There are less than two months until the mayoral election, and it has been a decidedly dull campaign (though getting an email from an ex-police chief about his Mardi Gras float is [...]
07 Mar 2011
This time last year, someone at City Hall — the official explanation about what happened was a bit wonky — forgot to renew dallascityhall.com, the domain name for the c[...]
04 Mar 2011
The Italians continue to amaze. Much of the rest of their wine business may be in crisis, with too much expensive wine made to taste too much like it doesn’t come from Italy,[...]
02 Mar 2011
Let’s see — we have three mayoral candidates, a mayor, and an ex-mayor. Perhaps one of them can solve this problem. I consulted my city-issued, color-coded bulk pickup [...]
01 Mar 2011
It’s not a surprise that former Mayor Park Cities, in his lust for higher office, says he won’t support federal earmarks to pay for the Trinity River toll road. The sur[...]
28 Feb 2011
Laura Miller is such a polarizing figure that even her presence by marriage will flavor the campaign.[...]
24 Feb 2011
Tag The ex factor
Sales increased 6 percent in 2010, with consumers buying almost 240,000 cases of Texas wine from grocery and liquor stores, according to the Nielsen survey company.[...]
24 Feb 2011
Tag Here’s to Texas
Apparently, Mayor Park Cities is resigning today to pursue a higher calling — to run for the U.S. Senate. Which, apparently, is not all that interested in him. The latest Uni[...]
23 Feb 2011
Those of us who write professionally do not approve of exclamation marks. If Hemingway didn’t need them, no one else does either. Which should give everyone an idea about the[...]
23 Feb 2011
In fact, we were embarrassed by Pittsburgh, which was ranked as the most liveable city in the United States by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which is part of the Economist magaz[...]
22 Feb 2011
This is why wine is so much fun. I was cutting through the wine department at Whole Foods, on my way to somewhere else, when I saw the La Clotiere on display. The label was unimpre[...]
16 Feb 2011
The three-candidate field looks to be set for May’s mayoral election, now that businessman Jim Moore has dropped out and M Streets councilwoman Angela Hunt has decided not to[...]
13 Feb 2011
