WHAT WE DID: APRIL 7TH

Between storms and music festivals, spring in Denton is a busy time of the year. We didn't have any music festivals last week, but we had a storm big enough to cover for it. Y'all got hail damage? We sure do. Aside from that, the Community Market is back in swing and The DIME Store celebrated it's 1st birthday party. We're just trying to keep up. 

Thanks for documenting your weekend activities and tagging them with #WDDI. We'll see ya again next Monday with more of the same!

The DIME Store's 1st Birthday Party

The CVB has put up a giant chalk board on Industrial to encourage people while the E. Grand Hickory renovations are going on. They'll be asking a new question and they have chalk below for you to put up your answers. So far we're impressed to see how clean everyone has kept it. Impressively mature, Denton. Photo by @mbryceo. 

The DIME Store turned one over the weekend and we were there with a photobooth to take some photos of the attendees on their backyard bash. 

Photo by @mkernan.

The DIME Store had a Birthday Bash with some extra special vendors serving up all kinds of backyard fun! We're so happy they're here and a part of our community!! Photo by @wildflowerart. 

@savviedesign spent her Saturday at the Backyard Birthday Bash celebrating the one year birthday of the DIME Store! 

The Storm

Oh man. That storm, y'all. Hail, followed by more hail and a possible tornado, hail for a third time and then an ice cream truck showed up. That's how it went down on Austin St., at least. #TornadoSelfies didn't catch on, sadly. Here are a few photos of the storm, some of the destruction and the ironically beautiful sky that followed.  

Photo by Paige Gibson. 

Photo by Paige Gibson. 

Photo by Jillian Zamora

Photo by ashley cook

Photo by Hannah Kane

Photo by Cali

Photo by Kim McClellan

Photo by Taylor Bunch. 

Photo by Zach Ashcraft. 

Photo by Rachel Nichelson. 

Photo by bsbassist. 

The crawfish were right on at the Mudbug Boil at @dansilverleaf this weekend! 

Kiddos were arting it up at the opening of the Denton Community Market on Saturday morning! Photo by @mkernan.

@shainasheaffphoto and friends raised a glass this weekend at Oak Street Drafthouse. 

@lcd7383 enjoyed mimosas and board games on that rainy Sunday. 

New signage uncovered on the square. Photo by Denton Camera Exchange. 

This was the special at Paschall's last week. Photo by one of our favorite bartenders, @Alph0nso. 

@veeveemarie had an impressive looking lunch at Weinberger's. 

@paperlocket shared their love for this town through a square filled photo. 

@serynsounds played a fancy house show with @panhandlehouse - and @jadewintersee made sure to gram it! 

WHAT WE DID - JULY 1ST

We're soaking up as much of summer as possible. We're trying our darndest not to spend our days inside binge-watching BBC shows on Netflix. So far, there's been more than enough going on to keep us entertained. We haven't looked back and regretted a second so far. 

Between a Sarah Jaffe concert, a trip to the Denton Community Market and a day at the closest 'beach' to town the past few days have been pretty alright. We indulged in some tasty cocktails crafted to keep us cool and checked out a new food truck on the Denton scene. In addition, we spent some time working hard to introduce you to some talented Denton artists and tastemakers. Keep an eye out. The fruits of our labor will be up soon enough.

How about you? Did you have a great weekend, too? Don't forget to tag your 'grams with #wddi and we'll pick from our faves to add to our future posts. 

Saturday we headed over to the market and grabbed a bag of beans from the new Coffeewright roasters in town. We'll keep you updated with our thoughts on 'em!

The special "adult" snow cones at The Green House this month didn't live up to our expectations. This is the Texas Picnic with watermelon, sour apple and Waterloo gin. It wasn't as good as it looks. 

Thursday evening found a large crowd of Dentonites ignoring the heat on the square while dancing at Twilight Tunes. 

Denton is slowly but surely getting our fair share of food trucks. One of the newer ones, Kendrick's BBQ, was out at the Denton Community Market this past Saturday.  Have you had a chance to check them out yet? 

We did a little recipe testing and photo shooting with Thomas Paessler for a new cocktail recipe. 

Getting that close up of our new favorite summer drink...

We headed into Kevin Roden's perfectly historic house for a living room show. 

Picking up a summer ale from Midway Mart. 

Sarah and Taylor having a drink with Kevin Roden pre-show. 

Sarah Jaffe told some really funny and touching stories and sang to a crowd of about 75 people in Kevin Roden's living room. 

We spent a little bit of time poking around Mandy Hampton's workshop while she showed off her wood-working skills. 

Be on the lookout for this talented artist's interview with us later this month. 

We spent a little time at the oh-so-close beach of lake Ray Roberts. 

Kids and families were out building sandcastles and enjoying the perfect weather all day. 

We still can't believe this place is just ten minutes out of town and $7. Totally worth it.