DONALD TRUMP MIGHT BUILD HERE

It’s true. He’d like to maybe put up a Trump Tower, though nothing is official. As readers of D will discover in a few weeks, now is a good time for the Donald to enter the game.

YUMMY

Believe us when we tell you that the way to a woman’s heart is through her stomach, so fill it with chocolate. Specifically, handmade truffles from the skilled hands of Dunia Borga of La Duni. White, milk, and dark chocolate candies flavored with cognac, passion fruit, arequipe, and toasted hazelnut are packaged in a champagne flute, glass, or vase. Get ‘em for $4 to $25, at the Oak Lawn location only.

WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?

A press release just landed on my desk from FunStuffForDogs.com, based in Frisco. For just $199.95, you can have a murphy bed for your dog, which “combines space-saving ingenuity with clean styling that complements any decor.” However, after cruising the site, the thing I like most is the plush ring, for the savvy doggy boy to give to his favorite valentine. I don’t know if I’m horrified—or mad that I didn’t think of this stuff myself.

RE: JAGGER-LESS EDGE

A radio-tuning FrontBurnervian wonders:

Could the Edge be where Rich Shertenlieb (formerly of Kidd Kraddick in the Morning) has landed? Inquiring minds want to know.

I know not.

KEN PARISH PERKINS PICKS UP A PEN

Former Star-Telegram TV critic Ken Parish Perkins has written his first major piece since he left the Star-Telegram after plagiarizing a couple of sentences from a web site. I agree with Roland Martin, the assigning editor of Perkins’ Chicago Defender article about the WB and UPN merger.

In an interview Tuesday, Martin said Perkins is simply too talented and experienced to “be relegated to a non-journalism role” for the rest of his working life.

FRISCO HEARTS SOCCER

And soccer hearts Frisco in return. Major League Soccer announced today the 2006 MLS Cup will (again) be held at Pizza Hut Park. Kick it.

JAGGER-LESS EDGE

A scooping FrontBurnervian says there’s a lineup change in the works at KDGE.

The morning show was “non-renewed” after this morning’s show. Jagger, Mondo Mike and Dean are now “on the beach.” A new morning team will begin in two weeks (names t.b.a.) and the shows will be all-music until then.

Sure enough, the morning show’s been removed from the station’s web site. Any listeners know any reasons why, other than (presumably) bad ratings?

THE NASHER AND THE MANSION: SPLITSVILLE

If you like your food with a view—more specifically, if you like sipping your Mansion tortilla soup while gazing at the modern sculpture in the Nasher Sculpture Center’s garden—you’d better hurry up. The contract between the two is up on February 28—and they’re not renewing.

The Nasher’s official position on the matter: “The Center continues to evolve in all areas as we strive to offer the highest standard of excellence in everything from exhibitions to visitor amenities,” says Jane Offenbach, the Nasher’s director of marketing and development. “On the culinary front, we are exploring a number of exciting new opportunities and look to the future with great optimism.”

The Nasher folks are equally hush hush about who’s going to score the coveted dining and catering gig. “The top three caterers in town” is about as close to an answer as we can get. Although the cafe and catering are separate endeavors at the museum, for the sake of ease in operations, the same entity will likely do both.

Stay tuned, foodies.

RE: MARK CUBAN AND LITTLE BALD MEN

A movie-watching FrontBurnervian points out Cuban has a better chance as a co-producer of the Best Film nominee Good Night, and Good Luck.

ME=PAULA ABDUL?

You=Falcon Crest wannabe? Ever wanted to launch your own wine company but didn’t know where to start? Well, here’s your chance. On March 6, a new TV series on PBS, The Wine Makers, will be in Dallas auditioning “characters” to compete for a chance to create and launch their own wine label. Credentials? Anyone from a wine snob to a novice–you just have to be enthusiastic and curious about vino. (I’m sure a tight tee and low-riding jeans wouldn’t hurt your chances.) The show will be set in Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo. There, the candidates will experience every aspect of winemaking from viticulture and enology to sales and marketing. Anywhoo, they’ve asked me to be a judge. Send your pitch to: casting@doccitytv.com and come strut your stuff.

RE: LISA LOEB

A pun-tastic FrontBurnervian offers this:

Guess Lisa comes by the bare bottom naturally if she ever did “Take Your Daughter to Work” day with her dad Peter, who is a colo-rectal surgeon in Dallas.

She was obviously well-reared, and we could make her the butt of our joke but that would make us bottom-feeders and look quite asinine.

SPORTY-SPORT SPORTS

Sports blog Deadspin gives props to a local sports blogger named Dave. Dave’s Sports Views is (are?) trenchant, particularly today’s closer look at how Ben Roethlisberger ended up in Pittsburgh.

MARK CUBAN AND LITTLE BALD MEN

A critical FrontBurnervian checks out the Oscar nominees and notes:

With all the blogging today there’s nary a mention that Mark Cuban may end up on stage at the Kodak Theater Sunday night March 5th. Will he wear a MFFL tee shirt or a Dirk shirt? Will he get a haircut? Will he speak?

The questions might be moot. Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room has some fierce penguin competition.

LISA LOEB GONNA GET YOU DRUNK WITH ALL THAT JUNK

From what I hear, No. 1 Single is a pretty good reality show. Lisa Loeb is looking for love, and she’s been described to me as “really cute … you’d want her to be your friend.” For those of you who would want to be more than just friends with her, TheSuperficial has a picture of Loeb in a thong.

THEATRE THREE’S DEVIL

It’s not quite as much fun as Urinetown (where they linked FB and berried my name), but almost. The Devil’s Disciple builds up to a court scene so funny James Frey might have laughed. Every scene with Terry Vandivort in it has a comic intensity, because everybody’s waiting to see what exquisite twist he’ll put on the next insult. A perfect performance. And Lynn Blackburn as Judith makes the spirited male reaction to her presence entirely understandable. (Was that understated enough?) This is T3’s best since Metamorphoses last summer. It’s difficult to overpraise the consistent excellence of director René Moreno.

RE: JAMES FREY

One FBvian mourns the cancellation, but for a different reason than you’d think:

That cancellation must have really put a kink in the DMN’s plans. In the edition I got this weekend, one of their citizen journalists wrote a real nice advance of Frey’s appearance — without mentioning the recent unpleasantness.

I was looking forward to the citizen journalist covering the event and writing about it — without covering the real story.

COPYRIGHTS AND COPYWRONGS

Yesterday it was the Aggies and the 12th Man. Today, it’s Jessica Simpson’s Love Potion. WWTDD (that’s What Would Tyler Durden Do?) reports a woman named Mara Fox launched Love Potion beauty products in 1989. A couple of years ago, Jessica (more likely Joe) Simpson lauched Dessert Beauty Deliciously Kissable Love Potion. I think Madame Rue has the strongest case.

RE: JAMES FREY

My James Frey post yesterday made it to Gawker today. Do I feel cool? Eh, no–just kinda stupid. Adam discussed making it to Gawker for 10 minutes this morning. Then a few minutes later I blurt out, after an FBvian told me we were on the site, “Hey. We made it on Gawker.”

(A final note: I’m a bit upset Gawker’s link to our post goes directly to the press release. Why deny Gawker’s readers FB’s prose?)