Email Author Alexa Schirtzinger

2009 Stories by Alexa Schirtzinger

• The Good Doctor

  published July 23, 2009

  Leave it to Dr. Seuss to have a secret art collection. Theodor Seuss Geisel--the man known for such whimsical classics as If I Ran the... More >>

• It's a Grind in Deep Ellum is more than just a coffee shop, it's a sanctuary for second chances.

  published July 16, 2009

  It's a Grind is anything but. It's a coffee shop, sure, and a franchised one at that, with a dizzying array of caffeinated... More >>

• Haas' House of Art

  published July 16, 2009

  Remember that icon of Sesame Street-inspired critical thinking, "Which one of these is not like the others?" One could spend all morning... More >>

• Pile Of Secrets

  published July 9, 2009

  If you need a conspiracy theory in Dallas, you've got options. You can head down to the corner of Elm and Houston, where the big-bellied guys with... More >>

• Mansions Ma'ams

  published June 26, 2009

  There are probably more than two types of people who attend brown bag lunches, but the ones that come most easily to mind are bespectacled... More >>

• Bottom's Up

  published June 18, 2009

  Don't take it literally: the Eat Me-Drink Me exhibition opening this month at the Goss-Michael Foundation is more about whimsy and... More >>

• Gleaming the Cubism

  published June 18, 2009

  Most people know Diego Rivera for his calming depictions of earthy, wide-bodied women selling bundles of lilies, or possibly for his... More >>

• Vino Cookout

  published June 11, 2009

  Cork is that lovely little wine place in the West Village that's pioneering the new genre of recession chic--hobnobbing high-style without... More >>

• Big Johnson

  published June 11, 2009

  Decades before Michelle Obama took a trowel to the White House lawn, Lady Bird Johnson was heading up the beautify-the-world campaign by planting... More >>

• George Stadium

  published June 4, 2009

  Back in 1998, I pulled on my tight jeans and skimpiest halter top and headed out to Texas Stadium to indulge my alter ego as one of a posse of... More >>

• In Dallas Dog Parks, Canines Aren't the Only Ones at Play

  published May 21, 2009

  Around the time the sun first peeks over the eastern horizon, Jim Christian loads his three black dogs into his silver Honda and drives... More >>

• Golf Fore The Masses

  published May 21, 2009

  It's that time of year again, when North Texans don their polo shirts and Lacoste visors, practice those golf claps, and pretend we live in the... More >>

• Day O' The Babes

  published April 30, 2009

  April has a lot of exciting holidays: National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day (the 16th), Hug an Australian Day (the 26th), National Spank Out Day... More >>

• Bob & Sam

  published April 23, 2009

  Robert Mapplethorpe was the flashpoint. As a young artist, he brought homoerotic photography into the world of high art, exposing an edgy... More >>

• The River Wild

  published April 9, 2009

  In case you're still of the opinion that the Trinity River and its surrounding forests are kind of a dump, the Sun to Moon Gallery's latest... More >>

• Forest Grumps | Blowin' In The Wind | Home Improvement | Baby One More Time

  published April 2, 2009

  "Forest Grumps," by... More >>

• Eye-Opening

  published March 26, 2009

  Other Gen X/Yers may remember that classic of our youth, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. You may also remember--for me, they're... More >>

• Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?

  published March 19, 2009

  On a windswept rise in southwest Dallas, Frank Bracken squints into the late-afternoon sun and sweeps his wiry, flannel-clad arm across the... More >>

• Focus, People

  published February 12, 2009

  Jeff Elrod's work looks like what would happen if you locked a smart kid and a game-free computer in an empty room for 10 weeks. The Texas-based... More >>

• Feel-Good Fashion

  published February 12, 2009

  This Friday the 13th, fashionistas are expected to pony up a cool half-bailout--excuse me, half millionâ--at the 25th anniversary... More >>