Elena R.

Park at the free lot behind Walmart on Road to Six Flags and walk 15 min. Save $75+.

Ran a potential business partner through Texas SOS. Found 3 dissolved LLCs and 2 civil judgments in Dallas County court records. Saved me from a terrible partnership.

Hong Kong Market food court is the best lunch secret in DFW. $6 banh mi and $4 boba. Try beating that in Uptown.

UNT music school is world-class. The One O'Clock Lab Band won a Grammy. If you're a music major, there's nowhere better in Texas.

Kimbell Art Museum is free and world-class. If your date isn't impressed by the building alone, different values.

TopGolf is polarizing but it works because you're doing something, not just staring at each other across a table.

The DFW recruiting pipeline is the key to everything. If McGuire can consistently pull 3 and 4-star guys from the metroplex, Tech competes in the Big 12.

Addison Circle is the best-kept secret for young professionals. Walkable town center, affordable, 15 min to Uptown.

Half-point scoring is the real answer. A 10-9 round where someone gets dropped should not score the same as a round where someone barely out-jabbed their opponent.

Fort Woof in Fort Worth is fantastic. The splash pad in summer is hilarious to watch. Dogs lose their minds.

This is going to destroy European football long-term. If one league has all the money and all the talent, Champions League becomes Premier League 2.0.

UTSW is the prestige play. Having UT Southwestern on your resume opens doors nationwide. The pay is slightly above market and the benefits are solid.

An employer in Plano wrote me up for "discussing compensation in the workplace." I filed with NLRB Region 16. The write-up was removed within a week and I got an apology letter.

The NorthPark free Level 2 chargers are a hack. Shop for an hour, come back to 30-40 miles added. Free.

AT&T Fiber once they expanded to my neighborhood in Fort Worth was life-changing. Went from 50 Mbps Spectrum to 1 Gbps fiber. Same price.

Frisco ISD maintaining A ratings with 75,000+ students is impressive. They're building new schools every year and somehow keeping quality high.

If someone knows the back roads to avoid 635, marry them immediately. That is a person with life skills.

Separating the drug test issues from the cage performance: nobody has beaten more champions. 11 former or current champs defeated is staggering.

Book your Austin hotel in January for October. I am not exaggerating. By April, everything within 30 minutes of the track is sold out or $500+ per night.

Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters beans as a gift = you're the friend who gives thoughtful gifts. $15 for a bag that's better than anything at the store.

FC Dallas Youth pathway is legit if your kid is serious about soccer. Multiple kids from the program have gone pro.

Opening Bell in Oak Cliff is my office 3 days a week. Great coffee, good people, fast internet.

The four-belt system is the biggest barrier for new fans. Until boxing fixes it, the sport will continue to lose casual fans to UFC where there is one champion per division.

You left out Truck Yard in Lower Greenville — $4 Texas beers, outdoor setup is unbeatable in spring.

I genuinely believe some DFW construction projects are generational. They will be inherited by the workers' grandchildren.