Never had time to make it to the Texas Big Cities Mayors shindig at City Hall today. But no matter: Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall this evening forwards along a copy of the mayors’ letter to Governor Rick Perry, in which Tom Leppert, Bill White (Houston), Mike Moncrief (Fort…
Word to the wise in these final days of the “economy”: All it takes to make the national (and international) news is a Page 7B ad in The Dallas Morning News, followed by a press release advertising said advertisement. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, and, right, who doesn’t…
I suggested back in December that you peek at Danny Bollinger’s blog every so often — never know who might make a cameo. Bollinger took this photo of Mark Cuban and Tiger Woods on Monday, right before the Mavs beat the Magic at Amway Arena. But, seriously, they’d never met…
Jeffrey R. McKinney, Andrew Velez and Ted Westhusing are not statistics. They are sons, husbands, brothers and fathers who committed suicide while fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. But in recent months, they have become nothing more than numbers that keep adding up to what’s become one of the most under-reported…
A Friend of Unfair Park mighty proud of his Woodrow Wilson High School roots sends word that last night’s Nightline featured two Texas-born aviation heroes: Denison’s Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, but of course, and Dallas native and Woodrow grad Al Haynes. Haynes is an “aviation legend” who was among those whose…
CNN this morning visits D’gala Bridal Boutique on W. Jefferson Boulevard, which pockets a major chunk of its change outfitting girls for their quinceañeras. Alas, sales at the end of last year were the worst in more than a decade — one guess why. Which means discounts are to be…
On this Friday morning, let’s sneak a peek at the Sunday New York Times travel section, which spends “36 Hours in Dallas” and serves up this howdy-do: “DALLAS may not be a world-class city, but it’s pulling out all the stops to get there.” Alas, not much new here for…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit today issued a media release that says the 28-mile, $1.8 billion Green Line expansion, scheduled to open in September, “is proving to be the Dallas region’s own local economic stimulus program with the creation of more than 2,200 jobs.” When contacted by Unfair Park today, DART…
Bryan Burrough was in town earlier this week to sell a few copies of his must-read tome The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes. Been looking forward to the book ever since September, matter of fact, when Vanity Fair excerpted a chapter that made…
Just had a lengthy talk with Wade Hampton, marketing director for N9NE, who does confirm the bad news: The steakhouse in Victory Park is no more. And, he says, there is no single reason for its shuttering last night. “I think that you could probably come up with a pretty…
… landed himself on Richie’s Sportatorium early this morning, but only because such behavior resulted in the former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver’s arrest by Irving police in late January. Dr. Whitt has the full details. And in totally, absolutely-no-way-related news, Spike just sent us a media release with the news…
Friend of Unfair Park Peterk, who knows well my soft spot for Dallas antiquities, kindly sends this link to an eBay auction due to close in two days. What you see here’s a 1924 paper boy convention outside the Adolphus Hotel — or, as they were known back then, “Juvenile…
Reports out of Canada this week have Sean Avery back on the ice by next week, around the same time he wraps up his stint in the NHL and NHLPA’s Behavioral Modification program. But Dallas Stars manager of hockey administration Mark Janko tells Unfair Park this morning that Sean Avery…
Early this morning, Christina Hughes Babb wrote on the Advocate’s blog that N9NE Steakhouse in Victory Park sent its employees packing last night. Nothing official, just the word of staffers who found their way to Kenichi last night in search of a drink or a job. It’s been a difficult…
On December 23, Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank received a mighty generous Christmas present from the Treasury Department: $87.6 million in bailout bucks, which seemed like a lot given that PlainsCapital isn’t publicly traded and didn’t even need the money to stay afloat. (The feds gave Alan White the long green to…
Xbox-ers are no doubt anxiously awaiting tomorrow, when Microsoft finally unleashes its Halo Wars demo in advance of the game’s March 3 release date. (Am I the only person who misses Tempest? Ooooh — thanks, Atari!) I digress. So happens there’s an extremely local connection to the Halo spin-off: The…
On Friday, A.H. Belo Corporation announced that it would, yet again, lay off about 500 more workers at all of its properties, among them The Dallas Morning News and The Providence Journal. At the same time, Belo managers, in the newspaper group and in the corporate offices, were receiving bonuses…
The George Bush was in town yesterday. No, not that one — this one. Bringing up the rear too. The trip was well-documented with two videos captured by “unkonshus,” who deems the occasion a significant one, as ol’ No. 41 was “in [the] Dallas city limits for the first time…
The Wall Street Journal wonders why there’s been just a single bid on the opportunity to power-lunch with T. Boone Pickens, who’s selling an eat-and-greet at Nick and Sam’s to raise dough for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The auction opened Monday, and thus far only “9***a” has made an offer…
Heritage Auction Gallery, which sits across the street from Unfair Park HQ on Maple Avenue, sends word today that its February Music & Entertainment signature auction will feature The Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams Estate Archive — a rather big deal for fans of early TV, not to mention the…
Item No. 3 on the Dallas City Council’s briefing agenda for today reads as follows:Approve the execution of the Hotel Operating Agreement between Omni Hotels Management Corporation and the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corporation, the City’s local government corporation – Financing: No cost consideration to the City.But, this just…
Tried getting hold of Craig Tiritilli and Salah Boukadoum yesterday afternoon, but had no luck. Then again, maybe the two Soap Hope-rs behind The Original Obama Bar are laying low at the moment following this report outta the U.K., which says that White House lawyers are now “insisting on control…
