The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Fills Your Heart & Lifts You Up
September 11, 2013-TCS # 367
So, Before I write about This Week’s Newsletter, I want to wish Everyone a Happy Patriot’s Day (according to The Calendar in My Kitchen, it says, “Patriot’s Day.”) Never Forget What Happened that That Day, 12 Years Ago and If You see a Fireman or Police Officer Today, Thank them for all their Service! Thank You Fire and Police for Your Service in America Today and on That Day from The Christianville Spirit! So, with that said, We move on to This Week’s Newsletter. So, Something very rare is occurring in and around the Smith-Centeno Household. My Uncle Craig will be in town on Business for a Year in Dallas. Now, considering that he lives in Ohio, He will spend a week up there to spend time with his family and then, will be here for Two Weeks each. Now, it is rare that Uncle Craig is in town because it is his first time here in Dallas and the first time in Texas, since 20 Years Ago, more and less. So, on the first weekend that he was here (which was Last Weekend), I felt that it was My Duty to Introduce Him to Dallas. So, that is what we did and it was an honor to do so. So, Before starting the tour, My Uncle Craig did one of his Famous Magic Tricks, which he always was really cool ones. So, The First Place on our “Uncle Craig Tour of Dallas” was an odd thing that was placed in the middle of Downtown Dallas. It is a giant sculpture of an Eye Ball. Yes, Ladies and Gents, You heard me, An Eye Ball! This 30 Foot Tall “Eye Ball” was made in Chicago and shipped to Downtown Dallas on Main St. between Akard and Ervay St., for Reference. At That Time, It was fenced in, so no one could get a Front Row Seat to it, however, it is being fixed up around it so that you can get a Front Row Seat in front of it at a later time. After we saw it, We decided to take a little walk around the block to see if we could find anything else. I can tell you that we found the Dallas Fish Market, The Pegasus Building, The Adolphus Hotel (which I’ve never seen or been inside of) and Thanks Giving Square. The Adolphus Hotel, by the way, is a very upscale hotel. To tell you how upscale it is, We arrived at “Tea Time” also known as “High Tea.” The Next Place on Our Tour was where JFK was shot and passing “The Grassy Knoll.” He was shot going down Elm Street after you passed Houston Street. After That, We made an unscheduled drive across The Margaret Hunt-hill Bridge (or “The Bridge to No Where”). Uncle Craig was amazed by that! He was so amazed (crowd says: “How Amazed was He!?!”) that he even took a lot of Pictures of it. Our Next Stop, which was scheduled, was to see “The Deck Park” called Klyde Warren Park. We took him to The Windspear Opera House first though, because we wanted to take his picture in front the “BIG” Sign. We did also check out The Water Walkway/Pond that My Brother and I checked out. Uncle Craig (along with My Mom) took a lot of Pictures of Me playing on the water. After we did, The “BIG” Sign, we decided that it was time to get ourselves a drink because it was REALLY Hot outside and we were getting thirsty. So, we stopped at one of the many Food Trucks in Klyde Warren Park at get ourselves a drink. It did help cool us down a little bit from The Heat. The Lesson Here, though, is not to go to Klyde Warren Park during The Summer Months because it is Unbearably Hot! It might have been better to see it in The Spring or Fall Months, like My Brother and I did. So, after that, we took a drive through the upscale areas of Uptown and Highland Park, and then it was time for Dinner. So, considering that Uncle Craig is from Ohio, They don’t have as good of Mexican Food as they do here in Texas. That is one of the benefits that I love about living in Texas. So, we took him at a place called Gloria’s and he enjoyed having it because Gloria’s is a Dallas-area Institution. Anyway, My Mom, Uncle Craig, and I had a great time touring Dallas to show the cool parts of it. The one thing that we missed was Victory Park and American Airlines Center, but we can do that later. It is amazing that when You are showing people from out-of-town your city, You learn more about our own city than you would on Your Own. It makes you proud of your own city, even though there is often nothing exciting to do during The Weekend. All in all, It was a really awesome “Tour Day” and Quality Time with My Uncle Craig.
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Tour Your Own City, with or without a Visitor. You might just learn something!
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