Dallas,Texas.
PENNY PINCH
The Corner Bakery (cornerbakerycafe.com) at 301 N Market St in this Texan city will dish up a fresh berry and granola parfait for $4.15. Stroll to the Old Red Museum (oldred.org),which houses the tourist information office,and pick up the Public Artwalk map (publicartwalkdallas.org) for a self-guided art tour. The star is the giant installation of bronze bulls in Pioneer Plaza. For lunch,take public transport ($5.30 for a day pass,Dart.org) to Uptown deli EatZi's ($7.40,eatzis.com). It's close to the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art (free entry,geometricmadimuseum.org) and the 5.6km Katy Trail walking track (katytraildallas.org). The Best Western CityPlace Inn ($82,bestwesterntexas.com) has decent transport links,while the buffalo burgers at Twisted Root ($10.60,twistedrootburgerco.com) make for a juicy dinner.
TOTAL:$109.45
EASY DOES IT
Hire a car with the likes of Thrifty ($50 a day,thrifty.com),and pull up in the West End at the cool,bar-like Ellen's Southern Kitchen (ellenssouthern kitchen.com) for a country-style breakfast ($9.85). Just around the corner,the Sixth Floor Museum ($17,sixthfloormuseum.com) offers a detailed look at the Kennedy assassination 50 years ago this month. Drive west under the notorious underpass to Smoke on Fort Worth Avenue ($12.75,smokerestaurant.com) for a pulled pork barbecue lunch. It's next to the retro chic Belmont Hotel ($109,belmontdallas.com).
After checking in,head to the Southfork Ranch ($14.35,southfork.com) in suburban Parker to indulge your JR Ewing fantasies at the house from the Dallas TV series. For dinner,try farm to table specialist Bolsa ($22.30,bolsadallas.com).
TOTAL:$235.25
SPLASH OUT
Tuck into the $29.70 lobster frittata at the genteel-but-plush Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek (rosewoodhotels.com/en/ mansion-on-turtle-creek-dallas) before your town car driver (about $690 for 10 hours,allenlimousine.com) whisks you off for a cultural fix. The Nasher Sculpture Center ($10.60,nashersculpturecenter.org) and Dallas Museum of Art ($17 for special exhibitions,dallasmuseumofart.org) have heavyweight collections. After lunch in star-chef haunt Stephan Pyles ($19.10,stephanpyles.com),touch down at the Arlington home of the Dallas Cowboys (tickets from $79.50,dallascowboys.com). For dinner downtown,the chef's five-course tasting menu at the old world French Room ($117,hoteladolphus.com) is a Dallas treat while,a short walk away,the Joule ($311,thejouledallas.com) is the city's hippest luxury hotel.