Arts + Culture

I Call It a Gift

What Began With an Unexpected Opportunity Became a Way To Create, Connect, and Open Doors for Others Article by Camille Delgado | Photography by Jenna McElroy I never dreamed of owning Golden Hour Live Art. Business owners are taught to tell the story differently—to say we had a dream, believed in it, worked hard, and made it happen. But that’s not my story. Golden Hour wasn’t something I dreamed up. It was an opportunity that appeared at an unexpected time in my life. In 2019, after...

Shopping

A Sure Foundation

How Vanilla Extract Inspired a Family Business Built on Thoughtful Gifting Article by Lani Derrick | Photography by Iris Castro Life Anchored Home began with a quiet, ordinary moment at home with my daughter. At the time, my husband and I were becoming much more intentional about the products we brought into our home. We were reading ingredient labels more closely, from the food we ate to the products we used around our family. One day, my daughter and I were making cookies, and I happened to...

Food + Beverage

Love at the Table

For Chef Marissa Fisk, Thanksgiving Traditions Carry the Memories of One Generation Into the Next Article by Marissa Fisk | Photography by Kimber Brown Thanksgiving has always been near and dear to my heart. Today, three generations of our family can gather in the kitchen, but when I cook, I often think about a fourth: my late grandmother. So much of what I create in the kitchen carries a little piece of her with it. That’s the thing about Thanksgiving. The table changes over the years...

Food + Beverage

The White Rabbit

A Family Blend of Love, Loss, and Specialty Coffee Is at the Heart of Rocté Coffee Company Article by Ted Rockwell | Photography by Summer Miles The story of Rocté Coffee Company is, at its core, the story of our family. The name itself is a blend of our surnames: the Rockwells (Ted and Tina—we’re the parents) and the Nartés (Eli, Brystal, Caleb, and Ruby—our adult children). But long before Rocté became a business, it was a shared commitment to hold tight to one another through tragedy. ...

Finance + Legal Services

A Matter of Trust

Rian Butler Built His Firm Around a Simple Idea: Clients Deserve Time, Communication, and a More Personal Experience Article by Kristi Sellers | Photography by Iris Castro For Rian Butler, building Butler Injury Law was never only about opening a personal injury firm. It was about creating a different kind of workplace and more personal client experience. The six-person firm focuses on cases where someone has been hurt because another person or company failed to do what they should have done...

Professional Services

Everything Else Is Extra

For Jessie Woodhead, Creativity, Community, and Gratitude Have Shaped a Life She Already Considers the Dream Article by Sarah Lambie | Photography by Summer Miles Creativity has always had a way of finding Jessie Woodhead. Her path has taken her through more than two decades in advertising, motherhood, writing and painting, and, most recently, the founding of Woodhead Studio—and it hasn’t always gone where she expected. But looking back, Jessie can see something worth appreciating at nearly...

Life + Culture

The Storytellers

Meet the Writers and Photographers Who Help Us Capture the People and Places of Dripping Springs Article and Photography by You’ve seen their work in these pages, but you may not always know the faces behind it. Each month, an incredible group of writers and photographers works behind the scenes to help bring Dripping Springs City Lifestyle to life. They are the people asking the questions, finding the stories, capturing the moments, and helping us share what makes this community so special...

Life + Culture

Eighteen Inches to Thanksgiving

Why What You See and Hear This November Comes Back Out of You Article by Jesse Hardy | Photography by Stacy Berg You don’t get to choose much about how November finds you—whether the year went your way, what the numbers did, perhaps even who’s coming to the table and who isn’t. But you do get to choose what you notice, what you listen to, and what you give your attention to. That may sound like a small thing. Watch how it actually works. What comes in through your eyes and ears turns into a...

Professional Services

From Red Tape to Green Space

Ecoland Design Group Blends Preservation, Sustainability, and Thoughtful Design to Bring Commercial Spaces to Life Article by Megan Ewing | Photography by Lorelei Murphy From the trees lining a commercial development to the walkways guiding people through a property, landscape architecture is about much more than deciding where to plant a few shrubs. For Ecoland Design Group, landscape architecture is one piece of a much larger process. The full-service design firm works with developers...

Food + Beverage

Gathered Around Gratitude

The Secret Ingredient at Gourmet Gals Article by Sarah Lambie | Photography by Stacy Berg At every wedding reception, holiday party, anniversary celebration, and family gathering, there comes a moment. Plates are filled. Phones disappear. Conversations begin. For a little while, everyone is gathered around the same table. For Audrey Fisher, owner of Gourmet Gals, those moments offer opportunities to surprise and delight her clients and their guests—not always with extravagance, but with...