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Americans Declare Wine Independance: We Now Drink More Vino Than The French.

Great news America. We win. A story printed earlier this year notes U.S. residents now make up the largest wine market in the world, consuming 13 percent of all that's produced globally. That's ahead of both France and Italy, which have historically been the biggest winos in the global market. What ... More >>

Pension Officials Have Done $1 Million of "Due Diligence" in Luxury Vacation Destinations

The Dallas Police & Fire Pension Fund stumbled into a PR disaster when it went all in on the allegedly-art destroying Museum Tower, but that was far from its only foray into real estate. At times, as Anna reported last year, as much of a third of the fund's $3 billion portfolio has been tied up in l ... More >>

Pension Officials Have Done $1 Million of "Due Diligence" in Luxury Vacation Destinations

The Dallas Police & Fire Pension Fund stumbled into a PR disaster when it went all in on the allegedly-art destroying Museum Tower, but that was far from its only foray into real estate. At times, as Anna reported last year, as much of a third of the fund's $3 billion portfolio has been tied up in l ... More >>

Brewery-Inspired Henry's Tavern And American Grill is Now Open in Plano

Henry's Tavern opened this week in the Shops at Legacy in Plano (5741 Legacy Drive). A Portland import, this is only the second location of the brewery-inspired restaurant, which seats more than 500 guests and pours more than 100 different local, regional and national beers. The menu is mammoth wi ... More >>

Chef DAT on What Dallas Needs, New Orleans and Underground Dinners

Louisiana native David Anthony Temple (aka Chef DAT), a pioneer of sorts of for the local pop up dinner scene, has been hosting his Underground Dinners since January of 2009. He grew up cooking with his family, but honed his skills (both in terms of cooking and ingredients) while working at places l ... More >>

Photographer Mike Brooks Was a Late Bloomer

Freelance photographer (and Observer contributor) Mike Brooks grew up in Hawaii. Pretty easy to fall in love with the visual arts there, but he didn't start out as a music photographer. Since his days at the Punahou School in Honolulu, and two colleges in Northern California, he's built a rep shoo ... More >>

Battleship: Because Every Generation Needs an Armageddon

Wayne Hancock: "The Whole Alt-Country Thing is Bullshit."

Even though country singer Wayne "The Train" Hancock was born in the '60s, he comes across like a man from an entirely different generation. His look, mannerisms and style of music are much more akin to someone raised in the Roaring Twenties, though Hancock's first album was released in 1995. Speak ... More >>

Lukas Nelson Has a Famous Dad, But He's Not Following In His Footsteps

Being the son of legendary singer/songwriter Willie Nelson wasn't always the easiest road to hoe. After leaving the family home in Hawaii and heading to California, Lukas Nelson found himself living out of his car, playing music just for a place to sleep. Thankfully, his living conditions and musi ... More >>

Ice Cometh, Man: No, You Are Not an Excellent Driver

Oh, no. The ice-driving season is about to come back to Dallas for its annual reign of terror. We're all going to die. When I moved to Texas from Michigan about 100 years ago, the common wisdom was that people from the North knew how to drive on ice and people from Texas didn't. I liked that versio ... More >>

Kirby Warnock Opens Buddy Vaults to Show Off Rare Early Pics of Stevie Ray, Jimmie Vaughan

I noted this a few weeks back, but for those who've forgotten: Jimmie Vaughan will make his Oak Cliff homecoming on Thursday with a show at the Texas Theatre, part of the ongoing "Soul of Oak Cliff" series organized by Kirby Warnock. And leading up to that momentous occasion, Warnock -- there at the ... More >>

We'd Love to Buy a Vowell

Going Underground for a Good Meal

​I had the luck to attend one of chef David Anthony Temple's Underground Dinners. Temple began his career in Louisiana and traveled around the world before settling here in Dallas, where he started working with Tom Spicer. His passion is using the best local and regional ingredients to make di ... More >>

The Top 10 Greatest Undrafted Players in the History of Your Dallas Cowboys

​Former SMU player-turned-Cowboys' stud Bryan McCann got me to thinking. Has an undrafted guy ever made such an immediate impact in Dallas? An interception return of 101 yards one week, followed by a 97-yard punt return the following week is impressive. But he'd better keep it up ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Basia at The Lakewood Theater, Iration at The Loft, The Legendary Pink Dots at the Cambridge Room

Kind of a slow(er) Tuesday evening as far as musical offerings go, but there are still a few things going on worth investigating. Perhaps you may even stumble across Wade Phillips drowning his sorrow!

Our Top 5 Most Expensive Things
To Eat or Drink

​You just invented the Opti-Grab just like The Jerk's Navin R. Johnson, or possibly hit it big in what many now may consider their only chance at retirement, the lottery. What would you do with all that loot after buying a ration of fine automobiles and country estates? Well, you could join th ... More >>

Goya Foods Recalls Frozen Mamey Packages Linked to Salmonella Typhi

​Secaucus, New Jersey-based Goya Foods Inc., the dominant Latin American foods company, has recalled all its 14-ounce packages of frozen mamey pulp. The product is used to make milkshakes and smoothies. The packages were distributed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, ... More >>

Princess Kaiulani

Doc About Life After Death Penalty at SMU Gets Held Up. "In a Good Way."

Untitled from DLP Entertainment on Vimeo.A Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention yesterday to the trailer for a documentary called Article 19, about events leading up to and immediately following SMU's football program receiving the NCAA's death penalty in February 1987. I recalled having rea ... More >>

Whitt's End: 12.18.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dallas Cowboys' fans left training camp convinced they had three above-average running backs, each of which could start for most NFL teams. But, in retrospect, is the "three-headed monster" a ... More >>

Hula Hotties Holds Sway in Oak Cliff

Hophead: 'Liquid Aloha' From Kona Brewing Co.

Jesse Hughey When you think about brewing hot spots, what come to mind? Some obvious international destinations include Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Czech Republic. As for the U.S., craft breweries are everywhere, but we think of the West Coast--especially Portland and Seattle. There's alw ... More >>

Pairing Off: Spam

Patrick MichelsThe classic 1949 film Battleground ranks as one of the best not only because Ricardo Montalban (or his character, anyway) freezes to death. There's also a scene appropriate to this week's Pairing Off.It lasts just a few seconds, but says everything one needs to know about America's re ... More >>

Arctic Animation

Disney heroes hit the ice

What About Bob?

After a weird, wild week of name-calling, foundation-shuddering, letter debunking and a he said/she said spanning Florida to Hawaii, the bizarre tale of Bob Hayes' Twisted Sister finally has a temporary resolution, if not permanent closure. The current verdict: Bob Hayes, Jr. - and not Luc ... More >>

Aloha, Garland

The Plaza takes an island journey

Parenting Off The Grid in The Alt-Family Portrait Surfwise

Why You Should Never Go to Your High School Reunion

Pardon ... Kat "The Lesbian?" My Pals at Pearce Always Were More Fun.

We Fact-Check Max Wells' Attack Ads on Tom Leppert So Wells Doesn't Have To

Deathless Tiki Tacky

Kitsch is cool again at Trader Vic's

Full-Court Press Releases

Sam Coats, You're Movin' On Up

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 27

So Rich, So White

The Iron Claw, Not for Sale

Legendary Laughs

Carol Burnett chats up her audience

Tropical Flavor

Ring Tone

Of Nelsons Willie and Don

Too Cool for School | Itchy in My Foil Thong

Wet Kisses

Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing

Back in the Saddle

Cowboy up for the Texas Black Invitational Rodeo

Elmore or Less

There's little merit toThe Big Bounce

Da Bomb!

Plus: Chunks of Hate, Shakespeare Snoots, River Follies

Bora! Bora! Bora!

Pearl Harbor's sound and fury signify nothing

Best business start-up likely to kick butt

NextJet

Hide and seek

Deep Ellum developer Lou Reese bilked a savings and loan, bled his creditors, and walked away from federal prision a rich man. Bragging about it was is one big mistake.

Night & Day

June 10 - 16, 1999

Love for sale

In the harsh world of Picture Bride, you don't find bliss--you make it