Holidays
“Are you coming over tomorrow?” you’ll almost certainly hear your mother say over the phone. Mother’s Day is tomorrow and you’ve got nothing. I mean, yes, you’re planning on stopping in the markdown floral section at Kroger and grabbing a card off of the revolving wire display, but “What are we doing?” is the million-dollar…
Grab a bike. Take a walk. Ride a bus. Forget the plastic. And like they said in the groovy 1970s when Earth Day was launched, “Give a hoot; don’t pollute.” It’s time to celebrate Earth Day 2025 throughout North Texas. Always April 22, Earth Day this year carries the theme “Our Power, Our Planet.” First…
“It’s just what you do in Dallas for St. Patrick’s Day.” So says the Greenville Avenue Area Business Association, the organization behind the annual Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade that brings tens of thousands of green-clad merry-makers to Upper Greenville each year. It’s just what you do. While all those folks are out celebrating all…
While my 20-something-year-old daughter was earning her undergrad degree, I happened to ask her if she and her friends were doing anything for Valentine’s Day. “Momma, we don’t do Valentine’s Day. We do Galentine’s Day.” I stood corrected and intrigued. I believe my retort was, “What the hell is Galentine’s Day?” Galentine’s Day = Ovaries Before…
As many Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a holiday from work or school, the country continues to fight over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies and discriminatory practices. Personal finance website WalletHub offered a glimmer of hope for Texans with a study released last week showing the Lone Star State has made the…
