Ngaire, I see that LCT has 5,600 registered members. Do you think your house can accommodate all of us, plus spouses? :D

On a more serious note, I go through the same thought process with visitors to Dallas as you described, Ngaire. Dallas isn't exactly a tourist mecca, although it's a great place to live. After showing visitors around the downtown sites, we often end up taking them to Fort Worth, especially to the Stockyards area, because it is so "western" -- and of course with Billy Bob's right there, that seems like a natural for this group! Also possible would be dinner at Joe T. Garcia's near there -- family style Tex-Mex in the big outdoor garden area or inside. (And yes, even in November the outside area probably will be open since this is Texas.) Of course, for football fans who don't hate the Cowboys too much, the new Cowboys stadium offers tours. A tour was the Number 1 item on our nephew's "to-do" list when he recently was here on business, and he said the stadium is pretty spectacular.