Galveston Island Guide
All posts tagged "Book"
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47DowntownA Fun Tour by Kimber Fountain “Galveston’s Red Light District”
Every Wednesday-Saturday (7pm) From the author of the book comes a wonderful tour and a riveting journey through the forgotten parts of...
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96BooksGalveston Bookshop: April 27th, “Texas Singularities: Prairie Dog Lawyers, Peg Leg Stage Robberies & Mysterious Malakoff Men”
Saturday, April 6th (2-4pm): “In the Heart of Texas But Not Yet at Home” by Barbara Ortwein Galveston Bookshop will host a...
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856BooksSpring Blooms with March Fun at Rosenberg Library
At Rosenberg Library This Month: Rosenberg Library is located Downtown at 2310 Sealy St., Downtown Galveston. For more info call (409)763-8854 or...
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30BooksArtists in the Kitchen
By Gini Rainey I have many passions in my life, mostly leaning toward my right brain, but after working for over 25...
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49BlogsWhy Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
By Gini Rainey Today’s blog entry was written by my “Guest Writer” who, every so often, sends something along to me that...
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55BooksSmörgåsbord Is Ready!
By Gini Rainey I’m always on the lookout for good cookbooks that are either regional, ethnic or odd, and my sister scored...
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73BooksPapa Loved Peppers!
By Gini Rainey I must apologize to any of my blog followers I might still have. With all of the life’s busyness...
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76BooksReading is Fun-damental
By Gini Rainey If you are anything like me, your life is so full of busy-ness that you pretty much need to...
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138BooksFall Is In The Air
By Gini Rainey After what seems like a very long time, the weather in our neck of the woods has finally caught...
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140BooksFall Reading
By Gini Rainey The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker Written by the author of When I’m Gone, this book has just as...
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200BooksCajun Classics
By Gini Rainey When life seems to get a bit overwhelming, it’s great to know that, number one – you are missed,...
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169BooksFall Reading At Its Best
By Gini Rainey The Day John Died by Christopher Anderson Who has not been fascinated by one of the most famous families...
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201BooksSome Things to Think About
By Gini Rainey “The Isle of Gold” by Seven Jane If you like to read adventure books that have everything from swashbuckling...
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488BooksIt Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!
By Gini Rainey Well, it sort of feels like summer is over, what with school starting tomorrow here in Tyler, but some of us...
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384BooksWasn’t That Just Yesterday?
By Gini Rainey It seems like just yesterday that my daughter Beth came home from middle school and announced that one of...
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576BooksChill Out With A Cool Summer Read
By Gini Rainey Send Down the Rain – By Charles Martin In his thirteenth novel, this New York Times Award-winning author successfully...
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382BooksWho Says You Can’t Eat Ramen Raw?
By Gini Rainey I’ve found that inspiration sneaks into your life in lots of different ways. I must say, that (as I’m...
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553BooksThis Is To Die For!
By Gini Rainey When my mother passed away on July 4th, 1977, I hadn’t been exposed to very many funerals here in...
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543BooksSpend the Summer Reading
By Gini Rainey “Bring Me Back” by B. A. Paris Just when you think an author can’t out do their last book,...
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681BooksEat It – It’s Good For You!
By Gini Rainey Now that we are a week down the road from Mother’s Day, I would imagine things around your house...
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1.2KBooksMugging It Up!
By Gini Rainey We all have them – those friends that we love to entertain, but who don’t always like the same...
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6.5KBooksDuck! Here It Comes!
By Gini Rainey For those of you who have been paying attention to the general theme of my cookbook collection, you may...
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1.4KBooksHistorically Speaking
by Gini Rainey I was thinking this morning about all the incredible advances in technology that I have seen in my lifetime,...
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1.2KBooksWhat’s In a Book?
by Gini Rainey There’s a whole new world waiting for you between the covers of your next book. It’s no secret that...
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943BooksI Love Google!
By Gini Rainey Sometimes (well, to be perfectly honest – a lot of times) I have dreams that seem really real, and...
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1.0KBooksThe Skinny on Cooking at Home: The Cookbook Junkie
By Guest Blogger Tena Jerger filling in for Gini Rainey, the original Cookbook Junkie I was not raised in a household that...
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794BooksBook Reviews: A Time for Reminiscing
By Gini Rainey “Letters to My Grandchildren – Living an Intentional Legacy” By Sharon Stone While this is not a book that...
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909BooksAunt Jemima – She’s Not Just For Pancakes Anymore
By Gini Rainey Growing up in a small, north-western town in Minnesota wasn’t as bad as you might imagine. Sure, Moorhead has...
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Ride ’em Cowboy
By Gini Rainey My dad was quite the jokester. It seems like he was either pulling off a prank or thinking up...
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1.0KBooksSuper Bowl of Raspberries
By Gini Rainey I don’t know about you and yours, but today me and mine are going to a Super Bowl party...
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1.1KBooksYou, Too, Can Be A Copy Cat!
By Gini Rainey Well, last week was quite interesting in Tyler, Texas! Beginning late Monday evening, our temperatures dropped below freezing while...
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2.7KBooksI’m Back!
By Gini Rainey After taking a bit of a sabbatical over the holidays, I am back to writing my weekly blog. Because...
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600BooksNew Reads for the New Year
By Gini Rainey The beginning of the new year is a great time to set reading goals for yourself if you haven’t...
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Family Treasures
By Gini Rainey I think by now all of you have figured out how important family and cookbooks are to me, so...
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883BooksI Didn’t Know That About That!
By Gini Rainey I always find it interesting how different people have different names for the same things. I think this is...
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738BooksNew Look for An Old Friend
By Gini Rainey As a kid growing up in mid-America in the 50s, I had it all and didn’t realize it –...
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792BooksSing For Your Supper!
By Gini Rainey I must say that one of the things that gives me great joy is being a part of a...
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893BooksFalling Into Novels
By Gini Rainey “Raney: A Novel” By Clyde Edgerton With the promise on the cover that “This book is too good to...
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817BooksAs I Like It!
By Gini Rainey Welcome to October. Welcome to fall! Welcome to Texas in the fall – temperatures in the 90s, sweat freely...
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839BooksI’ve Got It Covered!
By Gini Rainey Today I did something that I haven’t done in a while. I filled in as guest musician for a...
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841BooksWhere’s the Fire?
By Gini Rainey For those of you who might not know, I’m part owner of an independent automobile dealership that just happens...
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770BooksPlay It Again, Sam!
By Gini Rainey A lot has been going on in our world this past week. Some of it has not too terribly...
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881BooksRue Claire Raspberry Tiramisu
By Gini Rainey I might have mentioned recently that my husband and I took a lovely trip to Paris for our anniversary. ...
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Oooo, La La!
By Gini Rainey Okay, I’ll admit it! I’m a slacker. Actually, I took a couple weeks away from writing my blog, but...
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1.1KBooksVive la France!
by Gini Rainey I’m going to Paris! Not Paris, Texas, as many of my smart-mouthed friends have joked about, but the real...
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Summer Reads for the Beach
By Gini Rainey “Healing Tears” by Theresa James In heart-wrenching detail, Ms. James, a U. S. Air Force veteran, recounts the details...
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1.1KBooksJefferson Had A Great Idea!
By Gini Rainey We have a very important week ahead of us here in the United States. Yes, most all of us...
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1.1KBooksOne Man’s Caviar…
By Gini Rainey Anyone who knows me, knows my diet isn’t exactly what a healthy person would consider healthy. I mean, my...
