Dunno, maybe I shoulda gone into the burger biz — still time, I guess. Because while there’s a Carl’s Jr. on damned near every block in Los Angeles, there are only three in the Dallas area — and just one in Dallas proper, at 8800 S. Polk Street. But today…
Sure University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy had to settle for the Heisman Trophy runner-up. Sure his Longhorns – despite last night’s thrilling Fiesta Bowl victory – are getting screwed out of a possible National Championship. And sure, as one of my alcohol-soaked relatives put it over the holidays, “Something…
Twice today I’ve been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as…
Speaking, as we were yesterday, of Ole Miss-Texas Tech (sorta), David Sanderson was kind enough to provide us with this panoramic farewell snapped during the final Cotton Bowl Classic ever to be played at Fair Park. A much larger version can be found here. –Robert Wilonsky…
Speaking of road work, this morning the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee is discussing, among myriad other items of interest, finally fixing the N. Beckley Avenue-W. Commerce Street intersection, which is narrow, pedestrian-unfriendly and “has a drainage system that is near full capacity,” eeew. Won’t be cheap –…
Emerging from behind the crates of discounted champagne and bins of 4-for-1 gift-wrapping paper, this decided to commence its annual tormenting of the male species last night at my local Tom Thumb. Kill. Me. Now. – Richie Whitt…
This morning down in Austin, Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Amadeo Saenz officially killed the Trans-Texas Corridor. And its place? Say hello to … Innovative Connectivity in Texas|Vision 2009. Which is? Well, let Saenz explain. Projects that had been developed under the heading of the Trans-Texas Corridor will now…
Griffin Bell, Jimmy Carter’s U.S. Attorney General, died yesterday at the age of 90; he’d been suffering from pancreatic cancer in an Atlanta hospital. News of his death has resurrected an old Dallas story — that of Santos Rodríguez, the 12-year-old boy who, in July 1973, was shot in the…
On her blog this morning, city council member Angela Hunt responds to The Dallas Morning News’s New Year’s Eve editorial “Texans to Watch in 2009,” in which it was suggested that Hunt start playing well with others if she wants “a more prized seat at the horseshoe.” She appreciates the…
In retrospect, Ole Miss and Texas Tech are merely above-average college football teams. Their little clash in Dallas last week, however, was called by two of this area’s icons of announcing. Though he’s looked better, it was good to see Pat Summerall working the game on TV. And on radio…
With a tip of the yarmulke to Deadspin, it says here that last week, Ole Miss fans camped out at the Hyatt Regency Dallas and gulped down three nights’ worth of records at the hotel’s atrium bar. As in: They dropped $26,000 on New Year’s Eve; $27,000 the night after…
To recap: Dallas’s malls are going to hell, and our offices are empty. So, ah, how’s the apartment-rental business in the DFW? Either awful or godawful, depends who you ask.Says here Dallas has slipped three spots, to the No. 26 position, on a major index that charts national markets’ rentals…
Guess the City of Irving didn’t think much of the Dallas Cowboys’ adios to Texas Stadium. Because, according to this notice sent by a Friend of Unfair Park, Irving’s reserved the joint for yet another farewell: Mayor Herb Gears’s State of the City Address, which’ll take place January 15. And…
Was watching the Cotton Bowl with some buddies on lower Greenville when Ole Miss sacked Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell for a game-clinching safety. While most of the joint emitted a primal scream, spiked their red-n-black hats, or ordered another mind-numbing shot, one dude sat and calmly declared: “Dudn’t matter.” And you…
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra’s five-point plan for fixing the U.S.’s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its publication…
There’s some kind of football contest on the television tonight. But for those not in a Longhorn state of mind, this programming option courtesy KERA-Channel 13: Tonight’s Frame of Mind, which airs at 10 p.m., will feature a series of shorts about Deep Ellum, among them Alan Govenar’s Deep Ellum…
Guess we’d best get used to it — probably gonna need to come up with a “The Bush is Back” category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president’s plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush’s “after-life,” as Laura…
A week into the healing process, how are your wounds? Mine are as raw and nasty as today’s weather. Had lots of Cowboys-related thoughts while examining Dallas’ autopsy and consuming Wild Card Weekend. Like: *Special teams coach Bruce Read was fired. Better late than never, I guess. *Jason Garrett and Ray…
Friend of Unfair Park “Peterk” forwards along this item from this morning’s National Review Online, which excerpts a Friday story from the Financial Times concerning the “law of unintended consequences” created by smoking bans — like, ya know, the one the Dallas City Council passed two weeks before Christmas. Writes…
Malls are lacking tenants; so too are offices. And, says this morning’s New York Times, it’s going to get worse — even in a market like Dallas, “which had been shielded from the economic downturn until recently by skyrocketing oil prices and expanding energy businesses.” One real-estater quoted in the…
Some days I worry about Avi Adelman’s safety. This video, shot at 2:30 a.m. yesterday on the mean streets of Lower Greenville (ya think?), shows why. NSFW, as always. Incidentally, there’s some exciting cop-on-drunk action in this video Avi also shot over the weekend. Side note: Avi, why have you…
See what I did there? “Appealing”? As in, the City of Dallas, still trying to get its hands on the Neches River water, is sending attorneys to New Orleans this week — luckies. Specifically, the barristers will be setting up shop in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (there ya…
