Frisbee

Where's that Trinity Trail Council Approved a Year Ago? Still Buried Under City Hall's Big Lie.

From 1998 when the Trinity River Project was first presented to voters as a racially unifying parks project, there has been a tension, to put it very politely, between the promise and the real agenda. As a matter of fact, I don't really use the word tension. I prefer lie. And the lie doesn't die. ... More >>

The Evolution Of Rangers Ballpark Food Through Two Classics

We've written plenty about the new massive food monsters available at Rangers Ballpark, but while I was at a game recently I was able to see them next to their old school counterparts. It's kind of shocking how far things have come in recent years, and makes you wonder how far this trend will carry. ... More >>

Oz: Still Trippy After All These Years

If Jews and Muslims Ate Milk and Honey's Falafel Pita, They'd Be Too Happy to Fight

Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Milk and Honey Sandwich: The Falafel Pita ($5.99) Bread: Fresh pita pulled straight from the oven Toppings: Falafel balls, Israeli sal ... More >>

Occupy Dallas Sends a Mayor Mike, City Officials a Note: They're Gonna Be Here a While

​We went to the Mecum car auction Saturday after all, where a '68 Corvette sold for $565,000, and as we were driving away from the Dallas Convention Center we espied a small encampment of sorts set up next to Robert Summers's 49 bronze Longhorns in Pioneer Plaza. There was one dude sporting a Guy ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.19.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End:Talked to the family of Shannon Stone for next week's Observer column. Wait until you hear their other sad story involving a souvenir ball from a Rangers' game. Sorry, you have to wait.Not ... More >>

At Back to School Fair, Mayor Rawlings, Fresh on the Job, Is Amazed by "The Scale of It"

Photos by Alex Scott, slide show here​With a bright blue Frisbee on his head and a blow-up ball hanging from his lips by its mouthpiece, 9-year-old Emanuel spins around in circles so fast, his new camouflage backpack lifts from his body like a parachute at the moment of landing. Today is his b ... More >>

White Rabbits' Stephen Patterson Shares The Aim, Potential Titles For His Band's Next Disc

White Rabbits​When White Rabbits headlines The Loft this Saturday, the band won't be doing so as part of a big national tour. Rather, the group, which has been holed up in Austin for the past few weeks working on their upcoming, third long player, is treating its brief swing of Texas dates as a br ... More >>

In Front of Dallas City Hall, Grabbing a Bite on The Living Plaza. "And It Only Took 30 Years."

Council member Jerry Allen tosses a Frisbee to Trinity Trust President Gail Thomas on the City Hall Plaza today at noon.​I'd intended to spend, oh, maybe half an hour in front of Dallas City Hall today, where, decades after William H. Whyte first proposed the idea of making that expanse of concret ... More >>

A Morning Field Trip to the Arts District to Usher In Trammel S. Crow's Earth Day Dallas

Photos by Patrick MichelsA National Parks Conservancy Association mascot teaches children that bears are great for hugging.​ The two-day Earth Day Dallas celebration kicked off in the Arts District at 10 this morning, and right from the start it was absolutely packed -- thanks to the Trammell S. ... More >>

Torteria Insurgentes' Tinga de Res Quesadilla Deserves a Standing Ovation

​A pair of flour tortillas containing flavored rubber cement is not what you think. It's not the traditional Mexican quesadilla. It's a stateside creation, part pie, part Frisbee, part Sheetrock and insulation. South of the border, a quesadilla is a half-moon shaped sandwich of cheese with the ... More >>

Tron: Legacy: Bliss Out On a 3-D, CGI'd, Incomprehensible Head Trip.

Getting Shots On Galaxy

Schutze has seen the future and it is community gardens-and a bunch of angry neighbors frightened of them

NYTimes Previews Dubya's Institute Speech

George W. Bush has been seen this week trying out his Thursday afternoon speech on anyone he can find at SMU.​George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement -- grabbin' a Goff's No. 2, playin' a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin' ... More >>

On The Range: Milanesa

A chicken fried steak, by any other name...​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Let's suppose a job offer landed in your lap that's just too good to be true. The money is a significant upgrade from your present position.Only one problem: You'd have to ... More >>

Daring Disc Doggies

FITs And Starts

"Suspicious Object" on a Light Pole in Front of Dallas News, WFAA Gets Police Attention

Schutze is at the Don Hill trial today, and during the lunch break he was sent word that WFAA and The Dallas Morning News buildings on César Chávez were cordoned off by police. Till moments ago, the Dallas Police Department's Web site listed an active call down thataways with no further explanatio ... More >>

A Systematic, Somewhat Sane Ranking of the World's Most Athletic Sports

Holding up my arm during this photo? 'Bout as athletic as Dale Earnhardt's driving.In this week's column in the dead tree version of Sportatorium I maintain that NASCAR drivers aren't athletes. Conversely, Texas Motor Speedway grand poobah Eddie Gossage counterpoints that not only are drivers ... More >>

The Day the Plot Stood Still

Sci-fi remake misses the point, and that's a Klaatu Barada no-no

Ask a Mexican

In corn vs. flour, wheat gets a smackdown

Review: Go Philly

Bring on the buffalo cheesesteak, bitches.

Review: Aló Cenaduria & Piqueos

All Apologies

Hey, man. Dave's coming.

The End Is Near

Famine, pestilence, war, death--at Dallas Theological Seminary, the Apocalypse is the horse to bet on

Puppy Love

Nintendogs' charm will win over the most jaded of gamers.

Pet Fete

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Fore Score

Golfing as a good deed

Talkin' Trash

Earth Day needs schooling

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Lesson Learned

Ghetto Fame-Us lost three members but gained much more

Best Spot to Sweat Your Butt Off While Playing Frisbee Golf

B.B. Owens Park

All Bark

Cats & Dogs doesn't quite build a better mousetrap

Latin Homestyle

La Duni Café serves up comfort food from down south ... way, way down south

Top Dogs

Canine disc says a lot about our pet-centric culture

Slammer Chow

Prison food with a price

Best place to play Ultimate Frisbee

Village Country Club IM Fields

Sexy Dex

Donal Logue's fat, stoned, loveable lothario steals hearts and the show in The Tao of Steve

Perfect FIT

Festival of Independent Theatres offers a smorgasbord for the mind

Find our way

On its new album, The Apples in Stereo don't sound like anyone but themselves

A fair question

Can you find any art at the State Fair of Texas?

Drab fab

Fabulosa! doesn't live up to its punctuation

Four-point-oh

Bistro A scores straight, solid grades

Sweet ode to convoy grub

But Truckers grinds the breakfast gears

Unconventional wisdom

Going Gourmet created itself in the image of its customers

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Pole-tossers in skirts

It takes a big man to make it on the pro Scottish Festival circuit

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX