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Blogs
September 4, 2012
Dallas Has Its First Real Bike Lane, and It's in Oak Cliff
It's easy to bemoan Dallas' glacial progress on the bike plan that is supposed to, one day, connect the city with an extensive network of bike lanes, but credit should be given where it's due. In the spring, it was the shared lane that randomly sprung up on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to F ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
The Favorite Foods of All 44 Presidents
After an exhaustive search of public records and historical documents at the Library of Congress (read: drunken Google search), we are ready to honor President's Day with a comprehensive list of the foods enjoyed by our fearless leaders of the past. Throughout this process one question continued ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
The Eaters in Chief
Thomas Jefferson: great taste in food -- plus he helped give us that whole separation of church/state thing.The federal holiday Americans observe next Monday was originally designed to honor George Washington. But when the government standardized its celebrations in 1968, they stuck the annua ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2010
The Spookiest Joint in San Antonio
Given that the Cowboys last season won a playoff game and buried their ghosts of Decembers past, I have a hunch where these spirits now live: The Menger Hotel. It may or may not actually be haunted, but man is it creepy. The Menger is just across the street from The Alamo, where since the 185 ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2008
Weekend Roundup: Ghostland Observatory, the Roots, the Cardinals, More
Calendar
May 6, 2004
Motor Away
Get your motor running for Houston's Art Car Weekend
News
December 24, 1998
Merry Xmas, Mr. Davis
A hearing officer finds that a convicted killer did not violate parole