As stolen from The Wicked One...

[per_solo]

OK, as stolen from wickedsin:

Ok, I'm coming to visit you (hypothetically speaking).

Where do we...
Eat breakfast?
Lunch?
Dinner?
Go for ice cream?
Is there a regional treat/specialty I MUST sample?

Go shopping?
What souvenier MUST I buy to remember my trip by?
What should I buy if money is no object?

What sites MUST I see before I go?
What MUST I take picture(s) of before I leave?

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[wickedsin.livejournal.com]

Where do we...
Eat breakfast? Cafe Brazil
Lunch? Vera Cruz or Zizikis
Dinner? Black Eyed Pea
Go for ice cream? Paciugo
Is there a regional treat/specialty I MUST sample? Country Fried Steak
Go shopping? Galleria
What souvenier MUST I buy to remember my trip by? A Texas Shot Glass
What should I buy if money is no object? A herd of Longhorn Cattle

What sites MUST I see before I go? The Kimball, Flower Gardens, Texas Stadium

What MUST I take picture(s) of before I leave? The giant "anal probe".

[per_solo]

I have a Texas Shot Glass. :-)

Flower Gardens? Kimball?

Um...anything with the words "Anal Probe" kinda strike me as something I should well leave along. :-P

[wickedsin.livejournal.com]

I know you do

yes, and yes

it's a building, chill out

[per_solo]

*nod* It is very nice..sitting at the forefront of my collection. :-)

Ok..what is Kimball? I can guess on Flower garden...

Perfectly chill, just had to ut that in there. What type of building? Or does that ruin the surprise for when I eventually make it out there?

[wickedsin.livejournal.com]

http://www.kimbellart.org/

[mobobocita.livejournal.com]

DUDE! You LIVE here, I'd do NONE of this. *grin*

[per_solo]

*heh* I know. :-)

I dunno...I could see a few restaurants we haven't been to...and I sure as hell know there are spots around the state I haven't seen...

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

I am a BIG fan of buying a tourist guide to where you live. I'm finding out all kinds of cool things to visit in Abq and NM that I wouldn't have thought of.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

[oftenrebuked.livejournal.com]

Rich's Cafe
Liberty Diner(greek food and a 8 ft statue of liberty what more can you ask?)
Casa's
Ice cream? there is an original Zestos, kinda fun.
To hell with Ice cream we are going to Mad Anthony Brewery and Sutek Winery!
Then before we open those we will go to Hyde Brothers books and the Museum of Art, see a show at the Embassy.
Souvenir: Small bust of Lincoln from the Lincoln museum. (the only remote reference of Lincoln and Fort Wayne is the Lincoln financial company that has since relocated)
If money where no object you could probably buy the whole Lincoln Financial building that the museum is in.

You would have to see the Johnny Appleseed homesite/trees, and maybe you would be less interested but there is also the original Vera Bradley factory/outlet(why a person would want to walk around with quilted bags, their grandma might carry, beats me).
OOOOOh, Dont forget you want to visit the 2ND largest genealogy library, (damn Mormons have dibs on No. 1)

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

Breakfast? The Range Cafe, or Flying Star
Lunch? Wecks, or Flying Star
Dinner? El Norteno, or Flying Star
Ice cream? Old Town, or Flying Star

(Hey, you can eat any meal at Flying Star.)

Regional treat/specialty: Green chili! You can get it on your Subway sub or pizza here. Also carne adovada.

Shopping? Old Town
Souvenier? Ummm. Something turquoise maybe.
If money were no object, there are some fantastic brass sculptures in the $10K range. This place loves "money is no object."

Sites to see: The Tramway, Petroglyph National Monument, Quarai India Ruins.
Pictures: The Sandia Mountains at sunset, when they're pink.

So, come visit! It's highly cool around here. And I didn't mention the casinos b/c I do go there, but we have lots!