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May 17, 2012
Showdown at Winfrey Point
Yet another episode in the saga to preserve nature in Dallas.
Blogs
May 9, 2012
The Dallas Arboretum No Longer Wants the City to Turn Winfrey Point into a Parking Lot
Update 12:45 p.m.: City spokesman Frank Librio sends word that, on second thought, there is plenty of parking available for the Chihuly exhibit at the Arboretum and no need to mow Winfrey Point. Attendance numbers for the current exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum appear to be within the facility's ab ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2012
Winfrey Point Debate Stirs Up a Memory of a Blooming Genius
Of course I can't read about the ugly mess at the Dallas Arboretum without remembering Bobby Scott, my weird brilliant friend and enemy who patrolled in front of my house for a year muttering that he wanted to kill me. Then at the very end I visited him in the hospital and saw that, as I suspected, ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
And Off the Mowers Go to Winfrey Point
While Jim's wife hosed out the dog house over his Arboretum screed this morning, lawyers for the Arboretum and the city were in court trying to get a judge to let them turn Winfrey Point into a temporary parking lot, to prepare for the crush of visitors for this weekend's Chihuly exhibit. Now come ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Ten Of This Week's Most Notable Show Announcements
Gillian WelchSaturday, June 9, at Majestic TheaterWithout hearing a note, you can expect Welch's music to be have weight. Maybe it has to do with her story of being the daughter of a touring musician and being given up for adoption. Or, maybe it's because her earlier albums were given the T Bone Bur ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Take a Virtual Tour Through the Arboretum's Wondrous Children's Adventure Garden
A technical glitch (on my end, I guess -- sabotage?) kept me from listening in on Dallas Arboretum president and CEO Mary Brinegar's presentation to the council's Quality of Life Committee this morning. Shame too, as her chat this morning was City Hall's first real chance to hear all about the $58-m ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
What Happens to the World's Unused Pumpkins?
Dallas ArboretumSunday evening, just hours until Halloween, there were still hundreds of un-sold pumpkins at a local farmers market. It raised the question -- what happens to all the left-behind gourds? Do the extras go to the pie factory? Or are they all just tossed in the dump? Turns out ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Tour de Force of Nature
Dallas ArboretumSunday evening, just hours until Halloween, there were still hundreds of un-sold pumpkins at a local farmers market. It raised the question -- what happens to all the left-behind gourds? Do the extras go to the pie factory? Or are they all just tossed in the dump? Turns out ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Bill Holston's KERA Commentary on Preserving What Remains of Dallas's Blackland Prairie
Attorney and Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston posts semi-regular pieces to FrontBurner under the header Law Man Walking, in which the nature-trekker documents his strolls through the heretofore oft-overlooked slices o' heaven that remain in and around the city limits. And when Bill's not pennin ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Spicing up Happy Hour at Malai Thai-Vietnamese Kitchen
Where: Malai Thai-Vietnamese Kitchen, 3699 McKinney Ave. #319 When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday , all day Sunday What: $5 specialty cocktails, $5 selected wines, $3 beers Why: Because the post-work happy hour can go boring quickly, going to the same old pub week after week. Since it's been ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Buy Blossoms, Earn Wings
Where: Malai Thai-Vietnamese Kitchen, 3699 McKinney Ave. #319 When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday , all day Sunday What: $5 specialty cocktails, $5 selected wines, $3 beers Why: Because the post-work happy hour can go boring quickly, going to the same old pub week after week. Since it's been ... More >>
Dining
May 5, 2011
BG's Subs: Drive By, Not Through
We come not to praise their sandwiches, but to bury them. Literally.
Blogs
March 17, 2011
A Look at the Layout For Dallas Arboretum's Children's Adventure Garden Opening in 2012
Click to embiggen, but of course.A couple of months ago, Tim Rogers provided a generous peek at the miniature version of the Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden scheduled to take root at the Dallas Arboretum some time next year. Says the Arboretum of the $50-million, seven-acre site, it'll be ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
DQ Offers $4 Treat for Free
To Reindeer Wranglers. How Very Generous.
We're guessing this big fella is smarter than whoever came up the DQ's new promotion.Dairy Queen Blizzards retail for about $4. But the ice cream chain's willing to give you a frozen treat for free if you'll just wrangle a live reindeer and bring it to a participating store on December 24 fro ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
On the Waterfront
We're guessing this big fella is smarter than whoever came up the DQ's new promotion.Dairy Queen Blizzards retail for about $4. But the ice cream chain's willing to give you a frozen treat for free if you'll just wrangle a live reindeer and bring it to a participating store on December 24 fro ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Tequila Familia Camarena Will Have You Doing the Macarena, Even Without its Taco Truck
Tequila is more than the Mexican Jägermeister, and Monday night's media tasting event of Tequila Familia Camarena proved that. Six writers and/or bloggers from various local media outlets were invited to partake of the mixing and tasting of four tequila-based cocktails at Hotel ZaZa. The ebullie ... More >>
News
May 27, 2010
Jim Schutze Joins The Urban Explorers Who, Amid The Poisonous Snakes, Bacteria And Quicksand Of The Trinity River, Seek To Reconnect The City To Its Natural Beauty.
Tequila is more than the Mexican Jägermeister, and Monday night's media tasting event of Tequila Familia Camarena proved that. Six writers and/or bloggers from various local media outlets were invited to partake of the mixing and tasting of four tequila-based cocktails at Hotel ZaZa. The ebullie ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
So, Don't Want Oncor Touching Your Trees, Hunh? Well, It's Got an Idea 'Bout That ...
OncorGot home from the Rangers-Angels game last night 'round 11ish only to find two Oncor trucks parked on the street behind the house. Seems they'd been called to emergencarily trim trees in the power lines causing sparks to shoot high into the night sky. Which is funny: I've been up Oncor's ass ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Wine And Flowers
OncorGot home from the Rangers-Angels game last night 'round 11ish only to find two Oncor trucks parked on the street behind the house. Seems they'd been called to emergencarily trim trees in the power lines causing sparks to shoot high into the night sky. Which is funny: I've been up Oncor's ass ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Thrills And Chills
OncorGot home from the Rangers-Angels game last night 'round 11ish only to find two Oncor trucks parked on the street behind the house. Seems they'd been called to emergencarily trim trees in the power lines causing sparks to shoot high into the night sky. Which is funny: I've been up Oncor's ass ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2009
Up on the Grassy, Rocky Roof of the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park
Expand the image to get a panoramic view of the proposed roof for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park.About a month ago we showed off 2005 Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne's model for the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park, scheduled to open in ... More >>
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September 24, 2009
Queen of Kiddie Green
Expand the image to get a panoramic view of the proposed roof for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park.About a month ago we showed off 2005 Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne's model for the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park, scheduled to open in ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
Green Tea
The Arboretum offers a Harvest break
Dining
July 17, 2008
The Dirt Doctor
How radio show host Howard Garrett pushed Dallas to the center of the organic gardening movement through passion, principle and molasses
Calendar
April 3, 2008
Mad Fun
Eat, drink and bid in the garden
Calendar
March 13, 2008
Bloomin' Vaqueros
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Blogs
July 24, 2007
Want to Own a Dallas Nature Scene Covered in Oil?
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Blogs
July 12, 2007
High on the Trinity River
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Calendar
October 26, 2006
This Gourd's for You
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Blogs
April 24, 2006
Fair Park is the New Baltic Avenue
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Calendar
April 13, 2006
Hat Tricks
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Calendar
September 1, 2005
Dance Party
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Calendar
April 28, 2005
Code RED Rovers
Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum
Calendar
March 3, 2005
This Bud's for You
Spring will be sprung at the Dallas Arboretum
Calendar
November 25, 2004
Tree-rific
Arboretum's cool yule
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Downtown Development
Stone Street Gardens
Calendar
September 16, 2004
Buggin'
Dallas Blooms Autumn is crawlin' with Big Bugs
Calendar
June 3, 2004
Grow Your Own
Texas Discovery Gardens knows the rules of attraction
Calendar
May 6, 2004
Cool Down
Thursdays are cool this summer
Calendar
March 4, 2004
Swing By
A License to Drive
Calendar
November 27, 2003
Thin Ice
Galleria offers a tree-for-all
Calendar
October 2, 2003
Fall Out
Arboretum is bloomin' crazy
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Place to Commune With Nature
L.B. Houston Nature Trail
Calendar
May 22, 2003
Hello, Goodbye
John Graves said farewell to the Brazos and howdy to a career
News
December 6, 2001
Double Oops
Carrollton takes one step backward as it tries to make amends with Mother Nature
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Beer Joint
Ship's Lounge
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Neighborhood
Lakewood
News
September 24, 1998
Buzz
Lakewood
Dining
December 4, 1997
Save us from the Rainforest
Even with decent food, Rainforest Cafe makes appetites endangered species
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October 12, 1995
Events for the week
Even with decent food, Rainforest Cafe makes appetites endangered species
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