If you've brought the kids to the Big D, set aside some time for a visit to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science ... sits a few blocks north of the Dallas World Aquarium, on the outskirts ...

Drex Owusu, the museum’s chief learning officer ... Miriam Fauzia is a science reporting fellow at The Dallas Morning News. Her fellowship is supported by the University of Texas at Dallas.

Trinity Hall is easily one of the most welcoming bars in Dallas, thanks largely to its progressive, non-smoking environment. (Guess what, naysayer, you know where else you can't smoke in pubs?