Every weekend, thousands of people in North Texas spend hours preparing for an age-old waltz. They focus their minds on the execution of traditional tango. They get geared up to go out and try to get themselves laid. Nowhere is this time-honored tradition more respected than in Addison. There, the…
Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco knows about commitment. In January of this year, he signed a four-year extension with Dallas instead of becoming a free agent. Also, he stands in front of a net and lets people hit hockey pucks in his direction at around 100 mph. The man is…
People spend a lot of time trying to be the best at things. People also spend a lot of time failing at that and end up making mediocre drivel. Take Freebirds vs. Chipotle burritos. Freebirds is awesome, and Chipotle a distant runner-up. Or The Baby-sitter’s Club vs. Sweet Valley High…
A lot of people think little girls are just interested in frilly toys and the like. But really, they’re pretty deep. Take Barbie Live! In Fairytopia for example. The play stars an actress playing Barbie starring as a fairy named Elina. How meta is that? Little girls clearly love peeling…
It’s nearing 3 a.m., and Amanda Newman is finally getting her boys ready for bed. Jesse sits cross-legged on Newman’s wide leather couch and smiles shyly as she tosses a blanket beside him. She already made sure he and Dave, who will have to share the couch, have a late-night…
I’m sitting across from a not unattractive gentleman in a popular Lakewood Italian place. So far, so good. Tall, athletic. Shirt’s a bit too big, though. But this is only our first date; we can work toward appropriately fitting clothing later. I tell him about an article I’m working on…
Walking the streets of Dallas, we can’t help but see so many tragic faces. We imagine the heart-wrenching stories behind them as those we pass look to us for hope. How sad that there are so many people in need of something so simple: wine edification. Thank God, then, for…
It is a dark, warm night. A hot breeze blows across the top of the Oak Cliff hill where you sit, gazing at the glittering Dallas skyline in the distance. Out here, it is quiet. Maybe too quiet. And then—behind you! Something stirs, and it comes closer and closer…and then…
A former court reporter sued Judge Sally Montgomery this week, claiming that Montgomery wrongfully fired her from her seven-year job at County Court at Law No. 3. Lawyers for Cayce Coskey claim that Montgomery, rated in February by the Texas Observer as the second-worst judge in Texas, fired Coskey on…
My eyes are closed, and I’m standing with a microphone in my hand in front of a room full of people. Dr. Steven Stosny, an anger and domestic abuse expert, has just asked me to recall a time I got really angry. “My roommate’s boyfriend drinks my beer without asking,”…
Be amazed by the musical spectacle, Celtic Woman, soon to play at Nokia Theatre! The Celtic women performers—wives and girlfriends of former Boston Celtic basketball players, naturally—will wow you with their ball-handling skills as they dribble, dunk and drive to a carefully choreographed 45-minute classical rendition of “Drunken Lullabies” by…
Cases of mistaken identity are nothing if not wacky. Yes, if it’s wacky high jinks you need, look no further than the silly antics in comedy classics like Face/Off and The Fugitive. Wasn’t it hilarious when Harrison Ford took a tumble off that crazy dam? And didn’t you just crack…
That devil, always messing with the details, like a naughty kitten who won’t be deterred from pawing a flower arrangement. With the slightest curious swipe of the paw, the whole thing comes crashing down. It’s much like what happened during the first weekend of this year’s Festival of Independent Theatres,…
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of felines will be rolling into town this weekend for an International Cat Association show. There’s a crude joke to be made here about a naughty synonym for “cat” and the amount available to be had on the odd Saturday in Arlington, Texas, but this time, I’m…
Once upon a time there was a story called Jack and the Beanstalk. It was a fairy tale about a tall boy nicknamed “the Beanstalk” and the wise-cracking spokes-mascot for national fast-food chain Jack in the Box. A key scene between Jack, who is trying to find more low-wage workers,…
Knowing what you know now, if you’d been alive back in 19th-century Britain, would you have let anything stop you from going to hear Charles Dickens talk about his novels? Or, if you were living in Elizabethan England, would there be any price you wouldn’t pay to hear Shakespeare crack…
“Don’t be nervous!” The makeup girl smiles as she attempts to brush a wad of Cowboys cheerleader pink across my lips, but suddenly my knees are shaking so much that I can’t even keep my face still. Thing is, I totally had the situation under control, like, two seconds ago…
When I heard Journey was coming to an art gallery in Plano, I couldn’t wait to get all “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin'” north of 635. With “Open Arms,” I would welcome the band into the suburban fold. Then, somebody told me Journey at the 14th Street Gallery was not, in fact,…
Local women’s group Friends in Deeds would like to invite you into the Empowerment Zone, wherein I can only assume you’ll feel like “Oh, no she didn’t!”-ing all over the place and telling your friends to “Go, girl!” In the Empowerment Zone, you’ll be asked, “Are You Living Your Best…
Officer Allen Hill was on motorcycle patrol writing traffic tickets on the suburban streets of North Richland Hills, just northeast of Fort Worth, when a call came over his radio: Available SWAT team members were to report to the station immediately. It was an answer to his prayers. Brawny and…
At my place, the “Four Steps to Lasting Happiness and Bliss” are the distance between the couch and a fridge full of cold Stella Artois. But if you’re interested in four alternate steps to lasting happiness and bliss, Sandi Smith’s got ’em. The pilot, CPA and pro traveler has developed…
Elaine is talking over some bad techno music at the Absinthe Lounge in the South Side on Lamar building. She’s telling me about her brilliant 17-year-old son, who bestows his wisdom upon a younger friend. “And so he tells this kid, ‘All those rich people in Highland Park, if you…
