I read this a.m. in my new favorite publication, The Bond Buyer (which I initially picked up because I thought it said The Bong Buyer), that tomorrow the city will issue $230.2 million in general obligation bonds “from three separate authorizations.” Of course, that has nothing to do with the…
Tony Romo, otherwise known as the next Cowboys quarterback capable of throwing the worst-scenario interception Roger Staubach’s last pass was completed to guard Herb Scott. Danny White’s fateful play forced an infamous “No, Danny! No!” from coach Tom Landry. Troy Aikman’s final play ended in a huge hit by LaVar…
On October 6, Joe Bieger disappeared, and his family hasn’t heard from him since. If you know of his whereabouts, call 1-877-JOE-FIND. On the morning of October 6, Joe Bieger, a 59-year-old school administrator, threw on some clothes and told his wife he was going to walk their dogs. He…
I’m all about avoiding lines. I’ll buy movie tickets online. Hell, I’ll mail in checks that need depositing. Thus, you will most likely not see me on a certain Tuesday in November whipping some chad into shape. I might procrastinate on knitting holiday gifts and vacuuming, but I’m an early…
Mayor Laura Miller and District 10 council member Bill Blaydes are on KRLD-AM (1080) this very moment debating the city’s contract with lobbyist David Dean, the former Texas secretary of state who’s getting, this time around, $515,000 to tout the city’s Trans-Texas Corridor project. (Really, do you need an introduction…
If you’re not quite right for Playboy or FHM–and, yeah, we know you so are–there’s always this shot at instant fame: Top Hair! (which is better than the show’s original title: Back Hair!–thanks, try the veal). This weekend, TV production company Revielle will be doing Bravo’s dirty work by auditioning…
Jeff Skilling won’t be spending any more time at his Dallas condo. He’s about to be sentenced to prison for a long, long time. Former Enron chief exec Jeff Skilling’s in federal court in Houston today, where he’ll likely be sentenced to at least 25 years for his part in…
If you, like Andrea Grimes, would rather appear in the pages of FHM than Playboy–better content, insists the Girl on Top–then free your schedule on Friday. The laddie mag’ll be at the W on October 27 looking for ladies to feature in the paper and digital versions of FHM, which…
They gave away the Lone Star Emmys Saturday night in Houston, and in case you missed the results, KDFW-Channel 4 is, like, the best station ever. Or something. The local Fox affiliate picked up the night’s top honor, Overall Station Excellence, which was presented to General Manager Kathy Saunders; KDFW…
Morgan Fairchild, being honored by Woman in Film next week, was the Jessica Simpson of her day. But smarter. And prettier. And more talented. For what it’s worth, Patrick Duffy–the guy who played Bobby Ewing and, even better, the Man from Atlantis–is against the remake of Dallas, which is on…
The mayor wants the council to reconsider David Dean’s deal with the city. And she only has till Wednesday to get it done. So, the weekend’s almost here, and you say you still can’t get enough of David Dean? Well, neither can Mayor Laura Miller, who, come Wednesday’s city council…
If you can’t make the Gothic Archies show, which starts right about now in Frisco, they will be in Waxahachie tomorrow. No kidding. Yes, we know y’all are all worn out after wetting your pants eight times at the sight of Stephin Merritt, but let’s hope a second, post-Gothic Archies…
Mark Graham In this photo, taken in June 2005, Dwayne Jones stands inside a historic South Dallas farmhouse he fought to save. Over the last few years, Dwayne Jones has proved himself an invaluable resource for both Unfair Park and its paper version. As executive director of Preservation Dallas, he’s…
Pokerati.com This is our friend Shane. He got into the WSOP after winning La Riata. The guy’s adorable, isn’t he? If you need to find me tomorrow around, oh, 3 p.m., I’ll be here: playing poker at the La Riata Gala & Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament at Union Station…
You know why we don’t go to Dallas trendy nightclubs? Because we’re always afraid we’ll run into people who look like this. Last night, the Nasher Sculpture Center held its monthly Art of Urban Living salon series, during which Dallas Morning News types discuss, well, urban living. The Nasher also…
I think readers of this week’s Girl On Top , wherein I parade around town with a gold mouthpiece, will be interested in the following juicy tidbit from Leon, the grill salesman who helped me with my bling. In the article, I note that after my own total lack of…
Come to think of it, we can’t recall ever seeing Bobby Carpenter in a Dallas Cowboys uniform… If the answer to the question posed above is yeah, you’d better thumb a ride to Denver, where FC Dallas begins the Major League Soccer playoffs Saturday night against the Colorado Rock…no, um,…
You probably don’t know what yesterday was. I forgot myself till this morning, when I was looking for one thing on YouTube and came across something entirely different–footage of Nirvana performing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at Trees in 1991. Got me to thinking that, yeah, that happened some time in…
This is the man who saved NBC, and he will likely be the very man to kill it altogether. NBC Universal Television Group CEO Jeff Zucker announced yesterday his network’s cutting $750 million from the budget by 2008, and it’ll get there by canning some 700 employees not only at…
This inspirational quote of the day comes from Jackie Galecke, courtesy The New York Times. In a story this morning about the lure of Door County in Wisconsin, where 300 miles of shoreline “offer dozens of islands, 10 lighthouses and limestone bluffs as high as 200 feet” and the air…
I know it’s short notice, but if you have no plans for this evening, you might wanna head over to the Studio Movie Grill in Addison–if, that is, you have an interest in movies with such titles as Hip, Hot and 21 and Spiked Heels and Black Nylon, among some…
Prosecutor Shelley Hallman, the wife of Republican candidate for District Attorney Toby Shook, will probably not be asked to write the couple’s Christmas cards this year. In this week’s feature story about the questionable legal tactics of prosecutor Shelley Hallman, we include a rather unprofessional internal e-mail she dispatched to…
