My friend Lauren won’t pay a dime if she can get away with paying a nickel; it’s a trait that I, a frequent spend-thrift, admire wildly. She incorporates her budget-conscious nature into everything she does and still maintains a fabulous life — she makes it to every party, festival and…
Sunday brunch is like a Serengeti watering hole where all creatures meet with a unified objective: to drink from the healing spring of bottomless mimosas. It’s where we make our weekend confessions to our closest friends, ask for absolution for the previous night’s sins and talk seedily while curing hangovers…
Man, I still get the same old tired line: Oh, you write for the Culture section? In Dallas? What Culture. Yes, yes. We know. Dallas is no New York. Or, Paris. Or, hell, even Austin. I was just the same when I left here in back in 2006 with both…
There’s no doubt that by now you’ve either: A.) invested in an arsenal of cute & cuddly and/or chocolate-covered paraphernalia to lovingly smother your significant other with come Tuesday (yes, that’s when Valentine’s Day is in case you weren’t aware) or B.) are currently scrambling to find the most luxurious…
As a marketing campaign for its new art show, Vinyl Thoughts, local Munny-esque toy makers whose last exhibition reached capacity almost immediately, launched a scavenger hunt. The quest? Find two guys dressed like Mario and Luigi painting a Nintendo mural in Deep Ellum. “Somebody snapped a picture and put it…
A very cryptic voicemail was placed in the Observer’s inbox yesterday. A man — possibly truthful, certainly stoned — left an anonymous tip. He alerted us that a pair of guys, dressed like Mario and Luigi will be painting murals around Deep Ellum throughout the week. He gave no further…
Bippie’s Vintage hocks its frocks at LuLa B’s, the monstrously charming consignment megaplex with two Dallas locations. Bippie’s just scored some fabulous goodies: an adorable 80’s nautical blouse, a wonderfully tailored and smart-fitting forest green 70’s trench and this puffy heirloom fur coat. (I know fur is debatable, but I…
Saturday night’s big art openings will not be your standard-issue mingle and pose affairs: Kettle Art launches its annual competitive fundraising fire sale at 7 p.m., Oliver Francis Gallery presents an interesting (and weird, because it’s OFG) new exhibition with media deconstructor Michael A Morris, and at 8 p.m. the…
Mixmaster was just tipped off about the latest attempt at world-wide title recognition: The 2012 Charity Bull-A-Thon. In this celebration of bar sports, DFW’s eight strongest fingered and hardest squinting athletes will attempt the ultimate feat of endurance imaginable: nailing down the record for most bulls’ eyes thrown in a…
Five years ago, actress Diana Sheehan had what she describes as “the most euphoric day of my life.” Both of her young children were in school all day at last and, for the first time in years, Sheehan found she was free to do whatever she wanted. “I danced for…
It’s almost here, people! You toughed it out for another week. Now you are rewarded with the carrot that’s been dangled in front of you days: the weekend. Mixmaster wants to help you make the most of it, so we’ve compiled a weekly care package of good times. Let’s rip…
Rallying on a Friday evening can be tricky; you want to hit the nightlife but to do so you have survive the dreaded “dead zone.” Let me explain: After a long work week you need to blow off some steam but you also aren’t going to meet your friends until…
“He’s sooo hot,” the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film’s opening images of Ryan Reynolds working out flashed on the screen. She then went on to fiddle with her BlackBerry for half the movie. Based on those two…
As small, intense, pull-your-hair-out comedies, the new plays Coyote and Collapse have a lot in common. Coyote, playing a few more performances at Nouveau 47’s tiny theater at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park, puts us out in the Arizona desert with a couple of those trigger-happy “Minutemen” militia guys…
Trend-conscious peeps are invited to flock to The Fashion Industry Gallery (aka F.I.G.) for its annual finale sale. The shopping event takes place from February 9 until Saturday, February 11 and features up to 75 percent off designer clothes, shoes, and accessories from local shops and international designers alike. Day…
At a loss for what to give your man this Valentine’s Day? Want to spice things up this year? Instead of being sweet and sappy, why not show off your “million dollar legs?” World-renowned pin-up model Bettina May will be traveling to Dallas to share her glamour secrets Friday. She’ll…
Shaquille O’Neal is a funny guy. And we’re not just talking about his inadvertent comedy, such as his infamous response when asked if he visited the Parthenon while in Athens (“I don’t know. I can’t really remember the names of all the clubs we went to.”) or his infamously bad…
Paul Mooney is as much a yarn-spinner as he is a comic. Attend one of his live shows and you’ll understand: it feels more like sitting around the living room with a ridiculously funny father-figure than a traditional stand-up set with lead-ins and punchlines. Mooney doesn’t need all of those…
Looking for a fun, nonjudgmental environment where booze runs freely, women are scantily clad and you can explore your creative side? (Artistically speaking; get your mind out of the gutter.) Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School focuses in providing just that, and this Sunday the doctor is in the house. Break out…
Whatever you’re doing today just cancel it. Gas up your tank, snag a couple friends, and put Webb Gallery in your phone’s direction app; you’re going to Waxahachie. Will Johnson (Centro-matic), Jad Fair and David Fair (Half-Japenese), Tim Kerr (King Sound Quartet, Poison 13) and Dan Phillips (general guitar awesomeness)…
What woman doesn’t look forward to a Friday spa day with her girlfriends gossiping and discussing their current love lives? But who has the time for that these days? Yet, Sugar Lee Thompkins and her middle-aged friends of Eden Falls, Georgia, find the time to meet every Friday afternoon in…
Huh. Well, it seems some Observer editor doesn’t think much of science fiction, referring to this weekend’s SFX Sci-Fi Expo, taking place at the Irving Convention Center, as “dorkocity.” That seems a little dismissive of a genre that’s brought us A Canticle for Leibowitz and works from the likes of…
