House and Home

Related Search

News Home Unfair Park Schutze Ask a Mexican Buzz Archives Search Dallas Observer Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Crave

Music Home DC9 at Night Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile H2O Box Hunt FLOAT Summer Cut

Restaurants Home City of Ate Cheap Eats Happy Hours Menus Best Of Deals Crave Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Mixmaster Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads Theatre Takeover

Film Home Showtimes Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals Crave FLOAT H2O Box Hunt Summer Cut

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter Virtual Career Fair Great Expectations DFW

Blogs
May 15, 2012
Rock and Roll Tacos Takes Over the Kitchen at Deep Ellum's LaGrange
The mobile food eatery Rock and Roll Tacos is taking over the kitchen at LaGrange in Deep Ellum in an effort to help both businesses spread taco love. The partnership solves a couple issues: For one, LaGrange is primarily a swanky lounge offering up local music and good drinks. "To be honest, the ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2012
The Dallas Arboretum's Winfrey Point-Attacking Botanist Had a Rough Weekend
Late on Friday, we passed along a letter from the Dallas Arboretum celebrating an agreement with White Rock Lake neighbors that allows the city to turn the grasslands of Winfrey Point into a temporary parking lot. It was a strange missive to begin with -- a botanical garden celebrating its ability ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
Dallas Arboretum and City Hall Want You to Know: Winfrey Point Ain't Paradise, And They're Not Paving it Anyway
After an agreement was reached earlier to let the city mow the wild grass at Winfrey Point, both City Hall and the Arboretum have come out firing PR-wise, trying to turn the tide of support for keeping cars off of the "prairie." Below you'll find releases sent by both City Hall, which swears it's g ... More >>
Calendar
December 8, 2011
Arboretum Chases Away Holiday Blues
After an agreement was reached earlier to let the city mow the wild grass at Winfrey Point, both City Hall and the Arboretum have come out firing PR-wise, trying to turn the tide of support for keeping cars off of the "prairie." Below you'll find releases sent by both City Hall, which swears it's g ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
Deep Ellum Urban Gardens Could be Hours Away from a Big Donation
Dallas girl Lindsey Cook is in a tight race with Mary Edwards from California as the fan favorite in the Aetna Healthy Food Fight -- a fight that could mean a nice influx of cash for the Deep Ellum Urban Gardens. In case you missed it, through a contest at the State Fair, Cook was chosen to go to N ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Deep Ellum Urban Gardens Could Get a Major Boost from a Local Woman's Stuffed Peppers
As an avid runner and cook, Lindsey Cook of Dallas loves to create healthy dishes, like her quinoa and turkey stuffed bell peppers. Easy, versatile and full of deliciousness, Cook was so smitten with the recipe that she entered it in the Aetna Healthy Food Fight contest. From there, the dish ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2011
The Deep Ellum Urban Garden Needs a Little Push
Proposed DUG Community GardenA few weeks ago we told you about the Deep Ellum Urban Garden (DUG) fundraising project via Crowdtilt.com. Here's a recap: Through the Deep Ellum Community Association, DUG is trying to raise $25,000 to create a community garden in Deep Ellum. However, they're ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Deep Ellum Urban Garden Needs Help, and Gets Some, In Effort to Raise Some Green
A couple of weeks back we noted: The Deep Ellum Community Association is in desperate need of seed money to plant a long-in-the-works urban garden at Canton and Good-Latimer -- $25,000, to be precise, for such things as benches, fences, tools and, ya know, plants. Hence their fund-raising efforts ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2011
Deep Ellum Community Association Needs Some Seed Money to Plant an Urban Garden
What you see at right is the urban garden the Deep Ellum Community Association would like to plant on this lot at Canton and Good-Latimer. The idea isn't new: In December 2009 we wrote about DECA's attempt to green up Deep Ellum, and initially they'd looked at planting on the site of the old Rock ... More >>
Calendar
September 8, 2011
Everything's Home-Growing
What you see at right is the urban garden the Deep Ellum Community Association would like to plant on this lot at Canton and Good-Latimer. The idea isn't new: In December 2009 we wrote about DECA's attempt to green up Deep Ellum, and initially they'd looked at planting on the site of the old Rock ... More >>
Calendar
June 23, 2011
See It And Sleep On It
What you see at right is the urban garden the Deep Ellum Community Association would like to plant on this lot at Canton and Good-Latimer. The idea isn't new: In December 2009 we wrote about DECA's attempt to green up Deep Ellum, and initially they'd looked at planting on the site of the old Rock ... More >>
Calendar
June 2, 2011
It's A Benefit In Bloom
What you see at right is the urban garden the Deep Ellum Community Association would like to plant on this lot at Canton and Good-Latimer. The idea isn't new: In December 2009 we wrote about DECA's attempt to green up Deep Ellum, and initially they'd looked at planting on the site of the old Rock ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Leave Your Tie at Home or Munch a Cupcake for Charity
This week, forgo the tie and stop in for a cupcake. Don't feel bad about being too trendy -- or maybe too late on a trend -- it's all for charity. Read on. The Event: No Tie Dinner and Dessert Party The Cause: AIDS Services of Dallas When you get home from the office Friday, hang your tie o ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
Package Deals Readied to Fill You Up for Super Bowl. Antacids Not Included.
Unless you're spending Super Bowl Sunday with Dennis Rodman in a hot tub at the Silver City parking lot or joining the throngs of obnoxious drunks at Hooters, you'll probably be watching the game in the comfort and safety of your home or a friend's house. For those hosting a watching party o ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Postal Service Forks Over a New Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service is giving letter writers a chance to express their inner culinarians. For occasions when a president or petunia won't do, the USPS is releasing a stamp depicting a fork, knife and spoon. It's one of a dozen stamps on a pane honoring "pioneers of American industrial de ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Community Gardeners Pledge To Keep Growing Despite "Disappointing" City Regulations
Photo By Mark GrahamMariana Griggs vows to continue her renegade gardening.The City's slow move against community gardening continues, as evidenced by the latest set of do's-and-don'ts -- the sixth try at this -- given the green-thumbs-up by the council's Transportation and Environment Committee ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Liveblogging the Transportation and Environment Committee Meeting
Good afternoon, Friends. Here we gather in City Hall's icy 6ES to commence the Transportation and Environment Committee Meeting, at which is promised discussion of both transportation and environment: street cars and community gardens are both on the agenda, with a bonus presentation on the North ... More >>
Calendar
May 27, 2010
Who's Got The Herb?
Good afternoon, Friends. Here we gather in City Hall's icy 6ES to commence the Transportation and Environment Committee Meeting, at which is promised discussion of both transportation and environment: street cars and community gardens are both on the agenda, with a bonus presentation on the North ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2010
Council Committee Approves New "Prairie Look" For Central Expressway
Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>
Calendar
April 1, 2010
Wing It
Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>
Calendar
March 4, 2010
Ferdinand's Utopia
Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>
Calendar
January 14, 2010
Planting Lilies
Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council's Tra ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2009
Veggie Guy: Thanksgiving
I would've really liked to spend this Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law in Northwest Spain. They throw an amazing bash each year for all of their American friends, then take it to the clubs for late-night dancing and drinks. Fun times, for sure! My recently retired mother, however ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2009
The First Of What We're Sure Will Be Many NBA All-Star Weekend Party Announcements
It's still more than five months, but plans are already in motion for the weekend of February 12 through February 14--or, as we've already called it, the most important weekend in Dallas hip-hop history--when the 2010 NBA All-Star game rolls through town.So far, at least one hip-hop party plan is ... More >>
Calendar
February 26, 2009
Sir Sperry
Meet with the guru of Lone Star gardens
Blogs
February 20, 2009
Simple Green
Organic is everywhere these days--and we don't mean in restaurants. If you attend Organic Day at Northaven Gardens tomorrow (Feb.21,) you can find it in your own backyard. Literally. At the garden center, Patti Moreno, aka. the Garden Girl, sustainable living expert and host of Garden Girl TV, wil ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2008
TxDOT Wants City to Shell Out Green for Green on Central Expressway
Organic is everywhere these days--and we don't mean in restaurants. If you attend Organic Day at Northaven Gardens tomorrow (Feb.21,) you can find it in your own backyard. Literally. At the garden center, Patti Moreno, aka. the Garden Girl, sustainable living expert and host of Garden Girl TV, wil ... More >>
Calendar
November 8, 2007
Relax About Money
Organic is everywhere these days--and we don't mean in restaurants. If you attend Organic Day at Northaven Gardens tomorrow (Feb.21,) you can find it in your own backyard. Literally. At the garden center, Patti Moreno, aka. the Garden Girl, sustainable living expert and host of Garden Girl TV, wil ... More >>
Calendar
June 21, 2007
We All Fall Down
Organic is everywhere these days--and we don't mean in restaurants. If you attend Organic Day at Northaven Gardens tomorrow (Feb.21,) you can find it in your own backyard. Literally. At the garden center, Patti Moreno, aka. the Garden Girl, sustainable living expert and host of Garden Girl TV, wil ... More >>
Calendar
December 21, 2006
Over the Top
The Women's Museum honors Draper's decadent design
Calendar
September 7, 2006
Lust and Wallpaper
Explore your domestic kink at the Home & Garden Show
Calendar
May 18, 2006
Clean Sweep
Explore your domestic kink at the Home & Garden Show
Music
January 19, 2006
Mute Math
Friday, January 20, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"
Calendar
September 8, 2005
Troubled Waters
Friday, January 20, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"
Calendar
February 24, 2005
Stormy Weather
Get the know-how to spot and dodge
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Eco-Products
Green Living
Calendar
June 3, 2004
Grow Your Own
Texas Discovery Gardens knows the rules of attraction
Calendar
April 15, 2004
Sky High
Supercross riders make leaps of faith--or craziness
Calendar
January 29, 2004
Doctor's In
It's easy being green
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Florist
Dr. Delphinium Designs
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best (Faux) Flower Arrangements
Silks Abloom
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Health-Food Store
Whole Foods Market
Calendar
February 20, 2003
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Whole Foods Market
Music
June 13, 2002
Blooming Wonder
Darden Smith's gifts are on full display on Sunflower
Culture
November 15, 2001
Calendar
The Nutcracker and beyond
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Place to Commune with Nature
Dallas Arboretum
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Furniture Store
Anteks
News
October 5, 2000
Silent Scream
Mute and immobile, Alice Joy Taylor couldn't cry out when fire ants attacked her in her nursing-home bed, but would anyone have heard her if she did?
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best scenic drive
Van Zandt County
Film
April 20, 1995
Dead on arrival
Circumstances surrounding the Deadhead documentary Tie-Died reveal the film's mistaken premise
More >>

House and Home

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Music

Calendar

Calendar

Best of Dallas

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Best of Dallas

Best of Dallas

Best of Dallas

Calendar

Music

Culture

Best of Dallas

Best of Dallas

News

Best of Dallas

Film

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This