By week’s end, there should be nine new houses in Greenleaf Village II, near the original 5-year-old West Dallas development at Hampton Road and I-30. As we noted back in July, this is the week Whirlpool Corporation and Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity — and folks who’ve come to Dallas…
Another in a never-ending series of proposed Dallas developments — we call this one “West Love Market.” It’s been a little more than a year since Balcones Realty Partners announced its intentions to build a 37-acre, 365,000-square foot restaurant-retail center near Love Field — at Mockingbird Lane, Maple Avenue, Forest…
The Cowboys season was saved by … Martellus Bennett?! You shittin’ me? With one foot in the grave, the Dallas Cowboys not only climbed out of a death-trap deficit tonight in Washington but also resurrected their season. Admit it, with Tony Romo short-arming wobblers and Wade Phillips’ 3-4 defense surrendering…
Our correspondent for yesterday’s anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there’s but the slightest hint of disappointment…
Eli Luna Free smiles from the Feldman. On Monday we brought you photos from Wizard World in Arlington, suggesting off-hand that it was a more successful event than the Dallas reunion up at Southfork. Had to be, right? Corey Feldman, for one, says he got conned at the con, along…
Fine, so Ed Young’s get-to-screwing sermon may be nothing more than a genius PR stunt. But the accompanying artwork on Fellowship Church’s Web site is pretty fab. “Like Saul Bass and Paula Scher had a baby,” says our art director, the great Alexander Flores. “Doesn’t exactly say ‘Seven Days of…
See, Patrick “Buzz” Williams, this is what happens when you’re the first one to write about the Dallas Independent School District’s Social Security number snafu — by two days, no less — only you’re all funny and forgiving about it. (To wit: “This is merely another instance of the sort…
Simple. Anyone getting the matches perfecto wins a year’s free subscription to the Dallas Observer (redeemable each Thursday at any local newsstand). And oh, what the heck, since I’m feeling generous I’ll throw in a couple months’ free online membership to this here Sportatorium. Good luck. 1. After an announcement…
After the jump, the complete details on how to meetlook at Will Smith on Tuesday, when the formerly Fresh Prince comes to Dallas to not only sneak his latest feelgood redemption story, Seven Pounds, but to help fill the North Texas Food Bank’s pantry before Thanksgiving. The trailer’s also after…
Wired brings what could be big news out of a small start-up in Dallas that has the potential to become a strong player amongst those creating applications for iPhones. Newtoy mays be a new company, but its founders are familiar faces in the gaming industry: As Paul and David Bettner…
The “Jackson” in question is Gary Jackson, concierge at Barney New York’s NorthPark outpost, who was profiled a year ago by our former colleague Ann Zimmerman in The Wall Street Journal. His name pops up today in the Houston Chronicle, where he offers “An ultimate insider’s guide to Dallas.” Because,…
Anand Jon with one of his famous former clients Several Friends of Unfair Park who quite vividly recall the sordid story of fashion designer Anand Jon have sent this update: Yesterday, Jon was convicted in Los Angeles of raping and sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14. The conviction,…
Beth Andresen, in the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library, was kind enough to provide the Friends of Unfair Park with a blow-up of the mystery photo from yesterday. Turns out, yup, that is indeed a guy standing on the roof — but, to be honest,…
Has there ever been a better montage ruined by a worse soundtrack? Discuss. – Richie Whitt…
Larry James, president and CEO of Central Dallas Ministries, sent out an e-mail this morning directing folks to the second issue of CDM’s online magazine, which is more or less a compendium of videos, all of them worth a peek. Among the contributions is the story of the great Brent…
A sneak peak at tonight’s Very Special Episode of Don’t Forget the Lyrics, hosted by Wayne Brady. And looks like the Mavs’ owner is still dancing with the stars. More highlights after the jump. Far as you know. –Robert Wilonsky…
… Fox! So, last week it was The Dallas Morning News and Star-Telegram trying to figure out how to share a sleeping bag. Today, it’s Fox and NBC — not the networks themselves (not yet), but the local affiliates owned and operated by the networks, which would indeed include KDFW-Channel…
The photo above is of the planned $300-million “sophisticated, euro-urban” Glen at Preston Hollow development at Walnut Hill Lane and N. Central Expressway, which was announced exactly one year ago and which, at present, looks like a lunar landscape dotted with the random bulldozer and tree. Now, Provident Realty never…
He leads the Stars in penalty minutes. Not a single one of them for being “different.” Sean Avery is refreshing. Eclectic. Tough. Successful. Courageous. And not gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Or is there? In my column in this week’s dead tree version of Sportatorium, I examine…
Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists — by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course — are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer’s November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of…
We tried this once before, so here goes again: Can you please, pretty please, help the folks in the Dallas Public Library’s Texas/Dallas History & Archives figure out just what in the heck’s going in this picture? Because, right now, this is all they got to go on: “Crowds of…
What’d else didja expect? Terrell Owens had his Top 10 on Letterman and I seem to have developed a nervous tic that spits out lists. So, hey, what’s one more? 10. Sense of urgency. Dallas just has to play well – and win. If not, all the Super Bowl posturing…
