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Game face
Her heart beats to the rhythm of her horse’s stride as the horse canters around the arena. Taylor Prince desperately tries to get her mount under control when the person keeping time yells, “30 seconds!”, signaling how much time she has left to prepare before starting competition.
Sports loyalty and the global community
People have come from miles around, decked in either red or blue, clinking glasses of beer in every color from amber to black, talking trash and singing songs…as well as eating breakfast. This is the scene at the Londoner in Dallas nearly every Saturday and Sunday morning, sometimes as early as 6:45 am.
A birdie told me
Walking into Birdie for the first time is like walking into the coolest little house ever—only where there should be sofas and beds are racks of clothing, and the tables are covered in clothes and accessories. The front room is filled with shelves and crates covered with fresh flowers and a few other odds and ends, but the majority of the store is devoted to dresses, tops, jeans, t-shirts, and jewelry.
Cupcake craze
You can indulge in red velvet splendor, feast your eyes on miniature works of art and eat your way into a sugar-induced coma all for $3.25. Although cupcakes were once considered a simple treat your mom would make for your birthday party guests, the trend is still sweeping the nation and seems to be consuming even more of our lives; welcome to the world of gourmet cupcakes.
Going for the crown
She pulled up in her white Honda CR-V blaring Britney Spears music, a pink Hawaiian lei hanging from her rear view mirror. Alex Collins danced her way from the parking lot to the front stairs while pushing her Chanel sunglasses up onto her freshly highlighted blonde hair. “You picked one of my favorite places to eat,” the beauty queen said in an excited high-pitched tone, flashing her perfect white smile.