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If you are looking for the perfect weekend getaway or “stay-cation”, Dallas is the perfect spot! Growing up as a Dallas girl, I am so proud of the turn-around the city has done in the downtown area and the surrounding neighborhoods to make it the place to be in 2015. Here are a few of my favorite spots to spend a beautiful spring weekend.

To Eat/Drink:

• Campisi’s
• Hopdoddy Burger Bar
• Breadwinners
• Rusty Taco
• Pecan Lodge
• Cane Rosso
• Chicken Scratch/The Foundry
• Katy Trail Ice House
• The Truck Yard
• Deep Ellum Brewery

To Shop:

• Milk and Honey Boutique
• Good Records
• The Gypsy Wagon
• Dallas Farmer’s Market

To Do:

• Dallas Museum of Art
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Klyde Warren Park
• White Rock Lake
• Dealey Plaza/ 6th Floor Museum
• Reunion Tower
• Dallas Arboretum
• McKinney Avenue Trolley
• George W. Bush Presidential Library/SMU Campus
• North Park Mall
• Granada Theater