DAY THREE in Dallas we woke up at the incredible Westin Galleria and decided to take the full day to explore the Galleria Mall.
The Galleria Mall Dallas is an upscale shopping mall and mixed-use development with over 200 shops, restaurants an ice rink and the Westin Galleria Hotel.
We started off the day with a few hours at the Westin Galleria Hotel pool, then explored the mall, bought some souvenirs, went ice skating and ended the night at The Second Floor restaurant in the Westin Galleria Hotel.
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Hey guys, David Hoffman here from davidsbeenhere.com
here in Dallas at the Westin Galleria and today we're doing a full day here at
the mall. If you didn't know the Galleria Mall has
over 200 shops and restaurants and movie theater
right under the pool and it also has an ice skating rink.
I haven't gone ice skating in I think like
two decades or something so. So this is the executive lounge
and this is the breakfast. They have granola,
eggs, oatmeal, bagels and fruit. Oh it was amazing. This is the in-room
spa service. Basically the hotel doesn't have a spa so
they offer this service. A licensed massage therapist
comes to your room, sets up the board and they give you a massage either
60 minutes or 90 minutes. Deep tissue is around 130, 140 dollars
but it's definitely worth it. I'm like
just pass out here right now. So now we're headed to the pool.
Fourth floor pool to chill, soak up that Texas sun.
Fourth floor.
Cool. Nice. Well this is amazing. There's no one here. We have the whole
pool to ourselves. Oh let's go Melina. Ready to jump in?
She's ready. Jump in. I'm gonna jump in really fast.
So we're finally going to the Galleria Mall to explore
two hundred stores and restaurants, go ice skating
and grab a snack. And the amazing part about staying at the Westin Galleria is
that you're inside the mall. Before I go I bought my brother a t-shirt.
I'm gonna try to find him a t-shirt and this looks like a great store. It's
called Texas Treasures. Let's go inside.
It's typical Texas right? Perfect. How do I look? What do you think?
I think he's gonna wear it a lot. Thank you.
It's time for a snack. We're hungry. Plain tart.
Now let's put some toppings. Bam okay.
So we got rocky road and we got chocolate and we got
Oreo. Ice skating. That's what this mall is famous for.
All right we're ready to go. Perfect. Let's do it.
Some of these little girls are way better than me at this
but in all respect I live in Miami. We don't really have this. I learned how to
rollerblade but watch this.
This is fun.
Very different from rollerblading.
Let's go.
Oh my god. So I just got finished ice skating. Worked up a huge sweat.
I forgot how much I like skating.
Wow that was a workout. Now let's head back to the hotel and get ready for
dinner. We're dining tonight at the second
floor restaurant here at the Westin. Bam right there. Basically this is the
main restaurant of the hotel. It's everything they have on the room
service menu but they also have a few other specials.
Pleasure. Nice to meet you. David's all the best.
My wife Anna. All right so we're starting off
with the Community Mosaic IPA. It's from it's from here from Dallas, Texas.
Because they have a big list of Texan craft beers you can see right here.
So here I have the Mosaic IPA. Oh yeah extremely hoppy.
What is it? So we're starting off with a charcuterie board,
some brisket tacos. We ordered a Texan burger
and black bean hummus. And the executive chef here
he won an award for his brisket. His brisket is out of control.
So good. Chicken liver. Proper cheese with a thing.
That I went to heaven for this. This is like the perfect restaurant for my
father. Here we have El Chingon IPA. American
hops with Munich malt. And it's supposed to be
cranking your chingon orale.
That's so different.
Oh my god. This is way better than regular hummus.
So here we have the main course, the Texan burger.
I love the crunch of the fried onion. This is a bomb burger.
TX whiskey. It's from Fort Worth. I always tell people it's not going to change your
life but it goes down real easy. It's delicious. Today we had an
amazing day at the Westin Galleria Anthem Mall.
And I'm finishing my meal right now with Texas whiskey
from right here in Fort Worth. And tomorrow we're going to Fort Worth.
So cheers. I'm taking this to the room. Let's go.
That's some good Texas whiskey.