Summer

Snorkel With Stingrays or Travel Back in Time, Summer in Fort Worth Is Epic

By Brenda Masse / July 14, 2023 /

Continuing our series of fun things to do with kids this summer in North Texas, this week we’re heading to Fort Worth. Now, anybody can throw together a decent list of things to do this Summer in Fort Worth with kids without much thought: the Fort Worth Zoo, the Water Gardens, Fort Worth Botanical Gardens,…

Cowboys, Ninjas, And Big Cats: Your Guide To Summer Family Fun in DFW

By Brenda Masse / June 29, 2023 /

School’s out for summer, and now that it’s been a couple of weeks, those two words every parent dreads are probably starting to come out of your kids’ mouths. “I’m booored.” And even if you aren’t one of those people that had your kid’s entire summer planned out to the minute sometime in January, you…

Renting a Stranger’s Pool for the Day Spikes In Popularity

By April Towery / July 31, 2022 /

It’s been well-documented that it’s hot outside.  Homebuyers are looking for pools; sellers are doing well touting the popular backyard oasis. And the number of people willing to let strangers use their pool for an hourly fee is skyrocketing.  When we first covered this phenomenon last June, 94 pools were listed in the greater Dallas…

Swimply: Renting Willing Strangers’ Pools For Profit

By Jon Anderson / June 10, 2021 /

The “sharing economy” is a quaint admission that, unlike prior generations, you can’t afford to own things because wages have not kept pace with corporate profit. Share your car with Lyft, share your home with Airbnb, share your clothes with The Real Real, and now share your backyard pool with Swimply. Yes, that’s right, homeowners…