D Magazine June 2022
Cover Story
Where to Vacation in Texas Now
Sometimes the best vacations aren’t about exotic destinations. They are about transporting yourself to a fictional reality a short drive away.
Features
Arts & Entertainment
Jazmine Robinson’s Mission is to Teach You to Fish
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Ambassador has a guide to everything you need to know to fish in Dallas and around North Texas.
Business
The Worst Part About Dying
Golden Gate Funeral Home produces services so flamboyant that they were featured in their own reality show. But now dozens of families have come forward with claims of mishandled bodies and lost cremains. As much as they want justice, they also want answers.
Personalities
A Year After Juneteenth Became a National Holiday, Opal Lee’s Journey Continues
The “grandmother of Juneteenth” finally achieved her goal to make the day a national holiday. That doesn’t mean her job is done.
Arts & Entertainment
What to Do: Daisha Board’s Guide to Dallas
The founder and curator of Daisha Board Gallery in West Dallas shares her top picks for June and beyond.
Person of Interest
How Dallas’ Poet Laureate Plans to Connect the City
Joaquín Zihuatanejo, the first-ever poet laureate of Dallas, believes poetry can be a bridge.
Arts & Entertainment
How the Ballroom Scene Came to Dallas
Climax takes over Ruins on Friday nights, bringing ballroom culture to the South.
One Day In…
How to Spend a Day in Granbury
Southwest of Dallas, it has a fascinating history, a thriving beer and wine scene, and even a museum of dolls.
Food & Drink
Seven Signs That Ordering Salad Won’t Make You Sad
Don’t settle for dull salads. Dallas restaurants are doing plenty to spice up their leafy greens.
Food & Drink
The Flame Still Burns at the Reborn Koryo Korean BBQ
Koryo Kalbi’s successor picks up where its predecessor left off, combining old favorites with classics in the making.
For Fun
Six Flags Over Texas Revisited
I’m old now. I have a kid. I never should have left the safety of quarantine to seek thrills in the amusement park of my youth.
