Allison V. Smith This week’s cover story probes the pole-dancing-as-fitness trend and poses the following question: Is swinging ‘round stripper-style a healthy way to empower one’s femininity as those who do the classes attest, or is it just plain demeaning? Would you learn The Swing as a way to embrace…
No. 1 in my heart. No. 1 on my list. So, have you used up that extra hour yet? You know, the one we got last Sunday via the end of Daylight Savings Time. Fall back, remember? I could lie and say I spent the extraordinary 60 minutes when 2…
As I mentioned Tuesday night, T.D. Jakes, of The Potter’s House, was all over MSNBC during its Election Night coverage — up until he was bumped at the moment Ohio was called for Barack Obama. Jakes is about to get his own TV show courtesy Dr. Phil, and Broadcasting &…
The letter Lincoln may or may not have written to a woman who may or may not have lost her sons in the Civil War Last night, KXAS-Channel 5 ran a short piece about the Dallas Historical Society’s big find in its archives at Fair Park: a condolence letter from…
Neiman Marcus this morning posted its October revenues report — and the Dallas-based luxury retailer’s income for the month dropped decreased 27.6 percent, from $383 million in October ’07 to $281 million in ’08. In its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Burt Tansky, Neimans’ chairman and CEO, said…
Our neighborhood was trashed overnight as dozens of A.H. Belo’s Briefings were dumped along the curbs and into the streets like it was some kind of prank. As you can see in the photo, I sorta, kinda got two of the freebies intended for non-Dallas Morning News subscribers — even…
At the end of trading today, Blockbuster will release its third-quarter report — and it’s expected to be a downer. Notes the Associated Press this morning: “The Dallas-based company already has said it is comfortable with analyst estimates projecting a third-quarter loss of 16 cents per share on revenue of…
The first sip: In what is likely to be the first of many leaks in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election, McCain campaign aides told Fox News’ Carl Cameron that they had “great concerns” about Sarah Palin as second in command. Among the issues cited were Palin’s belief that Africa is…
Ah, the good ol’ days? He played hard every night. Some nights – the 1-of-17 pratfall in Game 5 of the 2001 playoffs in San Antonio comes to mind – not too well, but always hard. And, with just a pinch of revisionist history turning all those fadeaway jumpers into…
“A Confederacy of Jerks,” By Jim Schutze, October 23 Step Up, Mr. Mayor Schutze’s proposal to solve the DISD problem by recruiting civic-minded parents to seek election to the school board is wishful [thinking]. The powers-that-be that Schutze himself has already identified, including the construction industry and the school district…
Hanxious: A couple of weeks ago, Buzz traveled with family to Reno, Nevada, for a vacation that involved lots and lots of drinking. It was Reno, after all, a city that can best be described as being a lot like Las Vegas, only not quite as tasteful. We’ve never really…
Hello! Welcome! I see you checking out the ’08-’09 Dallas Mavericks. Yessirree, they’re a bee-yoot. You know the great thing about these Mavericks? They’re not used. They’re gently pre-owned. Seriously, and I don’t say this to just any customer, the Mavs are the best bargain on the lot. C’mon, kick…
The moment I walk into the Girls Room, I feel out of place. The studio’s wide, mirrored space is punctuated by gleaming silver poles that extend from floor to ceiling, and the purple walls are festooned with pink feather boas and bright, sequined leotards. It’s all so girly, and I’ve…
The belching, cement-producing smokestacks that dot Dallas County’s southern horizon have long befuddled area officials working to comply with federal clean air standards. Facing deadlines, fines and the potential loss of federal funds, a growing group of local governments is mounting a green revolution in the cement market. Two years…
Your suggestions for our Tom Leppert poster were, for the most part, undeniably strong, to the point where there’s been much bickering amongst Unfair Parkers today concerning the winning choice. There are four clear front-runners: “RAZE,” “SPEND,” “ERECT” and “HOTEL.” (Other personal favorites: “COPE,” “MARCH,” “DINERO” and “LEGACY.”) But, if…
Dianne Wray Among the items for sale last night at the Obama for America party at Gilley’s In our last last-night round-up, a tale of three parties – most of which involved drinking and staring at televisions. We’ll begin with the biggest: the Obama Dallas for America party at Gilley’s,…
The Dallas Video Festival moves into its new home — the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station — tomorrow with a slightly abbreviated schedule that takes it through Sunday. As always, Bart Weiss has scheduled a tremendous lineup of offerings, among them the first official Dallas screening (far as we…
Flickr photo: Obama__Dallas (Adam Jefferson) Love this picture of Ron Kirk taken last night at the Obama victory shindig at Gilley’s on 1135 S. Lamar Street, not the one in Chicago. Very handsome. Almost … mayoral. Cabinet material, at least. –Robert Wilonsky Update: Just spoke with Kirk’s assistant at Vinson…
Word out of 508 Young Street is that George Rodrigue, Dallas Morning News managing editor, has informed the staff of Dallas’s Only Daily that it’s fired up the presses this afternoon for a special reprinting of today’s paper, which is apparently historic or something? Turns out, folks have been streaming…
Betty Culbreath Terdema Ussery, president and chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks and a former Nike bigwig, has been tapped by Mayor Tom Leppert to become the new chair of the Dallas Housing Authority’s board of commissioners. Which is quite the coup — after all, it was but five…
Florida’s Tim Tebow might be available next year’s NFL Draft. The girl? Way out of our league. With the Cowboys teetering on the blink of an unfathomable implosion and missing the playoffs, it’s never too early to think about 2009. And it’s always nice to keep up with blasts from…
Dallas’s new convention center hotel, seen here as a conceptual rendering, now strikes us as “iconic” after all. This morning’s Wall Street Journal wonders whether Blackstone Group LP is still real happy about its $26-billion leveraged buyout of Hilton Hotels Corp. last year — because, er, “more hotel owners and…
