School District And Dallas Cowboys Partner To Build $1.5 Billion (With a "B") Complex In Frisco, Texas -- May 7, 2016; California's Jamba Juice Will Re-Locate To Texas

Another California company moves to Texas due to high expenses in the Bay Area. The Mercury News is reporting that Jamba Juice -- as California as one can get -- is moving to Frisco, just a few miles from where we live in the DFW area.

The owner of Jamba Juice will move its headquarters out of Emeryville and defect to Texas, partly driven by the cost of doing business in the Bay Area, according to company statements Thursday and a regulatory filing.

About 120 employees in Emeryville are affected by the relocation, according to Jamba, a maker and retailer of smoothies and other beverages.

"As we continue to spread our healthy living mission globally, it has become increasingly clear that a relocation of our support center will better position the company to extend our brand," said David Pace, chief executive of Jamba, whose subsidiary is Jamba Juice.

Emeryville-based Jamba will move its headquarters and support center to a Texas suburb called Frisco, which is in the Dallas area.

That was interesting enough, but this is really incredible. The owner of the Dallas Cowboys will partner with a local school district to build a $1.5 billion headquarters for the team. The complex will also be built in Frisco, the same suburb of Dallas where Jamba Juice is moving. Sporting News is reporting:

The Dallas Cowboys' new headquarters — dubbed The Star — might be Jerry Jones' most extravagant vision to date. 

Let's start with the pricetag — a whopping $1.5 billion. Jones' AT&T Stadium was built at a cost of $1.3 billion in 2008.

The Dallas Morning News breaks down the financial structure, for example, the city of Frisco, Texas and its school district are funding a combined $90 million to the facility.

High school football is a big part of The Star's attraction, and the reason the school district is a part-owner. The integration with schools from surround areas is a major part of the facility.

The real wow factor is found in The Star's amenities. See linked story. 

There's even a hot tub for Cowboys players named "Lake Landry," which is reported to be one of the largest ever built and is described as having "insane" technology.

I think the school district is getting a great deal. The new Williston High School (not including the price of the land) was in the neighborhood of $60 million. Frisco school district will get use of a $1.5 billion sports facility for an entry cost of $90 million.

Yes, Texas takes its sports very, very seriously.

And, some of us take food seriously. 

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Chopsticks For The Very First Time

I was behind Sophia in the first picture to help her use chopsticks for the very first time. I think Sophia has tried using chopsticks before; not really sure how seriously in the past. But this time she used them as well as she used a fork for the first time.

Three hints if you try this at home:

• don't do it until the child has seen them used many, many times
• use sticky rice -- the rise will stick to the chopsticks regardless
• do not try to teach the toddler to use the chopsticks; just place the pair in their hands

One may want to cup your own hand under the toddler's chin to catch the really pricey food, like salmon or tuna sashimi

For newbies: that little bit of folder up paper is the paper wrapping in which the chopsticks came. My Japanese mother-in-law taught us to take the wrapping paper, smooth it out, and then fold it (according style) and then use that as a resting place for one's chopsticks.

Also, as long as I'm digressing. Use the fat end of the sticks to take food out of a common bowl and then flip them around to use for eating. If that makes sense.