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How to Use BBQ Rub and Enjoy Some Grub
While Kenny’s Smoke House is really a full service dining establishment that happens to serve great smoked meats and barbecue, now they are celebrating the availability of meats by the pound for takeout, too! Yesterday, Chef Kenny Bowers invited me into his restaurant and shared some of his tips to create a great rub and his menu favorites to dine in or take out for your family. A barbeque rub is simply a way or adding extra flavor to meat before you grill to enhance the finished product. Here are some of Kenny’s tips. Start with a room temperature cut of meat and then prepare the rub. For a dry rub, Kenny mixes 1…
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Flashdance Splashes onto the Stage
Do you remember the dance scene that inspired you to go after their dreams? I know I do. The film that made Jennifer Beals a household name celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a full on Broadway spectacular! Today, Flashdance The Musical makes its way to the Dallas Summer Musicals stage at the Music Hall at Fair Park, June 25 – July 7, and I am so honored to be invited with my girlfriends by the DSM to experience the movie on stage. Flashdance tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a club dancer by night with dreams of one day becoming…
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San Antonio Botanical Gardens Provides Backdrop for Photo Walk
The San Antonio Convention and Visitor’s Bureau invited my family to spend a day exploring the San Antonio Botanical Garden. This gorgeous little gem in San Antonio provides a perfect refuge for your family to go on a photo walk and learn about botany and nature at the same time. Everyone has different visions. Some of us are more interested in details while others have wide angle vision. As a parent, it is great to learn about your child through a photo walk. So, what exactly is a photo walk? You take yourself and a camera to a designated meeting place with a group of other photographers, then venture out…
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The Force is Strong at LEGOLAND Discovery Center
Be the first to experience LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Dallas/Fort Worth’s LEGO® Star Wars™ Episode IV MINILAND Model Display opens today! Young Padawans and their families will enjoy LEGOLAND Discovery Center Dallas/Fort Worth’s first-ever LEGO® Star Wars MINILAND – a large-scale, interactive LEGO model display, chronicling the adventures of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Join the Rebel Alliance as they plot to destroy the Galactic Empire’s powerful Death Star. Embark on a journey through the world of the classic film and experience the epic duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader and watch in awe as the Millennium Falcon rises from the deserts of Tattooine. Explore the bustling city of Mos…
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Let Your Voyage Begin with #SeaWorldSummer
Disclosure: SeaWorld Antonio selected be to be a “Wildside Blogger,” which provided my family with an annual pass for SeaWorld and Aquatica San Antonio. This post was not reviewed by a 3rd party. All opinions are mine and may not reflect those of the company. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” All photos are mine and subject to copyright. Summer is for making memories with family, do you have a special place that you go every summer? Our family sat down before summer to make our Summer Bucket List, and one…
