Congratulations to Lydia Ondrusek of Richardson, Texas, who won the drawing of a lovely sterling necklace from Fort Worth’s Silversmyth jewelry workshop. Now on to our weekly roundup of the best in blogging on Fort Worth:

Arts & Leisure
Amon Carter museum recommends a walking tour of the outside art in the cultural district, complete with a link to a map of the tour. Log Cabin Village blog has a video of the completion of the Howard Cabin. Fort Worth Modern blog has a nice post on “Conjoined” the large outdoor sculpture of two trees blowing into each other visible from the street on the lawn of the museum facing University Drive …

Fort Worth Hole in the Wall talks about planned restaurant “Gradys” and what a North Texas menu consists of. …  Rob at How to Make Coffee has a report on worldwide coffee consumption …

Kevin at Fortworthology takes a walk through a brand new bungalow in the Fairmont District by Joe Frank Homes … According to the Joe Frank website, “JPF Homes Inc. intends to build a neighborhood of bungalow style houses centered around a landscaped commons area to promote community interaction.” Julie at Silversmyth visited a casting facility which is producing newly-designed sterling silver rings for sale through her website and at arts fairs …  Kevin at 5ks and Cabernets found a barber who cuts black hair in Austin …

Business
Richie Escovedo spent a significant amount of time at the Dallas Inbound Marketing Summit May 27-28, and no small about of time on his blog, covering various breakout sessions and posting the videos.

This week we add the Balcom ad agency blog to our list. I’ll include three of their posts to get “caught up” with recent offerings. “My blackberry is my brain,” writes Emily. Chip says that the new open sourced Google Wave, which I’ve never heard of, is a web-based app which will change the way we use computers to communicate. And, although it’s technically past the last week, I wanted to include Kayla’s post on the importance of teaching music in schools.

Politics
Fort Worth Can Do talks about a new SMU report which says natural gas extraction in the Barnett Shale will significantly increase air pollution. … Austin at Fort Worth Real Estate is still miffed about the money being spent on the new post office when so much office space is vacant these days.

National Blogs Talking about Fort Worth

Frank Reed, who is actually from North Carolina, spent two days at the Dallas Inbound Marketing Seminar and wrote “Internet Marketing, Texas Style” for Biznology. On the subject of rail transit for DFW, Fare Enough blog asks from Austin, Texas, “would a public/private partnership for DFW rail be a good or bad thing? This is in response to a story on Metro Rail magazine noting “Dallas, Fort Worth exploring Public/Private Partnership for rail expansion” And in the area of local history we find out from NPR where General Worth, whom our town was named after, was buried. It seems New York City is the answer. Should we ask for him back?

Fiinally …  got something that bothers you or interests you about Fort Worth?  A burning  idea for a guest blog?Let me know at editor (a) fwrenaissance.com.