Speaking of Dallas Farmers Market …I had to head back there yesterday afternoon, and, on my way out, I espied, perched outside of Shed No. 2, Mitchell Rasansky’s favorite public-art installation: Art Garcia’s $18,000 worth of fiberglass concrete peaches spilled out on the sidewalk, resting alongside a, um, giant basket…
A cold, rainy Sunday a month before Christmas seemed like the perfect opportunity to make it out to Fair Park’s Automotive Building for the monthly Buchanan Antiques and Collectibles Market, which has been setting up shop out there since ’95. That’s where I found my prized Mercantile National Bank at…
Seems the State of Texas isn’t terribly impressed with the way Halal Import Food Market handles its meat — and hasn’t been since, oh, 2001, when the Arlington grocer-warehouse first opened its doors. Which is why Attorney General Greg Abbott’s latest lawsuit against the East Pioneer Parkway-based store and distributor,…
There’s a little more life in Dallas Farmers Market’s Shed No. 2 these days; it’s no longer just Mawker Coffee, the Kurry King, meat and cheese outta Greenville, soaps and jewelry and some “imported” tchotchkes. $3.2 million later, it’s still a long way from being the “foodie’s delight” promised by…
My folks have gone to most every single SMU home game this year, and they’re all ready to pony up for 2010 season tickets following this evening’s 26-21 win over Tulane. Big Hersch, who enjoyed the extra legroom during this less-than-sold-out Saturday, is a Mustang Class o’ 66; his good…
A couple of weeks back, Kim made it out to opening night of the Sojourners-sponsored Justice Revival at Dallas Market Hall, where turn-out was low but hopes were high that local churches, city government and the Dallas Independent School District could somehow come together to both end chronic homelessness and…
Far as the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees is concerned, there are three factors that go into determining how good a job the superintendent’s doing: “student achievement,” “sound financial management” and “stakeholder satisfaction.” Those, say the board, “embody the core beliefs and expectation of the community as represented…
I see Richie’s not terribly excited that The Who — meaning, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey — have been tapped to play the Super Bowl halftime. Then again, his musical taste is highly suspect (trying to be … diplomatic). So don’t mind me, Mr. Whitt, when I tell you that,…
There’s at least one person reading Unfair Park this morning: the Friend who sends along this piece by longtime New York Times baseball columnist Murray Chass, who wrote on Wednesday that now way in hell should Tom Hicks be able to sell Your Texas Rangers to Tom Hicks. Writes Chass,…
On January 23, 2008, the Dallas City Council agreed to pay Civil Associates, Inc. $336,422.22 to develop what was known as the Central Business District-Fair Park Link, which would have run from Hall Street to Interstate 30. The link was part of the 2006 Bond Program: “Construct a new five…
May I suggest, at this late date, a sure-fire brussels sprouts recipe for those in need of a last-minute green thing on the table tomorrow? You will not regret it. Also: Balcones Baby Blue, which, far as I know, is the only made-in-Texas bourbon commercially available; guaranteed to get you…
From the sound of this piece out of Chicago, not to mention the comments posted along with it, residents of the Windy City are mighty unhappy with the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association, which has announced that, sorry, but it’s bringing its 2010 International Dairy Show to Dallas. Yup…
From Baron James’s autobiography on the KDFW-Channel 4 site: “I look forward to years of public service here in the Lone Star State and at FOX 4 to bring you the news stories that matter most to you — especially good news!” But Uncle Barky comes bearing only bad and…
Two brief football notes of interest, the first involving SMU, where there’s been little interesting football of note in recent years. The Honolulu Advertiser is reporting today that David Matlin, the Hawaii Bowl’s exec director, will be at Gerald J. Ford Stadium this Saturday when the Mustangs play Tulane. Just…
Preservation Dallas has never been able to positively ID who built the so-called Round House on Baxtershire Drive — which, as we mentioned in May of ’08, was on the market for $1,075,000, though, most recently, the asking price for the ca. 1961 Bond-ian palace was knocked down to the…
Schutze clearly has some issues with the Woodall Rodgers deck park, currently under construction. Which is why I am sending him togoing to beg him to attend Monday’s site press conference with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, who just confirmed that he’s dropping by the construction site to see…
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff draws our attention this morning to a report released last week by, among others, Transportation For America, which rates how dangerous big cities’ streets are for those who walk near them. In the study, titled Dangerous By Design, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington comes in at No. 13, with…
While we’re looking ahead at City Hall meetings, says here that the Park and Recreation Board will be briefed next Thursday on the Turtle Creek Master Plan. Which is …? Well, specifics are hard to come by: City Hall’s closed till Monday, and Katherine Kosut at Booziotis & Company Architects,…
It’s never too early to look at next Wednesday’s city council briefing, especially when one of the subjects on deck is where and how Dallas will get its water beyond 2035. Because, see, we’re all good for the next years, give or take, but according to the briefing, “Even with…
A technical malfunction on our end delayed our receiving Justin Terveen’s photos from Friday night’s light show downtown, both in Main Street Garden and next-door Neimans. But, better late than never; a slide show’s forthcoming. And, hey, good timing: DowntownDallas just posted a trippy, holly-jolly time-lapse video from Main Street…
View Larger MapLast week, council member Ann Margolin told a room full of Northwest Dallas residents that the city was going to start cracking down on crime at and around the intersection of Royal Lane and Dennis Road, where day-laborers while away the daylight hours in front of a convenience…
Comic Book Resources directs our attention this afternoon to the Twitter account of Zeus Comics owner Richard Neal, where he sent word this morning about an overnight smash-and-grab at the Lemmon Avenue shoppe. From the sound of it, someone kicked in the front window with a “steel toed boot” and…
