Dallas near environs

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Sunday 30 Jan.11
In Dallas at the Adolphus til very late check out – they allow 1pm. Due to fact I was having a meltdown re “loss” of Ipod and all my digital information. Finally found it fallen into a slot in my pack – phew. Then rolled the bag over to new hotel 2 blocks away (down town Dallas fortunately quite small blocks) Aloft Dallas – a W Hotel – for the funky young things, a warehouse conversion and quite different from the Olde Worlde Adolphus. 14 feet ceilings and some exposed walls and different textures and colours.

Then out for a walk – to the Dallas Museum of Art – a good African mask exhibition the main exhibition. And selection form their American moderns. Pity I only had an hour. A free trolley runs up McKinney Ave every 30 mins but just missed it – so did a lot of walking. Off that Avenue a little enclave of seeming old suburbia – houses now occupied by boutique businesses like lawyers etc. Never did catch up with that trolley as although every 25-30 mins it does not seem to have a timetable! Which is OK if you’re right at either end (it ends near Art Museum).

Walked for ages. Finally had dinner at a place called Truluck’s on McKinney. A cup of gumbo – which I had never had before – was rather spicy so changed my fish order to something simply grilled with ditto asparagus – otherwise the taste of the creamy chardonnay would have been destroyed! Not up to Stephan’s high standard… Got a taxi back as had given up on the trolley.

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Photos

Adolphus sitting rooms
the downstairs level

Adolphus Hotel outer
on Commerce Street

Hotel Magnolia
on opposite corner on Commerce St fr. Adolphus

Dallas skyline
you will see that bldg again

real Dallas skyline
is the D for?

Dallas Museum of Art
Henry Moore sculpture of course

North Dallas - Hibernia St
old houses now professional offices?

Comments

[Huddo]

D for Dallas.
Hi Mike, Some great shots there of Dallas. The blend of old and new, very effective. Your hotels look great, older and newer. Love Huddo.