Baby Fashion Is Out of Control

If you’re a new parent, of course you want the best for your beautiful little angel-bundle of piss and dump. And don’t fancy designers know it. Here are five ridiculous baby-clothing options that are currently available in the world. Prepare to be amazed. Gucci Double-Strap Sneaker, Pink (above) You, too,…

Big Tex’s Face Will Stay Creepy, According to this New Video

Sorry Schutze, and happy Tuesday to Alice and everyone else. Our favorite freaky-faced guardian of on-tap root beer, Big Tex, is under the knife. And according to this just released video from the State Fair, his face will stay creepy and long-nosed. Sigh, that’s the Tex we know and love…

House Porn: Beautiful Pictures from the Dallas Modern Home Tour

Other children played house. You dreamt of comfort and stillness: lounging on a white, leather shag rug beside a Danish modern boomerang coffee table. Your focal point? The snapping wood in the Malm fireplace, which gently piped controlled warmth through your futuristic ski lodge residence. Art, expressed through multitude temperatures…

The State Fair of Texas Dedicates 2013 Season to Big Tex

The State Fair of Texas, scheduled for September 27 to October 20, has just announced its 2013 theme will be The One & Only, to coincide with the phoenix-like resurrection of our corn dog guardian, Big Tex. They’ve promised that the 52-foot tall host will return refreshed and accompanied by…

Dallas Observer Artopia 2013: Thanks for Coming, Being Weird

Last week we introduced our 2013 Masterminds, local artists to whom we awarded $1,000 each for their work making Dallas a stranger, more interesting place to live. And on Saturday night, we honored them at our annual Artopia culture jam, featuring art, fashion, food, music, and some seriously shiny low-riders,…

Local Glasses Company Lights Up the Dallas Party Scene

Local entrepreneurs Austin Emmert and Caden Stevens are bringing focus to the “making-people-look-cooler-when-they-party” business. Last year, the former fraternity brothers turned business partners founded the eye wear line, Spectified. The attraction lies in the electroluminescent wire (aka EL wire), that’s built into the frames, causing the shades to light up…

The iPotty exists. Someone please invent the iStabMyEyesOut.

Potty training a toddler isn’t fun. Trying to convince a toddler to crap into a toilet is like trying to convince a drunk person that whatever stupid shit he’s currently doing is a bad idea. Conversations with both the toddler and the drunk will end with the same result: he…

The Warby Parker Bus Doles out Wine and Pie This Evening

If you didn’t get a chance to pile into that adorably retrofitted Warby Parker school bus at its welcome party on Saturday, I completely understand. It was slammin’ in there. For slackers like me and possibly you, the Warby Parker bus is pulling the parking break at 2323 Henderson Avenue…

15 Things You Should Actually Have On Your Baby Registry

If you’ve ever been to a baby shower, you’ve seen the same gifts over and over again: baby bottles, baby diapers, baby blankets, baby clothes. Sure, people who are expecting to have a baby-type person enter their lives need those things. But there’s a ton of other shit that Babies…