If you’re just now looking at a gift guide, congratulations. You waited it out. We knew you would, champ. Your reward for lazy patience? You can ride our holiday shopping coattails to gifting glory because we’ve searched Dallas and the interwebs to find 27 presents that are as affordable as…
Macy’s has announced that many of its stores, including all Dallas area locations, will stay open for the entire 48 hours of the pre-Christmas weekend. It begins at 7 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21 and ends at midnight on Sunday, Dec. 23. This is great news since I often need a…
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you’re screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she’ll confirm that, yes, you’re screwing up your kid. It’s Christmastime again, and if you have a toddler at home, that means it’s also probably Elf…
Sifting through photos to learn more of who’s involved with Wigwam, the pop-up shopping experience launching on Thursday in Oak Cliff, has tipped us into a dangerous level of excitement. It’s the type of fervor that makes you rethink the phrase “emergency fund” and question who really needs a 401K,…
Jeremy Turner, owner of the mobile vintage store The Vintagemobile, has a little side project going this Christmas season: selling 3,000 Christmas sweaters. He’s been collecting the festive garments since last January, and now it’s time to spread the itchy holiday cheer. “I started selling Christmas sweaters on The Vintagemobile…
Just hours after feasting with their families and posting unnaturally humble Facebook status updates, they venture out. Fueled by an irrational desire for Black Friday bargains, these shoppers pawn their thankful feelings in exchange for discount electronics. This cell phone video shows it happening again as home dude clings to…
“Almost 4,000 students, faculty and staff participated in this historic, one-take video, showcasing the gifts and spirit of Martin High School in Arlington, Texas.” So says the YouTube description. But it’s right there. See for yourself. H/T Dallas Reddit…
The night was a warm glow. The mood was soft, the venue low-lit like a candle-filled bedroom. Local blues man Lucky Peterson provided the soundtrack on the piano; he played soft jazz with a creative infusion of something nearing the blues. Free chocolate-covered strawberries and wine heightened the intimate mood,…
More than 1,400 gamers competed in Major League Gaming’s Fall Championship at the Dallas Convention Center over the weekend, with thousands of international viewers tuning in via livestream. Hell, even ESPN covered it. ESports and videogame fandom at large can no longer be pigeon-holed as truly esoteric. Now, that’s fine…
Parent Crap’s Alice Laussade is off this week, tending to her beloved Meat Fight. Joe Tone, who became a parent earlier this year, fills in. The house was dark. Most of the street was by then. Porch lights, living-room lights, kitchen lights — every watt visible from the sidewalk was…
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a profanity-spewing 14-year-old’s headset-enabled tirade, you probably know that some people take video games quite seriously. Seriously enough to start calling video game competitions eSports, and to jump from one continent to the next to face off in person and compete…
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you’re screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she’ll confirm that, yes, you’re screwing up your kid. Choosing the perfect Halloween candy to pass out to trick-or-treaters is extremely important, if you ever want…
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you’re screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she’ll confirm that, yes, you’re screwing up your kid. Being a mom is amazing. It’s a gift. But parenting blows. You’re being a mom when you’re…
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you’re screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she’ll confirm that, yes, you’re screwing up your kid. It’s a known parent fact that if you want to be the best parent ever, you’ve gotta…
Brace yo’ selves. It’s time for that wonderful convergence on our Fair City– the one we used to call the Red River Shootout, but now in gentler times we hail as the impending Red River Rivalry. It will clog our highways with Oklahomans, Austinites and respective alums from far and…
Yesterday we said farewell to the Texas Chute Out, a mild mannered attraction that’s been at Six Flags since 1976. It went out with a glorious bang: the implosion’s force was so strong it rattled our cameraman in his chest. Here’s the video by Mike Mezeul. And yes, I would…
TOMS, the California canvas-shoe company that donates a pair of shoes to people in need for every pair sold, recently launched its “campus program,” offering shoes in select campus colors. Texas students can now purchase a pair of shoes in their school colors; participating schools include University of Texas, Texas…
It was a wholesome ride, but the Texas Chute Out just didn’t have the bells and whistles of those newfangled, fancier attractions. And so, the 225 foot tall mainstay closed on September 3, after 34 years of loyal service. But what do you do with non-traveling structure of such a…
Our local institution of fashion innovation and gifting technology, Neiman Marcus, has released the 86th edition of its legendary Christmas Book. The shopping season kick-off catalog has morphed over time, growing larger and more extravagant each year. And now, it’s offering a jetpack called the JETLEV R200. The JETLEV R200…
There is no sight more troubling than that of one’s wife making the turn into NorthPark’s Archipelago of Shit You Can’t Afford. There you are, enjoying your third Mrs. Field’s cookie and ogling $75 basketball shoes as if you played basketball, doing all the things the rest of the mall-walking…
There are types of people in this world: those who game, those who don’t, and those who used to game, until they got jobs and wives and kids and life started crushing down on them, although sometimes they think they should just say screw it and leave it all behind…
In The Parent Crap, Alice Laussade chronicles life as a mom in Dallas. Worried you’re screwing up your kid? Tweet questions to @thecheapbastard and she’ll confirm that, yes, you’re screwing up your kid. Babies are great. They’re cute, they’re made of you, they say funny stuff — aside from the…
