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The Eight Stages of the Burger Sads

There is a steep let down from a disappointing burger. It's one of the harshest drop-offs in the world of food excitement. It begins with the phrase, "Want to get a burger?" Upon hearing these words, the eyes dilate, the pulse pounds, the pants expand, and the hands often tighten...
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Dallas Apartments and Hotels Are Terrible at Recycling

It's really easy to recycle in Dallas if you live in a house. Just dump that unsorted mass of old newspapers, empty soda cans and milk cartons into a cavernous blue bin, drag it to the curb and let one the city's lumbering dump trucks haul it away. For those...
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The Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, 12/15-12/21

This week, it's time to say farewell to one of the most beloved bands in North Texas, Centro-Matic. They'll play three sold out shows at Dan's Silver Leaf, the last of which will be their final show, on Sunday. Red Bull Sound Select is closing out the year with two...
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Can Oaktopia Become a Destination Festival in Denton?

Last year, when Dentonites Matt Battaglia and Corey Claytor set out to bring local bands together for an Oak Street music fest, there was no one who could have predicted what the small, five-stage festival would grow into in just one year. This year's incarnation of their young festival --...
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Dallas Jazz Pianist Dave Zoller to Be Celebrated Tonight at DMA

One month ago, Matt Zoller Seitz visited his father Dave Zoller in Dallas after hearing his father had suffered a stroke. At the time, Zoller, a renowned jazz pianist, feared he may not be able to play piano again, but after a strong recovery he has not only returned to...
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This Is What Flan Should Taste Like

In Happy Endings, we travel the part of the globe that says "Dallas" in search of great desserts and great places to eat them. Today, we take a closer look at a classic: Abuelo's. There are seven locations in Texas, but for our purposes here, let's talk about the one...
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Bethan Announce Debut Time Gone By, Due Out October 7

This one's been a long time coming. Really. (No pun intended.) Bethan's debut album, Time Gone By, could be traced back about four years, to when husband and wife Daniel and Jessi Hall (then Jessi James) first started a recording project together. There have been some recordings released along the...
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Today Marks the Beginning of the End of Dallas’ Great Summer

So, Dallas, that was the summer of our lifetimes. Today marks the day where average temperatures begin to drop, continuing their inevitable decline towards whatever horrors Winter 2014 has in store for us. Let's not focus on the inevitable entombment of Dallas in ice quite yet, though. Let's think to...
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Ebola in Dallas: Your Post-Weekend Update

Here's a roundup of the (mostly good) Ebola news from over the weekend: The condition of the patients: Amber Vinson is still being treated at Emory University hospital in Atlanta. She remains in stable condition. Over the weekend, her family issued a statement asking for privacy and disputing claims that...
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The Best Dallas Concerts of 2014

As 2014 draws to a close, there's one thing that seems pretty clear: It's been a hell of a year for Dallas music. Tonight, in fact, we here at the Dallas Observer will be celebrating some of the best music to come out of North Texas over the past 12...
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Chasing The World: One Man’s Crazy World Cup Quest

The roof of my car has sprung a leak in the middle of a tropical rainstorm, and the backseat is rapidly flooding. I'd pull over, but I've been stuck on an under-construction highway for the last half hour, and time is slipping away. We're two weeks into the World Cup...
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100 Dallas Creatives: No. 36 Rising Star Adam A. Anderson

Mixmaster presents "100 Creatives," in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. He's young, but he's already got the critics raving. Adam A. Anderson is one of the rising talents in the Dallas theater world. He's won the DFW Theater Critics Forum Award for best actor and...
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In a Dallas Courtroom, It’s Big Pharma vs. Women over Vaginal Mesh

Few people outside of public health advocates and consumer groups used to pay much attention to the Food and Drug Administration's confusing, shadowy process for approving medical devices to the market. When patients find themselves suffering after a surgery that was supposed to help them -- like, say, a hip...
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The Seven Best Post-Pool Meals in Dallas

During summer in Dallas, going swimming is practically the only way to survive. The lukewarm waters of pools both public and private provide respite from the scorching temperatures, and are even nicer on days like today, when Mother Nature has once again decided to bless us with reasonable temperatures in...