Culinary Wonderland
Are you “food adventurous?”
This simple question came up yesterday in my dinner conversation with the lovely Marieta at Zaytoon, a casual Iranian restaurant we enjoy quite often that’s less than a mile from home.
Read MoreMy Dallas Trip: Stars-Golden Knights Playoff Game
Few sporting events are more exciting than NHL playoff hockey.
Mother and I went to the playoff game, which ironically featured Dallas playing versus Las Vegas. We decided to go all out with opposite team jerseys.
Than fans around us were great.
Terrific seats, and a great game won by Dallas, which eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights to advance to Round 2 of the playoffs.
Read MoreDallas Trip Part 8: My Old Elementary School
Though I have no regard for religion or the Catholic Church today, I don’t run away from my part connections and memories. On this trip, I returned to the first school I attended in Dallas.
Read MoreDallas Trip Part 5: Romanian Communist Party Newspaper
Note: This is a series of articles from my recent trip to Dallas to spend time with my mother, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday.
Read MoreDallas Trip Part 3: South Oak Cliff High School
Here’s Rebecca Schmitz (my mom) back at her old stomping grounds at South Oak Cliff.
This picture was taken today, six decades after being the prettiest girl in the senior class. SOC is where my Mom and Dad went to high school in the late 1950s.
The most famous South Oak Cliff graduate is Dennis Rodman, aka “the Worm.”
In fact, South Oak Cliff won the Texas high school state championship in football in 2021 and 2022, which is a stunning achievement given how competitive high school sports are in Texas. That this a smaller public school from the “other side of the tracks” won state football championships back to back is something that probably deserves a movie script. Go, Golden Bears!
But my two champions will always be my mom and dad.
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Marieta Dalla
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