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Galveston

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    On Saturday's Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair Park: Things Seemed To Be Going Smoothly...

    [Editor's Note: We originally sent city columnist and noted curmudgeon Jim Schutze out to Fair Park on Saturday night on something of a lark. We knew he'd be a fish out of water, sure. But we also knew that, in some ways, covering the event would be right up his alley -- a chance for him to see one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Family of Diabetic Inmate Who Died at Dawson State Jail Sues Private Prison Operator

    Pamela Weatherby, who died last July​Pamela Weatherby, a 45-year-old Big Spring woman -- and, according to a federal suit filed Monday in Dallas, an "unstable insulin dependent diabetic" -- was serving a one-year sentence for drug possession at Dawson State Jail when she died last July. Now her pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Author Engaged in Legal Tussle With HP Developer Tired of Being SLAPP'd Around

    Carla Main testifying down in Austin yesterday​We've written a few times in recent years about author Carla Main, who remains locked in a legal tussle with Highland Park developer Hiram Walker Royall over Main's '07 book Bulldozed: "Kelo," Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land, which chron ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Hanna Raskin To Leave Observer, Taking Her Opinions and Her Bikes to Seattle

    ​When Eater last published my picture, Nancy Nichols told the crowd at Sidedish that it looked like I needed to eat more. Her remark was perhaps snide, perhaps sexist, but definitely true. I've lost 10 pounds since moving to Dallas, a result of my nightmarish reaction to short Texas ragweed and a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    Murder=Not So Good

    ​When Eater last published my picture, Nancy Nichols told the crowd at Sidedish that it looked like I needed to eat more. Her remark was perhaps snide, perhaps sexist, but definitely true. I've lost 10 pounds since moving to Dallas, a result of my nightmarish reaction to short Texas ragweed and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Foodways Texas Offers a Tasty Road Trip to Gulf

    ​Foodways Texas, the new organization that aims to "preserve, promote and celebrate the diverse food cultures of Texas," has announced an event that should help make sense of all the fancy words in its ambitious mission statement. Tickets for the group's first symposium in Galveston go on sal ... 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 >>

  • Dining

    November 11, 2010

    Texas Oyster Season is Here. Time to be Greedy.

    ​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

    September 30, 2010

    Brion Randall Won't Be Stealing Locals' Hard-Earned Millions For the Next 15 Years

    Brion Randall​Based upon the handful of comments that just popped up on this 4-month-old Unfair Park item, some of his victims already know and have been celebrating the news: Brion Randall -- the Plano man who, from 2004 through '09, screwed some 30 folks out of around $6 million -- is going to f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Whitt's End: 6.18.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Watching Thursday night's NBA Finals Game 7, it struck me just how far your Dallas Mavericks are from a championship. Lakers 83, Celtics 79 was a rugged, violent scrum on every possession. I' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Plano Man to Plead Guilty to Bilking Local Investors Out of More Than $6 Million

    ​So says a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office that just landed in the in-box. His name is Brion Gary Randall, and according to the feds, on May 18 the 48-year-old will plead guilty in Dallas federal court to running a handful of scams between 2004 and last July that were eventually unea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Appetite For Instruction: Marinara Cream Sauce

    ​Recipe Demonstrated by Anthony Russo of Russo's New York Coal Fired Italian Kitchen We all have big dreams. Some people want to win a Nobel Prize, others want to swim with sharks at the Great Barrier Reef and most just want to retire at the age of 30. Mine is simple, I want to move to Italy, dr ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Remember the Alamo, But Forget That Whole Kennedy Thing, Please

    ​Recipe Demonstrated by Anthony Russo of Russo's New York Coal Fired Italian Kitchen We all have big dreams. Some people want to win a Nobel Prize, others want to swim with sharks at the Great Barrier Reef and most just want to retire at the age of 30. Mine is simple, I want to move to Italy, dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Last Night at SMU, Andrés Duany Took the Wrecking Ball to "The North Dallas Special"

    Alexa SchirtzingerAndrés Duany pointed the way to Dallas's walkable future on the SMU campus last night.Mayor Tom Leppert's introduction of renowned urban planner and architect Andrés Duany last night at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Ballroom on the SMU campus was less a please-welcome than a s ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Money for Nothing|Attention Must Be Paid|Free at Last|Welcome Home, George

    Alexa SchirtzingerAndrés Duany pointed the way to Dallas's walkable future on the SMU campus last night.Mayor Tom Leppert's introduction of renowned urban planner and architect Andrés Duany last night at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Ballroom on the SMU campus was less a please-welcome than a s ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 12, 2008

    Coot Trick

    Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    The Price is Right -- Very Right!

    Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Pod People|Cheap Bastard|The Nice T.O.|Fields of Green|Mr. *|Trinity Foundation

    Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2007

    A Renowned Dallas Jury Consultant Has That Lovin' Feeling for Phil Spector's Murder Trial

    Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall

  • News

    May 31, 2007

    For the Birds

    Meet some undocumented immigrants that aren't illegal

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2007

    County Settles Suit With Inmate -- For Close to a Million Bucks

    Meet some undocumented immigrants that aren't illegal

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2007

    Hard Rock Still Rockin'. For Now.

    Meet some undocumented immigrants that aren't illegal

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    Fed-up Feds

    U.S. Justice Department investigators find horrid conditions at Dallas County's jail

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Paying the Piper

    Legal bills mount as the county defends its failed jail health systems

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2006

    He Said, She Said and Nobody Said a Damned Thing

    Legal bills mount as the county defends its failed jail health systems

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    Power Lines

    Jimmy Webb wrote one of the greatest songs ever. Just don't tell him that.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2006

    Preservationist off the Reservation

    Jimmy Webb wrote one of the greatest songs ever. Just don't tell him that.

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Sheriff Who?

    Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was a revolutionary candidate--as a leader, not so much

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2006

    TB or Not TB, That is the County's Question

    Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was a revolutionary candidate--as a leader, not so much

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    Justice Delayed

    A woman's story of life behind bars might be of interest to federal investigators

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Cell Disease

    Being sick in Dallas County's troubled jail can be a death sentence

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    If You Can't Argue the Facts...

    Plus: Every Picture Tells a Story

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    A Welcome Experiment

    Mission Giant makes art-rock that is equal parts spectacle and sound. Just don't call them Devo.

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Give Peace and Peppers a Chance

    Chili cooks score one for multilateralism

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Chili cooks score one for multilateralism

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Unbuttoned-Down Muse

    Plus: Girls Wanted; The Eyes Have It; We Win

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2004

    Suck It

    Mug down on mudbugs during Crawfest 2004

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Mug down on mudbugs during Crawfest 2004

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    Evil Eyes

    Coral Eugene Watts is a serial killer. He says he'll murder again. Why can't Texas stop him?

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Hope in Hell

    Cameron Park, Texas, is the poorest town in the U.S.A. But its residents say life has never been better.

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    "Today, a Generation Died."

    Revisiting the story of the 1937 New London gas explosion--the worst tragedy involving schoolchildren in American history

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    The Real Cheaters

    Officials showed courage by cracking down on Dwaine Caraway's campaign

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    Unfair Share

    High-pressure sales tactics and promises of fabulous prizes make Dallas-based Silverleaf Resorts the champion of Texas time-shares, but dissatisfied customers say, "Buyer beware"

  • Culture

    April 27, 2000

    Blink

    Art movement

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Bay botch

    Oysterman Joe Nelson says pollution is slowly killing Galveston Bay. Is anyone listening?

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    One crazy lawyer

    Within days of a shotgun attack in Rowlett, tempestuous Dallas lawyer Catherine Shelton found herself in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. It isn't the first time.

  • Culture

    May 6, 1999

    The intentional tourist

    Texas artist Frank X. Tolbert2 gives us a new look at the Old World

  • Music

    March 25, 1999

    Put up a fight

    With bands like these, who needs Austin anyway?

  • Culture

    December 17, 1998

    The color of money

    Two artists prove what the stunning use of color can and can't do

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    Fly away, little jailbird

    Reports of Steven Russell's death were greatly exaggerated, but they were enough to spring him from a Texas prison

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