Holidays

What a Week! Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee Celebrates New Home

By Joy Donovan / June 19, 2024 /

What a wonderful week it’s been for Opal Lee, the Fort Worth icon known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth.” For the Fort Worth activist, today’s Juneteenth celebration will begin with a 2.5-mile walk from the African American Museum of Dallas. The annual Opal’s Walk for Freedom, launched in 2016, helped establish Juneteenth — a term…

May These Irish Proverbs Inform Your Next Home Purchase

By Brenda Masse / March 13, 2024 /

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, we can do a lot better than wishing you luck with your next home purchase. “Luck” isn’t really good enough with what could be the biggest, most important purchase you make. Luckily, the Irish culture has ever so much more to offer in wise, charming, and often…

Top 10 North Texas Christmas Light Displays

By Brenda Masse / December 15, 2023 /

From Individual showhouses, to traditional neighborhood displays, to main street festivals, and full blown immersive attractions, North Texas definitely does not disappoint when it comes to holiday light shows. With so many spectacular sites to behold, how to choose your holiday light viewing? We’ve rounded up the best of the best into a top 10…

Saturday: 3 Dallas Christmas Markets Offer Holiday Shopping Without The Stress

By Brenda Masse / December 8, 2023 /

Listen, we know that it’s all too easy to just click on that neat thing that your social media feed’s algorithm curated for you or grab something from your Amazon shopping list without having to leave the house, but local artisans and business owners are out there working hard, and they are making it as…

Scaremount, Fairmount Historic District’s Annual Halloween Scavenger Hunt, Returns Oct. 31

By Joanna England / October 29, 2023 /

Next in a series: North Texas cities, towns, and neighborhoods celebrate fall with all the gusto of people who have suffered through a Texas summer, and we are here to let you know about the best area fall festivals, Oktoberfests, pumpkin patches, and Halloween fun over the next several weeks. Today we head to Fort Worth…