Dallas, TX
September 2-6, 2011
This weekend the family (including Jason!) went to Dallas for the Oregon vs LSU football game at Jerry’s World. We arrived in Dallas late Friday night. Saturday morning our friend Scott picked Jason, Joyce and me up and gave us a tour of Dallas highlights. He took us by Mark Cuban, Ross Perot, Jerry Jones and Dirk Nowitzki’s houses. My favorite part of the tour was probably all of the “There are armed guards on the premises at all times” signs located every fifteen feet on Cuban’s property.
For lunch Scott took us down to the Mi Cocina Tex-Mex restaurant at Highland Park Village. At lunch we asked about the Dallas area and what people liked to do there. Scott’s answer was simple. “We eat and we shop.” Not surprisingly the food was delicious. Even though we all left stuffed, we walked across the street for some of the best gelato I’ve ever eaten. We then set off on the drive to Arlington and Cowboys Stadium.
As regular blog readers know, I’ve been to Jerry’s World before. It’s just as impressive the second time around. We arrived plenty early and used the time to explore fully both the outside and the inside of the stadium. We had some friends from Louisiana that we wanted to visit. They were nice enough to invite us up to their suite for a drink. Our seats were located near the 20 in the club section. Our view can be seen in the photo below. The Ducks did not play well and lost 40-27. The defeat was disappointing but I think all still managed to have a good time.
Sunday was Mom and Dad’s 35th wedding anniversary. We had a nice brunch at a place called Bread Winners with the Potts crew. As is always the case with Mikey and Jeremy, we laughed a lot. The highlight of breakfast was Mikey describing the silent killer aka the Toyota Prius.
After brunch Jason, Joyce and I rested at the hotel while Mom and Dad visited the Dallas Art Museum. For dinner we went to a place called La Duni Latin Cafe that specializes in Argentinean and Brazilian food. I would highly recommend this place to any future Dallas visitors.
Monday we went shopping at the outlet mall. Dad always has fun outlet shopping and I think he won the title for biggest spender. For dinner we met back up with Scott for some Sonny’s BBQ. The food was good and the company was even better. We topped off dinner with one more round of gelato, said our goodbyes to Scott, and then went back to the hotel to pack up for the journey home.
Up next on the travel schedule is the Shore in two weeks.
Until then,
Katy
