Judy Schmidt at Dallas City Hall just called to say she’s not sure where The Dallas Morning News got its info about a Mayor Tom Leppert-led Trinity River Corridor Project Summit this morning, because, she insists, there weren’t no such thing. But she does remind those so interested that on…
Last month, the feds put off the digital TV transition till June 12 — which isn’t stopping two Dallas stations from making the switch well before the deadline. Late yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission released a list of some 150 stations going all-digital early, and among those making the transition…
The 33.5-acre Park Lane mixed-use development, across Central Expressway from NorthPark Center, today announced that it’s open for business — which is to say, four of the 15 announced restaurants and retailers will commence to sellin’ beginning tomorrow. First up is Nordstrom Rack, followed by the bows of Dick’s Sporting…
Ah, the Dallas Cowboys’ off-season. A time to blog about ghosts and running and iPhones and, of course, the Dallas Cowboys. Thanks to Terence Newman, there’s even fresh meat to chew upon in between Terrell Owens’ departure and the NFL Draft’s arrival. Short version: Troy Aikman questions whether Tony Romo…
Schutze and Merten are on vacation today, which means no one’s going to Mayor Tom Leppert’s Trinity River Corridor Project summit this morning on the 69th (heh) floor of the Bank of America building downtown. Schutze, though, did ask for two small favors before he sped off to East Texas…
Hard Rock execs told Unfair Park way back in June of last year: Yes, the eatery-museum, stockpiled with hickory-smoked foodstuffs and Dimebag Darrell memorabilia, would be returning to Dallas sooner than later following the exodus from McKinney Avenue two years ago. This morning, they confirm the not-terribly secret, long-rumored, oft-speculated…
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday released a report blasting the government for delaying, withholding and botching medical care for immigrants detained in Florida, Arizona and Texas. In the Lone Star State, the researchers conducted interviews with women held at the Port Isabel detention center in Harlingen, as well as the…
The attorney for Russ Martin’s fiancee – Mandy – says this afternoon that his client was arrested via warrant and handcuffed at work Monday by Dallas County authorities, transfered to Irving and eventually taken by Tarrant County officers to Judge Jamie Cummings’ County Criminal Court #5 for failure to appear in…
I have an iPhone. I have an infatuation with March Madness. See, what I need/want/crave is a union of the two titillating entities. Like, perhaps, a 3D basketball shooting game App! Anyone? Okay you, Dallas Observer Jill Of All Trades Sarah Johnson, take it away … As far as my…
Speaking of athletes who don’t deserve any more bailouts … Former Cowboys’ quarterback Quincy Carter was arrested Feb. 27 for DUI. Less than two weeks later he was signed by another floundering football team – the Abilene Ruff Riders – desperate for passing and publicity. Sad, sad and double sad…
Speaking of Dallas iconic landmarks … On August 11 of last year, Unfair Park discovered that Mark and Patty Lovvorn had filed with the Texas Historic Commission a demolition permit that would have allowed them to tear down The House Stanley Marcus Built. You can follow the links — such…
Back in October we gazed up at the old waterfall billboard on Stemmons Freeway — up on Goat Hill, where Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine used to stand — and noticed the water had done gone dry. And we got our answer as to why: It was gettin’ a makeover and…
The parade is over. The drinking hasn’t yet commenced. For an appetizer, how about a St. Patrick’s Day tribute to the NBA’s All Fake-Irish Team including – surprise – a Maverick: Gerald Green. Dominic McGuire. Tracy McGrady. Troy Murphy. Shaquille O’Neal…
Just came across the press site for Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery’s six-part series about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, his office’s Conviction Integrity Unit and … well, you know, because it’s right there in the title and because you follow the news. Word was Discovery had waited to shoot…
Come September 14 (and certainly year’s end), Dallas Area Rapid Transit is looking to up the price of everything, from a local single ride fare (from $1.50 to $2) to a premium weekly pass ($25 to $35) to a two-zone commuter rail annual pass ($800 to $1,050) and so forth…
Ever tell you my Roy Tarpley story? In 1994-95 I’m covering the Dallas Mavericks for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After some horrible seasons under Quinn Buckner and the like, the organization is abuzz. The Three J’s – remember them? – are in place and rejoining the rebuilding is the most talented,…
Every few years, Dallas Mavericks fans are reminded of the team’s greatest failure — not the loss to Miami in the NBA Finals, not the one-and-done against Golden State in ’07, not the 11-win season under Gar Heard. Rather, it’s two simple words: “Roy” and “Tarpley,” whose travails and tragedies…
What you see at right is a reproduction of Willliam Adolphe Bouguerau’s Notre-Dame des Anges (Our Lady of the Angels), painted in 1889 in France; this version sells here for $15, though, at the moment, it’s on sale for $11.99, so act now. It might look especially familiar to locals:…
Three weeks ago, Frank Farias, an airman stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque was arrested for murder. Dallas police had issued a warrant that accused him of first-degree murder in the January 25 death of Marlon Alfaro, 23, outside a Lower Greenville club. Farias spent last week in…
More than 100 pinball machines, all set to free play, and not a deaf, dumb, blind kid in sight. It might sound like some crazy pinballer’s fantasy, but it came true this weekend at the Texas Pinball Festival.Collectors and enthusiasts from around the country descended on Grapevine to show off…
On Friday, in the comments to Rawlins Gilliand’s Neimans recollections, Friend of Unfair Park Joseph B. wrote:I recently read an article on famed documentarian Frederick Wiseman and discovered he filmed a 4 hour documentary on Neiman Narcus here in Dallas back in the early 80’s. Anyone seen it? Several critics…
As promised over the weekend, photographer Danny Hurley spent the weekend out at Dallas All-Con 2009 out at the Crowne Plaza, where cosplay is king.Superheroes, anime stars, and even a few bots and droids, were among the subjects Hurley caught for his portrait setup, and we’ve got his full series…
