Speaking of former owners of the Texas Rangers …Don’t know if you’ve seen it, as it’s only been viewed 267 times in the past month, but Tom Schieffer’s campaign has posted to Vimeo a howdy-do in which he surrounds himself with pictures of and books about former presidents in order…
Sunday afternoon at Dallas Farmers Market, Brandon Pollard broke the bad news: I’d somehow managed to miss an old-timers kick-around at Pizza Hut Park the day before featuring the likes of Bobby Moffat, Chad Deering, Tatu and, of course, the Texas Honeybee Guild’er buzzing around Shed One. (Ticket tie-in: Bob…
We’re still waiting on the preachers’ letter to U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, but in an interview with Gromer Jeffers Jr. just posted to The Dallas Morning News Web site, Don Hill yet again claims he’s being subjected to federal prosecution and persecution because, look, he’s a Democrat and not because…
As Tom Hicks is looking to sell his majority stake in the Texas Rangers, this MLB.com item concerning tonight’s invite-only doings at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington will no doubt prompt reckless speculation:The Rangers are renaming the owner’s suite at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington after President George W. Bush. Bush,…
And the press releases keep coming from the Don Hill camp: Only a few days after inviting us to a Sunday-eve prayer vigil for Don Hill and Sheila Farrington in advance of Monday’s start date in the City Hall corruption case, Ken Carter at Focus Communications last night sent out…
A most curious press release landed in the Unfair Park in-box late yesterday offering a South Side condo for the low, low price of … well, whatever the highest bidder’s willing to pay. If you go to iBidcondo’s Web site, you’ll see that on July 27, the company will be…
In a subscription-only story published this morning, The Bond Buyer notes that both Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s have downgraded their ratings of the Dallas Independent School District. Both still consider the district a relatively safe investment, but the downgrades reflect an added note of concern, as evidenced…
Fifteen minutes after seeing The Proposal, I’d forgotten I’d seen The Proposal. Well, that’s not entirely true: By then, it had simply merged in my memory with a thousand other films just like it—those in which phony lovers bound together by dubious circumstances become honest-to-kissin’ couples in just less than…
In September 2006, some local cineastes were terrified to learn that Michael Cain was shuttering his mom-and-pop Deep Ellum Film Festival and spending a little less than $1 million to license the Los Angeles-based American Film Institute’s name and consultants. Sell out, they whispered, especially when it was announced that…
So, like I was saying, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK — who scours the eBay for rare photos of Dallas, my kind of guy — sent me this homegrown picture earlier this week, and while not as attention-getting as a downtown Dallas fire, it is intriguing. Looks very, I dunno,…
SMU’s been tapped by the State Energy Conservation Office to study clean, renewable energy sources throughout the state of Texas — and danged if Maria Richards, program coordinator for the SMU Geothermal Laboratory, doesn’t think she’s found one. Today, the university posted a preview of its assessment due to the…
With all the talk this week of the Dallas Municipal Court system’s inefficiency, one can’t help but giggle just a wee bit at this “service alert” just sent out by Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall: The Municipal Building located at 2014 Main Street is closed today because the air…
Haven’t seen much work being done in the former Baby Gap in Preston Royal Shopping Center, where, back in November, the missus espied a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission private-club permit application hanging in the window for something called Taco Mundo. But on the occasion of tonight’s official opening of Carolina’s…
Late yesterday afternoon, I sent Steve Gaither, the special collections librarian in the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division downtown, a picture whose origins were mysterious; I thought he could help, and, sure enough, he’s spent a good long while late into Tuesday tracking its roots. (I’ll post it later.) But…
The Richards Group gets a shout-out in The New York Times this morning for its Hoagiefest promotion, which takes a big ol’ bite outta the Yellow Submarine in order to sell sandwiches to folks living up north. Turns out, Richards is just ridin’ the peace train with the rest of…
Last night the Brookings Institution released a study tracking recession and recovery in the 100 biggest metro areas in the U.S., and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranks as one of the so-called “strongest 20 metros.” Indeed, Texas takes several of the top spots: Austin-Round Rock, El Paso, Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr and San…
But 15 months ago, Icon Partners issued a breathless press release announcing a 3.7-million square foot development to be dropped at the intersection of LBJ Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway. Called Icon Midtown, it was to be a gleaming, crowded city unto itself, a miniature Manhattan featuring five enormous…
No doubt you’ve heard of the Build America Bond — “the financial crisis equivalent of war bonds,” says this BusinessWeek explainer from last month, if you haven’t. Dallas Area Rapid Transit has certainly heard of ’em, as today it sold $830 million worth of the suckers to expand light rail…
A Friend of Unfair Park who’s thinking of spending the Fourth of July tea-partying out at Southfork Ranch — “but only for Mickey Dolenz,” she writes, and I smell fresh-baked sarcasm — directs our attention to a forthcoming Dallas appearance by Ann Coulter, who’ll be at the Fairmont Hotel on…
I saw this just-moved press release concerning an 11 a.m. press conference at Cowboys Stadium tomorrow, featuring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Cisco CEO John Chambers, and wondered what more they could cram into the EnormoDome when it comes to the latest and greatest in technology. Which is why…
Andy Beal’s the Dallas banker most (in)famous for having single-handedly taken on the bestest of poker’s best — a so-called syndicate that included the likes of Chip Reese, Howard Lederer, Doyle Brunson and Jennifer Harmon — back in 2001 in the Bellagio’s high-stakes poker room. The subtitle of Michael Craig’s…
Back in April we brought word of the KDGE-FM 20th anniversary shindig that George Gimarc’s been putting together at the Lakewood Theater without a cent from Clear Channel, which ain’t got many pennies left. Well, George called this afternoon to remind us that, yes, the thing’s still on and, according…
