Okay, I’m confused. No, even more than usual. I suck at math. I’m the guy who – when trying to figure out how many years it’s taken the Texas Rangers to win their one playoff game – has to use fingers, toes and those rudamentary IIII IIII marks. My abacus tells me…
A cold, rainy Sunday a month before Christmas seemed like the perfect opportunity to make it out to Fair Park’s Automotive Building for the monthly Buchanan Antiques and Collectibles Market, which has been setting up shop out there since ’95. That’s where I found my prized Mercantile National Bank at…
Seems the State of Texas isn’t terribly impressed with the way Halal Import Food Market handles its meat — and hasn’t been since, oh, 2001, when the Arlington grocer-warehouse first opened its doors. Which is why Attorney General Greg Abbott’s latest lawsuit against the East Pioneer Parkway-based store and distributor,…
There’s a little more life in Dallas Farmers Market’s Shed No. 2 these days; it’s no longer just Mawker Coffee, the Kurry King, meat and cheese outta Greenville, soaps and jewelry and some “imported” tchotchkes. $3.2 million later, it’s still a long way from being the “foodie’s delight” promised by…
My folks have gone to most every single SMU home game this year, and they’re all ready to pony up for 2010 season tickets following this evening’s 26-21 win over Tulane. Big Hersch, who enjoyed the extra legroom during this less-than-sold-out Saturday, is a Mustang Class o’ 66; his good…
A couple of weeks back, Kim made it out to opening night of the Sojourners-sponsored Justice Revival at Dallas Market Hall, where turn-out was low but hopes were high that local churches, city government and the Dallas Independent School District could somehow come together to both end chronic homelessness and…
Far as the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees is concerned, there are three factors that go into determining how good a job the superintendent’s doing: “student achievement,” “sound financial management” and “stakeholder satisfaction.” Those, say the board, “embody the core beliefs and expectation of the community as represented…
I see Richie’s not terribly excited that The Who — meaning, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey — have been tapped to play the Super Bowl halftime. Then again, his musical taste is highly suspect (trying to be … diplomatic). So don’t mind me, Mr. Whitt, when I tell you that,…
There’s at least one person reading Unfair Park this morning: the Friend who sends along this piece by longtime New York Times baseball columnist Murray Chass, who wrote on Wednesday that now way in hell should Tom Hicks be able to sell Your Texas Rangers to Tom Hicks. Writes Chass,…
On January 23, 2008, the Dallas City Council agreed to pay Civil Associates, Inc. $336,422.22 to develop what was known as the Central Business District-Fair Park Link, which would have run from Hall Street to Interstate 30. The link was part of the 2006 Bond Program: “Construct a new five…
10. A win? Meh. Stats schmatts. Turkey? Whatever. Not to name drop or pound my chest or launch a pre-emptive-strike excuse for whatever distracted drivel may follow, but the highlight of a certain dorky sportswriter/radio host’s Thanksgiving occured when an immaculate blonde went out of her way to meet him and even admit to…
I’m out at Cowboys Stadium for my show with Newy Sruggs on 105.3 The Fan, followed by the pre-game show from Noon-3 p.m. with Jagger and Larry Brown. Took this pic a minute ago. It’s a bird! It’s a plane!! Nope, it’s an American flag!!!…
In between turkey, dressing and indigestion, take a second today to be thankful for what you have. Then read my tale of Ray Johnston, and be thankful for what you don’t have…
Paul Michael Summer figures he was 30 before he learned how to ride a bicycle. Oh, he knew how to pedal one well enough before then. Like many people his age—he’s 59 now—Summer started bicycling to school in the fifth grade, carefully riding against the flow of oncoming traffic in…
Ray Johnston got out of the hospital in Dallas last weekend. Don’t bother with the cards or flowers or well wishes, because he’s gone. Just like that. By the time you read this, Johnston will be back on the road with his band, back planning his next series of motivational…
Around we go: He doesn’t have Governor Rick Perry’s awesome, awesome hair. He doesn’t have Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s statewide name recognition. Plus, he’s a Democrat in what remains a GOP state. So, does Houston Mayor Bill White have a real shot at becoming the next governor of Texas? Maybe,…
May I suggest, at this late date, a sure-fire brussels sprouts recipe for those in need of a last-minute green thing on the table tomorrow? You will not regret it. Also: Balcones Baby Blue, which, far as I know, is the only made-in-Texas bourbon commercially available; guaranteed to get you…
From the sound of this piece out of Chicago, not to mention the comments posted along with it, residents of the Windy City are mighty unhappy with the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association, which has announced that, sorry, but it’s bringing its 2010 International Dairy Show to Dallas. Yup…
From Baron James’s autobiography on the KDFW-Channel 4 site: “I look forward to years of public service here in the Lone Star State and at FOX 4 to bring you the news stories that matter most to you — especially good news!” But Uncle Barky comes bearing only bad and…
Scared to flash your wallet this holiday season at the mall for fear somebody might nab it? Hate leaving your goodie bags in the car will result in a smashed-in window? (No, we’re not talking to you, NorthPark Center. Why do you ask? Oh … right.) Look, don’t worry: The…
Two brief football notes of interest, the first involving SMU, where there’s been little interesting football of note in recent years. The Honolulu Advertiser is reporting today that David Matlin, the Hawaii Bowl’s exec director, will be at Gerald J. Ford Stadium this Saturday when the Mustangs play Tulane. Just…
Preservation Dallas has never been able to positively ID who built the so-called Round House on Baxtershire Drive — which, as we mentioned in May of ’08, was on the market for $1,075,000, though, most recently, the asking price for the ca. 1961 Bond-ian palace was knocked down to the…
