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Free Food Alert: Jack is Hitting the Road with Free Jumbo Jacks

Jack's Burger Truck, also called the Munchie Mobile, is in town, and you might be like, "Yeah? So what? I can go to Jack in the Box anytime my little clogged heart wants." Well, burgers from Jack's truck are free. On Friday the truck will be passing out free Jumbo Jack's with cheese before the Ran ... More >>

OpenTable Lists 100 Most Romantic U.S. Restaurants, Including The French Room and a Spot in Arlington (Obviously)

Lists are fun. The categorize our lives, serve as reminders of things to do, stack favorites and remind us of people we're mad at. The fun part of listing is that they often serve as a launch pad for conversation and debate. Because half the fun of a list is arguing about what's not on it, right? Ri ... More >>

Christkindl Market in Arlington Evidently Was a Huge Hit Last Year, Expands to 17 Days

Last year the Arlington Chamber of Commerce hosted the inaugural German-inspired Christkindl Market on the north side of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The open-air street market featured crafts, gifts and German food such as sausage and strudel. Evidently it went well. The 2012 Arlington Christk ... More >>

American Airlines Back at the Negotiating Table, Proving Pilots Know How to Use a Monkey Wrench

Let's count this out. First, American Airlines management threatens to haul the pilots union into court if the pilots don't stop finding ways to screw up the flight schedule. See also: - American Airline Pilots' Slowdown Wins a Victory, Despite What You Read in the DMN Second, seats on American Ai ... More >>

Six Flags' New Texas SkyScreamer a Poor Substitute For the Flashback

The Flashback, alas, is not long for this world. In less than a week, the iconic Six Flags roller coaster will take its last passengers backward and forward through its loop before being dismantled. The same fate will befall the parachute ride. Ah, well. Progress marches on. The rides will undoubted ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 44: T0MMYL33J0N3Z

T0MMYL33J0N3Z (aka Robbie Call) has been DJing since the early 2000s, but he would prefer it if his DJ chronology started in 2007. "There was a time when I was a trance DJ in the early 2000s when I spiked my hair like a Dragon Ball Z character and was way too into trance," the DJ admits. "Let's forg ... More >>

Showdown at Winfrey Point

Yet another episode in the saga to preserve nature in Dallas.

Really? Dallas Needs a $25 Million Horse Park?

Vonciel Hill shovels a load of manure boosting plans for a publicly financed horse park.

A Monday Night at the Slip Inn: Was It Real or Just a Dream?

A Monday Night at the Slip Inn: Was It Real or Just a Dream?

"Did you hear about that guy on the news?" "Oh, yeah. But what do you expect when you have a gas-huffing problem? One day you're going to absentmindedly light a cigarette and explode." "You sure are. You got a light?" Strange things happen when you go out on a Monday. You hear conversations that ... More >>

City, State Fair to Replace Fair Park Livestock Arena With Fancy "Mini-Convention Center"

Click here to see more of Good, Fulton & Farrell's renderings for the new Fair Park Livestock Center.​The reason I called Park and Rec's second-in-command Willis Winters the other day wasn't about downtown parks. Rather, I was curious about an $869,465 item on the Park Board's agenda for today ... More >>

Christkindl Market Coming to DFW. It's the Cool Kind of Sausage Fest.

Dust off those lederhosens, fraulines. The Arlington Chamber of Commerce is hosting the first Christkindl Market this year December 8 though 11, just north of The Ballpark on a closed-off section of Road to Six Flags. Marking the 60th anniversary of the partnership between Arlington and her sister ... More >>

At Tre Orsi's First Show, Jason Molina Taught Matt Barnhart How Not to Flub a Lyric.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Tre Orsi. That's Matt on the far right.​When he isn't recording, tour managing, or running sound for other bands, Matt Barnhart has ... More >>

My First Show: Joel Buchanan Saw Dennis Rodman Join Pearl Jam at Reunion in '98

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Joel Buchanan and a robot. Guess which is which.​If you happened into Fallout Lounge on a Friday night a few years ago, chances wer ... More >>

First Look at Fair Park's 500-Foot-Tall "Observation Tower Ride" Meant for Midway

Click to enlargen this look at Errol McKoy's 500-foot erection proposed for Fair Park.​It's been almost two years since State Fair of Texas President Errol McKoy began talking about his plans to take a bite out of Six Flags' business by erecting his own monster Top of Texas Centennial Tower on the ... More >>

Now It's "A Debacle"?

​While I was writing the DART item below, about 29 Friends of Unfair Park forwarded along the freshest of hot-off-the-press tweets from Sports Illustrated's Peter King:I'm telling you: I-30 between Dallas Fort Worth is a plow-less, snow-windswept moonscape. This is officially a debacle.At this v ... More >>

Tomorrow, a Rangers Rally. Better Late Than Never? Also: A Look at the Low, Low Ratings.

​On the other side are details for tomorrow's Rangers Rally, scheduled for 6 p.m. outside the Ballpark in Arlington. Long story short: Chuck Greenberg, Nolan Ryan, Jon Daniels, Ron Washington and a few players will get together for an hour to remember the "magical" season that was. Because, see, t ... More >>

"Wow Me Like You Wow Your Wife," says Jerry Jones in his Bid For An Emmy

​Now it's the Texas Rangers owner's turn to appear on HBO's Entourage. Who do they call to line that up? Mavericks owner Mark Cuban taped an appearance on the hip hit two weeks ago. Last Sunday night, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made his slightly-more-than-a-cameo appearance after having taped h ... More >>

Palin Does Plano

Danny FulgencioSome of Sarah Palin's adoring readers wanted to talk politics at the signing table. One woman just wanted to say, "I really like your kimono."​If you're looking for copies of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: An American Life, you'll be out of luck tonight at Legacy Books in Plano -- they' ... More >>

Hophead: Saison d'être At Zymology

For every wound, a balm. For every sorrow, a cheer. For every storm, a calm. For every thirst, a beer. Summer is nearly here, which explains the sudden cloudiness. I'm not talking about the weather; I mean the cloudy pints of seasonal unfiltered wheat beer offered at your favorite beer pub. And, whi ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.27.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Sorry to rain on Skip Bayless' - what, 14-year? - crusade, but Troy Aikman ain't gay. Went to the Pro Bowl and hung out with Aikman in Honolulu in '93. Lotsa drinks. LotsaLotsa hula girls. ... More >>

Somebody's Darling Is All Smiles

Reading Rainbow

Nothing like a bad book adaptation to turn kids on to the written word

From the Any—And I Mean Any—Excuse To Party Department

Chef Wang

Man Factory Talks Street Fighter, Picks Fight With Steve Jobs

With R. Kelly, It's Thrill-a-Minute

Hang on while we take you on an up-and-down history of R. Kelly's life

Cotton Bowl: Goodbye, Dallas. Hello, Palace.

Like it or not, relocation is the right Cotton-pickin' decision.

Action Sports Take Over Dallas

Those crazy kids have built our li'l skate rink into a huge international sport

For the Kids

Tom Hicks' California Gold Rush

Us vs. Us

Hated Spurs have beloved Dallas roots

Out of Africa

Kwanzaa is community, not characters and catchphrases

Best Steak

Pappas Bros. Steakhouse

Leaves of Crass

Little Shop of schnorrers; The Exit finds three characters stuck in motel hell

Scream Machines

Amusement parks insist their rides are safe, but who really knows?

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

The Real Thing

Fake it at Sushi@Manhattan's

Shamrock On

Kids get locked in, not locked up

Freak Show

Pamela Joseph's absurdly entertaining Sideshow is slicker than a carny

Home Coming

The Dixie Chicks' new album won't be out for another month, but we'll tell you why it's worth waiting for

Small Soldiers

Yeah, they're fast, but the Cowboys' linebackers are too short and light for the NFL

Duran Duran

Out Here

Buzz

Buzz

No place in the West End

To hell with authenticity, Y.O. Ranch has great cowboy grub

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Big men, big houses

For one sports star, home is where the bowling alley is