If you gave me 100 tries to guess how Rick Perry is similar to Rocky and Babe Ruth, I don’t think I’d come up with “Champion.” But there it is, in all its strings-and-keys glory. Soak up the magic while the YouTube channel still exists…
As of January 2, the strip mall at Northwest Highway and Hillcrest, on the northern edge of Preston Hollow, has another has another fast-casual food option: Mimi’s “New York-style” pizza. The small storefront near El Fenix and Mooyah Burger, a spin-off of the Joe’s Pizza and Pasta chain, has been…
No, no. You’re right. I know. It’s just that — no, you’re right. I won’t ask again…
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 their…
It won’t get the buzz that landing Lamar Odom or Vince Carter will, but last night the Mavericks made what will easily be their most interesting move of this abridged off-season, signing guard Delonte West to a one-year deal. ESPN summed West up as “a tenacious defender,” which is a…
For as much screen time as he gets, and for as much as analysts fawn over his “exotic” blitz packages — He throws everything but the kitchen sink! And sometimes he even throws that! He must be strong! Sinks are generally quite heavy! — Rob Ryan can’t be a very…
The other night my wife, who’s pregnant, worked late. I knew the chivalrous thing to do was to take care of dinner — to have an idea, to hammer the idea through, to execute it without wavering. If I’m married 100 years I’ll never fully realize how much value there…
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Yesterday, during my occasional and futile shift on the Rick Perry firing squad, I unloaded most of my ammunition on Perry’s impossibly ignorant rant about Obama’s plan to protect gay people overseas — an act Perry deemed as an attack on “traditional American values.” By the time I finished firing,…
Update, 3:42 p.m.: This could get awkward. Yahoo! is now reporting that several sources are saying June Jones will not be ASU’s next coach, because — well, basically because of all those Tweets below, or whatever the big-money-booster equivalent of bitching on Twitter is. Original item: After rescuing the SMU…
Here’s the president yesterday, decrying not-minor human-rights violations against gays overseas (from the Washington Times):”I am deeply concerned by the violence and discrimination targeting [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered] persons around the world — whether it is passing laws that criminalize LGBT status, beating citizens simply for joining peaceful LGBT…
This morning’s News carries a paywall-less story about yesterday’s meeting of the minds between Rick Perry and Phoenix-area sheriff Joe Arpaio. (No wall on an immigration story? Liberal media!) It was the move of a desperate candidate, and it came on the same day Perry forgot both the legal voting…
We’ve been telling you since the summer about the estimated $400,000 the Texas governor’s office agreed to pay the producers in exchange for them promoting the state’s brand in the ongoing, Texas-centric season of Top Chef. Last we checked in, the producers, a California company called Magical Elves, were suing…
Teach for America, the nonprofit teacher pipeline founded by Park Cities native Wendy Kopp, has made a couple of appearances in the Morning News lately, first in a news story and then an editorial about the rate at which TFA teachers stick in their jobs. Apparently the first class of…
When the city-owned Omni Hotel had its grand-opening photo op the other day, everything seemed in place, right down to the giant ribbon and the past-due TV stars. But there’s one little speck of cement that the city’s still fighting over — and its sparring partner isn’t going down easily…
In its continuing effort to transition from a respected financial magazine to a full-time generator of mostly half-assed lists, Forbes released yet another list today, this time of America’s four- and five-star restaurants, hotels and spas. The Frobes Travel Guide bestows no Dallas business with five stars. In fact, there’s…
Earlier today, when she formally accepted our offer to become the Observer’s next music editor, Audra Schroeder included in her email the above video, along with this message: “Feel free to blast this in the office to get people ready. I’ll work on somersaults/tear-away pants.” I wish that was all…
We’re still waiting to see whether a judge thinks we’re entitled to more details on how the producers of Top Chef will spend the estimated $400,000-plus the state paid to see its brand integrated into the show, which the show has thus far accomplished with lots of boots, Texas flags,…
Pretty lackluster episode of Saturday Night Live last night — and no, that isn’t a cue for you to go on about how the show hasn’t been worth watching since (insert whatever era during which you first saw the show). It’s been strong lately, a nice mix of “funny ha-ha”…
SMU is inching closer to admission into one of college football’s hallowed BCS conferences, which will mark the latest milestone on what the school and its alumni hope is the road back to football relevancy. It’s certainly been a long road, starting with the death penalty in ’87 and winding…
Update: I posted this last night and within minutes had heard from several people, including a couple who I suspect will be gracing these digital pages at some point. That said — keep ’em coming. Remember to put “City of Ate Blogger” in the subject line, and remember not to…
Texans eat more than 3.5 meals a week in restaurants, according to Zagat. That’s more than the diners in any other state in this great, fat union of ours. Houston leads the way, eating a full four meals a week out, with Austin and Dallas following close behind at 3.8…
