In other exciting holiday season news, The New York Times today reports: “For the first time in the modern history of the death penalty, more than 60 percent of all American executions took place in Texas.” Used to be around 37 percent, for those keeping a body count at home…
Out today is the latest S&P/Case-Shiller® Home Price Indices, which reveals that prices for existing single-family homes across the U.S. are declining — even in Dallas, which showed an overall 0.1 percent drop in prices from October 2006 to October ’07. Also: Prices have been dropping steadily since August, with…
The downtown Plano of tomorrow, which looks like … the London of yesterday Scott and Tracey Schaefer’s Lexington Luxury Builders is responsible for several townhouse developments and custom homes in the area; and till now, much of their work’s been done around Oak Lawn and Uptown. But this morning, GlobeSt.com…
A Friend of Unfair Park points our attention this morning to this Texas Lawyer profile of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins — the “Impact Player of the Year,” which I thought was going to Tony Romo, but, anyway. The terrific piece, penned by our old pal Mark Donald, contains…
On Saturday, the Highland Park Scots lost the Class 4A Division II state title to the Lake Travis Cavaliers, 36-34. And ever since then, the Scots have been plastered all over the international press — specifically, the English tabs, which have taken a keen interest in Scots receiver Michael Thatcher,…
Some holiday video choices after the jump, including a can’t-miss local cable-access “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” carol from Len & Esther Hutsell, formerly the pastors at Hillview Terrace Assembly on John West Road, and Linus on the true meaning of Christmas from A Charlie Brown Christmas (not the Scrubs version, either)…
Many things to do before tonight’s traditional meal of dumplings and Dan-Dan noodles. But for those seeking a little light-news snack beforehand, a few stocking-stuffers. Like, this story about a San Antonio software developer named Ben Adams who used eBay to find his stolen 1949 Chevy truck. Turns out, it…
Mike Rhyner, at left, weighed in today about the future of The Hardline. Moments ago, The Hardline host Mike Rhyner and sidekick Corby Davidson spoke at great length about the fate of KTCK-AM’s drive-time show — specifically, the cease and desist about which Richie wrote yesterday and the what’s-next for…
I note for the record that I did finally speak with the Park Cities Volkswagen folks after e-mailing them. They had the unfortunate experience of hearing the bitchiest side of me (as did the very nice, slightly terrified man ‘o the hour waiting quietly in the other room to take…
If you live anywhere near Bishop Dunne High School in Oak Cliff, have someone check on your house, pronto. My wife and I were walking the dog at about 2 p.m. and were stopped by two different people asking if we knew anything about home invasions that had just occurred…
From the ghost of Christmas — and Dallas Mavericks logos — past. –Robert Wilonsky…
Bill O’Reilly has been railing against the so-called “War on Christmas” for years. Now he’s lambasting a Massachusetts town for shutting off their Christmas lights at 10 p.m. to conserve energy. The horror. What did Baby Jesus ever do before the former WFAA-Channel 8 reporter got booted out of Dallas?…
Look, I have no idea whether this is legit or not, but you’ve got less than an hour to decide for yourself. Because, see, Dallas-based “Iphone Trendz” claims it’s selling that hardest-to-find Christmas present: a single unlocked 8G iPhone “compatible with any GSM Wireless carrier in the world,” which also…
From last year’s Christmas concert, starring former director Tim Seelig as Ben Kingsley as James Lipton as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. –Robert Wilonsky…
Hey, Grimes — looks like another former Dallas Observer-er likes absinthe: Sarah Hepola. And not only does our ex-music editor write today about the Green Fairy for Salon, where she’s now the deputy Life editor, she’s also appears in a taste-testing video. Looks like Sarah’s putting her Highland Park upbringing…
Wine fraud — it’s all the rage. As in, three Magnums of a 1921 Bordeaux, from France’s Chateau Petrus vineyard, were supposed to be auctioned off in Chicago at the end of October — and for a small fortune. Only, the bottles were yanked at the last minute by the…
The Associated Press conducted a poll earlier this week to find out folks’ “least-liked federal agencies,” and near the very tippy-top of the list was … the Transportation Security Administration. Turns out, air travelers aren’t terribly delighted with the job airport screeners are doing — and it goes much further…
Let me start with some Cowboys-related snippets. Otherwise known as, anything to stall before having to pay the piper. Yesterday afternoon, workers installed an 86-foot-high glass curtain wall at the Cowboys new stadium in Arlington. The press release says “the unique fritted glass system transitions up the elevation to create…
Moe Nadel No idea whether you can even get into this event tonight at the Dallas Contemporary on Swiss Avenue — its site doesn’t even mention this shindig, which is a little confusing. But from 7 to 9:30 tonight, Project Runway contestant and Arts Magnet grad Elisa Jimenez will be…
From the 7th Annual Polyphonic Spree Holiday Extravaganza, last Sunday night at the Lakewood Theater. A dozen other options, from the John Lennon original to U2’s take, available here. –Robert Wilonsky…
Says the well-traveled Tré Wilcox: “One of the things about chefs in Dallas is not a lot of them do as much traveling as they should.” Tré Wilcox, who will be chef de cuisine at Kent Rathbun’s Abacus until January 3, has come a long way since his first cooking…
As we pointed out in November, Clear Channel’s experiment at KZPS-FM (92.5, also known as Lone Star Radio) ain’t working out as the San Antonio-based media giant had hoped. In April, ZPS went commercial-free in hopes of playing more music per hour and attracting listeners jumping ship in favor of…
