Twin Liquors is having specials for Super Bowl parties and Valentine’s Day festivities. Photo: google
Let Twin Liquors be your one-stop-shop when it comes to all things Super Bowl parties and Valentine’s Day festivities this year. Available for pick up in-store or delivery to your door, Twin Liquorshas you covered. (Twin Liquors, 2022)
A number of wines + spirits will be discounted for Valentine’s Day from February 3 through February 14, 2022. With complimentary gift wrapping, you can have your gift delivered right to your special someone. Additionally, from February 7 through February 12, save on bottles of spirits for your Super Bowl party to celebrate the biggest sports event of the year. Run out of drinks during the game? No need to miss a play or commercial thanks to Twin Liquors’ delivery service. For more information, please visit Twin Liquors or follow along on social media @TwinLiquors.
Born and raised in downtown Austin, Texas, Twin Liquors began as one small store and has developed into a successful, “home-grown,” Texas family-owned company. Twin Liquors has a unique reputation throughout the United States for having impeccable team members, outstanding customer service, conveniently located stores, extensive selections of fine wines and premium spirits from around the world, and substantial community involvement. Twin Liquors currently operates 100+ neighborhood stores from Austin to San Antonio, the Hill Country to Houston, and the DFW area with their Sigel’s branded stores.
Krause’s Café & Biergarten in New Braunfels has exciting new collaborations, live music, themed dinners, farmers markets, and more coming up. Photo: Krause’s Café & Biergarten, used with permission.
Krause’s Café & Biergarten is excited to announce some of the exciting events that they have coming up in 2022. In the new year, Krause’s will continue to host live performances by nationally, and internationally, renowned polka and folk acts in addition to amazing parties, themed dinners, Dachshund races, and more. (Krause’s Café & Biergarten, 2022)
See below for a sampling of upcoming events:
Mollie B with Squeezebox and Ted Lange – February 4 – 6:30p.m. to 9:30p.m.
In 2022 Krause’s continues to provide its guests with world-class live musical performances. On February 4th, New Braunfels staple Terry Cavanagh will open for Polka Hall of Fame musicians Mollie B and Squeezebox with Ted Lange. Doors open at 4pm.
Daddy Daughter Dinner – February 9 – 5:30p.m. to 8:30p.m.
Krause’s Café welcomes all father-daughter pairs to their Daddy Daughter Dinner. A dinner for two is available for $50, which includes a 14oz. ribeye, chicken tenders with “stuffed” mashed potatoes, and tableside s’mores for dessert. This special night also includes a performance from All Mixed Up Variety Band. Tickets are available here, with the option to include additional children’s tickets for larger families at $15 per child.
Visit the New Braunfels Farmers Market during the month of February and find local vendors located in the Krause’s Biergarten for a convenient shopping opportunity for Valentine’s Day. Guests can purchase one of a kind baked goods, flowers, chocolates, and many more local gifts to celebrate the Holiday. The schedule is as follows:
Friday, February 9th 5p.m. to 9p.m.
Friday, February 11th 4p.m. to 9p.m.
Saturday, February 12th 1p.m. to 4p.m.
Halfway to Oktoberfest & Masskrugstemmen Season Kickoff – March 11 to 13
Join Krause’s in celebrating the beginning of the Masskrugstemmen season and begin the countdown to Oktoberfest. Pech & Schwefel will be joining Krause’s all the way from Austria to kick off the halfway point to Oktoberfest, in addition to returning in September for the official Oktoberfest celebrations.
Dachshund Race – March 20 – 2p.m. to 5p.m.
Krause’s is off to races with one of their most popular events. Guests can cheer on the racing pups at 2p.m. until approximately 5p.m. on March 20. Spectator tickets for the event are available on Eventbrite here for $5 (ages 12 and up), or you can choose to register your Dachshund and enter the race online. In addition to the race, Krause’s will be accepting food and supply donations for the Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area. Prizes will also be awarded for the best dressed Dachshund as well as the race winner.
Krause’s Café & Biergarten is a New Braunfels historic restaurant opened in 1938 and successfully run until 1995. Today, Krause’s Café honors the previous traditions of the restaurant with the addition of a Bierhalle and ‘Biergarten,’ live music, and more. The menu reflects New Braunfels’ German heritage as well as South Texas flavors. Over 100 beers are available on tap with local, regional, and international options. The restaurant also features cocktails and wines on tap. Krause’s Café is located at 148 S. Castell Ave, New Braunfels, TX 78130, next to the popular New Braunfels Farmers Market.
WB Liquors & Wine Representatives John Herrmann, Owner & CEO and Vanessa Munson, Vice President with Home For Our Troops Representatives Matthew Murphy, Corporate Partnership Manager, and Bill Ivey, Executive Director and Marine Corporal Travis Echols, HFOT 2017 recipient and New Braunfels resident.
WB Liquors & Wine, a San Antonio family-owned company, recently hosted a check ceremony, presenting its 2021 WB Cares program fundraising efforts to Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), with the final amount revealed to be $152,000. (WB Liquors & Wine, 2022)
This year’s fundraiser was strong, surpassing the $100,000 mark with this final push for donations. HFOT is a nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans to enable them to rebuild their lives.
This year’s fundraising efforts will go to building a home for Texas veteran Marine Corporal Raymond D. Hennagir IIIwho was severely injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion while serving on his second deployment in Iraq. The blast resulted in the loss of both his legs and several fingers on his left hand. Last summer, Hennagir competed at the highest-level winning silver as part of USA’s Wheelchair Rugby team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
WB Liquors & Wine has helped Texans across the state celebrate their special occasions for more than 50 years. As a family-owned business, the brand specializes in convenient locations and a great variety of liquor, beer and wine – along with fast, personalized and expert-level service. As of October 2021, WB Liquors & Wine operates 59 locations across Texas, which includes 34 WB Liquors & Wine stores and 25 WB Liquor stores adjacent to COSTCO.
Good Morning Bedlam will release full length folk pop album Lulu on February 4, 2022. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
Folk-pop storytellers Good Morning Bedlam’s shows are known for their contagious energy. With members moving about the stage—jumping and dancing with a wild playfulness—and tight soaring three-part harmonies and thumping kick-drum, they captivate their audience night after night with no intention of slowing down. On February 4, 2022, their brand new album Lulu will bring that energy to anyone and everyone who wants to hear it. (Good Morning Bedlam, 2021)
Like their highly regarded live show, just when you think you have Good Morning Bedlam pegged, they take you in another direction. “We want to surprise our audience from song to song,” says Good Morning Bedlam front man Izaak Elker. “Rather than creating our music to fit a genre, we allow it to be an outpouring of our own stories and unique sound.”
As part of Good Morning Bedlam, Elker, along with his wife Tori on bass and band co-founder Sophia Mae Beyer on fiddle, spent over 200 days playing shows to their ever-growing fanbase in 2019 before the world shut down. In February of 2021, Isaak, Sophia, and Tori returned to Carpet Booth Studios—right where they had left off tracking new songs in March 2020—to work with Zach Zurn on their third full-length record Lulu.
Good Morning Bedlam on tour: February 4 – Saint Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar and Hall (Album release show) February 11 – Winona, MN – Ed’s February 12 – Aurora, IL – The Venue February 19 – New York Mills, MN – New York Mills Cultural Center March 12 – Appleton, WI – Poplar Hall
Good Morning Bedlam has become a staying force in the folk genre with a 200 plus show tour in 2019 before the COVID-19 shutdown, claiming the first-place title at the John Hartford Memorial Festival Band Competition, and being finalists at the NWSS Band Competition. GMB has played at festivals alongside artists such as Shakey Graves, Sam Bush, Jason Isabell, The Infamous Stringdusters, Trampled By Turtles, and others. In 2021 GMB ran a successful Kickstarter in July of 2021 for their much anticipated third full-length record ‘Lulu’ where fans from around the world pledged a total of $34,000. GMB has been featured on Bluegrass Today, Relix Magazine, State and Water, and Paste Magazine.
‘Harbor City Homicide’ is the new mystery novel by David Bradbury. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
David Bradbury is a former newspaper crime reporter who has long been fascinated with the gang culture of Los Angeles. His new book “Harbor City Homicide” takes readers into the underworld of LA’s gangs. It is available now on Amazon.
“Harbor City Homicide” – Exciting action, danger and crackling dialogue – a reader’s comment. Early morning. The concrete forecourt of a Los Angeles motel you would not check your family into. The owner, a man with a past who was planning a particular future, has been shot in the back. Career detective Helen Freitag’s investigation of the murder takes her into the underworld of LA’s gangs, as racial tensions and arson attacks rise across the sweltering city. Looming in the background is an official inquiry into her questionable shooting of a bank robber, as well as increasing trauma from her army service. The handsome, disgraced journalist Prentice Taylor is drawn into the inquiry by Freitag when the dead man’s daughter runs away from home.
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