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Thankfully, there’s many luxury cruise lines ready to cater to your every whim while ferrying you to and from some of the world’s most mesmerizing destinations in plush comfort. Some offer exotic voyages to faraway destinations, while others attract travelers with comfortable cabins and stimulating enrichment programs. Use this guide as a starting point to find out which luxury cruise fits best for your next vacation.
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With lodging, food and entertainment all included in one price, choosing to do a vacation on a cruise gives great value. Traveling on the sea can be extremely fun, but it is important to choose the correct cruise line. If you’re going to spend a lot of your vacation time on a cruise ship, it may as well be one of luxury.
TOP 5 Luxury Cruise Lines for Your Next Vacation
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6 | DALLAS | TX | Restaurants Petra and the Beast Popular destination showcasing farm-to-fork, New American cuisine in snug, unassuming surrounds. 601 N Haskell Ave., Dallas, TX 75246 Phone: (318) 935-0906 | Web: www.petraandthebeast.com CBD Provisions Upscale Joule Hotel brasserie offers creative Texan comfort dishes & cocktails in a stylish setting. 1530 Main St STE 100, Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: (214) 261-4500 | Web:www.thejouledallas.com Tei-An Chef-owner Teiichi Sakurai’s Japanese cuisine in a posh contemporary space with Zenlike ambiance. 1722 Routh St #110, Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: (214) 220-2828 | Web: tei-an.com Have a restaurant you’d like us to feature? Send in a recommendation for your fa vorite restaurant to be added to our list. Be sure to mention why you think they are worthy of being featured and include a link to their website.
Popular resource for creative Italian fare served in rustic, cozy quarters dating from the 1920s. 287 N Bishop Ave, Dallas, TX
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Fearing’s Restaurant Chef Dean Fearing’s splashy
Town Hearth Swank space with raw bar, steaks & classic cocktails from Dallas chef Nick Badovinus. 1617 Market Center Blvd, Dallas, TX
Rodeo Goat Casual joint offering inventive variations on house-ground burgers & a lengthy craft-beer
Dakota’s Steakhouse
Subterranean seafood & steak house with a garden waterfall view & luxe New Orleans-style 600ambiance.NAkard St, Dallas, TX
This warm eatery serves a menu of French bistro classics indoors & out on a covered patio. 3314 Knox St, Dallas, TX
Cafe Momentum Chad Houser’s New American spot doubles as a nonprofit help ing at-risk youths learn culinary 1510skills.Pacific Ave, Dallas, TX
Uchi Sleek destination offering a menu of modern Japanese cuisine, known for its cooked seafood & 2817sushi.Maple Ave, Dallas, TX
1926lineup.Market Center Blvd, Dallas, TX
Toulouse
1520cocktails.Elm St #201, Dallas, TX
2121Ritz-Carlton.McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX
The Woolworth Cozy yet stylish bar with an elevated menu of shared plates & entrees plus handcrafted
Al Biernat’s Longtime, upscale steak & seafood destination known for its service & vibrant bar. 4217 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX
Southwestern destination with a celebrated bar in the luxe
Jun 25 - Jul 2
St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival
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Dallas Pride Dallas Pride was long celebrated in Oak Lawn, the city’s official “gayborhood,” but the parade has grown tremendously over the years, leading organizers to move it to Fair Park. Pride begins each year on a Saturday with the ticketed Miller Lite Music Festival, a full day of live music, a family Pride zone, teen Pride events, and community and merchant vendor booths. On Sunday morning, the beating heart of Dallas Pride kicks off with the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, a free parade that circles the Cotton Bowl Stadium. Visit dallaspride.org.
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Dallas Hemp Fest
It’s a special time when Dallas and the world come together to celebrate film—and filmmakers. Since 2006, the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) has become the place for storytellers and audiences to connect and experience film as a community. Learn more at dallasfilm.org.continued
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his is a family-friendly event for all walks of life. Dallas Hemp Fest will have tons of fun options. Take a stroll and taste different dishes at the food trucks section. Details at eventbrite.com.
Dallas International Film Festival
It all starts with a parade of 90 or more floats that follow a 2-mile path down Greenville Avenue. After the parade, the bars, restaurants, and shops that line Greenville Avenue open their doors to serve loads of green beer and celebrate the holiday well into the wee hours of the morn. Details at www.dallasstpp.com.
12 | DALLAS | TX | FOUR APPS to help you save moneyfor FREE 1. MINT 2. GOODBUDGET 3. EVERYDOLLAR 4. PERSONAL CAPITAL
credit cards, loans,
and bills.
Goodbudget is more about planning for your finances than tracking previous transactions. This app is based on the envelope budgeting system helping you portion out your monthly income toward specific spending categories. This apps offers a zero-based budgeting framework that’s simpler than many other apps. You can manually enter incoming and outgoing money throughout the month. Also, you can categorize line items and set reminders. This is primarily an investment tool, but its app includes features helpful for budgeters looking to track their spending. You can connect and monitor check ing, savings and credit card accounts, IRAs, 401(k)s, mortgages and loans.
BUDGETING 101
Mint tracks your expenses and places them in budget categories. It syncs many accounts: checking and savings, investments You can also set limits, and Mint lets you know if you’re approaching those limits.
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Education Trends for 2022
Education has always been one of the leading factors in shaping the future. We have seen a revolution of sorts in education, with new and unconventional approaches that include collaborative learning, doing away with traditional classrooms, and encouraging harnessing of information from various sources. Check out our list of top education trends to look forward to this year.
Technology & Software
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Technology and software share knowledge with students directly.
Gamification
Video games are more engaging and effective at teaching than traditional methods, but it is important to start using them as learning tools.
Gamification is poised to have a bigger impact than the internet did.
Software can be used to help with writing essays or solving math problems, allowing them to learn faster and better than teachers can aid with.
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State Fair of Texas
The fair runs daily for almost three weeks, offering a massive mix of things to do and see from livestock shows and amusement park rides to shopping local artisans and live concerts across multiple stages. If there are two things every visitor to the State Fair must do, it’s take a picture with Big Tex, the 55-foot cowboy and official greeter of the fair, and sample unique offerings at the food stalls. For tickets, visit bigtex.com.
Spectacular
Oct 24 Dallas Soul Food Festival
Come enjoy food from over 30 different food vendors from Dallas, Houston, Austin, and other surrounding cities. The Texas Food will be a mix of foods including pork chops, oxtails, candied yams, greens, fried chicken, fish, barbecue, funnel cake, turkey legs, tacos, vegan & keto optional available. Learn more at eventbrite.com.
Nov 20-21
fireworks, live concerts, food trucks, and amusement rides are what you can expect at Fair Park Fourth, Dallas’ most notable Fourth of July celebration.
The Texas Hemp Convention
With 50+ educational sessions, 350+ trade show booth spaces, and more than 5,000 attendees, the second annual Texas Hemp Convention is bigger than ever! Learn more at texashempconvemtion.com.
Sep 24 - Oct 17
The event takes place in the same space that hosts the State Fair of Texas, so visitors get a chance to experience some of the State Fair’s best amusement rides and games during Fair Park Fourth for just $5. Learn more at bigtex.com.
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The mission of The Dallas Way is to gather, organize, store, and present the com plete LGBTQ history of Dallas, Texas. Web: thedallasway.org
DFW FUSE
Resource Center pursues societal equity by proudly offering LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, plus) affirming resources designed to improve health and wellness, strengthen families and communities, and provide transformative education and advocacy. Web: myresourcecenter.org
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COALITION FOR AGING, LGBT
THE DALLAS WAY
RESOURCE CENTER - COMMUNITY CENTER
Fuse is a group for gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer and questioning guys between the ages of 18-35 in the DFW Metroplex. Our mission is to foster a safe, healthy, and supportive community. Web: dfwfuse.com
GAY FOR GOOD Gay For Good Dallas-Fort Worth mobilizes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) and ally volunteers to promote diversity, foster inclusion and strengthen ties to the broader Dallas-Fort Worth community. We facilitate welcoming, inclusive service projects in support of a wide range of causes throughout Dallas-FortWorth and surrounding areas, and we look forward to meeting you. Web: gayforgood.org
PFLAG DALLAS PFLAG is the first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their families. Web: pflag.org
The mission is to improve and protect the quality of life of older LGBT adults in North Texas through health, housing, advocacy, financial security and social services. We are taking immediate action to create programs and make cultural changes to insure the quality of life and dignity. Web: cfa.lgbt
The TEDx learning style uses the power of technology, innovation, and collaboration to make knowledge accessible in a unique way. This allows students to select their coursework and move through a course as quickly or slowly as they would like.
Students get to experience being in a place they have never been to before.
A TEDx learning style can capture students’ interest in learning more. This is a method for teaching that lets students learn at their own pace. This is considered a must-have by teachers and students.
Virtual Reality TEDx Learning
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InteractiveStudent-controlledStyleBlackboards
VR Headsets Learning provides an immersive experience for students, who can learn everything they need right inside the classroom.
By linking tablets or smartboards to projectors, the interactive blackboard creates a surface that can be written on by a pen or stylus.
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