Articles for June 28th, 2010
You Have a Phone. You Make Movies
You haven’t heard of “The Texture of Dallas,” FrontRow and the Dallas Video Festival’s collaborative video competition for all? Now you have.
Nothing to See Here, Except Maybe a Funnel Cloud?
So, I don’t want to be all alarmist, but I do think that a funnel cloud is typically considered to be Serious Weather. The climb-int0-the-bathtub-with-a-mattress kind of serious weather. Where I’m from, funnel cloud = you might die of weather.
So I was a little perplexed at CBS11’s latest tweet.
ATM Thieves Create New Breezeway at NorthPark
FOF had it first, and then the Dallas Police sent it via Nixle next, but apparently some would-be thieves drove into an exterior entrance to NorthPark Center and then into some security doors at Dillards in an attempt to take an ATM.
Granted, this was at 3 a.m. or so, but still, after a spate of violent crime at the mall, wasn’t there supposed to be more security?
Parker, Texas, Is the Best Suburb of Dallas
You already knew that, of course. You’ve read our rankings of 62 suburban Dallas communities to see that Parker tops the list. And you’ve taken a little tour of the top 10 that firmly establishes that you might want to live there.
But would you want to visit — you know, if you had absolutely no interest in the Ewing clan? We’ve sent D Magazine online editorial intern Ryan Jones on a suburban safari to find out.
What To Do in Dallas Tonight: June 28, 2010
What a weekend. Actually, what a Saturday. The elbow-connected-to-the-tubes to top off the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, followed by a fist-biting loss by the home team to Ghana in World Cup Soccer. Well, it was fun while it lasted. If you don’t have total FIFA fatigue by now, I say just pick a new team to cheer for, and head to Trinity Hall to watch the game. Isn’t your distant relative from Slovakia? They are battling the Netherlands at 9 am. Didn’t you always want to visit Brazil? Good enough–they are playing at 1:30 today. It’s the summer for goodness sakes. Let’s continue the day drinking as long as possible.
Another thing to do tonight: eat for free. Trece restaurant is offering free dinner on Monday nights. The restaurant has been doing this for a little while, but people still really don’t seem to know about it. Yes, you have to pay for your drinks, and you also pay 20% gratuity. But a little flask full of vodka in your purse goes a long way toward a cheap meal out (or you could just get a Diet Coke, drunky).
We’ll Take Our Arch Topping Well Done
Thousands gathered early one weekend morning in April to watch the implosion of Texas Stadium. Irving city fathers and mothers made it an event and even made some cash on the deal. They had a tent party to shelter VIP-types from the elements and sold sponsorships. Many thousands more watched from their home thanks to live-TV coverage.
So when the topping of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge’s first arch (pictured) was announced Wednesday, there was some confusion. The topping of the 40-story arch would take place Saturday at 7 a.m. because the crew was ahead of schedule, but the champagne celebration would not take place until Monday morning in the air-conditioned Haynes & Boone offices overlooking the site. Gee, it seemed like the real action was watching the connecting of the two white tubes. Shouldn’t take very long and it was such a exciting moment in this Dallas landmark-making project to see the magnificent arch completed.
So what happened Saturday morning? Since there was no live-TV coverage of this has-to-be-perfect topping of the arch and you probably didn’t attend, here is a blow-by-blow of the topping and how the event nearly got the best of Mary Ellen and Fred Holt (pictured). (more…)
Leading Off (6/28/10)
1. The Dallas Morning News reports on a great contradiction in U.S. immigration policy: we offer illegal immigrants education in our public schools, only to forbid them to obtain jobs after graduation. That includes 50,000 to 70,000 young men and women a year nationwide, and up to 16,000 in Texas.
2. The Huffington Post has picked up this story: two Dallas men were killed after guns were introduced to a dispute about “an upcoming World Cup soccer game.” Ridiculous and senseless, though when I first read the headline, I figured it had something to do with Carlos Tevez’s absurd offside goal, and I could imagine the flaring tempers. But the dispute happened before any of yesterday’s games, which is even more ridiculous and senseless.
3. This seems like a poor decision: the funeral of David Brown Jr., son of Dallas Police Chief David Brown and the man who authorities say shot and killed two men in a Lancaster apartment complex, including a police officer, had a police escort. The city manager says she is going to investigate the decision to give Brown’s funeral a police escort, and there was talk of a possible protest, which now seems to be on hold.
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