From the Editor | February & March 2023
Happy New Year, Central Texas. We’re off to an ambitious start at Tex Appeal Magazine with our Date Night and Bar/Restaurant issue.
We visit Palmeras in Harker Heights, a restaurant with a different twist on Latin cuisine and we go to Temple to Fire Base Brewery to enjoy libations brought to us by a veteran-owned business. Wilson Valley Mercantile, Bell County’s first farm/distillery, to sample 160 years of family history and premium, Central Texas whiskeys.
Flavours takes us out for date night, with a sampling of area businesses and services to choose from for a night of romance in Central Texas.
Killeen’s own Olive Charcuterie shows us that charcuterie boards are more than just adult versions of a kid’s meat, cheese, and cracker package in Entrepreneur.
CenTex Past marks 80 years of the Great Place, in which we take a look at its early beginnings as Camp Hood during World War II and how it evolved into Fort Hood as we know it today.
Daytrippin’ takes us no further than Belton to Bryn Oaks Bed & Breakfast for a great weekend getaway close to home.
Check out a quick guide to food and wine pairings with help from a traveling Texas certified sommelier who comes to your home to show you how it’s done.
Neighbor introduces you to the Temple Literacy Council, and Faith brings you Tender Mercies Home Care and shows you how very personal home care can be in a Christlike sense.
CenTex Ed shows us how to be present and what that means for our students.
Being Central Texas takes a look at the places you might not think about going in West Bell County and why it’s a pretty great place (see what I did there?) to live, work, shop and entertain.
Health and Wellness looks at your home gym and personal fitness success.
Scene takes us to Three Kings Day at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Killeen, and a glitzy, exclusive New Year’s Eve party, Last Night.
Tex Messages brings you the Texas Zodiac, where you can find out if you were born under the sign of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat or the Gulf Coast Shrimp and what that means for you depending on which region in Texas you were born. It’s weird and I giggled all the way through writing it for you.
This Girl’s Garden guides you through what to plant in late winter/early spring, plus personal musings about winter gardening.
Enjoy all the great stories within Tex Appeal this issue, and, as always, shoot me an email or call me if you have story tips or opinions on our content. I love hearing from you and you help me make this magazine better more than you will ever know.
Janna Zepp
Tex Appeal editor
