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AT HOME IN HEATH: THE ROCKWALL FARMERS MARKET Well, we’ve been living in our new home for about four months now.  It’s beginning to feel like home.  One thing I’ve learned is that grocery shopping is a whole lot different out here than it was back in Dallas.  A couple of years ago, when TraderContinue reading “Rockwall’s Farmers Market”

TRAVEL HERE: STAMPEDE 66 IN UPTOWN DALLAS I’ve been holding out on you.  We visited this restaurant back in July and I’ve never gotten around to telling you about it.  Allow me to correct that error and tell you about Stampede 66. You had me at Stephen Pyles Even though I’m the one with theContinue reading “Stampede 66, Dallas TX”

AT HOME IN HEATH: MY INNER CHEF HAS BLOSSOMED Bill didn’t marry me for my cooking.  The only food I cooked for him before we got married was my signature spaghetti, which was pretty awesome, but he should have realized there was a problem when he had to teach me to make coffee.  During ourContinue reading “I’m a Gourmet Chef – Who Knew?”

TRAVEL HERE: DINNER AT THE ROCKWALL’S  FATTED CALF After a year of building our home in Heath and several months of living in it, we’re finally getting around to visiting some of the restaurants in downtown Rockwall.  We’d visited The Londoner and Bin 303 much earlier in this process, but recently we made it toContinue reading “Fatted Calf in Rockwall TX”

TRAVEL HERE:  APPS AND APPETITE AT CROSSROADS DINER IN DALLAS Looking for a great place for brunch in Dallas?  Try Crossroads Diner!  On a recent Sunday we were headed to the Kimbell Art Museum to see the Botticelli to Braque exhibition.  You can read about that here, but on the way we stopped at CrossroadsContinue reading “Brunch at Crossroads Diner – Dallas TX”

TRAVEL HERE: SCOTLAND NATIONAL GALLERIES VISIT THE KIMBALL ART MUSEUM IN FORT WORTH TX It’s been very nose-to-the-grindstone around here lately, so when Bill said, “Let’s do something different this Sunday,” he didn’t get any argument from me.  In fact, I’d already been formulating a play date in my head. Day Tripping to the KimballContinue reading “Scotland Visits Fort Worth TX”

AT HOME IN HEATH: OUR HOME CAME WITH EQUIPPED WITH GOOD FRIENDS Last week as I told you about the ups and downs of building, I mentioned Reggie, one of the neighbors we’ve gotten to know here in Buffalo Creek.  Not only did we find the perfect lot and build a beautiful home.  We alsoContinue reading “All This and Friends on the Side”

AT HOME IN HEATH: OUR HOME ONLINE If you think we’re proud of our new house, you should talk to our builders, Whittle and Johnson Custom Homes (W&J).  They just put us on their website. Finding Our Lot The first Whittle we got to know was Rob Whittle of Whittle Development.  He found us wandering around aContinue reading “Our Home Online!”

TRAVEL HERE: CULPEPPER’S HOSTS FRANK MARTIN GILLIGAN & JOE GAVITO It started earlier in the week on Facebook of all places.  I have a cousin down Houston way who is heavily into their music scene.  If Gene Alton likes a band, then it’s a good band.  He posted a video that I don’t even thinkContinue reading “Frank Martin Gilligan & Joe Gavito at Culpepper’s”

TRAVEL HERE: SALTGRASS STEAKHOUSE IN ROCKWALL TX The plan was to visit a steakhouse on the other side of the lake from Rockwall, but I-30 Westbound was closed. That made Saltgrass Steakhouse look pretty good. My History with Saltgrass In a place like the Metroplex, there are so many restaurants to choose from that youContinue reading “A Steak Worth It’s Saltgrass”