2012 March Lakewood

WARRIORS ROAD

Bicycle commuters face an uphill battle >> page 34

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Riding a bike is good exercise, and it’s fun too, but in bike-unfriendly Dallas, it can be risky.

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BELOW: Cyclist Scott Yockel commutes by bike to Denton every weekday. Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

My energy bills skyrocket during the summer, what can I do to lower my bills?

Many factors affect the efficiency of your AC system.*

FIELDS OF DREAMS

Spring

Training fever hits me this time every year

Talking about loving baseball with someone who doesn’t is like telling a Victoria’s Secret model you love her — both will look at you as if you’re an idiot, and you’ll probably be slapped by at least one.

But my inability to present the idea properly doesn’t change the sentiment: There’s just something about baseball that gets to me, particularly these days when Spring Training is underway.

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Maybe you know that before ballplayers start their major league season in April, they spend 45 days in Florida or Arizona working to get in shape. But if you’ve ever been to Spring Training, you know the truth: It’s a distant cousin to the “work” most of us do every day, since the real beauty of baseball is that it unfolds slowly and on no particular timetable.

If the weather cooperates, the Spring Training sun is bright and the grass is green at the multitude of ballparks dotting the metropolitan area. It’s a rare spring day you can’t catch a couple of games, and on a good day you can probably watch three, starting around lunch, winding through the afternoon and ending up after dinner.

For a business in which everyone is rich (even the least of the bunch commands about a million dollars annually, while the best earns more than $20 million a year), they’re all accessible in Spring Training — the high-dollar guys and the youngsters just starting out — an arm’s length or two away, squinting into the sun while, generally good-naturedly, signing the bats and caps and programs thrust their way.

They’re just kids, most of them, and some look downright goofy up close, with

the “Dutch Oven” (aka Texas Ranger Derek Holland) leading the laugh train with his unruly hair and dopey mustache. He could be me, way back when, sans the baseball talent and bank account, of course.

In the spring, the possibilities for the upcoming season seem so bright, much as they were so many years ago for all of us. Anything can happen during a baseball season, and even though baseball mirrors life in that the thoroughbreds generally wind up crossing the finish line first, from time to time a longshot unexpectedly makes a run for it and surprises even the most seasoned observers.

As my wife is loathe to admit, I’d watch a baseball game every day if I could. To her credit, she gamely tried to catch “the fever” over the years, but it hasn’t worked

Someday, maybe I’ll find a job that pays most of the bills and lets me daily sit in the stands or, in my dreams, on the field or in the dugout or in the bullpen.

out. She sees it as a kind of sickness, I think, although she doesn’t describe it as such to others; after all, she has her own image to protect, too.

Someday, maybe I’ll find a job that pays most of the bills and lets me daily sit in the stands or, in my dreams, on the field or in the dugout or in the bullpen.

I know that probably won’t happen. But I can’t help thinking about it every spring before the season starts and before the games begin and before reality regains the upper hand, pulling me back home from Spring Training and making me hope for another go-round next year.

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neighborhood’s cycling culture and how the recently updated Dallas Bike Plan will affect us (p.34). Advocate photo editor Can “Turk” Turkyilmaz interviews some neighbors who are living the twowheeled lifestyle. Also, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Leeson takes us on a ride along the Santa Fe Trail, which connects to the trail system at White Rock Lake.

Advocate photographer Danny Fulgencio caught up with the local Joker Band (p. 50). The guys celebrated their 50th anniversary with a show.

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Rezoning issues

When we posted on the Lakewood/ East Dallas blog about Winston Capital’s submission for rezoning to build a 350-unit townhome or apartment community at the White Rock DART station, the majority of commenters, with varying levels of ire, expressed concern that our neighborhood already houses its fair share of apartments. %

HATE the idea because the White Rock area “already has too many apartments” %

THINK it’s a bad idea because of the flood plane, are concerned about the destruction to the creek and lake, or fear the increase of “unlicensed fishermen” %

THINK a DART station is a bad place for a multifamily development or doubt people will want to live near a DART station %

POINTOUT that living near DART actually is a perk, or that density and transit-oriented developments are the way of the future

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Remodeling Talk...

If you’re into looks, date a model, but Don’t Date Your Remodel

Bella Vista’s designer Tiffany Fulmer advises clients on choosing materials that will look gorgeous, stand the test of time, and be an asset if they decide to sell. Trendy may be attractive for now, but Fulmer suggests focusing on functionality over fashion. (The same wisdom might also apply to dating, but we’re no authority.)

Her bottom line:

“In ten years, you don’t want people to walk in your house and feel like they’re in a 2012 time capsule.”

With that in mind, here’s how to get lasting value out of your remodel:

Layout

Avoid soaring 2-story ceilings. They’re bad for air circulation, energy, decorating, and especially for resale. High ceilings look grand, but people who have lived with them are usually unimpressed.

Flooring, Walls, and Ceilings

Choose classic looks and materials. Wood floors are durable and have always added value. Many ceramic tile styles also have a long style window, of around 15 years. On the walls, trendy wallpapers, faux paint finishes, and heavy textures are in vogue now, but they all have the potential to date your

Remembering Jack Evans

home quickly. In fact, some faux paint finishes and textures are going out of style already.

Bathrooms and Kitchens

“Beyond certain prices, the cost differences in faucets and fixtures are for creative styles, and those styles may not endure,” says Fulmer. Instead she suggests investing in beautiful tile work, but avoiding hot trends like glass tiles. Customer Suzy Renz adds, “We liked glass tile, so Tiffany advised us to use it as an accent in the bathrooms. It looks gorgeous and can easily be taken out and replaced by the buyer.”

In the kitchen, a popular trend is large islands with integrated refrigerators, ice makers, wine coolers, and cutting boards. While these products add function, Fulmer says they don’t always add value at resale.

Lighting

The #1 feature when you resell is lighting. It’s what buyers demand, and it’s not a passing trend. Put more of your remodeling budget into flexible/ green lighting systems with undercabinet lighting, gorgeous, but classic fixtures that complement the style of the home, and dimmers everywhere. You’ll enjoy your home much more, and if you’re not there in ten years, a generous buyer will be happy to take your place.

My grandfather was Jack Evans about whom you wrote recently [Advocate Back Talk Blog, “Jack Evans, Tom Thumb and Lakewood Food Mart,” Feb. 7].I have a photo of the exterior of the original Evans Lakewood Food Mart you wrote about, but I had never seen that picture of him standing in the store. Although I did not know the story

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A stand-alone photo that ran in 1952 announces Evans and his dad, W.R. Evans, had remodeled the store. Photo from Dallas Morning News Historical Arcives.

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about Carrie Johnson and her son [“More than just a friendly face,” February Advocate], I can certainly imagine it to be true. My grandfather loved his employees and would often stop to chat with them when he was in a store. He always seemed to remember not only the name of each of the cashiers, stockers and managers, but also something about their lives or their children, which he would discuss with them. During the procession from his funeral service at the Meyerson to his burial in Sachse, each Tom Thumb store we passed had all of the employees out on the street standing solemnly as he passed by. It was a tribute he would have likely appreciated more than the service itself. He was a special and inspiring person and a proud Dallasite. I appreciate your kind words in his remembrance.

—COLBY C. EVANS, MD

I remember shopping at the Evans Food Store in the 1950s. It was a small store with very small shopping carts. The butcher at the back would cut pork chops and steaks just how thick you wanted them. Also, he was patient about grinding up a round steak if you didn’t want the hamburger meat he had prepared in the case. Wichita Falls only had one large grocery store when I grew up there, an A & P that opened in the 1940s. When I moved to Dallas in 1948, there was a Tom Thumb at the corner of LaVista and Skillman. I was impressed. —JEANETTE

The Time to Build is Now

The Dallas housing market, including Lakewood, has been relatively stagnant in recent years, compared to most metropolitan areas around the country. Many have fared much worse, including Atlanta, which had a 12% drop in 2011.

According to housingpredictor.com, Dallas home prices are forecast to rise by 1.4% in 2012. Our stronger job market is gradually lifting the housing market and available home inventory is shrinking. Because home prices are lower than most other major cities, we continue to attract transplants that come for the jobs and low housing costs. These transplants arrive with great discretionary buying power, which is a boon to our local economy. But all these factors will raise home prices. It’s a matter of when, not if.

So what’s keeping housing so affordable right now, including new construction?

Tough mortgage lending standards are making it harder to buy, and more stringent appraisal requirements are making it difficult for sellers to push the market higher.

The inventory of available lots still favors buyers, as well as the availability of building materials. More demand will drive up these costs and home prices. It’s foreseeable in 2012; all it takes is the right catalyst. A sudden boost in the local job market, in consumer confidence, or in market or political incentives to homebuyers could boost the housing market. So if you’re considering a new home, you’re lucky. Right now is the perfect time to build.

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Here comes Walmart

Ugh, I hate Walmart [Advocate Back Talk blog, “Walmart to take former Whole Foods spot on Lower Greenville,” Feb. 2], and now we’ll have two in our neighborhood. I, for one, won’t be shopping at either one.

—MARGARITA

What a horrible development for Lower Greenville!

—STEVEN T.

I’d rather see a leased building than an empty one.

—ALFREDO

Bonham Elementary closing

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My son attends Bonham [Advocate Back Talk blog, “It’s official: Bonham Elementary will close,” Jan. 27]. I’ve attended all of the board meetings and community meetings regarding the proposed closings, andI’vecome to the conclusion that Dallas has a school board that is not interested in education. It’s egregious. My son and I, along with our tax dollars, will be moving out of Dallas and into the suburbs this summer so that he cancontinue to receive a good education. I hope the board took into consideration the outmigration of tax dollars when they calculated their savings.

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Lee is exemplary and feeds into the IB curriculum at Long and Woodrow. I think you should give it a chance. In East Dallas, we have been able to keep good schools through various regimes and school boards.

—RSF

Valentine’s fireworks for someone’s sweetie

How sweet! [Advocate Back Talk blog, “No, that wasn’t Valentine’s Day gunfire you heard,” Feb. 15] I really think it was more than 10 minutes, and it was wow! I was home alone and had a pretty good view from my balcony. I totally enjoyed it. What a lucky lady.

—KRBSMILE

I would have appreciated some advance notice. It scared the heck out of my child and kept him awake. The timing did coincide with his bedtime.

—SMARTY

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The mama rebellion

After Davina Rhine’s son was born 10 years ago, she felt alone. Yes, she has a supportive partner who is a hands-on dad. But she was among the first of her friends to have kids, and she lacked mentors and role models to whom she could relate. Rhine, who lives in Lochwood, was a young college student, into punk-rock music, tattoos and the local art scene when her son was born. Everything she read about parenting >>

>> seemed to have little to do with her own life. “Everything I read said I should be able to work 60 hours a week and go to school and cook these amazing dinners and make every play date,” she says. “That’s the image that’s pretty much shoved down moms’ throats.” That “super-deluxe model” mom, as Rhine calls it, isn’t realistic. So she decided to write her own book. It took about eight years to research, write and edit (she was working full time and going to school part time), but in December, Rhine self-published “Rebel Moms: The Off Road Map for the Off-Road Mom.” The book is a collection of stories from real-life moms from all over the country, as well as some whom Rhine met in our neighborhood. There are artists, boxers, teachers, writers, nurses and “vocal neighborhood momma-misfits,” Rhine says. She hopes the book will help women avoid becoming burned out and frustrated when they can’t live up to unrealistic expectations. “It’s for the activist mom, the rocker mom,” she says. “They tell you how to be a mother, be yourself and find your own way.” Rhine couldn’t find a publisher she liked to publish her book, so she started her own small press, Rebellion Press. She is submitting the book for review to feminist and parenting magazines, and she even sent it to her favorite book reviewer at the New York Times. She is planning a nationwide book tour this spring. After that, she plans to work on publishing a compilation of “healing poems” for rape victims. In the next three years, she would like Rebellion Press to take submissions and publish about one book a year, all funded by her job as a team manager for an international security company. She says she wants to offer a medium to voices we might not otherwise hear. It’s the same ideology that drove her to write “Rebel Moms”: “So that moms anywhere can find mentors they can relate to, especially if they’ve had hard times in their lives.” Find “Rebel Moms” at rebellionpress.com or Smoke and Mirrors Art Gallery, 1920 N. Haskell. —Rachel Stone

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Small ways that you can make a big di erence for nonprofits

Donate an old bicycle to Spokes for Folks. The local nonprofit fixes up donated bikes and gives them to other nonprofits, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Family Gateway, the Stewpot Alliance, Vickery Meadow Learning Center and Girls Inc. Spokes for Folks accepts bikes that need a little maintenance — new tires and tubes or a chain, for example — but they cannot take on extensive maintenance projects. Drop off gently used bikes at Bicycles Plus, 7015 Snider Plaza; Richardson Bike Mart, 9040 Garland Road; or Sun & Ski Sports, 11170 North Central Expressway.

Volunteer or donate to Alley’s House. The neighborhood nonprofit provides services for teen mothers, including mentoring, tutoring, and job and life-skills training. Alley’s House aims to prevent teen mothers from dropping out of school. Volunteers can serve as mentors and tutors to the young mothers. Alley’s House also needs cash donations as well as basic supplies, including car seats, baby beds, strollers, baby and children’s clothes, blankets, formula, prenatal vitamins, nonperishable food items, umbrellas and gift cards to use for an incentive program. More information is available at alleyshouse.org or by calling 214.824.8700.

Pick up some thrifty finds at Second Chance Treasures and help homeless animals. The proceeds from this thrift store on Garland Road go to the East Lake Pet Orphanage, a nonprofit veterinary clinic that places homeless pets with loving families. Second Chance Treasures, 10101 Garland Road, 214.660.9696.

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Cyclist Jonathan Roach jumps the curb where the smooth pavement of the Santa Fe Trail ends in dirt, rocks and debris at Hill Avenue. The Public Works Department is finalizing the design for a connection to take the trail past Hill to the DART Green Line station in Deep Ellum. Construction is expected to start soon and could be completed by the end of the year.

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LAUNCH Community

this is ladies night

It started two years ago when Alicia Pol and two of her friends were looking for a place to ride their bikes in Dallas. “There was a ride called Monday Night Mash, and it was a fast, pretty much male-led ride,” she says. “So we got together and made a slower ride for beginners that was femaleled, and that’s where it all came about.” The ride has garnered a lot of attention in its two years of existence, due in no small part to its feminine, if brash, name — Tits Tuesday. “We have anywhere from two riders in the winter to 50 or 60 people in the summer,” Pol says. Riders meet at 8 p.m. weekly at the Lakewood Whole Foods, and they typically ride 8-10 miles, or about an hour and a half. The route changes every week but always ends at a bar or restaurant. The group frequents trendy spots like the Amsterdam Bar in Exposition Park or Barcadia on North Henderson. Participants show up on an array of bikes as diverse as the riders themselves: mountain, fixed-gear, road bikes, cruisers; all are welcome. A few Tits Tuesday regulars even rode

down to the Austin City Limits Festival last year. But the experts welcome the novices. “The group was started for beginners, so I try and teach people the rules of the road,” Pol says. “Our hope was there would be benefits that not only encourage the bike community but others outside of it. We are also one of the longestrunning groups that is not a shop ride, meaning we aren’t associated with a bike shop. We make our own community.” The Tits Tuesday riders stay in touch and organize through Facebook. But unless it’s very, very cold or pouring down rain, the group is sure to meet, on any given Tuesday, at the Whole Foods on Abrams at Richmond. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t have the hardware specified in the name. “It’s supposed to be female-led, but being called ‘Tits Tuesday,’ a lot of guys have come out to join as well,” Pol says.

—Breajna Dawkins

Participants show up on an array of bikes as diverse as the riders themselves: mountain, fixed-gear, road bikes, cruisers; all are welcome.

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a day at the bike races

David Adams describes his bicycle racecourse at the Wilson Historic District like this: “It’s like a really beautiful woman who is an axe murderer.” The Matrix Challenge, known as “the King of Crits,” is a two-day event every April consisting of 36 bike races, and it draws at least 1,000 competitors from all over the region. It pays $25,000 in cash prizes, and it is the oldest and largest bike-racing event in the state of Texas. Adams, who lives in the White Rock Lake area, has been promoting the races for 10 years. The Matrix Challenge started in 1982 at Collin County Community College. Later, it moved to a location on Campbell Road and then to Fair Park. When construction at the park forced the Matrix Challenge to move five years ago, Adams imagined a course at the Wilson Historic District. The Meadows Foundation, which oversees the district, was leery at first. But once the foundation realized it was a safe, family-friendly event, the Matrix Challenge was given a home there. “It’s at Old City Park, and a lot of people bring their picnics and just hang out,” Adams says. “It’s beautiful.” But the racecourse is brutal. “We don’t call it the Matrix cake walk,” he says. A criterium, or “crit,” is a time-driven race on a short track. Think NASCAR on two wheels. In elite races, the pack could be moving at 45 miles per hour. “There are significant team tactics involved. People can work together to control the speed of the pack while one team member goes off the front,” Adams says. “It gets quite complicated.” The Matrix Challenge also features a just-for-fun kids’ race that is free and open to kids younger than 12, who all receive medals created from recycled bike parts. The races, on April 21-22 this year, are free for spectators. Adams suggests arriving in time for the men’s race that starts at 11:25 a.m. each day. That is followed by “the kiddie challenge,” the elite women’s race and the elite men’s race at 2 p.m.

—Rachel Stone

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JENNA B’S

Gear up for spring with fabulous dresses from Jenna B’s! New shipments arriving weekly! 5706 E. Mockingbird Ln. @ Greenville Ave. 214.484.7116 JennaBsBoutique.com

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YOGA MART

Zafu meditation cushions and many other meditation items in many new colors and prints to help you sit still. 6039 Oram (at Skillman) 214.534.4469 yogamartusa.com

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March into Spring Savings. We buy & sell clothes (0-18 youth) with experience – plus toys and equipment. 6300 Skillman St. #105 Dallas, TX 75231 214.503.6010 onceuponachildlakehighlands.com

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Come discover our one of a kind clothing, jewelry and folk art. New shipments arriving weekly! 2813 N. Henderson Ave. 214.826.0069 lamariposaimports.com

T-HEE GREETINGS

Hats, beads, novelties and decorations. Everything you need to celebrate St Patrick’s Day! Mockingbird & Abrams and Walnut Hill & Audelia 214.747.5800 t-heegifts.com.

HD’S CLOTHING

Spring is full of bold color and flirty prints. This tank and cardigan, the choice is yours, wear as separates or as a gorgeous set. HDS Womens 3014 Greenville Ave. 214.821.8900 FB Hdsclothingco menswomens

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Catering custom homemade sweets & savories to friends, family and businesses. Let us create your perfect event! Kristen Scott and Meghan Adams 214.534.2241 thehospitalitysweet.com

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Entertaining party ideas and supplies! Spring is in the Air. 1911 Abrams Parkway 214.821.8314 Visit us on Facebook.

CALLIDORA

Beautiful Jewelry makes great gifts ... and we’ll gift wrap it for Free! We also carry other unique Gifts, Sterling Silver & do Custom Work, Restringing & Repairs. 2913 Greenville Ave. (next to Blue Goose) callidoragifts.com 214.515.9188

The Advocate Foundation’s limited-edition, numbered, and hand-painted ornament; perfect gift for the new home owner or Dallas transplant. Sales benefit neighborhood organizations. 214.292.0486 foundation.advocatemag.com

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Out & About

March 2012

March 17

St. Paddy’s Day Dash Down Greenville

Beginning at 8 a.m. on St. Paddy’s Day, runners are invited to kick off the day-long celebration with a run down Greenville. This 5k day of fun includes live music, food and beverages, a parade, and a lot of green shirts. Register for $30 through March 7 at runproject.org. Lovers and Greenville, 214.821.0909, runproject.org, $30$40

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MARCH 2–4

North Texas Irish Festival

Located in Fair Park, the 30th-annual North Texas Irish Festival is a threeday celebration of all things Irish. The festivities include live cooking demos, Gaelic sports, storytellers, a wine bar, Celtic musicians and more. Fair Park, 214.821.4173, ntif.org, $15–$20

MARCH 3–APRIL 8

Dallas Blooms

It’s time again for the much-anticipated Dallas Blooms at the Dallas Arboretum. This year marks the 28th anniversary of this floral festival which features 500,000 tulips, daffodils, irises and hyacinths, plus 100,000 pansies, violas, poppies and thousands of otherspring-blooming annuals and perennials. This year’s Blooms will also showcase the “Small Houses of Great Artists” exhibit, created by Dallas-based builders and architects. 8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $7–$12

MARCH 10

White Rock Local Market

The 2012 season kicks off with an

“everything” market from 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Shop this nonprofit, independent farmers market for local foods and more.

The Green Spot, 702 N. Buckner, whiterocklocalmarket.com

MARCH 16–18

ArtScape

Featuring artists from across the country, Dallas Arboretum’s ArtScape is a three-day, juried fine art and craft show and sale. There will be entertainment throughout the gardens, art on display and fun for all ages. 8525 Garland, 214.515.6500, dallasarboretum.org, $7–$12

MARCH 25

The Children’s Center 60th reunion

From noon to 5 p.m., former students of The Children’s Center and their families are invited to celebrate the preschool’s 60th anniversary. The 1950s-themed reunion and birthday party is come-andgo, and Burger House is donating 15 percent of the day’s proceeds to the school. Burger House, 6248 Mockingbird, 214.221.8992, thechildrenscenterdallas.org

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Colin Hay

Granada Theater presents Colin Hay, the former frontman of Australian band Men at Work. This singer/songwriter has released several solo albums and has written multiple songs for the TV series “Scrubs.” Doors open at 7 p.m. Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville, 214.827.5514, granadatheater.com, $20–$42

March 6–18

Million Dollar Quartet

Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins comprise the dream team on whom this musical is based. Inspired by the 1956 Sun Records recording session in Memphis that brought these famous musicians together, “Million Dollar Quartet” features classic rock ‘n’ roll hits such as “Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line” and “Hound Dog.” This show is fun for all ages.

Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 First, 214.565.1116, liveatthemusichall.com, $20–$75

Celebrating

years

MARCH 31 Tietze Shred

The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation presents Tietze Shred from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This Tietze Park fundraiser encourages locals to bring boxes of old documents for shredding. Provided by Talon Shred, the shredding costs $7 for one standard banker’s box and $5 per additional box. All boxes are $5 for seniors. Ten percent of the proceeds will benefit Skillman Church of Christ’s Arms of Hope ministry.

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MARCH 31

It’s My Park Day

From 8 a.m.–noon, the Dallas Park and Recreation Department invites Dallas residents to join together at local parks for a day of beautification. Here’s how it works: Choose your project, register as a volunteer by calling the Dallas park and rec department, and get ready to work. Deadline to register is March 19. Volunteers will be clearing litter and debris, removing graffiti, weeding, mulching and planting, and cleaning up creeks and shorelines. 214.670.8400, itsmyparkdaydallas.eventbrite.com, free

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Dr. Muller will open her schedule for appointments in June 2012.

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Lower Greenville is known for its nightlife. So, when Chuck Cole opened a new lunch spot six years ago at McCommas, it seemed doomed to fail. “Everyone told me this place wouldn’t make it,” Cole says. Corner Market has not only survived but thrived as part deli and part flower shop. Society Bakery shares the space. “People are overwhelmed by the aroma when they walk in because we’re baking all day, and we’ve got fresh flowers.” The menu features hot and cold sandwiches and salads. Corner Market’s most popular item is the Morningside chicken salad sandwich on a ciabatta roll. It goes easy on the mayo and is packed with toasted almonds and sweet cranberries for a chunkier texture. Cole uses Boar’s Head meat, which, unlike other brands, is not packed with sodium and sugar. Produce comes from local vendors, and Cole even brings in fresh eggs from his own chickens he keeps at home. “I was ahead of the curve with fresh, local and organic,” he says. “It’s not a new trend.” Right now, he’s working on growing a garden on the roof.

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1 Jimmy’s Food Store

In the back of this quaint Italian grocery store, a deli serves up fresh meatball subs, Muffulettas, prosciutto panini and more. 4901 Bryan, 214.823.6180, jimmysfoodstore.com

2 Izmir Market & Deli

For a Mediterranean twist, Izmir features hot and cold sandwiches, including the $4.99 pita BLT served with hummus. 3607 Greenville Ave, 214.824.8484, cafeizmir.com/deli

3 Green Spot Market

In addition to its popular tacos made with hormone-free meat and cage-free eggs, this slow food spot serves roasted turkey, black forest ham and chicken salad sandwiches. 702 N. Buckner, 214.319.SPOT, greenspotmarket.com

Jimmy’s Food Store is known for its deli sandwiches. Photo by Mark Davis

Cultivate your mind and nurture your spirit with wonderful hands-on, lecture and demonstration classes such as Growing a Salsa Garden, The Art of Garden Photography, Birding 101 and more. Visit www.dallasarboretum.org/adulteducation for a full calendar of classes.

Don’t Miss Artscape, a fine art show and sale in the garden.

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wine 102

Duchman Family vermentino ($12) Texas

Wine drinkers are creatures of habit. We tend to drink the same wines and shop in the same places for those wines, which, frankly, doesn’t do much to expand our wine horizons. This is an especial problem for beginning wine drinkers, whose lack of experience is compounded by the intimidation factor — wine can be a scary thing for newcomers, who are overwhelmed with labels, names, terms and the like.

So, four easy things anyone can do to boost their wine savvy:

One of the things that people always laugh at when I talk about wine is the idea that they can learn more by drinking more. For example, if you like pinot noir, why not try a different kind than what you usually drink? One choice is the Mandolin pinot (about $12), which has less fruit than similarly priced wines, but a little more earthiness.

It’s amazing how this will change your perspective, especially if you buy wine only in grocery stores. Wine retailers are more likely to carry something such as the red and white from France’s Chateau Bonnet (about $10) solid, dependable and tasty wines that don’t have cute labels or marketing budgets.

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And even those you don’t. No one, including the so-called experts, remembers the name of every wine they drink. That way, the next time you shop for wine, you know what to look for, and avoid. You don’t have to do it often. But every once in a while, if you don’t like sweet wine or red wine or whatever, taste one. Given that your palate will change over time as you gain more experience, there’s also a chance you’ll appreciate wine you didn’t like before. Regional wine fits here: Texas’ Duchman Family Winery vermentino (about $12). It’s a white wine that is bright and fresh, with some lemon-lime fruit. —Jeff Siegel

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Oven ‘grilled’ country-style ribs

Ribs have an air of mystery around them: They look weird, and they seem like they should be difficult to cook. And country-style ribs, which have less bone and are shaped differently, seem even more confusing. But they’re actually quite straightforward; serve with red wine like the Bonnet or the Mandolin.

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2. Salt and pepper the ribs, and put in a roasting pan in a preheated 375-degree oven for 30 minutes. Turn several times, and carefully drain the fat and liquid that accumulates in the bottom of the pan.

3. Preheat a broiler while the ribs are in the oven. Baste the ribs with the barbecue sauce and cook for 5 or 10 minutes per side, turning two or three times and basting when you turn. Watch carefully so the sauce doesn’t burn (which sauces with a lot of sugar will do more easily).

4. Serve with more sauce on the side. Serves four, takes about an hour

Ask the wine guy

I liked a wine a lot, but when I went back to the store to buy more, there wasn’t any. Why is that?

B ecause wine, un l i ke ot h er c onsumer g oods, isn’t always re pl acea bl e. You can a l wa y s make another bottle of ketchup, b ut once a wine is gone, it’s g one. This isn’t usually a p ro bl em wit h most grocer y store wines, but it can be for wine t h at is so ld most ly in wine retailer s —Jeff Siegel

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STORY BY RACHEL STONE AND CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB PHOTOSBYCANTÜRKYILMAZ AND DANNY FULGENCIO

Dallas, with its car-clogged streets and hurried drivers, can be a dangerous place for bicycle commuters. But watching 60-yearold Bill Bryan, in loafers and navy sports coat, pedal his 1972 Raleigh up a quiet street, there is no indication, save the helmet on his head, that he comprehends the potential perils awaiting him.

Don’t let the casual demeanor or his subtle smile fool you, though. He knows what he is up against — honks, close calls, motorists’ angry assertions that bikes don’t belong on roads. He has dived into grass, out of the way of oblivious and fastapproaching drivers.

Not to mention, as put by one neighbor who believes bikes don’t belong on streets at all, “a cyclist can’t

keep up with the flow of cars and one blown tire or pothole could pitch him into traffic and, squish, with no one legally at fault.”

Bryan’s keen awareness that it can be something like a war zone out there has kept him virtually accidentfree despite many years riding to his job at Southern Methodist University from his home near Flag Pole Hill.

“I go out knowing each day that at least one driver will make a mistake, or take a shot at me,” he says.

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Before we become a bike-savvy city, we have a lot to learn

The recently approved Dallas Bike Plan aims to not only improve driver and cyclist safety, but also advance public health and fitness and clear up the air. But there’s more to it. The plan is also about changing the neighborhood landscape and bringing us closer together. It’s about creating a culture in which drivers don’t fantasize about running down cyclists (an urge to which many have unabashedly admitted).

The visionaries say a day may come when we can walk outside and see people and faces on two-wheeled rides, rather than just a sea of cars and buildings.

A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE in our neighborhood and city, like Bryan, get around by bike. But the vast majority drives cars, and some have no compassion for cyclists. The editors of Bicycling Magazine in 2009 called Dallas the worst city for bicycling. They call us a sprawling, car-centric city with enormous arterial roads jammed with impatient, hostile drivers in huge vehicles.

A recent comprehensive study by the Alliance for Biking and Walking ranked Dallas 49 out of 51 major cities for its percentage of residents who cycle to work. We rank 40 out of 51 when it comes to safety for cyclists (based on documented accidents and fatalities). The same study, however, notes that Dallas’ plan to construct more than 1,000 bike lane miles over the next 10 years is among the country’s most ambitious.

THERE IS ONE SCHOOL of thought that says bikes don’t belong on the road at

all, and that a financially struggling city shouldn’t pay millions — about $16 million for the on-road portion, to be exact — on a bike plan.

“Bike lanes are mostly financed by taxpayer dollars, and our city — hello, we are broke — is in no position to borrow money for bike lanes for the few people who would use them,” says Bill Parker, an Advocate reader.

Another neighbor, Nancy Roberson, thinks that even in a perfect world where everyone follows the rules, bicycles do not belong on the streets.

“For the sake of argument, let’s pretend that everyone — motorists, cyclists — obey the letter of the law and operate defensively and conscientiously. It would never happen, but let’s say anyway, I would still say bikes don’t belong on road. Cyclists need to realize they are the odd man out. And most of them need a large dose of humility and respect for motorized vehicles. ”

Some want cyclists on the sidewalk — “If they don’t have a special lane,” says Jerry Keeler, “they need to carefully ride the sidewalk.”

But the sidewalk and trails bring a new spectrum of issues — pedestrians, strollers, cracks, curbs and so forth.

Road rage or “bike-lash” directed at cyclists can be vicious and dangerous too.

“As a paddler who regularly frequents White Rock Lake, I have regular urges to run down both rude, inconsiderate bikers

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and runners who blatantly disregard the law, common courtesy and their own personal safety. Many almost challenge you to get out of their way,” Mike Stovall says. He is not alone. The spandex and speedy bikes tend to draw the ire of motorists.

Bill Bryan, the professor who rides both to work and competitively, says he is treated differently depending on how he looks.

“Drivers seem to give you a wider berth when you are riding in a navy blazer, as opposed to a few ounces of spandex.”

BUT A WIDESPREAD SHIFT in thinking is occurring, says Park Board member Lee Kleinman who also served on the Bike Plan Committee. “I think people are frustrated in this urban sprawl that we live in, that you have to get in your car to go

to the grocery store. People are starting to look closer in, more local. That’s what enhances the city — closer neighborhoods.”

Our homes, in large part, have rearentry garages, Kleinman notes. We often drive down our alley, into our garage and go inside without enjoying any face time

Richardson Bike Mart staffers, such as East Dallas resident Mark Manson, hope Dallas’ bicycle plan will

more people on

The fear is that a line painted on the street will provide false security. There also needs to be education and common sense.

RIDE LIKE THE PROS

Cycling Savvy DFW offers a threepart course at Northway Church, teaching the principles of riding in traffic. It begins with a classroom discussion followed by bicycle training in the parking lot. Finally, cyclists put their skills to the test on a tour of the city.

The program started in Orlando, and the curriculum comes from the Florida Bicycle Association. Instructors Richard Wharton, Waco Moore and Eliot Landrum show students how to cycle safely on any road in Dallas without using sidewalks or hugging the right curb. “You lead the dance,” Wharton says. “A driver is a driver whether it’s on two wheels or four.”

The next programs are March 2-3 and April 27-28. The cost is $75. For more information, visit cyclingsavvy.org and click on the Dallas chapter.

with our neighbors.

“I think we need to erode that fortress mentality. Bike lanes and bike trails do some of that.”

The overall goal of the Dallas Bikeway System Master Plan, approved by the Dallas City Council last summer, is to create a comprehensive bike system, increase commuter and utilitarian bike trips across the city, raise awareness and education about bicycle safety, and eventually create complete streets, which make room for cars, bikes, pedestrians and public transportation. Dallas currently has almost 400 miles of bike routes, mostly in the city’s center, but no bike lanes. The Dallas Bike plan aims to remedy that. It calls for increasing the number of shared-lane markings, bike lanes and paved shoulders to make the city more bike-able. The city has a good trail system that is improving, and the plan calls for continuing that work. The impetus for a bike plan is threefold, says project coordinator Max Kalhammer. There’s the environment. “Part of the reason we got the funding to do the plan update is because North Texas Council of Govern-

ments had air quality funds available. Reduced emissions would have a positive impact on the region, not just the city.” Then, there is public health. “Riding a bike to work every day as a transportation choice helps you stay in shape and be healthy and lead a healthy lifestyle and most people who take active transportation to work are 70 percent less likely to have a heart attack because they’re [exercising] for 40 minutes a day.

Finally, there’s the ideology shared by Kleinman and others, that a bike plan can shift the landscape, values and culture of our city. “The most important thing about the bike plan is that it represents a movingforward plan, and choices in the way we live our lives.”

People like Bryan, who has been biking around Dallas for decades, say it contributes to his quality of life immensely. Bryan doesn’t commute by bike out of necessity or environmental reasons but because he really likes it. He talks fondly about his run-ins with nature — “the hawks and butterflies and pigs.”

“Cycling around White Rock Lake in the late afternoon leaves you feeling mellow,” he says.

MAKING BICYCLES an integral part of Dallas’ commuter traffic is doable, many believe, but different cycling proponents have different ideas about how to do it.

Bryan says the bike plan is fabulous, but until it is implemented, he feels confident intermingling with traffic. He always wears a helmet. He understands that, in a fight, a 4,000-pound car beats a two-wheeled

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piece of aluminum any day. He seeks out the most sparsely populated roads, surfs tra c pulses, and even swallows his pride and rides the sidewalk up a short section of Northwest Highway. In Downtown traffic, he rides the bus lane so as not to doubly hold up tra c. He has a handlebar bell; he doesn’t ride in the dark; and he stops at every red light and stop sign. He is exceedingly courteous.

Richardson Bike Mart offers free bicycling safety workshops. Visit bikemart.com.

“Sometimes if I see behind me a car has on its turn signal to turn right on a red and I am in front of them, I will hoist my bike up on to the sidewalk and let them turn. You can see them look at you di erently when you do something like that.”

Courtesy goes a long way in creating good feelings between cyclists and motorists, says Eliot Landrum, who lives near White Rock Lake and teaches a bicycle safety course called Cycling Savvy.

“Cyclists disobey laws too much,” Landrum says. “When we do that, we do ourselves a disservice, and we’re a bad ambassador to other road users.”

Bryan says he uses the trails, though they lack connectivity in some places, as well as the DART rail. He even hops the

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Richard Wharton runs the Cycling Center of Dallas at the Jewish Community Center and is a vocal critic of the Bike Plan.

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THE MOUNTAIN BIKER

Name: John Beach

Age: 41

Occupation: Owns a landscape company Neighborhood: Casa View Bike: Gary Fisher mountain bike

Street cycling is fine, but Beach likes the adventure of going off road on a mountain bike. “There are fewer limitations,” he says of riding trails. Beach received his first mountain bike as a Christmas gift in 1991, when he was still in college. But in the past five years or so, he’s become more serious about riding. There are several popular mountain bike trails in Dallas and the surrounding area. Beach’s favorites are Boulder Park in the Red Bird area and Oak Cliff Nature Preserve, which he recommends for beginners. The Dallas Off Road Bike Association website, dorba.org, lists all of the mountain bike trails in the area, with updates on riding conditions and reviews from users. DORBA also hosts a group ride, starting at 7:45 p.m. every Friday, at Dallas Bike Works, 4875 W. Lawther. “If you want to get out there and meet people, that is a good ride,” Beach says. He’s had only one serious injury, about a year ago, when his front wheel malfunctioned and he flew over the bike and broke a collarbone. Since then, he’s learned that bike maintenance is extremely important in mountain biking. The injury could have been avoided if he’d just had better equipment, he says.

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TRE to Fort Worth on occasion, where he rides the Trinity Trail and visits the art museum (it’s like a mini European vacation, he says).

Mark Manson says the bike plan, and the consciousness that it raises, will be good for business where he works, at a bike shop near the White Rock trail. It will undoubtedly get more people on bikes, he says, and that is good, but he says bike lanes alone aren’t going to keep people safe. First and foremost, he says, cyclists, motorists and pedestrians need to learn the rules of

the road.

“The fear is that a line painted on the street will provide false security. There also needs to be education and common sense.” Manson, who moved here from New Orleans after hurricane Katrina destroyed his home, says he generally notices a trend of Dallas motorists being in a constant hurry. That, and “a cavalier attitude” among some cyclists, contributes to problems on the streets, he says. Woody Smith, the store manager, points out that regulators are making some forward moves in that direc-

THETOWNIE

Name: Michael Hubbard

Age: 49

Occupation: Attorney

Neighborhood: Casa Linda

Bike: 2008 Electrabike Amsterdam 3

Hubbard started riding a bike about five years ago, after his doctor told him he needed to get more exercise. Normally, he rides his bike a little over a mile to the White Rock Trail, which feeds to the Santa Fe Trail, which he rides almost all the way to his office in Lakewood. “It’s like they built the trail system around me,” he says. Once Hubbard got into cycling, he became a little obsessed with buying and selling bikes on Craigslist. They mostly are vintage cruiser-style bikes. At home, he has about eight bikes. They take up a lot of room, but the upside is that if one breaks down, he always has a backup. Bicycles are fairly simple to understand and work on, even for someone who’s less than mechanically inclined, he says. Hubbard prefers upright bikes with comfortable saddles. He’s not into road bikes or pedaling long distances. But Downtown is only a few miles away, and it’s a fun way to get a lot of exercise, he says. “Instead of mindlessly exercising at a gym, I try to go out and ride my bike for errands,” he says. It’s also been a good way for Hubbard to meet people and save on gas. It’s so easy and fun to ride a bike that there aren’t many excuses not to do it, he says. “If I have to meet a client or go to court, or if it’s 100 degrees out, I drive.”

tion too. “In 2003 Texas put a law on the books that forces the Department of Public Safety to include bicycle awareness information in the Texas Driver’s Handbook.”

A simple rule on which most of the cyclists we talked to agree: The trails should be used for leisurely riding and commuting when possible. The roads should be used for training and fast riding.

A small group of vehicular cyclists, such as Richard Wharton, reject the whole idea of the bike plan, arguing it sets back the integration efforts of cyclists like him.

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THE CHIC CYCLIST

Name: Lacey Mahone

Age: 25

Occupation: Owns a company that develops social and digital strategies

Neighborhood: Anita and Skillman

Bike: Mercier Kilo road bike

Mahone built up her fixed-gear bike herself, with the help of Switching

Gears Cyclery in Expo Park. “It’s my first bike that I built up,” she says.

“After a while, you figure out what you like and don’t like, so it makes sense to customize.” She started riding bikes about three years ago after she began work on a film project documenting “this new casual Dallas riding scene,” she says. She met a lot of people she really liked and decided to start riding herself. Mahone rides around the city, along the Katy Trail or out to dinner, but “it’s rare that I would go out to White Rock and do 30 miles,” she says. She is involved with dallascyclestyle.com, which aims to increase interest in cycling through fashion and lifestyle. Even though we might not see a bike helmet on a Paris runway, Mahone always wears one. “I didn’t initially because they look stupid,” she says. But recently, helmets saved the lives of two friends injured in separate bike accidents. “I have a master’s degree, and I worked really hard on my brain, so it’s worth protecting,” she says. “I always wear a helmet, even with a dress.”

Laying down a new infrastructure, he says, would basically rewrite the rules of the road that have been established for more than a century—that bicycles are vehicles and should be treated as such via integration, not segregation.

“I’m not against the Bike Plan. I’m against the placement of education at the bottom of the list. [Education is] cheap, it’s efficient and it’s quick.”

Wharton makes an interesting point. There is something empowering about riding a bike on a busy thoroughfare during rush hour. Pumping along as two-ton vehicles approach from behind, slow down and pass. You own your lane. You are confident and you understand your rights as

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a cyclist. Wharton, owner of the Cycling Center of Dallas, demonstrates that bicycles can share the road harmoniously with cars no bike lanes needed.

Thrilling though it may be, most people won’t do it, Kalhammer says.

“I just want [the vehicular cyclists] to understand that their way of riding is not for everyone. We’re never going to have a significant number of riders using bikes for work or recreation if we don’t provide these other types of facilities.”

The guys at the bike store say there is evidence that plans similar to the Dallas Bike Plan work well. “Just look at where it has been introduced in other cities and you will see that it works,” Smith says, adding that — as most seem to agree — “education needs to be a significant component of the overall plan.”

FOR THE TIME BEING, education might be the only affordable solution. With the city facing a slim bond program in November and a best-case-scenario budget deficit of $50 million, it could be a while before the bike plan is realized. The city council approved the grandiose plan eight months ago, but the $16 million price tag to be paid out over 10 years, implementing $1.6-$1.8 million worth of on-street bike facilities per year, seemed to catch council members off guard. “I think much of the council was surprised by that,” says council member Linda Koop, who was an early supporter of updating the bikeway system. She and council member Angela Hunt traveled to Portland about four years ago to study the network. They met with the bike coordinator there to learn strategies they could apply to Dallas.

A Street Services briefing in December revealed that in addition to the original expense, maintenance alone would cost up to $3.2 million annually. That raises questions about priorities since the city already struggles to maintain roads, sidewalks and alleys. One possible solution is to bundle city services to cut costs. When crews re-stripe a road, they add a bike lane while they’re at it. “We’re still hopeful we’ll get some early wind through the bond program,” Koop says. The cost for striping and signage is pretty typical for any successful on-street bike facilities. The city’s Sustainable Development and Construction office is seeking grants, includ-

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ing one that would pay for a fundraising position to help raise money in the private sector. Advocacy groups also are trying to raise their own money to help get the plan moving. “The funding for the infrastructure is the biggest obstacle,” Kalhammer says.

IF OUR CITY can hurdle the financial obstacles, the Dallas Bike Plan, if implemented correctly, will improve conditions for everyone, Kalhammer says.

“I don’t see it impeding [anyone’s] way of life. It is my hope that once they see how useful riding a bicycle can be, they might even want to try it themselves one day and realize the health benefits of it.”

The city is moving forward with the bike plan, Kalhammer says, and the public will be invited to get involved in the process.

“As we’re implementing the facilities for the different neighborhoods, and we finalize the layouts for each street, we’re probably going to have public meetings to get their input on the amendments.”

One of the first projects will be a Jefferson Avenue viaduct downtown that would connect the Santa Fe Trail to the Katy Trail (and the White Rock Trail, which winds through our neighborhood, as of last summer is connected to Santa Fe, just south of the lake).

As for getting people prepared to live in a city built for bicycles, education is indeed vital, Kalhammer says, but the more people we get on bikes, the safer cycling will be.

“We can promote the safe use of the roadways through public address, radio TV billboards, brochures and even safety workshops,” he says.

“But honestly, I think once the momentum of the bicycle culture starts, I think it’s going to happen organically. Once people start seeing the bike lanes and how they operate, [everyone] will get used to it.”

Park Board member Kleinman agrees that getting more bikes out there, even a few, will spark the culture change that needs to happen before the bike plan, down the road, can become successful.

“It does require a cultural change with neighbors and neighborhoods,” he says. “I don’t think we’re ever going to live in this Danish utopia where 40 percent or so of the population goes everyone on their bikes [however] I don’t think it takes a lot of bikes to make a difference.”

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Ona cold Saturday night in January, the parking lot of the VFW Hall near White Rock Lake is overflowing. Ladies in sparkly dresses and sensible heels hurry across Garland Road, escorted by grey-haired men wearing ties and suit jackets. Inside the hall, Richard Franco shakes hands and greets most of them, inquiring about children and grandchildren. Franco, 73, knows all 300 or so people crowding into the hall for menudo, tacos and cocktails. They are all there because of him, the man behind the Joker Band. This is Franco’s anniversary party, celebrating 50 years of performing in the same band. Franco, who lives in

Lakewood, was born and raised in Little Mexico and attended Crozier Tech High School with Sam “the Sham” Samudio. He started the Joker Band with friends in 1962. Over the years, members have quit and new ones have been added. “We replace the drummer every once in awhile, but most of these guys have been with me for a long time,” he says. The band started with seven members. They had nine musicians for over 20 years, and now there are 11, including Franco’s grandson Steven Cordova and daughter Lupe Cordova. Up through the 1980s, the Joker Band played clubs, but that got too dangerous. Now they play events and dances, like this one at the VFW hall. The Joker Band plays old rock ‘n’ roll tunes, “Mexican music,” R&B and hits from other genres. “The only thing

Below: The band started out with seven members and had nine for about 20 years. Now there are 11 members.

yourself with the spirit of the season

I won’t play is rap,” Franco says. Once the lights go down, at about 8 p.m., the band starts off with a Tex-Mex tune. This isn’t like a junior high dance, full of insecure kiddos. The youngest Joker Band fans are at least 50. They take to the dance floor immediately. This is what they came for, after all. Ruth and Marciano Duron were celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary. “We wouldn’t want to be anywhere else tonight,” Marciano says. Gloria Gonzales, 72, lives in Munger Place with her husband, Joe. The Crozier Tech alumna never misses a Joker Band show. She loves to dance, and she gets down to almost every song. Her 80-year-old husband only joins her on the slow songs. “He won’t dance the jitterbug,” she says. Every show is like a class reunion, Gonzales says. She sees all her old friends and gets to reminisce. “We’ve been friends for a long time,” she says of Franco. “As long as I live, I’ll be here for all his dances.”

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Alligator Cafe

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Roma’s Sali’s Trinity Hall Irish Pub

White Rock Sports Bar & Grill

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The band plays rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, “Mexican music” and just about anything else.

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Lakewood mom launches Yard Candy

Lakewood resident Juli Perez and her sister, Park Cities resident Robyn Carter, have launched Yard Candy, a company that rents celebratory yard signs. After perusing the limited options for birthday and baby announcement yard signs for their own families, Perez and Carter figured they could do better. Out of a garage in the Park Cities, the sisters drew a cupcake on some lumber they had purchased along with a new saw, painted their creation and began renting it out for birthdays. This birthday cupcake, with a customizable nameplate, is still one of their most popular signs. The ladies now offer glitter firetrucks, new baby crowns, and even a giant AARP letter for milestone birthdays. The signs are available for rent by the day. They recently added painted party tables and chairs with change-out centerpieces to their collection.

Good 2 Go Taco owners to open new American concept on McKinney

Seems like just yesterday Colleen O’Hare and Jeana Johnson were slinging tacos out of the back of an Old Lake Highlands gas station. Sure, it was a contemporary, organic-y, biodiesel gas station, but, still, a gas station. A year or so later, after enjoying much good pub from many a media outlet, they opened up their own Good 2 Go Taco shop on Peavy (lo and behold, a handful of trendy eateries are following suit). Now, O’Hare and Johnson will partner with Barcadia and The Beauty Bar owners Brooke Humphries and Brianna Larson to debut Acme F&B, an upscale restaurant-bar at 4900 McKinney Avenue, slated to open this spring. “We’ll be doing honest, straightforward food — familiar and comfortable but with an unexpected twist that draws from our experience working in some of Dallas’ finer kitchens,” Johnson says. They’ve dubbed their concept “come-as-you-are fine dining” with white-tablecloth food but an atmosphere that’s relaxed and casual — a place where you

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can drop in after shopping without having to run home and change first. “We’re going to cook dinner the way we would at home — where we grab a baguette and pâté and a bottle of wine,” O’Hare says. “It’s about the five senses, the enjoyment of cooking, eating, of sitting down and sharing a meal and enjoying someone’s company.” Humphries and Larson will manage the bar, whose drink menu will include “hand-crafted cocktails and an extensive craft beer and wine list.”

Bicycle Café now open

The long-awaited Bicycle Cafe at Northwest and Lawther is now open. Open Tuesday–Thursday, 6 a.m.–10 p.m.; Friday–Saturday, 6-midnight; and Sunday, 6 a.m.–10 p.m. This café offers healthy food, coffee, beer and wine. Plus, they provide locker rooms for cyclists. Of course, you don’t have to be a cyclist to enjoy this place.

Canal Clothing opens in former Lakewood Lighting space

Canal Clothing, formerly the staple dress and accessory shop at Salons in the Park at Skillman and Northwest Highway, has moved to Hillside Village at Abrams and Mockingbird. The independently owned boutique is temporarily located next to Romano’s Bakery, but is remodeling a larger space just to the right of Stein Mart, and, perhaps not coincidentally, next to the Salons at Hillside. Canal Clothing also holds complimentary fashion seminars in the store.

Taco Joint to open in former Sol’s space

Taco Joint will open soon in the former Sol’s spot at Mockingbird and Abrams. This will be the second location for the restaurant that serves up cheap and tasty tacos, plus migas, potatoes, burritos and such. Taco Joint will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus beer and margaritas, seven days a week.

Yard Candy Signs 214.405.6541

YARDCANDYSIGNS.COM

Good 2 Go Tacos 1146 PEAVY 214.519.9110

GOOD2GOTACO.COM

Bicycle Café 7510E.NORTHWEST DALLASBICYCLECAFE.COM

Canal Clothing 6465E.MOCKINGBIRD 214.343.6177

Taco Joint THETACOJOINT.COM

Sweet Tomatoes 5500GREENVILLE SOUPLANTATION.COM

The Hive Salon 6458E.MOCKINGBIRD 214.823.8500

Alligator Café EATGATOR.COM

The all-you-can-eat soup-and-salad restaurant Sweet Tomatoes is scheduled to open this month in the former Two Rows space in Old Town, sharing the building with Another Broken Egg. The Hive Salon recently opened next to Albertsons at Mockingbird and Abrams. Husband-and-wife owners Tracy and Jennifer Weller have more than 25 years of experience with hair color. Horne & Dekker restaurant on Henderson (next door to Veritas) has closed. Walmart will open in the former Whole Foods space on Lower Greenville. Alligator Café has closed its location on Live Oak and is currently preparing its new location in the former Franki’s Lil Europe space in Casa Linda Plaza.

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931, lakehillprep.org

OBSERVATION

March 21 & 22 and April 18 & 19

Highlander School 9120 Plano Road, Dallas, TX 75238 214-348-3220

www.highlanderschool.com

Since 1966 The Tradition Continues…

1902 Abrams Pkwy., Dallas / 214.821.2066 / schoolofcbd.com

SCOFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

3K through Grade 6 / 214.349.6843 / scofieldchristian.org

SPANISH HOUSE

5740 Prospect Ave. Dallas / 214.826.4410 / DallasSpanishHouse.com

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WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas / 214.348.7410.

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S MONTESSORI SCHOOL

7900 Lovers Ln. / 214.363.9391 stchristophersmontessori.com

community

The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation received an undisclosed donation from Nerf after it shot a national television commercials at the park. The money will help pay for upcoming projects, including the installation of pet waste bags, shading on the playground and a new flagpole.

education

Mount Auburn Elementary School celebrates its 90th anniversary in April. The school opened in 1922, and teachers and staff are planning a party 10 a.m.-noon April 14. To get involved, contact Heather Jarrell at hjarrell@ dallasisd.org.

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630/ ziondallas. org

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

848 Harter Rd., Dallas 75218 / 214.328.9131 / stjohnsschool.org

Dallas ISD voted in January to close 11 schools, including the exemplary-rated James B. Bonham Elementary. The district is expected to save $11.5 million. For the full story, visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search: Bonham.

Mayor Mike Rawlings will be the keynote speaker for Woodrow Wilson High School’s Class of 2012 baccalaureate program.

The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation recently added seven new board members and reports that its board membership has tripled since it began in 2009. The new members are Patricia Arvanitis, Charles Glover, Colleen McCain Nelson, Kenneth Sheets, Derek Smith, Leigh Straughn and Lon R. Williams Jr.

people

East Dallas resident Heather Paterson recently was awarded jazz performer of the year for 2011 by the Sammons Center for the Arts. The center has sponsored a successful monthly jazz series for more than 20 years. Paterson is a member of the jazz quintet Straight Ahead, which performs Saturdays at The Free Man Cajun Café at 2626 Commerce. By day, Paterson is a nurse practitioner and chair of the nurse peer review committee at Children’s Medical Center.

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BAPTIST

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Pastor Jeff Donnell / Worship 10:30 am & 10:31 am www.lbcdallas.com

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

DIS C IPLES OF C HRIST

E AST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE Worship Gathering 9:30 am

Worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / Rev. Deborah Morgan / www.edcc.org

E PISCOPAL

THE C ATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MATTHEW / 5100 Ross Ave.

Sunday Traditional: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Christian Education 9:30 am

Servicio en español: 12:30 / 214.823.8134 / episcopalcathedral.org

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION / 8787 Greenville Ave.

Sunday School 9:00 am / Worship 8:00 & 10:15 am

214.340.4196 / more at www.ascensiondallas.org

LUTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

Sunday School for all ages 9:00 am / Worship Service 10:30 am

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule.

214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL / 6121 E Lovers Ln.

Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, Worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

MET HODIST

L AKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

9:30 – Sunday School / 10:30 – Fellowship Time

10:50 – Traditional & Contemporary Worship

WHITE ROCK UNITED METHODIST / www.wrumc.org

1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

Sunday Worship 10:50 am / Rev. George Fisk

NON -DE NOMIN ATION AL

SHORELINE DALLAS CHURCH / 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane ShorelineDallas.com / 469.227.0471 / Pastor Earl McClellan

Everyone’s Welcome at 9:15am / Children’s & Youth Ministry

PRESB Y TE R IA N

NORTHPARK PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH / 214.363.5457

9555 N. Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org

Pastor: Rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services

NORTHRIDGE PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr.

214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship

8:30 & 11:00 am / Church School 9:30 am / Childcare provided.

ST. ANDREW ’S PRESBY TERIAN / Skillman & Monticello

Rev. Rob Leischner. / www.standrewsdallas.org

214.821.9989 / Sunday School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am

UNIT Y

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path For Spiritual Living

6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972-233-7106 / UnityDallas.org

Sunday services: 9:00 am & 11:00 am

IN PRA ISE OF EGOS

Finding health between hubris and humiliation

A healthy ego makes for a healthy individual, as well as healthier families and communities.

People with a healthy ego can receive criticism with grace, celebrate the success of others, and make sacrifices on behalf of those who cannot help themselves. They can be trusted to lead, because the team or company or country they serve is as important to them as their own well-being.

But what is a healthy ego and how do we get it?

The Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed that every virtue follows a Golden Mean between extremes. In this case, a healthy ego or sense of self — falls between the vices of pride and shame, between thinking too highly of oneself and thinking too lowly of oneself. Healthy self-esteem reveals itself in strong character traits such as modesty, generosity and responsibility — all of which our society can do with a great deal more of.

Biblical wisdom teaches us that “pride goes before the fall,” and that we “should not think more highly of ourselves than we ought.” Likewise, it teaches that we are created in the image and likeness of God, that we are made “a little lower than the angels,” and that we are to be stewards of the rest of creation. We are noble creatures of God’s making, located between angels above and animals below (though even angels are said to envy our place). The biblical narrative teaches us that we are truly ourselves when we reach up ambitiously to make more of ourselves (without yearning to be God), reach out generously to one another, and reach down compassionately to the rest of creation.

The myth of Icarus illustrates the right calibration of our souls. Icarus was the son of the clever artisan Daedalus, who designed a labyrinth on the Isle of Crete for King Minos in which to trap the half-man, half-beast Minotaur. The king was so delighted he determined to keep Daedalus and his son, Icarus. But when the craftsman objected, the king had them locked in a high tower. After much musing and many models,

Daedalus designed wings of wax and feathers for their escape. The day of departure finally arrived, but before they took flight, the father warned the son not to fly too low lest the ocean spray weigh down his wings, nor too high that the heat of the sun melt the wax and send him to ruin.

At first Icarus followed behind his father safely as they crossed the sea, but in his euphoria to soar freely he flew higher and higher, defying his father’s counsel. The higher he rose, the more the heat of the sun’s rays beat against his wings until they lost all power to support him.

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Icarus’ plunge into the sea continues to remind us of the fatal consequence of an over-inflated ego. The strategy of flying too low could have produced a similar tragedy, albeit one less memorable.

Humility names the moderate way between hubris and humiliation that describes a healthy ego. Humble people know they know some things and not everything. They do not take up more than their share of oxygen in any room. They listen to the wisdom of others, and they follow or depart from it only with prudence.

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The ironic thing about humility is that you will never gain on it by focusing on it, and you will never master it without losing it in the very moment you think you have it. Instead of a virtue, therefore, we might call it a grace.

Grace is divine help. Humility is grace shyly shown.

We are truly ourselves when we reach up ambitiously to make more of ourselves, reach out generously to one another, and reach down compassionately to the rest of creation.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

Learning to fly

Lakewood resident Emme Kobdish , 9, snapped this photo of her brother, 4-year-old Charlie , at White Rock Lake. She titled the photo “Charlie Learning to Fly.” Emme and Charlie are students at St. Thomas Aquinas School.

Feeding the homeless

Lakewood resident Tonya Meier recently chaired the fourth annual Stewpot Alliance Soup’s On Luncheon with New York Times best-selling author Jeannette Walls as the keynote speaker. Proceeds from the event benefit the Stewpot Alliance. Pictured from left: Meier , mayor Mike Rawlings and Walls.

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Star struck

Mario Lopez of “Dancing with the Stars” and “Extra” fame, visited the Boys & Girls Club of Greater East Dallas in December to talk about the importance of health and fitness. Lopez attended a Boys & Girls Club when he was growing up in San Diego, Calif.

Glass act

The Dallas Arboretum announced its mega exhibit of Dale Chihuly’s legendary glass sculptures is coming May 5-Nov. 5. Pictured from left: Sheffie Kadane , District 9 city councilman; Holly Reed , AT&T regional vice president; and Brian Shivers , Dallas Arboretum board chairman.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING, TAXES Small Businesses & Individuals. Chris King, CPA 214-824-5313 www.chriskingcpa.com

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TEXAS RANGERS FRONT-ROW BASEBALL TICKETS

Share prime, front-row Texas Rangers baseball tickets (available in sets of 10 or 20 games) during the 2012 season. Prices start at $95 per ticket (sets of 2 or 4 tickets per game available). Seats are behind the plate and next to both the first- and third-base dugouts. Other great seats available starting at $55 per ticket; seats also available in the Cuervo Club. Entire season available except for opening day; participants randomly draw numbers to determine draft order so the selection process is fair for everyone. E-mail rwamre@advocatemag.com or call 214-560-4212 for more information.

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HE THREW THE THIEF TO THE GROUND.

The Victim: Je rey Hargrave

The Crime: Theft

Date: Friday, Jan. 6

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Location: 7300 block of Bennington

Jeffrey Hargrave had been at church for a special event that Friday evening. It was dark when he and his wife returned, and as they pulled into the driveway, Hargrave noticed something just didn’t seem right in front of his University Terrace home. A shadow seemed to be moving between the car and the fence. Hargrave told his wife to stop the car, and he jumped out.

Still dressed in his tweed jacket, bowtie and dress shoes, Hargrave saw a man on the bicycle his son had just received for Christmas. Hargrave told the man to get off the bike, but he kept trying to pedal away. The homeowner then leaped into action, grabbing the thief by a backpack he was wearing and tossing him to the ground. The thief then scampered over the fence and was gone.

“I don’t know how smart I was because the whole time I was doing it, I was thinking, ‘I hope this guy’s not armed,’ ” he says. “But maybe this will discourage him from jacking with us again.”

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says the department does not encourage citizens to confront any suspect despite the positive outcome in this case.

“We don’t want a citizen to lose their life over property. Citizens are encouraged to call 911 and give a description of the suspect,” he says. “As a secondary note, it is not up to the Dallas Police Department to decide what actions someone is capable or not capable of taking to protect their property or their life if the police are not there at the time of the crime.”

The suspect was not located on this offense, Jones says, but Hargrave was very pleased with the police response time to the crime.

Sean Cha n is a freelance writer and editor of pokertraditions.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email crime@advocatemag.com.

CRIME NUMBERS |

Number of people stabbed to death inside an East Dallas home across the street from Bryan Adams High School; William Palmer murdered his estranged wife and her parents at around 6 a.m. Jan. 26.

Amount of damage done to a covert police car after a man intentionally slammed into it; he told police that he mistook the vehicle for another one that belonged to a man who robbed him when he tried to sell him weed.

Date when two suspects broke through the window of La Michoacana at Greenville and Northwest Highway and stole one 24-case of Corona

SOURCE: Dallas Police Department

RETAIL REDUCTION

Hey, city council, it’s not 2005

COMMENT. Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search Signature Pointe to tell us what you think.

Drive east on Lovers Lane, just past the Central Market, and you’ll see something that the real estate wise guys and the City Hall bureaucrats don’t want to acknowledge. It’s prime retail real estate that isn’t going to be retail. Instead, it’s going to be a retirement community. Which is hardly the hot-shot, cutting-edge, oh-so-hip urban development that it was supposed to be four years ago.

In this, the transformation of the old Signature Pointe apartment buildings into something no one had envisioned before the recession began speaks volumes about how the world has changed and — sadly, and once

and could actually turn out to be a very good thing in the long run.

But we’ve got a city council and city staff that thinks it’s still 2005, and that builds a budget and sets spending priorities around the idea that retail spending and the sales tax that comes from it will give us more money than we can imagine. And if we don’t have it, it will soon be here — so let’s spend it anyway.

Real estate that should be prime retail space it’s next to one of the most successful grocery stores in the country, near a DART station, and just blocks away from the high demographic Park Cities — is going to be a retirement community.

Because that was the rationale behind Signature Pointe. Its developers wanted to tear down outdated apartments and replace them with four stories of upscale apartments (roughly 430 units), about two dozen townhomes, and two stories of retail and restaurants, some 70,000 square feet. This was to be firmly part of the city’s updated zoning blueprint, the infamous forwardDallas! and its plan to make the city look like like Manhattan by increasing density and then increasing it some more.

be built?), the economy eliminated the controversy. The developers lost the property in foreclosure, and the new developers were more than happy with what the council gave them in zoning changes to get the new project done — 17,500 square feet of retail, a 75 percent reduction.

In other words, no more mixed use. We’re replacing an apartment complex with another apartment complex (albeit more upscale and with more units). Yet I wonder if anyone downtown realizes the significance of this.

Nothing changed. We’re exactly where we were four years ago. Real estate that should be prime retail space — it’s next to one of the most successful grocery stores in the country, near a DART station and just blocks away from the high demographic Park Cities — is going to be a retirement community.

again — how slow the city has been to adapt to those changes. We’re living in a postmodern world with less retail, more sensible consumer spending, and businesses that are smarter and savvier about how they add locations. Which is not necessarily a bad thing,

The plan was controversial; much of the neighborhood was worried that stacking so many people and businesses in what was already a busy intersection would make traffic and congestion that much worse. The plan finally approved by the council (which included public bickering between former Far North Dallas councilman Ron Natinsky and the M Streets’ Angela Hunt, who represents the area) gave the developers much of what they wanted.

And then, as so often happens in Dallas (anyone remember the four CityPlace towers that were supposed to

What this says is that it’s not 2005 anymore. You can build a retirement community anywhere, and it ended up here. That’s because no one wants to build that sort of mixed use retail any more. No one wants to lend money for it. And, if the empty storefronts up and down Greenville Avenue mean anything, no one wants to shop in them, either.

Most important, it means we need to change the way we approach zoning and development, and that sustainability is more important than density. It means the council and city staff need to change their approach, and to understand we’re in a new era, and that the old assumptions are irrelevant.

I just hope someone Downtown is paying attention.

Je Siegel, a neighborhood resident, writes a monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. His opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to him at 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; fax to 214.823.8866; or email editor@advocatemag.com.

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