Afternoons with Melissa

What is one of the first things you make sure you have as you are heading out of Amarillo on a road trip? If you are like most people, you want and need a full tank of gas. You want to make sure that you are on the road and can wait a while before your first stop.

I know it seems like the kids just went back to school in Amarillo from Christmas break. Oh, and they did. Just don't be that parent who forgets there is already an upcoming school holiday for the kiddos. Don't be the parent who drops their kid off at an empty school.

There is a lot of talk about tipping your delivery drivers in Amarillo. Some people think they pay enough fees through the delivery service that a tip shouldn't be necessary. They feel the delivery company should pay a decent wage. Oh, we wish that they would.

It's always cool to know what is coming before it happens in Amarillo. I guess that is why whenever a lot of us go to the movies the previews are one of our favorite things to catch. The excitement of knowing what new movies are heading our way.

Amarillo is about to get a new place to tempt our tastebuds. The thing is that it is not really new. Even so it's going to make a lot of people happy since it will be a new location for two favorite Amarillo restaurants.

Did you recently lose a class ring in Amarillo? Did you attend Tascosa High School and graduate in 1999? If so the reunion for you and your ring could happen very soon. All you have to do is claim it.

Buc-ee's is officially here in Amarillo. I can no longer say that I have never been to one. I walked in quickly before heading out of town for Christmas. I was on a mission. I needed to get my granddaughter an Amarillo Buc-ee's t-shirt. That was really all I needed and really is all I got.

It's not very often that a restaurant in Amarillo closes down and we find out about it long after it happened. To be fair, we are not even sure when it closed down. We took a drive by the location just to make sure they were closed.

Oh, 2024 you were here to keep us on our toes in Amarillo. We saw many restaurants and businesses open and close. The circle of life as we know it in this town. We found out right before Christmas about a for-lease sign going up in front of a beloved Amarillo restaurant.