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Diamond Award-winner. The $175 tasting<br />
menu often includes such delicacies as<br />
Caspian osetra caviar on chibouste of Yukon<br />
gold potato with green apple sorbet. $$$$$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
THE GINGER MAN<br />
3716 Camp Bowie Blvd, Ft. Worth<br />
817-886-2327<br />
www.ftworth.gingermanpub.com<br />
Like at its much-beloved Dallas location, the<br />
Ft. Worth version of this brew house offers<br />
more than 100 bottled beers and dozens on<br />
tap, plus darts, trivia and food. Texas drafts<br />
are just $3 on Monday nights.<br />
LIARS DEN AND MADISON<br />
AVENUE LOUNGE<br />
2710 McKinney Ave, Dallas • 214-954-0550<br />
He wants to watch the game and she wants a<br />
glass of champagne on the patio? That’s just<br />
fi ne at this new Uptown hotspot that is two<br />
lounges in one: an all-American sports bar<br />
downstairs and an upscale wine bar with a<br />
terrifi c view upstairs.<br />
PEARL AT COMMERCE<br />
2038 Commerce St, Dallas • 214-655-8824<br />
www.pearlatcommerce.com<br />
For cool blues and hot drink specials, stop<br />
by this jazz club, which hosts live local and<br />
national blues acts like Watermelon Slim and<br />
the Workers, Freddie Jones, and Miss Marcy<br />
and her Texas Sugar Daddies six days a week.<br />
TIMES TEN CELLARS<br />
6324 Prospect Ave, Dallas• 214-824-9463<br />
www.timestencellars.com<br />
Located in tree-lined Lakewood, Times Ten<br />
hosts Wine Down Wednesdays with live music<br />
and hand-crafted vintages. The tasting room<br />
offers a dazzling array of reds, whites and<br />
rosés every day of the week.<br />
GO DAY-TRIPPING<br />
FIRST MONDAY TRADE DAYS<br />
60 miles east of Dallas • 800 Flea Market Rd,<br />
Canton, TX • 903-567-6556<br />
www.fi rstmondaycanton.com<br />
This open-air bazaar and indoor antiques and<br />
collectibles market is open the entire weekend<br />
before the fi rst Monday of every month. Up to<br />
3,000 vendors cater to 300,000 visitors with<br />
food, furniture and crafts. Oct. 1-4.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
The “Texas Star” at the State Fair of Texas is<br />
the tallest Ferris wheel in North America.<br />
World’s fi rst digital<br />
noise canceling<br />
headphones.<br />
Dayton<br />
OHIO<br />
GO SHOP<br />
THE MULBERRY TREE<br />
2600 Far Hills Ave • 937-299-8733<br />
www.themulberrytreestationery.com<br />
This stationery shop is the perfect place to<br />
stock up on attractive greeting cards, notecards<br />
and envelopes. The colorful invitations<br />
are great if you’re planning an event.<br />
GO SEE<br />
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE<br />
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE<br />
At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base<br />
1100 Spaatz St •937-255-3286<br />
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil<br />
A top-draw for aviation and history buffs, this<br />
museum features more than 400 aerospace<br />
vehicles and an IMAX theatre. Be sure to check<br />
out the Presidential Gallery, which houses the<br />
jets that served as Air Force One for Truman,<br />
Eisenhower, Kennedy and Roosevelt (Franklin).<br />
GO EAT<br />
C’EST TOUT A BISTRO<br />
2600 Far Hills Ave • 937-298-0022<br />
www.cesttoutbistro.com<br />
This elegant French bistro offers delectable<br />
sandwiches, pastas, meats and seafood. The<br />
French onion shallot soup is perfect for lunch,<br />
while for dinner, you can’t go wrong with a<br />
New York strip steak with fries. $$$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
PEACH’S GRILL<br />
104 Xenia Ave, Yellow Springs • 937-767-4850<br />
www.peachsgrill.com<br />
Music rules the roost at this cool, eclectic<br />
venue. Whether you’re a fan of indie rock,<br />
blues, folk or reggae, you can fi nd it here.<br />
GO DAY-TRIPPING<br />
SHAKER VILLAGE OF PLEASANT HILL, KY<br />
159 miles southwest of Dayton<br />
www.shakervillageky.org<br />
This preserved Shaker community in the<br />
rolling hills of Kentucky’s bluegrass region<br />
makes for a perfect fall day trip. Visit the living<br />
history museum, hike on 20 different trails<br />
and enjoy a simple meal in the Trustees’ Offi ce<br />
Dining Room.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
Dayton was named after Jonathan Dayton,<br />
a soldier in the Revolutionary War and the<br />
youngest signer of the US Constitution.<br />
Denver<br />
COLORADO<br />
— Russell Florence, Jr. — Lori Midson<br />
GO SHOP<br />
ALL THINGS RENEWABLE<br />
8246 Northfi eld Blvd • 303-307-1317<br />
www.allthingsrenewable.com<br />
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint,<br />
scour the shelves of this inspiring boutique<br />
that peddles eco-friendly wares like hemp<br />
wallets, bamboo clothing and jewelry<br />
designed from old vinyl.<br />
ELEMENT<br />
1426 Larimer Square • 303-825-3770<br />
www.element-home.citymax.com<br />
Contemporary home furnishings that range<br />
from black and basic to apple red and avantgarde<br />
stock the showroom of this urbanized<br />
emporium that sells beds, boardroom pieces,<br />
trunks and tables.<br />
FLOSSY MCGREW’S<br />
1824 S Broadway • 303-778-0853<br />
An extraordinary selection of costumes, wigs,<br />
jewelry, hats and fancy footwear make this<br />
unabashedly eccentric South Broadway icon<br />
a haven for Halloween howlers. But no matter<br />
when you go, it’s nearly impossible to walk out<br />
without buying something.<br />
GO SEE<br />
BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM AND GRAVE<br />
987 Lookout Mountain, Golden<br />
303-526-0744<br />
www.buffalobill.org<br />
At his request, the unassailable Wild West<br />
cowboy William F. Cody (also known as Buffalo<br />
Bill) was buried within view of the Rocky<br />
Mountains. Visit the peaceful site, which now<br />
hosts a museum dedicated to his adventures.<br />
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS<br />
AT CHATFIELD<br />
8500 Deer Creek Canyon Rd, Littleton<br />
303-973-3705<br />
www.botanicgardens.org<br />
At this lovely and lively nature preserve<br />
surrounded by sweeping grasslands, visitors<br />
can hike, bike, picnic, bird watch, explore<br />
a 19th-century one-room schoolhouse or<br />
farmstead, and get lost in fall corn mazes.<br />
INDIGENOUS FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL<br />
Multiple venues • 303-744-9686<br />
www.iiirm.org<br />
The art fi lms at this culturally inspired festival<br />
are a far cry from Hollywood blockbusters,<br />
which is part of what makes them so cool.<br />
View works by Native American, Canadian First<br />
Nation, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian<br />
fi lmmakers. Oct. 13-18.<br />
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