Last night, during its picnic outing at the Arboretum, the city council was briefed on the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit, which opens October 3 at the Dallas Museum of Art and runs through May 15. Quite the glossy briefing too; first city council doc my…
I was looking at the City Plan Commission agenda for today’s shindig — where they’re scheduled to vote on renaming Industrial Boulevard to Riverfront Boulevard, which seems so yesterday — and was surprised to see at the very bottom “Fairfield at Lovers Lane.” It’s been about six months since last…
Reminds me of when Ameriquest sponsored the Rangers’ ballpark. Except Man U doesn’t suck. While yesterday pondering what it’s going to be like during next week’s dawning of this century’s Great Depression, I stumbled upon a Champions League footie match on ESPN2 featuring Manchester United and some team in horrid…
Over at Deadspin, Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty author Jeff Pearlman has most graciously provided a lengthy excerpt from his book — specifically, from the chapter about the trip to Tempe for Super Bowl XXX, which wound up Cowboys 27,…
Brian Harkin Jim Trulock, co-owner of Duncanville’s Cherry Pit, has been arrested on TABC violations, as has his girlfriend and co-owner Julie Norris. This week’s paper version of Unfair Park, with the cover story about The Cherry Pit, is barely on the streets, and already this update: Duncanville police have…
Justin Terveen The Statler Hilton Hotel, as captured by Justin Terveen for a collection of photos shot in 2004-2007 from inside and outside the building Mayor Tom Leppert wants something done with the old Statler Hilton Hotel — including tearing it down, if need be. Till a couple of months…
Spend a minute this morning with Grapevine’s Jeff Jones, who, in February 2007, won $250,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? by answering the question, “In Office Space, Peter’s co-worker Michael admits that his high-tech, get-rich scheme is taken from what movie?” Man, that was adorable. Meredith Viera seemed…
Today, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., you’re welcome to go down to Reunion Arena and inspect the merch, all of which is priced to move, move, move. From former season ticket-holder seating to the Sony JumboTron to pieces of the floor upon which Your Dallas Mavericks once dribbled their…
Back on the air. Back to his old self? Radio is a changin’. Arbitron recently awoke to the digital age and began more accurately deducting ratings via new electronic portable people meters. So instead of humans flippantly filling out diaries with No. 2 pencils, we’ll now get a much more…
Falling on a sword: So, Dallas Independent School District announces last week that—whoopsie daisy—it inadvertently blew its 2007-’08 budget by $64 million. The school board president, Jack Lowe, was very apologetic about it. “I’m the member of the board with the most business experience,” he told the Dallas Observer blog…
Two years ago, Margaret Keliher faced electoral oblivion, but since losing her post as Dallas County judge in the 2006 Democratic sweep of county elections, she has managed to retool her role as an unlikely Republican champion of clean air and conservation. It’s been almost a year since Keliher took…
They are both blessed with cutesy dimples and with famous buxom blondes. Both dabble in golf. Both earned their reputations and their millions as charismatic captains and record-setting scorers for their respective local sports teams. So I ask you, Dallas sports fans, who is No. 9—Tony Romo or Mike Modano?…
Horses roam aimlessly in a meadow just around the block. There’s a Boy Scout camp about a half-mile away.The green thicket behind the plain, ranch-style house prevents exposure to adjoining homeowners, one of whom waveswarmly at passing motorists as he mows his lawn. In this Duncanville neighborhood, there exists a…
“Deep Ellum Lives,” by Robert Wilonsky, September 11 Fresh Start Well, it’s easy to say that Deep Ellum could “disappear” or lose its flavor. Frankly, however, it has lost most of this due to the aging of its landowners already. It was time for someone with at least a germ…
Courtney Clenney If you don’t mind, Mayor Tom would like you to stop with the “what-if questions” already, Jeez Louise. Mayor Tom Leppert whipped out his giant bedazzled scissors this afternoon to officially open the newly renovated Cotton Bowl, which looks every bit of its $57-million face lift. That was…
Now, how about some good news for the Dallas Independent School District. You recall Dalton Sherman, right? Course you do: Charles Rice Learning Center fifth-grader. Delivered the keynote at this year’s back-to-school pep rally. Was suddenly everywhere. Well, Dalton will be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show tomorrow. Writes your genial…
Like it or not, the Cowboys will miss this guy. Won’t they? Other than Scott, this corner of the blogdom is full of Roy Williams bashers. I assume his fractured forearm will be met with an unprecedented joy considering it means the absence of a Pro Bowl* player for about…
Daniel Rodrigue No, this was not the buffet spread at today’s drug-bust announcement. Yesterday, 300 law enforcement agents were involved in the largest one-day seizure of drugs and cash in North Texas — ever. They arrested 22 alleged members of drug trafficking cells associated with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. Officers seized…
While slumbering along toward the finish line of a disappointing 2008, your Texas Rangers today are providing a distraction: Their 2009 schedule, otherwise known as next year’s map to failure. The Rangers open 2009 on Monday, April 6 at home against the Cleveland Indians. Here’s betting they have a new…
For whatever reason, I couldn’t access the agenda for Friday’s meeting of the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees; district spokesman Jon Dahlander was kind enough to send it. And for those who do not want to click through, here are the two items of note: 3. Consideration and…
Dallas Independent School District students cannot wear rosary beads to school — because, look, everybody knows that’s a gang symbol. But you can wear a turban into a Dallas County facility. That’s the word today from the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, which bought a suit against the…
In January, Penguin Press will publish Bryan Burrough’s The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes, about such men as H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, Hugh Roy Cullen and Glenn McCarthy, the latter of whom was more or less the inspiration for James Dean’s Jett…
