Mall? Rats.

The Village at Allen, where the parking lots go for miles Gar Herring, president of MGHerring Group, is opening two malls more or less right on top of each other in coming months: The Village at Allen in October, followed by The Village at Fairview in August ’09. Combined space:…

Tonight on Channel 13, a Trip Back in Time to Nowhere But Texas

I know — this is very last-minute. But, if nothing else, you will have a second chance to catch KERA-TV’s second installment of Nowhere But Texas if you miss tonight’s airing, which begins at 7 p.m. on Channel 13, natch. There’s a Saturday-morning rebroadcast at 11:30, and it’s worth a…

We’re No. 2! We’re No. 2!

Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Came across a quote from Texas Rangers’ bench Art Howe this morning that summed up the perverted perspective of our local baseball team: “ … if we finish second, we’ve had a heck of a…

César Chávez Needs Some TLC

We were at Dallas Farmers Market over the weekend, when, for the first time in a hundred or so visits, the boy spotted the plaque above, which is sort of obscured in its spot next to the still overwhelmingly empty Shed 2. (And the city’s still looking for vendors, for…

What Does Mayor Tom Think?

Speaking of Mayor Tom, as we were below, turns out you can speak to the man himself in a couple of hours. He’ll be appearing on KERA-FM (90.1) at 1 p.m., as the guest on Krys Boyd’s Think. As for the subject: “What does the future hold for Dallas and…

Man Behind Dallas Fish Market is Now Planting a Steak Downtown

Less than nine months after Charlie Palmer opened an outpost at The Joule downtown comes this exclusive announcement from GlobeSt.com: Downtown Dallas will, by summer 2009, have yet another steakhouse to gnaw on. It’ll be called Dallas Chop House, and it’ll go into the restaurant space currently sitting empty in…

Week 2 NFL Quarterback Rankings

From undrafted free agent to the cover of SI to the top of my rankings. Not bad, kid. Not bad at all. My first installment was such an, um, hit, that I decided, what the heck, let’s make this is a weekly staple. Everyone loves quarterbacks. Sports geeks love rankings…

Salvia Is Not Your Bud

In 2002, by way of public service, Patrick “Buzz” Williams and I taste-tested various flavors of legal highs, among them salvia divinorum, then a burgeoning novelty in your finer lifestyle accessory shops. The result: moving colors and fits of laughter, which lasted two minutes, and the hellacious headache that followed…

Pardon, But What New Radio Show?

Probably should have mentioned this, like, oh, I dunno, Friday maybe? But, yes, I did host a late-night music show on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) on Saturday night that lasted till the wee small hours of Sunday morning. It’s called Till 2, as in: Nothing good ever happens after 2…

Week 1 Leftovers

Surprise, I’m here. Cowboys’ head coach Wade Phillips, whose crisp, hard-edged hair line looked not unlike Jimmy Johnson’s (when Sunday’s game started at least), just finished his Day After press conference at Valley Ranch. At look at what he said. And, of course, what I think about what he said:…