Megan Feldman

Hoping to Create Change, LGBT Conference Set to Take Over Downtown Next Weekend

​And now, Dallas's next big convention: the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, which is expected to bring "more than 2,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights supporters" to the downtown Sheraton February 3 though 7. Gay rights, of course, are on the agen ... More >>

"Big Mama" and Dwaine Caraway Tell Girls to "Keep It a Secret" and Dress Like Ladies

Photos by Megan FeldmanCaraway introduced the latest billboard in his campaign against sagging and skin, though not, ya know, sagging skin.​As we mentioned this morning, Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's pulling his anti-sagging campaign up a notch. Two years after Caraway's "man's law" garner ... More >>

Downtown Wish List, Anyone?

Megan FeldmanWhat does downtown Dallas need? You name it.​Gail Sachson, vice chair of the city's Cultural Affairs Commission, would love to see more public art installations grace the streets of downtown. Bob Allen, owner of the West End Pub, wants the city to make it easier for small businesses ... More >>

Says Mayor Leppert, Dallas is Now "One of the Premier Places for Football and Soccer"

Megan Feldman​At an afternoon press conference at the Cotton Bowl, where city officials gathered to officially announce next month's double-header soccer game at the 77-year-old stadium, Mayor Tom Leppert emphatically dismissed a reporter's suggestion that it may be tough for the recently rehabbed ... More >>

Lumi Empanada and Dumpling Kitchen Makes a Fine Case for Walking in Dallas

In Dealey Plaza Saturday, Dallas Participates in the Global Day of Action for Iran

Photos by Megan Feldman​On Saturday afternoon, around 100 people gathered at Dealey Plaza to protest the Iranian government and show support for pro-democracy demonstrators in that country, where the regime has been retaliating against widespread protests since the June 12 election. Saturday's ... 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 >>

At Dallas City Hall Today, Hundreds Show Support for Friends and Family in Iran

Megan FeldmanThis afternoon outside Dallas City Hall, several hundred people braved the summer's first 100-degree day to protest the violent crackdown on demonstrators in Iran. They waved Iranian flags, held signs demanding freedom and democracy and showed photographs of the violence that has rocked ... More >>

Bye-Bye, Sugar High

Reporter Megan Feldman Goes Without Refined Sugar. Her Life May Never Be The Same. When my doctor recently recommended I stop eating refined sugar as part of a broad plan to curb a bout of allergies and eczema, I didn't think it'd be such a big deal. "Sure," I said, thankful it wasn't something mo ... More >>

Race for the Prize: In March, Dallas Will Get Its Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon On

Megan FeldmanMarathoner and reality TV star Josh Cox was at City Hall for today's announcement.So the "major announcement" at Dallas City Hall this afternoon was the unveiling of a new annual running event: the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas Half Marathon. It's set for March 14, 2010, and organizers -- which ... More >>

At the Section 8 Anniversary Shindig, It Was All Hands on Deck. Even the Infected Ones.

Megan FeldmanMark Orvik on stage last night, a month before he's set to undergo surgeryMore than a year after an accident left improv comedian Mark Orvik with a nasty infection that has yet to fully heal, he and Section 8 are celebrating their 10th anniversary of "fast-paced, in your face, rock 'n' ... More >>

Gimme Shelter | Addition by Subtraction

In Farmers Branch, Elizabeth Villafranca Has Finally Decided to Run for City Council

Steve SatterwhiteElizabeth Villafranca with daughter Natalie, who was 6 in the fall of 2006, when this photo was takenBack in November 2006, Megan Feldman wrote for the paper version of Unfair Park a lengthy piece about Farmers Branch and then-city council member Tim O'Hare's fight to rid the city o ... More >>

Pop...Without The Cork

Megan FeldmanLinda (right) and Angela RiordanIf you've been slacking on your Valentine's Day preparations and you happen to be in Addison, the folks over at Yo Pop Etc. are happy to help.The place seems an unlikely spot for romantic sweet nothings given its non-descript strip mall location on Midway ... More >>

Girls on Girls: The Hottest Female Athletes According to Females

Okay, let's try something different. Something titillating. Since Observer staff writers Merritt Martin and Megan Feldman almost never get in a cat fight that spills over into the mud-wrestling pit, they instead want to entertain us visually-stimulated, testosterone-saturated dorks with their ... More >>

Ten Years In A Hole (In The Wall)

Like most worthwhile "hidden gem" ethnic eateries we dream about, Thai Noodle and Rice is nondescript, a dive next to the Shop n' Go on North Fitzhugh near I-75. And fortunately, the shabby exterior seems to promise something good, worthwhile--very different than overfused and overpriced pan-Asian ... More >>

Sexy Things|Cough, Cough

Poll of Poles (With Video!)

In the Bishop Arts District Last Night, Cautious Optimism Gave Way to Joy

Never Forget|Strike Back|Focus on Plate, Not Walls

Not High on Prometa|Blaming the Wrong Screwups

Hours Before Texas Gets Back in the Execution Business, a Small Protest

Unpayable Debts|Found Boy of Sudan|Rule of Law

Drinking Up Denton|Oops for Ozzie|Powerful Stuff

Farmers Branch, Where Even the Legals Don't Feel So Welcome

Army to Step Up Recruiting Among Local Latinos -- Using Robots and Video Games

For Love or Money

Finally, a Weekend Travel Tip

Never Have Kids

Hard-Hearted AG|Sober Judgment

A BounceBack for Mannatech? Um, OK?

Bush for Obama! Bush for Obama!

Fight Club, Addison-Style

Free Man Walking|Stuffed Stuertz|Back Off a Bit|We Are Devo

Hey, Mark, for God's sake—just give us the time. Accurately, please.

Divide and Conquer|Disgusting Bleeding Hearts

What Do Matt Pulle and Antonin Scalia Have in Common?

Happy Birthday, Lethal Injection!

Things You Learn While Being Put on Hold by Southwest Airlines

Teenage and Transgendered|Feet of Clay|Not So Special

And Now for a Whole Different Kind of American Gladiator Tryout

The Iron Women are Coming!

Putting Some Bite Into the Law

They Might Be Illegal or a Bald Eagle, But Not a Kegle Nor Spread Eagle

Down, Set, Hutto: ACLU To File Suits Against Immigration Facility in Taylor

Some Unfair Park Readers Don't Only Dislike Immigrants, But the People Who Write About Them

Cough, Cough

Damn Right That's What America's About, Sister

The Minutemen

It Was Only a Dream: Texas Takes Down Border Cams

"Un-American, un-Texan and un-Christian"