Christina & Justin
Things To Do
Texas Theatre
Showing film festivals, old classics (Justin's favorite) and quirky art films, this is the theatre where Lee Harvey Oswald hid while watching the movie War Is Hell on the afternoon of November 22, 1963 after fleeing the Texas Book Depository and shooting Officer Tippit all after assassinating the 35th President and Massachusetts native. (Texas Theatre shows War is Hell yearly on the anniversary at the same time, at the same price as 1963: 90 cents.) Justin visits this theatre with a strange combination of affection and haunting: Justin grew up 3 miles from John F. Kennedy's birthplace, taught Sunday school at the parish John F. Kennedy was baptized and attended the Dexter School where JFK attended also (along with groomsmen Sean and Tim.) The interior of the theatre looks largely as it did on that fateful day when Everything Changed 57 years ago. Justin always walks in here with glassy-eyed remembrance, a strange linkage of his MA and TX roots.
Klyde Warren Park
This park is actually constructed above a section of Woodall Rodgers Freeway, between Pearl Street and St. Paul Street. It boasts a children's park, reading spaces, fountains, game areas, and dog parks. Hugging the edge of the Arts District between Downtown Dallas and Uptown, the park stretches for three city blocks, lovely outdoor space for all ages.
The Dallas World Aquarium
This place doubles as a zoo as well as aquarium in Dallas' historic West End.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum uses historic films, photographs, artifacts, and interpretive displays to document the events of the assassination of the 35th President. The museum includes reports of government investigations that followed, and the historical legacy of the tragedy. It is a sobering but engaging and fascinating place to visit.
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden plus White Rock Lake
A lovely place for a stroll or picnic during your stay in Dallas.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Referred to locally as the The Perot Museum dates back to 1936. This gem of a natural history and science museum is in central Dallas, its main of two campuses being Victory Park, encompassing 6 floors and 180,000 square feet of wonder and exploration.
Dallas Museum Of Art
At nearly 158,000 square feet, the DMA is one of the largest art museums in the United States. With some modern pieces and other pieces dating back to 3000 B.C., their small but solid collection of French Impressionism is worth the trip all by itself. Admission is FREE.
Fort Worth Stockyards
The Fort Worth Stockyard is an historic district that is located in the central business district of Fort Worth, 40 miles west of our wedding.The 98-acre portion encompassing much of the district formerly held a livestock market dating back to 1866.
Sundance Square
This 36-block commercial, entertainment, shopping and residential district in downtown Fort Worth includes a wide range of restaurants, shops, entertainment venues, offices and residential buildings. The entire district uses 100% renewable energy.
Magnolia
Less than 2 hours drive from Dallas, is Waco's own Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia empire. In case you've been living under a rock for the last 7 years, they were the stars of HGTV's Fixer Upper, making "Farmhouse-chic" interior design fashionable. Get your barn doors and crawfish bathtub on!