New activity: Tiny Doors of McKinney

Some years ago, we took a food tour of McKinney and during our walk through the old square our guide pointed out a tiny door at the corner of a store. He explained that there were many around the city and since that time we have been curious as to how that started. Since it is “T” month, this was the perfect time.

As it turns out there are 82 of them! They are about 7 inches tall. Some have functional elements such as doors that open or mailboxes, some represent the store they are in front of. Andrew Jones, the Cultural Director of McKinney’s Cultural District, said that he was inspired by seeing 3 stores that had “fairy doors.”  He and a local artist, Beth Fields, collaborated on the idea. Since it was such a hot day, we didn’t search for all 82 doors but we did see about 16-20. Here is a sampling of some of our favorites.

And of course, after a “hard day’s walk”, we had to frequent one of the tiny door stores, Mary’s Mountain Cookies, to try a Truffle cookie. This store has some of the largest cookies we’ve ever seen so one was just enough for two. Unfortunately, it promised more than it delivered. The crunch was there, the ingredients we liked (caramel, pecans) were there but the flavor was lacking.

National Day: National Tell A Joke Day August16

Since it’s Tell a Joke Day we have to, don’t we?

The postman comes to deliver a package and when the woman of the house opens the door, she is dressed only in a robe with nothing under it. She thanks him and invites him inside where she promptly disrobes and takes him into the bedroom. Afterwards she hands him a dollar bill. The postman asks “what is this for?” and she tells him: “This morning before my husband left for work I asked what I should give the postman for Christmas and he said “F___ him, give him a dollar.”

HAPPY NATIONAL TELL A JOKE DAY