The Big D! (ie. Dallas!)

So sorry! I totally meant to post an update about my fun, fun, fun trip to Dallas but a few things kept delaying it. :-/ Anyways! Here goes! So, after work on Friday we packed our bags and bikes into the back on my little Jeep and drove the 7.5ish hours to downtown Dallas, with plenty of coffee and a great driving companion :-), the hours didn't seem so long at all.
Saturday we headed to Fort Worth for the Kendall Art Museum. We had been looking for the Modern Art Museum but walked into this one by mistake. It was still worth a gander however! I fell in love with this piece in a series on Willows by Monet and even scored the print. Will also picked up a print of one of his favorites so now we have a fun framing project for this weekend. After some art, we headed to the Rahr and Son's brewery tour. The place was packed! (Which, is not too much of a surprise... they're beer was tasty!)

We hadn't quite gotten our art fill yet so we went back to the first plaza and found the Modern Art Museum. The pic below is from inside this giant metal structure they had outside the museum.

After being so "artsy-fartsy", we took our bikes out for a spin an a trail in between Fort Worth and Dallas. It felt good to get outside and burn off a few extra calories. For dinner, we found this classy little place within walking distance from our hotel and were particularly impressed by the impeccably fresh Caprese Salad. Yum!!

Sunday was focused in Dallas. We started the day the Dallas Farmer's Market (which was much bigger than the Memphis one!) bought a few plums, enjoyed an ear of freshly roasted corn, and tasted the wares of a few of the friendliest of the vendors.

My Sweetie with some sweet corn!

 Next we set off to the Aquarium - sharks and penguins and sea dragons - oh my!

Sea Dragon! 

After chilling at the pool a bit after the kid induced craziness that is the Aquarium, we found a local comedy club to check out. We got there just a minute late and were seated practically on top of the stage, ie. "the hot seat"! It was totally hilarious! A couple comedians picked on us a bit, but nothing too bad.
Monday it was time to make the long journey home. Unfortunately, I caught a bit of a stomach bug (I may never eat tofu again...) so I wasn't feeling to "hott", but luckily I have an awesome boyfriend, who didn't complain once while I snoozed in the passenger seat the entire drive home.