A few words/phrases related to our trip to Fredericksburg over the weekend:

Lavender and Lemongrass

Rain on a tin roof

Humidity

Dappled Dachshund named Betty

Pedernales Porter homebrew

Shrimp Scampi

Mamacita’s

Olympics

Original Norman Rockwell paintings

Bougainvilleas

Hibiscus

English bridal bed circa 1880

Tomatillo sauce

Unlimited air conditioning

Blueberry muffins

Texas Limestone

“Big Balls in Cowtown” (song playing outside one of the shops called Shoulda Been a Cowboy)

Championship chili. We met the chef who was serving up samples. She “tied” Bobby Flay in one of the earliest “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” episodes on Food Network. We bought her chili mix.

Pepper necklace (like New Orleans beads)