• Fort Davis,  Life,  Shop Local,  West Texas

    So Where’s Downtown?

    View of Fort Davis

    Downtown★ Uptown★ Midtown★ In a Small Town This post is at least partly by way of continuing my whine about all the attention that goes to one end of Fort Davis, often at the expense of the remainder of this sweet West Texas town. Granted, with some few (and Notable) exceptions most of the Business District is clustered around TX Hwy 118, or State Street, once you’re in Fort Davis.  The Business District in Fort Davis actually stretches from the two junctions of highways 118 and 17 at either end, and in reality, a bit…

  • Fort Davis,  Neighbors,  Shop Local

    Getting to Know Our Neighbors

    Davis Mountains Rock Shop

    At Somewhere Over the Rainbow, we’re not just enthusiastic about our own shop. Small businesses, particularly those in Small Towns need to support one another, to carry that idea of Shopping Local to the next level. We have to Live Local, to remember our neighbors, visit their businesses and choose to keep our own dollars in the community whenever it is feasible. To those ends, we want to use space on our website to promote our friends and neighbors in Fort Davis, and all the neighboring areas. Look for a post about a business or local…