In 1997, Dave & Buster’s seemed like a good idea. It did to 12-year-olds, anyway, and adults played along for a while, enough for the chain of arcade/crappy restaurants first went public. Things soon soured, however, and the Dallas-based company was taken off the stock exchange after being was purchased…
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. See previous entries here. Other parents had told me the horror stories: “You just have to avoid…
Just because you call a loft or apartment home doesn’t mean you’ve stopped obsessing over your dog. We live vertical here in Dallas, stacked on top of one another like human Jenga. This is all fine until you fall in love. It starts so innocent: a picture on the internet…
We look forward to Pride Weekend all year long. It’s a chance to celebrate our sense of community; support our brothers, sisters and neighbors; and dress in whatever way makes us feel our absolute best. So really, let’s just make every day Pride Day. We partied in Cedar Springs on…
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. See previous entries here. “Scrapbooking” is what happens when you take a normal person and you give…
See also: Dear God My Kid Wants Me to Take Her to Chuck E. Cheese 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. Earlier this…
Think of how much you love the Bishop Arts District. Now add wine. It’s a can’t-fail sitution. Tonight, the B.A.D. comes alive again with another Wine Walk from 6 to 9 p.m., where you can check out some of Dallas’ best independently owned businesses. We caught up with Chaska Norwood,…
See also: So, Dallas, There’s Going to Be an Art Exhibition in a Swimming Pool 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…
On any given weekend, Dallas is teeming with burlesque. It seems counter-intuitive; while the stereotypes may be overblown, the city is regarded as socially conservative, with an predilection for ostentatious displays of real or imagined wealth and “high-brow” entertainment. Burlesque culture is a different animal, but not entirely. It is…
Black leather gets clingy in the heat and her Tammy Faye Baker tattoo is susceptible to sun damage, so you won’t catch drag superstar Sharon Needles hostessing a brunch anytime soon. Dance routines involving parasols are also out of the question. In fact, her rider includes: A coffin, pallbearers, a…
You know what Dallas needs? A weekly indoor marketplace connecting local artisans with potential clients that also promises free beer and wine. You know what Dallas is getting? Bingo. This upcoming three-day weekend is full of promise, but none as big as the Dallas Handmade Arts Market Grand Opening on…
Okay, okay. We get it. Self-published S&M-lite has an enthusiastic audience and is therefore pop-culturally relevant. And despite our earnest entreaty for something a bit more imaginative than “Fifty Shades of Beige,” this week marked another huge success with a familiar reprise: Gordon Gekko (with a heart of gold and…
Whether on the prowl for Mad Men inspired mid-century decor, or something more Victorian, Dallas’ antique stores have got it covered. Below is a list of five of our favorite antique stores in town, each heaping with vintage treasures and worth taking a browse through. Dolly Python (1916 N. Haskell):…
See also: Jennifer Moreman, a Tyler Artist Who Made Her Name Painting Longhorns, Has Gone Global Leonard Volk’s upcoming exhibition at Samuel Lynne Galleries is not his first — in fact, he’s shown publicly in one other solo exhibition at Brookhaven College back in 2005 — but it is a…
Consider us the “Mean” Gene Okerlund of Scrabble. We talked this week with Dallas-based gamer Chris Cree, who psyched himself up for August’s National Scrabble Championship with a growling, groaning pregame interview that would make even the Hulkster shudder. OK, not exactly. The 57-year-old Cree is an affable guy who…
If you’ve noticed that your cross fit center has been overrun lately, it isn’t due to swimsuit season. Dallas’ most fashionable shoppers are to blame; they’ve gone into heavy training for this weekend’s F.I.G. Shopping Finale Sale, a two-day affair in the Design District that resembles a museum filled with…
See also: The Epic Gamers of QuakeCon 2010. Let’s go over a quick checklist for this weekend: Fully optimized alienware desktop? Check. A full case of Bawls? Check. Soap? For the love of god please say check. This weekend, QuakeCon 2012, celebrating its sweet sixteen in Dallas, will bring gamers…
The other day, while cruising Lula B’s West on our lunch break, we found a bunch of typewriters and lucite gems, plus an amazing white and gold ceramic dolphin lamp. We felt compelled to share them with you. The above photo is a Smith-Corona typewriter with a $48 price tag…
Let’s say you’re a decent human being who believes that people shouldn’t feel like shit for wanting to get off with other happy, productive tax payers. Oh, you are? Great. Come make out with me Friday night, August 3. This is the only instance in which half-buzzed straight girls making…
The Cowboys might be in off season, but that doesn’t mean the Etsy booster club has slowed down its production of must-have items. On the contrary, there’s more weird shit on there than ever. Is your dog a football fan but also a captain of industry? Does he need clothing…
Find more of DFW’s best in our Best Of app, available for the iPhone and Droid. Like taking a new car for a test drive, sometimes it’s fun to try on a different head to see what you’ll look like before you chop, perm or color your own hair. Or…
Local metal sculptures Casey Melton and Shannah Frank are known better collectively as f. is for frank, the Dallas-based duo behind the city’s most inventive accessories. But it didn’t start out that way. Originally their main focus was furnishings: gorgeously detailed wooden chairs and tables, as well as pewter-crafted lighting…
