Articles for January 21st, 2009
Breaking News About New Kent Rathbun Restaurant
It’s more than just the location. Nancy’s got the concept over here.
TexMo Hits SMU With Story About Drug Overdose
Folks on the Hilltop won’t likely be thrilled by the February issue of TexMo, which includes a piece by Nate Blakeslee about a 2006 drug overdose in an SMU frat house. It’s titled “An Isolated Incident.”
Dallas Mavericks Hope Obama’s a One-Termer
Or, they do if they pay attention to the statistic, unearthed by Dave Berri’s Wages of Wins blog, that the team has never made the playoffs while a Democrat was in the Oval Office. (Under Republican administrations, they’re 14 for 20.) Needless to say, as an MFFL and Obama supporter, I’m extremely conflicted.
Downtown Group, Lill Tapped For Arts District Roles
The nonprofit group called DowntownDallas is leaping into active management of the Dallas Arts District. As part of its new role, DowntownDallas–headed by John F. Crawford, president and CEO–helped announce today that former Dallas City Council member Veletta Forsythe Lill has been hired to run the District as executive director. With her salary paid primarily by District “stakeholders,” Crawford says, Lill and an assistant will office at the DowntownDallas headquarters, bringing the outfit’s total staff to 12. More details here.
Happy Bullets Want You to Make Out With Them
Or at least, they want you to come to Hal Samples’ SPACE on February 13, where Samples will shoot a video for the Happy Bullets song “F&*# Yeah, I’m In Love With You!” — will will double as an attempt to break a world record: “filming the most people making out in one place at one time.”
Lord Help Me! I’m Being Cuted To Death!
I usually ignore these “most-popular” dog breeds lists, until I found that one of the oddest-looking dogs I’ve ever seen … one that I thought only existed in posters … is popular in Dallas. It’s something called a “cavalier King Charles spaniel” (shown left). A press release from the American Kennel Club today says that this spaniel tied with dachsunds and miniature schnauzers to be the seventh most-popular dog in Dallas. Boxers, thankfully, nose out the spaniel. The most popular breed in Dallas? The Labrador retriever. The most popular unregistered dog (my guess, at least)? I’d say it would make short work of King Charles, with or without lipstick.
Dave Levinthal Rates Council Member Websites
Right here. If you had money riding on the results, I hope it wasn’t on Vonciel Jones Hill. Or Mitch Rasansky.
Bald Eagles Sighted in the Trinity River Corridor
My friend Judy Schmidt, the Communications and Marketing Manager for the City of Dallas and the Trinity River Corridor Project, needs your help. The TRCP is calling for “trail maintenance” volunteers this weekend at Rochester Park, a 900-acre park blossoming with birds, ponds, and meadows since the TRCP, Dallas Street Department, and Parks and Recreation agreed to stop vehicular traffic in the area near the levee.
Judy and other local birders have reported multiple sightings of Bald Eagles in the wetland area near the intersection of I-45 and Loop 12. Look out, Dallas. You may think being a nature freak is nerdy, but Nature Nerds, like me, spend a lot of money looking for natural beauty (and birds). I hope the city of Dallas focuses on the potential for what I call “Twitcher Tourism.” (Maybe build a series of cabins in the woods for visitors to rent?) Call volunteer. I would love to join you but I have volunteered to help the Texas Bluebird Society install a few miles of bluebird nesting boxes at Lake Tawakoni. With Boy Scouts! Jump for more info on Rochester Park opportunity.
Re: Motorcade in Highland Park
I just got a call back from the DPD. The motorcade is for the former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf. A quick Google News search says he’s on a national speaking tour, which started in Grand Rapids. Now, we still don’t know why he was visiting whomever he was visiting, but we at least we know who the visitor is.
Take John Cornyn At His Word: The Issue Is Transparency
Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s hold on Hillary Clinton’s nomination is not likely to last through today, but that has been enough to send our left-wing friends into a frenzy. Everybody relax. Cornyn has a very good point about the Clinton Foundation. And he couples that good point with a strong record of demanding transparency throughout the government. That’s supposed to be a good thing, remember?
Motorcade in Highland Park
I have a reader on the phone. He is watching as 5 police motorcycles surround the fountain at Preston and Armstrong across from Jerry Jones’ house. I asked him to circle the block. Yow. Zah. He is reporting a three-block line of Dallas police cars, state trooper vehicles, and 25 motorcycle cops all parked in formation from 4300 to 4600 Armstrong. Belfort seems to be the crucial intersection. “Looks like the cops at the fountain are part of the advance team,” says my reporter. “They are all giving me the evil eye for circling the block. I’m leaving.” That’s less than a mile from D Central. Maybe Tim and Eric are coming back from Phoenix? It has to be GWB. (Spider Monkey, wake up. It’s quite a visual.)
UPDATE: Cynthia Smoot, from D CEO, sends a picture and a report. “We are told by HP Police that it is not former President Bush. But that’s all they will say for ’security reasons.’”
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