Things to Do While in Brenham, Texas

Plan your stay with us at 
The Brenham House Bed and Breakfast.

Spring is just around the corner and there will be beautiful wildflowers and Texas Bluebonnets.

Brenham, Texas is a great place to escape to.  

Things here go a little slower, people are friendly, and we always welcome guests to our sweet town!

We have 

great restaurants, 

wineries, 

endless shopping,

Antique Rose Emporium, 

great parks with jogging trails, 

great country roads to ride your bicycles, 

professional Unity Theatre, 

museums,

 and of course, Blue Bell Creameries!

www.BlueBell.com

www.WeAreRoses.com

www.SaddlehornWinery.com

www.PleasantHillWinery.com

www.WindyWinery.com

www.UnityBrenham.org

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Valentine's Weekend at The Brenham House

Happy Valentine's Weekend

We hope your weekend is special!

Don't forget Saturday Evening at R Place.

Dinner will be fabulous!

Sending you special Valentine's wishes!

The Brenham House Bed and Breakfast

The Brenham House's Signature Brandied Cranberries

The Brenham House's signature Brandied Cranberries!

It is that time of year that we make our signature Brandied Cranberries.

They are so good.  We add them along side of our Pancakes, French Toast, 

 or Homemade Biscuits!

... but the dirty little secret is they are great on Blue Bell Ice Cream!

This is just a fun time of year in the kitchen!

Check Blue Bell for tour schedules:

www.BlueBell.com 

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com 

What's Coming Up in Brenham?

Bluebonnet October Wine and Sausage Trail

October 6-7, 13-14, 2012

October is Texas wine month!

Member wineries offer two wine samples paired with a unique sausage dish to each ticket holder.

Get your tickets at this website:

www.texasbluebonnetwinetrail.com

Texas Antiques Extravaganza

You may think all of the antique shopping is in Round Top, Texas, 

but it is so much more!

Burton, Round Top, Carmine, Fayetteville, Warrenton and of course all of the towns shoppers stay in!

Brenham, La Grange, Bastrop, Chappell Hill.

Our guests have had a great time shopping and swapping stories on how to tackle the miles and miles of shopping.

Take notes of the Spring Dates on the bottom of the brochure:

March 27, 2013-April 7, 2013

Make your plans now!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Unique Elegance of Cottage Gardens at The Brenham House

Unique Elegance of Cottage Gardens

Cottage gardens are informal gardens with dense plantings that are highly individualistic.  English in origin the cottage gardens use grace and charm rather than formal structure.  Many times there is a rose-bowered arbor entrance. These gardens give the homes such romantic appeal.

The Brenham House uses old-fashioned plants and varieties such as antique roses, native plants, herbs, and self-sowing perennials

which come back year after year.

As the years go by cottage gardens become very dense.

These gardens surround The Brenham House.

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

www.WeAreRoses.com

Kay's Cuisine for the Soul in Brenham, Texas

COMING SOON!

Kay's Cuisine for the Soul

on Market Street

Brenham, Texas

www.kayscuisineforthesoul.com

Located in a historical home which is being lovingly restored.  They are still working on it, but I wanted you to get ready for some good food!
Check out her website!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Fall is in the Air!

The mornings have been a little cooler and the leaves are starting to fall from the trees,

some say it is just the drought,

but I like to think it is Fall in the Air!

Just a few weeks until Round Top Antique Festival begins, in Round Top ,Texas.

Vendors will begin setting up early.  There will be early bird finds,

before everyone sifts through the items.

After a long day of shopping head back to

 The Brenham House to relax and grab a cookie from the cookie jar!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Wine Stomps on Texas Bluebonnet Harvest Trail

Texas Bluebonnet Harvest Trail starts this weekend!

Come to Brenham and Washington County!

Wine Stomps this weekend!

www.WindyWinery.com

Wine Stomp and new T-Shirts

Serving Fire and Ice salsa with Yellow Rose, a sweet blanc du bois and Oasis, a dry blanc du bois

www.PleasantHillWinery.com

4 big weekends

The Pleasant experience is $25.00

www.SaddlehornWinery.com

Summer Time in Washington County!

There is so much going on this summer in Brenham, Texas and the surrounding areas of Washington County!

I'll keep you posted as the summer goes along.

*Saturdays in June:  Round Top Music Festival 

at the Round Top Festival Institute on Hwy. 237

Tickets $25.00 and are available online

979 249-3129

www.FestivalHill.org

*Saturdays:  Brenham Farmers Market

8:00 A.M. -noon

307 South Park Street

2 blocks south of the courthouse.

*Sundays:  Live music and wine tasting at Saddlehorn Winery

3-6 P.M.  Burton Texas

www.SaddlehornWinery.com

*June 14th:  Movie in the Park - Dolphin Tale

8:25 P.M.  FREE!  Movie starts after the sun sets!

979 337- 7250

*June 14 - July 1

Brenham's Unity Theatre presents The Miracle Worker

 Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun. 

 Check schedule here www.UnityBrenham.org

*June 15:  Concert in the Park   8:00 - midnight

Fireman's Park in Brenham

Eugene Eugene Band of Bryan along with Neil Kulhanek and The Real Deal

*June 15:  Live Music at the Stone Cellar, in Round Top, Texas

7:00 - 11:00 P.M. Live music by the MacNalleys

*June 16:  Stone Cellar  1-6 P.M.  Great American Beer Festival

performing Black Cat Choir and Earlywine  

A great Father's Day Getaway! 

www.StoneCellarWines.com

*June 16:  Juneteenth Celebration and Parade

Starts at 10:00 A.M.

Downtown and Fireman's Park

*June 16:  They Were Here First:  Inhabitants of of Old Washington

At Washington on the Brazos

www.BirthPlaceofTexas.com

*June 16:  Historical Play and Ice Cream Social

4:00-5:30 P.M.

Learn about Brenham's history and enjoy free Blue Bell Ice Cream

Washington County Courthouse Annex

www.BlueBell.com

*June 23-24 Round Top Summer Antiques

Big Red Barn and tent, the Continental Tent, or Carmine Dance Hall

Sat. 9-5 P.M. Sun. 10-4 P.M.

Give Thanks to all who Served our Country this Memorial Day

Thanks to all who served our country

for the sacrifices that have been made,

 along with the sacrifices their families have had to make as well!

Memorial Day

Our guests celebrated and gave thanks this weekend.  This morning

they were served a King's breakfast.

Fresh fruit, with cinnamon cream and chocolate mint,

Egg in the hole of whole wheat bread and toast,

parsley red potatoes,

our garden tomatoes season with fresh basil ribbons,

and to top it off lemon turnovers!

... and lots of coffee!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Scones from Scratch at The Brenham House

We make scones in many varieties.  

Anything you can dream of you can turn into a scone!

Cranberry and Orange, Cherry and Almond, Strawberry, Blueberry, Apricot

... THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

Try this recipe
2c. flour, sifted

1 T. baking powder (aluminum free)

1 tsp. salt

2 T. sugar

1 -1/2 sticks of cold butter, diced

2 eggs

1/2 c. cold cream

1 c. dried fruit, diced

optional:  1 tsp.  vanilla, almond, orange or strawberry extract 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a mixer, place all sifted ingredients.  Add butter and mix on low until pea size.  In a small bowl whisk eggs and cream.  Add to the mixer and mix just until blended.  Fold in fruit.  Pour sticky dough out onto floured counter, knead a few times.  Roll out and cut scones with biscuit cutter.  Place on baking sheet with parchment paper.  Egg wash the tops and sprinkle with sugar.  Bake for 15-20 minutes.  Serves 12

Come stay with us at The Brenham House Bed and Breakfast! 

Creamy Eggs Scrambled, Homemade Hash Browns, Peppered Bacon and warm Flaky Buttery, Cherry Almond Scones!  m-m-m-m!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Unwind with a Glass of Wine at one of Brenham's Wineries

Coming in for the weekend?

Check out our wineries to unwind from the long week!

Pleasant Hill Winery www.pleasanthillwinery.com

Saddlehorn Winery www.saddlehornwinery.com

Windy Winery  www.windywinery.com

Unity Theatre presents The Miracle Worker

Coming up next at Unity Theatre

June 14-July 1, 2012

A Drama

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Highly regarded as an American theatre classic, this play tells the story

of the teacher who brought language and compassion into Helen Keller's 

dark, silent world.  Drawing heavily from letters written by Anne Sullivan

 in 1887, the drama unfolds with wit and humor to reveal events leading 

to the famous friendship.


www.unitybrenham.org 


www.TheBrenhamHouse.com 

What's Happening at Windy Winery?

For those of you coming this weekend you may want to check out 

Windy Winery

                                      

www.WindyWinery.com

Saturday, April 14, 2012, at noon there will be a crawfish boil.

$25.00 per person

Crawfish, potatoes, corn on the cob, Greek salad and French bread

Our guests always come back and tell us the food is great!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com

Blue Bell Creameries Tours

The Brenham House Texas Sheet Cake with Blue Bell

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com 

Make your plans now for your Blue Bell Creameries Tour!

Spring Break Tours at Blue Bell Creameries

Times:  10, 11AM, and 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30PM

*45 people per tour

*Tokens required for admittance

*Check in with your hostess upon arrival

*Limited to 800 visitors per day

*Weekday tours only

*All visitors need reservations during Spring Break!

Go online to secure your times

www.bluebell.com 

Spring is in the Air at The Brenham House

Things are starting to come alive again at The Brenham House!

Maybe it is time to get make plans to come to Brenham!

Get out and see all of the beginnings of spring!

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com 

Bluebonnet Garden Club

Bluebonnet Garden Club Show

February 23, 2012  10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

One stop on the tour was The Brenham House Bed and Breakfast. 

 So glad we were able to participate.  

We want to thank everyone who took the time to come by and see the flower art and visit with James and me.

www.TheBrenhamHouse.com 

Such talented people.  All of the designs were perfect for the spaces.  There was a great turnout and beautiful weather!  The lunch was fabulous.  There were about 200 touring the homes.