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If I were to find myself in the great state of Texas toward the end of April, what marvellous things might I be able to entertain myself with?
Are there things one absolutely must do when visiting Texas? Please do tell!
I'd be visiting someone in Dallas and possibly branching out from there depending on time etc.
Edit: Thanks guys, you're making me really want to go now. I am so going to try to sort my holiday time out ASAP. :)
Are there things one absolutely must do when visiting Texas? Please do tell!
I'd be visiting someone in Dallas and possibly branching out from there depending on time etc.
Edit: Thanks guys, you're making me really want to go now. I am so going to try to sort my holiday time out ASAP. :)
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Dallas also has the Sixth Floor Museum, which is all about the JFK assassination and is pretty interesting. If you don't want to pay/don't like museums, you might want to at least go by the assassination site. It's marked with an X on the road.
There's some good art museums in town, too.
If you want to go to a zoo, go to the Fort Worth zoo and not the Dallas Zoo.
ummm...that's all I can think of for now, but feel free to ask me anything! (I went to high school in a suburb of Dallas)
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But Dallas area - ITA with
- eat barbeque (I'm a fan of Baker's Ribs, on Greenville, but there are lots of amazing places)
- if you can get to Fort Worth, eat at Joe T. Garcia's
- hit the Dallas Arboretum (recently voted by Southern Living readers as one of the best in the South)
- if you're an art person, there are lots of fantastic museums, some of which may have something interesting to you that's showing (the Kimball and new Modern Art Museum in Ft Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Crow Asian Art Collection, the Nasher Sculpture Garden)
- depending on when you're there, you could catch a home game of the Texas Rangers - baseball tickets don't tend to be too expensive, and it's a gorgeous ballpark - plus, BASEBALL!
- if you'll be in north Dallas, it may be easier (and will definitely be cheaper) to hit a minor league baseball game instead (like the Frisco Roughriders; also a really neat ballpark
- if you feel like seeing some good ol' Texas two-steppin' (most popular dance of Texas) and riding a mechanical bull, get over to Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth
- go see Jensen Ackles' boyhood home. Just kidding, but if you wanted to see the high school he went to, it's in Richardson, which is the suburb immediately north of Dallas. ;-)
There's just tons and tons and tons of stuff to do in Dallas, even if you can't get very far out of town. Also, the whole "uptown" area is hella fun - my sister lives there, and she LOVES IT. Fireside Pies is fantastic, if you're feeling like pizza at any point.
I'd be happy as a clam to answer any questions about Dallas/Texas/whatever - just let me know! I love Texas, and I love talking about it. :-D
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OMG! I want to go now too! I need to find me a hot cowboy and some work on a ranch with horses and cows and lots of hot boys all sweaty-like workin' and talkin' with a HAWT accent and OMG!
I need to take a cold shower, like, now.
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God I hope I can get the time off, I'm suddenly getting mixed messages at work, but I'll be heart-broken if I can't go.
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And have you tried searching the internet for famous sites in Texas and things to do. Usually pretty helpful! :)
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Yep, gonna go to the interwebs next... just love getting an idea from people that know places and I have several Texans on my flist...which is awesome!
Omglawdork says I can see Jensen's highschool (*points up*). lol