C'mon Texans -- It's time for another march on Washington

It's looking more and more like the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is the place to be this July Fourth weekend. For one thing, Her Royal Tallness will be headlining a concert at this event Saturday (her opening act will be Guy Clark, for heaven's sake). Then on Sunday she will be hosting (I'm not making any of this up) a 75-minute cooking class (eat your heart out, pardon the expression, Lisa Garza) at 12:15 p.m. followed by more concert performances at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.

If you missed her during her recent appearance at the Granada Theater you should kick yourself. Not only was I there watching a magnificent concert unfold right before my eyes, but I had the amazing experience of being able to dance with the two most incredibly spectacular and wonderful women in the entire city of Dallas, although, admittedly, one of them was visiting here from a neighboring state.

But I digress. It says that "Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine will focus on the great heritage of music, food, and winemaking from every region of the state. ... The National Mall will host demonstrations, performances, and famous Texas talk about the Lone Star State's proud history and its contemporary traditions. Up to a million visitors will hear presentations of Texas blues, swing, conjunto, country and western, gospel, and tejano music; see demonstrations of wine making; enjoy diverse culinary traditions, old and new, from barbeque to Vietnamese soups, from kolach making to chicken fried steak."

All that, and Her Royal Tallness, too. When I say I'm contemplating a trip to the Mall this weekend, I'm not talking about a shopping excursion.