Sachse Cemetery Tours!

By |2022-10-08T14:46:36+00:00October 8th, 2022|architecture, art, cemeteries, collin county, Dallas History, Deaths, mckinney, police, Pumpkins|

Me in a cemetery, tonight! Hayride tours of the Sachse Cemetery, next door to the Sachse Historical Socity tonight at 6, 6:30 and [...]

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Historic Halloween – 50 years ago (1969)

By |2019-10-30T17:41:19+00:00October 30th, 2019|Accessories, art, brothel, Dallas People, Design, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

PASTIES REAL HALLOWEEN TREAT Dallas Morning News, October 1969   “When Halloween rolls around, youngsters (both young and old) will be out trick [...]

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Historic Halloween – 1944 (75 years ago)

By |2019-10-23T17:40:37+00:00October 23rd, 2019|Accessories, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas History, Dallas People, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

Halloween articles in the Dallas Morning News are a bit of a buzz kill.  The articles are lamenting the fact that candles, paper [...]

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State Fair of Texas – Pumpkins!

By |2019-10-02T21:09:18+00:00October 2nd, 2019|art, Carnival, Dallas People, Design, Pumpkins, South Dallas, Texans, Texas State Fair|

Went to the State Fair last night.  It was extremely quiet - hardly anyone there.  We got to poke in to corners of [...]

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Cooling Weather

By |2019-09-23T18:17:40+00:00September 23rd, 2019|art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, fort worth, Men, Murders, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

The weather is cooling down.  Book a walking tour with us for either the Dallas West End or the Garland Square. View our [...]

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Giving of the Thanks – Part VIII, the Dessert Course. Finally.

By |2018-01-21T18:34:20+00:00January 3rd, 2018|art, Dallas Museum of Art, Pumpkins|

These blog posts normally center around Dallas history in one form or another.  Today's post is about current history in the making.  Yayoi [...]

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Giving of the Thanks – Part II, Amuse-Bouche

By |2018-01-21T18:45:59+00:00November 14th, 2017|Dallas History, historic food, innovations, Politics, Pumpkins, Thanksgiving, Women|

Amuse-bouche - a tiny bite of what is to come before a formal dinner.  I have a feeling our featured historical figure was [...]

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Giving of the Thanks – Part I, the Aperitif

By |2018-01-21T18:48:12+00:00November 12th, 2017|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Politics, Pumpkins, Restoration, Slavery, South Dallas, Texans, Thanksgiving, West End, Women|

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As such, I have chosen a clever title for my next round of posts.  An aperitif is [...]

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