CBS Sunday Morning was in town to profile Neiman Marcus, just in time for the holidays — specifically, its 100th Anniversary Christmas Book, which, this year features, among other high-priced items, a private concert (hosted by Regis Philbin) and the Triton 1000 submarine for a $1.44 million. (And, yes –…
You remember Cowboys-Eagles, December 2006, right? No? Here’s your complete recap, most notably: Tony Romo goes 14 for 29, adding up to 142 yards, one touchdown and two picks. And one singing girlfriend, sitting in a Texas Stadium box. Which was bad, but not as bad as 13 for 36,…
There will be blood: Javier Bardem in Dallas-Fort Worth’s crix fave pic of 2007, No Country for Old Men The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association this morning released its year-end film huzzahs, and topping the best-picture list is … envelope please … No Country for Old Men, followed by a…
Last month, we cruised the Highway to Hell with Pat Robertson — good times, good times. You remember, right? K, then. Anyway, mentioned in that 700 Club report was James Stabile, “a 19-year-old homosexual who’d come by to drink and party” on Cedar Springs and wound up, like, finding God…
I knew it — should’ve just been a Cowboys homer this year. If I’d have mindlessly picked Dallas in every game, I’d be 9-4 against the line. Or even 10-3, if I would’ve believed in Tony Romo’s offense and bet the “over” every game. Of course it could be worse…
“Maggie,” a local contributor to the m-pyre site, today recounts her Christmas-lights trek through the Park Cities, done from the cozy confines of a “a rented luxury bus, where beer and wine flowed freely and pizza boxes were plentiful.” Turns out, the yellow brick roads of the HP were crowded…
Allison V. Smith We live in the land of The Lodge and Candy Barr. There’s no shortage of well known pussy associated with our fair city de one big ball, and our fame grows by the minute, courtesy Allison V. Smith. No, the respected local photojournalist hasn’t ventured into the…
According to Editor & Publisher, folks ain’t spending a lot of time trolling The Dallas Morning News’ Web site. And the number’s dropping precipitously, at least when Nielsen compared November 2007 to November 2006 — down 18.5 percent, which ain’t as much as USA Today’s 27.8 percent free fall, but,…
You may have forgotten that, ’bout two years ago, Jim Heath — Rev. Horton Heat, course — released a Christmas collection, We Three Kings. I forgot myself, till I noticed this morning that MP3 blog The Pop View posted to this “Rockabilly Christmas” item the Rev’s version of “What Child…
The Club on Oak Lawn Avenue was one of Citysearch’s best new restaurants of 2007 — and we liked it too, pretty much. A wise man once said, “Everybody loves lists.” So here are four this morning, courtesy Citysearch, which today offers its Best of 2007 round-up, featuring the Top…
Dirk Dundee Just read the article about Dirk in the Outback (“Crocodile Nowitzki,” by Jesse Hyde, November 22). I am a huge Mavs fan and a season ticket holder, and I have to say this is hands down the best Dirk article I have ever read. Kudos to the writer…
Warning: This column is about a professional football player who needs neither DNA test nor bullet-proof vest. It involves no drugs, dancers or dogfighting. No ego or ammo. No greed, weed or excessive speed. You won’t hear him being “misunderstood,” being “at the wrong place at the wrong time” or…
Picture this: Should we feel violated or famous? Out there on the Internet, for the entire world to see, is a fuzzy photo of a man outside the Dallas Observer’s offices at Maple and Oak Lawn avenues. It might not be Buzz, but since the blurry man appears to have…
After all these years, Carol Reed can still own a room. Election night in Dallas comes on a warm Tuesday in November and Reed avidly mingles with businessmen, City Hall leaders and political insiders in a side hall of a music club a few blocks south of a glittering skyline…
On an October night a little more than a year ago, 38-year-old piano player Tray Boswell got off work at an Addison bar around 11 p.m. and headed home to his Plano condo. By that time, his estranged wife, Sarah Boswell, had already made several calls to the cell phone…
Yeah, the Dallas Mavericks aren’t playing so well right now (lost last night to the Raptors, didn’t even show). But it could be worse. As Henry Abbott points out on the excellent basketball blog True Hoop, at one point the Mavs were so bad they didn’t know which hoop was…
Juan Gonzalez and his trainer, Angel (“Nao”) Presinal, are big players in the Mitchell Report. After the jump, all the sections of the Mitchell Report dealing with the Texas Rangers — going all the way back to Ferguson Jenkins and his drug arrest in Canada. As for the names leaked…
OK, if it’s good enough for USA Today, it’s good enough for Unfair Park to link to blogger Will Bardwell’s site, which contains the alleged names of the baseballers allegedly named in the steroid-juiced Mitchell Report due within the hour. WNBC-TV in NYC originally posted the list but removed it…
Irving law-enforcement officials’ fondness for the Criminal Alien Program — or, if you like, Criminal Alien Programme, fancy — makes it into the latest issue of The Economist, under the headline: “Not welcome here.” You’re welcome to read the brief piece, which even makes mention of Carlos Quintanilla’s arrest last…
CNNMoney.com insists today that Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban has indeed been given the OK to check out the Chicago Cubs’ financials. That means he’s still a bidder in bidness to buy (for $1 billion-plus, most likely) the storied franchise — no matter what New York magazine said in September…
Earlier we neglected to provide the URL for the Club Uropa Web site displayed in city council chambers yesterday — the one, like, with all the nekkid pictures and stuff? So sorry. Here, problem solved. Not for work, incidentally — or for home, for that matter. You can do better…
Jerry Jones, making friends all over the NFL The Atlanta Journal-Constitution yesterday broke the news that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had a hand in Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino’s suddenly bolting for the University of Arkansas a few days ago. Which didn’t please Falcons owner Arthur Blank, not one…
