If posting is a little slow today, try to find forgiveness in your dark hearts: I've got friends in from out the Northeast and I have to entertain.- I hate entertaining.
- Having people in your home makes you clean like nobody's business.
- And this is some pressure: What do you show folks who have never been to Texas before?
- My agenda so far is: The 6th Floor Museum, the new arts district of downtown Dallas, Cowboy game, Water Gardens, North Side, Angelo's, Joe T's, Turtle Creek Area, the restaurant where Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones were photo'd for the first time (they are Cowboy fans), downtown Fort Worth, Gaylord Texan (?). Any suggestions are welcomed.
- They were amazed that you had to pay at DFW Airport just to pick some one up.
- But it's funny how the chain storing of America made them think at times they had never left home at all.
- Took them to a Tex-Mex restaurant last night and they loved it.
- Even though the table beside us got liquored up and smeared birthday cake on one another.
- Distracted: I love Tell It To Tim on Fox 4.
- I wish I were The Today Show's Matt Lauer.
- I bet that New Moon movie sets box office records this weekend.
- One of the stars in the movie is on The Today Show as I type this. He's 17 and treated like a rock star. (And the third movie in the series has already been filmed?)
- I'm amazed the Pete Hart story in Chico got so many comments.
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11.20.2009
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Good time for you to visit the Ice exhibit at The Gaylord?
Billy Bobs...make them take picture on stuffed bull.
Be sure and take them to the DQ to see the new restrooms!!! and roaches....
If you really want to impress your Yankee friends take them to the Greenwood store Saturday nite for catfish, red beans and a little pickin' and grinnin'! Texas at it's very best!
by northeast do you mean like greenwood or really northeast like texarkana..?
Drive to Grapevine, get on Tarantula Train and take them to the Stockyards for lunch. Thats what I do with visitors from the NE and they love it! Make sure you include a (quick) tour of Billy Bobs. You already mentioned Ft Worth but take them tomorrow night........since it's supposed to be dry maybe 8.0's will have outdoor live music. Flying Saucer might, also.
If going back and forth to Big D, stop by the Mustangs at Los Colinas.
1st!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Paradise Panther
My prediciton for Chico
Hart is gone and your program still sucks!!!!!!
Keep clapping people that will be the only thing you have to clap for!!!!!!!
New Orleans Nights, then the Smoke Pit and finish it up at the Biker Bar on Belknap..good times
Dang Barry that's sounds like fun heck I'll bring a portable AED if I could just tag along!!!
No visit to Rick's Cabaret??
Agree with everything on your list, but some additional suggestions for your NE vistors:
1. Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana (the old location) - nothing beats their fresh fruitcake.
2. Drive them around Fair Park, but don't stop or roll down windows.
3. North Park Shopping Center - great at Xmas time.
4. Take the tour of the U.S. Currency Printing operation in Blue Mound. Only one other like it in the nation & there is a gift shop.
5. Amon Carter Museum - Best concentration of western art around.
6. Cabela's and/or Bass World. Just a kick to walk around.
7. Pancho's Mexican Buffet on Jacksboro Highway - so bad, it's good.
8. One word - Winstar!
9. Any Half-Price Books.
10. Ride the Grapevine Vintage Railroad to the FW Stockyards - Nov 22 is the last day this season!
I still think the horses in Las Colinas are better than the Water Gardens but it takes you out of your way. Kinkaids in Fort Worth.
You mentioned that the chain-storing of America makes it seem as if they never left home, BUT...you should at least give them a tour through our lovely Decatur Walmart. The fixtures may be identical, but it's the local inhabitants that make it exceptional
And forget about all that artsy-fartsy, regional food, Death Star crap. Take a quick trip down to Austin so they can get a gander at the gov'ner. It's the best head of hair in politics since old Blagojevich got booted
Speaking of the Twilight movie -
I am of the opinion that the three lead parts are played by kids that look like they are possibly the offspring of cousins. There is something that's slightly off about all of them. Is anybody else seeing this? Kinda like clones of normal kids, that didn't quite come out right
How about taking them to Boyd and showing them where ol gotch-eyed Rickey Lee Green and that sow wife of his lived during their killing sprees? Or, drive them around Hippie Ridge. That's some fine sight-seeing.
Matt Lauer = pompous ass.
Skip the 6th Floor Museum (overpriced, very little bang for the buck) and Angelo's (cold beer doesn't make up for fatty, tasteless bbq) and that looks like a good list.
While you're in Ft Worth the Ft Worth Science Museum is having their ribbon cutting today (they basically tore down the old one and built a new one) and one of the exhibits is a CSI crime lab where they teach you what's involved in solving crimes and then there are 3 crime scenes where you try to figure out what happened! Pretty cool! Then go to the Omni.
Speaking of Fox 4. Well, I just returned from my first cub reporter assignment for Liberally Lean with a quick trip to LA. The assignment from Bubear to check/stalk on Megan Henderson and see if she liked her gig. Although the questions was really to find out if she liked her job.
First, the trip was financed by Bubear with no per diem and the instruction to not get hurt, because I could not file workers comp and will have to wait on Obama's healthcare to fix my mental and physical problems. Bubear is a tough boss for his liberally lean reporters.
Findings:
Megan Henderson has a gig and is on the tv, I think it is a CW affiliate.
Megan Henderson is still cute as a bug.
Megan Henderson does not have any chemistry at all with her sidekick.
Megan Henderson is the most talented of the entire group.
It looks like her news director have reined her in. Not having fun imo.
She now has about the same amount of sha zam as the new girl on Fox4. So, we should make the trade for Megan and give them New Girl and Roy Williams and two second round picks.
Football guru
Pete's Piano Bar when you go to downtown Ft. Worth :)and a great restaraunt in Ft. Worth is Eddie V's. Of course there are so many good places to eat in Ft. Worth. Have fun with your guests!! I'll bet you're a good host!!
sounds like you have all the best places covered....and what a great Host you are, they should have a blast. Hope the weather is perfect for dinner on the patio at Joe T's!
Great Texas places:
Cowtown, Billy Bob's, Cowgirl Hall of Fame
My daughter went to the midnight preview of New Moon in Decatur last night and said it was great and better than the first one. The midnight preview was packed and had to turn people away. They started arriving at 9 to get seats for the midnight viewing. Crazy!!!
As for places to see, my out of towners from Alasak always want to go to Cabellas, but if yours aren't sports-type people, they wouldn't appreciate it.
Take them to the Wise County Courthouse for a tour, then head to Armondos Mexican Food/Sushi Bar. You might drive them by the old Wagner Mansion and top the afternoon off with a tour of the semi new bathrooms at the Dairy Queen.............You will be the king BG!!!!
Take your guests to Uncle Julio's and Sundance Square. Or Lonesome Dove and Cowtown. Billy Bob's (?) maybe not....anyway the possibilities are endless.
8er from Decatur=excellent touring
After Midnight maybe?
sounds like good plans !! heck i'd like to come!!! bet you'll be a good host!! maybe try cowtown, had a buddy from outta state and he loved it!!! have fun and take care!!
B-Town!
Sundance Square?
Go to Joe-T's for drinks, but skip-it for dinner. Joe-T's has great atmosphere, but average food. Take them to Lonesome Dove up the street--a little more expensive, but unique and you'll be within walking distance to the Stockyards if they like that touristy crap.
OMG, Barry! You have friends? That come to see you on purpose?
The Hart post got so many comments because he was a good coach, but a better motivator. He spoke at my graduation in and the reason we chose him to speak was because he cared for every single kid. He yelled at you to make you better. If a coach doesn't yell at you when you screw up then he doesn't care. The exact opposite can be said for Henson...majority of people that have been through Bridgeport will tell you they cannot stand Henson. He may win football games, but he lacks the respect of his players. Here is hoping Hart will be back at Bridgeport soon...maybe to replace Henson.
If your friends are into art, the art museums in Fort Worth are first rate. Stockyards area of Fort Worth is always fun for the out-of-towners.
Went with my daughters to the midnight showing of New Moon last night. Complete beating for me, but they loved it. Creepiest part is all the middle-aged women in the audience going nuts when the 17-year-old kid takes off his shirt. Someone funnier than me can make up a joke out of a bunch of cougars chasing a wolf.
DON'T FORGET BILY BOBS AND NORTHSIDE! IT DOESN'T GET MORE TEXAN THAN THAT.
Gonna be a big weekend at the Sixth Floor Museum. Sunday is anniversary day.
Gonna be a big weekend at the Sixth Floor Museum. Sunday is anniversary day.
If you don't take them to Uncle Julios and order the Plato Gordo, you have robbed them of a purely religious experience... a pork chop at the Hard 8 in Stephenville would be a nice drive as well...
Texas art consists of our fine food and beautiful women... if you're into that sort of thing.
Love and War in Texas Restaurant, located in Grapevine is very rustic Texan. I have heard that some of the Dallas Cowboy football players eat there. I like the Cadillac Ranch Restaurant in Irving. It has the Texas theme as well. I think both those restaurants would be a good place to take some out-of-towners.
Don't forget to take them to your favorite hang out, The Rainbow Bar.
How about Southfork Ranch?
I have always thought it to be a big ripoff of the public to have to pay just to go in and out of DFW. In all the airports I've ever been, I've never seen one with that setup. Not that I've seen every airport. Another TAX.
Take your friends to Dairy Queen and a tour of Stockyards and have them listen to the Ticket
you need to show your guests a little bit of Wise County; the grasslands, the lake, the open rolling hills south of Decatur (what there is left of them). This is your county, be proud of it. anon
If you have any time left, the Kimbell Museum and the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth both measure up architecturally with most northeastern museums, and the Kimbell has a great collection, as well.
The Ice show is at the Gaylord Texan.....
Places to see, things to do and food to eat while in DFW...
If your friends are high-tone and you REALLY want to put on the dog here are a few great places.
Kimbell Art Museum has one of the world's finest collection of art. Quite a few of the paintings are sooooo popular even someone who has never stepped foot into a museum prior to the Kimbell will recognize several of the pieces. The Buffet Restaurant at the Kimbell is quiet social fun for a Friday evening. Before you eat you can visit the museum and after you eat you can listen to live music. The food is very good. The atmosphere is pleasant where you can enjoy each other's company without being hi-jacked as part of the scene.
The Reata Restaurant on Houston in downtown Ft. Worth has great "Texas Cuisine". I am not certain grilled Mahi Mahi with a lobster sauce is Texas Cuisine but is REALLY good. The quail enchiladas are a special kind of awesome. What is not to love about bacon wrapped asparagus?
If your friends are a wee bit more laid back and into just having a raucous good time, here are a few suggestions.
Rather than taking your friends to the over-rated slum that is Joe T's you should give Gloria's on West 7th a try or Gloria's on Lemmon a shot. If you and your friends like rich food the Pollo con Champiñones is sure to be a hit or for a lighter meal try the Churrasco TÃpico. A must have at Gloria's is the fabulous tamales in banana leaves with the fluffiest masa I have ever eaten.
If you want burgers there is always the Dirty Love Burger at Love Shack in the Stock Yards or the Diablo Burger during the day or evening fare of ribeye and enchiladas or quail and eggs along with a semi-crazy time at Fred's Cafe on Currie St. off of W. 7th just east of University. Fred's has great food, including a chicken fried stake the size of your head that takes 3 people to eat, but is a lot over priced and their burgers are not really any better than Kincaid's on Camp Bowie, if you are hungry for a down home burger.
You cannot have out of town company from the east coast without taking them for barbecue. My money is on the Railhead Smokehouse on Montgomery. Angelo's used to be the place but is just soooo old hat and really was never all that good unless you were into eating peanuts before your meal.
For fun of an unusual type, the go-kart track on University has the best/fastest cars in the metroplex but if your friends are high-tone take them to the go-kart track at Mountasia in North Richland Hills. If you want to show your friends small town entertainment, you should take them to Theatre Off The Square and see Curse Of The Werewolf. I saw Curse Of The Werewolf last weekend and it was well produced, fabulously performed and laugh out loud funny.
Reata- if you have lunch it's not terribly expensive- ah, heck look who I'm talking to, take them to Reata for steak and scrimps.
Barry - you may hate it, but you sound like a good entertainer.
I'm glad to have company or a party or shower in my house. For whatever reason, that is when you do all those cleaning & organizaing chores that were just riding along, undone.
It's good for the home.
Hope you and your guests have a great time.
I would skip Joe T's if I were you Barry, just North on Main a few blocks from the Joe Ts turnoff is Los Vaqueros, Across the street and caddy cornered from Billy Bobs. Joe T's is not the same place it was in the 40's and 50's and 60's and 70's and 80's. The bigger it got the worse the service and the food became. The last time Mrs. Unfatcat and I ate there we were really disappointed. We drove 68 miles to eat there too. To think that I used to know the original owners and their families and then to know that probably none of the people working there now have any Idea just who Joe T Garcia was and the restaurant ideas that he helped pioneer. Sad, very sad.
No comment.
Freds Cafe. Best Burger this side of the Mississippi.
Take Care
The Barnstormer
Blue Angel says yes to Gaylord Texas,take to see Ice show.Its great !
Cabela's
Barry got to take them to Texas Station at the Gaylord they have a tailgate section set up outside and they have got to see that Big Screen TV!
Today I read a sign at a car wash that said,"Hand wax job 5 dollars off"
I giggled.
The End
Is anyone else troubled by the lack of constitutional ground for the Texas DPS to stand?
DPS 'troopers' when not pleasuring each other in their cars are robbing citizens at gunpoint 24 hours a day.
I'm sure they would love to see where you hang out. The Rainbow lounge it is!
Botanical Gardens. ":)"
BG, i saw that port-a-potty place you had on awhile back in chico, got stuck waiting on a train... damn it must have been grazing time for the cows that own that place.... all i can say is it may be a good thing the work has slowed down... cuz i would hate to see how much they weighed before the oilfield work hit the pocket book.. all i can say is damn... I did not know they made tents in the colors they were wearing
If you really love your friends then send them home.
Nobody mentioned GoGo Gumbo or The Wild Onion.
Heathens...
To Unfatcat: Sorry to burst your bubble, but a big number of the wait staff at Joe T's are grandchildren and great- grandchildren of Joe T himself. I know the family and I know that as fact.
The Flying Fish/Fort Worth - best fish tacos around...
Go Go Gumbos/Boyd - go to eat and get out of town fast...
Someone mentioned Bass World - bad idea - they have those up there; and ours look like shit compared to...They have nature trails outside and fishing; puts ours to shame.
Unfatcat -
While I agree with you that the food at Joe T's is just average, you still can't beat -
1) the margaritas
2) the service
3) & best of all the beautiful patio - lush plants, beautiful fountains, talented mairachis, year round (& you rarely see a fly or mosquito) It's all good for the soul.
You are also mistaken about the owners. The original Joe T's grandchildren run the place now (some great-grandchildren are there). The main manager on weekend nights is actually named Joe and is a grandson.
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