Havlick: Gentrification squeezed out a neighborhood favorite
I confess to uttering a mild expletive when my phone rang and I saw that it was Faulkner’s Cleaners on Lower Greenville. I forget…
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Wamre: Why you should take the train
In the midst of reading yet another ponderous article about how North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un believes the U.S. is disrespecting him, and then laboring through…
Is Junius Heights haunted?
If you live in the historic Junius Heights neighborhood, you may need to stock up on bundles of sage and cans of blue paint…
Mason celebrates 20 years: Won’t you be his neighbor?
A couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary was asked the secret of marriage. She replied, “When he proposed, he got down on a knee,…
Mita Havlick tried not to fall in love with East Dallas. She failed.
Lunching in Lakewood. Dining and drinking on Lower Greenville. Scrambling for candy at the Woodrow homecoming parade. Catching a show at the Granada. Playing…
When your doorbell is a piano
What is 4 feet tall, bright red, has 88 keys and alerts you to visitors? Your doorbell, of course. But only if you’re…
Schools shouldn’t be a commodity
School is back in session, along with all the promises and perils that go with it. The news last month rightly trumpeted the generosity…
The tao of Willie
Last man standing Want to know the difference between you, me and Willie Nelson? He can laugh about the future, and most of us…
Mason: Does prayer work? We don’t know. But grandparenting gives us clues
How does prayer work? No one knows how prayer works or why. Some wonder if it works at all, and if it does, what…
Wamre: Your perspective may change the weather
The power of pessimism For a long time, a friend liked his job. Then he loved it. Now he hates it. Same job. Same…
One man’s trash is another man’s Elvis-themed bathroom
Elvis’s dressing room. A 1920’s speakeasy. Sun Records studio. The iconic red Pegasus. Sights to see? Sure, if you’re visiting the Old East Dallas…
How neighborhood women used data to revolutionize women’s health in Texas
How a group of East Dallas church women and friends organized to improve women’s access to affordable healthcare It was Jan. 21, 2017, Inauguration…
