Friday Question (8/6/10)

Say it’s Friday, and you have a migraine, but all you have in front of you is a pair of scissors, a metal water bottle, 1/4 of a cream soda, five plastic sporks, 1 box of water crackers, a University of Arkansas coozie, and a pair of not so gently used earbuds.

What would you use to remedy the situation? Because I’m thinking scissors to the temple.

What to Do in Dallas This Weekend: Aug. 6-8

Oh Friday. Exhausted though we may be, it would be a crime to squander you.

If you want to feel all cultural and stuff, find your way out to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, which is kicking off its Festival de la Risa celebrating the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. The evening begins with drinks, live music, and dancing in the grand lobby, followed by a showing of Ahí está el Detalle (You’re Missing the Point), a 1940 comedy about mistaken identity.

If you’re more in the mood for nightlife, however, I suggest helping Dallas model Ken Echols celebrate his birthday at Victory Tavern. I predict drinking, dancing, and air kisses.

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Leading Off (8/6/10)

1. The new vendor for vanity plates for the state, My Plates, is a new company with an unproven business model. They’ve promised $25 million in generated revenue for the state in five years. So far, they’re off that pace. My prediction? As soon as those of us who are about to have to lose their old Texas plate have to cycle in to the new version, which looks like something I did in junior high art class, My Plates’ business will pick up. Also, I have wasted a lot of time playing with the My Plates website to see what will pass through its censor (Hint: ANLWRT will).

2. This is just sick and sad. But to the people who would burn a puppy, then run over it? Karma. I’m pretty sure that you’ll never have a good day ever again. And if karma is really on point, every day will be as painful as possible.

3.  I know in the old days, people lived in Texas without the benefit of air conditioning. But I’m convinced that if someone Marty McFly’d their way into, say, 1913 Dallas, and said, “There is a magic machine that will cool down this room for you, and I can bring you it,” they’d be happy and take it. This little girl in Hurst really wanted air conditioning again. Her parents didn’t have the money to replace their broken unit, so Kaitlyn Chiles opened a lemonade stand. By the end of the day, a company had donated a unit to her family.

4. Color me confused. CW 33 has been working with a Dallas woman, Lisa Linehan, to promote her Project Husband. She’s got a page on the station’s website. She blogs there. They follow her exploits as she tries to find a guy to marry her by her deadline.  It’s been going on for a while. My confusion? WFAA just did a story about her, calling it a YouTube campaign.

5. It’s Friday, so of course there’s earworms. Lots of them. If you run out, you can go here.

What to Do in Dallas Tonight: Aug. 5

I’m not going to lie to you, folks. All you really need to call this day a success is to go see Crowded House.

However, if you also require food to sustain you, I recommend you check out the Dallas Uncorked Dinner Benefiting the June Jones Foundation at Bob’s Steak & Chop House. Helping a group that supports children with illnesses is reason enough to go, but if you’re mainly in it for the cocktails, sumptuous meal, and wine from Oak Cliff Cellars, I won‘t fault you.

If you’re not quite ready to pack it in after the show, drop by the Candleroom for Sip & Swirl Thursday, where you can sample wines and champagnes—or silently judge the appearance of those around you. When in Rome, etc.

Not your scene? Find out other things to do in Dallas.