Tag Archives: Brenham

Happy Hanukkah

You’ve heard, no doubt, of the Little Creamery (i.e. Blue Bell Ice Cream) in Brenham, a small town east of Austin. So you should meet the Little Synagogue, in this good Hanukkah story by one of the daily’s nice Jewish girl writers. The old Orthodox temple, B’Nai Abraham, is 122 years old. The last two aging members of the Recorded Texas Historical Landmark–as the story on this first evening of the Festival of Lights says–are "keeping the lights aglow" and praying for someone to take over when they’re gone.

Happy Birthday Blue Bell

The fact is I try to stay away from ice cream because it makes me fat. But when I do break down and indulge a little–usually because we keep the stuff around for Mr. B.–it’s Blue Bell all the way. That’s long been the case for many Texans since the stuff is made here (in Brenham, between Austin and Houston) and has been, this year, for 100 years altogether. So happy BD, Blue Bell. Keep it up.