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Old 04-15-2011, 05:54 PM   #1
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Things to do in Dallas???

My 25-year old daughter is traveling to Dallas/Ft. Worth in a couple of weeks to visit a college friend for about 4 days. The college friend just relocated to Dallas (actually Euness??), so she isn't familiar with the area either. They are looking for some fun/interesting things to do for the days they are there. We saw there is a Six Flags down there, but wondered if there are any Dallas people out there who could weigh in on some fun stuff to do. Maybe you have some of those "oh, you shouldn't miss this" type of things?? Any help will be greatly appreciated!! Thank you everyone!
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I'm a history geek, so I went to the Sixth Floor Museum when I had a free morning in Dallas before a friend's wedding.
I wanted to get to the Stockyards in Ft. Worth but didn't have time.
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I enjoy the Dallas zoo, but I mostly go to Dallas for sporting events. Sometimes they have festivals too. I ended up at the most random festival last year. Some sort of Scottish heritage festival. Good times...
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I lived in Dallas for two years - there are a bunch of things to do - I never got to the 6th floor museum, the one day I went it was closed! But that looks really good. There is Reunion Tower, which has a good restaurant & view... there are so many malls.... I used to work at North Park and the Galleria Mall is huge - there are the Fort Worth stockyards and FW Zoo. Six Flags is great. Here is a good link to get you started - I'm sure some Texan Passporters can point out a lot more! ( I stuck out like a sore thumb when I lived there with my Boston accent!)

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If I was in Dallas I would definitely try to squeeze in a sporting event!
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My 25-year old daughter is traveling to Dallas/Ft. Worth in a couple of weeks to visit a college friend for about 4 days. The college friend just relocated to Dallas (actually Euness??), so she isn't familiar with the area either. They are looking for some fun/interesting things to do for the days they are there. We saw there is a Six Flags down there, but wondered if there are any Dallas people out there who could weigh in on some fun stuff to do. Maybe you have some of those "oh, you shouldn't miss this" type of things?? Any help will be greatly appreciated!! Thank you everyone!
I think you ment Euless. nice little area...my cousin lives there and I have been there like 4 times. on north main st there is north main bbq...they are good...they were on food network. On north ector dr there is a library that has pathlets of things to do around the area also. if they dont mind driving there is also the tour they can go and take at the printing and engraving...here they can see how paper money is made. You did not say how old they were but there is guillys out there they could go to on a friday or sat night. it is so much to do....they also have some great bakerys that have backed good from other countrys!!! And tell her to go to whataburger while she is there....i like their burgers better then mcd's!!! spagetti warehouse is good also. then there is a place at the one mall...think it is called habotci grill that is good also, but i forget what mall it is at.


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I'm a history geek, so I went to the Sixth Floor Museum when I had a free morning in Dallas before a friend's wedding.
I wanted to get to the Stockyards in Ft. Worth but didn't have time.
I have not gotten to the stockyards myself but want to go next time i head down there. sixth floor museum was good...it kind of made you think! thought it was interesting that on the road they marked right where jfk was shot.


Hope you DD has a fun safe trip to euless tx!!!
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