If you missed seeing the Can- struction Exhibit at the State Fair of Texas, you missed a real treat.  Area architectural firms in Dallas and Ft. Worth created sculptures out of cans of foods.  In total, they used over 150,000 cans of food to create over 35 sculptures.  This was a win/win situation.  We enjoyed […]

We made it to the State Fair of Texas this year by the skin of our teeth. (It closes on Sunday, October 19th.)  I guess better late than never, but…  Okay, we did somewhat better than we did last year when we didn’t even make it to The Fair.  I seriously believe not going to The […]

Eating fair food is one of the main reasons to go to the fair.  That is a true statement – at least as I understand it.  There are contest for the best new fried foods.  Daily newspaper articles and TV news reports extoll the food at the fair.  I would not doubt that there are […]

Amazing! Friend Nancy mentioned that she had heard about the Chinese Lantern Festival at the State Fair of Texas, and it was suppose to be really good – so she heard.  But we had no idea what to expect, as we walked through this gate. This magnificent gate was our entry into another world.  Inside […]

Serendipity:  the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for (Merriam Webster Dictionary) That is what happened to us.  This was so good.  It was serendipitous.  We were driving home from having breakfast at Smoke wondering what we were going to do for the rest of the day.  Suddenly we saw […]