During the course of reporting a separate story for the paper version of Unfair Park, I met with Mexican Consul General Enrique Hubbard Urrea in his brand-new digs this week and learned an interesting tidbit: It seems that while Mexican immigration to the U.S. is at a 10-year low, consulate…
After taking heat for being “invisible” while Governor Rick Perry rallied liberty-loving Texans with talk of secession and tax parties, Kay Bailey Hutchison declared today at Dallas County Republican Party Headquarters that she and not the governor stands poised to “rejuvenate” the Texas GOP. “That’s exactly why I’m running for…
On Wednesday afternoon, in a well-lit classroom on Forest Lane, the Dallas Happiness Club held its first meeting. I know — it sounds like something advertised in the back pages of the paper version of Unfair Park. But the club’s actually a monthly gathering rooted in the belief that happiness…
On a 103-degree day like today, most people stick to air-conditioned buildings or poolside recliners. Not 19-year-old Jonathon Jackson.With a crew of a dozen other teens, the South Oak Cliff High graduate spent the afternoon trudging through the Great Trinity Forest in snake chaps and a work helmet to help…
A cluster of local educators and politicos — among them Mayor Tom Leppert, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, SMU President Gerald Turner and DISD trustee Edwin Flores — gathered in the stately atrium of SMU’s Owen Arts Center yesterday afternoon to kick off the inaugural Dallas Hispanic Youth…
This afternoon outside Dallas City Hall, several hundred people braved the summer’s first 100-degree day to protest the violent crackdown on demonstrators in Iran. They waved Iranian flags, held signs demanding freedom and democracy and showed photographs of the violence that has rocked the country since the June 13 election.The…
Reporter Megan Feldman Goes Without Refined Sugar. Her Life May Never Be The Same. When my doctor recently recommended I stop eating refined sugar as part of a broad plan to curb a bout of allergies and eczema, I didn’t think it’d be such a big deal. “Sure,” I said,…
Not many people relish having to wear contacts or glasses, but for Adam Williamson, poor eyesight was more than a headache. The 25-year-old from Garland was paralyzed in a dirt bike accident three years ago, and his worsening vision made for yet another roadblock in his daily life. His morning…
It appears on the horizon like a massive jellyfish made of metal and glass. As you get closer, it resembles a round version of Arizona’s Biosphere. Then you walk in, and no matter how much you may have read about the new, state-of-the art, 80,000-plus-seat Cowboys Stadium, you feel like…
So the “major announcement” at Dallas City Hall this afternoon was the unveiling of a new annual running event: the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon. It’s set for March 14, 2010, and organizers — which include the city, the White Rock Marathon and the Competitor Group, the latter of…
We got word this afternoon that in honor of National Running Day — which is tomorrow, who knew? — Mayor Tom Leppert, the city council and bigwigs from the White Rock Marathon and the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau will unveil some kinda new running event at noon at City…
Based on preliminary calculations and TAKS results, a record number of Dallas Independent School District campuses are poised to be classified as “recognized” or “exemplary” by the Texas Education Agency. Until now, not one non-magnet high school in the district has been deemed recognized, and this year six are slated…
Now’s the time of year when you suddenly notice it. That first day at the pool, all these months of being out of the sun and too lazy to meet your buddy for golf, tennis or a bike ride become painfully obvious. Or maybe you’re one of those obsessive-compulsive over-exercisers…
It’s a balmy morning in April, which to Anthony Tovar means only one thing: crunch time. Instead of walking the halls of Sunset High School in his usual happy-go-lucky way, greeting teenagers with a grin and calling them by name, the principal is hunched over paperwork in his office, his…
Late yesterday, we finally caught up with Ginger Weatherspoon, the former assistant attorney general who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the Office of the Attorney General alleging that she was fired for reporting that supervisors confined her in a room against her will and attempted to coerce perjured testimony from…
At this very moment at the North Texas Food Bank, Communities Foundation of Texas is holding a press conference during which it’s formally unveiling DonorBridge, which pairs potential donors with nonprofits throughout North Texas and across the country — and then offers hundreds of thousands in matching funds courtesy CFT…
The paper version of Unfair Park this week features the story of Ron White, the 2009 U.S.A. Memory Champion, who lives in Euless.To help document his quest to prove that everyone — even a college dropout — can not only accomplish daunting mental feats but literally do anything they put…
Standing chest-deep in the hotel pool, Ron White felt foolish. Were the people on lounge chairs near the deep end watching him? Well, screw it. If he cared what a few strangers thought and let it get in the way of his training, how would he possibly bring home the…
More than a year after an accident left improv comedian Mark Orvik with a nasty infection that has yet to fully heal, he and Section 8 are celebrating their 10th anniversary of “fast-paced, in your face, rock ‘n’ roll comedy” with shows at Ozona Grill and Bar. The first was…
While serving a third tour in Iraq last fall, Ty Reed, a soldier with the First Brigade, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Hood, discovered something she couldn’t ignore. The 32-year-old Fort Worth native was working on rebuilding projects in South Baghdad when a woman named Fatima approached. Not yet…
Veracruz Cafe408 N. Bishop214-948-4746Expectations are a bitch. When me and my date talked about going to Veracruz Cafe in Bishop Arts, somehow my mind conjured images of Spanish wine and olives, chorizo and Manchego cheese…Which is weird since I’ve traveled in both Spain and Mexico and scoff when people use…
The Deep Ellum duo that brought us the Obama Bar is expanding their soapy business to include a Web-based retail company to invest in microloans for impoverished women around the world. Soap Hope, Salah Boukadoum and Craig Tiritilli’s new venture, sells natural hand-crafted bath products and lotions by companies such…
