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Where To Go From Here
It’s been a while since I’ve written and I’m not really sure why. Writing and creating make me feel alive and useful. For some time I really enjoyed exploring Dallas and keeping up with new restaurants, bars, local news, and events – especially music. But it’s an awfully demanding thing to stay on top of, Continue reading
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You Thought I was Gone?
It’s been a long while since I’ve written a blog post on here. Not that I’ve forgotten about it, or even that I have moved away from Dallas…at least not physically. My hiatus was mostly due to burnout from being on the computer all day at a job I hated. The last thing I wanted Continue reading
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Monday Mantra: No Mental Cobwebs
Last week I was walking in the park by where I live in an effort to enjoy the nice spring weather when suddenly I collided with an older woman walking her dog. she apologized (as her dog had cut me off) and explained that she walks to “clear out the mental cobwebs–and I don’t think Continue reading
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8 Tips for Surviving the Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Last year was my first official time to experience the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dallas. I’d been on Greenville during the SPD shenanigans, but had never been in the thick of the debauchery. Needless to say, I had a blast! But there are a few things I’d do differently this year. So I’ve compiled Continue reading
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Six Good Places To Eat Alone In Dallas
Often it seems that there’s a stigma around dining alone. But sometimes there’s no other option. Friends are busy, schedules don’t line up, or you just happen to be hungry at 4:30 pm – hey, no shame in the geriatric game! Whatever the reason we find ourselves eating alone, it doesn’t have to be a Continue reading
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11/22/1963 in Dallas
It’s been over fifty years since JFK’s motorcade took that fateful route in our city’s downtown. But had you been here only a month ago, you would have thought you had travelled back in time. The streets were cleared, modern signs were nowhere to be seen, and people were dressed in the clothes of yore. Of course, the Continue reading
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Snake Me Home
Just when I thought Mother Nature was finally done throwing seasonal surprises our way, my own mother sent the following text message. (Please be warned…if you can’t stand snakes, don’t look) Of course, curiosity got the best of me and, like a human, I enlarged the image. Blegh!!! Unreal! And look how Continue reading
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Monday Mantra
I’ve recently been trying to get back into the habit of reciting positive affirmations. I did this a few years back and it really helped me begin to see life in a different way. So I thought while I’m trying to work on seeing things in a better light, maybe I can help someone whom Continue reading
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Thoughts on The Union Bankers Building- Deep Ellum
With the resurgence of Deep Ellum and the recent razing of buildings in downtown Dallas, I’ve been thinking about the old Union Bankers building on Elm Street and Good Latimer and did a little reading on it*. The building was erected in 1915 and designed by Dallas’ first African American architect, William Sydney Pittman. It Continue reading
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