A Lakewood/East Dallas camp guide
Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean students should stop learning, and you don’t have send your kid to a camp far away.
Wakeboarding summer camp
Lakewood resident Mark Heger, 26, started waterskiing at age 5, wakeboarding at 10 and turned it all into a summer camp business by 15.
Unstoppable high school seniors
Some of America's youth are great kids, even in the face of adversity.
Swiss Avenue residents share stories
Five residents who fought the good fight tell us why the avenue’s grand mansions are still standing.
Q&A: Kyle Richardson
Woodrow's principal sat down with us recently to talk about how the year went and his goals for the coming school year.Sneak peek: White Rock Dog Park renovation
Tonight at 6 p.m., Dallas Park Board member Gerry Worrall hosts a meeting at Winfrey Point to address the recent parking vs. park dust-up, of course, as well as other improvements to White Rock Lake. One of the focal points of the meeting is the White Rock Dog Park, and … more
Wal-Mart grocery store construction underway on Greenville
A friend claims we spend too much time on the blog talking about the soon-to-be-new Trader Joe’s on Greenville, so instead of talking about Trader Joe’s today, I thought I’d devote a few minutes to talking about the new Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market taking the place of the former Blockbuster and … more
Marathon registration kicks off with a Miller 64 and some miles
Registration for the December MetroPCS White Rock Marathon opens June 1. The price is lower if you register early, before July 31, by the way. To celebrate the onset of marathon training season, the WRM folks will host a 6.4 kilometer race at the Bath House at White Rock Lake … more
Advocate giveaway: Taste Addison passes
Taste Addison, the three-day food festival, kicks off this Friday, from 6 p.m. to midnight. This year’s event will feature food from more than 60 Addison restaurants, live music, celebrity chef demonstrations and wine tasting seminars, carnival rides, midway games and more.
The 5th person and the 10th person to email “I … more
Police describe suspects in Katy Trail crimes
The Dallas Police Department today released new details about a string of violent assaults and/or robberies along the Katy Trail as well as other parts of the city. As many as 11 recent incidents — including the mugging of both a jogger and of a woman leaving the Katy Trail … more
Bicycle Cafe is ‘for sale’
The Bicycle Cafe, which only opened a few months ago and which we just recently featured in the Advocate‘s dining section, is up for sale.
They served up good, healthy sandwiches, salads, breakfasts, juices, beers and so forth but now they are selling, based on the restaurant’s Facebook status:… more
Restaurant talk: Fat Daddy’s burgers
Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House doesn’t start serving food until 5 p.m. Before then, you can order something at Good-2-Go next door and bring them back to Goodfriend so you can drink a beer with your tacos. That’s not a bad idea, and I already had decided on a … more
Fair Park and Texas-OU
Here’s a question for Mayor Vision: How did he get to Fair Park for last week’s Texas-OU announcement? He didn’t need to take a signature bridge.
Nothing illustrates the short-sightedness that dominates the thinking of those who run the city better than Fair Park. They whine and bellyache about the … more
The legendary Carroll Shelby dies at 89
The timelessly cool Carroll Shelby — 1956 and ’57 Sports Illustrated race car driver of the year who fashioned, in later years, some of the world’s fastest high performance rides, including the Cobra, Viper, Shelby Mustangs and Ford GT — died Thursday, reportedly from pneumonia.
Shelby was a Woodrow Wilson High School … more
DISD offers free baseball camp
The Dallas school district’s free baseball camp accepts 50 students ages 7-11. The camp is from 9 a.m.-noon June 4-8 at the Dave Andres Ballpark, 1802 Moser.
The camp is open to boys and girls and is coached by high school baseball players from the Greenhill School. The Texas Rangers … more
