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Then and Now…

Now that we are back home from Dallas, I was able to find some pictures to compare “then and now” pictures from the 1980s with last week in Dallas. Here goes…

At the top of Reunion Tower, 1989 and 2018:

  

Downtown Dallas from Reunion Tower, 1984, 1986, 1989 and 2018:

  

Downtown Dallas from the west, 1985 and 2018.

  

Bank of America Plaza, 1984 and 2018:

  

Las Colinas Mustangs, 1986 and 2018.

  

Bonus picture from 1989:

  

Homeward bound!

Alas, we must get back to the real world, so we say bye to Dallas! It was a neat trip back to see old sights and new. This is where we started 31+ years ago! And now we are ready for our own bed in our house! Let’s go!

But first, we must have lunch at Pappasito’s Cantina in DFW Airport.
The Laredo: enchilada, crispy taco, and pork tamale.
My good old classic cheeseburger!

Our flight was delayed for over 1-1/2 hours so the flight maintenance crew could work on some “items”. So we landed at Dulles at 8:30 instead of 6, and we got home at 9:45. But we made it home! We thank God for His travelling mercies!

Goodbye, Dallas!
   
  
Berber carpet.
Mississippi River

Last Night in Dallas

The Deltek Insight 2018 Conference has its “Celebrate Insight” night at Gilley’s in downtown Dallas.

  
Texas barbecue night.
Apple cobbler and Jack Daniels chocolate pie.
Gilley’s in Houston was the setting for the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta. I actually rode the mechanical bull at the Houston Gilley’s back in 1985. I’ve got the picure at home if you ever want to see it. Now, you are not even allowed to sit on this (non-moving) mechanical bull for a picture without staff supervision!
So Kool & the Gang were playing!
 
  
  
Dallas skyline at night.
  
  
  

Out & about in Grapevine

So we found this cool cafe in Grapevine for breakfast.
Cool door handle.
Awesome food!
Delicious french toast.
Omelet chock full of cheese and bacon, with grits and bacon!
Really cool mural at the Whataburger.
  
The bottom line kind of negates the entire sign, doesn’t it?

Grapevine 9-11 Memorial

DFW Airport is located in Grapevine, Texas, and is the headquarters for American Airlines. We were driving down one of the main streets in Grapevine and saw a sculpture on the corner, so we stopped to take a look. It is the Grapevine 9-11 Memorial. Two American Airlines flights – 11 and 77 – were hijacked (and United flights 93 and 175)  on 9-11 and used in the attack. This memorial remembers the flight crews from all four flights, as well as the first responders, the police and firefighters. It is quite a stunning memorial.

Grapevine Texas 9-11 Memorial.
  
Flight crew of United Airlines Flight 93.
Flight crew of American airlines Flight 11.
Flight crew of United Airlines Flight 175.
Flight crew of American airlines Flight 77.
  
343 firefighters died in the 9-11 attack.
  
71 law enforcement officers died in the 9-11 attack.
  
Left: Stone from the crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Middle: Limestone fragment from the impact zone of the Pentagon.
Right: Steel girder from the World Trade Center Towers.