Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. We’ve been playing video games as far back as we can remember. Once upon a time we had to save up quarters and go to the arcade…
If you were thinking of moseying over to a Target store after work to pick up a few of those Missoni items, don’t bother. By 8:30 this morning the racks were cleaned out. I know this because I was at the Super Target at Abrams and Skillman bright and early,…
It’s the first of its kind here in Dallas and it appears to be off to a smashing start. I’m referring to Uptown Players’ Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival that kicked off this past Friday and runs through the September 17. I had the chance to check out three of…
Last week I participated in a bit of a Facebook debate started by one of our Arts & Culture own (see above). With 38 comments, there was some heavy debate mixed in with the quips. Most skewed on the side of the tiger. But a few of us supported that…
Every few months Dallas-area theaters pile on the new shows. This is one of those weekends, with 10 productions opening. One of those, Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival at Uptown Players, is a multi-show offering filling several performance spaces at Kalita Humphreys Theater. So go see a show. Tickets start…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. When you see this week’s selection for Geek-Off, you’re probably going to think we called it in because we were too busy out enjoying the weather to…
No, it’s not exactly fall yet, but apparently, it’s time to start picking out plants for cool weather planting. Thing is, we here at Mixmaster HQ don’t know a damn thing about fall planting. Actually, come to think of it, we don’t know too much of anything about planting in…
Some stores are open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. or 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Many specialty stores are open at inopportune times for those of us who have regular day job hours. Vitamin Cottage’s Natural Grocers — the health food and fresh product market in the old Casa…
By now most of you dear readers are well aware of the Gawker-produced list of the 50 Worst States In America. Gawker placed their home base at 50, and the Lone Star State at 13. Sure sure, our placement could be worse, but instead of celebrating that, we’d rather point…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. We like pretty things ’round here. We like sparkly jewels and rainbows and shiny rocket ships and cow-abducting UFOs. Wait, what?…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. In the past, we’ve culled the blogosphere and assorted casual game sites to find mid-week entertainment for you, but this week we’re doing things a little differently…
It must be a joke. Right? It has to be. Otherwise, there are no words. New photos posted on on this snarky Craigslist ad of a heart-shaped placenta stain on a $500 mattress suggest it’s a keen little dark-humored joke. Man, we hope so. No words. (h/t Reddit) Follow the…
If you suffer from coulrophobia – the fear of clowns – then you might want to postpone visits to local thrift and antique stores for a little while. They’re crawling with scary clowns, priced to move. Paintings, prints, dolls, figurines. It’s like a Stephen King novel up in there. Here…
If you walked into Northpark Center today wondering where you could find the new H&M store, you weren’t the only one. Enormous lines managed by enormous security guards staggered almost all the way back to Dillard’s. An estimated 1200 showed up to take part in the fashion fun. Walking in,…
As Dallas expands and overcrowds itself, questions about responsible development are more relevant than ever. Last night the Dallas Architecture Forum and CityDesign Studio convened a public panel of urban designers at the Dallas Museum of Art to discuss the importance of public design studios and the ongoing challenges they…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. You may think we’re a little selfish here at Mixmaster HQ, because this week it’s all about I. But it’s not our fault. See, I wasn’t always…
When Jonathan Palant asked me to be a judge in the final round of the Voice of Pride competition, I said yes without giving it a second thought. But the second after I hit send, I was a little concerned about what I had just gotten myself into. To be…
You’d be remiss not to cruise on over to Unfair Park this morning if you failed to see Robert’s weekend post on a pencil sketch by the Dallas Nine’s Ed Bearden. Bearden, a Hilltop art professor, was known largely, but not-too-widely for his Giant portraits. And yes, that’s Giant, as…
Totally blown away. I mean, I can’t even believe how incredibly detailed and accurate this puppet is. Designed by DeviantARTist TRP-Chan, this creation successfully takes Portal 2’s Wheatley, masterfully voiced by the amazing Stephen Merchant, off the screen and into the world. Good thing, then, he’s just a puppet, I…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. If you just so happen to find yourself with an abundance of extra time on your hands, might we suggest a foray into the wonderful world of…
Planking is so two weeks ago. Now it’s owling. Looky here if you haven’t been paying attention to the meme of the moment. For us, though, owling will always mean making a big-eyed bird of prey out of macramé, string art or cheap ceramic. Decorative owls were perched in lots…
Those into high-end have some new, very fashionable, doors to stroll through in Highland Park Village. Last Saturday morning marked the first day that the 1300-square-foot Trina Turk Boutique was open for business. The store offers the Turk not only ready-to-wear and accessories (including summer appropriate collections), but also a…
