San Jacinto

Basking in Historical Sexiness

Water Rights Policies At the TCEQ Could Affect Your Lunch

It's tough being a gulf oyster. The BP oil spill devastated Louisiana oyster beds, and then a historic Texas drought reduced river flows into Galveston Bay, seriously increasing the bay's salinity. Predators and disease are thriving and threatening the already hobbled industry. Now the Texas Commis ... More >>

Help Friend of Unfair Park Fund, Finish "Comprehensive Map" of Downtown Tunnels

Photos by Noah JeppsonThe Thansk-Giving Square Concourse​Add City Manager Mary Suhm to the list of folks lined up to bury the so-called Dallas Pedestrian Network, otherwise known as the downtown tunnels. But two days ago she told the DSpotters that those inhabiting the maze of passageways beneath ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Carmine's Pizzeria

​Carmine's Pizzeria 2006 San Jacinto 214-220-9039Quote Time: 45 minutes Actual Time: An impressive 35 minutes Pricey: -20 Coupons: 10 Interesting Specialty Pizzas: 25 Health Conscious Low-Fat Mozzarella: 15 Crispy Bacon!: 15 Fresh Toppings Selection: 15 Basic Pasta and Appetizer Selecti ... More >>

While Council Kicks Around Booting Ordinance, DPD's Forced to "Put This Fire Out" as Downtown Dwellers Get Kicked to the Curb

Sam MertenThe Transportation and Environment Committee failed to vote Monday on the proposed booting ordinance, choosing instead to schedule a third meeting before the city council's July recess. In the meantime, booting companies continue their aggressive tactics, as we witnessed last night during ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Allen Ginsberg’s East Dallas Drive-By

Allen Ginsberg and Karen X. Minzer at the Starck Club in Dallas in 1986 Driving through East Dallas the other day I had the odd impulse to swing by the old KNON studio. Kind of depressing to see an empty lot taking up that space now. The studio was formerly located upstairs in a wooden 50’s-e ... More >>

Ever Wanted to Start Your Own Texas History Museum? Now's Yer Chance.

Allen Ginsberg and Karen X. Minzer at the Starck Club in Dallas in 1986 Driving through East Dallas the other day I had the odd impulse to swing by the old KNON studio. Kind of depressing to see an empty lot taking up that space now. The studio was formerly located upstairs in a wooden 50’s-e ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican!

Allen Ginsberg and Karen X. Minzer at the Starck Club in Dallas in 1986 Driving through East Dallas the other day I had the odd impulse to swing by the old KNON studio. Kind of depressing to see an empty lot taking up that space now. The studio was formerly located upstairs in a wooden 50’s-e ... More >>

Old Men and Bag Ladies

The good, the bad and the crazy invade Austin

Cowboys and Indians

See Ranney's West

Messin' With Texas

The Alamo gets what it always needed--a happy ending!

Rinse Cycle

Dakota's drying out after unwanted waterfall

This Sand is Your Sand

On the Texas coast, the only thing eroding faster than the sand is the state’s Open Beaches Act

Out Here

Nick of time

Scene, heard

All the music news that's fit to print, and some that isn't

Vanity of the Bonfire

When tradition and death collide in Aggieland, tradition triumphs

Wide open spaces

With his debut record, Ed Burleson may be too country for Nashville, but not for Texas

The garden of life

In East Dallas' Little Asia, a community blooms in fields of litter

Trash heap of history

A Dallas archaeology buff is forced to the sidelines as the city's past makes way for the new arena

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

A Dallas archaeology buff is forced to the sidelines as the city's past makes way for the new arena

Out Here

A Dallas archaeology buff is forced to the sidelines as the city's past makes way for the new arena

Blowup in City Hall

Councilman Duncan summons city staff for personal errand