All Cover Stories, All Feature Articles, All Magazine Articles, Business & Development, Dallas Trail Network / Bike Plan, Hot Topics, Parks and Outdoors, Sports, Traffic, Videos, White Rock Lake February 20, 2012 July 25, 2013

The people and perils of Dallas bike culture

COVER STORY | VIDEOS: Riding a bike is good exercise, and it’s fun too. But in bike-unfriendly Dallas, it can be risky.

All Cover Stories, All Magazine Articles, Dallas Trail Network / Bike Plan, Hot Topics, Parks and Outdoors, Sports February 23, 2012 July 25, 2013

Faces of Lakewood/East Dallas bike culture

The neighborhood bicycling scene comprises many two-wheeled styles. Here are a few of the faces and bikes you might see on the streets and trails.

All Magazine Articles, Launch, Parks and Outdoors, Sports February 23, 2012 February 27, 2012

Tuesday nights are for ladies on bikes

The ride has garnered a lot of attention in its two years of existence, due in no small part to its feminine, if brash, name — Tits Tuesday.

All Magazine Articles, Launch, Sports February 23, 2012 February 23, 2012

Bike races in the Wilson Historic District

The Matrix Challenge, known as the “King of Crits,” is a two-day cycling event every April that draws at least 1,000 competitors from all over the region.

All Feature Articles, All Magazine Articles, History, Music, Videos February 20, 2012 February 23, 2012

Celebrating 50 years of the Joker Band

VIDEO | STORY: About 300 people crowded into the VFW hall for menudo, tacos, cocktails and dancing to tunes from Richard Franco, 73, and his band.

All Magazine Articles, Delicious, Dining, Food and Drink, Restaurants February 20, 2012 February 18, 2013

Sandwiches at Corner Market

We highlight great sandwiches at neighborhood delis, like Corner Market’s Morningside chicken salad on a ciabatta roll.

All Magazine Articles, Dining, Food and Drink, Wine, Wine Column February 20, 2012 February 18, 2013

Four tips to boost your wine savvy

Wine drinkers are creatures of habit. We tend to drink the same wines and shop in the same places for those wines, which, frankly, doesn’t do much to expand our wine horizons.

All Columns, All Magazine Articles, Business, Casa Linda, Live Local, Restaurants February 20, 2012 February 23, 2012

Neighborhood business buzz

Lakewood resident Juli Perez and her sister have launched Yard Candy, a company that rents celebratory yard signs.

All Magazine Articles, Art, City Hall, Education, Nonprofits and Volunteers, Photos, Scene and Heard February 23, 2012 February 23, 2012

Scene and heard in Lakewood/East Dallas

Actor Mario Lopez visited the Boys & Girls Club of Greater East Dallas in December to talk about the importance of health and fitness.

All Magazine Articles, Art, Entertainment, Events, Music, Nonprofits and Volunteers February 20, 2012 February 23, 2012

Events for March 2012

Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins are the dream team in Million Dollar Quartet at Music Hall at Fair Park.

All Magazine Articles, Launch, Nonprofits and Volunteers February 23, 2012 February 23, 2012

What gives: Small ways to help neighborhood nonprofits

Donate an old bicycle to Spokes for Folks. The local nonprofit fixes up donated bikes and gives them to other nonprofits, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Family Gateway, the Stewpot Alliance, Vickery Meadow Learning Center and Girls Inc.

All Columns, All Magazine Articles, Religion, Worship February 20, 2012 February 23, 2012

A healthy ego makes for a healthy individual

People with a healthy ego can receive criticism with grace, celebrate the success of others, and make sacrifices on behalf of those who cannot help themselves. They can be trusted to lead, because the team or company or country they serve is as important to them as their own well-being.