Category: Texas
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Memorial Day
Since I’m a lifelong New Yorker living nowhere near a military base, it’s rare that I bump into active duty soldiers in uniform.
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Dallas Blooms!
Texas Tuesday! My daughter who worked in Dallas for a year said we had to attend Dallas Blooms at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. People at her office raved about its beauty. How could I say no to that invitation?!
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Actually, It Was My First Rodeo!
One of the highlights of the rodeo (and Texas-at-large) is their patriotism and reverence for our military. Texas state pride is virtually unmatched from what I’ve read and personally experienced.
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Texas Tuesday – The 12 Days of Drover
Christmas week, we stayed one night at the Hotel Drover, with some friends of ours who live in Dallas. Located in Fort Worth, a few steps away from the Fort Worth Stockyards, the Drover is a Marriott autograph property which creates an annual Christmas experience that our friends were very…
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Reunion Tower – Dallas, Texas
A new post in the Texas Tuesdays series… The Ball Known as “The Ball”, Reunion Tower is immediately recognizable in the downtown Dallas skyline. Covered in hundreds of bright lights, the tower with a ball at the top is particularly pretty at nighttime, the globe visible on a clear evening…
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Crystal Beach, Texas
Crystal Beach, Texas is located on the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County. The Bolivar Peninsula is actually a barrier formation – 27 miles long – in the Gulf of Mexico. Crystal Beach alone is seven miles long. I had been to Galveston, TX decades ago, but never heard of the…
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Texas Invention: Dr Pepper
Of all the museums I’ve walked through over the years, the Dr. Pepper Museum required the least amount of time to visit. The museum is one of the smaller adventures I’ve had in the otherwise massive state, where everything tends to be LARGE. That said, the Waco, Texas Dr. Pepper…
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Magnolia: Waco, Texas
Texas Tuesdays continue… The mega empire known as Magnolia began with the remarkably successful HGTV show Fixer Upper. Though I only watched a handful of episodes over the years, I took more interest once I visited Waco. My daughter only lived in Waco for a few months after college, but…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 