UPDATED ITINERARY HERE:
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Thank y'all for everything. It's gonna be a blast. ❤
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It's a surprise gift for my boyfriend in January. I'm not even gonna tell him where we're going until he eventually sees it on his boarding pass at the airport. I'm gonna have a hard time keeping it a secret until then. It's only been a few hours and I'm already about to burst...😬
I booked us a few nights at the Ashton in Sundance Square. I only bought a 1 way flight bc I have a feeling we might want to stay longer.
I'm really excited! I didn't get any sleep last night bc I kept finding stuff to do and taking down notes.
What do you think of our itinerary? (Please include any others I missed):
✔ I scored him an afternoon at DriveXotic to race around in supercars (which is what I was looking for in the first place that landed me in Cresson)!
✔ Checking out the cattle drive
✔ Joe T Garcia's for chips and margaritas while watching the long horns strut on by.
And back at Sundance:
✔ Sid Richardson museum (my guy loves Westerns!)
✔ the Library Thompson's Bookstore Martini Bar (he also loves martinis)
✔ Scat Jazz Lounge (we both dig Jazz)
✔ Dueling Pianos
✔ and Simply fondue. (Bird Cafe looks awesome - but they're apparently shut down).
He'll be excited for some authentic BBQ (I'm actually a vegetarian but I can slather up some sauce on sides - as I'm a bit of fry hound)!🍟 any leads are appreciated.
Oh and lastly I'm 38 and have never ridden a horse! I need to remedy that in Texas for sure. If I don't I'm a total failure. Lol
Sorry I'm just totally geeking out! I live in a tourist state and folks get excited to come here too, so I know how it is.
Other than Austin and San Padre Island - Texas was never really on my radar before...but I think I'm gonna really dig DFW.
Anyway, that's what's up. 🐄
Edit: y'all are so friendly. Thank you. ❤
any Libertarian/Liberal gun owners in the area?
Looking for a group to go to the range and have fun/great time with.
Life-long member here and all 43 years of it in Texas. 30 years of it in north texas and currently I'm in Tarrant county. My dad and his parents were some of the earliest members in Ft. Worth. My grandparents were the only members in a farming community north of Ft. Worth. A little wide spot in the road named: "Colleyville." Due to urban sprawl, Colleyville is now a stake. We stopped going to church 3 years ago and resigned this past August. Just from living here and knowing the lay of the land, the location of the Dallas temple is pretty centrally located. All major population centers in North Texas can get to it in around 1 hour or less. And the Dallas temple is a large temple built as a regional temple in a large temple district. 44,000 square feet. (Houston temple is 33,000 and San Antonio is 16,000) Dallas temple hasn't been used at true capacity in a long time. Even long before Houston and San Antonio were built. Basically due to a shrinking temple district as more and more temples were built. I know this because my grandfather was one of the earliest sealers in the dallas temple. Was set-apart not long after its dedication in 1984. By the early 2000's he was lamenting how attendance is down.
In the years preceding our departure from church I can remember hearing how we need more attendance at the temple. "We're not seeing enough attendance." The only thing I can think is, they - the church - think more people will go to the temple if it's EVEN closer to them. I don't think attendance numbers will change even if the temple was right across the street. What's interesting is a lot of the population centers in Tarrant county are flat in growth. Everything has been built up. There's no much going on unless you go out farther north toward Denton and Texas Motor Speedway - what is called the Alliance area. And all of that is in Denton county. I don't know......if the church wants to desperately build temples to make it look like the stone is rolling forth. Denton seems like a more obvious choice, especially with its closer proximity to the MAJOR population centers of Collin county. Hell, a temple in an around Frisco would probably make more sense than Ft. Worth.
It just really amuses me seeing the church play its smoke and mirrors game. And something to consider: what does it say about the state of faith of the membership, if the church is trying to accommodate them by building temples closer to where they live? What happened to all those amazing stor
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Anyone in or around DFW who wants free tickets to the Panther City Lacrosse game tonight at 7:30? This is a brand new team and the first home game. I have a few extras I'd love to get out. Just leave a comment.
