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Dallas Staycation

July 12, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 8 Comments

Over 4th of July weekend, John and I enjoyed a Dallas staycation. He took two rare days off work, and I tried my best not to work on my manuscript. We crammed lots of simple fun into our staycation—two movies (a 4th of July miracle), grilling with friends and family, shopping, gardening and lots of reading.

Saturday we spent the afternoon wandering around all the cute boutiques in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas.

Bishop Arts District, Dallas

We stuffed ourselves at Eno’s Pizza. Check out the Pig Smiley pizza. Best pizza name ever. Spicy sausage, ham, cheese and local honey. If you’ve never had honey drizzled on your pizza, you are missing out.

Pig Smiley Pizza at Enos, Bishop Arts District

Pig Smiley Pizza, Eno’s Pizza, Bishop Arts District

 

Since John had never driven over the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (designed by Spanish artist, architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava), we made sure to do that. He drove while I took pictures from the sun roof like a tourist. It is truly stunning.

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, Tx

We wasted time in Lost, one of our favorite antique stores located on Riverfront. We only browsed. I’m still patting myself on the back for not buying anything.

Antiquing in Dallas

Getting lost in Lost Antiques, Dallas.

 

Yes, I even passed up this table of Fiesta pieces!

Fiesta!

I bought my annual Life is Good t-shirt at Whole Earth, along with my new lake hat:) These summer essentials make me hap-pap-py. Da doo dada da, dee da da dee da da…

My favorite summer purchases.

How’s your summer going?

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P.S. The two movies we saw: Jersey Boys ✯✯✯✯✯ and The Grand Budapest Hotel ✯✯✯✯. Loved them both!

Musical Pairing:

In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: antiquing in Dallas, Bishop Arts District, Dallas staycation, Eno's Pizza, Whole Earth Provision

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Comments

  1. Shelly Johnson says

    July 12, 2014 at 8:21 am

    Really enjoyed reading your blog.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 12, 2014 at 10:16 am

      Thank you Shelly!

      Reply
  2. Tim says

    July 12, 2014 at 10:54 am

    I enjoyed reading about your awesome “staycation!”…and I really like that word, too.=)…and for the 4th, the family went to Memphis for great barbecue and quality family time.

    Reply
  3. Suzy says

    July 12, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    Sounds like you had a great time. 20 years ago when I visited my friend in St Louis,I’m pretty sure she took us to have Eno’s Pizzas. It was huge. I’d never seen a pizza so big.

    Reply
  4. Megan @ All That Glitters says

    July 14, 2014 at 8:13 am

    I LOVE staycations! I need to do one here in Austin!

    Reply
  5. Ashley says

    July 14, 2014 at 9:14 am

    How fun! I don’t think we play tourist in our town enough, my husband and I have plans of exploring in San Antonio a bit this weekend.

    And I’ve never had honey on my pizza, sounds like I need to give it a try!

    Stopping in from TXWB.

    Reply
  6. Emily G says

    July 14, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    You are so right about us being neighbors! I live really near Bishop Arts and it’s my favorite place to wander! That smiley pig pizza is to. die. for. I never would have imagined putting honey on my pizza, but now I don’t want it any other way!
    Also, I’ve been eyeing Lost, so now I know I definitely have to stop in. There are so many great looking antique shops along Riverfront!

    Reply
  7. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 15, 2014 at 10:48 am

    Sounds like the perfect way to spend the weekend. I’d love to tag along. That bridge is neat.

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