Move over Jack Sparrow and Captain Yellowbeard, another pirate has our heart–One-Eyed Willie. Please refrain from making the obvious sex joke about his name; after all, he is a character in a children’s movie. Growing up I never actually stumbled across a Spanish treasure map and set out to follow…
Recipe Demonstrated by Richie Rudkin of Buli Café There are certain restaurants where you feel at home the moment you step inside the door for the first time. You are immediately greeted with smiling faces from staff and satisfied customers with their mouths half full (always a good sign).Buli Café…
Recipe Demonstrated by Yolanda Perez, Ray Hernandez and Kacey Iacomini of Picasso’s Pizza and Grill When you move to a new neighborhood there are certain businesses you seek out immediately, such as a grocery store, cheap gas station, dry cleaners, liquor store and a restaurant that delivers. Often our only…
Recipe demonstrated by Chef J Chastain of The 2nd Floor Bistro There are a lot of things that attract people to the Galleria on a daily basis. For example, a possible Jessica Simpson sighting, sans Tony Romo of course, or trying out your triple axle jump at the ice skating…
Certain memories will stick with you forever. Like the time you tried to cheer up a weeping willow tree because you thought it was sad, or the time when you screamed “MURDERER!” at a clown and bolted out an exit door during your first haunted house experience. Ah yes, I…
Family vacations are supposed to be fun and stress-free–especially if you are a 6-year old. After spending a lovely week in San Antonio with the family, my parents decided to stop off at a snake farm on the drive home. Their next great idea was to put their extremely young…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Qdoba Mexican Grill 6505 W. Park Blvd., Plano972-403-7372 Promised Delivery: 60 minutes Delivery Time: 45 minutes Scoring Summary:Finally having Mexican food delivered to my apartment: 40 No awkward phone pauses: 20 Getting…
Recipe Demonstrated by Abraham Bedell of Victor Tangos We all have those mornings where we wake up with the sensation of a little Oompa Loompa is hammering away at our brain, last night’s bar stamp is now on your forehead, articles of clothing are making a trail from your front…
Adults are sharpening their knives, kids are dragging their parents to Walmart to load up on candy and costumes, and the television seems to be playing a lot of scary movies lately. It only means one thing–Halloween is here! To most people (sane people, that is) the best part of…
Random Fact: I once carved a pumpkin to look like Tom Cruise’s character in Top Gun. It didn’t exactly turn out the way I would of hoped. Luckily, Central Market Plano(320 Coit Road) will be holding a pumpkin carving class on Tuesday to help people perfect their carving skills. For…
Recipe demonstrated by Amy Green, 2nd place in Sutter Home Build a Better Burger Contest Football season is in full swing. With football season comes game day food, and what’s the best game day food? Burgers…and of course, hot dogs and chips. But let’s focus on meat patties today. Amy…
The 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal will be making a return to the big screen this weekend, and I have a few reasons why you should go. Sure, the movie will be in the middle of the night, but just hear me out. Jim Henson, Frank Oz, the Muppets,…
Loft 610 Urban Restaurant and Lounge recently named Chef Tre Wilcox their new executive chef–and announced plans to open a second concept driven by the popular cook.Yes, popular: You might know him as the former Chef de Cuisine at the five-star Dallas eatery Abacus, and he was on season three…
Recipe demonstrated by Chef Bryant Currie and his Le Cordon Bleu students The worst thing about a classroom is sitting at some uncomfortable desk and listening to your instructor do his best impersonation of Ben Stein talking about the downfall of the Danish empire in 1814. No need to worry…
If you’re a fan of the books The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Who’s in Rabbit’s House, then you’ll probably enjoy the new exhibit at the Irving Arts Center. On loan from the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abilene are the original works of cultural tales from the merry (and…
Who doesn’t like the combination of rice, veggies, beans, various seasonings, meat or seafood cooked over an open wood fire? Or we could just call it paella. Café Madrid will be celebrating Spain’s National Day and Columbus Day by having the famous rice dish for a special price of $14.92…
All you ladies out there can keep your Edward Cullen obsession and King Leonidas fascination. I’d rather have a middle-aged, slightly overweight oceanographer running through my dreams at night. Bill Murray’s Life Aquatic character, Steve Zissou, might be suffering from a midlife crisis, but there is something about that tight…
Being a kid isn’t as easy as it looks. Sure, they still get to wear onesies, play with high-tech toys on Christmas morning and have the luxury of naptime, but hey, being a little one isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. For example, look at Mowgli from Rudyard Kipling’s…
I think Slappy’s Puppet Playhouse has been reading my mind lately. I always wondered how the fairy tale Cinderella would have turned out if her glass slipper had a bit of an odor to it. Yes, I know it is an odd thought, but apparently I’m not alone on this…
It’s no secret: I like to drink boxed wine and maybe eat a small bag of Cheetos at night sometimes. It’s my weird version of wine and cheese. I even like to be called a wino, or rather, I used to until Amy Winehouse screwed that nickname up for us…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Brother’s Pizza 4151 Travis214-219-5200 Promised delivery time: 50 minutes Actual delivery time: 90 minutes The ScoreActually experiencing a John Hughes movie moment in real life: 15 Experiencing a John Hughes movie moment…
There are certain things in life that you just aren’t supposed to do, like sell acid out of an ice cream truck, switch out Grannie’s Fixodent with super glue, let your pet monkey ride around on your dog and steal your ex-girlfriend’s The Big Lebowski DVD–quite possibly the worst thing…
