As part of our season tickets to the Dallas Opera, we were given 5 tickets to a family performance of "Doctor Miracle". We invited Mister's brother, sister, and nephew along. When the opera was over, we walked over to Klyde Warren Park to enjoy the beautiful day in downtown Dallas. We finished up with lunch at The Greek. What a lovely day.
We are both moving into quilt mode around here. We have books, magazines, new sewing machines, and fabric everywhere! Mister has been building my new quilt frame this week and as I was sewing in the studio, he was working away in the yard. I did hear a few words that I won't print here, but he kept after it and the finished project is awesome.
Next, we had to completely rearrange the den to fit the frame in the house -- yep, that bugger is long. Once we had it in the house, it was time to learn how to put a quilt on. Fortunately, I had finished a top and it was ready to go on the frame. After many tries and a small temper flare-up by me, we got it. Once again, it will go much quicker the next time. Now to start poking holes in my fingers.
I had errands to run and Mister wanted a break from the house so offered to ride along. My planned itinerary was: BPERS (drop off tea set for final firing), JoAnn's (quilt backing and elastic), and Love Field (pick up the tickets with Southwest). I assured him: "Not over an hour". That was at 2:00. At 4:30 we were on the way home and remembered that our favorite pizza restaurant was opening it's sister store at 5:00 today. Right turn Clyde! We arrive at Cane Rosso White Rock few minutes before opening and walk around the patio talking with the workers as they have a small problem with the water feature pennies. Soon the doors are unlocked and we seat ourselves at the bar where we meet Edgar. He gives us the rundown on the new pizzas and we opt for The Capricciosa. At the same time the bartender, Bones, keeps bringing us new "dranks" to try and some of them are dang good. Our pizza is the 3rd pizza of the opening night -- obviously we needed to make our selection quicker, but it looks and tastes delicious.
As always, the main event is the show taking place in front of you when seated at the bar. Just watching how quickly the pizzas are made and cooked is fun. Yep, it is old fashioned spinning of the pizza dough. After our pizza, we are still hungry and so we naturally order a starter. One Focaccia please. 
It is a beautiful day and we are tired of being indoors so decide to have an adventure. This weekend is the Main Street Arts Festival in Fort Worth. It is one of my favorite festivals so Mister suggests that we make a day of it and take the train over. How fun. We ride the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) trains around Dallas fairly often, but I had never taken the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) over to Fort Worth. Today is the day. We hop the DART down to Union Station and connect to the TRE which will take us right to the festival - pretty dang convenient isn't it? When we arrive at Union Station, the train is waiting and we grab seats in the upper level. We give Cass a call to see if she and Scott can meet up with us, but it doesn't work out. Oh well. The ride is nice and I am able to see areas that I have not been in before. The interior is lovely and it is easy to sit back, relax, and just enjoy the view. Once we arrive in Fort Worth, we walk the two blocks down to the festival and start out by finding some lunch. I am hungry and thus getting grouchy. Yea, I know you are smiling cos you know it works that way. After a stop at Jake's for a quick snack, we are off to enjoy the art.
It is a beautiful day and since it is a Friday, the festival is not overwhelmingly packed. There are street musicians along with the incredible art and food booths. The atmosphere is fun and although we spot a few things that we like, nothing really screams "take me home" to us. 
We have mentioned before about Calais Winery and in how it was the wine we used at our wedding. Well, we are wine club members there which gives us a legitimate excuse to travel down there at least once every other month to pick up our wine. We popped in tonight and found the place absolutely packed and Benjamin Calais running his backside off. He sees me come in and gives me a hug as I offer to help him out. It turns out that the private party has just ended and he tells me to take a seat and visit with him for awhile. He asks where Mister is and after I say that he is parking the car, he starts to pour us a couple of samples to enjoy while we talk. It doesn't take Mister long and soon the shop is empty except for us and a few other customers who pop in, grab what they need, and leave. Time spent here is always an education and thoroughly enjoyed by both Mister and myself. Benjamin does not let us down tonight and after a couple of hours of great conversation, we take our leave with 4 bottles in tow. What a perfectly pleasant evening here --- looking forward to the next trip down, but in the meantime, we have wine to drink -- woohoo.
We are so blessed to have a wonderful local farmer's market in our neighborhood twice a month. 
