Texas Part Two: Food Trucks, Farmer's Markets, and Cowboy Towns!

Hey friends!

Ready for part two? This one's going to be a bit more of a random conglomeration of pictures. You might want to get yourself a cup of tea, because there are a lot of pictures in this post! Got it? Ok. Hope you enjoy :) PS: If you haven't read part one yet, click here!

One of the really fun things we did while we were there was take a vintage train to historic Fort Worth. 

Spot the tourist! ^

Once we arrived it felt like we were in the Wild, Wild, West!

 

Of course it's a total tourist trap (see ^ bull you can pay $5 to sit on), but it's worth it for the experience and the opportunity to see a modern day cowboy town.

Next we stopped into an old timey sweets shop.

Abi was....very excited ;)

How could you not be?

The next day we decided that it was essential for us to have as many authentic southern experiences as possible...so we went to a waffle house!

It was delicious AND cheap...every college student's dream.

After that we skipped over to the Dallas Farmer's Market. Apparently a lot of things are closed on Monday, including most of the farmer's market. It was a bit of a let down, but the produce was beautiful.

And we made a little friend!

After our visit to the farmer's market, we popped over to Klyde Warren Park, a neat spot right in the center of Dallas.

That corgi was a wee bit aggressive with the black dog, but man was it cute!

We also had our first food truck experience!

Yum!

If you made it to the end of this post, ten chummy points to you!

As always, comments and questions are welcome.

Until next time,

Em xo

Texas Part One

Hey friends!

It's time for pictures from Dallas. As you may have read in my last post, Abi and I went to Dallas for our Spring Break. It was a lot of fun exploring Texas with my sister and getting reacquainted with the family friends we stayed with. I was going to put everything in one post, but while I was going through my pictures I realized there were way too many to fit into just one, so this is the first installment of several. Hope you enjoy!

The first place we visited was the Dallas Museum of Art which, yes, is on a hill.  We both thought it had a good mix of modern and traditional art, but by the end of it we got a bit phased and decided that food was very much needed. Where did we eat?

Torchy's is a Texas joint that was recommended to us by our roommate Ellie. Since we were down south we knew we had to try it!

They had a lot of really creative options which made it quite difficult to choose! We both ended up getting the Trailer Park, which has fried chicken, green chilies, lettuce, pico de gallo and cheese on a flour tortilla with poblano sauce. I decided to “get it trashy", so they took off the lettuce and added queso.

Not particularly pretty but oh man, it was flavorful! While I don't tend to go for spicy food, I really enjoyed it and would definitely return. One thing I will say is that the salsa was a bit of a disappointment since it was burning hot despite the fact that we ordered mild, it was VERY busy, and it's not always clear how you can customize (aka, make things a little less spicy) your order. Overall though I gave it a 4/5.

After so much spice we decided that we definitely needed something sweet, so we headed to La Madeleine, where we got hot cocoa, cheese cake, and sacher torte.

Very nice :)

After that we went out into the very windy city and decided to check out the Galleria. The Galleria is a massive mall, rumored to be visited by celebrities such as Tom Cruise, among others.

Here we are looking quite windblown.

What's that you see behind me? Yes, it IS an ice rink!

That's all for part one, tune in for part two, coming soon!

Girls Night At Five Guys!

Hey friends!

So you know how (in my last blog post) I said I loved cheeseburgers? Well...Ellie, Abi and I had an impromptu girls night out at Five Guys Burgers and Fries. I'd only been there once before and Abi had never been, so we decided that it needed to happen ASAP. Five Guys is an interesting place. A "little" burger is a single patty, a regular is two, and there are free peanuts for all! Additional toppings are free, and there are plenty to choose from.

We started out pretty normal...

 

Then the food came out and things went downhill from there.

 

 Ellie had a cheeseburger with mushrooms, lettuce, onions, ketchup and a little bit of mayo.

I had a cheeseburger with grilled onions and ketchup.

Abi had a "little" burger with tomato, onions and ketchup.

 

And of course, the fries. Cajun AND regular, cause that's how we roll. My official food critic thoughts? The food was great! That being said, if you're looking for a luxury dining experience you won't find it here. What you will find? Juicy burgers, pillowy burger buns, a 50's vibe and lots of options to change up your burger game.

 

It was so fun to spend time with my sister and our roommate; these two are such a laugh and always bring a smile to my face :) It's hard to believe Abi and I will be on spring break in Dallas in less then a week, we're definitely ready for some sunshine! Thanks for reading, get ready for a lot of pictures from a (hopefully) sunny week in Texas! 

Until next time,

E