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Adolphus Hotel

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Fashion Week Dallas Day One: Carolina Herrera Keeps it Pretty

    ​Kicking off Fashion Week Dallas 2012 is best done with an oversized jeweled anklet, a note proven last night as collections by SOCIAL List and Carolina Herrera shared the runway at the Adolphus Hotel, outfitted with jewelry by local companies Body Elements and BootGlams. ​Dallas designer SOCIA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    In Effort to Remind Folks Rodeo Bar and Grill's Still There, Adolphus Needs a Nice New Sign

    Commerce and Akard as it appeared in the 1920s, left, and in the 1940s and '50s​Speaking of big, bright signs ...Today the Landmark Commission will take a long, hard look at a proposal from the Adolphus Hotel, which is concerned that the Rodeo Bar & Grill is languishing at the corner of Commer ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2011

    Confection Convention

    Commerce and Akard as it appeared in the 1920s, left, and in the 1940s and '50s​Speaking of big, bright signs ...Today the Landmark Commission will take a long, hard look at a proposal from the Adolphus Hotel, which is concerned that the Rodeo Bar & Grill is languishing at the corner of Commer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Ron Natinsky Votes For Mike Rawlings

    Photo by Patrick MichelsRawlings happily accepts Natinsky's endorsement​Patrick's at the Adolphus Hotel for the noontime showdown between David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings, their first debate since Saturday's elections results sent the two into the June runoff. But before the fireworks, or whatever, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Alert Mayor Tom Leppert That the Super Bowl Hustle, Bustle Has Begun in Downtown!

    Photos by Andrea GrimesPackers fans carved out some temporary Super Bowl graffiti on a Dallas Police car outside the City Tavern.​Crawled back out of downtown a few minutes ago just as a "Let's! Go! Packers!" chant got started on Main Street. We started with a couple beers at City Tavern -- where ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Oh, OK. You Say You Want a Guide to Downtown's Buildings? Well, Then.

    This guide to downtown may be a little out of date, but it's certainly the right price.​OK, so by now we're all clear on one thing: The Business Council for the Arts' downloadable downtown tour was always intended to be focused on one thing and one thing only: public art. That, says Greg Brown, pr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    You've Been Reichl'd

    This guide to downtown may be a little out of date, but it's certainly the right price.​OK, so by now we're all clear on one thing: The Business Council for the Arts' downloadable downtown tour was always intended to be focused on one thing and one thing only: public art. That, says Greg Brown, pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    From the Library of Congress Archives, Lewis Hine's Child Labor Research Brought Him to Dallas in the Fall of 1913

    Lewis Wickes Hine​From time to time over the years, we've perused the Library of Congress's archives for photos of Dallas not seen since they were first taken decades ago. But Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, who shares my love for these vintage pictures, sends word of myriad recent additions to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Airing New Research and Dusting Off Old Yarns, 46 Years After the Kennedy Assassination

    Patrick MichelsErnest Brandt, who says he was an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination, shows 11-year-old Mack Reed the window where Oswald fired from. More photos are up in this slide show.​Out at Dealey Plaza Sunday afternoon, there was something for everyone: fashion, literature, song and, fi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    Poltergeist Support Group

    Patrick MichelsErnest Brandt, who says he was an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination, shows 11-year-old Mack Reed the window where Oswald fired from. More photos are up in this slide show.​Out at Dealey Plaza Sunday afternoon, there was something for everyone: fashion, literature, song and, fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    With the Statler Hilton's Future in Question, Last Night a Loving Look Back at Its Past

    Scott DornJo Fischer, who worked at the Statler Hilton even before it officially opened in 1956Organizers of last night's "Story of the Statler" presentation at the Dallas Center for Architecture expected, oh, maybe 30 or 40 folks to show for architect Marcel Quimby's talk about the historic, neglec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Called for Charging: Mark Cuban Delivers News Some Suggestions For Keeping Readers

    Monday-morning flashback: the paperboy convention outside the Adolphus Hotel in 1924. Sorry, the "juvenile districts agents."This morning, The Dallas Morning News released its circulation stats covering the last six months, and, as to be expected, they're down: "Daily circulation in the same period ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Extra! Extra! Old Photo of Dallas For Sale!

    Friend of Unfair Park Peterk, who knows well my soft spot for Dallas antiquities, kindly sends this link to an eBay auction due to close in two days. What you see here's a 1924 paper boy convention outside the Adolphus Hotel -- or, as they were known back then, "Juvenile Districts Agents."  (Ah ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Forty-Five Years Later, Discovery Channel Shoots JFK in Dallas Yet Again

    Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists -- by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course -- are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer's November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Pony Express to Ride Again, If Only For Charity Auction This Month

    Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists -- by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course -- are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer's November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2008

    Dallas Likes It Expensive and Often

    Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists -- by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course -- are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer's November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of John ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    Equal Abe

    Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists -- by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course -- are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer's November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of John ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 11, 2007

    Rathbun Leveraged

    Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists -- by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course -- are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer's November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2007

    She's Got The Look. And Probably a Mortgage and Car Payment.

    Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists -- by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course -- are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer's November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of John ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2007

    Pete Sampras Returns to Royalty

    The tennis king makes pit stop in, um, Frisco?

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007
  • Blogs

    February 16, 2007

    Prophet or Heretic? Either Way, He Takes All Major Credit Cards.

    The tennis king makes pit stop in, um, Frisco?

  • Dining

    December 21, 2006

    Toque-less

    Saltwater Willy's embraces a chef-free concept

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2006

    The Last Word on "Vanilla Face"

    Saltwater Willy's embraces a chef-free concept

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2006

    Not Such Happy Times

    Saltwater Willy's embraces a chef-free concept

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2006

    Borat to Dallas PD: Too Many Cinnabon

    Saltwater Willy's embraces a chef-free concept

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2006

    Chuck's Children

    Norris KICKSTARTs our hearts

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2006

    Stoneleigh Gets a New Boss

    Norris KICKSTARTs our hearts

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2006

    Dallas is The Best, Really

    Norris KICKSTARTs our hearts

  • Dining

    November 24, 2005

    French Feint

    Gallic is far from galling at The French Room

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Seriously Kinky

    This Texas Jewboy wants to be the next governor of Texas, and if you think he's kidding, the joke may be on you

  • Dining

    April 21, 2005

    Roosting Tortilla

    Manny's Uptown bringing its family recipes to Lemmon Avenue

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Manny's Uptown bringing its family recipes to Lemmon Avenue

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2003

    Murder Inc.

    Join this mystery meet

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2003

    High-Calorie Splendor

    Just what Dallas needs, more food and drink

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Just what Dallas needs, more food and drink

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Greeting Cards (nice)

    Mark & Larry's Stuff

  • Film

    June 13, 2002

    All That Jazz

    When Nic Cage and John Woo talk, it's a friendly face-off

  • Dining

    September 27, 2001

    Food Thinking

    The effects of the terrorist attacks ripple through the restaurant industry

  • Film

    February 24, 2000

    Against the wall

    John Frankenheimer could have disappeared, but he refused to go away

  • Music

    October 28, 1999

    Rock this town

    Or: Oh, look...it's another end-of-the-century list

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    Mose's better blues

    A trip to Long Island reveals an Allison wonderland

  • Dining

    April 2, 1998

    Grand hotel

    The Adolphus' French Room offers courses in dining elegance

  • Music

    January 15, 1998

    The beat goes on

    Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

  • Calendar

    January 2, 1997

    Events for the week

    Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Net profit

    Making a buck off Internet neophytes

  • Music

    March 21, 1996

    The Morse code

    Texan Ella Mae influenced rock, then she crawled under one

  • Film

    February 1, 1996

    Renaissance man

    Richard III star Ian McKellen may well be the greatest actor you've never heard of

  • Film

    April 13, 1995

    The importance of being Pauly

    Pauly Shore, the crown prince of Valley Dudes, ponders the secret of his success

  • Music

    November 10, 1994

    Idol worship

    In the 1950s and '60s, Tony Zoppi wrote about -- and rode with -- the stars

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