To celebrate our three year anniversary, Solomon and I wanted to go on a little weekend getaway. When we were deciding we considered going to Branson, MO; Eureka Springs, AR; or Dallas, TX.
Here's a quick look into the past:
For our first anniversary we had celebrated in Memphis, TN for a weekend. We spent some time on Beale Street, checked out the National Civil Rights Museum, and Graceland.
Our second anniversary we spent a weekend in Hot Springs, AR. We toured bathhouse row, Hot Springs National Park, and the Hot Springs Mountain Tower.
After scouting things to do, we decided Dallas would have to most options and Solomon always loves to stay downtown in big cities (preferably on the highest floor possible). So Friday night right after work we hit the road and headed to Texas! It’s about a five hour drive so we eventually checked into the beautiful Sheraton Hotel downtown around 10:15 Friday night. As luck would have it, the hotel was very close to many of the activities we wanted to do and we got a room on the 32nd floor (Sol was thrilled).
Saturday morning we slept in late and eventually made it to a restaurant for our 1pm “brunch”. After fueling up on some Texas BBQ and taco salad we headed to the JFK 6th Floor Museum for our first history lesson of the trip. They won’t let you take pictures inside the museum so these are the only ones we have.
After the museum we headed back to the hotel to get dressed up and ready for a night out. Solomon knew I had wanted for a long time to go to a musical performance so he surprised me with tickets to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and to top it off they upgraded us to box seats which were more than double the price we paid for our tickets! We walked from our hotel through the arts district of downtown Dallas to the symphony and had dinner at the Opus Restaurant inside the symphony. The food was beyond amazing and that night the symphony was playing with the guest band Pink Martini. The band had all kinds of funny stories and jokes to go along with their songs. The entire night was truly amazing but I have to add that as the youngest couple there, at times we certainly felt out of place. The symphony doesn’t allow photography inside so again below is the extent of my photos.
After a late night at the symphony, we slept in late again. We checked out of our hotel and headed to find some lunch. We ended up eating at Gator’s Restaurant. I had the chicken and Sol was tempted to try the deep fried gator but opted for a burger instead. We reserved a spot for the 2pm Segway tour of historic downtown Dallas. After lunch we walked across the street to begin the Segway training. It’s definitely harder than it looks. We had a great time gliding around Dallas and we even managed to stay on the Segways without any accidents. However, the tour guide was not so lucky! Here are a few pictures from our tour.
Here are a few random pictures from our time wondering the streets of Dallas on our own and our first ever visit to Whataburger.
That's all of our Dallas trip. Stay tuned for more updates!
