Dallas Texas. One of America’s finest. Thank you.
Thank you for the memories.
To the best State Fair on Planet
Earth, thank you. To the arts scene and
the philanthropic bent of its patrons, thank you. To the trains, the airports, forward thinkers
at the Dept of Transportation, the Uber and Lyft professionals, what a great
ride! To the Stars, Rangers
and Cowboys and all the Texas cowboys who ride and ranch across this great
state, and of course the great ATT PBR event that brings the worlds best to
Dallas, thank you. To the Mavericks, keep working to get better and good luck in keeping your owner off the bench and his mouth shut. To the Dallas
Safari Club leadership and membership best of luck and thank you for all you do
in conservation across the planet. To
the high school bass fishing scene, keep it going. To the Texas high school footballers, you
guys set the bar in America!
To the great restaurants in
Dallas and those who toil to serve the likes of me, thank you. The French Room in the Adolphus is a TOP FIVE
on my life list! To the Capital Grille, Fearings, Perry's, Del Frisco Double Eagle, Yao Fuzi in Plano, Steel, Mercury, Meza Maya, Doc B's, Bistro 31, Pacifica Grill, just keeping doing what you all do so well. To the Texas night life on
McKinney, don’t stop doing what you do, even for old guys like me it is world class and very entertaining.
To Ryan and Emma Jean at the Rattlesnake Bar in the Ritz, thank you for
all the good times. To the great bartenders at the action-packed Moxies,
you guys are great in a crowded theatre of testosterone and story-telling. To mates Lindsey and Nicole, how can I thank
you enough? Your care and concern for
taking care of BOO was so appreciated. I
wish you both the very best in your careers. To my black, gay friend Ronnie, I wish you tremendous success with your line of cosmetics. To Brandi Coco King, keep on making Dallas a better place with your smile and attitude. To my old friend and teammate, Mike Miller and his wife, Cindy, I wish you both the very best in retirement and in your golf game. To the breakfast crew at the Zsa Zsa Hotel, thank you for your excellent service.
To the Ft. Worth Stock Show,
please keep getting better and better, there’s nothing like it. To the Katy Trail walkers, keep on keeping on,
you made it a pleasure to hammer out the miles.
And to the owners of the ICE
HOUSE, you do one heck of a job for an outdoor venue. To
pastor Robert Jeffress thank you for bringing His word to so many, you are in charge of one of the best church’s
in the world. To the great men and women of the Dallas
Police Department your attitude and demeanor in a world on a dopamine binge is
heroic after putting up with the carnage inflicted on your brothers a couple
years ago. I hope the DPD pension mess
gets straightened out sooner rather than later! And last but not least to the morning shift crew at the Waffle House on Ross, keep those eggs scrambled and the coffee hot and quiet.
To the many corporate chieftains
who call Dallas home, thank you for your civic responsibility to make Dallas a
better city every year. To Chloe, who
took care of us for so long at Ruth's Chris, thank you. To the big money people, whoever you are,
that are behind the caretakers at the park on Harry Hynes Blvd and Cedar Springs a
huge shout-out, your generosity never went unnoticed.
Dallas, you are everything a city could
want, keep it that way. The Dallas vibe
is a beautiful thing, may it always reflect the friendliness, the pride and the
people of the Great State of Texas!
As the new offices of Chippewa Partners
are complete, I look forward to Tennessee, but Dallas, you will always hold a
special place in my heart! Hook 'em horns!!!!!!!!!!!