Travel Journal
🇺🇸 US · South

Dallas

Dates Sept 11 – Sept 14, 2026
Type Friends
Stops Dallas · Frisco · University Park · Carrollton · North Richland Hills
Status Complete

Where I visited

Frisco
Sept 11, 13 – 14 · 2 nights Friend's house

A college friend's home base - dinner with his family, a Friday night football game, and a last breakfast before flying home.

🏈 Varsity football game 🌮 Taco Joint 🍳 Starwood Diner
University Park, Carrollton & North Richland Hills
Sept 12 · 1 night Friend's house

A full day of Dallas football and food - The Star, an SMU tailgate, Korean dinner, and pickleball into the early morning.

🌟 The Star 🏈 SMU tailgate 🥟 Hanshin Pocha 🥒 Pickleball
Dallas (day trip)
Sept 13 · based back in Frisco

Church, shopping, and dinner with friends around the city.

⛪ Watermark Community Church 🛍️ The Galleria 🥞 Original Pancake House 🍔 In-N-Out 🍗 Yorienn Chicken

Day by day

Day 1 Friday, September 11 Frisco

Flew out at 12:30pm and landed in Dallas by 3:15. Got to a friend's place by 4, then dinner at Taco Joint with him, another friend, and his mom. Spent the evening at a varsity football game where his sister was cheerleading. Asleep around 1am.

Day 2 Saturday, September 12 Frisco → North Richland Hills

Started at The Star with a friend around 10, then tailgated an SMU game that afternoon with a few friends. Dinner was Korean food at Hanshin Pocha with another group of friends, followed by a late round of pickleball. Didn't get to bed until 5:30am - a long one, but a good one.

Day 3 Sunday, September 13 Dallas

Breakfast with a friend at Original Pancake House in the morning, then church with him at Watermark Community Church. Lunch with another friend out at the Galleria - In-N-Out, easily the highlight of the day food-wise - and dinner later with friends at Yorienn Chicken. Back to my friend's place in Frisco and asleep by 11:30.

Day 4 Monday, September 14 Frisco → New York

One last breakfast with a friend at Starwood Diner before heading to the airport. Flew out at 11am and landed back in New York by 3:15. Four days, a lot of friends, not enough sleep.

Map

Frisco, University Park, Carrollton, and North Richland Hills, all around the Dallas-Fort Worth area.