Perhaps you’re like me: First thing I thought when I saw this wondrous photo was, “Stephen, have you–by any chance–shrunk down to the size of a quarter after a mysterious ray gun zapped you, and are now residing inside an old 35mm film can?” Turns out, it’s not true. Photographer…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. A little more than three years ago, Nicole Stewart was in Venice Beach, California, and she was…
Years back, we’ll look to June 27 as the day when fast food broke free of its physical constraints: It’s now totally cool to melt cheese in illogical places. I know, I know this has nothing to do Texas. It’s not even on the same continent (KFC Philippines), but this…
Just a few weeks after announcing the P’Zolo, which is a Pizza Sandwich the size of The Rock’s forearm, and then being hosed by The Black Keys, Pizza Hut has gone ahead and announced their newest Pizza Thing: the Garlic Bread Pizza. They just didn’t want to sit on it…
Update 11:07 a.m.: Louis C.K.’s show sold out in nearly twelve hours. Read more in our followup: Louis C.K.’s Plan Worked, and You Can’t Buy Your Way Out Of It. Update 2:06 p.m.: A second show has been added, later the same evening at the Majestic. Awesome. The subject line…
See also: Coldplay at American Airlines Center: Night One Years ago, something disturbing was taped up on the walls of my friend’s dorm room at SMU. Printed on plain, white paper were the lyrics from “A Rush of Blood to the Head” by Coldplay. He’d even increased the font size,…
This Thursday at 2 pm CST, Mark Cuban’ll be hanging out on the intertubes. OK, fine, more specifics are needed: Cuban’s holding a Google+ Hangout. What does that mean? It’s means your computer box will become an interactive TV channel box. There’ll be the opportunity to pose questions on Mark’s…
Reports of smashed car windows, skylights and pretty-expensive-art exhibits rolled on Twitter this evening, as egg-to-baseball sized hail fell in Dallas. The storm hit right around the time the Dallas reboot kicked in on TNT, which meteorologists said was due to Mother Nature’s hatred for Patrick Duffy. First, some video…
Speaking of Dallas as one massive Lite Brite… Photographer Mike Mezeul, who may or may not be at home right now painting some cats, forwarded along this shot taken two nights ago of the Omni looking particularly candy-like. And no, Mike says, there’s no ‘shopping done to this sucker. It’s…
WFAA reported yesterday that “explosive t-storm development” was possible in North Texas. Not sure what an explosive thunderstorm was, but it sure as heckfire didn’t sound good. Plus, Delkus was telling us to strap in. Anyway, storms weakened late last night. Before that, however, Denton was treated to a Tesla-esque…
It’s tough work starting a food truck. There’s the prep work, the broken knee after Jimmy “The Bag” hobbles you for falling behind on the Meat Tax, and managing Twitter. When the concept works, it can be an exciting food adventure that becomes part of the city’s culinary lexicon. An…
Photographer Stephen Masker, whose work you may remember from such sites as this one, sent us this sharp, sensational photo that he nabbed from Dealey Plaza on Friday evening. Not sure if it’s the buzzing neon, but I couldn’t help but hear this. Lets you know you’re home, no? Update:…
Four years ago, Ray Bradbury was scheduled for a book signing at the Barnes and Noble in Los Angeles for his short story collection, We’ll Always Have Paris. I was in LA at the time working, and had seen Bradbury speak several times on the subject of how movies these…
Not long ago, Dallas was graced with the fascinating costumed-innovations of the fans of Comic Con. Thanks to an adorable partnership between Master Chief and the Sand People of Star Wars, it was nearly impossible to imagine an event to top such fantastic work. Well, kudos Dallas. This year’s A-Kon,…
It’s sandwich wars. Plano-based Pizza Hut is making a pass at sandwiches again, as The New York Times reported yesterday, with the three new designs bearing the name P’Zolo. Aside from the name sounding like a George Lucas character, the “sandwiches” are designed to destroy the uber-successful, five-dollar foot-long at…
OK, stop what you’re doing. Just stop for a moment and revel in Sprayracha. As you can see from the above, some brilliant hero has transformed his innocuous Sriracha bottle into a wide-radius, flavor-spraying machine. You may recall our debate on the few, few things that Sriacha does not go…
Last week, we asked you to send in your Memorial Day Weekend food dishes. Holy lime-infused guacamole people!: you delivered. From gorgeous steaks to fancy tacos, Dallasites (and beyond) ate well this weekend. We have a slide show showing off the full-round of shots, and below you’ll find a few…
Let the wild rumpus begin, Dallas. You had a buzzing, humming, sexy weekend of music. Like, a real luxury yacht of fiery shows. There’s more to come to this summer, of course, with KXT’s Summer Cut up next weekend (Mmm…Flaming Lips). Somewhere in the crowds for Homegrown Fest, FLOAT, The…
No doubt this Memorial Day weekend you will skewer, scoop and toss foodstuffs on the bright flames of your awesome grill. We sure will. Maybe we’ll throw some snappy Jimmy’s sausage on there too. Maybe some rosemary studded lemons. Some garlic lamb. Some brussel sprouts. Some peaches. Some bison anus…
Speaking of Dallas being unfit to walk from here-to-there without grasping a building … According to a study on Bundle, which attempted to break down the stats on dining out in American cities, Dallasites are eating out more often than any major city. Yes, even New York City. Hard to…
Apocalypse reversed. Stuffed in a lab for a couple of months, a few Really Smart People (it’s fair to imagine the crisp white coats and twirling test tubes at this point) have discovered an innovation to cure the Heinz-Bottle-Knife-Clang and Mayonnaise-Flung-to-Crotch-Syndrome: LiquiGlide. (Video below) Before coming in second place at…
Just like everything Pizza Hut makes, Planet Earth now comes with a stuffed crust, after 300,000-plus wheels of gorgeous and delicious Parmesan and Grana Padano cheese were lost in a 6.0 Earthquake this past weekend. Last year, we watched Scardello crack a 90-pound wheel of Parmesan-Reggiano, the all-omnipotent King of…
