Porter Chevrolet Sends Christmas Wishes

I came across this photo this morning, for sale on eBay. For obvious reasons — and, yes, that’s said to be an actual car sitting in Santa’s lap — it became My Obsession of the Day. Ad insists it was taken in ’54 at Porter Chevrolet in Dallas; that’s what…

It’s Salary Season Again at Dallas ISD

It’s déjà vu all over again as, once more, the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees is set to take up the issue of giving a raise to its chief academic officer. That’s only the third time in less than two years this issue’s come up. Perhaps you call…

Not Not Heat: Walk Score Does Dallas. Ish.

Yesterday, the highly debatable Walk Score posted to its site so-called “heat maps” for most of the nation’s biggest cities and their surrounding neighborhoods. You’ll find Dallas here — along with a ranking of 26 neighborhoods from highest (Main Street Districts, which scores a near-perfect 98) to lowest (South Dallas,…

The Sarah Palin Rules

Perhaps you’ve heard: Not three weeks after her abortion wingding at the Majestic, Sarah Palin’s coming back to Dallas on Sunday to sign copies of her book America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, which went rogue over the weekend. She’ll be at the Lincoln Park Barnes &…