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Back Talk: The latest news from our neighborhood
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Sales tax update for November
The city beat the budget for November, but is still down 3.4 percent for the year.
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2009 $10 Wine Hall of Fame
It was a great year for cheap wine.
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Angela Hunt vs. the Morning News: Cage match with a keyboard
Who would you bet on in a titan struggle between the Dallas Morning News editorial board and councilman Angela Hunt?
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Darkness at the Advocate
Literally, that is. We still have a happy happy joyful positive outlook on life and all things neighborhood-y —we just have no electricity.
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XMAX Games set for Skillman and Live Oak
A computer game store will replace the empty flooring store, probably before the end of the month.
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Neighborhood architects to take on the Stanley Marcus house
Melissa and Ryan Williams of W2 Studio have been tapped to renovate the circa 1938 Stanley Marcus house, according to a story in the most recent edition of F!D Luxe.
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Around the web: Traffic circles, skateboarding, exorcism, Whole Foods lawsuits
A roundup of stuff that wouldn't necessarily make it on the blog, but is worth noting.
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Garbage collection delays
Though the trash on your curb might be building up following the holiday excess ... you're going to have to give the city a little extra time to pick it all up.
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Today's weather: trees freeze
Advocate photo editor Can Turkyilmaz (affectionately known around here as Turk) paused this morning to snap a picture of today's moisture frozen in mid drip. Isn't it lovely?
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The 'officious' George W. Bush Library website
I got duped, plain and simple.
- > Plumber
- > Electrician
- > Restaurants
- > Handyman
- > Landscaping
- > Painting
- > Carpentry
- > AC & Heat
... and dozens more categories
Link Lounge
- European Cosmopolitan editors are either lazy, cheap or both. Oh, and they LOVE them some Angelina Jolie.
- Silver medalists fake their smiles. Or so says an interesting new study on the innateness of emotional expression.
- One man's ruminations on being knee deep in toys in the post-Christmas era.
- The end of the Polaroid era is approaching. After December, Kodak will cease production of the 60-year-old film.
- Mensa members, tequila and sex. How can you resist the click?
Happenings
- Master Naturalist Open House FREE Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. Curious about your habitat in your back yard or local park? Texas Master Naturalists help our community by providing education, outreach and service by restoring habitats, removing invasive plants, conducting nature walks and talks, and even have a demonstration wildscape at Fair Park. Find out how you can get reconnected to nature. See displays, learn about the program and ask questions of the North Texas Master Naturalist members. 10056 Marsh Ln., Ste. B-101. 214.904.7005 or ntmn.org.
- Per Chance to Dream FREE Friday, Jan. 16 through Saturday, Feb. 28. Artists Skip Noah and Camille Woods have collaborated on an exhibition that journeys from the scenic countryside to surreal cityscapes. The opening reception will be Friday, Jan. 16, 6-8:30 p.m. Dahlia Woods Gallery, 600 Cantegral. 214.827.0924 or dahliawoodsgallery.com.
- Times Ten Cellars Jazz Concerts FREE First and third Sundays of the month, 3-6 p.m. Times Ten Cellars, 6324 Prospect. 214.824.9463 or timestencellars.com.
- Papa Grows Funk $15 Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. New Orleans funk masters Papa Grows Funk will be bringing the groove to the Granada Theater. They will be joined by Denton's Oso Closo and Snarky Puppy. Come out and shake that rusty dusty. 214.824.9933 or granadatheater.com.
- Zombie Dearest $10-$18 Through Saturday, Feb. 14. It’s a classic case of whodunit for private investigator Dirk Spatula ... that is, until he finds out zombies are doing the murdering. Come watch the mystery unfold in this spoof comedy by Joe Dickinson and Rodney Dobbs. Pocket Sandwich Theater, 5400 E. Mockingbird. 214.821.1860 or pocketsandwich.com.
