Tracy Calabrese

Every night I go out, this is what I think. Total Dazed and Confused moment. Why am I always attracted to younger men?!

Got up early to make a run to Home Depot to pick up paint for my bedroom. The White Rock Marathon just so happened to make it’s way down the street by my house and I didn’t think anything of it until I came back from Home Depot.

There was absolutely no way to get back to my house. After screaming in my car at the top of my lungs (I might have anger issues), I had to park my car 4 blocks away, carry my gallon of paint and wait for a break in the runners to cross the street and actually get to the gate of my complex. Ridiculous! Whoever planned the marathon route is a freakin’ idiot. You should leave at least one way to get everywhere in town. If you close down one street, leave another open. You need to give people options…the whole damn city can’t shut down just because some crazy people want to run 26 miles.

After that interruption this morning, I painted my bedroom, did a few loads of laundry, started to decorate my bedroom and baked oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies while watching the Cowboys game. Oh, and this afternoon I walked back to get my car.

Overall it was a good day, but I might just have to write the White Rock Marathon people and tell them to learn how to plan next year’s marathon route.

I have lived in Dallas for well over three years now. And I really love it here. But I am so sick of the bar scene in Uptown.

When deciding where to go out last night, I wanted to stay as far away from Uptown as possible. The thought of going to a bar and having to shout over everyone just to have a conversation, waiting in line to get in, literally bumping into people just to get to the bar and worst of all, the guys - either preppy douchebags or trendy yuppies - and the dress girls. You know who I am talking about.

I did end up staying far away from Uptown and hit Elbow Room, DoubleWide and Lee Harvey’s. The scene at each bar was a little different, but so diverse and refreshing. It was a good time and I certainly did not miss “the scene.”