When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of “rogue” wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd’s last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn’t take them. In order to save their lives, [...]
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The AT&T PAC’s free outdoor music series is back for a third season. Highlights this year include The Dallas String Quarter on May 24 & The Travoltas on May 31. Stop by Sammons Park on your way home from work, grab a snack and a drink (of the non-alcoholic variety, please, if you intend to [...]
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though [...]
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Chicken Scratch is a handsome new roadhouse from Chef Tim Byres, the man behind Smoke, which is now open in the middle of the Foundry.The Foundry, which opened a couple months ago in the building that used to be Jack’s Backyard. Chicken Scratch and The Foundry share a huge courtyard located in a sort of [...]
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Paul Hendrickson’s Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961, is one of the most significant books about the author to come along in years. The Washington Post called it “a large-minded, rigorously fair summation of the best thought on Hemingway’s writing, his life, traumas, pathologies, his family and friends, his even more [...]
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Fun Mother’s Day flick for you and your teenage daughter. Your sons may like it as well…Happy Mother’s Day! Grace is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and her limited dating time, to give her daughter, Ansiedad the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad’s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong , introduces her [...]
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Cars and Coffee Dallas is a gathering of auto enthusiasts where hundreds of proud drivers will congregate to kick tires and have a cup of coffee. There will be something for everyone to enjoy; classics, exotics, concepts, hotrods, motorcycles and motor-sport. The best part is that it’s all free, minus the coffee of course. There’s [...]
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BMW has officially gone green! The BMW X5 Diesel was launched a couple of years ago due to the changing trend and consumers’ outlook towards petrol engines. Furthermore, diesel engines proved to be more economical yet produced similar output, compared to their petrol counterparts. What does it all mean? More torque, less fuel, and less [...]
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I had the great good fortune to escort a dear friend to the Grand Opening of the new Cattle Raisers Museum in Fort Worth, TX. Her great great grandfather, CC Slaughter, was king of cattle raisers. I was completely taken back by how much beauty and effort was put in to this unique and spectacular display of Texas history and culture. Yeeehaw!!!!
The City of the Future celebrates over 100 years of transportation by the famous “Street Car.” The McKinney Trolley is one of Dallas’ best kept secrets. We applaude the great wise ones who took the time to manifest this vision for all of us to enjoy! An exploration and journey of Dallas’ best restuarants, architecture, and destination spots.
