June is a good month to leave the house. Three Dallas-area hotels have programming worth circling on the calendar — a Route 66 celebration in Grapevine, an elevated happy hour in Westlake that makes oysters and caviar feel entirely reasonable on a Tuesday, and a Beyoncé-themed evening in Dallas that is exactly what it sounds like and better than you’d expect.
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There are war films that show you what war looks like, and there are war films that show you what war does to people. The Bridge on the River Kwai belongs firmly in the second category, which is why it still matters nearly seventy years after David Lean pointed a camera at a river in Ceylon and told some of the finest actors of his generation to go to work.
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Bill Katz flew Blackhawk helicopters for the U.S. Army for twenty years. His wife Johnnie spent twenty years in banking. They spent nine of those years overseas — Europe, Asia, moving every few years the way military families do. When Bill retired in 2001 they settled in the Dallas area, got regular jobs, and then Johnnie decided she wanted something of her own. In December 2003 they bought a sports bar on McKinney Avenue called Frankie’s. Within four years they had tripled the sales and turned it into the top sports bar in DFW.
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It’s a good weekend to be in Dallas. Mother’s Day is Sunday, a brand new park opens Saturday, and the music calendar is stacked from Friday night through Sunday. We’ve covered a lot of restaurants this week, so flip back in time a bit and gander at what’s good and what’s new.
Here is how to spend the next three days.
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Santa Fe is eight hours by car from Dallas — I-40 west through Amarillo, then north on I-25 past Albuquerque and up into the high desert until the city appears in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at 7,000 feet. You can also fly into Albuquerque and rent a car for the one-hour drive north, or fly direct into Santa Fe’s small airport. Either way, this is one of the most rewarding food and travel weekends available to anyone living in North Texas, and it has been hiding in plain sight for years.
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On Saturday, March 14, 2026, Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas will once again come alive for the city’s iconic St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Block Party. The parade marches south from Blackwell Street to SMU Boulevard, starting at 11:00 a.m., drawing thousands of locals and visitors to line the sidewalks. Prime spots include the start line, the mid-route stretch around 2100–2300 Greenville, and the southern end near SMU Boulevard, where floats slow and crowds can catch beads, candy, and the parade’s most unexpected delight.
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If you think Disneyland is just rides and fireworks, think again. This place is a full-on theme park for your taste buds, and 2026 is no exception. Let’s start sweet: Dole Whip. That pineapple soft-serve is tangy, icy, and somehow magic in a cup. Grab one at the Tiki Juice Bar or Tropical Hideaway and try not to wear it. Spoiler: you’ll probably fail.
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Food festivals can be joyful, strange, reverent, and occasionally a little unhinged—but at their best, they reveal how deeply a single ingredient can shape a community’s identity. Around the world, people gather not just to eat, but to honor the crops, animals, and culinary traditions that have sustained them for centuries. These celebrations transform ordinary ingredients into symbols of pride, creativity, and heritage. From parades held in a guinea pig’s honor to dangerous hill chases after runaway cheese, these festivals show how food can be playful, ceremonial, and even heroic. Each one tells a story of the land, the climate, and the people who have built their culture around what grows—or walks—on it.
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