State Fair of Texas’ Saddle Up, the Big Tex Champion Club’s annual boot-scootin’ benefit, raised more than $320,000 for Texas students, with event co-chairs Robert Walne and Grant and Courtney Pruitt delivering a magnificent evening of high-spirited fun under the Texas stars at The Rustic Dallas. Read more at CuratedTexan.com
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Cynthia Smoot is a Dallas-based freelance lifestyle and travel writer covering events and festivals, destination guides, boutique hotels, and getaway itineraries across Texas, the U.S., and the world at large. She is a Travel Contributor for the Katy Trail Weekly newspaper and for Curated Texan, with additional contributions to Park Cities Lifestyle magazine, Dallas Hotel Magazine, and WFAA’s Good Morning Texas. Cynthia has covered Dallas culture and travel since 2008 and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Dallas Morning News, among others. She is available for freelance travel writing assignments, press trips, and hotel/destination features — contact her at cynthia@ohsocynthia.com.