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Last Night: Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj at the American Airlines Center

Britney Spears, Nicki NinajAmerican Airlines CenterJuly 12, 2011Better than: most shows by folks who actually sing, dance and write their own music. Mike MezeulIt's Britney, bitch. For more photos from last night's performance, check out the slideshow.​ Here's the thing about Britney: She's a med ... More >>

Dallas Police Release Nicki Minaj's Hotel Palomar Incident Report

Mike MezeulNicki Minaj performing at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Tuesday night. For more photos from the concert, check out the slideshow. Read our review fo the show here.​We knew that Nicki Minaj was involved in an altercation on Monday night at the Hotel Palomar in Dallas. We just ... More >>

BREAKING: Nicki Minaj Allegedly Involved in Fight at Dallas' Hotel Palomar Last Night

First things first, she'll eat your brain.​Late-breaking news this early evening as rap femme fatale Nicki Minaj prepares to take the stage at the American Airlines Center as the opening act for tonight's Britney Spears concert: TMZ is reporting that Minaj was "'struck' in the lower lip by a man" ... More >>

The Ultimate Tailgate Party: It May be the Closest Thing to Pro Football This Year

​Remember the last scene of Casablanca in which Rick and Renault come together in the end for the good of humanity then walk off into the fog contemplating "... the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Well, that's basically what's happening between the NFL owners and players this weekend at ... More >>

Prosecutor Says Craig Watkins Fired Him Because He Partied With GOP on Election Night

Tom Nowak​Much like other media outlets, we've been following the courthouse rumors of two prosecutors fired on Friday by First Assistant District Attorney Terri Moore as payback for attending the Election Day shindig at Hotel Palomar hosted by the Dallas County Republican Party. But until one ... More >>

Ain't No Party Like an Election Night Watching Party, So Here's Where to Find Your Peeps

Sam MertenDespite lots of enthusiasm from Dallas County Commissioner Maurine Dickey, the Republicans didn't do so hot two years ago. Could they turn the tables this year? Find out at Hotel Palomar. Or Victory Park.​If you've spent the last few nights out and about watching Your Texas Rangers g ... More >>

Taking Shelter From the Storm, Dallas Republicans Are Fired Up in the Palomar

​With a monster show of force, and a little help from the weather, Dallas County Republicans have made their presence known tonight, bringing Central Expressway and Mockingbird Lane to an absolute standstill pulling their Large Vehicles into the Hotel Palomar for their election night cash-bar bacc ... More >>

And Just Like That, Broden's ... Gone

Elliot Kaiser​While the local GOP suffered its mood swings at the Hotel Palomar, Eddie Bernice Johnson's Republican challenger in the Fighting' 30th, Stephen Broden chose Frankie's in Uptown as his Official Election Night Results-Watching Party Zone. That Unfair Park dispatched an ex-intern to cov ... More >>

Three Times the Charm...

Elliot Kaiser​While the local GOP suffered its mood swings at the Hotel Palomar, Eddie Bernice Johnson's Republican challenger in the Fighting' 30th, Stephen Broden chose Frankie's in Uptown as his Official Election Night Results-Watching Party Zone. That Unfair Park dispatched an ex-intern to cov ... More >>

Hash Over: More Barbecue Cook-offs, Samar Celebrates a Birthday, Brackets is Coming Soon, and Seasons 52 is Now Open

​We told you once and we'll tell you again, any season is barbecue season. Sure, you might need to trade in your swim trunks for snow boots at some point, but we're sure they'll look good with the "Kiss the Chef" apron you're wearing. This Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and 10, will be the ... More >>

The Rise of the Il Cane Rosso Empire

Cane Rosso's Truckin'​Pegasus News reports this morning that Il Cane Rosso is putting down roots in Deep Ellum. Owner Jay Jerrier couldn't be reached for comment, but Teresa Gubbins has posted a photo of the tip-off TABC window sign at 2612 Commerce Avenue. Jerrier last week confirmed on his Fac ... More >>

Shake & Steak & Bake

Cane Rosso's Truckin'​Pegasus News reports this morning that Il Cane Rosso is putting down roots in Deep Ellum. Owner Jay Jerrier couldn't be reached for comment, but Teresa Gubbins has posted a photo of the tip-off TABC window sign at 2612 Commerce Avenue. Jerrier last week confirmed on his Fac ... More >>

At Garden Café, a Chow Down
In the Okra Corral

Photos by Elaine LinerMark Wootton amid the blooming okra plants at Garden Cafe​You're either an okra person or you're not. Mark Wootton is an okra guy. As a kid in Highland Park, Wootton grew okra in the back yard of the family home on Shenandoah Street. "And I had an okra stand instead of a ... More >>

Those Suh-huh-mmer Niii-iiiiights

Photos by Elaine LinerMark Wootton amid the blooming okra plants at Garden Cafe​You're either an okra person or you're not. Mark Wootton is an okra guy. As a kid in Highland Park, Wootton grew okra in the back yard of the family home on Shenandoah Street. "And I had an okra stand instead of a ... More >>

Good Guys, Not Good Ratings

If nothing else last night's Good Guys made me crave some of the city's best barbecue -- see Mac's sign behind Bradley Whitford.​Last night's episode of The Good Guys, "The Broken Door Theory," is on the other side for those who missed it -- and, says Uncle Barky, quite a few of you most definitel ... More >>

The Late Judge Jerry Buchmeyer's Son Sends the World's Greatest Press Release

​Well, it was more of an e-mail from Jon Paul Buchmeyer -- a sort-of casual, friendly heads-up about his book Alphabet City: My So-Called Sitcom Life. The book tour-slash-traveling party begins, but of course, in Dallas on May 17 with a wingding at the Hotel Palomar. So, then, whatever is the book ... More >>

This Week's Stack o' Council Memos Reads Like an Unfair Park Week That Was

​This week we covered storm debris collection (more than once), council members using (or being) social media tools, the outgoing director of convention and event services and the Dallas International Film Festival (OK, so that was last week). And they're all subjects included in the packet of mem ... More >>

For Those Tikiheads Wondering If Trader Vic's Is Returning, The Answer Is: No.

​It was, for groovy old-timers still recovering from their Mai Tai Boat fog, a big deal when the announcement was made in June 2005: After years in mothballs, Trader Vic's would be reopening as part of the Hotel Palomar, which still counts it among its two dining options on the Web site. But, once ... More >>

For Your Viewing Pleasure, The Entire Dallas International Film Fest Lineup

​At last, the full schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival -- which kicks off three weeks from today, so better late than never. We've already taken sneak peeks at the first 22 titles, which include Oscar-winner Alex Gibney's Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States ... More >>

Eden vs Central 214: Salad Smackdown

Alex Flores​It is that time of year when we begin to waver on our resolutions. Oh, we still push ourselves to actually visit the gym we have been dutifully paying for the past eighteen months. Diet books fly off the shelf as we survey the damage done by the excess of office parties and garish hol ... More >>

Happy Turkey Day

Alex Flores​It is that time of year when we begin to waver on our resolutions. Oh, we still push ourselves to actually visit the gym we have been dutifully paying for the past eighteen months. Diet books fly off the shelf as we survey the damage done by the excess of office parties and garish hol ... More >>

Fry Girl

Alex Flores​It is that time of year when we begin to waver on our resolutions. Oh, we still push ourselves to actually visit the gym we have been dutifully paying for the past eighteen months. Diet books fly off the shelf as we survey the damage done by the excess of office parties and garish hol ... More >>

Dallas Convention Center Hotel's Murky Future

Petitions to kill the public project are gaining momentum

He So Married: Notes from Luther Campbell's Dallas Nuptials

Petitions to kill the public project are gaining momentum

Thing 1 and Thing 2

What's the real difference between Oakley and Leppert? No, seriously, please tell us.

Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Me

Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

Zzzzz...Huh? Oh Yeah. That Mayor Thingy.

Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

Rusty's Tiki Dare

Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory

Pop Quiz

An SAT for DFW

Waxing Intellectual

An SAT for DFW

Boutique Peasantry

Central 214 blends the humble and the noble

Clueless in the City

Central 214 blends the humble and the noble

Vic's Fix

Old classic reborn in new hotel

Hotel Palomar. It's Hot!

Old classic reborn in new hotel

Go Fish Go

All Aboard the Fish Express

Dueling Boutiques

All Aboard the Fish Express

Your Friends & Neighbors

Will Clarke's Lord Vishnu's Love Handles goes familiar places

Dead and Kicking

McKinney Avenue is alive and well