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Check Out This Incredible McDonald’s In San Antonio, Texas!

McDonald'sWhile visiting Austin a few months back, we took a trip to San Antonio. At just a little over an hour away, it makes for a great day trip.

As we drove (and wandered) around the downtown San Antonio, we noticed how the shops maintained a certain style, looking like the area hasn’t changed in many years. Continue reading Check Out This Incredible McDonald’s In San Antonio, Texas!

A Great Cheddar Cheezy Burger: Chris Madrid’s- San Antonio, TX

Chris Madrid'sOn our first visit to San Antonio back in 2017, I hoped to try a burger at Chris Madrid’s.

After checking out The Alamo and some other sites, we headed over to the restaurant only to find it that it was closed due to a fire. The restaurant reopened and we weren’t going to miss the opportunity to stop by on our recent trip this year. Continue reading A Great Cheddar Cheezy Burger: Chris Madrid’s- San Antonio, TX

Win A Trip For 2 To Austin, Texas To Attend Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion

AustinSouthwest Airlines and Luck Banquet are running the 10 years of Luck- Luck Reunion 2022 Sweepstakes!

In the sweepstakes, one lucky winner will win a trip for two to Austin, Texas to attend Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion and Potluck on March 16 and 17, 2022! Continue reading Win A Trip For 2 To Austin, Texas To Attend Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion

Fire Breaks Out At Hilton Garden Inn in Texas

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Hilton Garden Inn Minneapolis (image: wikicommons)

The state of Texas has recently been hit hard by cold temperatures and water shortages.

A fire broke on Friday night in a Hilton Garden Inn in Killeen, packed with guests, “many of whom were fleeing storm conditions at home“, according to the New York Post. Continue reading Fire Breaks Out At Hilton Garden Inn in Texas

Arlington Texas Cuts Bus Service For Via Ridesharing Vans

Arlington
image: Twitter @ridewithvia

Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft have become enormously popular, helping you to be able to hail a ride at the touch of a button from your mobile device.

A couple of years back I wrote about how one city would be subsidizing Uber rides.

Now one rideshare company will be replacing the public transportation option in Arlington, Texas. Continue reading Arlington Texas Cuts Bus Service For Via Ridesharing Vans

Win A Trip For 4 To A Big Tech Festival In Austin

Screen Shot 2014-02-07 at 3.35.36 PMHipmunk and General Assembly are giving away a trip to the Festival That Can Not Be Named in Austin this March.

The prize is a trip for 4– one winner will get to bring 3 friends along!

I immediately figured that the unnamed festival was South by Southwest (SXSW) which takes place from March 3 – 16.

The winner will take the trip to Austin from March 7 – 11 so I’m guessing that my hunch is right.

Continue reading Win A Trip For 4 To A Big Tech Festival In Austin

Dallas Trip Recap: Day 3

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For the last full day of our trip to Dallas we decided to leave the city to visit a couple of other areas close by in Texas. We stopped in Arlington for tours of two big time sports stadiums and then headed to Fort Worth for a late lunch and to check out the Stockyards.

Check out my Dallas Trip Recaps:

Here is a list of some of the things we did:

  • Dallas Cowboys Rally Day & Self-Guided Stadium Tour
  • Tour of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
  • Lunch at Tim Love’s The Woodshed Smokehouse
  • Wandering around Fort Worth’s Stockyards
  • Zoli’s NY Pizza 

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