June events in Lakewood/East Dallas
Through June Concerts at the Arboretum Every Thursday night, the Dallas Arboretum hosts a different band on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and Lawn….
Memories of the Tietze Park pool
“Summer has set in with its usual severity,” once moaned English poet and albatross-obsessed Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Though a very large pond and a…
Ben Spies, world-renowned pro motorcycle racer
When Lakewood neighbor Ben Spies visits his house in Italy, he can barely walk down the street without people stopping him to request a…
A tangled web: Lakewood woman creates a nonprofit to warn others about medical mesh
Lakewood neighbor Aaron Horton just wants her mom back. It’s the little things — like going out for sushi, window-shopping, getting facials or manicures,…
It’s a small (plastic) world
Chances are you’ve never heard the term “plastography,” even though you might have inadvertently run across it a time or two. You’re not alone….
Zen city: Seeking solace in an urban environment
In the midst of the digital age, when texting during dinner and checking emails before bed is all too common, having a quiet place…
Bubble soccer, it’s a thing
If you haven’t heard of it before, you need to hear about it now, because it has finally reached East Dallas, and it already…
Sweet recipes: Anytime popovers
With only four ingredients, popovers have an airy, puffy and custard-like interior that complements any breakfast, lunch or dinner. Popovers can be sprinkled with…
How one neighbor’s handwriting became an international business
Neighbor Abigail Luby loves fonts and beautiful paper — a signature trait that has clients from around the world banging down her digital doorstep….
Delicious: Rooftop dining at Nora
As the sun sets over the treetops, guests trickle onto the rooftop patio of Nora’s Restaurant & Bar on Lower Greenville. They scatter across…
Writer in residence: Susie Black Holamon’s ‘My Five Moms’
The childhood of Susie Black Holamon, which she writes about extensively in her book, “My Five Moms,” could be described as a Lakewood “Mommie…
Q&A: Lakewood bandleader, Matt Tolentino
If you sit down for a chat with Lakewood jazz musician and bandleader Matt Tolentino, you’re going to get two things: a rundown of…
