A couple of weeks ago we noted that 48-year-old Brion Randall is pleading guilty to bilking investors out of $6 million — a plea he’s expected to enter in Dallas federal court today, matter of fact. Hence this Wall Street Journal story today about Randall, yet another in a long…
Funny thing, this showing up on the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee’s agenda this week of all weeks: Texas Paddling Trail Program. Which is …? Well, in short, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has told the city that, why, sure, it’d love to include a 10-mile stretch of the…
It took all of three plays – without pads, mind you – to see the full Dez Bryant package. As last season officially melted into this season, the Dallas Cowboys held OTAs (Organized Team Activities) out at Valley Ranch. Their rookie receiver, as expected, dazzled. A burst of escape off the…
Jubilee and her doll beat cancer from Children’s Dallas on Vimeo.I was looking for something entirely unrelated earlier this afternoon when I came across this video on Vimeo. It was posted today by Childen’s Medical Center, which is debuting a new series of animated ads made by Jamie Caliri –…
My wife and son stopped by the 7-Eleven at Marsh and Forest a few minutes ago to see how Carlos Quintanilla’s protest was workin’ out for him. My boy took this photo, and as we now pay him for his blog contributions in Slurpees, it worked out well for us…
At midnight Saturday, two men were walking along the 2700 block of Throckmorton Street toward Cedar Springs Road when they were attacked by four men wielding baseball bats. The two men had their wallets and a cell phone stolen, according to the police report; one suffered a broken jaw. They…
I’ve been trying for several days to reach Jon duPerier, the owner of the burned-out block of Greenville Avenue that was once home to, among others, Terilli’s and Greenville Bar and Grill. No luck. I’ve also left several messages for attorney Robert Miller, who’s defending duPerier in that liability lawsuit…
What the what? I was listening to the Texas Rangers Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays and I left them in what I thought was good shape. Up 9-3 in the third inning. Rich Harden on the mound. Bats seemingly alive. Done. Then, yesterday afternoon, I got back around…
Ruth Goldway, chair of the Postal Regulatory Commission, opened today’s meeting deep in the bowels of Dallas City Hall thusly: “We’re hoping to get as much input as we can, from a wide cross-section” of people who care (or don’t) about their Saturday delivery. The commission held its first hearing…
After an hour spent in exile while the city council’s Economic Development Committee spent an hour talking about The Mall Formerly Known as Red Bird, we’re finally down to business — and, no mention of what they decided to do about Southwest Center Mall. It’s like it never happened. I…
Whenever we’ve needed to speak to someone rational on the State Board of Education, we’ve always called District 13’s Mavis Knight, who reps parts of Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Very nice; very thoughtful. Also: very tactful — like that time we talked to her about fellow SBOE board member Cynthia…
Oooh, just got a press release about an “informational protest” scheduled from 4-6 afternoon at a 7-Eleven close to my house — the one at Marsh and Forest Lanes, to be precise, as it’s apparently “the largest distributor of Frito Lay products.” Where? In Northwest Dallas? Texas? The world? The…
As I revealed Friday in Whitt’s End, on Saturday night I guest-hosted GayBingo at S4 down on Cedar Springs. It was good fun. For a good cause. And a good chance for me to spread the word about your friendly Dallas Observer and 105.3 The Fan. Though, I must admit,…
Like I said Thursday, Dallas will serve as the backdrop for three network TV series come summertime, an announcement made official this morning when FOX revealed its fall prime-time line-up with Lonestar (formerly Midland) front and center. From the early-a.m. press release:LONESTAR, a sophisticated and provocative drama set against the…
We’ve spoken here and there (and there) of The Joule’s expansion plans, heralded last fall with Tim Headington’s acquisition of five surrounding properties along Commerce and Main Streets. But this morning, the council’s Economic Development Committee gets a closer look at the what-the-what, a few details of which are spelled…
Granted, he’s a better player. Better defender. Better passer. Yeah, a better player. But after last week’s second-round playoff flameout by the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James isn’t a more accomplished player than our own Dirk Nowitzki. Consider: Both have MVPs. Both have led teams to the best record in the…
Maybe you heard — the city’s facing a $131.1-million budget shortfall, not as bad as last year’s $190 mil but, still, bad enough to merit deep cuts once more. And while several council members, among them Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, have said a tax hike may be necessary to…
So, the Friends of Fair Park only jumped the gun by three months when they sent out that tweet concerning the any-time-now announcement “that could really ROCK Fair Park.” Friend of Unfair Park Barney Gumble was right all along when he was the first to write in the comments: “I’m…
Since last we posted mention of Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s trip through town this weekend, I see a few Dallas-related golden oldies have been added to the collection — the initial 82 has blossomed to 121. And that doesn’t include Dallas City Archivist John Slate’s latest find in…
A few months back we spoke of the late, great Texxas Jam, and I’ll be honest — that poster at right is mine. It’s framed and hangs in the Unfair Park home office, near the framed flier for Joe Jackson’s June 2, 1984, Body and Soul Tour stop at the…
This here’s a sneak peek at the Sunday New York Times Travel section, in which Ceil Miller Bouchet goes to Deep Ellum and finds out that … why … why … why, it’s a “a sun-baked, low-rise neighborhood in Dallas where urban pioneers have staked out a bling-free zone.” Well,…
From the department of Who Could Possibly Give The Tiniest, Most Diminutive, Maximally Petite and Demure of Shits: A Granbury couple will have sex every day for the next 30 days and report back to CW33 about how it went. This “news” story features photos of the couple for your…
