Articles for February 18th, 2009
Don’t Mess With Ebby
Property doyenne Ebby Halliday didn’t reach the top of her industry by being a shrinking violet. That was evident during a lunch at the Adolphus’ French Room today celebrating her 98th birthday (it’s actually next month) and a new book, Ebby Halliday: The First Lady of Real Estate, by Mike Poss. While Poss was writing the book, the diminutive Realtor conceded to interviewer Jocelyn White, she threw him onto her desk using a half-nelson wrestling hold, something she learned growing up. Why? Just to prove she could still do it. Ebby also recalled an exchange decades ago with her doctor, after she’d asked him for some investing advice. “I don’t advise women,” the doc said. “Why not?” Ebby inquired, surprised. “Because if they lose, they cry.” “Well,” Ebby retorted evenly, “you try me.” He did; she wound up making several thousand dollars off cotton futures. So what’s the living legend’s next great goal? “Tossing the coin at the Cowboys’ Super Bowl in 2011.”
Falling Debris Still Falling, Mystisfying
A curious FrontBurnervian sends along this news alert slash info request:
I am just wondering if you guys have heard anything about more flying space junk in the Dallas area? Just got off the phone with my roommate who works off of Preston and Frankford. She and a few other people were outside when they saw something zooming through the sky straight down. It then just disappeared. They are assuming it burned up. No noise or sonic booms with it. I’ve looked on the local news station websites and haven’t seen anything regarding this. Just wondering if any more people have contacted you guys about it.
I haven’t seen anything since Zac’s Leading Off the other day. Anyone got anything? Comments, on.
A Sad Tale Amidst The A-Rod Nonsense
I just now stumbled across George Vecsey’s recent NYT column about Don Hooton and his son Taylor, who played high-school baseball around these parts. Here’s the heart-wrenching part:
The son gained 30 pounds in a few months before the family noticed his mood swings, known as roid rage. A psychiatrist urged him to stop taking the drug, but it can take a year for the body to produce testosterone again. Going through withdrawal, Taylor Hooton began experiencing depression.
“June 10 was his birthday,” Don Hooton said. “We rented a suite at the Rangers game.” The father did not remember how Alex Rodriguez, then in his third year of using a steroid, performed that night. He does know that his son committed suicide on July 15, 2003.
Information on the foundation Don started can be found here.
Moving Day For The Bushes
Looks like the Bushes are moving in. If you don’t think Candy Evans is covering that, you’d be wrong, wrong, wrong. Go to DallasDirt for more details and many, many photos.
A Premature Posting About M. Ward’s Upcoming Concert
Clear your calendars, fans of talented singer-songwriters, for M. Ward’s March 15 concert at the DMA’s Horchow Museum. Ward was on Letterman last night, which you can see here. I’ve been a fan of Ward for years and years, ever since I saw a flier for his first album in the men’s room at the Gypsy Tea Room that described him as Tom Waits meets Elvis Costello. I guess that description is accurate enough, though he’s pretty much developed a signature style of his own by now: Americana-slash-folk-slash-old-timey-radio. His new cd, Hold Time, came out yesterday, and his project with Zooey Deschanel is recent (and awesome) enough to mention, too.
Update: A helpful, museum-employed FrontBurnervian passes along ticket info: Tickets are $20 via Ticketmaster. Doors @ 7:00 p.m. Presented by AEG. They go on sale Friday, she thinks.
Tom Colicchio Not Selling Craft to the W
Despite what you may have heard, he’s not selling. Find out about it over here.
The Dallas Auto Show Is Here! The Dallas Auto Show Is Here!
The Dallas Auto Show is here, as previously mentioned with ironic usage of exclamation points. It runs through February 22. I was going to hobble on over to check it out and report back, but whatever I typed would be a poor, poor facsimile of what Hank Stuever at the Washington Post wrote for the Washington Auto Show a couple of weeks back. I imagine the experience would be strikingly similar, even if my description of said experience paled in comparison. (Reg req. or, search “Driving into the Sunset” in Google News and you can get there directly.)
Adios, Movin’ 107.5 FM
Listeners of Madonna remixes and oonce-oonce music (during daylight hours, no less) got a bit of a surprise yesterday when Movin’ 107.5 FM switched formats to Mega 107.5 FM, targeting 25- to 54-year-old Spanish-speaking adults. The change was sudden (mid-song) and, from three people I’ve heard from, not welcome. Methinks, however, station owners at CBS Radio know what they’re doing.
Leading Off (2/18/09)
1. “Damn the torpedoes!” That’s the sentiment of Mayor Leppert and most on the City Council. Yesterday evening a judge denied a temporary restraining order request from Citizens Against the Taxpayer Owned Hotel. And today the Council will vote on a hotel operating agreement with Irving-based Omni Hotels. Except, of course, the whole thing comes up for referendum in May, when we the voters get to decide if Dallas should own a hotel. Are you following this? We’re building a hotel. Until we (most likely) decide in May not to. Awesome.
2. The folks who make Twinkies are relocating to Dallas. Interstate Bakeries (not to be confused with Interstate Batteries) is moving its management team here, though the Twinkies will continue to be manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri. And how big is that management team? Oh, 20 people. Right now, Boeing is surely kicking itself for picking Chicago.
3. I can’t provide you a third item this morning, because the DMN’s website just did that fun thing where it asks you to become a member of Dallasnews.com before it lets you read a story, even though I’ve signed up about 20 times.
Update: 4. Bud Kennedy at the Star-Telegram brings us an interesting dispatch about the chilly reception that Kay Bailey Hutchison’s gubernatorial campaign is getting in North Texas.
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