This weekend marks ZestFest’s 18th year in operation. This fest/exhibitor trade show for restaurant owners, and literal taste makers from all over the country attracts 1,000s a year. Foodies, spice junkies, professional food contest participants, and those that are just curious about hot sauce fire and flavor innovation attend. We’ve personally attended the last three years and always have a great/tasty time.

We heard through the grapevine about two new stores joining Lakewood Shopping Center.

Two Mules Cantina, the popular restaurant and bar within Valencia Group’s new Texican Court, is now open to the public for breakfast, dinner, happy hour and weekend brunch. Executive Chef Patrick Hildebrandt has created a delicious destination that showcases Southwestern-inspired dishes, including El Paso Eggs Benedict, Chilaquiles, Breakfast Torta, Smoked Barbacoa Mini Tostadas, Cochinita Pibil and Torta Cubana.

Like most skiers and snowboarders, the Mile High City will likely be your jumping-off city to the resorts. The Denver Museum of Art offers one of the largest collections between Chicago and the West Coast. The museum is free the first Saturday of every month and kids under 18 are always free. https://denverartmuseum.org/ Similar to […]

BREDA, a Dallas-based watch company, catches the eye of GQ for the “Best Men’s Watches Under $200.” https://www.gq.com/story/the-best-mens-watches-under-200-dollars From the design to manufacturing, BREDA produces all timepieces in their Deep Ellum design studio. The studio functions as BREDA’s design and retail store combined with a collaborative workspace. To the collector, this is a controversial question […]

Hosted by Dallas’s own legendary artist/photographer Gregory Martin, the historic gilded halls of the South Side on Lamar building came to life for a special Christmas-themed fashion and art exposition. Leading up to her art fair on February 17th, Dallas painter Claudia showcased a preview of her marquee pieces. Jacob Tuygun opened the showroom to […]

This year we attended a mix of different Art Basel events including the long-established fairs, private artist showings, pop-up exhibitions, and the street art experience of Wynwood Walls. We started our Art Basel experience by attending the opening press reception for Spectrum and Red Dot. The exhibition moved to Mana Wynwood – offering an exceptional […]

Medieval Times in Dallas is supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® with an exclusive show on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 2:00 pm. For every ticket purchased Medieval Times will donate 100% of the purchase price directly to St. Jude to support its lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.® Add-on donations may be added on top of that cost and are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Ticket prices start at $40.

Local pop artist, Abigail Nakhro, known as her stage name Seysei, is set to release her single “Diamonds” and complementing visual with a Diamonds of Dallas Dance Party at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 at Capital Factory off Oak Lawn. It fuses a dance showcase, pop show, and charity event in one night. Pairing […]

Saturday, we attended the two-year anniversary party of LMB Glass, a Dallas Design District based glass art gallery. https://lmbartglass.com/ Along with the creative décor showing off the unique glass ornaments for the holiday celebration, the gallery also featured collection from Dallas-based artist Gary Eisenstat. The collections at LMB Art Glass strives on quality and variety, […]