You might have noticed (or not) that I have been largely MIA this past week. The reasons for that have been primarily good and so I won’t apologize for being scarce around the hallways and conference rooms here at Biff Sock Pow (LLC).
After all, all work and no play make Biff a very dull blogger. And yet you keep coming back anyway. I thank you (and admire your fortitude and patience).
It was a good day today. I mentioned yesterday that my daughter is in town for a brief visit and so, at her request, we went to downtown Dallas today to walk about. We all forgot that Dallas was the focal point for lots and lots of crazy people this weekend. Still, we managed to avoid all the nonsense and still had a good day. The weather was perfect. The sun shone beautifully and gleamed off of all the glass buildings, putting to mind the immortal words “A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!“. Apparently, Coleridge has been to Dallas in spring. (Dante was here in the summer.)
We had ice cream from a food truck at Klyde Warren Park, which, you may remember from the pictures and descriptions in one of my earlier posts (almost a year ago exactly), is a park created by covering over the extremely busy and subterranean Woodall Rogers Freeway.
As I already mentioned, the weather was perfect for such a jaunt. Everyone seemed to be in a jolly mood. Kids were well-behaved. Dogs trotted hither and yon. Everyone was smiling. It was almost like I had tripped and fell into a dream. But it was perfectly real.
After eating our ice cream, we walked through downtown Dallas (avoiding the aforementioned lunacy). The buildings all gleamed in the sun. Traffic was not heavy. Everything seemed clean and shiny and lovely (or as clean and shiny as a major metropolis can be). Honestly, one could almost forget that one was in one of the largest cities in the United States, though all one had to do was look up to be reminded.
Here are a few scenes from our visit downtown. I hope you enjoy!
Texas Flag over Dallas Buildings
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Dallas Buildings Gleaming in the Sun
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Sheraton Reflection
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DART Train
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Giant Eyeball
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Smerk!
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Anna Debska’s “Colts in Motion”
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Birth of a Skyscraper
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State Bird of Texas (Whopping Cranes)
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Red I-Beam Sculpture
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I lke Dallas, it is unique in many ways and cleaner and neater than Houdton, jmo.
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Yes, I’m kind of fond of it, too. It has its problems like any big city, but overall it is a friendly place and is trying to make our little corner of the world a better place.
I’ve never been much impressed with Houston. I’ve never heard of a city of that size not having any zoning laws! It is like anarchy down there! But the people are nice.
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I always liked driving in Houston, nobody honked!😂
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Driving through Houston always reminds me of driving through a Mad Max movie. LoL!
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Oh godh, it wasn’t that bad. But those really high ramps with semis were scary
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Yes they are!
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I had an accident in Dallas, coming home from CO. Raining and a guy ran into the back of me and then took off done the ramp. Lucky there was a cop right there who guided me to the side. He said the truck was big, but it was night storming and it disappeared. Brand new Camry. 1994. We still have it: ))
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Ugh! Sorry to hear that! I’m glad it all worked out okay. And they certainly don’t build ’em like that any more. Getting a car to last more than 5 or 6 years nowadays requires a miracle (and lots of $$$).
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Well it’s still running, paint looks bad since it was parked in CO sun for over 10 years, but we call it Freckles been through two grand sons and granddaughter after my husband passed away. Gave it to my oldest gs born in 94.
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So lovely to be able to spend time with our children! Great pictures too!
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You’re so right, MyDang! It is wonderful, though it’s hard to say goodbye when they leave again. Still, I’m very happy we had the time we did.
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Thank you for the tour. It does look like it was a lovely day for exploring.
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You’re welcome, Candice! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. It was indeed a wonderful day to go exploring. In another too weeks it will be too hot to even THINK about going downtown for anything. 🙂
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Ah splendid look at the city of Dallas. Lovely photo essay. We too have a lot of the whooping cranes too, as here in Vancouver nothing old stays past its expiry date, unless it is granted ‘heritage status’. I am considering granting myself such status, so there will be no development or razing. We have an influx of Asian buyers always which means a lot of lovely buildings must make way for monster housing. BTW we have the most expensive fuel in all of North America, about $1.60 a litre, about $6-7 a gallon.
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Thank you, Wilt! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I am actually very surprised that Dallas has any old buildings left. Throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the developers’ battle cry was “out with the old, in with the new!” They were building glass-and-brass skyscrapers at an breathtaking pace. I’m glad they left some of the old buildings from the 20s and 30s. Especially the art-deco ones! Those are awesome!
And good luck getting yourself declared a heritage site! If it works, let me know. I might try it myself.
And I had no idea fuel was so expensive up your way! I’ll stop complaining about the $2.60 a gallon we’re paying down here.
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