Fair Park, Dallas, Texas

This photo was taken in 2003 and posted on the Journalspace blog sometime after that. 

Not being a huge fan of large cities, I stayed out of Los Angeles as much as possible.  I hated it, every bit of it.  The only time I went to LA was if I had company from out of town and took them sightseeing through Orange County beaches, Disney Land, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Venice Beach, etc.  Other than that, I stayed out of town.  Once the MetroLink was in operation, I then took day trips by train into town and explored on my own by foot and public transportation. 

Dallas is different.  I love Dallas.  For the past 4 years I have spent periods of time working in the Metroplex stretching from North Richland Hills to Mesquite.  Recently I had work for much of this year in Northeast Dallas near SMU.  It is there that I fell in love with this city.