Jill Elliot opened Haberdashey Boutique on a chilly March day of 2001. She was three months pregnant when her retail space came to life in the 450-square foot back room of her father’s Main Street music store. That first day, she said, she sold one two-piece set. “It was yellow,” Elliot said. “A yel...

HOUSE Today I’m asking readers a question my 10-year-old granddaughter asked me that I cannot answer: Which 10-year period in your life was your least favorite? And which 10-year period would you exchange it for? First of all, I have no idea where this child’s questions come from. She turns 11 this ...

Thanks to generous donations from two Fredericksburg locals, the Heart of the Hills pregnancy center has moved to a modern ranch-style building at 520 South Milam Street. Opened as the MOM Center in 2014, the pregnancy center was originally housed in a historic building on South Milam Street before ...

HOUSE Grammar Grouch If I had to learn to read today, I would be illiterate. Like most of you, I learned to read and write a lifetime ago. I’ve been a...

Rockbox is undergoing a facelift at the moment. The walls have been repainted, the old rock-and-roll themed memorabilia is gone. Soon, new art will go...

HOUSE Do you have a recording of your parents’ voices? I recently followed a story of a radio DJ trying to track down any recording of his late father...