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TRAVEL HERE/TRAVEL THERE: DALLAS TRAVEL & ADVENTURE SHOW OK! If you love travel and live in Dallas (or anywhere nearby) take out your calendar NOW and clear this weekend. It’s time for the Travel & Adventure Show.  You heard me.  Do it! Why You Should Go to the Show Yeah, I know.  You can sitContinue reading “Dallas Travel & Adventure Show 2012”

TRAVEL HERE: PECAN GROVE CEMETERY IN MCKINNEY TX Funerals are bittersweet:  an opportunity to spend time with dear friends and family, a recitation of your best memories, gorgeous floral tributes and touching cards, phone calls, emails and messages.  But the price of admission is the loss of someone you love and in the end youContinue reading “McKinney’s Pecan Grove Cemetery”

TRAVEL HERE: FIRE CLAIMS BIG TEX The State Fair of Texas is always big news for me, but it’s not usually on World News with Diane Sawyer.  In case you didn’t know, the State Fair’s iconic mascot, Big Tex, burned down to his frame on Friday.  Though the event is certainly not on the scaleContinue reading “Farewell to the Real Big Tex”

TRAVEL HERE: THE ME TOO MALL IN GRAND PRAIRIE You’re kidnapped, blindfolded and drugged. When you come to, you find yourself at an outlet mall, but there’s no way for you to tell which one, because all outlet malls look the same. I actually have this nightmare from time to time. Sometimes it’s the outletContinue reading “Paragon Outlet Mall in Grand Prarie”

TRAVEL HERE: A CHILLY COTTONWOOD CONSTITUTIONAL They say the familiarity breeds contempt and that’s a little harsh, but easy availability can give rise to complacency.  The Cottonwood Arts Festival has been around for decades, it’s free and it’s close.  Yet it’s been years since I bothered to go.  My loss, completely, my loss.  So when myContinue reading “Cottonwood Arts Festival”

TRAVEL HERE: THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS 2012 My post about the fair last year is getting a lot of hits lately, so I knew I’d be visiting Big Tex soon.  I just got home from a marvelous day there, so if there are more typos than usual please forgive me.  I wanted to fill you in asContinue reading “The State of the Fair 2012”

TRAVEL THERE:PRECIOUS MOMENTS ROAD TRIP This post has been on the back burner for a while, because I made a visit to the Precious Moments Chapel this spring, but hadn’t shared it with you.  At first it was because the pictures were on my friend’s camera, then I just got busy with other stuff. Not OnContinue reading “Precious Moments Chapel”

TRAVEL HERE: PORKING OUT – JASPER’S STLYE So my cool nephew was coming to town – the investment banker who lives on the Left Coast. He and his new wife were returning to Dallas for a visit, the first one since their amazing wedding at the DMA. We were taking them out to dinner andContinue reading “Jasper’s Gourmet Backyard Cuisine”

TRAVEL HERE:  WELCOME TO THE DALLAS GROCERY WARS TRADER’S JOE’S When you live in Dallas, no matter what it is you want to buy, you’ve got choices – especially groceries.  Dallasites newest grocery choice is Trader Joe’s.  Six years of California living made me a big fan of Trader Joe’s, so I’m glad one openedContinue reading “Trader Joe’s Comes to Dallas”

TRAVEL HERE: MESOAMERICANS WERE CUBISTS BEFORE CUBISM WAS COOL  Today let’s go to the newest exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Legacy of the Plumed Serpent in Ancient Mexico. Mesoamerican Party Time My first look at the exhibit was on a Friday night at a  Sustainers/Friends/Advocates Party – and party we did.  Delicious snacksContinue reading “Mesoamerican Exhibit at DMA”