The New Dallas Cowboys Stadium

At first glimpse, it conjures up thoughts of an alien spaceship landing in the middle of north Texas, but is indeed a sight to behold. From the wide airy feel, to the giant high-definition screen and that famous retractable roof, this latest addition to the metroplex landmarks is certainly one that Texans can be proud of!

Turtles in the Mall...

...only at the Northpark Center in Dallas.

Long weekends...

It's a long weekend and looking forward to some treats at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant in the metroplex, The PhoTai, a Vietnames noodle soup and Asian food restaurant in Carrolton...

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's some tiramisu from Maggiano's Little Italy Restaurant to all deserving moms!! For the best calamari, lasagna and tiramisu (of course!) in the mteroplex, head out to Maggiano's at the Northpark Center in the Dallas area.

Easter is Here!

Happy Easter to one and all!

Waiting for Easter

Rain is in the forecast...but miracles do happen...

Sweet T

Sweet T looks out from McAlister's Deli's dining patio in Southlake...

Art at the Arboretum

The White Rock lake provides a serene backdrop to this graceful scultpure in a garden at the Dallas Arboretum...

White Rock Lake

A view of Dallas' White Rock Lake from the arboretum...White Rock Lake is one of the many man-made lakes in Texas and is a prime recreation area in the metroplex. Check this out for an unofficial guide to the lake...

Dallas Blooms

A bed of blooming pansy is featured at the Dallas Blooms spring festival at the Dallas Arboretum. This 6-week festival is the largest outdoor floral festival in the Southwest and runs from March 7th to April 12th this year.

Steakhouses...

Trying to see how many steakhouses there are in the metroplex...

What Birds?

This sign sure is working. Didn't even see a single fowl of the fine-feathered kind around here. Instead, I saw a lot of these ones of the steel kind! Check out the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Observation area in Grapevine and settle in under these cool awnings and use these contraptions to see these magnificent "creatures" in flight!

Fountains, Fountains Everywhere - Part 5

These ones are down Main Street in Grapevine (in front of a bank!)

See it from another perspective here.

Koi

These are the koi fish in the stream that flows through the Grapevine Botanical Gardens. How long do you think these koi will live? I believe that I may have a koi that's a goldfish in disguise at home as it has survived the last 7 years in my fish tank!

De Ja Vu

Spring is here! What a difference the seasons make. Remember this scene when all the trees were bare?

Best Steaks in Town?

A friend of mine from work flew in from New Jersey last week and announced that he was craving some steak from Salt Grass. He states that Salt Grass is the best steak house in town. Considering that I have relegated red meat to the bottom of my food list, I could not, in any shape or form, agree or disagree with him. So do you agree that this is where one can find the best steaks in the metroplex?!

Cool Cafe

Discovered this cool bakery and cafe while out grocery shopping in the Carrolton area. The Mozart Cafe and Bakery features mouth-watering pastries and other baked products. The ambience is really cozy - the booths even have privacy shades!

A Taste of Sweden in North Texas

Once in a while, I'll have a craving for some European flavor and so I head out to the Ikea store in Frisco. No, not to shop for assemble-it-yourself furniture, but to have a fill of Swedish meatballs, lingonberry juice and those delicious desserts! As you can see, the menu prices are not too bad either. It's also food with a view, as you can see here. You get a vantage view of the Frisco horizon with that serving of meatballs and gravy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Even in these challenging times, there are indeed a lot that we can thankful for. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Fall is here!

Yes, the nights and mornings are much cooler and by the end of this week, the forecast is that temperatures will be at least 20 degrees cooler than we were at the height of the summer season. And the sure sign that fall is indeed here? Well, pumpkins of course. To see more of them at the Dallas Arboretum, click here.

A 9/11 Memorial

This week we commemorated the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy and so this week I wanted to feature this 9/11 Flight Credw memorial in Grapevine which is such a fitting tribute to the American Airlines crew as well as their passengers who lost their lives on that infamous day. Click here to learn more on how this memorial came to be. See more perspectives of the memorial here.

A Tribute to Summer

Summer is almost over and nothing is more fitting as a tribute to the season as a feature of Grapevine's newest indoor water park, the Great Wolf Lodge. This funnel-like structure is a signature feature of the attraction - it's where the various water slides of the resort merge and bring the "riders" outside the resort. To take a peek at what's inside the resort and more, click here to see!

Happy 4th!

Southlake celebrates the nation's 232nd birthday with Uncle Sam...on stilts!, fireworks, all-American bands and picnics galore! Happy 4th, everyone!

Meet Me at the Haltom Clock

This clock at an intersection in Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth is certainly a good meeting spot, don't you think?

Gallery of Light

If ever you’re wanting to own one of Thomas Kinkade's original creations, then head out to Main Street in Sundance Square in Fort Worth. Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, is unique as an artist as he emphasizes simple pleasures and inspirational messages through his paintings. Click here to see a sampling of his works from his online gallery.

A Skyscraper in Cowtown

Yes, downtown Fort Worth has skyscrapers too...including this one -

the D. R. Horton Tower which does house offices of one of the country's largest homebuilders, D. R. Horton Corp.

A Mooing Topiary

This topiary (of the bovine kind) stands at a corner of Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth. Click here to see a back-end perspective...

Old and New

Downtown Fort Worth is an interesting juxtaposition of old and new, as you can see...

On My Way Home

On my drives home after work, I just recently noticed that the light is usually red at this intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Highway 114 in Irving. So for posterity's sake, I decided to take a shot of what I usually see at this intersection. For "rush hour," traffic was moving pretty smoothly this afternoon, as you can see.

Square with Two Circles

This is not just another water fountain photo - the water fountains just provide a backdrop for this modern sculpure piece that can be found in the gardens of the Nasher Sculpture Center. This work of at was created in 1963 by British artist Barbara Hepworth.

Here's the museum's elaboration on the piece:

When Patsy and Raymond Nasher purchased this work in 1968, it was one of their earliest acquisitions in the realm of modern sculpture. Influenced by the timeless power of Neolithic stone monuments, Hepworth adopted the form of an upright slab. The distinctive hollowed out circles, a device the artist had used in her work as early as the 1930s, open up the solid mass and allow a continuous flow of space through and around the monolith. With the round apertures framing the surrounding landscape and the richly varied green patina of the bronze, the overall effect of the sculpture is one of natural forms and forces.