[25.08.2008] Although I've been living in Texas for some time now, I'd never been to Dallas until recently. I hate driving in Houston and somehow I'd always imagined that Dallas would be worse. More cowboys, I figured. So when my Dad came to visit last month and expressed interest in a trip to Dallas, I smothered all visions of XL Dodge Rams merging into my tiny tin car and agreed. My Dad wanted to go to Dallas for two reas [more]

[03.06.2008] Turner Field is named after Ted Turner, one time owner of the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks professional sports franchises. He also owns major American television networks like CNN and TBS and TNT. And doesn't he own Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and AOL or something? I'm only pointing out all the crazy stuff that this guy owns because it's a really crappy ballpark. There's a great view of the city skyline from the par [more]

[18.05.2008] As far as we could tell, this is the only restaurant in Clayton, Oklahoma, with the exception of the restaurant in the Clayton Country Inn. There are a couple of truck-stop type places that sell pizza, and there's a pizza place in the back of the town's video store. I thought that the food here was decent. Pretty standard diner fare. There were a few things that I would have liked to see done differently. For ex [more]