Casey Thompson: still in the saddle, one of three remaining chef vying for the title of Top Chef Wednesday was almost a very bad day for Mark Cuban and Casey Thompson, both of whom came this close to getting shipped from reality-TV back to the real world. Cuban finished in…
We see all: By the time you read this, the Great Trinity Toll Road Debate of 2007, Leppert vs. Hunt in a tag-team smack-down cage match, will be over. Unfortunately, Dallas Observer deadlines, which oddly coincide with happy hour at neighboring bars, prevent us from reporting on the outcome of…
Jeffrey Ellard lies in a bed at Presbyterian Hospital recovering from surgery. Nearly two weeks ago, doctors implanted a metal rod in his left leg in place of his femur. In June 2006, a judge ordered a special hearing allowing Ellard to be released from the Dallas County jail so…
When Gerald Pabst took the witness stand to testify against his brother-in-law, he looked scared. He was literally shaking. Yet he answered the prosecutor’s questions in a soft, even tone that didn’t fit the gruesome details of the murder. It was all the fault of Clay Chabot, Pabst said. At…
Elvis played a sold-out Cotton Bowl in 1956. Pavarotti serenaded Reunion Arena in 1995, and at the 2004 Byron Nelson Classic, Tiger Woods received a standing ovation—upon exiting a portable toilet. And there he was last Saturday night, the latest star near his career’s apex to pass through Dallas. But…
NBC’s Telemundo tie-in Sunday night worked like a champ: According to the Nielsen Media Group, “more Hispanic households tuned in to watch the Dallas Cowboys’ NFL victory Sunday night than any other English-language program” for the week of September 17-23. In third place was the Dane Cook of TV shows,…
Casey Thompson has come a long way from being The Sensitive Chef — now, she’s danged near a favorite to win Top Chef. Very exciting day around here: Our Best of Dallas® issue’s on newsstands now — and, really, mazel tov, all you amazing winners out there — which explains…
Yesterday The Dallas Morning News ran a story about how some Methodists are so opposed to putting the George W. Bush Presidential Library and think tank on the SMU campus that they’re trying to get the church to chuck its OK allowing the construction. Today, The Daily Campus follows up…
The Limes Regarding yesterday’s post about Slider Pines, a dear Friend of Unfair Park’s, who possesses one of the sweetest voices in town, sends us this reminder concerning Slider Pines frontman Joey Shanks: “You probably already know this, but Joey used to front a band with Ward Williams and Carter…
“It’s a great time to be in gay publishing,” says this Editor & Publisher story from today about the profitability of papers targeting the GLBT audience. And among the examples cited is the Dallas Voice, which bills itself as “The Community Newspaper for Gay & Lesbian Dallas.” The paper’s ad…
Tom Leppert does better when he’s surrounded by pro-toll road pals, like at last week’s “Vote No!” press conference. The questions don’t bug him, just the answers. So far, the Trinity toll road referendum has foiled Mayor Tom Leppert, slashing his honeymoon by about six months and miring him in…
I’m not gonna lie — this image, taken directly from my HDTV and now seared into my consciousness with the white-hot fury of a million suns, is pretty much all I remember about Mark Cuban’s foxtrotting debut last night on Dancing With the Stars. It’s the Dallas Mavericks owner’s hip-replacement…
We probably post too many press releases dumped on Unfair Park’s door step — it’s not like Sprinkles is sending us cupcakes. But here’s one we feel comfortable passing along. Because, like, it’s for the kids, man. Or their parents. Both, sounds like. Almost sounds too good to be true,…
The DFW’s tops in Business 2.0 and Moody’s Economy.com’s books, as one of 10 cities “that have just about hit rock bottom — and offer opportunities for savvy investors to get in while the getting’s good.” The online edition is slightly different from the print version; as such you don’t…
Be sure to submit your questions for tonight’s Trinity toll road debate twixt Mayor Tom and Angela Red — you have till 5:30, or whenever Dr. Schutze heads over to the Cliff for tonight’s can’t-miss wingding. Because, sure ’nuff, Jim says he’ll take a few of the good ones and…
Operation Kindness Operation Kindness’ exec director Jonnie England with Mercy, shortly after the dog’s April 18 surgery Assistant District Attorney Terri Moore, Craig Watkins’ top assistant, took on her first jury trial in Dallas — not by going after a capital murderer, but by taking on a man dog-lovers would…
A man from Weatherford has filed suit today against Meditronic — “the global leader in medical technology [for] alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world” — claiming the damnedest thing: “body-snatching.” The full release is after the jump, but the opening paragraph is…
Hal Samples I don’t know much about Slider Pines — yet — except that, oh, frontman Joey Shanks wrote the band’s new album, Road, Avenue, Railroad while moving back and forth between Dallas and Memphis, where he grew up. (Got that from the bio — and, like, straight from the…
Andrew Breshiers, a.k.a. “Cmndr Tatz,” beams as he cradles his new love — Halo 3.7 p.m. Sept. 24: Five hours before the most anticipated video game in history, Halo 3, will be released. Lines are forming. Droves of devoted fans all around the metroplex lined the streets waiting for the…
From human hands, to leather gloves. On the heels of the highly successful and semi-controversial exhibition delving into the human body, the Dallas Museum of Nature & Science this week debuts its kindler, gentler endeavor — baseball. In conjunction with the State Fair of Texas, the DMNS will host Baseball…
This weekend the Doubletree Hotel Dallas-Campbell Centre will host the annual Dallas Southern Pride extended-dance-mix weekend, for which organizers are expecting some 10,000 members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender “community of color.” Oak Lawn will be crowded too, with copious parties scheduled throughout the weekend. Here’s the full…
Says here that apartments in the DFW are filling up faster than in recent memory — and, accordingly, local rents in the area are on the rise as well, up to an average of $724 per month. “It’s the best we’ve done in quite awhile,” says Greg Willett, vice president…
