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Dallas wrap up and stray observations
Don’t go to Dallas during a heat wave. That’s probably super obvious advice to anyone who’s been to Dallas during a heat wave, but if you haven’t here’s the deal: in a Texas heatwave when there’s a breeze it’s not a relief. Oh no. It’s like being inside a convection oven where the breeze simply…
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Spoilers: Meow Wolf’s The Real Unreal
I’ve reviewed The Real Unreal in a previous post. While I hinted at the story and space in that review I did my best not to spoil anything. This post is all spoilers, so stop reading now if you want to go in fresh. Entry After going through the security checkpoint there’s a gift shop…
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Dallas Museum of Art
Located in the middle of downtown Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art is a free art museum with pieces from a wide variety of places, styles, and time periods. It includes everything from works by Picasso to a large Hindu shrine. And there’s even a mummy. This scattershot approach provides a taste of a lot,…
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Review: Meow Wolf’s The Real Unreal (No Spoilers)
Just outside of Dallas in the city of Grapevine there’s an absurdly large mall known as Grapevine Mills. They say everything is bigger in Texas, but nothing quite prepared me for a mall that’s so big it somehow has three separate Auntie Anne’s Pretzels locations within. Okay so I know the title says “no spoilers”…
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Thanks-Giving Square
Thanks-Giving Square is a public/private park featuring a shell-shaped non-denominational worship room with an incredible series of stained glass skylights. The square itself could almost be mistaken for any other public plaza, were it not for this odd building in the corner. After walking up a spiral ramp there’s a doorway into the chapel-like space…
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Eye, aka “the giant eyeball” in downtown Dallas
After my trip to Santa Fe, I hopped on a plane and then a DART light rail train to downtown Dallas. After dropping off my bags at my Airbnb I walked down the street to see it: the giant eye sculpture at 1601 Main Street. This mixed media sculpture was created by American artist Tony…
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