Not sure what to do on a lame Monday night? It’s cool, you can tell us. Well, thanks to a call from a little PR bird, we just got word that comedy man Dan Aykroyd will be holding court at Martini Park in Plano tonight from 8 to 11 in…
A Friend of Unfair Park, very new to town, asks this afternoon, “Who is Avi Adelman?” in response to this morning’s post, one of Avi’s least provocative works. Well, I guess this is the short answer; should take you a few days to meet and greet the Barking Dog-turned-filmmaker. Or…
A 2005 traffic accident in Dallas certainly has gotten a lot of national attention in recent months. That’s because In Re Volkswagen of America Inc. et al appears to be the case that will empty the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, heretofore known as…
I’m no psychologist, but I am an, um, Observer. And, I dunno what exactly, but something’s up with Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo. I mean, something other than a broken pinkie that will cause him to miss at least three games. (Wade Phillips says his quarterback won’t have surgery, and likened…
In case you missed it this a.m., David Flick had a piece in The News about Bingo Gossip and Missy Mouser, the 26-year-old one-woman show running the pub that caters to the 80-and-up crowd for whom the phrase “ball lifter” refers to “the mechanism used to raise the ball from…
Nathan Berg: UTD professor and protest singer We’ve mentioned University of Texas at Dallas associate economics professor Nathan Berg twice: in November of last year, when he co-authored the report Access to Grocery Stores and Food Security in Dallas for the J. McDonald Williams Institute; and in March of this…
So much for Shale.tv, which was to be the online “news” outlet for Chesapeake Energy starring, as you’ll no doubt recall, Tracy Rowlett, who left KTVT-Channel 11 for the venture. Notes the Fort Worth Business Press this afternoon: “Jerri Robbins, public relations manager, said the move comes in response the…
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Fifteen minutes before it was scheduled to begin this morning, Dallas Independent School Board trustee Carla Ranger posted this notice to her Web site: Dallas ISD, community leaders and businesses will launch a massive effort to help hundreds of teachers and other staff released…
Tony Romo’s giving Your Dallas Cowboys the finger. Which is to say: His pinkie’s broken, and he’s out for a month. At least, that’s what ESPN is reporting. (And Entertainment Tonight is reporting he’s not engaged to Jessica Simpson.) Next up: The dude who hasn’t started a game since the…
And you thought it couldn’t get any worse after yesterday’s loss? So says ESPN.com. Its story claims Romo has a broken pinkie on his throwing hand. If so, wow. Hello, 40-year-old Brad Johnson. Goodbye, Super Bowl? Something tells me Jerry Jones isn’t having a happy 66th birthday today. – Richie…
Just in time for a cameo appearance by Lily Tomlin, who will address the city council on Wednesday morning about a certain elephant, the city is making its council meetings and briefings available for viewing over the Internets. They’ll also be archived, which excites the likes of Mr. Merten, for…
Dallas Fed prez Richard Fisher The Dow Jones Industrial Average is way up this a.m., and some of the credit, if you will, is going to Richard Fisher, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who yesterday delivered a credit-crunching speech in D.C. during which…
Hell of a time for Avi Adelman not to have his video camera handy: The Barking Dog reports that at about 1:30 yesterday morning, a Dallas police officer got the call that he was needed to subdue a drunken patron at the Sugar Shack on Greenville Avenue. But the collar…
Doesn’t get more street level than today’s meeting of the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee. The city’s looking to rewrite the City of Dallas Traffic Barricade Manual, which seems like heresy; the original’s considered a classic. Alas, it needs updating: “to maximize citation issuance,” natch. That’s but one item…
Is it time to call in the guru? 12 penalties. 4 fumbles. 2 special teams touchdowns. 1 missed field goal. Zero emotion. Did I mention the special teams? I don’t have enough hands with enough fingers to point out all the blame in Cardinals 30, Cowboys 24. So let me…
Following Cards 30, Cowboys 24: “These are the moments when I’m happy I care a lot more about college football,” says a Friend of Unfair Park and fellow University of Texas grad, who points to the Longhorns’ No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches’ polls. And…
Evans Caglage, Fashion at the Park, NorthPark Center, Fall 2008 Actress and model turned designer Georgina Chapman, second from the left, a crush for all genders “Got the photo with the girl crush!” gushed a blond as she reviewed the photo she had just snapped with Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman…
Hillary Whitehead While we wait for all the Longhorns and Sooners fans to clear out of town, it’s worth revisiting the scene from outside the Cotton Bowl this morning, where our photographer Hillary Whitehead trained her lens on some of the best Longhorn hairdos and Sooner cheerleader routines before the…
Just watched “OU Sucks!” beat “Texas Sucks!” by 10 at this jumpin’ joint on Lemmon. Don’t know who, for sure, is the better quarterback — Sam Bradford or Colt McCoy. But I do know a couple things: 1. McCoy’s roomate — Jordan Shipley — was the best player on the…
Evans Caglage, Fashion at the Park, NorthPark Center, Fall 2008 Look, even if you didn’t know there was a Roberto Cavalli, you’d know this was Roberto Cavalli. Within five minutes of entering the tent at Fashion at the Park, I had seen a man carrying a large gray Birkin bag,…
Flickr photo: vfrjeremy Till tomorrow morning, then: 7 a.m., Gate 5 for Texas Exes. This homemade retrospective also makes a nice pregame warm-up. But don’t look now, Longhorn fans: OU 38, UT 28? Aw, say it ain’t so, Joe. –Robert Wilonsky…
On Tuesday, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Noriega is scheduled to drop by Thomas Jefferson High School — go, Patriots! — with a Very Special Guest, former President Bill Clinton. Looks like Noriega’s feeling pretty good about his chances against John Cornyn, who’s starting to sweat a little bit as…
