Learnin' the Real Texas

To put it plainly.... we showed up in tennis shoes. When you're in Texas - the real Texas, you don't show up anywhere in tennis shoes!! Everyone at Billy Bob's Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards was kickin' it in their boots. Boy... it was certainly obvious where we were from.
Our morning started in the rodeo - definitely the first time I've anchored a show knee-deep in rodeo dirt. We cooked burgers and steaks with a chef that once won an Iron Chef America Challenge. Seems like a natural progression - Food Network to KOMU News Today! Tim Love was a natural on television... the lights went on, and he went on. Unbelievably charismatic, and so genuinely kind. You'd have to be to get up and do a Missouri morning show on 3 hours of sleep. Chef and rock star!
The thing I am most impressed with concerning the real Texas is the hospitality. The people we worked with today would literally give you the shirt off your back if you asked. So cliche, but so true. After we did our morning show, we had a few hours to kill so the management at Billy Bob's Texas opened up their back room and let us crash on their couches. Like I said... amazingly hospitable. Definitely the real Texas.