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Editor: The days of constant sweat are upon us. Fortunately, Dallas has an especially fine array of pools. Some are easy to find, some are … less so. Deb Doing Dallas has a way with these things, fortunately, and she’ll be leading you on a tour of pretty much every pool you hope to dip a toe in this summer. They’re divided into three categories: Hotels, residential and public(ish).
OK, the rules of crashing someone else’s home pool are the same rules to being a good guest. Don’t be the last one to leave, proceed as though these are your own neighbors, arrive with gifts.
See also:
–The Complete Guide to Dallas Pools: Public(ish)
–The Complete Guide to Dallas Pools: Hotels
Illume
Neighborhood: Cedar Springs
What to wear: Short shorts, no shorter.
What to drink: A Skinny Girl Margarita, because THOSE SHORTS.
Who you will meet: The boys club certainly holds court at Illume but the party is welcoming to all, including the occasional drag queen. Wait, why am I not at this pool every weekend?
Suggested pool toys and accessories: Full face, full hair, the only pool where I can encourage a high heel.
Tips and tricks: Just up your game, whatever it is, just in case you have a drag show to compete with.
Any Power Property Pool
Neighborhood: Mostly Lakewood.
What to wear: There isn’t as much urgent need to wear a pool costume (although, why you don’t enjoy dressing up in pool costumes is lost on me) since you are basically just hitting up a residential setting, but these pools can be a little pick-up-ish, so singletons, prepare how you may.
What to drink: BYO micheladas. And bring some cash for the paleta man.
Who you will meet: Maybe other people who live at the Power Property of your choice? But probably other folks like you, um, “borrowing” the pool.
Suggested pool toys and accessories: Food and drink and cigarettes. You are crashing someone’s home; you need tools for hospitable bartering.
Tips and tricks: Save the gate codes as you gather them, don’t overstay your welcome and wait to be properly invited to a night swim. In East Dallas, this is where they frequently are.
Any Uptown Mega-Plex
Neighborhood: Uptown, the very heart of it.
What to wear: Bikinis. Boat shoes. Bro-type stuff. This location has pick-up potential, so if that’s what you are after — prepare aesthetically.
What to drink: Miller Lite, Tito’s vodka.
Who you will meet: Bros. Babes. Bros and Babes.
Suggested pool toys and accessories: A BMW.
