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BE VYa~ Ai AUS~UST 10, 109990.*
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phies, the mnuseui explores the
science and culture of the sport.
Visitors lean why a curve ball
curves and how uniforms have
evolved through time. They can
also find out how tough they are by
putting a hand on a catcher's mitt
that lets them reel the impact of
Nolan llyan s 1(X-mph pitches
when a button is pressed.
If you prefer inre dainty pur-
suits, you might visit the Anrque
$Sa Madh Msem, featuring a
collection of 100-plus machines
owned by Arkansas native Frank
Smith. Several rare machines date
to the pro-Civil War era, but the
one that puts everyone in stitches
is the machine used'by Aunt Bee
(actress Frances Bavier) on The
Andy Griffith Sho m
While serving as a showcase for .
machines and antique sewing
tools like in cushions and but-
tors Smith' museum also is some-
what of a shrine toElias Howe, the
forgotten man who patented the
first . sewing machine and had
court battles with Singer over the
rights- While flowe won the suit,
Singer won the fame.,
Another elegant point of inter-
est is right across the highway
ftn n the hub of Hunicane Harbor
water park - tu A&ikis Sunplh Mai.
A pleasant upscale fleamarket, in-
dividual retailers peddle every-
thing from Waterford Crystal to My
14Utle Pony dolls. This mall doesn't
have a food court, but It does have
The Tea Garden, a channing nook
where shoppers can lunch on
crepes and almond chicken salad
and drink apricot-eherry tea with
pinkies in the upright position.
H Antique Sewing Machine
Museum, 804 W. Abram St., (817)
275-0971
0 Legends of the Gamo Baseball
Museum and Leaming Center,
1000 Ballpark Way, (817) 273-5600
0 Antique Sampler Mall, 1715 E.
Lamar Blvd., (517) 881-2760
- DENTON~AtORTHflS
Fort wnh CorwmniOr & vislwirs BureaL
A Fort Worth cowhand leads part of
the hard down Exchange Avenue in
the Stockyards Naliunal Historic Ohs-
ric'.the 1f0l4 members of the Women's
Air Force Service Pilots who
served the country in World War II-
The research collection features
hundreds of oral history interviews,
biographical files, bits of memora-
bilia and thousands of photographs
of pioneering women who earned
their wings and took their places
throughout the Army Air Corps,
freeing alen for combat moles,
* Denton County Histoical
Museum. Denton County
Courthouse on the Square, (940)
5655867
* Texas Woman's University, Bell
Avenue, (940) 898-3000R Kimbei Art Museum, 3333 Camp '
Bowie Blvd., (7) 332-M51GRAPEVINE
There really ate grapes here.
Lots of them, as Grapevints soil
sustains five wineries. Well, techni-
catly four. One is actually on the
Sgrounds of Uhe DFW International
Airport, but pretends to reside in
Grapevine.
Grapevine is an interesting
plate that Is half small town(thereds
an old steam train running through
it and a real, live, employed black-
smith) and half big city (they have
their own opy where acts like the
Judds have pertbmed and Grehw
i% MaE, which a brochure bras is
biggerr than 34 Football fields.
(Who sits around and measures this
stuff)
The most enchanting facets of
Grapevine are its older charms,
such as the aforementionedT la
San lht The restored 1896 train
features Victorian.er coaches and
open-air cars, so passengers can en-
joy a scenic 21-mile trip to the Fot
Worth Stockyards. Still, it's not so
old-fasbioned that It doesn't se
snacks and wine (f-om guess
where?) on board.
* Grapevin9 Mills Mal, 3000
Gpvine Mills Parkway, (972)
490
* Grapevine Opry, 3008. MaIn St,
(817) 481-8733
* Tarantula Steam Train, Cotton.
Belt Depot, 707 S. Main St.. (817)
625-7245I
When you tirt of the traffic and
hustle of the metroplex, Denton -
a small city dotted with U&Bs,
parks and historical buildings - is
a cahnln place to revive,
The 3ewel of Denton is The
Square.wherequaintshops,restau-
rants and ar galleries embrace the
historical Denton County Court-
huuse. Tucked Inside is the lmibi
COWy tetal Musme, where arti
aCs such as vbitage doilS. 18th-
century guns and 1rmu tools iigle
with a collection of pecan art. And
not just any collection of pecan art,
- the largest one in the coutiry.
Yes, it's nuts.
After retiring from General Mo-
tors in 198M, BW. Crawford started a
pecan-cracking business out of his
one. b promatjthis businessh,le
created pecan figures with wire,
hot glue and paint and turned the
common out into art. Dubbed the
"Pecan Picasso," he created nutty
likenesses of famous folks like Cher
and Dan Quayle - even David Let.
termaii, who featured Crawford on
his show. After Crawford's death iml
1998, his figures were donated to
the museum.
Across town pits another reposi-
tory of culture and history: Texas
YMnn' than*y, a state-supported
bchool that men also attend.
It doesn't sound like fun, but you
should go to the second floor of the
Administration Conference Tower
It's the home ofasn exhibit, "Gowns
of the First Ladies of exas," which
would not be as interesting to non.
Texans if so many fint hidite of
Texas were not first ladies of the
United - States, llere you can see
what Barbara Bush, G4enevL Doeud
"Mamie" Eisenhower and Claudia
Alta "Lady Bird" Johunsor wore to
inaugural balls and other festli-
ties,
Depending where you're from,
the expression "WASP" imght hold
another meningt but TIe WASP* Texias womenr sv.nivarsiry, nuui IRVIN
Avenue, (940) 898-3000 IVIN
"Hoorayfbr.I&dng?
FORT WORTH It doesn't exactly fit the song, but
Cattle drives. Rodeos. Saloons. the city does have its fair share of
Beanie Babies. movie magic at'Nh MaS thbs * Lu
This isn't exactly the wild and Cotms And it goes without saying
woolly West cowtown that you ex~- that Irving, the city where the DaV-
pected, but many of the pieces are las Cowboys actually play, is a lot
still hem. You can find them at the closer to the Natural State than
StoqratNh~ I mdkt hlolywood.
'lb get a feeling for the heritage The only movie studio between
of the district, tIhe Stockyards Muse, the coasts that is open to the public,
un, In the Livestock Exchange the Movie Studios offers daily tours
Building, is a necessary first stop. where people can go behind the
That special scent in the air will scenes of a working soundstsge, see
tell you that you are getting closer costumes and props from movies
to a longhorn herd, corralled in the such as Addams Famiy Vlues (the
fenced area out back. If you happen electric chair and everything!), to
to be in town on a Friday or Satur'- TV shows such as Womei; 2bx
day night, rustle up some live rodeo -Ranger and learn what fake blood
action for yourself at Cowtown Coli, really is. Other movies that have
sOum - filmed at the studios: Leap ofFaith
A short walk down the street, the Robocop, Piblein CM and JFK
old West nieets the new con- StarJek fans will enjoy seeing
stunerism at Stockyards Station, a Khan's suit, Captain Kirk's uniibrm
shopping and entertainment center and a mapnequin used as William
that once upon a nie served as hog Shatners stunt double. Young kids
and slhep p4ns. There you can buy will pnjoy the sclence-filction sol,
leather andt candy, wino (free tast. wherf tom'ruakers are igieLd in
ings) and stuffed anintals, an imaginary space battle, even if
If you want to see animals of a older kids find it trite.
di ffeiitt kind, the city is also home Whenever you tell people you
to the Fort Worth Zoo, the oldest con- were in Irving, they will ask you if
tinuous zoo in Texas, where you've seen the horses.
meerkats and cheetahs mingle with Not real horses. Irving is far too
bears and penguins. concrete for that,
The current ballyhooed exhibit, They're talking about the Mus
"Thundering . las,'... features .-LeftaM llamest mugs-.
American bison, wild turkeys and trian sculpture In the world for peo-
Mexican wolves. In the spring of ple keeping tabs on such things.
20(0, the zoo expects to open'bas And no trip to the city would be
Wild, a $35 million exhibit that will complete without seel g them.
be representative of the geography Why? N one really knows.
and animals of the entire state. The line weighty sculptured
There's a refined side to Fort bronze statues are pretty. And ex-
Worth, with a culture district that act, as African wildlife artist
boasts four renowned museums - Robert Glen created them with
three att anrd one science within amazing precision. As attractive as
walking distance (to whole lot less they are, the mustangs are a bit sil-
walking distance than, say, the ly too, The image ofthose magnifi-
Smithsonian in Washington, DC.). cent beasts trotting across a corpo-
T1ho most notable is the lanbkAt rate plaza is somewhat comical
Musemr. With a substantial collect. Still, you have to go. Pull the car
tion of Asian art and masterpieces up to the curb, look at them.Snap a
1Vom1 Matisse, PIasso aund Mondri. picture. You're done. You've seen
an, the Khnbell fashions itself -the thenm. Consider youmelf edified.
best small museumIh in the country)' And go to Six Flags without
And the people whose taste for art guilt.is limiied to the gift shop won't be *Movie Studio at Las Cora,
disappuiuted with the selection of 6 Morth SiCdio ad 972)
Monet mugs and Kiit buverage 6301 North O'Connor Road, (972)
coasters. 869-3456* Stockyards National Histouio
District, Noth Main Street at
Echaige Avenue, (817) 624-4741
0 Ford Wodh Zoo, 1989 Colonial
Parkway, (817) 871-7050U Mustangs of Las Coinas
Wiiams Square Plaza, O'Connor
Road, (972) 889-9047
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