Good and trustworthy Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston directs our attention to a new biz in Deep Ellum he says is worth a look-see: It’s a Grind Coffee House on Indiana Street, which opened its doors about a month back. It’s especially notable, says Bill, because its a venture…
This morning’s Wall Street Journal ticks off “plenty of unusual ailments that are quite real,” with Foreign Accent Syndrome topping the list. And, as it turns out, there’s a significantly local connection to this rare ailment, which involves folks with brain injuries (most of the time, anyway) rather suddenly and…
The graphic accompanying the release of the October 2008 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices looks like a country in free fall — home prices down some 20 percent from this time last year, sweet fancy Moses. Of course, locals will take cozy comfort in this paragraph from the morning news release:Dallas…
On this decidedly slow news day during which everyone’s running out the clock before bidding 2008 good riddance, perhaps this offering from the Wayback Machine’s just the ticket: a look at the front page of the Fort Worth Daily Gazette from December 30, 1883. I stumbled across it early this…
On Friday, the very fashionable Nathan Branch posted to his blog several photos snapped during a Christmas Day walk through Highland Park Village. Branch, who kindly allowed Unfair Park to run the picture above, took note of the deep discounts being offered in almost every newly polished window and wondered…
Sure, there’s FireWadePhillips.com — has been for months, though it’s a rather uninspired site all things considered. But a Friend of Unfair Park sends word of this site calling for Jason Garrett’s head, which was set up after yesterday’s Worst Game in the History of Ever. Sign the petition, pro…
Southwest Airlines doesn’t feel the Federal Aviation Administration’s $10.2 million fine, handed down in March and due last August, is “fair or reasonable.” So, you know what, Southwest’s not gonna pay it, its spokesperson tells Bloomberg News today. To which the FAA says it’s “still talking with” Southwest about paying…
After the jump, perhaps the most confusing video ever, featuring the likes of Mark Cuban, Jason Kidd, “Disco” Dirk Nowitzki (wha?) and other Dallas Mavericks during their sojourn to Canada a couple of weeks ago. The host is a YouTube put-on named Kayvon, who’s been known to hassle celebs during…
Friends of Unfair Park I like to call “Mom” and “Dad” suggested this photo op on Meaders Lane, where, from the looks of our drive last night, damned near every house between Preston and Inwood Roads appears to have one of these signs planted in the front yard — on…
Sandwiched between reports of strangulations, strikings and stolen cars on Saturday’s Dallas Police Department crime report is this item from the Fiesta at 9727 Webb Chapel Road in Northwest Dallas: “AP ATE A CHOCOLATE DONUT AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.” And, yes, “AP” means the guy was arrested –…
Moments ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released its latest Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey — a snapshot look at what folks are making, ordering and selling — and it’s not looking good, not surprisingly. As in:Texas factory activity deteriorated further in December, according to business executives responding to the…
Flickr photo: sbisson Broadcasting & Cable brings the news that Belo Corp. and Charter Communications have reached a tentative deal that will keep the Dallas-owned stations on the cable carrier in three markets: St. Louis; Norfolk, Virgina; and Charlotte, North Carolina. So far, though, there’s been no word from WFAA-Channel…
And now, we finally have a photo to replace this one of Tony Romo weeping at the end of Seattle 21, Dallas 20 on January 6, 2007. Said a friend as we were watching the predictable demise of Dallas, no image better defines Cowboys 2008 than this one, screengrabbed by…
First Sergeant Jeffrey R. McKinney died in Adhamiyah, Iraq, on July 11, 2007. Officially, the Garland soldier’s cause of death was listed as “injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident.” But, as recounted in this July 2008 story from the Army Times, McKinney killed himself in front of his men…
On this Acid Flashback Friday, while Pete’s busy posting best-ofs and music-biz breakdowns over on DC9 at Night, let me extend to the Deadheads among the Friends this Chrismukkah offering. It’s a soundboard recording of the Grateful Dead performing in Oakland in February 1993, during which they were joined by…
If you had Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins in your office’s Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year pool, well, collect your winnings. (This no doubt displeases Dallas County Commissioner Ken Mayfield, who says in the piece that Watkins and his DNA exonerations are “costing the taxpayers $480,000 per…
Look, goddamn it, Wade Phillips will be back as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys next season. And Jason Garrett ain’t going nowhere, neither. And, look, don’t ask Jerry Jones any more questions about that, K? Because he don’t wanna hear that shit.”Look, can y’all not understand statements?” Jones…
Conroe native Matt Lepsis, pictured at right, retired from pro football on New Year’s Day 2008 after 11 seasons with the Denver Broncos. Noted The Denver Post of the 34-year-old’s decision to hang it up: “He felt his play was slipping.” Now we know why: The offensive lineman was playing…
Speaking, as we were below, of The Great Depression II: Electric Boogaloo, Forbes asked some of the wealthiest folks in the U.S. and A. to predict where the economy’s headed in the coming year. Among those to respond to the survey was Mark Cuban, who offers his prophecy in terms…
A friend went out this a.m. in search of post-Christmas deals and found few — and about as many shoppers too, much to her surprise (these folks’ too). Then again, buying new is so 2007; we’re the Garage Sale Nation now, sucking up the second-hand and the slightly worn for…
Two weeks after the city council expanded Dallas’s smoking ordinance, state lawmakers are, yet again, looking to make all of Texas’s indoor businesses smoke-free. At least, those are the smoke signals being sent by state Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston and state Rep. Myra Crownover of Denton, who yesterday told…
Lufkin High School’s Jamarkus McFarland, a highly coveted defensive tackle, committed to the University of Oklahoma yesterday; Merry Christmas, Sooner Nation. And it’s a double kick to the Longhorns’ pants: The University of Texas had hoped to land the 6-foot-3, 280-pounder, but instead a post-Texas-OU party in Dallas helped McFarland…
