Wow-mbledon

The greatest current one-on-one battle in all of sports. As a stupid guy once famously said in a super movie, “Sorry I had ta fight in da middle of ya black pantha pawwty,” but I can’t let another day pass without opining on the greatest tennis match I ever did…

Steven Daigle, A Big Brother

CBS-TV Steven Daigle Trust me, Big Brother, the 10th season (!) of which debuts on CBS July 13, is one reality TV show we won’t cover. Instead, we’ll just introduce you to the contestant getting the most buzz in preview pieces: Dallas resident Steven Daigle, whose CBS bio describes him…

Space, the Final Frontier Between John Wiley Price’s Ears?

Just a quick note to John Wiley Price and Judge Thomas Jones, because, gentlemen, I’d really like to loan you my copy of the greatest movie ever to star Maximilian Schell, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster and Yvette Mimieux. It was awesome when I was 11; I think you’ll…

An NPR Story That Makes Dallas Sound Like Some Dude’s Default

Something to listen for in about 60 minutes courtesy National Public Radio’s Day to Day: a segment titled “Living the California Dream in Texas.” Which is about what, exactly? We asked listeners to tell us about how their California Dreams have changed in the rough economy. Listener Brian Keller wrote…

Marc Andres Shines Some Sun on Sunflower Farmers Market Deal

Just got off the phone with Marc Andres, who walked us through the deal that’s bringing a Sunflower Farmers Market to 1800 N. Henderson Avenue by the beginning of ’09. Turns out, the deal went down awfully fast: “60 days from start to finish,” Andres tells Unfair Park, “which is…

Modest 1960s-Era Apartment Complexes in Oak Cliff Sell for Millions

View Larger Map Yet another outsider’s moving into Oak Cliff: About three months after Boston investors took over the Wedgewood Towers with an eye toward a hipster redo, unnamed Vancouver investors have bought a chunk of apartment complexes more or less situated between the Trinity River Greenbelt Park, Lake Cliff…

Behind the Scenes: The Making of the Greg Williams Story

Curtain pulled back in T-Minus 2 days. Local author Jim Dent penned award-winning stories while living a nefarious night life. Channel 8 sports anchor Dale Hansen has been known to have a drink between the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban has admitted to smoking pot in…

A Sunflower Sprouts on Henderson

So, now we know what’ll become of the contentious former Carnival at 1800 N. Henderson Avenue: It’s going to be a grocery store again. Months after brothers Marc and Roger Andres withdrew their zoning request that would have transformed the site from an abandoned grocery to a multi-use residential-retail development,…

Attention, All Shoppers, It’s Cancellation Day at The Last Mall

Spencer Campbell Last week, when Dillard’s announced it was shuttering its Valley View Center location by the end of August, Intern Spencer went over with his camera to shoot the other vacant storefronts in the once-popular mall at the intersection of LBJ Freeway and Preston Road, formerly the site of…

How We Spent the Fourth

Merritt Martin Above, one of Merritt’s photos from the Fair Park Fourth — a review of which is available here, where, um, “Pdiddy” deems the event’s debut a success but also “a mixed bag.” Some of us opted for a less stressful in-and-out: the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and Preston…

So Much Drama Amongst the Locals Proving Their Sheer Genius

Frisco’s Daniel Lewis Um, so Green Peridot Salon co-owner Daniel Lewis totally took over the drama on Shear Genius last night. It all started when, after having won immunity in last week’s challenge, he also got the privilege of choosing his client first for the shortcut challenge … which actually…

Freedom Park

Good Friend of Unfair Park William O. Holston Jr. sends his fellow Park-ers a sneak peek at his commentary scheduled to air tomorrow morning on KERA-FM (90.1). The title: “Fourth of July & Freedom.” ‘Preciate it, Bill. –Robert Wilonsky…