You know, I just realized that I don’t think I have mentioned that we have a Starbuck’s at the VA hospital.
You have to understand that the Veteran’s Admin. Hospital in Dallas is the size of a small nation. In fact, I think my whole family could fit in there. Sadly, the parking lot only has five parking spaces (warning:gross exaggeration) but that is another story for another time.
What they do have is a Starbucks, and a food court, and a department store, and a couple of boutiques. Yes Virginia, the VA Hospital is the ultimate in Super-Stores.  You can meet …read more

I have gone back and forth about doing tea room reviews.  While I love reading them on other people’s blogs, and I often write restaurant reviews on Baking Delights and Examiner, it seems pointless to write a local review for an international audience.  Or maybe I should say that it seemed pointless.  Because last week I realized that tea room reviews are great for my local readers, as well as readers who have, or dream of having, a tea room.  So, about once a week I will be reviewing local tea rooms, as well as giving my thoughts on how …read more

I have made Lavazza at home but the coffee I had yesterday at the Landmark Restaurant in Dallas was amazing.   I like amazing coffee, don’t you?