One of the high points of the day, for many, while fishing at Amon Carter Lake is a visit to Matilda's Lakeside Store & RV Park. It's a place where the small but mighty daily menu and warm welcomes are as comforting as the rocking chairs that line the porch, beckoning [...]
True Health & Fitness became a reality in 2017 when Jack & Renee Lawson purchased the already established business from its longtime owner. With an entrepreneurial goal and a desire to contribute to her community, Renee jumped at the opportunity to take this little shop and grow it into the success [...]
Family recipes have found their way into our Bowie homes and everyday lives through delicious pizza pies. And it has happened at Milano's Pizza, located in historic downtown Bowie. Owner, Omar Hazaimeh says it was the welcoming nature and kindness of area residents during a trip through town that made him [...]
The Bowie Community Development Board is hatching a full day of activities for the 25th Annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3 in downtown Bowie, Texas. Rise with the chickens to enjoy the Championship Fiddlers Competition starting at 10 a.m. in the Bowie Fire Hall, see the shine of the Piston [...]
Phillip and Randi Burtram, owners of Randi's Bargain Barn, are a bright addition to Bowie's retail business community. Their welcoming store atmosphere and helpful customer service make their establishment one you have to experience! As the sign outside states, Phillip and Randi's shelves are stocked with liquidated and overstock bargains from [...]
Angie Meyers, Owner of Creative Cakes in Downtown Bowie, started decorating cakes as a young child. At the age of five, she knew there would be baking in her adult future. Angie says, "I am a people-pleaser and there is no easier way to make someone smile than by giving them baked goods!" She learned [...]
Early Attic and its proprietor, Nelda Coffman, have been a retail mainstay in Bowie for decades. Since 2011, the shop has been located center stage in Bowie's historic downtown on Mason Street. "Since opening many years ago, we've occupied a few of the downtown buildings. Each time, we've taken the opportunity to restore a piece [...]
In our quaint little town, lives a pie legend. Seven days a week, the kitchen of Sweet Boy's Diner is filled with the aroma of Renee Love's childhood memories. As a nine-year-old girl in West Monroe, Louisiana, she learned the art of pie-making from her Grandmother Ruby...a legacy that began with coconut! Practice [...]
October not only holds the promise of falling leaves and cooler weather, it also marks 50 years of beautifully arranged blooms for A Cottage Florist & Gifts in Bowie. "My parents, David and Priscilla Jameson, purchased the business from its original owners in 1969. The intention was for it to be a second [...]
"I wanted to be different," was Bryan Brown's response to our question regarding why he started Dynasty Overhead Door. After seeing other garage door companies and how they conducted business, he wanted to create change by revolutionizing the door industry with fresh ideas and new innovation that would reshape the mold and differentiate [...]
