Nearly three months after he told us that Tanya Watkins — the wife of District Attorney Craig Watkins — working as a campaign consultant for judicial candidates posed an “ethical dilemma” for the couple and presented “the potential appearance of impropriety,” Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman was quoted…
I sent Hank Stuever, author of Tinsel, an e-mail this morning to see how his trip back to Frisco had gone this week (he wraps up a three-day stay with a signing in Fort Worth tonight before he heads down to Austin). He responded thusly: “It was great — no…
The Spaghetti Warehouse celebrated its 37th birthday on Wednesday with an all-day draft special and a Beatles cover band — and, if you were born in 1972, a slice of cake was on the house. Granted, 37 isn’t exactly a round number. And Wednesday isn’t exactly the most happening of…
No, not that one. The one featured in this video the Dallas Police Department just posted, in which a Big C convenience store at 2240 Irving Boulevard is robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom is a 21-year-old named Anthony Romo. (His accomplice is, thus far, unidentified by…
For all those Friends of Unfair Park who were convinced juror Nedra Frazier’s interview with Sam would get Don Hill and the others convicted in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption case a new trial, per a motion filed by Sheila Hill’s attorney, guess again. U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn…
As we mentioned yesterday, Neiman Marcus’s downtown flagship will formally unveil this year’s Christmas window display Friday night, just before they light the big ol’ Christmas sculptree in Main Street Garden. But downtown denizens have already had their sneak preview: Justin Terveen was downtown yesterday as set decorator Ignaz Gorischek…
Late yesterday Tom Hicks made it clear: He intends to keep majority ownership of the Texas Rangers, despite all that danged debt. Three would-be buyers have already traipsed through Arlington to meet with Jon Daniels and Nolan Ryan, more parties may join the fray before the deadline, but Hicks ain’t…
So, you don’t like The New Official License Plate of Texas, hunh? Well, then: There’s always MyPlates.com, which went live today and offers extremely personalized plates via the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. It’s amazing the stuff they let you get away with…
Back in January, a Dallas-based company that sells bottled water — pardon, a “natural spring water … created from all natural ingredients including extracts of alfalfa stems and leaves, milk whey and enzymes from pineapple and papaya” — asked the University of Texas’s M.D. Anderson Cancer Center if it wouldn’t…
The good news: Your Texas Rangers may be led next season and beyond by an ownership group that includes Nolan Ryan as a front man and Roger Staubach as an investor. The bad news … …
Stick it: The last time the Dallas Observer wrote about the troubles facing a local political party trying to draft a solid field of local candidates, it was August 2006, and our target was the Dallas County Democrats. We accompanied the story—subtly headlined “Party Poop”—with a picture of the exploding…
Let’s face it, SMU picked a bad year to have a good year. Coming off consecutive 1-11 seasons and without a bowl game since flight attendants were stewardesses, Danny White quarterbacked the Dallas Cowboys and the NCAA handed out its one and only death penalty, the Mustangs quietly earned their…
“Dive In,” by Jesse Hughey, November 12 Diving Veterans Great article. I love the dive bar, but one thing is missing—the VFW or American Legion bars scattered all over the place. My wife and I (late 20-early 30s) will go to an American Legion in Oak Cliff to see my…
As temperatures dip into the low 80s, providing a brief respite from the searing September heat, a crowd of people enter the side entrance of the Jewish Community Center in North Dallas. Perhaps the pleasant afternoon weather is bashert, Yiddish for “meant to be,” as the local Republican Jewish Coalition,…
You shouldn’t be grossed out by the cadavers and bones on display at the new Bodies: The Exhibition, which has already taken over the first floor of the former West End Marketplace, now known as 603 Munger St. The bodies are years — and multiple treatments — removed from natural…
When the city began work on the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park, they didn’t just break ground — there’s no ground there to dig up — they held a “ground-making” ceremony instead. When they invited guests for a first look at Main Street Garden, they didn’t cut a ribbon; they simulated…
As I wrote Friday, the owners of 508 Park Avenue will ask the City Plan Commission tomorrow for permission to demolish the building, after the Landmark Commission and its Central Business District Task Force already told Bennett Glazer to put down the wrecking ball and back away slowly. But as…
Wade Phillips wants more balance. Jason Witten wants to get back to the “brand.” Felix Jones and Tahsard Choice want more touches. You, the Dallas Cowboys fan, just want to win. I think Tony Romo is an elite quarterback and in the NFL you control the clock on the ground…
You watched it fall — all that tension leading to a sudden, violent demise. Now, courtesy the great Justin Terveen, the peaceful aftermath in a series of photos he took Tuesday evening. The last photo of Reunion Arena we’ll ever post on Unfair Park…
As we were leaving Main Street Garden Friday night, the 6-year-old who lives in my house wondered what the what was under the tarp covering Neiman Marcus’s storefront. I told him: They’re building a tunnel for kids to crawl in. He didn’t believe me. I lifted him up to peek…
Good news for anybody who has ever avoided bicycling in Dallas for fear of the automobile: The city’s new bicycle coordinator, who moved here from Virginia, is on your side. Says Max Kalhammer of biking in Dallas: “My own experience has been mixed in terms of enjoyment and my own…
I like the football played by Dallas Cowboys’ offensive linemen Leonard Davis and Marc Colombo. Even like their music, in the form of Free Reign. But will I like their food? Today – right about now as a matter of fact – a new Smashburger (owned by Davis and Colombo)…
