Vicki Baker Maxine hit the nail on the head, “When I asked for a smoking hot body, menopause wasn’t quite what I had in mind!” For those women who have experienced “the change,” hot flashes, insomnia, memory loss, expanding waistlines, failing eyesight, night sweats and mood swings, there’s just nothing funny about those annoying symptoms.…
Vicki Baker Driving around the city of Waxahachie it is evident it is steeped in history. Before the turn of the century and well into the 1920s when “cotton was king,” Waxahachie was one of the wealthiest and most influential cities in Texas. Once at the center of the cotton boom, large landowners made millions…
Vicki Baker Ever wanted to explore a new area of the city but didn’t know where to start? Well if you’re visiting the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens there is a new and innovative way to explore the park without taking a single step. How is that possible? Why a Segway, of course. You’re probably thinking…
Vicki Baker A rich man who ran for president, dinosaurs, stars, the human body, evolutionary cycles, these seem to be random topics without any unifying logic, but this is exactly what we encountered at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during our April outing. The beginning paragraph may be a bit misleading. There was…
Vicki Baker Entire books have been written about the subject of women and chocolate. You know how it goes; you’re sitting on the couch and suddenly get a craving for something chocolate. The craving soon consumes you, and you won’t be able to think about anything else until you get what you want. So why…
Vicki Baker With the holidays behind us, Girls on Wheels were ready to escape the daily grind, reconnect with girlfriends and hide out for a day. And what better way to nurture our friendships than with a pampering escape to Spa Castle for our January outing. This was more than just a relaxing day. It…
Vicki Baker First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas is the oldest, largest, continually operating outdoor flea market in the U.S., and Girls on Wheels traveled two and a half hours to this east Texas town for our November outing. But to call Trade Days a flea market is like calling Texas a ranch. There’s…
Vicki Baker For more than 600 years, communities in present-day Germany and Austria have celebrated the holiday season with Christkindlmarkte, translated as Christmas Markets. Unable to resist an opportunity to join in this German-themed street festival, the Girls on Wheels headed to Texas Christkindl in Arlington, Texas for our December outing. Celebrated during the four…
Vicki Baker Although a bit slight on number for the Girls on Wheels October outing, this no way minimized the majesty we experienced visiting the Dallas Arboretum. As the days of summer faded away and cooler weather set in, the gardens were transformed with wonderful fall colors of deep red, yellow, purple and orange. The…
Vicki Baker Eat! Drink! Be Merry! Girls on Wheels headed to Grapefest on September 17 for our monthly outing. Just because summer was winding down didn’t mean we should too. Grapefest was the perfect topper to our summer activity list with a day of incredible wine tastings, food samplings and shopping artisans’ wares. But first…