Mental health has long been a motif and muse used by artists. “I can not get rid of my illnesses, for there is a lot in my art that exists only because of them,” wrote Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, best known for his work “The Scream,” who was diagnosed with neurasthenia,…
Just before Valentine’s Day, many Texans were giddier about the prospects of snow than flowers or chocolates. We checked weather apps hourly for reassurances that we would, in fact, this time see some serious powder. Oh, the bliss of our naivety. As the snow rolled in, the power grid failed,…
B. doughnut suggests, per their website, their pastries are, “Doughnuts for those who don’t really like doughnuts.” But I love doughnuts, on a molecular level, and I also love their malasadas, so it might just be a matter of expectations. Titi Phommachanh is originally from Laos. His parents immigrated to…
Well, 2021 certainly is making a show of itself. If you’re experiencing power loss, we really hope, all toes and fingers crossed, your power is restored soon. And in case we’ve got a few more days of this ahead of us — and it looks like we do — we…
There’s a strong, beautiful energy inside the walls of the Design District’s showroom and gallery store {neighborhood}. After moving into this space from their original spot in Bishop Arts District, and a low-key 2020, the owners of {neighborhood} will host art shows throughout the year. The first offers works from…
The iceman of local meteorologists, Pete Delkus, teased on Facebook Thursday: “If I told you how much snow I was seeing in my crystal ball on Monday you couldn’t handle it!” Monday we could see 10 inches of powder over 2 inches of ice — or it’ll bone-dry sunshine. When…
The $2 trillion CARES Act, which established the Paycheck Protection Program. A new report shows how it hasn’t all gone as planned.
D.G. Yuengling & Son is America’s oldest craft brewery, having first poured frothy pints back in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Since that time they have remained a family business, passed down through generations, always father to son, until the fifth generation of all daughters who are now at the helm. Despite…
Growing up in Coppell, Tyler Rooney didn’t pay much attention to the kitchen or envision himself as a baker at any point. When asked about his culinary exposure in his early years, he nonchalantly mentions that his mother took him to France every summer, where she’s originally from, and made…
This weekend the city of Dallas unveiled its attempt at implementing a mass vaccination and officials subsequently issued apologies for the mess that ensued. Tuesday when the Dallas County Commissioners Court convened for their biweekly meeting, more details were offered on what went wrong, including an explanation for the hour-long…
Yonkers Pizza Co. in Preston Center opened late last year as a place where owner Tony Avezzano, son of Dallas Cowboys’ late special teams coach Joe Avezzano, could share his family’s Italian recipes. He signed a lease for this space in fall 2019 and finally opened the doors a full…
Until life on the streets took him in, Jesus Monge says, he was a quiet kid who did well in school in Pleasant Grove and made friends easily. He remembers being an avid learner, bilingual in reading and writing. He won a few spelling bees, something he’s still proud of…
The upscale deep-fried corn dog business is expanding into Preston Center. After opening their first restaurant in northwest Dallas about a year ago, the mother-daughter duo of Vickie Fletcher, who worked at the State Fair of Texas overseeing the sale of millions of corn dogs since the 1980s, and Jace…
Last week when Dallas City Council member Chad West set up a vaccine registration drive outside a barbershop along Jefferson Avenue, several vendors showed up to peddle their goods. One was Chamoyitas Picositas, the brainchild of Esmeralda Sanchez, a Mesquite native who started this small business as a way to…
In case you needed an excuse to explore butter-rich layers of perfectly crisp yet succulently soft dough smushed into thin sheets then rolled a quarter-moon shape, National Croissant Day is this Saturday, Jan. 30. And what a city to live in to celebrate pastries. Our cup runneth over with chefs…
Did you have to read that headline seven times? Yeah, us too. We tried to fit “Dak Prescott” into it as well, but had to cut our losses somewhere. Irving-based 7-Eleven is getting into the short-term rental business. On Monday, they announced a Game-All-Night Experience through Airbnb that allows a…
A Tiki lounge called Swizzle recently opened on Lowest Greenville, a refreshing splash of tropical bliss in a city with an at-times desert ambiance. On a recent Friday night the spot was modestly busy, which is a good sign during a pandemic. An eager host carefully appointed seats in the…
There’s a slow trickle of vaccines that Dallas County’s commissioners are, in part, responsible for administering to a county of over 2.6 million people. Last week the county took the lead in opening a mega vaccine center at Fair Park, getting it up and running in a mere four days…
Tables are already set up with stacks of cookies and wee little Girl Scouts hiding behind them, honing their sales skills and testing your gullibility. Despite the pandemic, they’re still out at some regular spots, but there are some online options and delivery. Asking Facebook is the best bet on…
Multiple registration sites, mixed messages, broken promises and lack of outreach have created frustration with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. One significant contributor to the confusion came two weeks ago when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott opened the floodgates to Phase 1B, catching county health departments off guard. Abbott read a report…
“Awful treatment. We walked in at 3 pm on a Friday, the doors were open so we assumed it was open. The gentlemen who appeared to be a server with long hair came in and very rudely told us that it was closed and continued to wave at us out…
Saturday marked an all-time high for new cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County. For the first time, positive cases breached 3,000, raising the new daily average to 2,104. About 23% of all emergency room visits are COVID-19 related. UTSouthwestern’s COVID tracking model released on Jan. 7 accurately projected this spike, and…
