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,…
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Before podcasts were cool, Lindsay Graham made history hip again
Back in high school, Lindsay Graham aka “Not the Senator” was your standard geek with a penchant for listening to, writing and making music….
Meet the deaf teacher who speaks to her students
Julia Manincor applied for jobs in biotechnology after graduating from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. She received plenty of interest, but…
The most political house on Swiss Avenue
Harryette Ehrhardt and her husband, Jack, bought the house at 5731 Swiss Ave. in 1970, when the neighborhood was nothing like the pristine row…
Garland-Gaston-Grand: Why our neighborhood is freaking out about this intersection
A car heading north on Grand Avenue in East Dallas cruises through the rolling green hills around Tenison Park Golf Course, moves to turn…
How East Dallas is shaping a $200-million park along the Trinity River
From the ashes of several iterations of Trinity river design, a nonprofit organization called the Trinity Park Conservancy is leading the charge in fundraising,...
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…
The insane amount of money East Dallasites spend on pets
Pet purchases last year, East Dallas spent $16 million on pets and nearly $6 million on pet food We shelled out almost $5…
7 things to do in East Dallas this September
Sept. 19-30 ‘Othello’ Shakespeare Dallas presents the tragic story of Othello the Moor and his secret marriage Desdemona, a daughter of the senator Brabantio….
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…
Meals on Wheels but for dogs
Lula Gifford has lived in her East Dallas home for decades, but when the 84-year-old was hospitalized for a torn aorta, she says doctors…
A barber academy veterans can call home
Can’t clip her wings Lilly Benitez remembers her father shaving and combing his hair each morning, taking time to look and smell his best….
