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Serene experience at Massage in the Hill Country

Joe Peterson BACKGROUND prepares his massage table as guests relax by the koi pond at his idyllic Massage in the Hill Country studio. Photo courtesy Massage in the Hill Country.

By LaureL robertson

Joe Peterson’s Massage in the Hill Country studio is – quite literally - miles away from the experience you

can find at any massage studio in town. Hidden away at his home on six private acres near Nutty Brown Road and RR 1826, Joe’s secluded studio offers a com-plete experience for all the senses.

A typical session begins with a soak in a whirlpool hot tub overlooking lush koi ponds, as clients sip sparkling wa-ter or wine while their muscles unwind. A fruit and cheese tray soothes their ap-petite. Their view is a grassy meadow rolling into the green undergrowth of a nearby creek bed, spanned by a wooden footbridge. Sounds of birds and other wildlife fill the air.

When they’re relaxed and ready for a massage, clients can choose a space on a

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covered patio overlooking the hot tub and koi ponds, or in a serene massage room indoors. Each massage is a full hour, Joe points out—with no time taken up check-ing in, changing or filling out paperwork.

The low overhead Joe enjoys by hav-ing his studio at his house enables him to keep prices affordable—many times less than what one would expect, he says.

Couples often choose Massage in the Hill Country as a romantic retreat for spe-cial occasions, such as anniversaries and Valentines Day. It’s also popular as a Girls Day Out destination for friends or moth-er/daughter combos, Joe explains.

As wonderful and relaxing as the massages are for his clients, Joe insists that he benefits even more from his prac-tice—in fact, he credits the work with sav-ing his sanity following some life-chang-

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MASSAGE IN THE HILL COUNTRY, from page 1

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sanity following some life-changing events. After 32 years as an electrical engi-neer with Motorola and AMD, Joe retired five years ago, not long after he lost his wife of 23 years to cancer. His two sons soon left home for college and careers.

“You have no idea how burned-out, bored and nuts I was!” Joe recounts. Through his (professional-level) hobby of photography, Joe met a massage therapist who convinced him to enroll in classes at the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin, where he became an LMT (li-censed massage therapist).

He later spent 10 days at the Esalen Institute in California to learn their signa-ture style of healing massage. The beauti-ful location in Big Sur, open to the Pacific Ocean’s wind, waves, surf and sun, in-spired Joe to create his home studio in its calming, natural setting.

“I fell in love with massage thera-py—doing it is about as far from being an engineer as you can get,” Joe reflects. In-stead of working long hours a week

indoors at a high-stress occupation with hectic deadlines, he now works part-time in his own beautiful home and

Hot stone massage. Photo courtesy Massage in the Hill Country.

Guests relax and enjoy a fruit tray at Massage in the Hill Country. Photos courtesy Massage in the Hill Country.

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yard setting, with a schedule that he sets. “The best part is the immediate satisfac-tion and smiles it brings to people – very unlike the long wait and mixed results I saw with projects in the computer indus-try,” he reports.

Joe says his new life feels like getting to have his cake and eat it, too. There’s icing on that cake, too —last month Joe

MASSAGE IN THE HILL COUNTRY, from page 2

ABOVE Couples often choose Massage in the Hill Country as a romantic retreat. BELOW Serene indoor massage room. Photos courtesy Massage in the Hill Country.

remarried. Life is good at Massage in the Hill Country.

FYI • Massage in the Hill Country is located near Nutty Brown Road and FM 1826. They offer Swedish, Es-alen and deep tissue massage in individual, couple, and small group sessions. Gift certificates are available. For more information and to make appointments, visit the website at joepeterson.massagetherapy.com or email joe@massageinthehillcountry.com

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By LaureL robertson

Tammy Myers – better known to her legions of pint-sized fans as “The Ice Cream Lady” – is once

again doing her best to make living in Dripping Springs a little sweeter.

After seven years and several in-carnations around Dripping Springs, her creation of affection and confection, The BIG Drip Ice Cream Parlor, is ex-panding its wares in the tiniest build-ing on Mercer Street.

In addition to hand-dipped cones and ice cream concoctions, The BIG Drip now offers homemade fudge, decadent candies, select chocolates, premium popcorn and a variety of brittles. And just in time for Valen-tine’s Day, Tammy is stocking and tak-ing pre-orders for chocolate covered strawberries.

With the arrival of warmer weather in March, The BIG Drip will station one of its three full-service ice cream trail-ers at the Mercer store to sell shaved ice, sausage wraps, hot dogs, nachos, Frito pies, chili and other snacks.

The truck will be open late to satis-fy the appetites of the growing nightlife on Mercer.

The two remaining trailers will continue serving ice cream delights to folks at the Austin Zoo and at events both public (fairs, festivals and sports events) and private (weddings, parties and corporate events).

Easily one of the most recognized people around town, Tammy says she

can’t go grocery shopping or out to a restaurant without having kids mob her. And she loves every minute of it. “I’m a kid magnet,” she shrugs.

“When I’m surrounded by them, I’m in my natural element. God gifted me with a love of children and community.”

Employee Bobbi Bone chimes in, “Tammy has 20 million adopted children (including my own) because she takes

BIG Drip Ice Cream Parlor is back and even better

Tammy Myers, aka the “Ice Cream Lady” scoops up delectable treats at the BIG Drip Ice Cream Parlor on Mercer Street. Photo courtesy The BIG Drip.

In addition to hand-dipped cones and ice cream concoctions (and just in time for Valentine’s), The BIG Drip now offers homemade fudge, decadent candies, select chocolates, premium popcorn and a variety of brittles. Photo courtesy The BIG Drip.

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the time to talk with them. They can tell she really cares about them.”

A recent post on The BIG Drip Face-book page paints a typical scene with Tammy and “her kids”:

“My BIG Drip kids showed up and brought new friends. We all ate ice cream cones on the back of The BIG Drip Clas-sic truck (aka My Gazelle), then we hula hooped the calories off and ended the eve with Tommy & the kids and I playing in-struments & singing!”

The mother of five, Tammy has 10 ac-tual grandkids —and counting! (“They’re my ‘Grammy’ awards,” she quips.) But her trim waistline belies that fact.

“I eat all the ice cream I want,” boasts the petite blonde, “and then hula-hoop for an hour a day! So eat more fudge!” is her advice.

Tammy grew up in New England working summers at an ice cream shop, so The BIG Drip was a natural for her.

She loves the feeling of small-town community she shares with the other proprietors on Mercer Street.

“I love being across from Rippy’s and next door neighbors with our new dance hall in town!” she effuses.

Since the BIG Drip is a cash-only es-tablishment, Tammy occasionally offers to let cash-challenged customers pay her later for candy today.

“I operate on the Honor System,” she

attests, “and they always come back to repay!”

Tammy credits her success to her many friends in the community. In par-ticular, she says she’d like to thank Bob-bi, Dolores, Teresa, Travis, Edith, Stacey, Jeff, Calvin, Michael, her mother and all

“her kids” for her sweet success.FYI • The BIG Drip is located at 310 Mercer Street,

in the rock building across the street from Rippy’s Ranch Supply. For more information and hours, visit their Face-book page. The BIG Drip Ice Cream trailer at the Austin Zoo is open Friday from 11 am to 3 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm.

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Tammy Myers with a just a few of her fans in the classic truck outside The BIG Drip Ice Cream Parlor. Photo courtesy The BIG Drip.

There’s always time for music and fun for kids of all ages at the BIG Drip Ice Cream Parlor on Mercer Street. Photo courtesy The BIG Drip.

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EVERY SUNDAY• Live Jazz Brunch at the Nutty Brown Cafe. www.nuttybrown.com.SECOND and FOURTH SUNDAY• Drippin’ Dancin’. BYOB and food. Barn at Bell Springs, 4000 Bell Springs Road. 7 pm to 10 pm. Dance lessons 6 pm to 7 pm. $7 cover. www.HotTexasSwingBand.com.EVERY MONDAY• Rotary Club. 11:45 am at Creek Road Cafe. 301 West Highway 290, 512-626-7673, www.drippingspringsrotary.org.• Boy Scout Troop 280 meets at St. Martin de Porres Church Hall. 512-904-0444, ckichuk@yahoo.com, drippingsprings280.mytroop.us. SECOND MONDAYS• Group of Dripping Springs (GODS) Moms meets at Dripping Springs Methodist Church 9 am to 11:15 am. 512-894-0581.FOURTH MONDAYS• Artists of Dripping Springs. Gatherings at area studios. 512-894-0394.• Gen. Ben McCulloch 2435, UDC meets at the Veterans Hall, 27500 Ranch Road 12 at 7 pm. Call Sharon Hudson at 512-858-7177.MONDAY through THURSDAY• Discovery Day School. mmilligan@discoveryday-school.org.EVERY TUESDAY• Toastmasters Dripping Springs. 6:30 pm. Pioneer Bank Building Conference Room. Call Mike at 214-339-3237.• Dripping Springs Property Tour. 512-579-7711, dshometour@gmail.com.SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH TUESDAYS• Dripping Springs Boy Scout Troop 101 meets. Dripping Springs United Methodist Church. 7 pm. Tom Chenault at 512-707-7488.FIRST and THIRD TUESDAYS• Lions Club meets. 6 pm at Flores Restaurant. Call Sharon at 512-858-5159.SECOND TUESDAYS• Friends of the Dripping Springs Community Library. 11 am at the library. Contact Bobbie Hentschel@512-771-3217 or friendsofdslibrary@gmail.com for information and volunteer opportunities.EVERY WEDNESDAY• Dripping Springs Farmers Market. The Triangle (Highway 290/ Ranch Road 12) 3 pm to 7 pm. cityofdrippingsprings.com.• Awana. Wednesday. Henly Baptist Church. henlybaptistchurch.org.SECOND WEDNESDAY• Free Alzheimer’s Support Group meets at Arveda Alzheimer’s Family Care, 11013 Signal Hill Drive. RSVP to 512-637-5400. www.arvedacare.com.EVERY THURSDAY• Steak Night and Karaoke at the Nutty Brown Cafe. nuttybrown.com.• Thyme and Dough Bistro Nights with live music, dinners and decadent desserts. 6 pm to 9 pm. 512-894-0001.• Henly Baptist Church JOY (Just Older Youth) Club meets at 9:30 am. www.henlybaptistchurch.org. FIRST THURSDAYS• Dripping Springs American Legion 7 pm. 512-858-5637.FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY• Lions Club meets at 131 East Mercer Street. 512-858-5159.SECOND THURSDAYS• Knights of Columbus, Council 11695, meets at the St Martin de Porres Parrish Hall on Post Oak Road, at 7:30 pm. Preceeded by a pot luck dinner.

• Charlotte’s Book Club. Dripping Springs Community Library, 6 pm. Visit www.dscl.org , 512-858-7825’THIRD THURSDAYS• Dripping Springs Cookoff Club. Meets at 6:30 pm in the VFW Hall in Dripping Springs. For information, email Michele at ryoncrew@yahoo.com.• Dripping Springs VFW meets. 27500 Ranch Road 12. 7 pm. 512-858-5637.• Thirsty Thursday meets at 7 pm. New Life Lutheran Church at 120 Frog Pond Lane off Highway 290. Poets, musicians, songwriters and storytellers share. Artists, photographers and quilters also welcome. 512-858-2024.FOURTH THURSDAY• Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS). Dripping Springs Community Library, 501 Sportsplex Drive, conference room. 6:30 pm. 512-524-7897. EVERY FRIDAY• Men’s Breakfast at Fitzhugh Baptist Church. 6:30 am. 512-913-4808.• Free wine tasting and art gallery. 5 pm to 8 pm at Cedar Valley Spirits (across from Nutty Brown Cafe). www.cedarvalleyspirits.com.FIRST SATURDAY• Low Cost Pet Vaccinations at Tractor Supply. 512-858-7229.SECOND & FOURTH SATURDAY• Pet Adoption Sponsored by Thundering Paws Animal Sanctuary. Tractor Supply. 512-402-9725.FEBRUARY 28• 11th Annual Suits & Boots Community Awards Banquet. Celebrate the community, walk the red carpet and have your photo taken in front of the “Academy Awards” wall. Dripping Springs Ranch Park Ballroom. drippingspringstx.org.FEBRUARY 15• Hays County Master Naturalist Chapter 2nd Annual Dripping Springs Great Backyard Bird Count. Participants will receive an introduction to birding and information about the Great Backyard Bird Count, and then take a guided bird count at Charro Ranch Park, Dripping Springs Ranch Park or Founders Memorial Park. Appropriate for birders of all skill levels and ages. Registration required, space is limited, no charge. For more information go online www.birdsource.org/gbbc.MARCH 1• Keith Tuck Memorial Football Game. Dripping Springs vs. Lake Travis at Tiger Stadium. Kickoff at 7 pm. www.facebook.com/playfortuck.MARCH 9• 10th Annual Brittany Tuck Scholarship Memorial Benefit. Includes a barbecue cookoff. Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center. www.facebook.com/brittanytuckbenefit.MARCH 15• Fancy Feathers 7th Annual Open Chicken Show. A professionally judged poultry show set up and run by Fancy Feathers 4-H members, with adult and youth classes as well as a backyard class for both bantam and standard sized birds. See more than 40 varieties of chickens, participate in a cluck-off, more. Dripping Springs Ranch Park. 9:30 am to 2 pm. at www.fancyfeatherstx.org .FYI • For information on any calendar event, call the Chamber at 512-858-4740.

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