Surprise! We’re here on a Saturday with something special for you.

🍃 Today's weather: Sunny with a high around 76.

🎵 Sounds like: "Here Comes the Sun"

🌇 Situational awareness: It's springtime, that brief buffer season in North Texas when Mother Nature blesses us with a window of just-right temperatures and explosions of color (and yes, pollen).

• Here's a primer on some of the best ways to use this wonderful time.

Today's newsletter is a sprung 603 words — a 2-minute read.

After months spent inside on our screens, it’s nice to get out and absorb some fresh air, history and culture. Here are a few of our favorites:

• Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the best sculpture museums in the country. The Nasher is open 11am-5pm Wednesday-Sunday.
• Dallas Heritage Village is a repository for historic log cabins and restored buildings from across North Texas. It includes an old-timey town square, general store and saloon.
• Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum and Big Bear Native American Museum celebrate cattle-driving and Native American history in Texas. The museums offer free docent-led tours that include teepees, a stagecoach station and a blacksmith’s shop.

Klyde Warren Park is the closest thing Dallas has to a Central Park. And though it’s much smaller and built over a highway and named for the child of billionaires, Klyde Warren is a pleasant place for a spring afternoon.

• Bring your own picnic or buy food from a nearby restaurant or food truck.
• There’s also a playground, a fountain, a stage and events and classes nearly every day.

Look, we know our baseball team isn’t always great. Once in a while the Rangers rocket into the playoffs, or even the World Series, but plenty of years the team is out of contention by August. Even so, every spring dawns a new opportunity.

• Starting in April, anything can happen. Check the schedule here.

Verizon is expanding its 5G Ultra Wideband network to Dallas, bringing a powerful broadband internet option to residents.

Even better: 5G will add $1.5 trillion to the economy while creating about 4.5 million new jobs.

Learn more and experience 5G Home for yourself.

If you need a tiny getaway that isn’t that far away, head to one of these Airbnbs within driving distance of Dallas.

• Our favorite: The Saved by the '90s house, the perfect blend of kitsch and nostalgia — with cereal and videogames!

The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is the jewel of North Texas. On the shores of White Rock Lake, the arboretum’s 66 acres are filled with sculptures, ponds and an incredible array of botanical life.

• On occasion, you might also see some famous Stones.

There are only so many days in North Texas when you can exercise outdoors and not either freeze or sweat your face off. So when you have the chance, lace up your shoes and hit the trails. Here are a few of our favorites:

• Cedar Ridge Preserve: There are miles of trails to choose from at the preserve.
• Oak Cliff Nature Preserve: There are 8 miles of trails in the 121-acre preserve.
• Arbor Hills Nature Preserve in Plano: There are pedestrian-only trails and trails just for off-road cyclists at the 200-acre park.
• River Legacy Park in Arlington: There are 8 miles of paved hike and bike trails and 10 miles of mountain bike trails.

Enjoy a nice spring day in Downtown Fort Worth. You can eat, drink and shop at Sundance Square. Or contemplate life at the Water Gardens. A few blocks away you can watch humans wrestle giant animals at the Stockyards.

Don your finest period threads and travel back in time at the Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie. There are live shows all day and lots of shoppes featuring metalsmithing, woodworking and clothing from all eras. Oh, and there’s tons of options to eat and drink ‘til you barely fit in your antiquated attire.

• One-day tickets are $31 in advance (plus a $2 fee) or $37 at the gate for adults and $11-$14 (plus that $2 fee) for children under 13.

No matter what you think about the politics, culture or weather in North Texas, you can’t argue about the gorgeous sunsets. So why not sit outside and drink with friends? Here are a few of our favorite Dallas rooftops:

• Waterproof on top of the Statler
• Happiest Hour in Victory Park
• Stirr in Deep Ellum

Dallas businesses can now access Verizon’s 5G Business Internet, a fast and reliable internet option with incredible value to all your devices at work.

The benefits: No annual contracts, no extra fees, no data overages or equipment charges.

Learn more.

Read our full guide here, and while you're at it, send it to a friend.

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👀 Mike is looking forward to doing every single thing on this list.

🙄 Tasha is literally at the arboretum right now.