We often get reminded of the reason we started the “ABC Life.” It’s very easy to get stuck in a rut or decide not to do something because it’s less effort to just sit at home if the circumstances are not optimum (say, it’s raining or you’re feeling lazy or you think you’re going to do that project that you’ve put off for 5 months). This past week we could easily have just done the same old, same old but because of our ABC Life we found two terrific places that we had no idea existed near our homes.

New activity: Art exhibit – Sanctuary and the LOSS of Innocence….and Since

(Yes, that’s a stretch for “L” but the great thing about the ABC Life is you can customize it as you wish if it means getting out and doing/seeing things.)

We’ve been to the Studio Movie Grill in Richardson many times but never knew that there was a wonderful place on the street just behind the theatre called Goldmark Cultural Center. They were highlighting this 3-dimensional exhibit by Martin Delabano which presents two figures in a garden. From the description online: “Martin’s work pulls the spectator in and soon: remarkable details of humor and whimsy bring us into this conversation easily and in joy, we belong to this sanctuary for as long as we are willing to be there…. Find the unexpected: the work that watches you; the repurposed dowel, a box for your memories. In every work there is a vessel, literally or figuratively for us to place that which we need to place there. Perhaps it is joy, sadness, longing or surprise: whatever emotion, it and you are welcome here. Stay a while. “

We both found it very interesting and after seeing this, we could then walk around the two floors of the Center which were filled with various artist studios and look at their works on the wall or through the windows. Quite a delightful place and we will be back (maybe with some cash in hand?).

New bakery: LA CASITA

We arrived here thinking we’d find a small storefront with a single case of baked items and maybe one or two customers. Au contraire…it was huge! The left side was filled with people eating either a sandwich or baked good and the right side had a case of fresh breads with a snake line of people waiting to buy them or one of their coffee drinks or a specialty dessert. We split a fresh sourdough bread and shared a Cuban sandwich and a dessert called the Churro Cruffin, which was a churro baked into a muffin-like shape with dolce de leche piped into the center. OMG it was DE-licious. If you visit their website, https://lacasitagarden.com/monthlymenu, you’ll be able to see the monthly specialty desserts which all sounded yummy. This is highly recommended and we know for sure we’ll be back.