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Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in your car and go! This first edition of
Day Trips from Dallas/Fort Worth is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover in your own backyard. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most within a two-hour drive of Dallas/Fort Worth. Do something delicious: Drive to Gainesville for fried pie and sopapilla cheesecake, Nocona for tomatillo enchiladas, and Athens for “cakeballs.”
Do something musical: Visit Denton, known for its thriving music scene, or Pilot Point, a tiny piece of the Old West where the fiddlers on the square are as authentic as youll find.
Do something cultural: Visit a museum of South and Central American artifacts in Weathorford; or Wacos fascinating Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum.
Synopsis
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Dallas. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Dallas metro area. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from Dallas helps makes the most of a brief getaway.
About the Author
Based in New York City, writer-editor Sandra Ramani specializes in covering travel, spa, beauty and lifestyle topics. Her work has appeared in such publications as the New York Daily News, The New York Times.com, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, The Dallas Morning News, Elegant Bride, New York Magazine, 002 Houston and Bridal Guide, among many others. She is currently a Contributing Editor for luxury travel site Globorati.com, as well as for the lifestyle and wellness magazine, Organic Spa, and has also served an an editor for NYMag.com, Citysearch New York, Zagat, and Fodor's Gold Guides. For an article she wrote on visiting Jane Austen's England, Sandra was the recipient of the 2006 VisitBritain Travel Journalism Award for Best Newspaper Feature.A graduate of Vassar College, Sandra was raised in Dallas, Texas--where she still spends a few months a year--and has lived in England, Italy, France and India. For more on her work, visit www.sandraramani.com.