By Summer – a time much enjoyed(and needed!) by all of us school employees. Although I work summer school this month, my workday ends right around noon. This leaves me a good chunk of the afternoon to explore and see new places. One of the things I’ve been doing as of
Plano’s Forgotten Mall
The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex- one of the most mall-dense areas in the country. From upscale NorthPark to the nearly demolished Valley View, shopping centers can be seen everywhere here in town. In Plano, when a typical person thinks of a mall, places like Willow Bend, possibly Collin Creek come to
Not Your Typical Junkyard – A Visit to an Aircraft Salvage Facility
Junkyards – whenever this word is mentioned, it is usually in the same sentence with either automobile insurance claims or spare hoods. However, airplanes have their own salvage yards as well. On Monday, I paid a visit to one – Air Salvage of Dallas, located on the south side of
One Hour in Brownwood: Home of the Yellowjackets
Brownwood, a Central Texas town of just under 20,000 is home to Howard Payne University and the HPU Yellowjackets. Read about the university and town here!
The Land of the Lumberjacks
Friday, I decided to use a day off work and do a trip with Mom to East Texas. Having checked out quite a few cities in the region, there was one place that I had not been to: Nacogdoches. Home of Stephen F. Austin State University, this city of just
