So much for Shale.tv, which was to be the online “news” outlet for Chesapeake Energy starring, as you’ll no doubt recall, Tracy Rowlett, who left KTVT-Channel 11 for the venture. Notes the Fort Worth Business Press this afternoon: “Jerri Robbins, public relations manager, said the move comes in response the…
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Fifteen minutes before it was scheduled to begin this morning, Dallas Independent School Board trustee Carla Ranger posted this notice to her Web site: Dallas ISD, community leaders and businesses will launch a massive effort to help hundreds of teachers and other staff released…
Tony Romo’s giving Your Dallas Cowboys the finger. Which is to say: His pinkie’s broken, and he’s out for a month. At least, that’s what ESPN is reporting. (And Entertainment Tonight is reporting he’s not engaged to Jessica Simpson.) Next up: The dude who hasn’t started a game since the…
Just in time for a cameo appearance by Lily Tomlin, who will address the city council on Wednesday morning about a certain elephant, the city is making its council meetings and briefings available for viewing over the Internets. They’ll also be archived, which excites the likes of Mr. Merten, for…
Dallas Fed prez Richard Fisher The Dow Jones Industrial Average is way up this a.m., and some of the credit, if you will, is going to Richard Fisher, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who yesterday delivered a credit-crunching speech in D.C. during which…
Hell of a time for Avi Adelman not to have his video camera handy: The Barking Dog reports that at about 1:30 yesterday morning, a Dallas police officer got the call that he was needed to subdue a drunken patron at the Sugar Shack on Greenville Avenue. But the collar…
Doesn’t get more street level than today’s meeting of the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee. The city’s looking to rewrite the City of Dallas Traffic Barricade Manual, which seems like heresy; the original’s considered a classic. Alas, it needs updating: “to maximize citation issuance,” natch. That’s but one item…
Following Cards 30, Cowboys 24: “These are the moments when I’m happy I care a lot more about college football,” says a Friend of Unfair Park and fellow University of Texas grad, who points to the Longhorns’ No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches’ polls. And…
Evans Caglage, Fashion at the Park, NorthPark Center, Fall 2008 Actress and model turned designer Georgina Chapman, second from the left, a crush for all genders “Got the photo with the girl crush!” gushed a blond as she reviewed the photo she had just snapped with Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman…
Evans Caglage, Fashion at the Park, NorthPark Center, Fall 2008 Look, even if you didn’t know there was a Roberto Cavalli, you’d know this was Roberto Cavalli. Within five minutes of entering the tent at Fashion at the Park, I had seen a man carrying a large gray Birkin bag,…
Flickr photo: vfrjeremy Till tomorrow morning, then: 7 a.m., Gate 5 for Texas Exes. This homemade retrospective also makes a nice pregame warm-up. But don’t look now, Longhorn fans: OU 38, UT 28? Aw, say it ain’t so, Joe. –Robert Wilonsky…
On Tuesday, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Noriega is scheduled to drop by Thomas Jefferson High School — go, Patriots! — with a Very Special Guest, former President Bill Clinton. Looks like Noriega’s feeling pretty good about his chances against John Cornyn, who’s starting to sweat a little bit as…
Look what Tina Brown’s Daily Beast dragged in under the headline, “Governor Ann Richards has the last laugh.” –Robert Wilonsky…
Harold Simmons Took a while, but Harold Simmons finally got the nasty bang for the $2.9 million bucks he spent on those ads linking Barack Obama to William Ayers. Isn’t that right, Governor Palin? You betcha. And, as evidenced by The Daily Show only last night, former KXAS-Channel 5 weekend…
Mark Graham So says Forbes today, which is tremendous news as, once more on this free-fall Friday, the Dow Jones Industrials threatens to drop past the 8,000-point mark. Several factors went into the ranking — job growth projections, inflation, median house price, median household income, cost of living and gas…
A co-working Friend of Unfair Park (thanks, Michelle!) forwards along this ESPN video of Sean Avery, who makes his regular-season debut tonight as the most fashionable Dallas Star in the history of hockey. Co-starring several of his new teammates, as well as bossman Brett Hull, the video serves as quite…
In light of the recent closings in Expo Park — Bar of Soap and Meridian Room — Amsterdam Bar’s Mike Scheel sends word of his joint’s very temporary closing come Sunday:…
A few weeks ago Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Mark Bradley wondered, “What if McDavid owned Hawks, Thrashers?” And my “McDavid,” of course, he means local car salesman David McDavid, who, in 2003, was poised to buy the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers, as well as Philips Arena, from Turner Broadcasting System –…
If the concept of watching Tony Romo throwing five interceptions and losing two out of three fumbles in a single 2008 season-so-far lowlight reel does not amuse you, do not jump. But what if I told you every pick and dropped ball was accompanied by a fart sound followed by…
View Larger Map At the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in downtown Grapevine, Reuters found the Revolving Closet, Beth Whitman’s haute second-hand women’s clothing store. Which, given the state of things on a morning when the Dow briefly dipped below 8,000, is probably where all my dresses will…
If, by chance, you’ve been withholding your vote till Esquire’s endorsement issue, then you’re in luck, as the November issue’s out now with its who-to-vote-fer list covering all 482 races nationwide. Among the locals getting a nod from the magazine: Rep. Jeb Hensarling, who, despite not having a “major-party opponent,”…
Lily Tomlin, still a concerned citizen for Jenny Good Lord, it’s been ages (before the Great Depression of ’08!) since we’ve mentioned Jenny the Elephant, who the Dallas Zoo decided back in August to keep here rather than ship off to Mexico or Tennessee. But that hasn’t stopped the Concerned…
