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If you are a husband or wife trying to convince your spouse to move hundreds of miles from either coast so that you can work at one of 12 Fortune 500 companies in Dallas, or you are living the single life and want a city where you can “Live Large (and) Think Big”, maybe a little preview of the city will help.

According to Yahoo Travel, Dallas has more “shopping centers per capita than any other major city nationwide and four times more restaurants per person than New York City”. Home to the flagship Neiman Marcus store and 15 Macy’s locations, Dallas should keep the wife/girlfriend happy while the husband/boyfriend enjoys the aura of the Dallas Cowboys.

Galleria Dallas shopping center has been recognized by USA Today as “One of the top 10 places to spend it all”.  According to Visit Dallas “Galleria Dallas is the only North Texas home of Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Thomas Pink, Baccarat, Versace, Tourneau, Sony Style, Zara, Karen Millen and the all-new American Girl Boutique and Bistro.”

Shopping and eating until you drop will complement your work in or alongside the Fortune 500 companies in this business Mecca, and the local pristine apartment accommodations add to the experience.

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If someone were to say Thanksgiving Day Parade, what would you think of? The most recognized Thanksgiving Day Parade is in fact the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade which takes place in New York City.  This parade has become a staple in American culture ever since the movie Miracle on 34^th Street which showed real footage of the festivities.  Of course national coverage by NBC every year has helped. Just thinking of the movie gives me all sorts of warm fuzziness and the merriment of the parade only reinforces those feelings for me. But did you know this annual parade started in 1924 in Newark, New Jersey? Yup, employees of Macy’s marched from the flagship store on 34^th Street dressed in costumes with floats, professional bands and live animals following them (in 1927 live animals were replaced by balloons). At the end of the parade Santa Clause is welcomed into Herald Square.  According to Wikipedia, the first parade had an audience of over a quarter of a million people! It was viewed as a huge success, which is why Macy’s declared it an annual event.

There are actually many Thanksgiving Day Parades all over the US. The nation’s oldest Thanksgiving parade, the Gimbels Parade or now known as 6ABC IKEA Parade, was first held in Philadelphia, PA. There is also the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade of Chicago, IL, the Parade Spectacular that is run in Stamford, Connecticut and others in Seattle, WA, Houston, TX, Detroit, MI, etc.

Returning for just a second to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, an interesting fact to note-the balloons in the parade are designed with safety valves so they can float for a few days. Address labels were sewn into them, so that whoever found and mailed back the discarded balloon would receive a gift from Macy’s[1]. How cool is that??

Anyways, the point is we hope whatever celebrations you are taking part in this Thanksgiving you have a great time! Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and be with those that mean the most during the Holiday season!