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Belo vs. Medina: Who Will Prevail?

It’s been amazing to watch Belo/DMN spinning hard to marginalize Debra Medina, the constitutionalist/libertarian candidate for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. First the company tried (unsuccessfully) to shut Medina out of its TV debate. Then the paper’s Gromer Jeffers and Colleen McCain Nelson both pronounced Medin [...]

D Empire Loses Seven

Several of you have sent condolences after reading this news. Thank you for the kind words. But they really ought to be directed to the co-workers we had to let go. If you need to reach someone, I’m happy to forward any messages to their personal addresses. [...]

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Snowmageddon: Are Dallas Roofs Able To Handle More Snow?

So the forecast says snow, and we know what that could mean: another 11.2 inches. Hopefully, Dallas won’t make any more weather history in the next couple days, but when we were covered with it two weeks ago, I got curious: are Texas roofs built to withstand a heavy snowfall? The national standards vary from [...] [...]

Dallas House Porn: Affordable Traditional South of LBJ

I know Mardi Gras was last week, but I’m feeling like I’d like to be in New Orleans today, especially after I found this French-quarter style number in the Meadows of Preston Hollow for just $599,000. Lots of bang for the buck, here’s what you get: a whopping 3549 square feet, four bedrooms and get [...] [...]

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Just Engaged: Shay Kirwan and Brian Moore

Shay Kirwan met her fiancé, Brian Moore, in quite a unique way: mile 12 of a half marathon in November, 2008. Brian struck up a mid-run conversation with Shay, and they finished the race together, all while realizing that they have a group of mutual friends. Fast forward to last May. After graduating from medical [...] [...]

Just a Few Days Left to Sign Up for the D Weddings/Joule Event This Saturday

Ladies, you don’t want to miss this event! What bride-to-be wouldn’t love a sit-down lunch by Charlie Palmer and the chance to mix and mingle with some of Dallas’ best wedding vendors. Get the deets and discounted tickets here. [...]

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North Texas Food Bank’s “Empty Bowl” Was Bowled Over with Soups and Soupers

Remember the movie/Broadway musical Oliver!, when waif-like Oliver takes his bowl to Mr. Bumble and pleads “Please, sir, I want some more“? Now take that image, but instead of a lone urchin, try 1,938 business people, artisans, and colorful-type grownups. And instead of begging for gruel in a dank orphanage, try gour [...]

The Census (Wo)Man Cometh

Today the Census Bureau officially “kicks off” its dicennial headcount of all of us. The forms will be arriving via hand and snail mail. No, Virginia, there is no email census. According to U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Graves, “Through late August 2010, Census Bureau temporary field staff will work in [...]

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Allen May Loan $5M to Arts of Collin County

Last summer the Arts of Collin County first announced their intentions to proceed with bidding on the first phase of their arts center project in order to see how low construction costs might go in this weak economy. At the time, I speculated that if they got within a few million dollars of their goal, [...] [...]

Copenhagen’s Well-Tested Script is Good, But Stage West’s Actors Are Even Better

In Copenhagen in 1921 and in Copenhagen at Stage West, collaboration produced complex and powerful things. The subject of the play is the events at the place. That’s where scientists Bohr and Heisenberg were exploring the frontiers of physics with atomic implications. These were awesome deeds in a no less awesome produc [...]

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Foodie News Games: What is Wrong With This Press Release

I® love press releases. I® get bazillions of them everyday. I® read them all. This one caught my eye and I® thought about doing a funny bit on Oscar-watching parties. Here is the full release: February 22, 2010 MEDIA ALERT…MEDIA ALERT OSCAR’S PARTY KIT Throw Your Own Oscar® Viewing Party http://www.oscars.org/partykit Prov [...]

Dan Koller Goes Guerrilla: Marc”Park” Cassel’s Meal at 48 Hours @ Sylvan Thirty

Dan Koller, the managing editor of People “Who Need People” Newspapers, took his lovely and talented wife, Jessica, to dine at the first supper at 48 Nights @ Slyvan Thirty, the guerrilla restaurant on Sylvan operated by the Smoke/Bolsa dudes, Chris Jeffers, Chris Zielke, and Tim Byres. The restaurateurs have teamed [...]

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Melanie Gayle Spring Break Event – Discounts and Amanda Sterett Trunk Show

Meet Amanda Sterett, jewelry designer extraordinaire, at Melanie Gayle’s Snider Plaza store Thursday, February 25 through Saturday, February 27, where she’ll be having a trunk show featuring her fabulous baubles. Spend $350 on her pieces and get the “Amy” earring (pictured) free! In addition, the boutique [...]

Meet Ports 1961 Designer at Nordstrom Galleria

Do these dresses make you drool? Yea, me too. Well, now is your chance to meet the designer, Tia Cibani, at Nordstrom Dallas Galleria on Thursday, February 25 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Vogue will be co-hosting the party, which is open to the public, and will feature a presentation of the Ports 1961 spring 2010 collection. [...] [...]

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Ch. 4: Ben Fountain’s “Asian Tiger”

In “Asian Tiger,” Ben Fountain continues to unfold his roster of Americans who learn the hard way about the ways of the world. To paraphrase Hamlet’s words to Horatio, “there are more things in heaven (or hell) and earth than are dreamt of in your social categories.” Wrapped up as he is in his pathetic [...] [...]

Ben Fountain’s The Good Ones Are Already Taken: Last Word?

I left this story pretty freaked out about the power of the mind. Perhaps my borderline is closer than most people’s, but I can see how easy it is to cross it, to see something or experience something that could take the mind to the other side – where it could shut down, or easily [...] [...]