Had no idea, but should have known, that the former Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine has become a sorta skate park following its ’05 demise. Our boy Justin Terveen was on Goat Hill recently — he makes the occasional hike up thataways — and came across this scene. “As time progresses,…
Really. (Update: This was indeed made for the Professional Convention Management Association conference, which has posted a better version of the video. I’ve dropped in the replacement.)…
In the wake of Tom Hicks Jr.’s blow-me missive to one Liverpool FC fan, and Tommy’s subsequent resignation from the club’s board of directors, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK sends along this essay from the U.K. Independent that kinda, sorta applauds Junior for, if nothing else, speaking the truth. Because,…
Courthouse News this morning brings us The Case of the For-Profit Vocational School vs. The Personal-Injury Law Firm. The former is Rhodes Colleges, a California-based chain of campuses that offers courses in everything from criminal justice to HVAC repair (maybe you’ve seen the ads?). Locally, Rhodes has three DFW locations…
I guess the question at this point is, do you give a crap? About baseball players and their steroid use? During the 1998 Major League Baseball season I went to Houston a couple times as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to cover the magical home-run chase between the St. Louis…
We attended today’s meeting of the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee in the hopes of finding out from DART officials where they stood on the second downtown light-rail alignment and streetcars. Instead, the only thing that jumped out was committee chair Linda Koop’s concerns about the lack of development near…
Sure hope those convention planners were aboard Dallas Area Rapid Transit yesterday, when Improv Everywhere’s No Pants! wingdingus made its Dallas debut. If not, our Dylan Hollingsworth was along for the ride and has the slide show to prove it. Bare-Legged Performance Art Terrorists or bored, innocent fun-havers? You be…
Friend of Unfair Park Brad Moulton has been part of a group of folks that, for the last two years, has spent the second Saturday of every month tidying up part of the White Rock Lake shoreline. During that time, he’s been documenting those efforts on Flickr; as Brad writes…
The Professional Convention Management Association kicked off its 3,000-attendees-strong annual conference last night with a wingding at the Dallas Convention Center. Mayor Tom, Southwest Airlines’ Gary Kelly and American Airlines’ Gerard Arpey spoke this morning during “Airlines and Meetings: A CEO Conversation,” but I’m looking forward to Wednesday, when Malcolm…
If you can’t beat ’em, sign ’em? For years Vladimir Guerrero tormented the Texas Rangers. Now, in a sign that new owner Chuck Greenberg has money and moxy and motivation, the Rangers will this week sign the free-agent slugger to a one-year contract. While Tom Hicks, Jr. has some fun with…
On Thursday, the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees will have their “second reading” of contingency plans for four high schools at risk of being labeled academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency for a fifth straight year. The at-risk campuses are Kimball, Pinkston, Roosevelt and Seagoville, and, exactly…
Maybe you remember: Back in September ’07, Waxahachie High School student Pete Palmer was called into the principal’s office and that, Look, you’re all-black look is way too goth for the school’s dress code. At which point his dad, Paul, showed up with a replacement tee supporting then-presidential candidate John…
On Friday, January 8 at approximately 5 p.m., I officially started hating Tom Thumb. Seriously? Valentine’s Day is sooo wonderful that it demands a 5-week run-up? Vomit. And to think, some houses in my neighborhood still have their Christmas trees and lights up. And on…
Let’s start this item with some kind words for (for now) Tom Hicks Sr.’s baseball club, which, at 12:30 p.m. today will help out Cedar Hill High School, where students returned from the winter break to find the baseball team’s field house ransacked and more or less destroyed by vandals…
Maybe you noticed (over to the right, beneath our Twitter Updates header) that yesterday, The New York Times took A Peek Into Netflix Queues in 12 U.S. cities, including Dallas. The breakdown’s by zip code and ranks the top rentals of ’09 — and most zips find The Curious Case…
Pretty sure Sam’s heading to the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting today, during which council members will meet with Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and executive director Gary Thomas and other board members to discuss what’s on the agenda for 2010. Morgan Lyons, DART spokesman, sends this reminder…
The sun rose in the east this morning. But don’t kid yourself, it’s a vastly different planet for your Dallas Cowboys. A world, that is, free of monkeys, gorillas, primates, mandrills, King Kongs and, most imporantly, playoff pratfalls. In what will surely be referenced for years to come, owner Jerry…
10. Spit Happens. So do three-game sweeps that finally, unequivocally bury memories of 44-6. 9. Cowboys at Vikings next Sunday at noon. Get ready for a week of Tony-Romo-is-a-younger-Brett-Favre comparisons. One thing’s for sure: Cowboys are as hot as anyone. During their four-game winning streak they have never trailed. 8…
Earlier this evening, Paul Gardner — Spirit of Shankly Regeneration Liaison Officer and rabid Liverpool FC fan — sent word: Tom Hicks Jr.’s got a potty mouth. Which is no big deal, sure, except Hicks is vice president of Hicks Sports Group and a director of Liverpool FC, the soccer…
As we mentioned earlier, some of the meeting planners in town for the Association for Convention Operations Management’s annual conference took a tour of Dallas this morning. They hit all the, um, hot spots — meaning, Highland Park, the Arts District and, of course, the Grassy Knoll.So happened we were…
Sorry I didn’t make it out to The Gourds show at the Granada on Saturday; had every intention, as it’s been too long. And I was just thinking about the boys — came across the Picket Line Coyotes’ ’88 cassette Upholstery Van Songs right before Christmas in a Sound Warehouse…
Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall breaks the bad news: “Due to budget considerations, the 2010 City of Dallas Calendar and Annual Progress Report will not be printed this year.” Which is especially heartbreaking for Schutze, as this year’s calendar features the winning entries from the Trinity River Photo Contest…
