You. Do. Dallas.
Want to get warm in the winter? The average February temperature high is 61 degrees! Want to get out and have some fun? Dallas is the 9th largest US city, with all the bonuses that come from their size and southern locale (read: amazing Margaritas).
Party Food
Want to east and drink your way to happiness? This is the city to do it in:
Red Hot & Blue
20 years of Southern BBQ & Blues music!
Flying Fish
Beer. Ah, glorious beer. 199+ flavors of it - all for you to enjoy.
Fish On Fire
Not just a sweet seafood restaurant, but a dance floor with live music most nights too!
Plus an endless variety more to match any flavor -- vegetarian, carnivore, or those on a liquid diet. Click here for more restaurants >>
Outdoor Recreation
The city is home to Texas's first and largest zoo at 95 acres - the Dallas Zoo. Dallas has 406 parks on 21,000 acres of parkland, containing 17 separate lakes. To the west of Dallas in Arlington is Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor, a large water park. (Wikipedia)
Getting In & Around Dallas
Dallas is served by two commercial airports:
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (known as DFW International), largest airport in the state, the second largest in the United States, and third largest in the world.
Dallas Love Field, located within the city limits of Dallas, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of downtown, and is headquarters to Southwest Airlines.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is the Dallas area public transportation, providing buses and rail lines. DART began operating the first light rail system in the Southwest United States in 1996. Currently, two light rail lines are in service: The Red Line travels through Oak Cliff, South Dallas, downtown, Uptown, north Dallas, Richardson and Plano. The Blue Line goes through south Dallas, downtown, Uptown, east Dallas, Lake Highlands, and Garland. The Red and Blue lines are conjoined in between 8th & Corinth Station in Oak Cliff and Mockingbird Station in north Dallas. The two lines service Cityplace Station, the only subway station in the Southwest. (Wikipedia)
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