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The 10 Most Porny Dallas Food Photos of the Year

First thing's first: If you're sick of the phrase food porn, or screaming-mad from the plethora of dense, decadent, NSFW photos of burgers with steamy cheese and fluffy doughnuts lightly dusted with cinnamon-sugar, then please for the love of Jesus turn away. This post is not for you. Well, hey, w ... More >>

Here's the Five-Story Apartment Complex Planned For the West End

Fairfield Residential is being very quiet about its plans to build apartments at 406 Houston Street in the West End. Vice president Scott Jackson said he will be happy to talk about the project just as soon as it clears the Landmark Commission, which could happen in November. Until then, we'll have ... More >>

Alliance-AFT Tells Dallas ISD Teachers They Really Ought to Come to Work Tomorrow

​Had a couple of readers ask late yesterday: Why no mention of tomorrow's maybe-could-be-probably-not Dallas ISD teacher "sickout," which a single anonymous teacher's calling for? To which I responded: Well, I'm not sure it's going to be much of one, despite lingering resentment over last month's ... More >>

Where the Sidewalk (and Money) Ends, or: It Won't Be Easy Implemeting Complete Streets

​At the end of last week we glanced at those surveys conducted during those citywide Complete Streets workshops put on by City Hall beginning last fall, input from which will go toward the manual Sustainable Development's hoping to put together before year's end. Some of which, incidentally, will ... More >>

Mayor Mike Rawlings Gives Dallas ISD Board, Central Staffers a Lesson In Marketing 101

Rmember when DISD considered replacing its logo? It might come up again.​Edwin Flores said it a couple of weeks back: The Dallas Independent School District has a communications problem. Which is one way of putting it -- the nice way of putting it. And so, following months' worth of dust-ups and s ... More >>

Before Council Votes to Help Uplift Sell Bonds, More Questions, Answers and Concerns

​Earlier today Rudy posted an explainer to the City Hall blog about those so-called "conduit bonds" Uplift Education hopes to sell with City Hall's backing. But long story short, per a Los Angeles Times piece last year, they "allow private entities to tap into low-cost municipal bond financing for ... More >>

Two Years Ago She Was DISD's Top Principal. Now, Cynthia Goodsell's Job Is Gone.

Cynthia Goodsell​Yesterday, in the comments below, we discovered that the Dallas ISD had summoned some of its principals and executive directors to 3700 Ross for what was described as an "emergency meeting." Last night, I found out why from a Friend of Unfair Park doing some volunteer work for the ... More >>

"Intelligent Design" Materials Sneak Onto DISD Teachers' Curriculum Site. Maybe God Did It?

​Turns out, Rick Perry was right after all.What you see at right is a slide I received last night from a fellow Dallas Independent School District parent. It was, until this morning, available on the district's Curriculum Central website, accessible only to teachers and administration and a resour ... More >>

Before Dallas ISD Sends TEA Its Plan to Save Unacceptable Schools, Your Input's Needed

North Dallas High School is now in its fifth year of academic unacceptability per the TEA's ratings.​For the past six days, the Dallas Independent School District has been hosting "community meetings" on campuses deemed academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency -- 33 in all, based, o ... More >>

Back to School ... Redistricting, That Is

Click to embiggen one of the DISD maps on the table, or just go here to see all of them.​And speaking of redistricting ...The Dallas Independent School District will begin holding hearings tonight during which the public will finally get a long, hard look at the draft maps on the table, courtesy S ... More >>

DMA Teams Up With Polyphonic Spree, Gallerycat and Luna Matto For a "Late Night"

Poster for tonight's show.​It was just a month ago when we started down a trail that lead to Preteen Zenith, Tim DeLaughter's new act. The item that perked our ears up? Well, it was the announcement of a free Polyphonic Spree show that will take place tonight as Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of ... More >>

As Hinojosa Prepares For New Job in Cobb County, He Takes Parting Shot at DISD Board

Via The Kennesaw Patch​Patrick Michels will be at that 5:30 p.m. meeting at 3700 Ross today, where the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees will discuss naming an interim superintendent now that Michael Hinojosa's all but boarded that midnight train to Georgia. Or: You can always ... More >>

New Site Lets You Look at Numbers Crunched by DISD's Citizen Budget Review Group

Courtesy Dallas Independent School DistrictAt left, Steven Korby, director of DISD's financial services, chats up Chief Financial Officer Alan King before the first commission meeting in late March.​Who knows how seriously the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees will take the su ... More >>

Speaking of Firing Teachers and Rainy Days ...

By now you've read this (I hope), and it now appears the governor's going to allow the state Lege to take $3.2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to pay down some of that budget shortfall, which may just save a few teachers' jobs. But Michael Quinn Sullivan, president of Austin-based Texans for Fiscal ... More >>

Read the Dallas Independent School District's "Budget Reduction Plan Version 2.0"

The scene at 3700 Ross Avenue today, courtesy the district​Jim -- lucky -- is at 3700 Ross at this very moment, where the trustees are doing a little math involving employees and enrollment. Moments ago, Carla Ranger wanted to know: If enrollment has dropped, why has the number of employees grown? ... More >>

FOX News Talks About Dallas ISD Teacher Buyouts By Interviewing ... Fort Worth Teacher

​FOX & Friends, starring Channel 5'er-turned-Daily Show punching bag Gretchen Carlson, ran a piece this morning on Dallas ISD's up-to-$10,000 buyout incentive offered to teachers through March 8. As soon as I saw the name of the teacher interviewed (Beverly Stergeos) I hit The Google! to see w ... More >>

Three Months After Its Lead Singer Quit, Cadillac Sky Goes On "Indefinite Hiatus."

Cadillac Sky​No Depression broke the news yesterday: The formerly Fort Worth-based Cadillac Sky, which in recent years had become something of a critical darling thanks to its blend of acoustic-based indie rock and bluegrass, has announced that it will go on "indefinite hiatus."This news comes les ... More >>

This Christmas, All this Family Wants is for NFL Running Back Ricky Williams to Know He's Got A Home in Dallas

Photos by Patrick MichelsRoss Williams, right, has been running right along with Ricky Williams through his football career, trying to convince the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner that he's his real father. Ross's brother Ray Williams, his daughters Patricia and Vernice and the rest of his family have jo ... More >>

"Students of Promise" Keepers: More on Dallas ISD's Proposed Changes to Magnet Admissions

​Yesterday, I mentioned that some Dallas Independent School District parents are concerned about a proposed change to magnet admissions that would allow room for "students of promise"; today it's in the paper, where trustee Edwin Flores "acknowledged that a proposed change would reserve 10 percent ... More >>

Four Years Later, Jury Finds TCI West End Guilty of Fraud For Razing MKT Freight Station

Justin TerveenFor the past four years, the demolition of this building has been much discussed on the Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum.​On Monday I noted that city officials were anxiously awaiting a verdict in the 4-year-old case of City of Dallas v. TCI West End Inc., which concerned the demolition ... More >>

West End to Be Busier Than Usual Tomorrow Morning as NBC's Chase to Stage, Well, a Chase

​Like I said last week, NBC's Chase, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has started shooting in and around town -- which is why, between 9 and 11 a.m. tomorrow (though it could run till 2 p.m., fair warning), you'll notice a helicopter hovering over the West End. Per a Downtown Emergency Response Team ... More >>

DISD Trustee Vows to "Challenge" Super About Number of People Working in Central Office

Dr. Lew Blackburn​There are a couple of comments worth pulling out frrom yesterday's item about Dallas Independent School District's $23 million budget surplus. Among 'em: Mike MacNaughton, founding member of Dallas Friends of Public Education, recaps yesterday's budget briefing at Albert Sidney J ... More >>

Review and Gallery: Samar

Sara Kerens​This week Dave gets to know Stephan Pyles all over again, with a visit to Samar, his new Pan-Mediterranean-Indian spot on Ross.For more photos from inside Pyles' latest endeavor, please consult this week's Dish slideshow, shot, as ever, by Sara Kerens.

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Sushi World

​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Sushi World1001 Ross214-999-6050Promised Delivery Time: "between 15 and 20 minutes" Actual Delivery Time: 20 minutes Scoring summary: Easy online ordering: 0 Estimated d ... More >>

For Many Reasons, the City Staff Is Not Fond of Proposed Cityville at Cityplace. At All.

Click to expand for a better view of the proposed development on the former Loews Cityplace site.​One month ago we broke the news that Kroger is looking to set up shop on the desolate site formerly occupied by the former Loews Cityplace. Only, well, there's one small problem: Kroger wants to sell ... More >>

10 Questions: Terri Provencal

Provencal (second from left) with Kenneth Craighead, Stephan Pyles and Carmaleta WhitelyThe chair of Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation for North Texas is busier than ever these days as she prepares for the big fundraising dinner.Since 1988, annual events in up to 20 cities around the country ha ... More >>

Magnet Schools? Learning Centers? Great Ideas. So Of Course DISD Wants to Cut Them.

Mark GrahamDISD Superintendent Michael HinojosaThe Dallas Independent School District board of trustees seems to be moving toward Draconian cuts in staff and budget for the district's two most distinctive programs, magnet schools and learning centers. The board appears likely to acquiesce to the urg ... More >>

More DPD Surveillance Cams are Coming. And Here's a List of Where They're Needed.

The Dallas City Council's committees have plenty on their plates today -- everything from establishing a trust fund related to the NBA All-Star game to checking in on the Lancaster Corridor, which is in serious need of some upgrading, to parsing over crime stats (according to the Dallas Police Depar ... More >>

The History Boys earns top grades at Uptown Players

Apt Pupils

From This Morning's New York Times, a Word of Caution Concerning 2100 Ross Avenue

This morning's New York Times says that The Building Formerly Known as San Jacinto Tower at 2100 Ross Avenue is among several of Joseph Moinian's holdings placed on a credit agency's "watch list," along with buildings in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Chicago. It may be no big deal, cautions the article ... More >>

Love and The Goat Get Messy Onstage

In The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, a man throws himself on the horns of a romantic dilemma

From Denmark, Angela Hunt Still Wants to Talk Hotel, Ross Avenue

How to Get Big Business Interested in DISD: Threaten Its Bond Money.

The Creepiest “Wrestling” Video in the History of Wrestling. And Creepy.

More Stuff My Dad Says: The Woodard Paint & Body Shop Edition

The Trini River Parkway?

Really, Skip, You Thought Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic Would Make Sense?

Yes, Dallas Has a Fashion Week

Monsters

Confessions of a white middle-class parent

Go West

In the End, all is forgiven for three days of chow and music

Your New Friends?

NBC hopes Coupling is its next hitcom, which bugs the show's biggest fans

Bagel Boil

New cafe to take the place of Bistro K

Soft Sell

An open-and-shut case

Drive Away

Living in Los Angeles, At the Drive-In does Texas proud

Hash Over

Elementary Watson; Mixed hash

Manifest destiny

The Dictators are not back. They never left.

Manifest destiny

The Dictators are not back. They never left.

The fix is in

Plans for a giant market in an Old East Dallas neighborhood speed ahead despite protests by neighbors

Outstanding miss

Imaginative home cooking takes Rooster almost all the way

Haute vinyl

The Fairmont Hotel's Brasserie is much more than a coffee shop