Courtney Clenney Having a hard time figuring where this person stands on the smoking issue … Yesterday, of course, was the second meeting of the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee — and it was supposed to be the final one before the briefing on December 3, when the entire…
Richie mentioned it this morning, but it’s worth repeating this afternoon if you’re searching for one-of-a-kind Cowboys collectibles for those on your holiday wish list. Beginning today through December 6, the Dallas Cowboys are auctioning off damned near the entire contents of Texas Stadium, including every last locker, sign, turnstile,…
Nick and Starr Spangler, giddy-up. Late last week I received an e-mail from former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Starr Spangler — you know, the Amazing Race-r? At least, the missive looks legit, which would make this the first e-mail I’ve ever received from a Cowboys Cheerleader not on a legal firm’s…
For those of you scoring at home, the answers to Friday’s pop quiz are: 1. M; 2. E; 3. G; 4. F; 5. N; 6. J; 7. L; 8. K; 9. D; 10. I; 11. A; 12. H; 13. C; 14. O; 15. B. Which means, according to my math,…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins A couple of days back, The Wall Street Journal ran a profile of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins – and he’s “The Exonerator,” proclaimed the headline to a story that, like many others written about Watkins in recent months, focuses almost exclusively on…
This morning, the City Secretary’s Office posted the agenda to a Special Called Economic Development Committee for Thursday morning. At the top of the to-do list: Convention Center Hotel Operator Selection. In other words, we’ll know whether the city’s chosen to go with Omni Hotels or if it prefers instead…
At this very moment, the city council’s Public Safety Committee is meeting to discuss, among other things, the so-called Holiday Crime Initiative aimed at preventing crime during this most wonderful time of the year. Specially, today’s presentation deals with two parts of town: the Dallas Police Department’s North Central Patrol…
Blythe Beck It’s been well over a year since Blythe Beck, executive chef at Hector’s on Henderson, made mention of The Naughty Chef, a proposed TV series featuring Beck as, well, the naughty chef. But today, an update: NBC Universal-owned Oxygen — home to such shows as Deion & Pilar:…
Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the 21st Century…
From the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning: “The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it filed insider trading charges today against Dallas entrepreneur Mark Cuban in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.” The suit — which can be read in its entirety here — alleges…
Uh-oh. Breaking news this morning that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Mavs’ owner Mark Cuban with insider trading, stemming from a 2004 sale of stock in an Internet company. Me? I dunno the diff between “insider trading” and a “hot stock tip”, but I do this ain’t…
Four games and one auction left before our grand ol’ theater is … flattened? Three … Two … One … Go! To Texas Stadium’s going-out-of-business sale, that is. The official Texas Stadium auction begins this morning right here. From today through Dec. 6, fans can bid on select memorabilia from…
They really oughta charge for tickets at City Hall this afternoon, where, from 4-6 p.m. (which seems charmingly optimistic) the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee will discuss and likely finalize the proposed smoking ordinance. You know the one: No smoking in bars, pool halls, parks, tobacco shops and your…
By week’s end, there should be nine new houses in Greenleaf Village II, near the original 5-year-old West Dallas development at Hampton Road and I-30. As we noted back in July, this is the week Whirlpool Corporation and Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity — and folks who’ve come to Dallas…
Another in a never-ending series of proposed Dallas developments — we call this one “West Love Market.” It’s been a little more than a year since Balcones Realty Partners announced its intentions to build a 37-acre, 365,000-square foot restaurant-retail center near Love Field — at Mockingbird Lane, Maple Avenue, Forest…
The Cowboys season was saved by … Martellus Bennett?! You shittin’ me? With one foot in the grave, the Dallas Cowboys not only climbed out of a death-trap deficit tonight in Washington but also resurrected their season. Admit it, with Tony Romo short-arming wobblers and Wade Phillips’ 3-4 defense surrendering…
Our correspondent for yesterday’s anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there’s but the slightest hint of disappointment…
Eli Luna Free smiles from the Feldman. On Monday we brought you photos from Wizard World in Arlington, suggesting off-hand that it was a more successful event than the Dallas reunion up at Southfork. Had to be, right? Corey Feldman, for one, says he got conned at the con, along…
Fine, so Ed Young’s get-to-screwing sermon may be nothing more than a genius PR stunt. But the accompanying artwork on Fellowship Church’s Web site is pretty fab. “Like Saul Bass and Paula Scher had a baby,” says our art director, the great Alexander Flores. “Doesn’t exactly say ‘Seven Days of…
See, Patrick “Buzz” Williams, this is what happens when you’re the first one to write about the Dallas Independent School District’s Social Security number snafu — by two days, no less — only you’re all funny and forgiving about it. (To wit: “This is merely another instance of the sort…
Simple. Anyone getting the matches perfecto wins a year’s free subscription to the Dallas Observer (redeemable each Thursday at any local newsstand). And oh, what the heck, since I’m feeling generous I’ll throw in a couple months’ free online membership to this here Sportatorium. Good luck. 1. After an announcement…
After the jump, the complete details on how to meetlook at Will Smith on Tuesday, when the formerly Fresh Prince comes to Dallas to not only sneak his latest feelgood redemption story, Seven Pounds, but to help fill the North Texas Food Bank’s pantry before Thanksgiving. The trailer’s also after…
