Subject: PETA

• It's Bloody Bone-in Hot Out There

  March 7, 2007

• PETA's "Sexy Nude Activists"? Yeah, Not So Much. Damn You, PETA.

  February 7, 2007

• PETA Bringing "Sexy Nude Activists" to Downtown Tomorrow. Awesome Much?

  February 6, 2007

• A Horse is a Horse is a Horse, Of Course

  January 30, 2007

• Dallas Tech Firm Tells PETA to Mind its Own Monkey Business

  January 3, 2007

• PETA Tells Dallas Company to Stop Monkeying Around

  January 2, 2007

• PETA, Don't You Have Anything Better to Do?

  October 11, 2006

• Sit 'Em, Cowboy!

  September 20, 2006

• Putting the Playboy in PETA

  July 11, 2006

• Yuck This

  April 25, 2006

• NorthPark Visitors Beware: PETA Protestors Headed in Your Direction

  August 8, 2007

• Now PETA's Chokin' the Chicken at Brinker International

  May 6, 2008

• Jenny, Jenny, Who Can You Turn To? Why, Angela Hunt, Actually.

  July 21, 2008

• PETA Suggested New Revenue Stream for Dallas-Fort Worth International

  August 18, 2008

• Cirque de cliché

  More high expectation for a big top

  March 30, 2000

• PETA's Stopping By For a Bite at Brinker Shareholder Shindig Tomorrow

  October 29, 2008

• Buzz

  November 7, 1996

• Dude Food: Baker's Ribs

  Baker's Ribs2724 Commerce St.214-748-5433 Dude Factor: 8, or Hank Hill, on a scale of 1 (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Sr.) to 10 (Boomhauer). Honestly, before last Friday I had never been to Baker's Ribs, AKA the place I once referred to as "that joint next to Angry Dog that smells good but always looks closed." I know, I know--it's loco, especially considering the awards it's received from both Texas Monthly and one of my circa 2006 co-workers, who apparently never invited me out for BBQ lunch (yo

  January 27, 2009

• The Top 10 Best Super Bowl Commercials in the History of My Memory

  Go Daddy made me giggle at its "wardrobe malfunction." But, nope, not on the list.No Cowboys? No problem. We're still watching Sunday's Super Bowl, right? Still ingesting chips, dips, beer, bets on the coin flip and, of course, commercials. When our rooting interests are between a 9-7 Cardinals team led by a gloved quarterback and a coaching staff littered with former Cowboy assistants, and a Steelers team trying to pass Dallas with its sixth trophy, the ads are about

  January 29, 2009

• Buzz

  July 2, 1998

• Buzz

  August 13, 1998

• Re: FYI, Read This ASAP. OMG!

  The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL. It struck me that: 1. "laugh out loud" isn't that difficult to type. 2. it's official, our laziness has become lazy. When in the name of Jack LaLanne did our lame asses become DOA? Our latest exerci

  March 31, 2009

• Jane's Addiction

  July 24, 2003

• Dude Food: Rosita's Restaurant & Catering

  My eyes! My eyes!Rosita's Restaurant & Catering4906 Maple Ave.214-521-4741Dude Factor: 8, or "Cantinflas" on a scale of 1 ("Carlos Mencia") to 10 ("Cheech Marin")Looking to try something new for a cheap and fast lunch, an amigo and I decided to try out Rosita's. The joint is just minutes from the Observer offices, and its tacky, brightly painted exterior practically screams, "Cheap Mexican food here!"We were drawn like moths to a front-porch bug-zapper. Inside, the place is just as colorful:

  April 14, 2009

• Doesn't Grow On Trees

  November 13, 2008

• The Typing Chef

  October 16, 2008

• Pack a Trunk

  Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country

  July 3, 2008

• Mmm. . .Grilled Horse Flesh|Pay Up or Unplug|Come On In, The Door's Open

  January 17, 2008

• Talk of the Town

  August 2, 2007

• Unused Paintings

  March 9, 2006

• Smokestack Somersaults

  November 16, 2006

• Like a Topless Version of Cats

  People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsWe didn't get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals press release till way late in the afternoon yesterday, but on Tuesday, PETA member Shari Pearson took off her top, whipped out the body paint and crawled into a cage in downtown Fort Worth to protest Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus's arrival in Fort Worth ... in August? Anyway, PETA's Virginia Fort forwarded along some photos from the happening. There's another after the jump.

  June 3, 2009

• Survival Skills

  Park Cities Prime tickles the umami receptors

  March 8, 2007

• Pretty Girls Make Saves

  Indie rock teams up with a baseball videogame. Really.

  April 6, 2006

• Basic Instinct

  Plus: Move Over, Swifties; Thanks A Lot, Pal

  September 9, 2004

• Cannibal Carnival

  Make Them Die Slowly tastes like chicken

  June 24, 2004

• Piece of Cake

  Payback could be sweet

  March 25, 2004

• Dead to Rights

  Stripped of pretention, Danny Boyle gets his mojo back in the zombie flick 28 Days Later

  June 26, 2003

• Gale Farce

  Kevin isn't the only thing Spacey in this overlong death-penalty drama

  February 20, 2003

• Jerry rigged

  Bruckheimer's Coyote Ugly pours a lethal cocktail

  August 3, 2000

• Buzz

  Caught napping; Save that gerbil; Ill-chosen words

  April 6, 2000

• Send in the clowns -- or not

  Cirque Eloize ain't another white-trash circus. It's French-Canadian.

  March 2, 2000

• Buzz

  With friends like this...

  January 27, 2000

• PETA Goes With Blood, Not Sex, To Dramatize Seal Hunt Protest Downtown

  Sara KerensUndaunted by the mighty Canadian consulate downtown, the PETA protesters stand their ground.When People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals came to Fort Worth earlier this month, they parked a woman in a cage, nearly naked and painted up like a cat, on a sidewalk downtown. So imagine our excitement to hear the animal lovers would be on a street corner in Dallas today, protesting outside the Canadian consulate.Really, imagine our excitement to learn Dallas had a Canadian consulate at

  June 23, 2009

• When PETA Protests Seal Slaughter, Dallas Sends Recipes

  Sara KerensPETA's simulated seal killing method is not recommended when making seal brain fritters.In our wildest dreams, we never thought a seal hunting protest would be worth noting on City of Ate--but the comments on our coverage of PETA's downtown demonstration this afternoon has taken on a distinct culinary flavor. Readers have contributed a pair of seal recipes.It's not all that much of a stretch--just last month, Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean stoked international criticism of C

  June 23, 2009

• Veggie Guy: Cereal Bar

  ​"Little boxes on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little..." Okay, okay--I'll stop. But doesn't The Colony remind you of that town Agrestic from the show Weeds? Well, maybe not quite as affluent. And there definitely aren't any hills to speak of. But the houses all look the same, and soccer moms rule the roads. You halfway expect the town's "Nancy Botwin" to pull up next to you in a Prius full of MILF weed. Mmm...MILF weed.I ventured way outside of the loop last we

  July 30, 2009

• PETA's Leaving the Naked Women at Home and Bringing Cuddly Stuffed "Sea Kittens"

  ​Speaking of aquariums ... If you're looking for something to do with the kiddos on Friday, and you're particularly fond of the free stuffed animal, may I recommend a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium? At noon on Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will be in front of the Griffin Street joint handing out Sammy the Sea Kittens (a $9 value!) to the wee ones, who might be turned off by the idea of "sea kitten" fish sticks (not my boy). Because, see, PETA's trying to rebrand fish a

  August 5, 2009

• Shelf Help: Some 'Other' Cookbooks Worth A Peek

  ​As the Julia Child renaissance rush continues, Joseph Mason of Borders in the West Village says Mastering the Art of French Cooking is flying off the shelves. He's barely able to keep the classic best seller in stock, given the hoards of wanna-be French Chefs inspired by the hit movie Julie and Julia. Mason, however, has a few new faves of his own back behind the impulse-purchase racks. Read on for his top late summer picks: Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way by Francis Mallmann and

  September 11, 2009

• PETA Tells Omar Vizquel To Go "Challenge Hugo Chavez to an Arm-Wrestling Match"

  Texas RangersOmar Vizquel​But that's just because the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals doesn't want the Rangers' shortstop to become a bullfighter. Oh, you missed that? Yeah -- a couple of days back, the former Indians great said bullfighting is "one of my things on the to-do list." That's only because he's already mastered the art of anaconda-hunting, unlike, say, Owen Wilson. Anyway, PETA today "sends" Vizquel a press release ... pardon, a moving, thoughtful letter in which the gr

  October 1, 2009

• Veggie Guy: How Vegan Are You?

  Off limits?​I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing air, there's no way you're 100% vegan!" I--along with so many others--have come to terms with this reality. All veg-heads agree that meat is out of the question, but vegans try to steer clear of all

  November 17, 2009