The first time I went there in the early 1990's we met a JFK conspiracy theorist named Neil. He was from Minnesota and he was pacing the grassy knoll like he was going to find a bullet casing, or something. Very surreal experience, indeed.
It's still full of them. I just took my mum there a couple of months ago and she decided to engage in a conversation with one of them.
what do they say on 610 radio?? something like "the only good thing about dallas, is I-45 SOUTH" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would agree, I-45 south is the way to go. But since I live here . . . Dallas Arboretum and White Rock Lake east of Dallas is a nice area to run or get outside. Addison is up north, where the young yuppies flock to, bunch of chain restaurants and bars in strip malls and pseudo urban lifestyle planned communities, nothing you've never seen. Downtown Dallas wise, DMA is nice, Nasher Sculpture Garden is cool, they do a brunch on Sundays catered by Wolfgang Puck's company. Wolfgang also redid the Reunion Ball into his latest restaurant. The Dallas Aquarium is also nearby, but I've never been. JFK is also just around the corner. Downtown Dallas is small. The West End is the big tourism trap. Up north from there is Victory Park, where the W Hotel, House of Blues and American Airlines Center is. And unless there's a game going on, it's pretty dead, as well as restaurants that have tried to open there. Go up McKinney and you'll be in uptown, more yuppies and douchebag types, but there's a Gingerman's and Idle Rich Pub, which are decent places to find a pint. Keep going up and you'll hit The West Village. People watching of 30-thousand dollar millionaires galore. There's a Magnolia theater, and boutiques and restaurants that will probably close in a few months and reopen as something else. Unless it's Tex-Mex, or Village Burger Bar. Go down Knox-Henderson, towards the Henderson side. There are some nice restaurants around there, Fireside Pies, Tei Tei. The Old Monk is a good place to find Chimay. Keep going down and if you want pizza go to Louie's, a dive joint with horrible service, but good thin crust pizza. There are some less douchey bars around there, but SMU kids are there. Go east and you'll hit lower Greenville, where you can do some bar hopping. The Lakewood area is more like Austin, so I like that area better, it's nearby. Ft. Worth and Sundance Square isn't so bad and the Kimbell is cool. The Rangers play in Arlington and traffic sucks leaving games. Carrolton, Plano, Frisco, and all of the rest of suburbia is pretty much like anywhere else. Unless you're visiting someone, don't go. There's more, but I'm realizing how I should have stuck to just going down I-45 South.
Amsterdan, UK, Prague, Kosovo, Ireland mentioned in threads....(then Dallas....) Whether its about it being the lack of historical cities in the US as a whole compared to other countries, its Dallas I hold largely responsible for that.
Funnily enough that's one time I definitely want to be out of Dallas. All the lovely Longhorn and Sooner fans in one place at the same time is a little too much sometimes.
I live by the one in Lewisville and I can say neither of them dissapoint. When you visit Twin Peaks you realize how overrated Hooters girls are.
I've lived in Dallas for three months and I can't think of one unique thing here, other than the built-in 'Dallas is better than anywhere else' attitude. Fort Worth, on the other hand, is where I would spend the most time. Has it's own identity with lots of museums and genuine cowboy-type things to do like the Stockyards and Billybobs. And they don't call it Cowtown for nothing. You can get some kind of cattle-related product on every corner, from great BBQ to awesome hand-made boots. In fact, the only thing I don't like about Fort Worth is that they don't have their own sports teams so everyone is a Cowboys/Mavs fan.
