My wife hates sports
When my wife-to-be and I were dating, our favorite activity was attending sporting events. We sat in the upper deck at Reunion Arena watching…
Q&A: North Texas Irish Festival director Marsha Singer
The Texas Irish Festival is in its 28th year, and last year, it drew some 60,000 people to Fair Park. It’s the biggest celebration…
LAUNCH: How It Works
Q: My street is very dark. How would I go about getting a streetlight installed? A: Although there is no fee for installing a…
Pet Pause pictures
Would you believe that BOB, best furry friend of East Dallas resident STEVE STEHR, is 10 years old? That’s 70 in dog years, yet…
What gives: Small ways to help neighborhood nonprofits
TUNE IN TO THE SOUND… … of “Infinite Possibility: A Night of Music, Art, and Women Helping Women”. East Dallas-based singer and songwriter Jill…
Daddy Jack’s
Daddy Jack’s New England Lobster & Chowder House They say if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s true indeed at Daddy Jack’s….
Cheap wines and chicken cordon bleu
Cheap wine is all the rage in the wine business, and it’s not just because of the recession. National and regional retailers, as well as the biggest wine producers in the country, have been pumping out wine that costs $5 or less a bottle for almost a decade, trying to duplicate the success of Two Buck Chuck.
Guide to dining out
Your Guide to Dining Out $ Most Entrees under $10 * $$ Between $10-$20* $$$ Above $20* OD Outdoor Dining* FB Full Bar* WB…
Farmers market trend growing in Dallas
Growing waistlines and shrinking budgets have many Americans rethinking their food sources, looking now to local farmers instead of mega-grocers. That national trend is…
Weeding, writing and arithmetic
It isn’t the best day for gardening (overcast, windy, cold and just a few days removed from a hard freeze) but that doesn’t squelch…
Crime fighter Vikki Martin
In 1992, someone stole Vikki Martin’s bike out of her garage in the Claremont neighborhood. “It ticked me off, so I started a crime…
Documenting Africa: Photographer Matthew Glenn
Matthew Glenn grew up in East Dallas and went abroad as soon as he could. The 2003 Woodrow Wilson High School grad went to…
