Speaking of aquariums … If you’re looking for something to do with the kiddos on Friday, and you’re particularly fond of the free stuffed animal, may I recommend a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium? At noon on Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will be in front…
If the discussion at Dallas City Hall today is any indication, that outta-nowhere proposal to privatize the Dallas Zoo and the Aquarium at Fair Park is all but a done deal. Expect the city to turn over the keys to the Dallas Zoological Society by October 1 following a vote…
Shawn Marion. Drew Gooden. Roddy Beaubois. Quinton Ross. Count ABC among the non-believers in your new-and-maybe-sorta-somehwhat improved Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs’ schedule for next season has them appearing nine times on ESPN, seven times on NBATV, four times on TNT and, um, zero times on ABC’s Sunday afternoon showcase. Last year…
The kids are not allowed to wear red or blue when they show up to the SMU campus to participate in a summer camp — those are gang colors. And they’re not allowed to smoke during breaks or anywhere on the premises. The environment should allow even the most hardened…
I’m in desperate need of a new car — unless it’s supposed to smoke after 13 years, in which case, never mind. That said, the city of Dallas is slashing and burning its inventory of dozens of used fire engines and ambulances over on my favorite auction site. The kid…
Right — this should probably be over on City of Ate, but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to make this inexplicable (on my part) Esquire subscription count for something, so here goes. For the September issue, which just landed in the mailbox, editors asked chefs (and TV-show hosts)…
Yesterday, just because, the NBA posted some of the Dallas Maverick’s home movies from his trip to China. In a word: adorable…
Earlier this year, the Dallas City Council said it wanted no part in plans to turn a former hotel at 1011 S. Akard Street into a home for the homeless. Perhaps you recall said brouhaha, the result of which will be 250 low-income apartment units once developers Ted and Larry…
The other day I told you about the voices you’d be hearing on Dallas Cowboys’ radio broadcasts this season. Now how about some good news on the faces you’ll be seeing? In particular, one Candice Crawford. Yowsa. I hear the new(ish) Channel 33 reporter/former Miss Missouri will be involved in some way…
10. Cult hero/roster longshot Jesse Holley had his highlight of camp, catching a slant in front of Orlando Scandrick during team drills. There. You happy? 9. Weird – unusually intense – afternoon practice here at The Alamodome. When’s the last time you heard of an interception by linebacker Bobby Carpenter followed…
View Larger MapThe New York Times’ Great Homes and Destinations blog wonders what kind of pad you can get for $250,000 and comes up with a few options: a three-bedroom, three-bath 179-year-old house near the Fore River in Portland, Maine; a five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath house in Athens, Georgia (oh, to live…
Few days back, Politico ran a piece about how politicians’ town hall meetings have gotten a little out of control. Such phrases as “house of horrors,” “angry, sign-carrying mobs,” “disruptive behavior,” “pointless” and “boiling anger and rising incivility” crop up throughout, often in reference to House Democrats’ meet-and-greets where they’ve…
Since the 2006 elections, when the courthouses were flooded with Democratic judges, many of those very same barristers have been trying to put the kibosh on the Dallas Bar Association’s judicial evaluation poll. Why come? Well, they claim, among other things, that it’s unfair, overtly political, a popularity contest, a…
While I’m sitting around waiting for a few call-backs, a suggestion: Head over to DC9 for a moment, where Pete’s got some songs worth downloading to your Walkman or whatever it is you kids use to listen to music these days. I highly recommend Roy Hargrove’s swingin’ “Ms. Garvey, Ms…
It may not be election time, but tonight at 7, two politicians will duke it out at Friendship-West Baptist Church: In this corner … Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. And in this corner … Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price — well, maybe as the commish has been extended…
For now, at least, this final item about Jose Escobedo and his fake lawn, which the Landmark Commission wants yanked up pronto since it’s not “appropriate” for a historic district. But, a warning: There will be a follow-up eventually: Escobedo says he’ll appeal Landmark’s ruling to the City Plan Commission…
To my eyes, second-year tight end Martellus Bennett is the early star of training camp. And I’m not just saying that because he stole the show with his impromptu rapping at The Dallas Observer Music Awards last month. He’s making all of us in San Antonio forget about Marty B TV and…
That’s because it looks like Forbes was on to something last week after all. Friend of Unfair Park David Webb, keeper of The Rare Reporter, sends word that Out magazine’s done compiled its list of “The 60 Greatest Gay Bars in the World,” and the only local joint to make…
Tom Hicks has been all kinds of busy making deals; alas, none of ’em Rangers-related. Instead, it’s his publicly traded investment company, Hicks Acquisitions, making news this week, as once more he tries to keep the venture from being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange, which threatened to make…
Last time ’round, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway’s call to turn in your arms arms turned into quite the sideshow, complete with a French New Wave film of some kind starring Caraway and Trey Garrison. Which hasn’t deterred Caraway one bit: This afternoon at Dallas City Hall, he’ll provide further…
And now you know why I didn’t exactly shed a tear that the Texas Rangers decided against acquiring Roy Halladay in exchange for a package that included one Neftali Feliz. In a word: WOW! Merry Christmas, Rangers fans. The 21-year-old righty made a spectacular Major League debut last night in…
While I was at City Hall today, Joanna Singleton sent word that the Texas Department of Transportation has selected Archer Western, which has done work on the rail expansion for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, to handle construction of the $43-million-plus Woodall Rodgers Deck Park. Her press release also notes the…
