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Dining
April 12, 2012
Company Cafe's Growing Pains
A rapidly expanding restaurant learns good hands are hard to find.
Blogs
February 16, 2012
Dallas PD Loses Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson to Corpus Christi, Where He'll Be Top Cop
A couple of years back Scott Goldstein wrote quite the flattering profile of Dallas Police Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson -- as in, "In a profession that demands toughness, Simpson embodies compassion." Simpson was former Chief David Kunkle's right-hand man -- the man Kunkle put in charge of the P ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
A.Dd Plans a Texas Takeover With the Red Bull Skooled Tour
Local rap duo A.Dd continue their ascent, this time enlisting corporate support from Red Bull, who's sponsoring an early February tour that will see them hit six Texas cities in the span of seven days. This will be a coming-out party of sorts, with A.Dd playing shows with some of Texas' mo ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
Before Dallas ISD Sends TEA Its Plan to Save Unacceptable Schools, Your Input's Needed
North Dallas High School is now in its fifth year of academic unacceptability per the TEA's ratings.For the past six days, the Dallas Independent School District has been hosting "community meetings" on campuses deemed academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency -- 33 in all, based, o ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Top 100 Reasons Texas Is Twice as Awesome as Any Other State
Merritt MartinOh, you can damn well bet this is on the list.By now most of you dear readers are well aware of the Gawker-produced list of the 50 Worst States In America. Gawker placed their home base at 50, and the Lone Star State at 13. Sure sure, our placement could be worse, but instead of ... More >>
News
July 21, 2011
Viva la Evolution: The Creationists Return to Austin
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the classroom, SBOE returns.
Blogs
March 23, 2011
nib chocolate's Stephen Smith on the Sweet Life
Here's some hopeful news for all you C students out there: At the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, Stephen Smith's "worst subject of everything was chocolate." Apparently, he got better. In fact, he got good enough to operate his own wholesale chocolate business, nib cho ... More >>
News
March 10, 2011
Toxic Avenger: In the War Between the Feds and Texas, EPA Chief Al Armendariz has Science on His Side. Is That Enough?
Here's some hopeful news for all you C students out there: At the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, Stephen Smith's "worst subject of everything was chocolate." Apparently, he got better. In fact, he got good enough to operate his own wholesale chocolate business, nib cho ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2010
Half-Shell Fans Beware, the Future
For Gulf Oysters is Murky
A waiter at City Diner and Oyster Bar in Corpus Christi broke the appalling news to my wife, in-laws and me last weekend as we made a trip to the coast: No fresh Texas oysters on the half-shell. Not one. Sorry, he said. Dealer prices a week into the start of Texas' oyster harvest from public leas ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Jessica Simpson Has a .50 Caliber Machine Gun ... And Knows How to Use It (?)
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Tyler CaswellChief Gunner's Mate Keith McGinley now has the best Christmas card ever.Been a long time since we've posted a word about Jessica Simpson, but first thing this morning, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK sent me the link to ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Tonight, Tonight: Robert Gomez at Dan's, Sarah Jaffe DJ Set at the Double Wide, Crystal Castles at House of Blues, Coliseum and Burning Love at Rubber Gloves
We're about to see a sudden void in daily show lists, so, from here on out, each and every Monday through Thursday, I'll do my best to point the readers of DC9 in the right musical direction for each particular evening.Oh, sweet Tuesday, the second step towards another blissful weekend. And actua ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2010
Catch a Wave at the Dallas Museum of Art With Free Screening, History of Lone Star Surfers
Courtesy of Margaret White EllisonFormer Corpus Christi resident Tony Mierzwa, foreground, and an unidentified surfer ride a wave at Horace Caldwell Pier in Port Aransas on a mid-1960s day.Landlocked we are, but at 7 tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art, there'll be a whole lotta surfin' going on. ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Dallas Is Fat City. And It's Only Getting Fatter.
When last we took a peek at Men's Health's list of America's fattest cities, Dallas came in at No. 6. But that was two years and, apparently, 13,923 trips to Whataburger ago. Because now: We're No. 4! We're No. 4! We're No. 4! And that ain't all: Corpus Christi comes in at No. 1; El Paso at No. 3 ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2010
News & Notes: Immigration Reform, César Chávez, Garland Road & Gay Jesus
Some news and notes on this light-commenting Thursday:Domingo Garcia's got himself a whole new immigration-reform MegaMarch to promote -- this one, a May 1 parade that'll start at the Santuario de Guadalupe on Ross Ave. and end at Dallas City Hall. Says Garcia on the Web site, "Our immigrant comm ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2009
Today In Music News: Lil Wayne Gets Busted In Texas, Adam Clayton Gets Bilked By Assistant And You Can Look Up To Snoop Dogg
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 21, 2009...Two of Lil Wayne's tour busses were found to have marijuana on them when they were searched outside Corpus Christi. What does this mean for his show in Allen?U2's Adam Clayton claims his former assistant bilked him out of million ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2009
American Baseball, the European Way
Even if European soccer owner Tom Hicks convinced Major League Baseball to inject the same screwy tables that govern soccer into America's pasttime your Texas Rangers wouldn't be a playoff team. But, alas, they wouldn't be relegated, either. If baseball were run according to European soccer ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
Where Do Stephan Pyles, Tim Love and Dean Fearing Get Their Fast Food Fix?
The first Whataburger in Corpus ChristiRight -- this should probably be over on City of Ate, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to make this inexplicable (on my part) Esquire subscription count for something, so here goes. For the September issue, which just landed in the mailbox, editors asked ... More >>
News
July 2, 2009
Go On, Have Sex. Do It for Big D.
The first Whataburger in Corpus ChristiRight -- this should probably be over on City of Ate, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to make this inexplicable (on my part) Esquire subscription count for something, so here goes. For the September issue, which just landed in the mailbox, editors asked ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2009
Farewell, Farrah Fawcett
Corpus Christi native Farrah Fawcett, who died today at the age of 62 following a lengthy and very public battle with cancer, will be remembered for many things: Charlie's Angels, her hair, that pin-up poster, The Burning Bed (she could act!), her David Letterman appearance. But locals who actually ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
From Love Field, an Unhappy Father's Day
Gloria Levario'Round 3 yesterday, one of my oldest friends called from Dallas Love Field with the breaking news: The airport was shut down, no one allowed in our out -- including my friend, who'd put his son on a Southwest flight bound for Corpus Christi mere moments before Dallas police descended a ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2009
Mayor Tom and Texas's Other Big-City Mayors Ask Governor for Help Handling Homeless
Gabriel Metsu's Man Writing a LetterNever had time to make it to the Texas Big Cities Mayors shindig at City Hall today. But no matter: Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall this evening forwards along a copy of the mayors' letter to Governor Rick Perry, in which Tom Leppert, Bill White (Houston), Mike M ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2008
"West Texas Puro Tango Blast" -- Not As Much Fun As It Sounds
Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>
News
July 31, 2008
The Caretaker
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
Blogs
February 12, 2008
Clinton's Coming to Texas, While Obama Takes His Campaign to Spanish-Language Radio
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
Blogs
June 18, 2007
Dallas, You Stink!
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
Blogs
November 15, 2006
Are You Ready For Some (More) Football?
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
Blogs
July 25, 2006
Luke Wilson Talks Ass
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
Calendar
July 20, 2006
The King of Kings?
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
Film
June 8, 2006
Royal Flush
The King serves up a clumsy portrait of James Marsh's America
Music
May 25, 2006
Kumbia Kings
Sunday, May 28, at Smirnoff Music Centre
News
February 16, 2006
Bang, bang
Cheney shoots, Buzz scores
Music
April 14, 2005
An Old Flame
Four decades later, a forgotten Dallas jazz label descends from the 90th Floor
News
February 19, 2004
Heir Unapparent
The descendants of a former housemaid lay claim to one of Texas' grandest ranch fortunes
News
October 25, 2001
Bad Apples
Is a teacher's effort to free two convicted killers a rush to bad judgment?
News
May 24, 2001
Separate and Unequal
In a school district that still sees the city in terms of black and white, Hispanics say their children are robbed of a fair share
Music
March 8, 2001
Press On
Remember the Factory Press? Calla and Mercova do
Culture
January 11, 2001
Half Witty
Most Fabulous Story stumbles when it stops playing for laughs
News
October 26, 2000
Pumped Out
Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed
Calendar
May 20, 1999
Out of the shadows
Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed
Culture
April 8, 1999
Resurrection redux
Didymus makes you a true believer in the talent of its playwright
Culture
December 3, 1998
Barefoot in the manger
Stage West's The Christmas Mysteries is an ultra-casual romp through the Bible
News
July 23, 1998
How to site a Nuclear- waste dump--for just $50 million
Stage West's The Christmas Mysteries is an ultra-casual romp through the Bible
News
July 9, 1998
Hispanic enough
Dallas' new city manager steps from Mr. Inside to role model
Calendar
May 21, 1998
Peeping Toms...I mean, painters
Dallas' new city manager steps from Mr. Inside to role model
Dining
March 5, 1998
Boonies kitsch
Theme-soaked La Hacienda Ranch is worth the drive to Frisco
News
August 21, 1997
Bad Judgement
State District Judge John Marshall is snared in allegations of misconduct
News
December 19, 1996
Two for the Road
When Houston's 1st Amendment rights were threatened, a bus full of female porn stars came bouncing to the rescue
Music
January 11, 1996
Roadshows
When Houston's 1st Amendment rights were threatened, a bus full of female porn stars came bouncing to the rescue
News
May 25, 1995
Archer County Justice
When a sheriff had sex with a criminal suspect, he called it an indiscretion. She called it rape. and a dallas federal judge called it a $2 million outrage
Music
March 2, 1995
Uncle Whopelo?
Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town
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