The SUN, The SUN

Blue Sky Dallas

Waking up to darkness at 5:50 and now, at 6:50, it's still dark thanks to Day Light Savings Time.  At least yesterday ended with the sun out and I assume this morning, it will also be true.  Welcoming the sun yesterday was energizing after a week of rain and gray skies.

Wednesday morning was a copy of Tuesday, with my getting up early, making the coffee, writing the blog, listening to Morning Joe (I remembered how to turn on the TV and find the channel guide) and wait for the gang to get up,  Beth and I left for the Satya yoga studio at 9:00 under cloudy skies.  The class was easier than the day before, slower paced and not as rigorous so I found it easy to keep up with the crew.  We walked outside to a miracle, sunshine and blue skies and it remained so the rest of the day.

Driving In Dallas Sucks

We were home by 11:00 in time for me to take Cody for another walk before all four of us jumped in our Outback and drove on the always busy highway for 20 minutes to a great store my daughter Beth had learned about from one of ESL students, an eighty-year-old Iranian woman.  It's called The World Food Warehouse.  It's in the middle of an industrial area, part of a strip of buildings. According to the owner, a Palestinian who grew up in the US, it's packed on weekends, less so during the week.  While we browsed for a good half hour, we had the store to ourselves with an occasional customer walking in.

World Food Warehouse

Its goods are mostly imported from either the Middle East or India and I was surprised that there were no Chinese food products.  We were amazed at the variety of foodstuffs, especially the fresh bread and ended up buying a package of 15 inches round Naan, still warm from the bakery.  If we were closer to home, we would have bought more than just a jar of Turkish tomato paste.  They also have a Halal butcher, catering to the needs of Middle Easterners.

Looking For Goodies

Beth and Marisa, however, had fun picking out lots of goodies, especially sweets like baklava, to bring home.  The best part, however, we saved for when we were done with shopping.  They also have a counter that serves Middle Eastern food like gyros with meat browning on circular grills and also a grill for what they call an Iraqui kebab. We ordered three gyros to go and ate them outside, tailgating, enjoying the 70º weather.  The gyros were delicious and I would be tempted to visit this store/restaurant a couple of times a month just for the sandwich.

Tailgating With Our Gyros

We didn't get home until around 2:00 and I still had time to get in a nap and some reading before taking Cody for another walk.  He is getting old, burdened with some arthritis in his hips but he still loves to get outside for a short walk.

Midafternoon, Evie and I went for a walk in the neighborhood of University Park which along with Highland Park, are two of the older but posh areas of Dallas.  Just about every home is at least a million or more, some in the tens of millions.  So, it's a neighborhood that's fun to walk around and sightsee because, unlike the cookie cutter developments of the last fifty or sixty years, every house in this neighborhood is different, many brick or stone, just a few made of wood.  No one has much of a yard as they have either added an addition or a garage, with just a small front yard.  The trees in the front yards for many of the older homes create amazing canopies of shade.

Southern Oak In Front Of One Of The Sisters

Both southern like oak and holly, some thirty or forty feet high or more, fill the streets with shade.  On the corner of Beth's street are four homes called the Four Sisters (built in the 1930s and 1940's), designed by famous Dallas architect Charles Dilbeck. They are interesting architecturally but I wonder about the interiors, whether they have been updated or not.

Another Sister

When we returned from our shopping, none of us felt like eating and thought we might just have leftovers for dinner but by 6:00, the thought of Indian food with the naan we bought became too much for us so Beth ordered three curries from an app called Ubereats.  Within forty-five minutes, the food was delivered to our door.  Magic.  Around 7:15, we settled down around the dinner table with our wine and enjoyed our curries.  They were quite good and we agreed we order them again.

We ended up watching Tidying Up with Marie Kendo although we thought we would just browse it.  After the first ten minutes, Marisa wanted to watch it, so we stayed with it for the next hour and it was quite fun.  I am not sure  I would watch the next episode but this episode was interesting and fun, because of the couple and their interest in improving their lives via 'tidying up.'  Beth and Evie went up to bed around 10:00 but I stayed up watching some basketball while Marisa sat on the couch, watching her show on her iPhone.

By the way, GO BETO!