Still thirsty: All Buzz wanted was to be able to pick up a six-pack of beer at our local grocery store. That’s why we signed the petition, and later, along with 66.2 percent of the local electorate, voted to approve a proposition “wetting up” the entire city for beer and…
Ron Price needs his milkshake. It’s 10 o’clock on a Monday morning and the baldheaded, barrel-chested former bodybuilder is shuffling around the kitchen of a posh rehab clinic in Tijuana, wearing slippers and a blue Gold’s Gym T-shirt. Price had been employed as a stockbroker in New Mexico, but his…
Last month we mentioned: Robert Duvall’s in town Friday night for a Dallas Film Society fund-raiser at the Hall of State, during which he’ll be Q&A’d by Elvis Mitchell. But say you didn’t have the $250 to $25,000 necessary to make the up-close-and-personal. No sweat: The DFS has added to…
We’re but days away from the Grand Opening of the Green Line, which Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials have been sneak-peeking for local politicos and media members. But, really, why not ride it for yourself. Fast. And: Fun! Don’t even have to leave the house, even better…
Does no one want to take over operations at the downtown farmers market? Sure seems like it: On a whim this afternoon I went over to the city’s official bid site to see how plans for privatizing the market were going, only to find that the request for proposals was…
Joking happily about how he’s already told you to pull up your pants and quit the K2, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway hosted a press conference this afternoon in the Flag Room at City Hall to get all up in your personal business some more with his “Quit Smoking Dallas!”…
Fort Worth city council member Joel Burns’s “It Gets Better” speech, delivered in front of the city council last month, proved an inspiration to countless picked-on gay kids across the country — Ellen DeGeneres too. Turns out, there was at least one person who didn’t dig it: KLIF’s Chris Krok,…
Saw Duke’s Kyle Singler on ESPN making a shot at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium. Off the floor. Off the backboard. From the rafters. Having seen and remembered this video of LeBron “making” LeShot, I know what trick ’em-dick ’em photography can do. So, no, I ain’t buying it…
As you’ll see in this video just posted by Dallas City Hall, a six-point buck got stuck, then put in a truck. At the end, a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden explains what happened, but long story short: The city was called out after TPWD received reports of two…
In the video below you get a fleeting glimpse of Sean Fitzgerald’s Grand Prize winner in the second annual Trinity River Corridor Project Photo Contest. City Hall spokesman Frank Librio was kind enough to send the real thing.Update at 11:30 a.m.: Librio has posted all 61 winning images to the…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
Dwyane Wade in specific. And the Miami Heat in general. Take this lightly if you wish, but consider the career/personal plunges of my previous targets: *Terrell Owens (cut by the Cowboys, irrelevant as Buffalo Bill). *Tiger Woods (lost his wife, reputation and No. 1 ranking). *Brett Favre (no ankle and/or playoff…
The Dallas City Council doesn’t have the most exciting agenda today — though if you’re interested in the state of sales tax revenue from ’02 to ’09, I’ve got just the PowerPoint for you. But to the more interesting business: First thing this morning, Dave Neumman, chairman of the Trinity…
Back in February there was that story about Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys suing some 10 bidnesses for failing to pay the rent on their sweet suites at Cowboys Stadium. Total rent owed back then: $82.3 million. To that sum add another $37.7 million, per Courthouse News’s news that…
This seemed like a nice way to end the day …A little while ago, I was looking for something completely unrelated on the eBay when I came across this offering: an apparently very rare copy of the original cast recording of Steve Mackenroth and Randy Tallman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream…
This morning, a reader wondered: Has the state decided if it’s going to renew its contract with Corrections Corporation of America regarding operations of the Jesse R. Dawson State Jail on the Trinity River? When last we looked at the issue, the contract was set to expire January 15, only…
The Dallas Bar Association’s eighth annual Community Symposium for Justice in Education is ongoing today at the Belo Mansion, but a break for lunch offered a chance for Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa to share his thoughts on the state of things. The reason the district was in…
Of course you’ve heard that George W. Bush has a new book out in stores, and this morning, you couldn’t help but hear he was getting started building his new library, too. Onstage under a big tent on the Southern Methodist University campus, Bush was shifting excitedly from one foot…
Nate Newton has lost almost 200 pounds. His son, Tre, has lost his interest in playing football. Tre, a running back at Texas, decided this week to give up football in part because of numerous concussions. The sophomore missed last week’s loss to Oklahoma State after sustaining a concussion in a loss…
Many thanks to the many Friends of Unfair Park who’ve directed our attention to this announcement: On January 8 and 9, Glee casting director Robert Ulrich will be in Dallas auditioning wannabes for “a new role” to debut during the FOX series’ third season. The location’s yet to be announced,…
Neftali Feliz is the American League Rookie of the Year. Deservedly so. Cliff Lee’s Arkansas friends can’t imagine him leaving Texas for New York. Fingers crossed. But now Texas Rangers’ hitting coach Clint Hurdle is the new manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. What becomes of Josh Hamilton’s toe-tapless swing? I…
A sobering stat: The National Human Trafficking Resource Center receives more calls from Texas than any other state, and 15 percent of those calls come from Dallas-Fort Worth, according to Sara Taylor with DFWTraffick, a local organization dedicated to combating sexual exploitation in the area. I heard from Taylor after…
