Mary Jo Schaffer, Bandera Texas Real Estate, Broker- Sweetheart Realty

Bandera's Metal Cowboys took over the town for the second time in two weeks this weekend- the roar was deafening, unless, of course, you turned off your hearing aid.The streets were full of crome and leather, the gas stations, the parks, the restaurants, had no space, no seats for us locals. Tune...

Everything you could possibly want to know about your home and maintaining it, plus how to have a fantastic and lush garden and lawn will be covered next weekend, April 12th, in Bandera at Mansfield Park.The event is the 8th one for Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District and the ...

This past weekend, hundreds of motorcyclists descended upon Bandera for the phenomenon known as Wild Hog Explosion.  The event kicked off on Friday, March 14th and concluded Sunday afternoon.Events were for all ages, there was an all bike rally, wild hog catching, pork rib cook off, hog kissing c...

Super Tuesday 2 has hit Bandera Texas in a big way.  The CNN news crew has been camped out here since yesterday with their news bus to get the "feel" of a real Texas Town and how they feel about the primary election in Texas.  Their satellite truck is now in front of a local watering hole "The El...

To many in Bandera, the Cabaret is a national treasure, an historic landmark, having been on Main Street for 70 years. Many a young man and woman had their first dance there, their first kiss, their first longneck.  Well, it has been sitting empty for at least 2 years now (seems to be more) while...

Bandera Texas is definitely a small town- in fact, Bandera is the only incorporated city in the entire county.  The population hovers around 1000 residents, in about a 2 mile square area.  They are happy with who and where they are, and I don't expect they'll change anytime soon.  In fact, the hu...

Cowboy Up San Antonio!  You still have time to visit the Freeman Coliseum and the AT&T Center for the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo which began on Thursday, Jan. 31st and continues daily until Saturday, February 16th.  This year's event is jam packed with activities for young and old- be it th...

Yesterday was quite a busy day in Bandera, Texas.  Even tho Fat Tuesday is not until February 5th,  Bandera got a jump on all of New Orleans by having their own "Cowboy Style" Mardi Gras parade down mainstreet Bandera.  The horse took center stage in this town, as it should.  Multi-colored beads ...

Yesterday i eavesdropped on a conversation that got me to thinking about my town, Bandera Texas. We are known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" and I asked myself what that entails.  Should we be rough and rowdy as they were in the early west, or should we be refined and genteel suburbanites? ...

  Yesterday at Bandera County's Commissioner's Court Meeting, a Green approach to new subdivision development was discussed.  This is a novel idea around here, and the questions and answers were flying around the room.  This topic is of great interest to me as a Real Estate Broker in the Hill Cou...