Greetings from Dallas, Texas!
After two quick flights and a slight snafu with the girls arriving to pick me up at the wrong airport (there are two in Dallas!) my friends and I were reunited at last – whee!
The consensus was that we were all STARVING – so we headed right to lunch!
We drove past TONS of cute Mexican restaurants and taco joints, but settled on Mi Cocina in a little shopping district near my friends house.
Sitting out on the patio, we chattered away as girlfriends tend to do when it’s been months since they were last reunited!
It’s actually been a semi-cloudy afternoon, but the humidity…my God the humidity! Don’t ever let me complain about how humid Iowa summers get – it is sweltering down here!
Problem solved. :)
x2.
We looked over the lunch menus and decided on combo #1.
OMG
Tender rice,
creamy refried beans, and the most savory, cheesy enchiladas ever. So amazing. So authentic tasting, too!
We walked off our food babies by shopping in a little area known as the West Village in the Uptown area of Dallas.
Entertaining myself while the girls tried on clothes at Banana Republic! Oh, I decided to keep my hair short for now and got it chopped yesterday!
We made sure to make a stop at Starby’s so I could get my mandatory collectors mug from Dallas!
And an iced coffee to boot. :)
We drove around for the rest of the afternoon, gawking at the GORGEOUS homes in the area. Seriously, palatial. Oh! And we saw George & Laura Bush’s home!! I finally finished Laura’s memoirs on the plane here, and she spoke of their Dallas home in the final chapter. How fitting that we were right near it!
The house and street itself are gated to keep creepers like me and my friends away, I suppose, but it was still cool! :D
Then we went and saw the Texas school book depository building where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK. :( The experience of seeing the building and the street on which his motorcade drove on was surreal.
On a happier note – I’m signing off for the evening to go pop open THIS:
TGIF!
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Matt 07.11.2010
I am from Dallas! Mi Cocina is good! Let me know if you need any restaurant recommendations ;)
Lisa @bakebikeblog 07.11.2010
oooh what fun! I would love to visit Dallas one day!!!
Stacey @ Tipping the (Kitchen!) Scales 07.11.2010
Looks like you’re having a blast with your girlfriends. It must be nice that you all keep in touch even though you live in different places.
Faith @ LovelyAsCharged 07.10.2010
That’s one of my favorite wines ever! Hope you enjoyed it as much as you’re enjoying the rest of your Dallas trip!
Jenny 07.10.2010
Random question- where did you get your shorts? I like that they are short but not freakishly short….I’ve been having trouble finding short shorts that aren’t “booty shorts.” haha!
Hillary [Nutrition Nut on the Run] 07.10.2010
Loving your white watch =]
Jessica @ The Process of Healing 07.10.2010
Your lunch sounds sooooo good… and I LOVE your hair!
Niki @ Niki's Neverending Adventure 07.10.2010
Girls trips are the best!! Have a great time girl!!
lindsay 07.10.2010
OMG! I collect the starbucks mugs as well…… i have Paris, Greece (they didnt make an athens one), Crete, Phoenix, cleveland (gotta have the hometown mug)
do they make an Iowa City one?……. in cities that they do not have starbucks i buy a “touristy” mug to add to my collection……
<3 2 travel!
Anna 07.11.2010
There are cities that don’t have Starbucks?? I had no idea! ;)
Amanda 07.10.2010
Kristin, that is one of my favorite wines!! (I also love the Alamos Malbec…just sayin!) Oh, and I just got back from Houston, and I totally commiserate with you on the Texas humidity! I thought NJ was bad, but that Gulf Coast heat is just insane!
Have a great trip!
Marina 07.10.2010
That cocktail looks amazing! What was in it? :)
I love the name of that wine ;)