If someone came to visit you from out of state ... and they left you totally in charge of planning the activities for the week .... where would you take them in your area ??
Assume you also have time off and will be spending it with them. Also assume no children under 21.
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I luff that pic of Dallas!
I would take visitors out on the boat.. we have a little 24 ft boat.. across the lake to Sneaky Pete's. Wanna come?
I would take them to see Dallas of course. Where does my area end? ...I love Austin too.
Dallas Arboretum
Dallas World Aquarium
Gaylord Texan
The Stockyards
Downtown Fort Worth (Sundance area) for nightlife fun.
Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes (Decatur TX)
Ranchman's Cafe (Ponder Steakhouse)
Kimbal Museum (Okay, any of the FTW museum's are great, but I love the Kimbal)
Short day trips: Grandbury, Trip to Dublin where they give tours of the the Dr Pepper factory, Waco - Texas Rangers Museum & Dr Pepper Museum
Ditto to PATR - I would also take them:
- McKinney Avenue Area of Dallas to ride the trolley
- Ride through Highland Park - see how the other half lives
- Knox-Henderson area
- Old Town Grapevine & the Tarantula Train
- Drive from Ft. Worth to Dallas on Division Street to see all the old roadside businesses and neon dating back to the 50s.
- Keller's Drive-in for hamburgers and beer
- Petrified Wood Station and Restaurant in Decatur
- Ft. Worth Zoo
- Amon Carter Museum to see the historic photo collection
- Joe T. Garcias for the only two things you can get there - Mexican Dinner or Fajitas
- Granbury to the Brazos Drive-in Theatre - Double Feature at the DRIVE-IN HECK YEAH!
our backyard.
the closest bar.
Not necessarily in that order
1. Gunter Van Hagens' Plastic People at the Science Place.
2. Matisse - Painter as Sculptor at the DMA/Nasher.
3. Jazz under the stars (currently running) - Dallas Arts District.
4. Southfork Ranch.
5. Gaylord Texan & Grapevine/Southlake (Willhoite's, Wine Tour, Delaney Vineyards, La Hacienda Ranch, Grapevine Mills, Rutledge Park on Lake Grapevine, Tarantula Train, Southlake Town Square)
6. FT. Worth -Amon Carter-Kimball.
7. Any Local Festival.
8. Dinosaur Tracks in Glen Rose.
9. Any IMAX if they have not experienced an IMAX movie yet.
10. Dallas Arboretum OR the gardens in FT. Worth.
11. Rangers Home game.
12. Walk White Rock Lake.
14. Texas Sunsets!
15. Turner Falls, Oklahoma
16. The Steam Train that runs from Palestine to Tyler, TX
17. Shreveport, LA if they gamble.
18. House of Blues formerly known as Dallas Hard Rock.
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