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Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
In this installment, our man reminds us how history and hiking are intertwined. Then there’s the matter of leading 40 kids from the African American Museum Summer Camp on a hike through the woods.
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
This week our man Bill Holston reveals that Plano is ahead of Dallas when it comes to hikeable nature areas. Mon dieu!
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
In this installment, Bill Holston tries to convince you that it’s never too hot to hike.
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
Last weekend, our intrepid perambulator Bill Holston did something. This week he goes in search of Hexalectris Warnockii.
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
He takes nature walks. You read about them — with the idea that hopefully, maybe you’ll be inspired to do the same. Today Bill brings us an adventure in Oak Cliff.
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
It’s time for another walk in the woods with our friend Bill Holston. Lace ‘em up and jump. In today’s installment, we learn that Dallas used to look much different than it does today.
Leading Off (4/25/11)
Rain Good, Lightning Bad For North Texas Wildfires: Saturday saw four inches of rain fall in some parts of North Texas. Possum Kingdom Lake got a little more than an inch, which helped quell some of the fires. Yet the 17 new blazes also started Saturday. Last night brought more Olympian tears and lightning rage from Zeus, as he continues his efforts to burn Texas to a crisp as part of his ongoing war with Chuck Norris.
This Evening, Mavs Will Try to Prove That They Aren’t the Worst Team to Root For in All of Sports: Are the little Mavs soft? Are they the most notorious chokers in NBA history? Will Dirk’s hall of fame career be forever overshadowed by fourth quarter playoff impotence? Tune in tonight for another maddening episode of As The Portland Series’ Tide Turns.
Cruise With Cowboys Cheerleaders Canceled, Cruisers Upset: I suppose if you are Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders-obsessed then it is a shame that you spent good money for a chance to take a cruise with the cheerleaders only to have the buxom broads cancel. But what really fascinates me about this story is the list of other similarly themed cruises. I guess it makes sense that there are Star Trek-themed cruises, but Little House on the Prairie cruises? Or cruises featuring guest passenger Donald Rumsfeld? That sounds like Reality TV gold.
City Council Food Truck Vote This Week: The Dallas City Council will vote on food trucks this week, and it looks like it will be a go for zoning changes allowing the portable eateries to operate in the Arts District and in a section of Lower Greenville Avenue. Next step: allow trucks to operate anywhere they darn well please.
UNT Lab Asked to Identify Remains of South Dakota Hiker
Came across this story about unidentified human remains from South Dakota being sent to the University of North Texas’ Center for Human Identification for, appropriately enough, identification. Authorities believe they could be the remains of a 61-year-old who disappeared almost five years ago.
My takeaway from the piece: Never go hiking in the vicinity of anything called “Holy Terror Mine.”
Dallas Must-Do List: Trinity River Audubon Center
TRAC keeps the tours kid-friendly.
After dining at Jimmy’s recently, I’ve done seven out of the Things Every Dallasite Must Do. This past weekend, I took on the task of completing my eighth: Explore the Trinity River Audubon Center.
Because I was babysitting Sunday afternoon, I thought that bringing the kids to TRAC would be the perfect activity for us to do. And I was right. After some initial confusion about where exactly the place is located, we finally drove down a dirt road into the 120-acre reserve and hopped out of the car. (more…)
A Note About the White Rock Lake Dog Park (Or: Why Some People Suck)
Is there anything worse than people who bore you with stories about their children and pets? The answer is no. There is nothing worse than people who bore you with stories about their children and pets.
Let me tell you a story about my dog. Her name is Katie Dog (pictured). She’s maybe 7 months old. We’re not sure because she’s a rescue mutt. Yesterday my wife took her up to the White Rock Lake Dog Park to stretch her legs. Bad things happened. Tears were shed. I’ll actually let my wife tell you the story. Here’s the email she sent me toward the end of the day yesterday:
It’s a nice day, Katie can’t run in our yard [ed: don't ask], and it was 3 pm. I figured it would be a good, safe time to let her blow off some steam at the White Rock Dog Park.
Within minutes of entering, five dogs came to greet her. Normal.
Then, one part-pit-bull-looking dog got aggressive. Rammed her into the fence once. Twice. Heard her wimper and yelp. Other dogs started joining in. The pit bull dog was mean, relentlessly pushing her, nipping at her. I ran across the field, screamed no, inserted myself as a barrier, pushed him with my foot several times, yanked him off Katie by his collar and screamed, “WHO’S DOG IS THIS????” I started kicking at the dog.
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
Here’s another in the series from our friend Bill Holston. On this adventure, he hikes the Post Oak Savannah.
The Next Time It Rains, It’s the Ocean Raining On You: Cousteau at the Winspear
Jean-Michel Cousteau and friend.
So said Jean-Michel Cousteau (eldest son of famed underwater explorer Jacques-Yves) last night, just a few minutes into his National Geographic Live! talk at the Winspear Opera House. He was explaining his father’s considerable influence — the knowledge of how impacted we are by the health of our seas. And since the evening was billed first and foremost as a “heartfelt tribute” to Cousteau’s father (who would have celebrated his 100th birthday in June of this year), I was expecting to be at least a little bit moved by this portion of the program.
Gormley: Winter Storms “Rare” in DFW? Not Really
Under fire from critics, everybody from DART and the NFL to the Super Bowl XLV host committee has been stressing the “rare,” record-breaking nature of last week’s storm. But according to this opinion piece from CBS11’s Jay Gormley, harsh snow and ice storms have become almost routine in North Texas in the 2000s. So maybe it’s time for the spinmeisters to quit relying on that particular excuse, and come up with something else that has more credibility.
So, Why Do They Have Super Bowls in Icy Climes?
While the adequacy of DFW’s response to the big storm is debated, Jerry and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell have issued their pronouncements: This week’s icy chaos won’t knock North Texas out of the running for future Super Bowls. Why not? Because there’s just too much dough to be made off attendees at JerryWorld, the conventional wisdom goes.
But, as an ESPN commentator argued yesterday, Super Bowls aren’t just about Super Sunday, but more like three- or four- or five-day festivals–like Mardi Gras. If shopkeepers and restaurateurs and cabbies and event planners and party-going fans can’t count on a decently pleasurable build-up to the game, why not just hold the thing in Southern California or Florida or Arizona every year, where there’s a much better shot at decent weather? (I know, every party needs a pooper …)
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