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2011 Stories by Elizabeth Bair

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  The Master List: The Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend, October 14-16

  published Oct 14, 2011

  You've probably noticed those pink banner ads running across our homepage and pretty much every other page when you're on our website, and if you've ignored them, shame on you. You're going to want t... More >>

• The Master List: The Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend, October 7-9

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Well, folks, it's that wonderful time of the year when hoards of college football fans invade our fair city, and chances are a bunch of those fans will be tossed into a cab outside a bar in Uptown, w... More >>

• Coming Along Swimmingly

  published September 15, 2011

  Thirty years ago the Bath House, which once played host to swimmers and fun-seekers at White Rock Lake in the early part of the 20th century,... More >>

• Hot Child in the City

  published September 29, 2011

  Maybe it's a stretch to argue that Jack Reacher is a modern-day James Bond, but the literary heroes do have a few things in common. Like Bond,... More >>

• Dancing King

  published September 22, 2011

  In our younger years, we were more impressed by the songs and costumes than the choreography in the Broadway version of The Lion King, but... More >>

• The End of the Wait Is Here: Best of Dallas 2011 Is Official

  published Sep 22, 2011

  If the world does end soon, we can leave as happy campers. We came, saw and conquered. Well, we conquered Dallas at least, and we have the proof that we've experienced the best this city has to offer... More >>

• Six Fall Decorating Trends That Are As Dead As Dried Flowers

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Labor Day might mark the unofficial start of fall, but fall really begins this Friday. We've suffered through record-breaking heat and, maybe worse, Pete Delkus' tweets about it, for months, but now w... More >>

• Doggone Fun

  published September 15, 2011

  We're not usually keen on pampering our pets since we don't dress them up or spoil them homemade, organic meals like Tara on Most Eligible... More >>

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  The Master List: The Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend, September 16-18

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Let's take a second to come together and breathe one huge sigh of relief that it's not 100 degrees and fall has finally arrived. OK, now let's talk about what we're going to do this glorious weekend ... More >>

• Dallas Museum of Art Hosts Special Activities for Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month

  published Sep 16, 2011

  What if you never knew what Claude Monet's impressionist masterpieces or Leonardo da Vinci's famous "Mona Lisa" looked liker As someone who with adequate vision, I can't imagine what it would be like ... More >>

• The Muppets Spoof The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trailer

  published Sep 15, 2011

  Back in June, the first trailer for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo landed on the tangled interwebs, teasing those of us who can't wait for the December 21 release of the film. Well, there's another movie... More >>

• Tigers Might Tap the Keg

  published September 8, 2011

  We adults would be as enamored with the zoo as our kids are if, say, there was an adults-only evening replete with food, music and plenty of beer... More >>

• Fan Art for the (Teen)Ages: James Franco Snags a Portrait from a Young Fan

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Oh, James Franco. Now that's a sentence we've uttered more than a few times when our boy wonder makes news. He constantly keeps us on our toes with stunts that we're pretty sure he doesn't clear with... More >>

• There Goes the Neighborhood

  published September 8, 2011

  As much as we love DIY design and craft projects, there just isn't enough room in our house for a studio worthy of Martha Stewart's praise. That's... More >>

• Making Her Mark

  published August 4, 2011

  Since becoming a popular movement in the 1950s, minimalism has remained a powerful force in fashion, art and architecture. Of course, as with any... More >>

• The Master List: The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend, September 9-11

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Still haven't figured out what you're doing for Friday date nightr Well it better be something more entertaining than the ABC prime time lineup, because your date's not going to stand for that, and i... More >>

• France Can Forgive Some Celebrities, But Not John Galliano

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Having already lost his position as creative director of his own fashion line and the Christian Dior label, John Galliano's life just got worse. The former fashion designer was convicted in a Paris c... More >>

• Christopher Bingham's "Alamo" at the Belmont Hotel

  published Sep 06, 2011

  Sure, we're no Vegas, but Dallas is known for some iconic neon signs, perhaps more so for the ones that have gone dark, like the original Pegasus and the Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts signs. The Alamo clo... More >>

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  The Master List: The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Labor Day Weekend

  published Sep 02, 2011

  According to the oh-so scientific minds at AAA, approximately 30.5 million Americans will be traveling this Labor Day weekend, which is down roughly 2 percent from last year. How do the guys at AAA f... More >>

• Calling All Riff Raff: Bring Out Your Junk

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Is your garage looking more like a thrift store these days or can you barely get into your closet because it looks like it should be on one of those hoarding reality showsr Hey, we know you're not a h... More >>

• David Collins' "City of Wood" at Valley House Gallery

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Abstract paintings can appear so abstract that it's difficult to interpret meaning from the crowded geometric shapes or intersections of paint splashes and splotches. Abstract painter David Collins l... More >>

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  The Master List: The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend, August 26-28

  published Aug 26, 2011

  We're not usually advocates of dressing up pets, especially when owners decide to play twinsies with their pooches. Now, that's just wrong. But we're all for putting Fido in a snazzy outfit when it's... More >>

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  Fantastic and Plastic: Barbie and Ken's Wedding Album

  published Aug 26, 2011

  Many a girl dressed her Barbie doll in a sequined wedding gown and marched those overly-arched feet down the aisle to Ken doll while humming "Here Comes the Bride," but Mattel broke the hearts of lit... More >>

• Dapper Stars, Get Your Daubers Ready

  published August 18, 2011

  When the American Film Institute originally compiled its list of the best movies in the first 100 years of American film (1896-1996), five of the... More >>

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  Kristin Chenoweth Coming to the Nasher for Speaker Series

  published Aug 24, 2011

  We just found out our favorite waitress in Pushing Daises and Good Witch of the North in Wicked is coming to town, but it's not to film scenes for the 2012 midseason ABC series Good Christian Belles. ... More >>