New Park for Children

Tillery Park, on the Forest Park side of the Fort Worth Zoo area has just opened. If you have young children, consider visiting on your next trip to a park; my wife, daughter, and her children loved it. Congratulations to the Forest Park area residents who volunteered time and money to put this together. Great job.

Website with map: http://www.tillerypark.org/index.htm

Another belief confirmed . . .

First, let me say that for better or worse, the staff of Food and Fort Worth (me) will be residing in two cities for the next 6 months. Fort Worth and Philadelphia. That's why you're getting blogs on both, if you don't like reading about one city or another, that's fine with me.

Second is the confirmation. I have long believed that man has two fundamental requirements, i.e., food and newspapers, and the streets of Philadelphia have confirmed that belief. I ask you, when you walk the streets of downtown Philly what are the two kinds of street vendors?
Food stands and newspaper stands. I rest my case.

Two Fort Worth Holiday Events I Enjoy

Don't forget -------

If you run or walk and want to get out of the house Thanksgiving morning join me and 5,000 others for the YMCA sponsored Turkey Trot on Camp Bowie. It's a well run event with food, music, exercise -- and because it's a day off everybody's having a good time. The 5k starts at 8 a.m., but be there plenty early, parking gets scarce. The 10k begins at 8:50. The cost is about $15, the website doesn't say. Early registration starts 11/10/07 . I'll be there. http://www.fwrunco.com/fwtrot/


You might think this a little AARP'ish, but I like the Parade of Lights and the lighting of the Christmas Tree downtown. This year, it will be held on November 23, 2007. The Christmas tree provides a festive mood to downtown during the holiday season. See the schedule for when Santa will be there for the kids. The tree is Blue Spruce and is 56 feet tall. It's an impressive site and worth seeing, especially if you are new to the area. http://www.fortworthparadeoflights.org/FtWorthChristmasTree.aspx