It was the feel-good story of the year: In late February, Everson Walls donated a kidney to his former Dallas Cowboys teammate Ron Springs. The two became, as the Associated Press reported in March, “the first former U.S. professional athletes to undergo an organ transplant.” Springs said Walls did it…
David Garza is confirmed for the October 28 Beard benefit at Dada. That did not take long: Amanda Newman sends word this afternoon that Irving’s own David Garza — who, in December, will begin a month-long residency at Los Angeles’ famed hipster hang Largo — is the first artist to…
When we stumbled across this real-estate offering, we just had to know: Just which “Modern, Urban Coffeehouse In Downtown Dallas” with a “Gorgeous Atmosphere” is for sale? And for the low, low price of $110,000 too — despite the promise of annual revenue of $215,141. (Hmmm, anyone interested in going…
Dave Neumann apparently thinks a debate involves just one person. So many jokes to make here, so little space. Last month rookie city council member Dave Neumann invited Mayor Tom Leppert and council member Angela Hunt to debate the Trinity River toll road before a couple of his neighborhood groups…
It’s well-known ’round these parts that when it comes to sports-talk radio, we’re partial to KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket). But for those who prefer their X’s and O’s in FM, here’s some personnel news from ESPN’s local radio affiliate: Weeknight host Mike Taylor, who locks down the 7-9 p.m. time…
In May, Tuan “Andy” Nguyen was among 22 folks arrested and indicted on charges of staging car accidents with salvaged vehicles in order to collect the insurance money — to the tune of some $1 million in fraudulent claims. Well, today Nguyen — singled out by the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Mark Graham John “Beard” Brewer, ruler of the Dada doorway Amanda Newman, new co-owner of Club Dada, sends word this morning that iconic Dada doorman John “Beard” Brewer has been at Parkland Memorial Hospital since Friday night. Brewer suffered what friends are referring to as a seizure. Doctors had expected…
Hilary Swank and Burt Tansky, president and chief executive officer of the Neiman Marcus Group Saturday night As we somehow misplaced our invite to last weekend’s Neiman Marcus centennial shindig — at the Cotton Bowl, then at the downtown Dallas flagship — we’re stuck reliving the magic through the ultra-fab…
Either Angela Hunt is a “monkey wrench” or Mayor Tom Leppert would like to hit her over the head with said implement. Not sure which after reading this missive from the mayor, in which he demands Dallas business and civic leaders — and their “business colleagues, vendors, suppliers, and professional…
Bella Pilar Mark over at Pawn Gallery has alerted me to breaking news on the $30,000 millionaire beat: The Beautiful Room isn’t claiming to be beautiful any longer. In a surprising display of self-awareness, the social club is now calling itself “The Room.” Actually, the Web address is “the–room.com,” so…
The portfolio is small. Restaurateur and Sfuzzi alum Robert Colombo and partner William Solomon have just Trece and The Club as whet holdings. But Villa-O will slip between them in December. What is Villa-O? Think Al Gore meets marinara. Villa-O is billed as a fresh (read: environmentally sensitive; think: the…
KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) I wasn’t in the New England Patriots’ locker room yesterday after their 48-27 walloping of the Cowboys, but apparently some grizzled, oh-so-serious Bostonians can’t take a joke. Even after a three-down shellacking of an heir to their throne. While I was listening to Terrell Owens not…
Unfair Park’s best Friend sends along the following video, from last week’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, along with the note: “OK, as a Longhorn, I felt a lot better about the game after seeing this.” We are so in agreeance. –Robert Wilonsky…
When will it end? Yesterday The Dallas Morning News belched out two more platefuls of tripe in its endless buffet of Trinity River toll road propaganda. The first was a story about ownership of the land along the Trinity, the headline of which should have been “Not Us.” You had…
Hal Samples The winning entry in the Re*Cov*Er mural competition Saturday night Took the missus and the 4-year-old who lives in our house down to Deep Ellum Saturday evening, where I was among the 93 or so judges in the Re*Cov*Er mural series contest. Re*Cov*Er’s a project sponsored by the…
Peripatetic New Testament scholar Darrell Bock, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and senior editor at Christianity Today, has a new book out this fall. Apparently, Bock travels the country for three months touting one book, then nine months later gives birth to another one. That’s a heck of a pace…
Just in time for Halloween, Dallas-based Peaches Uniforms — the self-proclaimed “leader in fashion-driven uniforms and scrubs for women in the healthcare industry” — is offering a line of hospital togs that’ll let you strut the hospital corridors looking just like Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens. Says here, ladies, that Grey’s…
Dr. Schutze has an item forthcoming — ’bout what, couldn’t say — but till then, here’s a YouTube find regarding the Trinity River toll road debate worth about the 50 seconds it takes to watch it. And, no, Schutze didn’t make it, far as I know. –Robert Wilonsky…
Will Clarke is the devil, say Rhode Island parents. Well, d’uh. The Great Will Clarke — author of Lord Vishnu’s Love Handles and The Worthy; Friend of Unfair Park; and all-around swell American — is in big effin’ trouble with the God-fearin’ folk of Rhode Island. Looks like the parents…
After the jump, Richie reviews — minute by painful minute — yesterday’s Dallas Cowboys-New England Patriots game at Texas Stadium, the highlight of which was an alleged Tom Cruise sighting, no sign of his hostage. Ah, well — to quote another visiting celebrity, “The rain on my car is a…
The Vote No! Save the Trinity campaign sent a mailer to my house — so I assume it went everywhere else, including your house — with a picture of Tom Leppert on the front and a headline that read, “Don’t let Angela Hunt send a billion dollars down the river.”…
We always kind of knew Dallas County Judge Jim Foster didn’t do a whole lot, but now we have proof. Last week, the county belatedly released Foster’s 2007 schedule of public appointments and appearances, and, as it turns out, one of the top elected officials in North Texas puts in…
