Review: Green Day’s American Idiot Musical in Dallas
The first national tour of American Idiot a Broadway musical based on Green Day‘s 2004 album of the same name …Read the Rest
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Row80 & a Ren Fair Redux
Ren Fair Redux As I mentioned in My Big Fat Ren Fair Wedding I got married last year at a …Read the Rest
Are you going to Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas?
Have you ever been to a historical reenactment? Sure, going to a Ren Fair is silly, geeky fun, but – to me – it’s like visiting a dynamic, hands on museum. That’s why I love visiting the Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas. Here is a photo essay from one of my trips to the fair.
Traveler’s Show & Tell: Letterboxing, Hollywood & the Taj Mahal
Welcome to the April 30, 2012 edition of Traveler’s Show and Tell. This week’s Traveler’s Show and Tell blog carnival …Read the Rest
ROW80 – Messy as Hell, but Beautiful, too
My Rambling Row80 Check-in: A Familiar Squeeze Lately, it seems like all I do is scramble from work, to home, …Read the Rest
UBP12 & My Big, Fat Ren Fair Wedding in Waxahachie, Texas
My UBP12 Party Post I just found out about the Ultimate Blot Party 2012 (a.k.a. UBP12) and it’s nearly over! …Read the Rest
ROW80 – Captain Obvious & My Sleepy Inner Critic
Getting up at 4 a.m. to write comes with an unexpected benefit: In my groggy-yet-focused writing state, I simply don’t have the energy to criticize my words. That’s right, folks, my dreaded Inner Critic likes to sleep in!
Photo Essay: Glen Rose Texas – Dinosaurs Galore and Much, Much, More!
Where is Glen Rose, Texas and why should you visit? Glen Rose is a sleepy little Texan town roughly an …Read the Rest
Circular Contrail near Fort Worth, Texas
It looked like someone was playing celestial tic-tac-toe last week here in north Texas. The first lines I saw in …Read the Rest
Texas Photo Essay: Butterflies at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
I can’t imagine any other circumstance in which I would see a bunch of Texans walking around, grinning with delight at the sight of a room chock full of bugs other than the annual butterfly exhibit in Fort Worth, Texas.
ROW80 – A Little Help from my Twitter Friends
Here’s my ROW80 check in: It’s been a challenging adjustment working at my husband’s boat shop. Most days I manage …Read the Rest
Severe Weather Escapade in Dallas – Fort Worth, Texas
Yesterday, a dozen or so tornadoes touched down here in the Dallas – Fort Worth region of north Texas. It …Read the Rest
Review: In The Heights, a Tony Award Winning Musical in Dallas
The Tony Award-winning musical “In the Heights,” opened last night in Dallas as part of the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s …Read the Rest
Solo Female Traveler Tips & the “Real” Great Wall of China
Check out this week’s Traveler’s Show and Tell to learn: what most travelers miss when they visit the Great Wall of China, travel tips for solo female travelers, exciting itineraries for train travel in India… and more!
Rooftop Honey & an Impromptu Road Trip
Rooftop Honey: An Unexpected Treat A beekeeper came to our house a couple of days ago, climbed onto our roof, …Read the Rest
Photo Essays Galore: From Redwoods to Blood Rituals (plus Top Travel Photography Tips)
Welcome to the February 18, 2012 edition of Traveler’s Show and Tell. It’s photo essays galore on this week’s Traveler’s …Read the Rest
Fort Worth Water Gardens – A Free Oasis in the Heart of Cowtown
The Fort Worth Water Gardens strike me as a modern take on ancient city fountains, with Mother Nature as the theme instead of cherubs and Roman gods. Built in 1974 by a couple of fancy-pants architects from New York, this park covers 4.3 acres smack dab in the middle of downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
Give Yourself a Permission Slip
Remember the permission slips your teacher would send home when you were a kid? You needed them for permission to take school field trips and other fun activities. A few years ago, my dear friend, Alix, and I realized that adults need permission slips, too.
ROW80 Check-in: Pass the WD-40, please!
ROW80 Check-in I am in panic mode right now about writing my book because in a couple of weeks I …Read the Rest
Tips for Visiting the Dallas Arboretum
Quinceaneras Bloom at the Dallas Arboretum A couple of weeks ago, I finally visited the Dallas Arboretum for the first …Read the Rest
