Howdy, y’all! I’m Andrea, lifelong Texan, and as y’all’s tour guide, I’d like to welcome y’all to North Texas. Dallas is real happy to have y’all here, not least because y’all are from Green Bay and Pittsburgh, so Dallas probably feels like an actual vacation, although the frosty weather this…
The Cowboy Appearance: Cowboy hat, NASCAR cap, pearl-snap shirt, slim-cut jeans, shit-kicker boots. Behavior: Strays from watering hole only to attend rodeos and NASCAR events. Spits brown liquid into empty plastic Dr Pepper bottle held in place by opposable thumbs. Subspecies: The Rancher, The Redneck, The Urban Cowboy. Habitat: The…
Be Our Guests We’re Getting the Hell Out Anyway On behalf of the Host Committee For Pimping Out the Super Bowl, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to Dallas. It seems as though we have been waiting forever for you (and your debit cards) to get here. That’s…
The nice, pretty lady in glasses asks, “Are you sure you don’t want a private room?” It’s a strange question. The place is mostly empty, a cavernous expanse of tables covered in white linen bathed in the eerie X-ray-blue glow. Three men sit at one table near the front, just…
Time to take off your cheesehead and pack up your terrible towel—you’d look foolish trying to get them through security before you board the plane for home. Wedged into that little airline seat between two big dudes spilling over your armrests, you’re alone now with your memories—the big game, the…
In coming days, writer-director Clay Liford will have other bits of big, breaking news to share concerning film-fest invites and a major film rep who, fingers crossed, will find his latest offering an ever larger audience. But for now, all he can comment on is today’s announcement that his new…
This just in from the Dallas Independent School District, which, apparently, no longer adheres to its 6 a.m.-morning-of policy when it comes to announcing closings:Continuing weather-related issues will keep Dallas ISD schools and administrative offices closed on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Continue to seek warm shelter and stay off those…
It may get (one whole degree) above freezing Friday — when there’s also a 30-percent shot at snow. Which is why Atmos is now concerned about folks draining its supply of natural gas. For now, at least, all’s well, says John Paris, president of Atmos Energy Mid-Tex Division. “Our system…
Somebody get on the horn to Jerry Jones (or Tom Leppert or Phillip Jones) and tell him to send in those gazillions of folks who are supposed to be handing over their wallets to downtown merchants, bar owners and restaurateurs. Dallas awaits them. As in, service industry folks, retail associates…
We’ve already covered the conditions at Love Field, where just the one runway’s open at present — and, from the looks of this, Southwest has yet to begin its limited operating schedule. (City Hall PIO Frank Librio’s checking with airport spokesman Jose Torres, who hasn’t been available most of the…
Speaking of drinking …Across an icy stretch of Young Street from City Hall this morning, an intimate media bunch huddled up at the Bud Light Hotel to hear about the biggest danger on the roads this week — worse than the weather, worse than slow-rolling cabbies: the drunks. Charlie Cloud,…
10. The House of Blues put on a pretty nifty show, but $30 for valet parking? I was as gouged as I was cold. 9. After gorging on sausage, blackened catfish, brisket, fajitas, beans-n-rice and then repeating the process, I will not be eating today. 8. I’ve never even met…
… imagine how the people who sell it feel. Actually, no need to imagine it: The D.C.-based Distilled Spirits Council of the United States issued a press release today demanding the state of Texas drop its “outdated law banning Sunday liquor sales,” especially considering the many millions in tax revenue…
Buzzing around radio row this week have been familiar Dallas Cowboys faces such as Tashard Choice, Felix Jones, Everson Walls, Daryl Johnston, Darren Woodson, Larry Brown, Dale Hellestrae, Michael Irvin, Roger Staubach and Erik Williams. And yesterday owner Jerry Jones made an appearance at the Super Bowl XLV Media Center inside the Sheraton hotel. Greggo…
Below, in the comments, Brenda Marks wonders what the eff’s going on at Love Field, where all is most definitely not clear. So I called Frank Librio, PIO at City Hall, to see what gives. He asked around and reports back: “The long runway’s open” and can handle takeoffs and…
10. Though the NFL did its best to pamper the thousands of journalists at Tuesday’s Media Day, it was still an uncomfortable experience out at Cowboys Stadium. Waiting for hyper-thorough security checks of bags and body. The 100-yard walk from security (which was conducted in a frozen tent) to the…
Earlier this morning, City Hall PIO Frank Librio sent word that the city asked Oncor to keep the city’s lights on during the rolling blackout. He just sent further word about how Oncor energizes downtown. “You learn something every day,” Librio says. To the missive, which includes a streets update…
For a good hour or so this morning, there was a parade of people to the briefing-room podium at Dallas City Hall to discuss the Mayor’s Youth Fitness Initiative, funded with $1 million worth of seed money from Oncor. Among those on hand: Mike Rawlings, Park Board president and would-be…
Personally, I’d love nothing more than to see the council chambers go dark during this morning’s briefing. Need something to liven up that ho-hum agenda that includes runaway shopping carts and a look at the Mayor’s Youth Fitness Initiative — or MyFi, as it’s called. Besides, what glorious irony: That…
The teevee networks, major and minor and cable and otherwise, are starting to slow-roll-out their next-season pilots. And two, very specifically, affect Dallas — which would love to make up the business lost when FOX sent The Good Guys packing and gave Lone Star two whole episodes to find an…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked about reports of a rolling blackout, courtesy Oncor at the behest of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Sure enough: Says ERCOT spokesperson Dottie Roark on her outgoing message, “We are doing rotating outages or rolling blackouts. We don’t know how long those…
First, many thanks to the Friends of Unfair Park — without your company, a long day would have felt much, much longer. So be here tomorrow and just stay home tonight: Dallas Police sent the after-2 p.m. traffic-accident tally, and numbers were higher than the morning’s count. From Senior Corporal…
