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Ask HN: In Dallas for the Eclipse?

19 points by gradschool 3y ago

I'll be stopping in Dallas for two days to see the eclipse, weather permitting. Does anyone have any suggestions for good vantage points or other things of hacker interest to do there?

easton 3y ago
Emporium Pies is really good. I assume hackers like pie?
core_dumped 3y ago
If you’re looking for a vantage point, it’s actually possible to book a visit to top of the big ball shaped building you can see in the skyline. It’s called reunion tower. https://reuniontower.com https://reuniontower.com
- johnthescott 3y ago
  or the view outside the window of my home office.
Mobius01 3y ago
Head to Plano, near the Legacy area where some corporate HQs are. It’s a flat area without high buildings and wide parking lots.
cebert 3y ago
I think the Sixth Floor Museum, formerly the Texas School Book Depository where JFK was shot from, is a must see. Also, love him or hate him, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library is worth visiting too. My partner and I are slowly working to visit each presidential library in the US, they’re always interesting and informative. Downtown Dallas doesn’t seem to stay open as late at night as I’d like. A lot of bars and restaurants are closed by nine.
- devilbunny 3y ago
  George W is in Dallas, HW is at A&M in College Station. W is at SMU and I found it disappointing (and not because it was about him). Depending on your time frames, there is a Meow Wolf in Grapevine that’s new and looks pretty interesting. Haven’t gone yet, though. The late-night scene is more in Deep Ellum as far as I know. But I don’t live there, just have family in the area and we’re all too old for that to be a big draw.
  - roughly 3y ago
    > Depending on your time frames, there is a Meow Wolf in Grapevine I’ve only been to the one in Denver, but man, if you haven’t been to a Meow Wolf, find the time. I’m not gonna say it’s a spectacle on the level of the eclipse, but by way of man-made ones, it’s pretty far up there.
    - devilbunny 3y ago
      I just realized it was open last weekend. It was still under construction when I was there for Christmas. I'm planning to go when I can take my wife.
ferminaut 3y ago
Hopefully the weather holds out in Dallas. I'll also be in town for the eclipse...but may wind up heading out east if cloud cover predictions hold. https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=cloudcover_tle_4-mean&r=us_state_tx_ne https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=clou... Is not looking so great right now.
rawgabbit 3y ago
Other things to do is a private museum of vintage video games located in Frisco suburb. About an hour away in Fort Worth you can tour where half of the US paper money is printed. You see the operator’s monitoring the machines that print money but it is a bit dry. https://nvmusa.org/interactive-exhibits/ https://nvmusa.org/interactive-exhibits/ https://www.bep.gov/visitor-centers/fort-worth-tx-tour-and-visitor-center https://www.bep.gov/visitor-centers/fort-worth-tx-tour-and-v...
- about3fitty 3y ago
  Adding a link to a great documentary that includes the process of making paper money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4FTTK9GPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4FTTK9GPk
postpawl 3y ago
I’d recommend going to at least one restaurant in the different neighborhoods like Greenville, Knox/henderson, bishop arts, uptown, and deep ellum. Use google maps to search for the name of the neighborhood and just pick a place with a bunch of good reviews. Dallas is pretty spread out and downtown isn’t really where most of the good places to eat and drink are.
- brudgers 3y ago
  The traditional wisdom is that if you go down to Deep Ellum keep your money in your shoes.
  - rex_gallorum2 3y ago
    'Cause them women in Deep Ellum got them Deep Ellum blues. And you know what? If you go down in Deep Ellum, keep your carbeurator clean, 'cause them women in Deep Ellum'll sell you dirty gasoline.
- johnthescott 3y ago
  bishop arts.
brudgers 3y ago
I went directly under the 2017 eclipse. Vantage point was pretty irrelevant to the experience…beyond being outdoors of course. Traffic afterwards was terrible. Good luck.
rex_gallorum2 3y ago
Good spot to look - you could try Flagpole Hill. :)

19 points by gradschool 3y ago

I'll be stopping in Dallas for two days to see the eclipse, weather permitting. Does anyone have any suggestions for good vantage points or other things of hacker interest to do there?

easton 3y ago

Emporium Pies is really good. I assume hackers like pie?

core_dumped 3y ago

If you’re looking for a vantage point, it’s actually possible to book a visit to top of the big ball shaped building you can see in the skyline. It’s called reunion tower. https://reuniontower.com https://reuniontower.com

johnthescott 3y ago
or the view outside the window of my home office.

Mobius01 3y ago

Head to Plano, near the Legacy area where some corporate HQs are. It’s a flat area without high buildings and wide parking lots.

cebert 3y ago

I think the Sixth Floor Museum, formerly the Texas School Book Depository where JFK was shot from, is a must see. Also, love him or hate him, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library is worth visiting too. My partner and I are slowly working to visit each presidential library in the US, they’re always interesting and informative. Downtown Dallas doesn’t seem to stay open as late at night as I’d like. A lot of bars and restaurants are closed by nine.

devilbunny 3y ago
George W is in Dallas, HW is at A&M in College Station. W is at SMU and I found it disappointing (and not because it was about him). Depending on your time frames, there is a Meow Wolf in Grapevine that’s new and looks pretty interesting. Haven’t gone yet, though. The late-night scene is more in Deep Ellum as far as I know. But I don’t live there, just have family in the area and we’re all too old for that to be a big draw.
- roughly 3y ago
  > Depending on your time frames, there is a Meow Wolf in Grapevine I’ve only been to the one in Denver, but man, if you haven’t been to a Meow Wolf, find the time. I’m not gonna say it’s a spectacle on the level of the eclipse, but by way of man-made ones, it’s pretty far up there.
  - devilbunny 3y ago
    I just realized it was open last weekend. It was still under construction when I was there for Christmas. I'm planning to go when I can take my wife.

ferminaut 3y ago

Hopefully the weather holds out in Dallas. I'll also be in town for the eclipse...but may wind up heading out east if cloud cover predictions hold. https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=cloudcover_tle_4-mean&r=us_state_tx_ne https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=clou... Is not looking so great right now.

rawgabbit 3y ago

Other things to do is a private museum of vintage video games located in Frisco suburb. About an hour away in Fort Worth you can tour where half of the US paper money is printed. You see the operator’s monitoring the machines that print money but it is a bit dry. https://nvmusa.org/interactive-exhibits/ https://nvmusa.org/interactive-exhibits/ https://www.bep.gov/visitor-centers/fort-worth-tx-tour-and-visitor-center https://www.bep.gov/visitor-centers/fort-worth-tx-tour-and-v...

about3fitty 3y ago
Adding a link to a great documentary that includes the process of making paper money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4FTTK9GPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4FTTK9GPk

postpawl 3y ago

I’d recommend going to at least one restaurant in the different neighborhoods like Greenville, Knox/henderson, bishop arts, uptown, and deep ellum. Use google maps to search for the name of the neighborhood and just pick a place with a bunch of good reviews. Dallas is pretty spread out and downtown isn’t really where most of the good places to eat and drink are.

brudgers 3y ago
The traditional wisdom is that if you go down to Deep Ellum keep your money in your shoes.
- rex_gallorum2 3y ago
  'Cause them women in Deep Ellum got them Deep Ellum blues. And you know what? If you go down in Deep Ellum, keep your carbeurator clean, 'cause them women in Deep Ellum'll sell you dirty gasoline.
johnthescott 3y ago
bishop arts.

brudgers 3y ago

I went directly under the 2017 eclipse. Vantage point was pretty irrelevant to the experience…beyond being outdoors of course. Traffic afterwards was terrible. Good luck.

rex_gallorum2 3y ago

Good spot to look - you could try Flagpole Hill. :)