Dallas-Fort Worth Art, Food & Travel Lovers

Meeting Point: 9:00 am at the Flying Horse Café (inside the Magnolia Dallas Downtown): 1401 Commerce Street - Dallas, https://www.flyinghorsecafe.com/ - please be on-time or early. Look for your hosts Robert (wearing a fedora-style hat) and Michele (also wearing a hat) along with a group of friendly people. We’ll depart on our walk at approximately 9:10 am.

Icebreaker Introductions: We should have a good-sized group and so instead of everyone introducing themselves to the group we will get to know each other by distributing blank stickers and colored markers and we’ll ask everyone to write down on their sticker: 1). first name. 2). favorite food. 3). dream vacation. Example: “Michele - Strawberries - Kenya” or “Robert - Chocolate - Tokyo”.

Late Arrivals: Follow the Itinerary below and catch-up.

Walking Distance: Approximately 2.0 miles at a moderate pace with several stops along the way.

Ending Point: AT&T Discovery District

After the Event: Optional group lunch at the Exchange (Food) Hall. https://theexchangehall.com/eat/

What Are These Walking Tours Like?
YouTube Preview Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eh3Fpt_HIM

Additional Questions: Anything that can't be answered by the event description, Google, or common sense, please let us know.

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Itinerary (Subject to Change)
Magnolia & Adolphus Hotels
Magnolia Hotel (1922) - 1401 Commerce Street
Adolphus Hotel (1912) - 1321 Commerce Street
AT&T Discovery District - 308 South Akard Street
AT&T Media Wall - 1400 Jackson Street
Spirit of Communication Statue (Evelyn Beatrice Longman) - 311 South Akard Street
Allan Brooks Historical Marker (1910) - 1500 Main Street
Pegasus Plaza (1934) - 1500 Main Street
Giant Eyeball Sculpture (Tony Tasset) - 1601 Main Street
Neiman Marcus Flagship Store (1914) - 1618 Main Street
Majestic Theater (1920) - 1925 Elm Street
Pacific Plaza - 401 North Harwood Street
Thanks-Giving Square (Philip Johnson) - 1627 Pacific Avenue
Fountain Place - 1445 Ross Avenue
Whaling Wall Mural (Robert Wyland) - 505 North Akard Street
AT&T Discovery District - 308 South Akard Street
The Exchange (Food) Hall - 211 South Akard Street

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Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organizations Texas History & Culture and Washington, DC History & Culture.

Texas History & Culture / DFW Art, Food & Travel Lovers
A non-profit community organization
Experience the history and culture of Texas - and the world!
Meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/DallasFortWorthHistoryAndCulture/
https://www.meetup.com/DFWArtFoodAndTravel/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TexasHistoryAndCulture/
Eventbrite:
https://TexasHistoryAndCulture.eventbrite.com
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@TexasHistoryAndCulture/videos

We look forward to seeing you - thanks!

Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
202-821-6325 (text only)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/

Fort Worth Stockyards - Web Links
https://www.fortworthstockyards.org/
https://www.facebook.com/FWSBA/
https://www.instagram.com/fortworthstockyards/
https://fortworthstockyards.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stockyardsstation
https://www.instagram.com/stockyardsstation/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Stockyards
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55857-d108354-Reviews-Fort_Worth_Stockyards_National_Historic_District-Fort_Worth_Texas.html

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Event Details ...

Cost: FREE for the tour! Optional lunch after at your own expense.

Parking: Many options (mostly paid) throughout the area. Please arrive in the area several minutes early so that you have time to find parking and walk to our meeting point.

Before the Event: Socializing and icebreakers from 9:30 - 9:40 am.

Meeting Point: At the Quanah Parker statue in front of the Hyatt Place Hotel (132 East Exchange Avenue - Fort Worth). Look for your host Robert (wearing a fedora-style hat) and a group of friendly people. We’ll depart on our walking tour at approximately 9:40 am.

Late Arrivals: We’ll be at Quanah Parker statue for several minutes, until approximately 9:40 am, before departing. Then our next stops will be inside the Fort Worth Stockyards Station (140 East Exchange Avenue), in front of the Swift & Company Office Building (600 East Exchange Avenue) and then to the Fort Worth Livestock Exchange (131 East Exchange Avenue).

Icebreaker Introductions: We should have a good-sized group so instead of everyone introducing themselves to the group we will get to know each other by distributing blank stickers and colored markers and we’ll ask everyone to write down on their sticker: 1). first name. 2). favorite food. 3). dream vacation. Example: “Michele - Strawberries -

Kenya” or “Robert - Chocolate - Japan”.

Ending Point: The Quanah Parker statue.
We'll time our walk to finish shortly before the 11:30 am cattle drive https://fortworthstockyards.com/the-herd/
and the 11:45 am gunfight show
https://fortworthstockyards.com/events/old-west-gunfight-shows/

After the Event: Optional/potential lunch in the Stockyards?

What Are These Tours Like?
YouTube Preview Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eh3Fpt_HIM

Additional Questions: Anything that can't be answered by the event description, Google, or common sense, please let us know.

***

Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organizations Texas History & Culture and Washington, DC History & Culture.

Texas History & Culture / DFW Art, Food & Travel Lovers
A non-profit community organization.
Experience the history and culture of Texas - and the world!
Meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/DallasFortWorthHistoryAndCulture/
https://www.meetup.com/DFWArtFoodAndTravel/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TexasHistoryAndCulture/
Eventbrite:
https://TexasHistoryAndCulture.eventbrite.com
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@TexasHistoryAndCulture/videos

We look forward to seeing you - thanks!

Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
202-821-6325 (text only)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/

YouTube - Texas History & Culture …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eh3Fpt_HIM

In an effort to offer more events, and to offer more different types of events, we wanted to reach out to our members to see if any of you would be interested in either co-hosting or hosting a Meetup event with us.
It’s really easy to do (we have a template to use), no experience is necessary, we will help with whatever is needed, you can put in on your resume, and you meet a lot of interesting people.

Hosting a Meetup could be something as simple as …
- Leading a walk through a favorite place or a historic neighborhood (it can just be a walk not a tour).
- Attending a docent tour or lecture at a museum such as the Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, etc.
- Visiting a restaurant, food tasting, performing arts venue, book discussion, film screening, art gallery, or special event.
- Anything similar - your ideas.
- Or perhaps you have a friend that is a museum docent, historical site volunteer, re-enactor, author, teacher, artist or related that would be interested in meeting up with our group?
- Or if you already host Meetup events elsewhere perhaps we could collaborate?

Most of the events we host are free, or low-cost, but we're open to new ideas.

If you or anyone know is interested in being part of our Texas History & Culture organization please let me know.

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Also, are you on LinkedIn?

Many people ask me what I do professionally outside of Meetup.

I’m in the business world - the Chief Financial Officer for a company here in the DFW – and periodically teach history courses.

If you’re on LinkedIn let’s connect:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/

Thanks!

Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
202-821-6325 (text only)