This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Tuesday, October 14
Finally, it is a respected act to play with one's food. Of course, play is a subjective term since, in this case, teams of architects, designers and engineers are going all-out Lincoln Log with cans and boxes of food. And it's all for charity. Through October 18, experience CANSTRUCTION 2003, a competition and exhibit sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and the Society of Design Administration's Fort Worth chapters. The beauty of it may very well lie in the designs, but there is serious greatness in that all of the food in the canstructions goes to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. For free, see the food façades for the less fortunate at Ridgmar Mall, 1888 Green Oaks Road, Fort Worth. Call 817-332-9177.

Wednesday, October 15
We'll never look like Sissy Davis in a ribbed white tank top, and we are fairly certain that "sexy" does not describe our performance on a mechanical bull. For a while, we also despaired that there was no longer a Gilley's to frequent and that all of our Urban Cowboy dreams would remain thin vapors of hope. Until now. Wednesday night begins the grand-opening celebration for Gilley's Dallas. The Charlie Daniels Band takes the stage in the 26,000-square-foot main showroom at 9 p.m. after an official welcoming by Mayor Laura Miller and Greg Elam of the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau. The devil may go down to Georgia, but we're excited about seeing "El Toro," the mechanical bull from the original Gilley's featured in Urban Cowboy, and trying our hand at the newer bull that's open to the aspiring Sissy or Bud in all of us. The brand-new venue is located at 1135 S. Lamar, and the special opening festivities continue through Saturday with performances by the Oak Ridge Boys, Mickey Gilley with Johnny Lee (for the first time in 16 years) and Loverboy. Call 1-888-GILLEYS.