Dearest Smoke,On two separate occasions you have wooed me and my posse with food and drink divine. I’m not even going to get into discussing the hominy casserole for fear I’ll abandon all responsibility and drive to you to eat it now. But the drinks? I would be happy to…
OK, OK, so you’ve got your motorized snowman out front, and Rudolph’s set to take off from the roof. Or perhaps you have a yard-sized menorah nestled in between your two oak trees. Dial it all back a little and let Dallas Heritage Village show you how to celebrate a…
I feel old. I find myself scratching my head and thinking, “These kids today with their apps and their GPS tracking devices and their digital everythings.” It’s mind-boggling sometimes that people announce where they are and post updates, etc. But one digital application I can get behind is the artistic…
There’s just no way that Greg Mortenson had any idea that when he fell ill trying to climb K2, he–as just one man–could make such an impact on Pakistan and Afghanistan. Since that fateful time, he’s endeavored to make education and literacy the driving force to achieve peace in Middle…
My co-worker had a great idea: You could go out and have a great holiday meal at one of any of Dallas’ wonderful restaurants. You could even go buy the produce and proteins and create your own wonderful meal at home. Or, you could simply bring family together having collected…
Here’s my issue with having Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant or even a non-relative’s house: No frickin’ leftovers! Oh, how I relish a good sandwich in general, not to mention one of the leftover turkey variety. I’ll pile on any sides that are left too. Fair warning: Don’t even try…
I spent some time trying to figure out what an iconic photographer of celebrities and the dejected (Gary Bishop), a Brooklyn-based digital stop-motion animation artist (Yui Kugimiya), a sculptor of steel (George Schroeder) and an artist of mixed-media–painting, sculpture and collage–(Roberta Harris), all have to do with one another, in…
Ever been to First Monday Trade Days in Canton? No? Wait, let me guess: It’s too far. It’s outside. Whatever. Wussies get a major break when the Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S. Main St., hosts Canton In the City during the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Screw buying a…
It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago, I sat at a patio table at the Double-Wide with Jen as we got trashed on Hurritangs and I lost my camera. Oh, memories. Sweet, sweet memories. Well, since then, my girl drinkers and I (and a few boys thrown…
Where would you expect to see an original work by the great Pablo Picasso or Henri Matisse? What about Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Rembrandt van Rijn, Piet Mondrian or Paul Gauguin? Most folks would venture a museum or Christie’s auction, possibly an art gallery if it were big-time. But…
It’s not, so much, the printing of 13 photographs from a single image that’s difficult. Print schmint. And it’s not, I would imagine, even shooting photos from which a dozen photographers will select an image–after all, photography is life’s work for most of them. It would seem that the most…
It was a brisk night. Jessica and I had set out to see John Spriggins’ Paper Dolls exhibition at the South Dallas Cultural Center. We made several illegal u-turns before successfully achieving our goal (the SDCC is precariously located at a wonky intersection) and perusing the collages of women’s magazine…
Dallas, there is something we must stop doing. We must stop taking our art galleries for granted and go visit them. As I was perusing the list of artists featured in Dunn and Brown Contemporary’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition I paused more than once. Not only were there names of local…
Apparently, somebody — make that quite a few somebodies — wants VH1 talking head and master of the bizarre tweet, Paul F. Tompkins, to come to Dallas. So much so there’s a Facebook group specifically for that purpose. Just today I’ve gotten three e-mails and two suggestions to join the…
Every year, right around October 1, I start hoping that I will receive some sort of sign, a fantastic message, that the titans of what I like to call “Broadsword Rock” will come together and rock the knights and maidens of the Doublewide. I’m talking, of course, about Blood on…
What exactly makes one a “celebrity chef”? Are TV appearances required? Is a nation-sweeping catch-phrase a must? Does more than one city need to sing your praises? Or do you just have to be able to make such amazing food that when people eat it they swoon and spread the…
I met with girl drinkers Marla, Melissa and my sis Tracy for a night of comedy and cheesy appetizers. And drinks. Of course there were drinks. We were all geared up to see the partly-cloudy comic with a side of soapbox, David Cross. Unfortunately, we had no idea what time…
It doesn’t take a meteorologist to understand just how powerful weather is. Especially given the recent seasonal shift, we all know how moods can be affected by the weather. And, historically speaking, a kite channeled weather for a rather electrifying discovery. But Brooklyn artist William Lamson has created a series…
Every hockey season, my best friend and I have a method of rooting for our respective teams. If I attend the game in person, I’m allowed to wear the Dallas Stars jersey (old school away circa 1999 Stanley Cup) for the entire game, but if I’m at home I don’t…
Bob Mackie — or the “Sultan of Sequins,” as Tim Gunn so flamboyantly introduced him — was the designer judge and the inspiration for this week’s challenge on Project Runway. Master of Madonna’s sparkling bodice, Diana Ross’s sequined head and hips and Cher’s tinseled titties, Mackie is the go-to guy…
If I had to bet on what the official drink of Halloween is, I’d probably go with pumpkin juice. But, then again, I’ll admit to having seen most of the Harry Potter movies multiple times and in such films, pumpkin juice is readily available. I’ve actually looked for pumpkin juice…
This week on Project Runway, which we’re one local contestant auffing away from turning off forever, Heidi Klum flounced out on the runway and announced that the designers would have to pick new models. But not actual models. Instead she introduced some gay divorcées who wanted a redesign of their…
