 2011 INSITE 5 HUB VENDOR FUNSPOTS by Megan Jarvie Bellville evening, local radio personality Troy Arndt will DJ along with performances by the Bellville Bellville prides itself on their small-town feel Choir and the Bellville junior high and the high where everyone is welcome, and the way they school bands. Scrooge will be around town that celebrate Christmas is no different. Bellville weekend too and handing out gold coins to is located 61.58 miles south of Bryan/College the children. Most activities are free except for Station off of TX 159. Breakfast with Santa and the low prices for the Small Town Christmas Celebration pony rides and petting zoo. http://www.bellville.com (979) 865-3407 Bryan/College Station Bellville is hosting the 29th annual Small Town The town that is alive with Christmas spirit, and Christmas Celebration December 2-3 in the there are many festive and fun ways to celebrate Historic Square the season. in downtown Santa’s Wonderland, Bellville. Friday night includes College Station local band The http://www.santas-wonderland. Usual Suspects com/main.htm playing Texas (979) 690-7212 folk music and From November 18 through De- a parade that cember 30, visit Santa’s Wonderland starts at 6 p.m. south of College Station on Hwy. 6. The antique and In addition to dazzling displays of gift shops, along lights, enjoy Santa’s Village chocked with restaurants, full of food and entertainment. Ad- will be open late mission prices vary by attraction and the night package. Holiday Magic, Bryan BELLVILLE http://www.bryantx. gov/departments/ ?name=holiday_magic will be filled with (979) 209-5528 Christmas cheer. Saturday On Thursday, December 1, there will be free morning, have shuttles from Blinn College shuttling people breakfast with over to Sue Haswell Park for Holiday Magic. Santa from 8 From 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. there will be fun a.m. to 10 a.m. at activities for kids including an arctic snow hill Newman’s Café, and then head over to decorate and Frosty’s Funland where they can color and gingerbread houses at Bellville Café from 11 write letters to Santa. Santa will also be there a.m. to 3 p.m. The Children’s Wonderland offers to take pictures with the kids and hear their pony rides for $1 at the petting zoo. On Saturday Christmas wish lists. All activities are free. 6 INSITE November/December 2011 Lights On!, Bryan mances by several local dance groups, including Round Top http://bryantx.gov/ the Caldwell High School Honeybees and Kice’s Round Top is located 54.7 miles west of Bryan/ departments/?name=lights_on Dance Group. The CALDWELL College Station off TX-237S. (979) 209-5528 evening will wrap FREE up with a visit The Nutcracker at from Rudolph and Festival Hill Friday, November 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 Santa. http://festivalhill.org/ p.m. you can go to the Lights On! celebration on On Saturday, events/augapr-2/ Mainstreet in Downtown Bryan and enjoy hot (979) 249-3129 apple cider and cookies as the town is magically there is a Christ- mas pet show be- lit up to kick-off the holiday season. Dance into the Christmas ginning at 11 a.m. season at a performance of Christmas at the Creek and Cody Hodges one of the most cherished http://cstx.gov/index.aspx?page=639 and the Lineman Christmas traditions of (979) 764-3486 perform after as all time. The ballet will be What has historically been held at Central Park part of a song- performed by children and will for the last 27 years and called Christmas in the writer’s concert be on the stage of the Festival Park has been moved to Wolf Pen Creek and is to showcase local Concert Hall December 3 at 4 now called Christmas at the Creek. This annual songwriting talent p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults holiday tradition for the Brazos Valley has in the area. All ac- and $10 for students. outgrown Central Park and needs the spacious tivities are free. Houston Holiday lawns of Wolf Pen Creek to host this month-long Hoe-Down event full of celebration and cheer. Navasota http://festivalhill.org/ The main nights are December 2-3 and Located 26 miles events/augapr-2/ December 9-10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., however south of College (979) 249-3129 you can go mid-week if you have pre-scheduled Station on Hwy. 6, a visit with Santa. New this year is the Gifts with Navasota is a small The Bayou City Performing Presence program, the opportunity to buy gifts town with many Arts Choruses will be singing on Saturday, December 10, at 3 that benefit a local non-profit. As always, the pristine historic buildings and a picturesque p.m. for the eighth consecutive year performing entertainment, hayrides, cookies, hot chocolate, town square. and visits with Santa are free. There is a charge to at the Institute’s annual holiday show. Traditional purchase photos with Santa. Unlimited parking Inaugural Holiday Celebration carols will be followed by a performance by the is available across the street at Post Oak Mall. www.navasotatx.gov Institute’s founder, James Dick. Tickets are $20 (936) 825-6475 for adults and $10 for students Caldwell On December 10 New Year’s Eve Gala http://festivalhill.org/ Located 27 miles west of Bryan on TX-21W, at 6:30 p.m., come Caldwell knows how to kick-off the Christmas out and enjoy the events/augapr-2/ season.