It’s almost over. The Stoneleigh Hotel sends us this p.m. a press release announcing the near-completion of its renovations — which cost some $30 million, making it, says the release, “one of the largest historical renovations underway in Texas.” OK, if you say so. (By the way, the Stoneleigh blog…
Ron Kirk made a few bucks off the TXU buyout. Last week, Texans for Public Justice reported that TXU and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG Capital, who are finalizing their deal to buy the energy provider, spent nearly $17 million this year “to convince state officials not to…
Thank you, Sports Illustrated. Because of you, we have a reason to finally post the following infamous clip that you should definitely not watch before, during or immediately after lunch. To wit: Someday Riley Dodge would like to be known as the first quarterback to lead Southlake Carroll High to…
These folks, at least, love the catfish and hush puppies at the Duck Inn in Lake Dallas; then again, the joint has been around since World War II was still raging, so, yeah, it’s probably not so bad. (Says the family that’s owned it since the joint was nothing more…
There’s a new death-of-the-music-biz report circulating today, courtesy the Lewisville-based Institute for Policy Innovation. Titled “The True Cost of Sound Recording Piracy to the U.S. Economy,” the 28-page study says that the music industry’s losing, oh, $12 billion in revenue each year — and thousands and thousands of jobs as…
So, in the end, the judges on NBC’s America’s Got Talent decided they liked the guy with the dummy better than the guy who sang reggae-tinged covers of creaky pop hits. Sorry, Cas Haley — looks like Dallas ventriloquist Terry Fator is the million-dollar man, and, well, there’s little doubt…
A former professor of mine at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Stephen Fried, has just released his fourth book, and while it has nothing to do specifically with Dallas, it’s a great read for any married man — or any married woman. Fried, who is best known for…
Swinging — and not, like, on the playground — is big business, says this Reuters piece. But the very last paragraph makes us wonder, like, why: Swinging also boosts ancillary services such as breast enhancements and erectile dysfunction drugs. “Viagra is definitely part of the adult scene,” said Deborah, a…
After we posted Avi Adelman’s much-commented-on short film yesterday, we got an e-mail from Allen Gwinn, who wanted to know whether we’d seen the video he posted to Dallas.org on Saturday. Not at the time, but we have now: It’s a clip from some surveillance footage provided by a woman…
You went through all the trouble of having a baby — the screwing, the swelling, the pushing, the cooing, the gawking, the beginning tinges of regret — and now what are you going to do? Cover the damned thing up, of course! With a Secure2Me baby blanket. Designed by Dallas…
Not going to lie: The only reason I am linking this story — about the first synagogue in Frisco — is because I wanted to run this picture. Because when you’re a 10-year-old Jewish kid in the summer of 1979, there’s nothing better than a movie starring Dr. Frederick Frankenstein…
Them prison bars are made of gold for portfolio manager Jamie Cuellar. Jamie Cuellar is a portfolio manager at Brazos Mutual Funds on Sherry Lane; I know, exciting, right? Only, yeah — at least Forbes thinks so in its new issue. That’s because Cuellar has seen the future of investing…
Hal Samples is featuring over on his photog blog the latest video from self-proclaimed local “reggae-jazz-dub” band Aton. Writes Hal, the video for the song “We Are All” is “compiled of images from a live performance they recently did for some of my homeless friends. Most of the DV you…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends word that in June, the Institute for Creation Research relocated its headquarters to Dallas, all the way from California. And, no, it’s certainly not Big, Big News — say, Comerica big — and the ICR has had an office in Dallas for several months,…
Mike Godwin feels your pain. Eighteen years ago, I was the managing editor of The Daily Texan, and Mike Godwin was the editor of the University of Texas student daily. We did not get along well — something having to do with me trying to lead a mutiny, and, oh,…
Now that my 4-year-old’s been exposed to more lead than a pencil factory, I would like to thank RC2 Corp. for the $2.49 check we received on Friday — to cover the cost of sending back the tainted Thomas the Tank Engine toys we hustled out of the house faster…
Peter Schulte: He passed the state law enforcement test on the first try! Last month I talked to Peter Schulte about his nascent campaign to unseat incumbent Sheriff Lupe Valdez in next year’s Democratic primary. He seemed smart and nice, but a little too timid for the game, as though…
Akin Ayodele wants Tony Romo’s publicist. His stylist too, no doubt. The woman who only recently began watching football is suddenly tackling some of the biggest and best Dallas Cowboys. You may remember Vivian Fullerlove — you know, the anti-Kim Etheredge. While T.O.’s former mouthpiece was bathing the entire publicist…
NASA’s Earth Observatory “Similar in shape to the traditional metropolis made up of a central city core and its commuter-linked suburbs, the Aerotropolis consists of an airport city core and outlying corridors and clusters of aviation-linked businesses.” That’s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor John D. Kasarda writing…
Because it’s early and we have a long day ahead of ourselves, we’ll leave it to you to read precisely why Barking Dog Avi Adelman and Whisky Bar owner Jim Slaughter have a beef with each other. Us, we’re not really that interested in the whys and hows, only in…
We’re pretty sure this is Dallas boy Zac Baird, who’s currently playing keybs in Korn. Like, his nickname is Horse, of course, of course. Some housecleaning before the weekend: Jeff “Cottonmouth, TX” Liles writes in to remind us that Zac Baird — the homegrown keyboardist who’s played with the likes…
Despite the fact that there have been three armed robberies of pedestrians in the Lower Greenville area in the past month, people still think the area’s just full of yard-pissing drunks. Not my man of the hour! He recently moved into new digs in The LG and christened my first…
