Lewisville

Jayden Frost, a Singer for '80s Pop Band When In Rome, Runs a Vintage Toy Shop in DFW

Under a circular blue awning in Lewisville lies a fairly unmarked store with generic white letters reading, "DFW Vintage Toys." The change of worlds stepping inside is jarring -- it's like walking back 30 years and into your childhood. The mastermind behind DFW Vintage Toys, Jayden Frost, is seriou ... More >>

Odom's Ribs are Worth a Little Risk to Life and Limb, So Just Leave Your Gun at Home

Odom's BBQ is an interesting site. I really like it. You pull up outside, having driven past the vastly inferior Babb Bros. just a mile down the road (over the bridge of many names), and realize you have gone from the Babbs end of Singleton (nicely landscaped, trees with lights and shit) to just a m ... More >>

The Christmas Tamale Tradition: Grandma's Was Always Best

The moment I realized that food comes from animals was during one of my family's tamale making sessions. I was about 4 or 5 and after waking from a nap I wandered down the hallway of the temporary trailer my grandparents were living in while they awaited the completion of their house on the family r ... More >>

Titles and Tiaras

At CTD and Lewisville, two winning comedies reveal the ugly side of beauty pageants.

Photo Essay: The Tattoos of Dallas' Nightlife Scene

See also: The Tattoos of Dallas Nightlife Slideshow Photographer Roderick Pullum has been out chronicling nightlife for the Observer for a while now. For the purposes of this post, however, we got him to capture the tattoos imbued in Dallas' nightlife scene, and the stories that go with them. Jef ... More >>

Lewisville Company Pays $5.2 Million to Settle Claims That it Bribed Mexican Government

A local medical device maker agreed yesterday to pay $5.2 million to settle a charges that it systematically bribed officials to win sales contracts with government hospitals in Mexico in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. According to a complaint filed by the SEC, Promeca, the Mexican ... More >>

12 of This Weekend's Top Concerts: Coldplay, Fungi Girls, Chamillionaire & More

Coldplay, Robyn, Wolf GangJune 22, June 23 at American Airlines CenterIs Coldplay the biggest band in the world? That's what they were always shooting for. Their latest album, Mylo Xyloto, has only continued their ascent. Its syrupy melodies and sincere lyrics pull in fans by the truckload and make ... More >>

Stoney LaRue Does Some Sweet Charity For Cook Children's Medical Center

The country music community of Texas and Oklahoma has been a fantastic supporter of children and their families battling various medical issues. Over the past few years, Ft. Worth DJ Justin Frazell has been a driving force behind the all-star Pickin' for Preemies series of Labor Day concerts, with p ... More >>

Phil Hamilton Wants Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes If He's Stuck

Phil Hamilton's latest Red Dirt, Southern rock record, Renegade Rock n Roll, runs the gamut from heartsick love songs to working-man rock anthems. The local's played stages from South Texas to Kansas in recent weeks, celebrating the release of his second album. The video for "You Can Have Me" has be ... More >>

Assistant City Manager Answers Scott Griggs's Questions About Saving, Selling City's Water

​A couple of weeks back, during those water conservation and watering restriction briefings, council member Scott Griggs had a few questions for Dallas Water Utilities Director Jody Puckett that she wasn't prepared to answer, among them: Is the city presently selling water to gas drillers, and, be ... More >>

Brother-sister Team Try to Plant Interest in Theater in The Colony

Tish Mussey and her brother Martin grew up as army brats, moving frequently and learning that their shared love of theater gave them an identity and something to do together wherever they were. When the siblings ended up in The Colony, now with their own families, they found there wasn't a theater c ... More >>

A Message from Mary Suhm Concerning Dallas's Role as Region's "Emergency Water Provider"

​So much for all that rain we were promised; there it goes, not even close save for last night's stray raindrops. The not-even-near-miss seems only fitting in advance of tomorrow's briefing before the Dallas City Council, when City Manager Mary Suhm will recommend going to Stage 1, twice-a-week wa ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Led Zeppelin's Gonna Groove at Memorial in 1970

Via.Click to embiggen if you want to remember laughter. Or Minsky's Music.​For those playing along at home, this long-weekend's offering fills in an estimable blank. Because so far we've time-traveled back to that field in Lewisville in '69, when Led Zeppelin joined Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Johnny ... More >>

Is Garnishing a Cocktail Gilding the Lily?

If your drink looks like this, have a chat with your bartender.​The wedge of dragon fruit tilted the cocktail placed on the table. And it was annoying. The drink, one of the beverages offered at a tequila cocktail competition this weekend, was lip-smacking good without it. It was gratuitous w ... More >>

Aidan Goes Country

Crawfish Season Off to Slow Start Thanks to Winter Storms

​I grew up in East Texas in a predominantly Cajun family, so crawfish season always makes me nostalgic for the days of sitting in the back seat of my dad's truck with a wiggling 20 pound burlap sack of mudbugs. At first, I was horrified for being responsible for sending countless crawdads to t ... More >>

Dallas ISD Just Announced Its New Chief Financial Officer On the Facebook

​And his name is Alan King. My mom'll be thrilled -- she's a big fan of the late comic. Ah, wait. Wrong one, of course. No, this is the current deputy superintendent of the Lewisville Independent School District, who replaces the headin'-back-to-Austin Larry Throm. Before he was up in Lewisville, ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Dimmu Borgir at House of Blues, Vulgar Fashion at Hailey's, The New Collection at The Kessler and The Local Hang at The Libertine

An interesting collection of shows highlights this first Monday evening in December. Wear a coat and check out one of these offerings.

Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.

Frankie's Sports Bar And Grill Should Make Rangers Fans Happy

It would be hard to find a seat where you don't have a good view of a screen. ​Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin' Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn't take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: Frankie's Spo ... More >>

Dinghy Bar & Grill: Where Would-Be Parrotheads Flock.

Legendary Dallas Skateboarders, Rebuffed By The City In Their Efforts To Build A Public Skatepark, Go Underground And Build Their Own.

News & Notes: Hooray for the Ever-Expanding Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Blockbuster Keeps NYSE Listing and American's "YADA" Yada

U.S. Census Bureau​A little light lunchtime reading ...To begin with, the U.S. Census Bureau released its population estimates today, and, as usual, Texas -- and the DFWA (as in, Arlington) -- fared bestest in all the land. "Star of the Sun Belt," says here. And that means you, Frisco and McKinney ... More >>

The Lake, the View, the Burgers, the Beer: Livin' is Easy at Stan's Lakeview Taphouse & Grill

​In Downtown Dallas, Pegasus and Reunion Tower are the reigning icons. In Fort Worth, it's the Stockyards. Plano residents dote on their lovely restored downtown. The Colony has a lake. No, make that The Lake, as in Lake Lewisville, which dominates the vistas for miles around. In perfect spring w ... More >>

That's One Scary Effing Line-Up They've Put Together for Frightmare Film Fest

​Good God. We're slowly but surely working our way through the Dallas International Film Festival offerings -- though, from the sound of the press release that just landed in the in-box, we'd best hustle. Why come? Only a couple of weeks after that fest wraps is the Texas Frightmare Film Festival, ... More >>

One in a Series, Apparently: Jobs Coming to North Texas From Taxifornia

​Yesterday, The Orange County Register reported that a manufacturer of automotive fan clutches and transmission oil coolers is moving from California to Texas -- Grapevine and Lewisville, to be exact -- which will impact close to 100 workers, a majority of whom will be offered an opportunity to mo ... More >>

Whitt's End: 10.30.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I take absolutely no very little joy in D Magazine's Inside Corner sports blog going belly up any second now. Evan Grant is a solid baseball Xs and Os writer and I'll follow his work back to Dalla ... More >>

And The Winner Is...

​A hell of a lot to wade through this week, mostly thanks to the state fair.Two things before we get to the non-winners. First, I think I found a way to rid my desk of some of the accumulated junk...uh, I mean, of the highly sought after prizes, which this week would have included a handsome coffe ... More >>

Happy Trails? Not Without These Students Spending Their Summer In the Sun.

Megan FeldmanWhen you're riding a clear bike path near Rochester Park, just remember who to thank.On a 103-degree day like today, most people stick to air-conditioned buildings or poolside recliners. Not 19-year-old Jonathon Jackson.With a crew of a dozen other teens, the South Oak Cliff High gradu ... More >>

On The Range: Chimichangas

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

As General Motors Tries to Move Cars Off the Lot, It Turns to One Local Saturn Dealer

Saturn of North Texas managing partner Jim Smith in one of two G.M. national ad spotsJim Smith's been a hard man to track down this a.m. -- though, seeing as how he divides his time between his three Saturn dealerships (in Irving, Lewisville and Plano), that's completely understandable. (And, as a f ... More >>

In One Book, Two Local Women Share Tales of Humiliation, Heartbreak and Hardship

Andrea BuchananAndrea Buchanan didn't know when she began writing Note to Self two years ago that the book would be released during the country's darkest hour in decades. Not bad timing for a compilation of tales about women transcending tough times. The award-winning writer, producer and director ... More >>

In Afghanistan on Tuesday, a 22-Year-Old Army Specialist From Frisco Was Killed

The Department of Defense announced today that on Tuesday, Army Specialist Peter John Courcy of Frisco was killed in Salerno, Afghanistan. The 22-year-old Courcy and 19-year-old Pfc. Jason Watson of Louisiana, both of whom had been based out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky, died of injuries suffered wh ... More >>

American Girls

Crossing between American and Egyptian cultures, he Said girls made one deadly misstep: They fell in love

Bulb Season

See some twinkling lights in Lewisville

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Gorge yourself on the good stuff

So You Can Motorboat While Running the Rock

Odds & Ends

Get your recommended weekly allowance of three Dallas staples--down-souf hip-hop, cheeky alt-country and hot chicks

Sternum Warning

Forgettable food and mediocre service are bosom buddies at Twin Peaks

Sail Away, Sail Away

The boat show answers the question skidoo or ski-don't?

Yo-ho-ho

Hey, sailor, wanna give some money to a good cause?

Gotta Have Faith

Can two new clubs and a restaurant kick-start the nightlife in downtown Dallas?

Tip Gyp

Throw out the old rules. Here's a guide to tipping in Dallas.

I've Got Happy Feet

Admit You're Happy Month is here ... joy

Good fences

Don't always make good neighbors, especially in exclusive Flower Mound, where a nasty feud between the mayor and a newspaper publisher has blossomed into all-out war

Power play

Coaches and parents in the area's elite youth hockey league say the Dallas Stars are trying to ice anyone who threatens their control of the kid hockey business

Hash Over

Letters

Let them cast ballots

Why can't citizens vote on new arena?

Rushes