Category: Abilene/Anson

Day 2 of the Abilene CALF was full of readings, crafts, instruments, characters, and more Italian Ice. We started our day at the Instrument Petting Zoo. If you’ve been following{...}

2017’s featured illustrator was Garth Williams. Our first day at the festival was short because we started off in the evening at Wilbur’s Garden Party. The party took place at{...}

We started our day by going to the Mark Teague book signing. This seems to be the first thing we do on most Saturdays of the CALF. The Abilene Fire{...}

CALF 2016 featured Mark Teague as the featured illustrator. We started off our first day at a reading at the Abilene Public Library. The Creeper we found from the previous{...}

For day 2 of the Abilene CALF 2015, we started our day out at the Abilene Public Library. We took pictures with the Jack Frost sculpture outside the library and{...}

Connor brought it to my attention that I stopped writing about our time at the Abilene Children’s Art & Literacy Festival after 2014. I wrote that we had received our{...}

While attending the CALF in Abilene this year we stayed at the Courtyard Abilene by Marriot. The hotel is in a good area. It is located right by the Mall{...}

Bogie’s Downtown Deli in downtown Abilene is usually only open for lunch Monday through Friday, but for the Abilene CALF they also opened for lunch on Saturday. The restaurant is{...}

So, I decided to go ahead and combine the reviews for Hickory Street Cafe and Betty Rose’s Little Brisket because I didn’t actually take any pictures from Betty Rose’s. Let’s{...}

We picked up food to go at The Blue Taco in Abilene on Thursday. The Blue Taco has a drive-thru but I wanted to go inside to see what it{...}