ForGeorgetown Advice Column
Vera has been working the counter off I-35 for 44 years. She doesn't carry what you're not ordering. Write to her anyway.
March 1, 2026 · from Biting My Tongue on Briarcroft
"Your husband is right and your sister is brave and wrong. Say nothing. You have to live next door to this person for the next ten years."
Read Vera's answer →March 1, 2026 · from Losing My Mind on Lost Oak Trail
"Take the phone. Not forever. Just at dinner. And stop negotiating."
Read Vera's answer →February 25, 2026 · from Fed Up on Forest Street
"You're right. The friend's wrong. And your husband already knows it — he just hasn't had the conversation he needs to have with his buddy."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Fuming in Fieldstone
"Paint it back. Then sell the house and move somewhere with dirt roads and no architectural committee. That's my advice."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Rooted in River Ridge
"Thirty miles is thirty miles. Georgetown is not Austin and that's the whole point of Georgetown."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Reorganized in Rancho Sienna
"Stop hinting. Hinting hasn't worked in two years. Say the words out loud to her face."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Outnumbered in Oaks at San Gabriel
"You're right. Fourteen cats is not feeding strays, it's founding a civilization. Call the city."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Soft-Hearted in Sun City
"Let him come home. Set a date he leaves. Write it down. That's the whole trick."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Gridlocked in Georgetown Village
"You're stuck. Williams Drive is a fact of life here. The only question is what you do with your time in it."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Gutted in Gabriels Grove
"It might be. But you don't know until you ask. Send the message. Whatever she says, at least you'll know."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Golden-Handcuffed in Georgetown
"You're not asking if you should quit. You're asking someone to tell you it's okay. It's okay. But know what you're walking into."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Measuring Tape in Morningstar
"You're right to be worried. In Texas, letting an encroachment sit is how you lose it. Get a survey. Then put it in writing."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Still Recovering on the Square
"You're not being petty. A 1-star review for food poisoning is what a 1-star review is for."
Read Vera's answer →February 24, 2026 · from Fed Up on Forest Street, Georgetown
"You're right. Showing up uninvited three times a week expecting dinner isn't friendship — it's a bad houseguest who forgot to go home."
Read Vera's answer →Vera doesn't promise to be gentle. She promises to be honest. Send your situation to vera@forgeorgetown.com and she may answer it in a future column.
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