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Wondering what to do in Dallas, Texas? We have lived in the suburbs of Dallas for over 20 years and watched the city grow to a thriving Metroplex. See the posts here to find fun things to so, discount tickets, best restaurants. We love discovering Dallas and surrounding areas through gastronomy and day trips!
While we don’t do the typical commercial Christmas gift exchange, I love the holidays and traditions that come around it. We love finding all the fun and festive things to do during Christmas in Dallas Fort Worth. Usually the day after Thanksgiving, we decorate our Christmas tree listening to holiday Read More …
Look no further than these restaurants in Dallas for date night and special celebrations. Some of these fancy Dallas Restaurants have hosted guests like Margaret Thatcher, heads of states, presidents, pop icons like Usher and Sir Elton John. Book a table at one of these iconic Dallas restaurants for that Read More …
We recently had the luxury of being able to escape into the fantasy world of the Opera right in the city. We went to see The Magic Flute at the Dallas Opera located in the beautiful Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in the Dallas Arts District. We have been Read More …
As much as we love getting Outside Suburbia, there are times I’m excited that I live in the Suburbs – September is one of those times when Hot Air Balloons float across the autumn skies of Plano. Plano hosts the biggest, brightest, finest Balloon festivals. It has become a yearly fall tradition Read More …
As the temperature starts to drop it is time for some fall festival fun around town. Who am I kidding – the temperatures don’t really drop around here in Dallas till November but we Texan love to celebrate the season! From Diwali – a festival of light celebrated by most Read More …
The Museum of Memories is a colorful art installation popup in Dallas created by Steffi Lynn Tsai, along with her brother and a childhood friend. Tsai’s pop-up is perfect for people who grew up in the 90s and 2000 era, there are a lot of nostalgic references to classic teen movies Read More …
We love everything Italian – from trips to Italy, Italian truffles, gelato… and of course Italian food. We are super excited about the newest Italian addition to the food scene at Legacy West: North Italia. This Fox Restaurant Concepts brand that also brought to us Flower Child and True Food Read More …
With summer break in full swing and two littles visiting from India, we decided to take them to the Dallas Zoo to explore, thousands of animals to visit, and a huge variety of family activities, at 106 acres Dallas Zoo is enormously entertaining! There are lots of family friendly things to Read More …
Lavender is a flowering plant in the mint family native to the Old World. These days it can be found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, southern Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India. They are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental Read More …
How we get to and from the DFW Airport from the suburbs has changed over the years! Gone are the days of taxis, making arrangements last minute and catching a ride with Uber or Lyft seems to be the norm these days. But did you know you can save significantly Read More …
15 years ago if you had asked me why I love or rather why I live in Plano – I would have given you just two reasons, good schools and easy to travel from. My Blog is called Outside Suburbia for a reason! We loved getting out of the suburbs…. it Read More …
Thanks to the boys baseball schedule we had to stay home this Spring break, no trips to exotic beach destinations not even driving trips to the the hill country which has been the norm for us all these years. But between all those games practices and tournaments we managed to Read More …
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