Vail, where it’ll be 75 degrees today. Dallas real estate developer Mark Masinter, a founding partner of Open Realty Advisors on McKinnon Street (which reps the likes of Bob’s Steak & Chop House, Fireside Pies and Billy Reid), is already fairly beloved in Vail, Colorado, where he’s been a frequent…
Seems some folks aren’t terribly pleased with the Dallas Zoo’s plans to move Jenny, the joint’s recently single African elephant, to the 617-acre Africam Safari Park in Puebla, Mexico, as was announced last week. A Friend of Unfair Park this morning sends word of Margaret Morin’s Concerned Citizens for Jenny,…
Or: Thanks, but no Danks. Clearly, the folks at Fast Company are not Texas Rangers die-hards; certainly they weren’t among those who cast their votes in this April poll pitting Rangers general manager Jon Daniels against his Minnesota Twins counterpart, Bill Smith, for the title of “worst GM.” (Daniels won…
Yesterday, we found the Jesus in a slab of granite stored out near Mesquite. (And, yes, The Jesus in a Slab of Granite is an excellent band name and/or flavor of ice cream.) But we end the week that was with this, courtesy a good Friend who dropped this off…
Sorry, but every once in a while I feel a need to clear the air on blog comments. I recently wrote about a major Dallas Area Rapid Transit screw-up in which alert citizens caught one of the agency’s major contractors tearing up $600,000 worth of new improperly installed train track…
A friendly note to the Billingsley Company: If you’re going to create a Dallas Arts District promo to better sell spots in the lovely One Arts Plaza, next time maybe go with some music created by someone educated at Arts Magnet, which is prominently featured in the short. Because, really,…
On its Web site moments ago, AT&T posted the news that it’s moving its HQ from San Antonio to Dallas. Why come? “To gain better access to its customers and operations throughout the world,” notes the announcement, “and to the key technology partners, suppliers, innovation and human resources needed as…
Breaking news today, just as the mayor’s Deep Ellum Town Hall Meeting is about to get underway at the Sons of Hermann Hall: Merit Drive-based Beck Ventures has done gone and bought up some 10 acres worth of property in Deep Ellum. Which means, what, Deep Ellum’s about to go…
Or, another entry in the ongoing Unfair Park series “Local Sports Venue Help-Wanted Ad.” Texas Stadium has but one season left till it becomes Irving’s Reunion Arena. Which doesn’t mean it’s not too late to work for Mister Jerry: Says here the joint’s looking for someone to work as the…
After the jump, from Sting Dallas on the Dallas Parkway, a glimpse into the future. –Robert Wilonsky…
As we noted a couple weeks back, with Cindy Chaffin’s help we’re going to try to stream this afternoon’s Deep Ellum Town Hall Meeting at the Sons — because, right, aren’t some folks working at 2 p.m. on a Friday? Still, for those in attendance, should be quite the throwdown:…
Santiago Calatrava Don’t know if you noticed, but this week in Jerusalem they done inaugurated the opening of a new bridge — a Santiago Calatrava bridge, matter of fact. And this morning, a writer for Israel Opinion channels his inner Schutze and proclaims, “It is difficult to recall a case…
No doubt, Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast puts it best concerning yesterday’s late news out of the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office that 38-year-old Patrick Waller will, next Thursday, become the 19th Dallas County man freed from prison since 2001 following a DNA test. Notes Henson, “This one blows…
A magazine that loves lists almost as much as Chris Arnold, Forbes is now ranking the best cities for recent college grads — though by “recent,” I think it just means “people in their 20s.” The magazine gathered a whole bunch of numbers — including starting salaries courtesy these folks…
Yesterday, during a three-way with Mayors Bill White of Houston and Hardberger of San Antonio during the 2008 State Bar Annual Meeting in Houston, Tom Leppert said a good hunk of the state’s education problems stems from the way the legislature doles out its dollars. Notes the Houston Chronicle, “Leppert…
So, the Dallas Independent School District audit is done — and posted to the district’s Web site, even, for those who can make heads or tails of the 133-page report that comes down on the district for its poor accounting and inability or unwillingness to track how it spends money,…
Courtesy this KTVT-Channel 11 story, I just spent the last 20 minutes on Dallas-based Verona Marble Company Inc.’s Web site looking for a slab of granite upon which some dude in West Texas insists he has spotted the Jesus. Found it. –Robert Wilonsky…
Daniel Rodrigue The air up there: The view from the Stoneleigh Hotel penthouse balcony, where there’s no such thing as a “recession.” Not ever. Our slide show offers plenty of proof. Last night, the Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa threw a bash for Dallas’ upper-crust, offering anything and everything to a…
General Motors bossman Richard Wagoner. Few days back, the Greater Dallas Chamber sent word of a special guest coming to town to address the suit-and-tie crowd as they marshal their estimable ranks on July 10 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas for a little eat-and-greet. It’s none other than General Motors…
Flickr photo: themikelee The Intern notes of this photo: “He’s gorgeous! Think he’s seeing anybody?” Yes, Spencer, I do. The Steve Nash Foundation, always raising dough to keep the kids healthy, played a little footsie yesterday on the Nike Field at Sarah D. Roosevelt Park in Chinatown NYC. Among those…
Hey, Wilma? Daniel Lewis’ winning Flintstones-inspired ‘do I’m just going to put it out there: As far as Shear Genius is concerned, Dallas owned. Ol’ Big D sent up the two most likable guys for the season premiere — one, tall, blond, a touch reserved and totally humble; the other,…
Paul Jerde’s the creative director at MasonBaronet, the marketing firm on Lamar Street, who, back in April, was featured in this How-to about motivating your staff — with a Creative Jam session (take note, boss). His colleagues at The Dallas Society of Visual Communications adore the guy. So do plenty…
