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10 Great Date Escapes for Dallas Ft Worth

10 Great DATE ESCAPE Ideas for DFW 
1. ReUnion Tower- www.reuniontower.com  

High atop Dallas is a view that definitely is an escape from the mundane. This 360 degree view of Dallas allows a magnificent view of the city. Every hour, the globe rotates 360 degrees, allowing for an ever changing view of the beautiful city. My favorite time of night is to go while it is still an hour of light left. I love watching the view and then, as the sun sets, viewing that same view in the dark with a city covered by lights.  

The bar is comfortable, the drinks and food is amazing, and you can sit and enjoy a beautiful view and a chance to get away from the average every day. I like this destination for dreaming. This is the spot that Vince and I booked our trip to Kauai, reserved hiking passes to the Kalalau Trail, and have dreamed up numerous vacation destinations. The Expresso Martini is our favorite. Try the green bean appetizer.
2. The ESCAPE ROOM http://www.1hour2escape.com/

Gather your friends and go to the Lewisville 1 Hour to Escape. These ‘escape’ rooms are popping up around the country and are a fun way to get back into the fun and enjoyment of game playing. You will be locked into a room with only your ingenuity to get you out. Solve puzzles, open locks, and figure out the way ‘out’ of your room. This definitely keeps your mind off of the mundane and gets you into enjoying simple fun. Watch your friends in their most competitive nature yet. We went with a group of us and 2 other couples. Tammy Kling, a friend of ours invited us and it was a blast. Each room has a different theme. Our room was a bank heist. We had to break into a bank, open the vault and steal as much as we could in the allotted time. Try it, you’ll have a blast.   

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3. Katy Trail Hike and Lunch or Dinner at the Katy Trail Ice House http://katytraildallas.org/ 

Another favorite date escape is the Katy Trail. You don’t have to live close to the trail to enjoy a date escape here. Drive from Ft Worth or anywhere around the Dallas Metroplex and park by the Ice House. Hike around the trail and enjoy the beauty of the trail and the sky scrapers around you. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, have an enjoyable lunch or dinner at the Katy Trail Ice Househttp://katyicehouse.com/ .  

This place is pet friendly, you can both hike and dine with your dog. Lots of sports minded fans come here, so if you are ever wanting to watch a game and you do not want to be alone, this is the place to come. 

4. Ft Worth Nature Center http://www.fwnaturecenter.org/visit/ 

Our first Date Escape that we ever took was hiking at the Ft Worth Nature Center. The scenery is breathtaking. The hours are 8—5, so you will have to plan accordingly. If you have a day off of work, take a drive to the Ft Worth Nature Center. Pack a lunch and some drinks and snacks. Spend a whole day hiking. Get in touch with your inner self as you traverse the trails and wander around in nature. Turn off your phone. Truly connect with the peace and the quiet of the area. Have deep conversations and establish a true connection. You will think you’ve escaped the city and are on a ranch in another state. You’ll forget your worries and escape to a new reality, a peaceful, quiet place where you can hear your thoughts and walk and talk in complete peace.  

5. Biking in Ft Worth https://fortworth.bcycle.com/ 

Some of you aren’t biking. You don’t have a bike, or you are tired of taking it around the same old places and seeing the same old stuff. Well, get ready for a new adventure. The B Cycle Bikes in Downtown Ft Worth have 350 bikes across 45 stations. Grab a bike at any station, ride it anywhere you’d like to go, and drop it off at another station. It is EASY and FUN and makes for a great date. It is very inexpensive, you could even take the kids. Park near any station, grab a bike, and go. Stop for lunch or coffee and enjoy a -get a-way from it all DATE ESCAPE.  

6. Southern Junction or Billy Bobs http://southernjunctionlive.com/ http://billybobstexas.com/ OK, if you are in Dallas or Ft Worth, you have to do a DATE ESCAPE to either Southern Junction, or Billy Bobs. No cowboy boots required, but you’ll enjoy the escape even if you are not a country music fan. Both environments will take you away from it all for a time of live music, and great food with a rip roaring country western experience. Billy Bobs has been doing its thing for 35 years. You’ll get a chance to watch live bull riding, listen to a live concert, enjoy great food and drinks, play pool, and enjoy a country western escape. You’ve got to try it.  

7. Kayaking Lake Ray Hubbard http://www.lake-ray-hubbard.com/kayak-rentals/ 

Got a little water action in mind? Great idea, head to Chiesa in Rowlett and rent a kayak on the lake. It is about $25 for a few hours and life will seem to slow down a little as you paddle around the serenity of the lake. There are also dinner boats that take off from the Harbour if you are more of a sit and dine while the boat moves kind of gal or guy. There are lots of ways that you can experience a water escape without a lot of money or time at your disposal.  



8. Trinity Groves Restaurants and a Walk on the http://keranews.org/post/its-fabulous-dallas-continental-bridge-reopens-park-no-cars-allowed  http://www.trinityriverdallas.org/visit Dallas Continental Bridge

Now opened as a park, the Dallas Continental Bridge offers a beautiful view of the Dallas downtown area. Pack a picnic and eat on the bridge, or visit the local Trinity Grove Restaurants, and enjoy a variety of amazing food options. Our favorite is a Chinese restaurant with amazing gluten free options and fabulous drinks. Our friend, Johnathan Haggerty showed us this bridge and walked us across it. What a great way to motivate your friends and escape the norm.

9. Hanging on the Rockwall Harbour http://www.theharborrockwall.com/ 

Dinner and a movie on the lake? Why not. Drive 30-50 miles to a destination that is FAR from your normal restaurants and your normal movie theater. An escape can be anywhere that takes your mind away from the mundane and helps you to feel like you are LIVING LIFE. Primos on the lake in Garland, and Glorias outdoor dining in Rockwall are two examples of Lake front dining that make you feel like you’ve escaped the norm and are suddenly in a resort town experience life on vacation.  

Find Primos on the web at : http://primosdallas.com/  Even when I didn’t have a date, this was one of my favorite escapes to go with my girlfriends.  

And a movie on the Harbour makes for a great escape. The European fountain in front of the lake is beautiful. You’ll not get a chance to ever be here where you do not see people taking pictures in front of this grand fountain. Walk the lake front. Feed the ducks. Have a drink at Dodie’s or Three Sheets. Sit at Goria’s and watch the sail boats. You’ll feel like you are on vacation if only for a few hours.  

10. Dallas Museum of Art or the Kimble in Ft Worth https://www.dma.org/ 

Stroll through the Dallas Museum of Art or the Kimball in Ft Worth. If you choose the DMA, book a night at ZaZas or simply stop in for a drink by the pool and some appetizers. You don’t have to fly to Miami to feel like you are in Miami. Walk the streets of the art district and spend some time at ZaZas and you will feel like you have escaped the regular and entered into the extraordinary. ZaZas has a bubbling drink that is both enticing to the eyes and delicious to drink. Toast a new day, a new month, a new relationship or a new year. Spend dinner, or a snack, or even a night in this part of town for a great escape.  

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Day 4-Dominican Republic

Day 4 in paradise- Dominican Republic 

We have arrived at complete peace by day 4 and nothing could awaken us from our 'zen'. Vince has signed up for scuba diving and I settle into a beach chair to read and relax. I'm reading a book written by Phillip Sheppard, the CBS contestant on 2 seasons of Survivor. It's called The Legends of Things Past. It is a science fiction story and I'm enjoying every word. I met him recently and interviewed him on my talkshow- HomeMade Money.

I love how you can escape in books. I love traveling in my mind to faraway places. I have plopped down on a chair in-between the beach and the pool and I can see a game of beach volleyball right past my chair. My heads bobs back and forth as I watch the game, then read a little, then scan the beach and then rotate through again. 

For the most part unless we are in a certain section- there isn't much of a cell signal and I'm enjoying the break from electronics. 

Vince brings me lunch around 11:30 and by now we've moved to the Zen Oasis, an adult only pool at Club Med. It is quieter than the rowdy beach pool. Vince settles into a chair to write while I order a refreshing drink at the pool bar.

The scenery here is breathtaking. Weather has been phenomenal while we've been here. And to think I thought it would rain every day. I shoot a video for Bobbie Schwartz's web site - Be Iconic Business, we shoot an Intimacy Journey Video- then we return back to R& R. 

Dinners here are fabulous. The food is out of this world fantastic. We stop by the photographers office and pick up our digital prints from the wedding. They are all we'd hoped and more. Wow- what a day. One more day in paradise.
  

Day 3 in paradise- Dominican Republic

It's time to leave the resort for a tour and see what lies outside the compound that has surrounded us. We board a bus and head off to zip line. Now, granted, ive gone on zip lining trips before- but I have never actually zip lined. Ive always chickened out before it started, fearful that the jarring would be too much for my back. Here they have a spooling break system that slows you down before you 'hit' the end - so - I give it a try.  



We hook up and float effortlessly down 6 different zip lines-- the last one over a quarter mile in length.

We are high in the sky and the views are breathtaking. Nature surrounds us. Is this the same world I am in when I am stuck at my desk doing paperwork? I am overwhelmed by the incredible contrast from work life to vacation life. So- how does one live life on permanent vacation- I am asking myself.  
We crawl through a cavern and hike down a little trail to arrive at a natural cave.
The water is clear and crystalline. It sparkles. Lights flicker through the water and it changes color. Oh my my my -the beauty takes your breath away. There really are no words to describe the cool refreshing water that soaked into my hot tired muscles. 



Vince joins me in the frigidly cold water and we stare at the walls of the cave as the light flickers over them. This is peace. This is serenity. Silence.  
We reboard the bus for our trip back. We taped a segment for HomeMade Money and feel both peace and accomplishment all wrapped into one.  



The day is far from over. The Zen pool and beach await us. Zen Pool and beach area is an over 18 area of Club Med that promised peace and tranquility. We settle into a beach chair and Vince begins writing. 



He reads me what he's written and my eyes tear up. It is incredible. It will free many people from the chains that bind them. 
In chase of the adventure- go create your journey.

Day 2 in paradise Dominican Republic

Day 2

I awake on day 2 in paradise. God has so richly blessed me. I feel invigorated, inspired and capable of climbing the tallest mountain and chasing the biggest dream. I mean, haven't I done that? I did climb the tallest free standing mountain in the world and I did start doing a talkshow just a couple years ago. Why does time off to clear your mind and reflect make you feel invincible? I think the world beats us down. I think we get caught in circumstances that exhaust us. 



I think people hurt us, work coworkers sometimes make situations more difficult than they need to be--- and the air slowly drains out of our balloons. We lose steam. We lose heart. We get discouraged and downtrodden. Vacation gives us a chance to breathe. I remember even as a single mom- I would still take time out to escape. It is actually when I began hiking. With no money and no budget- it was my only option.  

Today as I stare at a beautiful ocean and the sun beats down on me- I feel hugged by amazing earth and blessing. Go find your adventure. Go capture your spirit.  

Day 1 in Paradise - Dominican Republic

I wake up in the Dominican Republic. The weather is warm and balmy. Thoughts swirl around in my head, thoughts of work, kids, bills, and responsibilities. I press hard to remove them from my mind. I am here to leave it all behind for a week and enjoy a little relaxation.

The beauty of the sunset from the night before fills my mind. I'm here- in paradise- with an amazing man. I feel so blessed.

Why do we let the noise of the world block out life? I will spend the next few days relaxing, and finding the best parts of me. I'll look for pieces of my soul that I've tucked away behind the harshness of life. This wisp- this smoke cloud that is life dissipates for quickly---- yet we let it run past us without living each day to the fullest. I'm reading a book 'Sam's Letters for Jennifer'. In it he says, "live every day from the crack of dawn til you close your eyes". I love it. How many of us do just that? Or how many settle for 'as good as it gets?'

Don't settle. Don't stop seeking. Don't quit before you REALLY start the race. Have I encouraged you? (And I'm not even to day 2)

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#secondchances

Go Climb a Mountain in Your Career!

I climbed a mountain for you.Your turn.Get your career and life on a track that you want to be on.
Watch now www.witnation.com/3daystoaraise @witnation 

For so much of my life- I just 'got by'. I didn't LIVE. I didn't EXPLORE my heart. I didn't listen to the voices of my heart that wanted me to DO THINGS, TO GO PLACES, TO EXPERIENCE THINGS. 

Then one day, i had a thought. What if I managed my life like a project. What if I spent as much time and energy accomplishing what I wanted to in life as I did getting projects done at work? It was a shocking thought. I was good at getting things done at work. I wasn't so good at managing my life.

So I started a slow change. I started what felt like a climb up a big mountain. I started progressing towards the things in life that I wanted. I started moving TOWARDS my GOALS, MY DREAMS, and all I wanted out of life. 

In this episode, I walk you through my process. I talk about the plan and how to do it. If you are seeking anything in life, this episode will help you find it.

I've spent my resources, time and energy to free you from the prison that you may be keeping yourself in. Dive in. Release your inner voices. Make your life what you want it to be.

Tackling the Fear that Immobilizes you and HOLDS YOU BACK

 I am amazed at how many of you are IMMOBILIZED by fear.  It causes you to STOP in your tracks.  You feel overwhelmed.  IT'S NORMAL.  The closer you are to dealing with the things that you hold close to your heart, THE MORE FEAR YOU WILL FEEL.  So, fear can be a great indicator that YOU SHOULD move towards the things that you fear the most.

Strange , I know.  I talk in detail about fear and how to overcome it on my TalkShow.  Check out the episode on Fear and GET YOUR FEAR in CHECK!

 

Click here to watch the show: http://witnation.com/video/3-days-to-a-raise/tackling-fear/

I'm in love with Siri

So I think I'm in love with Siri. Now I have are putting appointment on my calendar for me. She reads my text messages to me when I'm driving. She creates text messages for me when I'm driving and can't do it.

She even looks up content for me on the web. On that area she needs a little help. Often she miss hears me. But my favorite capability is for sending text messages for me, Reading my messages out loud, and making appointments for me while I'm driving

Thank you Siri for being awesome

Finding and Landing Your Dream Job

Dream job series

You want to work your dream job. You want to find your passion. Bethany puts together for you a 5 part series on FINDING and LANDING your dream job. Each of the episodes in this dream series, walks you through candid interviews with amazing people that have jumped off a cliff to find their dream job.

1) Finding your dream job: How owning your strengths and living your passions can create your dream job

This interview is with a famous ghost writer to the stars- Tammy Kling. You’ll love her tips on how to jump forward, take a risk and go after your dreams.

http://witnation.com/video/3daystoaraise/owning-strengths/

2) Dream job series part 2 : How to find or create your dream job

You may cry on this one. The interviews are candid and genuine. You’ll be able to relate to these amazing stories. Click and watch. Change your world.

http://witnation.com/video/3daystoaraise/find-create-job-love/

3) Dream job series 3: leaping towards your dream job

Bethany interviews Tiffany Carlen, singer/songwriter and inventor of the Tiffie Sleeves. Her story will inspire you to action in your life.

http://witnation.com/video/3daystoaraise/leaping-towards-dream/

4). Dream job series 4: pushing past personal issues to find your dream job

The interview is with well known creative director for Fifth King, JD Lee. His inspiring story from Flint Michigan to LA will awaken the sleeping dreams within you.

http://witnation.com/video/3-days-to-a-raise/pushing-past-personal-issues/

5). Dream job series 5: Turning your dreams into a job you love by dreaming and persevering

This interview follows two women over an 8 year mentorship journey towards the job of their dreams. Fun, inspiring, and sweet. It will touch your heart.

http://witnation.com/video/3-days-to-a-raise/turning-dreams-job-love/

Big Bend National Park and a Get-a-Way

In my book, Live Your Dreams (http://goo.gl/G9zurq ) I put out the plan for having 'Life/Job retreats'. These get-a-ways allow you to rethink and restrategize your life and job plan.

You absorb nature. You listen to your inner voice. JD talks about this in his interview (http://witnation.com/…/3-days…/pushing-past-personal-issues/ ). What you hear when you listen carefully to yourself is what your heart longs for. It is about finding your purpose and delivering to the world what you were created to do.

Next week I will travel to Big Bend National Park for a couple days. I'll retreat to listen to my inner voice. I'll blog, video blog, and write. You'll hear from me while I'm there (if i can find an internet connection). Smile.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, I'm soooo looking forward to the amazing views. Soon, you'll see them. I'll capture them for you.

Schedule your get-a-away. Drive to a quiet place to reflect. I'm going to.