The Best of. . . , Dallas Cowboys, and Gold Shoes

Last night I returned from a trip to Dallas, TX with two of my friends, Rich Palmer and Paul Imhoff. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook then you know what happened most of the time but for those of you who do not I will give you some highlights. Here goes. . .

We flew out Saturday around 12:30pm from Dayton, OH. No checked baggage and pre-printed boarding passes meant an easy check-in process. The flight was not bad until the landing. You know it has to be someone's first time to land sometime. I really don't think it was his first time to land but it was a little rough and I heard a lady behind sigh in relief. We landed about 2:00pm central time. If you have ever flown into DFW airport then you are aware that the rental car process can be a hassle. Saturday was no execption. We didn't leave the airport with our rental car until after 3:oopm. Seriously, can you guys at DFW please come up with a better way to deal with this? That's ridiculous.

Anyway, we heading over to grab some late lunch. I told the guys about the best burger in the Dallas area could be found at Johnny B's in Southlake, TX.

I recommend the double with cheese and their hand cut fries. Have a cardialogist on speed dial and enjoy every last bit. This was the first Best of . . . that we were going to enjoy on this trip.

We then headed over to the Best Place to watch a football game. It also happens to be the Best Hotel as well. What am I talking about? Well here is the outside.



It's known as the Gaylord Texan and they have a sports bar in it that is called Texas Station. Here is a picture of the wide screen TV. (not a great pic taken with the iPhone but gives you the idea)


You can watch 9 football games at one time. That's what I am talking about.

We then heading over to Fellowship Church for their Saturday night service. This is of course the Best Children's Ministry anywhere. Rich and Paul came out saying, "WOW!" and it was really good to see some of my old volunteers and friends. This was my first time back to Fellowship to attend church. It was great and strange all at the same time. It made me missed it tremendously and made me glad that I was gone all at the same time. Now that is what I call weird.

After church we went to get the Best Steak in Dallas at Bob's Steak and Chop House. This was not my plate of food but it is from Bob's. I go with the smashed potato and not the baked.



Notice the carrot in the middle of the plate. You don't order the carrot but after you taste the Best Carrot ever then you realize you are so glad that it is there. Oh and by the way, Bob's took us almost 4 hours. Our waiter named Shawn was hilarious, not meaning to be but we found him that way and one of my good friends Mike Wyrick came to join us late in the meal. It was a great time.

After dinner we went to the Worst Hotel in Dallas. OK maybe not the worst but it was really bad. Travelocity did not do us well on this one. The name of the hotel was the Wyndham Garden Hotel located at 635 and 75. It was under renovation which was desparely needed and the place just felt dirty. If it wasn't already paid for then we would have gone some place else and should have gone to the Gaylord Texan instead. Consider yourself warned.

Sunday was a huge day. It started off great. We went to get the Best Pancakes anywhere not just Dallas. We went to the Original Pancake House. Here is a picture of my plate taken with the iPhone.




If you are wondering what this is it is called the "Apple Pancake". I like to call it a little bit of heaven on a plate. The apples on top covered in sugar and cinnamon are incredible.

After breakfast we went down to see the Grassy Knoll. Here is a pic of the grassy knoll on Sunday.



I thought it was quite ironic that there is no more grass. I also liked the guy who was standing next to it trying to sell books about the conspiracy. I didn't buy any books or pictures. We did get to see at least 2000 motorcycles though. There was some huge biker rally going on downtown. It was nuts.

After doing a little more site seeing downtown we headed to the Cowboys vs. Bengals game. One of my close friends had graciously given us tickets to the game. Not only that but he gave us a parking pass as well. We showed up early to the stadium to make sure and tour the place. Rich and Paul had never been there and this was the real reason for the trip. So we hung our parking pass on the rear view mirror. The guys directing traffic just kept waving us towards the stadium. To the point of to where it was only a sidewalk between us and the stadium. I took a little pic to show you.





We then watched the Cowboys beat the Bengals from the Fox Sports suite. All the food and drinks you could handle but the best part was the private bathroom. There is nothing worse than waiting to use the bathroom and the facilities you know are going to be filthy. Here was our view from the suite:




Of course after eating during the whole game we decided we need some more food. So after the game we headed to Pappasito's for the Best Fajitas. Why are the fajitas so good you might ask? They make their own homemade tortillas and the secret to the whole thing is the garlic butter that comes with it. Yes I said butter. You take the butter and spread it on the tortilla before anything else and then call your cardialogist again. Here take a look.



Monday morning we got up early and enjoy the Best Smoothie from Jamba Juice. I still can't believe that there are no Jamba Juice's in Ohio, Indiania, or Kentucky. Will someone please buy the franchise rights and open up some stores. Please.

After Jamba we went to Prestonwood Baptist Church. Prestonwood has over 28,000 members and has a over 800,000 sq/ft under roof. We have joked in the past about Prestonwood being the "Baptist Bowl". The place is huge and done very well. I was hoping to meet up with Sondra Sauders but she was out on vacation. We did though get a tour of the place. Take a look at the outside.




Before we left Dallas we found a shoe store that was closing. It said everything was 30%-70% off and then take an additional 50% off the lowest price. Now that is my kind of sale and they happen to have my kind of shoes. I am currently wearing them. Let me know what you think.



Yes those are gold shoes. I wish you could see the details on them. There are engravings of Elvis and such. They actually say Elvis on the back. These bad boys rock. They were originally $120 retail but I got them for $10. That's what I'm talking about.

So all in all I had an incredible trip. Dallas was very good to me. Maybe to good because my jeans don't fit as well now, but I can't wait to go back.