I think it really really depends on where you'll be driving for work. Also, if you need a good realtor, drop me a PM.

glad to hear you're going to be a DFWer soon! good luck with the house hunt

Congrats! Is this the firm I'm thinking of? It will be lovely to have you and Liz around. (We'll chat more when I'm back from vacation.)

I've already told you (many times) my position on this... Frisco is like living in Oklahoma relative to what is going on in the metroplex. Heck, living in Coppell sometimes feels like Oklahoma and I'm only five minutes from the airport!

Given all things, I'd be inclined to say Castle Hills - closer to the airport, closer to the tollway, and closer to non-chain restaurants. Both Frisco and Castle Hills are being built up so rapidly that you should be able to find something you like in either place.

Nice place. I used to work about two blocks from there and lived on the back side of Cottonwood for four years. I'm glad to see some nice residential development *finally* going on in some of the business corridors of Las Colinas.

Especially since I've read this post. :D ;)

Congratulations! Glad to have y'all in the area. :)

That's right....we did have planners projected for that one, the first ones I tried to "rope" into it. ;)

Tijuana Grill sounds like our August gathering. I'll take that one, and post some dates on it this weekend.

Tijuana Grill sounds like a great idea since it is walking distance from work and home for me. :) Is it possible to do Abacus during Restaurant Week to get a lower price or will they not even do groups then? At any rate I might be up for that too since it is in my neighborhood and I really enjoyed it last time. I hated that I missed Ponder but had a death in the family and had my Dad here. Since I can't stand baseball I will skip July but hope to see you guys in August. I would like to suggest Cafe San Miguel on Henderson for a future meeting. It is really good, more Mex-Mex than Tex-Mex, and I like the Pomeritas too. If anyone would like to come down and try it out with me send me a message. I go there quite often these days.

Second opinion on Irving/Las Colinas area
 

I also live @ the lofts and I really enjoy the Las Colinas area. It isnt what it was supposed to be (all urban and industrial, etc) but the businesses and residents are slowly trickling back in... I even saw the little tram run the other day!

This probably wont help you either but the Las Colinas area is centrally located and is convenient to most anywhere in the metroplex. I love its proximity to DFW and DAL.

* Edelweiss in Fort Worth (um, weren't we supposed to do this one like two years ago?!)


I'm only minutes from Edelweiss, so I can help with this event - if I am in town. I have not made any events yet so this one would be a good start.

In the past, I've been limited to parties of four during restaurant week and they don't offer the full menu during that time.

As far as the event I'm talking about, three years ago we did the nine-course dinner at the chef's table - it was about $85 a person without wine and $125 with. I've had several requests (mostly from out-of-town folks) to repeat that event so I'm looking to plan that for some time in the fall.

I understand that this falls outside the price range for a monthly event for some folks so when we do it, I'm going to plan it "outside" our monthly calendar so that no one feels like they need to skip a month because the nine-course deal isn't really their speed. (FWIW, last time we did the chefs table in 2003, we had a waiting list and filled all 12 seats at the table - only four of the twelve attendees were locals...)

That said, I wouldn't rule out Abacus sometime just for a normal monthly get together either where folks can order off the standard menu... but I am planning to do the chef's table dinner again as a special event.

Sounds cool!! About when do you think you will plan this? Please dont let it be Sept 18-21 :)

I agree -- I'll be in Atlanta that weekend at the ATL do!

The last Abacus dinner I was unemployed and low-carbing, and didn't want to spend that kind of cash on a meal that would bust my diet. Both those problems are solved now, so I'm definitely interested, pending the scheduling.

I'm realistically looking at October or November for the Abacus dinner. Schedule is too crazy between now and September to even contemplate planning something (beyond the Cats for July) before then!

Bump for August (since July's DO will be over in a mere 8 to 10 hours!)

A couple suggestions. If we go for a weekend, may I suggest a Sunday for brunch... they have bottomless mimosas, bloody marys, and sangria. (Selfishness has me inclined to suggest August 19 since its the only Sunday day I have free the entire month.)

If we go for a weeknight, that is always cool too. Pitchers of mojitos. Mmmmmm....

I'm out of town the following weekend (on the free trip to STL I won on the Mavericks promotion), so Saturday, August 19 or Sunday, August 20 are fine with me.