1. Crème De La Crème
City: Colleyville, TX
Category: Education
Telephone: (817) 416-3683
Address: 6802 Colleyville Blvd.
Description: An elite child-care center with educational activities, this one works well for families with working parents, as hours are from 6:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Open to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten students, and after-school care for ages 6 through 12, with programs in music, art, computer science, creative movement, and language. There’s also a TV studio, gym, and library, along with tennis, basketball, soccer, climbing wall, and playground. Other North Texas locations are found in Frisco, Coppell, Plano, and Allen.
2. Luke’S Locker
City: Colleyville, TX
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (817) 849-1562
Address: 5505 Colleyville Blvd.
Description: Luke’s does much more than sell running gear. Want to learn proper running technique? Luke’s teaches great workshops for three levels—casual walkers, advanced walkers, and those runners who want to boost their 5k and 10k running skills. Dedication and good footwear are required. Luke’s also has an advanced shoe-fitting practice, guaranteeing that your performance will be at its best and your feet will be treated properly as you run.
3. Colleyville Senior Center
City: Colleyville, TX
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (817) 283-7648
Address: 2512 Glade Rd.
Description: With a gorgeous campus of Georgian redbrick buildings in the elite neighborhood of University Park, this private school with about 11,000 students offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools, specifically humanities and sciences; business; the performing, visual, and communication arts; engineering; education and human development; law; and theology. Additional campuses are in Plano and Taos, New Mexico. Of special interest is the statistic that SMU’s 10 libraries house the largest private collection of research materials in the Southwest; SMU was recently ranked in Forbes magazine as the 13th best university in the United States; and it houses a superior collection of Spanish art at the internationally acclaimed Meadows Museum. Founded in 1911, SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching. SMU’s athletic teams are the Mustangs.
4. Jr’S Steakhouse
City: Colleyville, TX
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (817) 355-1414
Address: 5400 Highway 121
Description: Ask for the plump, lush rib eye to be cooked with an outer char to get proper balance for the melted cook’s butter on top and the heavy garlic-herbed mashers beneath. For sensory overload, order the pepper-crusted filet, a 3-inch-thick wonder glazed with a brandy demi. Expect to find a mix of dinner dates and business types.
5. Animal Crackers
City: Colleyville, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (817) 416-6246
Address: 6100 Colleyville Blvd.
Description: An edgy, contemporary shop infusing kids’ clothes with a touch of glamour, this is the shop for a leopard print outfit or something studded with crystals. Flowers by Zoe, Queen Christine, and the Les Tout Petits lines are popular.