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May 7, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 98: Arepas at Zaguan Latin Cafe
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we should try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Not every sandwich has to be a full-service gut bomb. Sometimes you just want a little ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 99: The Bone Marrow at the Meddlesome Moth
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we should try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Meddlesome Moth's menu takes some careful navigation. The mussels are a safe bet, and t ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 100: The Cleaver and Block Burger at NHS Tavern
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. NHS Tavern's Cleaver and Block Burger has an unfair advantage over every other burger ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
The Observer is Looking for an Art Director
This is the job posting. Tell your friends. But only the good ones. The Dallas Observer has an immediate opening for an experienced editorial art director. The art director is responsible for the overall design quality and integrity of the publication. He/she must be able to conceptualize and produ ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Best Musical Trends of 2011
OK, Sexy Sax Man. Just 15 more minutes. Tell the world, rock is coming home This year saw a wave of rock bands catching up to a new generation. We got Soundgarden touring again, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink-182 and even less renowned bands like Urge Overkill and Bush releasing new albums. Aft ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Hey, Our Best Of App Is One of the Best. No, Really. Apple Said So.
As blogs go, Unfair Park is a mostly safe, well-lit space, free of the black-hearted cynicism that infects so many other blogs. (Except when Rick Perry parts his lips.) (Oh, and when Schutze shows up.) (And Patrick! Can't forget about Patrick.) (Anna and Brantley have a little darkness in the ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Juve Remixes A Name For Itself
As blogs go, Unfair Park is a mostly safe, well-lit space, free of the black-hearted cynicism that infects so many other blogs. (Except when Rick Perry parts his lips.) (Oh, and when Schutze shows up.) (And Patrick! Can't forget about Patrick.) (Anna and Brantley have a little darkness in the ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
"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 >>
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May 23, 2011
Dealey Plaza Redo Will Be Public-Private Deal. And It Has To Be Done By November 2013.
Just two of the many amazing photos found in the Dealey Plaza redo PowerPointSchutze went to that Dealey Plaza chitchat at City Hall this afternoon. Only, the Quality of Life Committee didn't have quorum, so, per council rules, all the council got was a read-through of architect Jonathan Rollins' ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
At SMU's Living Village, Harvey Lacey Demos a House Built One Plastic Bag At A Time
Photos by Patrick MichelsInventor Harvey Lacey in front of a mud-covered house built with his Ubuntu Blox, bales of compacted plastic bags and Styrofoam..Today marks the middle of SMU's Engineering & Humanity Week, where, as Robert already told you, students are field-testing some the latest ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
An Early Look at "Repurposing" Plans for A. Maceo and North Dallas High Schools
Via The Past WhispersBack to the Dallas Independent School District trustees' to-do list for Thursday ...Like I said, lots of interesting stuff there, beginning at the top of the briefing agenda: "Discussion of 2010-2011 Repurposing Plans for Academically Unacceptable (AU4) Schools." That AU4 ref ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Downtown Dallas 360, Meet The Community
To get to last night's Downtown Dallas 360 meeting you had to walk through the Chase set, which was using the convention center as Chicago O'Hare International Airport.Last night a hundred or so folks interested in downtown development gathered at the Dallas Convention Center -- where they were f ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Camped Out at City Hall for the Latest Briefing on Permanent Supportive Housing
Now that Steve Salazar's run the City Council's Public Safety Committee out of the briefing room, his Housing Committee is powering through the afternoon in here for a look at the latest on efforts to place homeless folks into permanent supportive housing. With bullet-pointed stats presented in s ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Last Night: Memoryhouse, Twin Sister, SLEEP ∞ OVER at The Loft
Memoryhouse, Twin Sister, SLEEP ∞ OVERThe LoftAugust 25, 2010 Better than: ironing out the kinks of that new Windows XP installation. Derek O'DonnellMemoryhouse. Expect a full slideshow from last night's show later today.Each of the two non-Texan touring bands who took the stage last night a ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Liveblogging This Morning's Trinity River Corridor Project Committee Meeting
From the PowerPoint proposing a new Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Gateway connecting Fair Park to the TrinityThe very top of the very morning to you, Friends. Here I am at City Hall once again (still haven't regained my Foursquare mayorship, very upset about it) to bring you live updates from ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Mayor Leppert Just Stopped Checking His E-Mail to Chime In on the Love Field Concessions
Sam MertenMayor Leppert, five minutes into the presentation.Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano began this afternoon's Love Field Concession Committee meeting by letting folks know why the committee was formed -- to clear up "perception issues reported by the newspaper" -- and what the groun ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
How a Girl on Top Chose, Kinda, to Move Back to Deep Ellum After Two Years Living in Austin
Lower Greenville, Knox-Henderson or Deep Ellum? That's the question I asked all kinds of folks before moving back to Dallas this month to re-join the Observer. Two and a half years gone while in grad school in Austin, and all kinds of things change in this town. Somebody set off a Banana Republi ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Settle This Argument: Who's the Most Overpaid City of Dallas Employee?
Justin TerveenMerten just got around to looking at Texas Tribune's list of city of Dallas employees' salaries. He called me, shocked -- SHOCKED -- at some of those numbers. He also wanted to know who the who is Harold Nogle, the fourth-highest paid city employee at $208,000 -- which puts him betw ... More >>
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July 14, 2009
Legal Battle Over Locally Not-Produced Duke Nukem Forever Now Names Plano's GearBox
The only thing that'll take longer than the development of Duke Nukem Forever is the lawsuit is created after the game never showed.Long story short for those without short- or long-term memories: After Garland-based video game developer Apogee Software/3D Realms took forever developing and never de ... More >>
Music
May 7, 2009
Jonathan Coulton
Wednesday, May 13, at the Granada Theater
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February 18, 2009
Giveaway: Three Pairs Of Tickets To Tomorrow Night's Trail of Dead Show at the Granada
In this week's just-circulated dead tree version of DC9, Jesse Hughey pretty much goes ga-ga over the latest release from Austin's ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, calling the just-released The Century of Self, "a powerful return to form, with several moments of greatness." Hughey also ... More >>
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December 29, 2008
The Five Worst Album Covers of 2008
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow StairsA cover that seems created to cause migraines. I suppose this shit's supposed to be a comment on our modern condition or something. If so, spare me.
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December 23, 2008
Top 10 Country Albums of 2008
Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and ... More >>
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November 24, 2008
By December 10, Maybe the Council Will Have Its Head Out of Its Ash
As you can see from the photo of Pauline Medrano here, council members spent the first 40 minutes of today's meeting of the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee scarfing down sandwiches -- too busy to have a proper lunch, apparently, what with back-to-back meetings on the schedule. (And ... More >>
Music
November 6, 2008
YACHT
Thursday, November 6, at Club Dada
Blogs
September 2, 2008
In the Absence of a Trinity River Project, Fun and Fascinating Meetings
Thursday, November 6, at Club Dada
Calendar
July 31, 2008
Hurry Up And Drink
Singles with ADD, please report here
Blogs
May 13, 2008
Credit Card Hacking, Not Just the Newest Game at Dave & Buster's
Singles with ADD, please report here
News
October 18, 2007
Gunfight at the Trinity
The biggest shoot-out in Dallas' political history
Blogs
April 25, 2007
The Highly Unofficial Unfair Park Mayoral Poll
The biggest shoot-out in Dallas' political history
News
April 19, 2007
What a Woonerful World
Ed Oakley gets himself a Dutch treat
Blogs
February 14, 2007
Get on the Bus
Ed Oakley gets himself a Dutch treat
Calendar
August 3, 2006
Haste = Luv
Ed Oakley gets himself a Dutch treat
Blogs
April 6, 2006
Cubes, Cubed
Ed Oakley gets himself a Dutch treat
News
December 2, 2004
Whiz Biz Kids
Dallas' young entrepreneurs live by their creed: Just do it.
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Computer Store
Micro Center
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Bookstore (Used)
Half Price Books
News
January 24, 2002
Men From g.o.d.
Why are these Dallas high-tech hotshots chucking the action, gore and riches of the computer gaming world to hawk a genteel digital magazine?
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Computer Store
Tran Computer
News
March 16, 2000
Critic's circle
WFAA movie reviewer Gary Cogill is guru and matchmaker for a caffeinated crowd of film buffs
News
January 14, 1999
Stormy weather
Hot new computer game maker ION Storm appears to have all it needs for success -- top talent, plenty of money, and legions of anxious fans. So why is its future so cloudy?
News
August 27, 1998
Bugged By the Millennium
A computer glitch has some Dallasites predicting an apocalyptic meltdown. They may not be that crazy.
News
April 30, 1998
Life in the slow lane
The Information Age meets the technological Stone Age at Dallas schools
News
April 2, 1998
Attack of the geeks
A cadre of computer whizzes plans to expose DISD's finances to the world
News
May 29, 1997
Buzz
A cadre of computer whizzes plans to expose DISD's finances to the world
News
April 17, 1997
"It's our turn to be heard"
With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say
News
February 27, 1997
Buzz
With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say
News
May 23, 1996
Virtual legality
For an up-and-coming Dallas multimedia company with a hot lawyer game, life imitates CD-ROM
News
January 18, 1996
It's the stock price, stupid!
High-flying Danny Wettreich has shut down companies, destroyed jobs, and drawn the scrutiny of two federal agencies, But he says it's what the stock market thinks of him that counts.
News
December 7, 1995
Caught in the Web
Zach Loafman, a gifted St. Mark's teen, fights an addiction to the Internet.
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