Sometimes you find yourself wand’ring the streets of our fair city (in a car, of course) passing strip mall after strip mall (nail salon, retail postal outlet, doughut shop), McMansion after McMansion (second mortgage, whut whut!), panhandler after panhandler (they’re always veterans, aren’t they?), and you may ask yourself, “How…
You know who called that Florida blowout last night? The Ticket’s own Greg Williams, at right. Genius. I didn’t see it coming. Neither did you. But Greg Williams did and said so on Monday afternoon’s episode of “The Hardline” on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket). Shr’nuff, while local media Ohio State…
Whit Meyers has some corrections to make concerning our Gypsy Tea Room item this morning. Whit Meyers, who has worked tirelessly to keep the Gypsy Tea Room’s doors open despite bankruptcy proceedings that have been carrying on for more than a year, says I have my facts wrong concerning at…
While the last vestige of the Entertainment Collaborative gasps in a big-bucks creditor hunger jungle, restaurateur Mike Hoque, founder of American Limos & Transportation and Go Fish Restaurant & Lounge, has released full-frontal renderings of his upscale-ish Dallas Fish Market restaurant. It’s set to take shape in the Kirby Building’s…
We’ve had a few Friends of Unfair Park inquire about the filming today in front of the Hotel St. Germain on Maple Avenue. Seems traffic’s being redirected in the area because of it. Well, if you guessed, “Prison Break,” you would be right, according to our good friends at the…
We have heard many things of late concerning the fate of the Gypsy Tea Room, which is still in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But, for the moment, we dismiss all rumors and theories and consider only the facts: The club’s owner, Whit Meyers, still owes creditors and the government and David…
Bill Parcells wants to go back to New York, says sources. Fine. Let him. OK. Fine. Richie’s right. Bill Parcells is an asshole. I’ve defended the guy a little here; got nothing better to do, apparently. Actually, I felt sorry for him more than anything; that NYTimes Mag piece sure…
Harold Dieterle, winner of Top Chef’s first season, knows his way around meat. Wait. That sounds wrong. I told the missus I gots plans this weekend: to audition for our fave TV show, Top Chef. (Actually, it’s our second-fave, but Project Runway’s fourth season is a loooooong way off.) The…
George Quartz of Faux Fox, which, on the strength of its “Nothing Gold” video alone, might be our new fave local band. Today, anyway. Got an e-mail tip today to check out something that’s “pure freakin’ genius.” So, since this missive came from a trusted source and all, of course…
Yeah, yeah. Tony Romo muffed the field-goal hold. Whatever. The Seahawks woulda scored again anyway. And Romo still gets to wake up next to Carrie Underwood. You? An empty can of Coors Lite. Just know that it’s going to get worse before it gets better: Romo: Built in a day,…
Olympic weightlifter Cheryl Haworth has been taking meals with ex-Tom Hicks partner Charles Tate. No word if Tate’s actually on the menu. Seems Tom Hicks ain’t the only member of the Fab Four — which is to say, the buyout artists formerly known as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst –…
Salim Nourallah’s got several gigs scheduled at the new ellum: ONSTAGE venue. So there’s one reason to go, if nothing else. Friend of Fair Park Cindy Chaffin points us to the latest all-ages venue to dip its toes into the murky waters of Deep Ellum: Life in Deep Ellum, which…
Here’s a letter you probably don’t want to get if you’re a bar owner. On Lower Greenville. And your bar is called Suede. –Robert Wilonsky…
OK, so that’s a bit of a stretch. Nonetheless, the latest issue of Time attempts to pinpoint exactly when it was Gerald Ford got his religion, and the closest it came come up with is a pre-game prayer service conducted by Gospel Films president Billy Zeoli in Washington, D.C., before…
How did the refs not call the Lakers’ late-game foul committed against Jason Terry last night? Oh, well. At least he didn’t fumble the ball. Rowdy West Coast fans. Banged-up home team playing without a couple starters but with a former MVP trying to lead his team back to the…
A hearty Monday-morning “mazel tov” to a couple of local(ish) legal blogs: Unfair Park faves Grits for Breakfast, Scott Henson’s statewide crime-and-punishment round-up, and Dallas public defender Mike Howard’s The Wretched of the Earth, which deals specifically with the Dallas criminal justice system’s treatment of the indigent. Both were honored…
Here it is: “New York Giants Defeat Dallas Cowboys When It Comes to Abortion.” Say wha? Says here Dallas Cowboys owner, prez and GM Jerry Jones gave a few thou to Planned Parenthood nine years back. Also says there that the Chicago Bears’ owner, Virginia McCaskey, gives dough to anti-abortion…
After the jump, a fan’s reenactment…
Unfair Park officially lays claim to this headline. Also, “Ro-No!” (Note to self: Sober up before posting to Unfair Park in the future.) –Robert Wilonsky…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins says he wants to get innocent people out of jail. Oddly, in Dallas County, this is a novel concept. On Wednesday, DNA testing exonerated Andrew Gossett of Garland, who had been serving a 50-year sentence for a 1999 sexual assault he didn’t commit. Within…
Teresa Parker: the (former?) principal at Preston Hollow Elementary You remember Teresa Parker, right? She was the principal at Preston Hollow Elementary School — the one U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay said in his November 16 ruling had “unlawfully segregated [students] at Preston Hollow based on race and national origin”…
Word on the MySpace is that a bunch of grown-ups are going to drink tasty drinks (definitely, definitely not “adult” beverages, because that would be oh-so-illegal) in a park on Sunday afternoon and kick a big rubber ball around. Possibly talk some smack, with real curse words. Everything you wanted…
