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WORLDS COLLIDE — OR DON’T

I was sitting in the left-turn lane, waiting for the green light that would allow me to start moving again.

As I rotated my bored gaze through the intersection, I saw potholes (of course), as well as a car facing me and waiting to cross. The light turned green for that driver, and as she made her way through the intersection, a white flash blew through a red light and missed the back of the woman’s car by what seemed like the width of an iPad.

The woman came rolling past me with her eyes bulging and her hand covering her mouth as she looked into her rear-view mirror, contemplating what had just happened.

Or more to the point, what had just not happened.

By the narrowest of margins, she had missed being destroyed by another driver. Even though she hadn’t seen what was happening as things unfolded, she appeared painfully aware of it all now.

The woman had done nothing wrong, but that wouldn’t have made much difference had she been at the joint of a T-bone crash.

I’ve been involved in my share of fender-benders over the years, none my fault as I like to tell my wife; each had damage enough to cost $1,000 to repair but none bad enough to cause a lucrative crick in my neck.

But I’ve also been involved in two pretty major crashes.

Once, a semi-truck pulling out of a driveway T-boned my car as I drove past, spinning me completely around and nearly into a huge electrical pole.

Another time, I was driving north on Central Expressway when an uninsured and speeding drunk driver pounded the back of my car.

Both times, I saw what was going to happen just before it did, not that there was anything I could do about it. Things unfolded, it was over, and I was fine.

And at the same intersection where I saw the woman barely escape a collision, virtually the same thing had happened to me years earlier.

Why me? Or maybe a better question: Why not me?

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As I drove through the intersection’s green light, for some reason I happened to look right, down the street across the passenger seat. And there, barreling toward me was a huge SUV. The driver was speeding, and he clearly wasn’t stopping.

For whatever reason, I didn’t freeze. Instead, I jammed the accelerator to the floor, and my car slipped through the intersection just before the SUV.

No damage. No panic. Until, of course, I had rolled a block or so down the street, and I found myself breathing quickly and felt my skin go cold.

Why me? Or maybe a better question: Why not me?

That’s my question of the day: Why do bad things happen to anyone, and given how many of us there are continually drifting into each other’s paths, why don’t they happen more often?

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“Parents and students should have a voice and be heard! A principal can make a few changes that need to be made-that’s fine, but don’t get rid of the person who is a natural leader of the children, parents and community.”

— Ruth Ann Cook on DISD to fire Rosemont principal

“I absolutely love the idea of the streetcar, but I can’t see myself using it in its current incarnation. Its range is too limited, and its hours don’t work with my schedule. I’m at work while it’s running, and it stops running too early in the evening to use it for a trip to a restaurant for dinner (I’d probably have to walk back). I’d probably use it most on the weekend, but it doesn’t run at all then.”

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Q&A: DJ Snake

New York has DJ Kool Herc and KRS One. California has N.W.A. and Ice T. In Dallas, the fathers of hip-hop were a band called Nemesis The original members of Nemesis were MC Azim, Bhumble Bee, Eazy Roque, Big Al and DJ Snake. The latter two, Big Al and DJ Snake, both were from Oak Cliff. They attended Roosevelt and South Oak Cliff High School respectively, and they first met around 1983 at a club called Pizzazz on Camp Wisdom at Polk. In 1987, they recorded and pressed their first single, “Oak Cliff,” on their own label, Get Off Me Records. As the song says: “Oak Cliff, only in Oak Cliff/You’ll never find another place like this.” We sat down with DJ Snake, who’s had a long career as a DJ and producer, to talk about the track “Oak Cliff” and the early days of Dallas hip-hop.

How did Nemesis get started?

DJ Ushay was my mentor, and at the same time, he was mentoring Big Al. Big Al actually gave me my nickname because I guess he thought I was slithering around there. But we became best friends. We got our own show on KNON with Nipsy Jones, and that’s how we hooked up with Something Fresh (the three MCs of Nemesis).

Tell us about the radio show.

Big Al would fly to New York and buy records that no one had heard. Rakim, LL Cool J, all this early stuff, MC Shan, Roxanne Shante. This was all underground, and you couldn’t find it here. Our parties were packed everywhere we went. All these schools all over this area had us at their dances. We were doing all the high school parties and proms. Eventually, we got into a conflict with the radio station, and we quit. Then we were strictly deejaying parties and making records.

How did you make the track “Oak Cliff”?

A lot of our parties were in Oak Cliff, so we were like, “Let’s make a song about Oak Cliff.” I made the beat for “Oak Cliff” on an SP 1200 drum machine. The side B was called “Snake Beats,” and I did that on a different drum machine, a Sequential drum machine. I got that idea from this New York producer called Mantronix who used to play at Starck Club. But “Last Night” was our first real hit. That song killed it.

DJ Snake: Photo by Danny Fulgencio

And then you put out an album?

We recorded “To Hell and Back” in 1989. And then we did our own little chitlin’ circuit around Texas in a 15-passenger van. We went to all the little momand-pop record stores. We did our own distribution, and we sold about 15,000 copies on our own. There was no Internet back then, so everybody was making tapes, and they knew who we were. We were big in Waco, San Antonio, Lubbock. We did Houston a million times; they bought a ton of our records. We went to Ohio, California, Atlanta.

How did Nemesis become so popular?

A lot of it was Big Al. He was so creative. I know we were supposed to meet at that time and place because I needed what he had, and he needed what I had. I showed him how to mix. He showed me there’s more art to it. What the stage looks like. How can the crowd see us best? What should the logo be? He wanted to make a brand. We didn’t know it was called a brand back then, but we had a brand.

How did you get signed to Profile Records?

We had a few deals out there. But they were an up-and-coming label, so we went with them. They treated us with much respect. They did research on us; they knew about the radio show. They had artists on their label that hadn’t even sold as many records as we had. We recorded “Munchies For Your Bass,” and it did like sixty or seventy thousand in the first week. The record label couldn’t believe it. Then the “Munchies For Your Bass” video shot us to the stratosphere. We played all the Deep Ellum clubs. People we’d never seen before, and they were going nuts.

What are you proud of?

We made music that will be timeless, and I take that to heart. When The D.O.C.

got signed, he always had some Los Angeles gear on; everybody thought he was from L.A., and he’s from here, West Dallas. It’s amazing that he went all the way all over the country without one Dallas thing on. We were proud of where we were from. We said it all the time. We’re the first crew from this town to actually represent. From day one we were representing D-town.

What happened to Nemesis?

We went to work on the follow-up to “Munchies For Your Bass,” and that was “Temple of Boom.” But we had creative differences. I was stopping the session like every verse. I’m a perfectionist, and sometimes I don’t know when to stop, but that’s how I mix records. That’s what I do. Anyway, me and Al got into it, and I left. That was the beginning of the end. To this day, it was the biggest mistake musically and friend-wise in my life. We never made music again after that. That record was made without me. I was in Atlanta, and I didn’t even know that record was out.

What happened to Big Al?

He was doing a lot of shows in Louisiana. They were driving back from Louisiana, and he started having shortness of breath. They were in the middle of nowhere, and he had a massive heart attack, and they couldn’t help him.

How old was he?

He was in his early 30s.

Did y’all ever reconcile?

No, I never got a chance to, and that shit just drives me nuts to this day. It kills me. Out of all the stuff I did, I feel like I could’ve done something about that. I could’ve made it right, but I didn’t. I’ll be thinking about that until the day I’m dead. What would’ve happened with this guy if we had stayed together? He was creative, creative as hell. He was my best friend.

—Rachel Stone

Out & About

June 2015

June 11-14

Oak Cliff Film Festival

The fifth-annual Oak Cliff Film Festival returns with films, parties, workshops and concerts at venues throughout our neighborhood. Feature films in the lineup include “Entertainment,” Rick Alverson’s follow up to “The Comedy;” a documentary about The Residents; and “Beaver Trilogy Part IV,” about a 1980s trilogy of no-budget short films. The Sonics and Mind Spiders perform Saturday. Festival passes cost $175, but individual tickets are available for showings. Various locations, oakclifffilmfestival.com

JUNE 3

DSO at Kidd Springs Park

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra returns to Kidd Springs Park for a family friendly concert on the ball field. Bring a picnic or order from food trucks, spread a blanket on the grass and enjoy the Oak Cliff vibes.

Kidd Springs Park, 711 W. Canty, mydso.com, free

JUNE 8

The Mountain Goats

This is the folk-rock band from California with a popular song about “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton.” Pinkish Black, maybe the best-ever metal band out of Denton, opens.

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $25

JUNE 12

Spirit Animal

Free outdoor shows at The Foundry this month include Brooklyn-based Spirit Animal on June 12, and Australian experimental electronic band The Red Paintings on June 13. The Foundry, 2303 Pittman, 214.749.1112, cs-tf.com, free

June 18

Barefoot at the Belmont

Tickets go on sale June 3 for Leon Bridges, the singer-songwriter phenom out of Fort Worth who’s making us all swoon over his Sam Cooke-era sound.

The Belmont Hotel, 901 Fort Worth Ave., kxt.org, $35

June 17

Rahim Quazi

Dallas-based musician Rahim Quazi celebrates the release of his third album, “Ghost Hunting.”

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $15$20

JUNE 13-14

Filmmaking workshops

Oil and Cotton hosts two daylong filmmaking workshops with Steve Cossman as part of the Oak Cliff Film Festival. June 13 is cyanotype 16-mm filmmaking, and June 14 is super 8-mm filmmaking; both classes are for beginners.

Oil and Cotton, 817 W. Davis, 214.942.0474, oilandcotton.com, $100-$150

JUNE 19

SNL

Saturday Night Live has kept us laughing for more than 40 years. See how the sausage is made in the feature documentary “Live From New York!”

The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson, 214.948.1546, thetexastheatre.com

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PRICE RANGE: $10-$18

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Kessler

Park Eating House is just a few blocks away from Jonathon and Christine Erdeljac’s smashingly successful little restaurant, Jonathon’s. But their new restaurant is an entirely different animal. Jonathon’s is famous for its breakfasts and brunches, most notably, chicken and waffles, as well as delicious hearty salads and chicken potpie. Kessler Park Easting House also offers brunch, but it has a heavy focus on dinner and lunch, and the food is just as delightful — pepperoni rolls, Rueben sandwiches, pimento cheese with toast, pierogi, borscht, stacked burgers, fried chicken thighs, spaghetti Bolognese and almost any regional American comfort food the taste buds desire. They also offer an extensive beer and wine list and alcoholic milkshakes, plus housemade desserts. —Rachel Stone

Roasted pork sandwich: Photo by Kathy Tran

Best Tacos IN OAK CLIFF

And the winner is El Si Hay

If you want a table at Oak Cliff’s only fivestar restaurant, Lucia, you need to make a reservation a month or two in advance. On the other end of the spectrum, if you want a taco from Oak Cliff’s most popular taquería, El Si Hay, you have to stand in line. That’s just the way it is.

Does the tiny taco stand on West Davis at Llewellyn have the best tacos in Oak Cliff? That is an extremely large pool of great tacos, but a majority of Advocate readers think so.

Taquería El Si Hay is prominent on West Davis, across the street from Oak Cliff dining beacon Bolsa. It is one of the most

Instagrammed places in the neighborhood. Its ambiance is so down home, and its tacos are so good that it has received mentions in Texas Monthly and the New York Times, among other publications.

Because there are no tables, neighbors know the proper way to eat an El Si Hay taco is immediately, leaning on the hood of your car or bicycle top tube (or, if you live close enough to walk, sitting on the curb).

El Si Hay is not just about eating tacos in a parking lot though. It’s also about eating elotes en vaso, or corn in a cup, in a parking lot. The taco stand’s owner, Jose Gaytan, works the elotes station himself, cutting corn off the cob and adding all the fixin’s for the five people ahead of you in line while you salivate and try to think about something else until it’s your turn.

Who has the best tacos in Oak Cliff? It is very hard to say. But all those people are willing to stand in line to eat tacos in a parking lot. That’s how good El Si Hay is.

Runner-up: Los Torres Taquería

Third place: El Tizoncito

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IT’S THE CHERRY ON TOP

Pouring silky custard into a churning ice cream machine will be the start to one of the most rewarding recipes you make in your kitchen. Begin with the perfect ice cream base, and the flavor combinations are endless. This recipe will bring out the creative side of your whole family with flavors of lavender and honey or traditional cookies and cream. You will be enjoying your favorite frozen treat all summer long.

ICE CREAM BASE

GROCERY LIST

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 ½ cups whole milk

¾ cup granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS

In a medium saucepan whisk together cream, milk, half of the sugar and the vanilla bean seeds; bring to a boil.

While the cream mixture is heating up, whisk the egg yolks and remaining sugar in a bowl until thick and pale in color.

Once the cream mixture has come to a slight boil, add about 1/3 of the mixture

5 egg yolks

1 vanilla bean, halved and seeds scraped

to the egg mixture and whisk until fully combined.

Slowly add the egg mixture to the remaining cream and stir until mixture becomes thick (do not bring cream/egg mixture to a boil); immediately strain custard.

Cover and allow the ice cream base

to cool at room temperature and then refrigerate for at least four hours or overnight.

Pour ice cream base into ice cream machine and churn (follow manufacturer directions).

Once ice cream is frozen, slowly add y ou r choice of ingredients.

FLAVOR ADD-INS

Cookies and cream: Add 1 cup crushed chocolate cookie sandwiches.

Birthday cake: Add 1 cup crumbled baked vanilla cake and ½ cup rainbow sprinkles. Honey lavender: Remove ¼ cup granulated sugar from recipe. Once ice cream is frozen, drizzle in ¼ cup of honey and 2 Tbsp dried lavender.

Salted peanut butter crunch: Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter to the egg and sugar mixture. Once frozen, add ½ cup crushed pretzel pieces and 1 cup mini peanut butter cups.

Mint brownie chunk: Once cream/ milk mixture has come to a boil, add in ½ cup fresh mint leaves and allow the cream to steep for 30 minutes. Pour the mintinfused cream into a blender and then bring back to a boil before tempering into egg mixture. Fold 1½ cup of baked brownie chunks into mint ice cream.

Kristen Massad writes a monthly column about sweets and baked goods. The professional pastry chef graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City and owned Tart Bakery on Lovers Lane for eight years. She blogs about food and lifestyles at inkfoods.com.

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YOU ARE THE STAR OF THESE SUPER-AWESOME SUMMER DAYCATIONS

It’s summer and it seems all your friends and acquaintances are enjoying lavish vacations. You can’t click on your favorite social media site without images of their surfing and seaside lounging slapping you in the eyes. You wonder: “Am I the only person with a job and a budget in

this world?” For starters, you are not alone. Furthermore, you don’t have to travel far for relaxation, entertainment and excitement.

For the landlocked Oak Cliff dweller, follow our story for four tailored-to-yourtaste itineraries, each only 10-20 minutes from home.

Profiles by BRITTANY NUNN • Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

EAST

White Rock Lake and glamorous Garland Road we know all about. If you’re bothering to leave Oak Cliff, let’s find something a little more off-beat to do. Here are a few paths to take for finding something unexpected east of our neighborhood.

ONEHead over to Beckley Avenue for a burger at Wingfield’s Do not be tempted to order a double-patty burger at this legendary hamburger stand. A single patty is plenty. If you arrive before 10:30 a.m., do consider ordering the ham, egg and cheese sandwich. For a different kind of meal that is no healthier, head over to Lancaster Avenue and order a chicken basket at the new-and-improved Rudy’s (give yourself a pat on the back for contributing to the fried-chicken stand’s cityfunded $900,000 renovation). It is possibly the best restaurant chicken anywhere, but be prepared to wait as long as 20 minutes in the drive-through during peak times. If that’s not your style, there are many more options on the East Side.

ARE YOU HUNGRY AND WANT TO BE SEEN? GO TO NO. 2

WOULD A PICNIC BE MORE YOUR SPEED? GO TO NO. 3

FULL? GO TO NO. 4.

THE market

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TWOAs much as we love a good dive, sometimes we want a scene. Head over to Deep Ellum to have a great meal, see and be seen at Pecan Lodge This is one of a few places to bring out-of-towners for an authentic Texas barbecue experience. The brisket is perfection, and the bbq-stuffed baked potatoes are an updated take on a Dallas classic. If vintage is more your vibe, take a cruise to Lower Greenville and give Remedy a try. This hipster destination offers wonderful sandwiches, old-fashioned soda-fountain drinks and killer desserts from pastry chef Gmo Tristan, our Oak Cliff neighbor.

LET’S EXPLORE THE EAST SIDE A LITTLE. DO YOU HAVE KIDS WITH YOU? GO TO NO. 4.

WOULD YOU RATHER SEE A SHOW? GO TO NO. 6

FOSSIL RIM WILDLIFE CENTER

Tours 2299 County Road 2008 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 254.897.2960 fossilrim.org

It’s a girl! On Friday, April 17th, a giraffe calf was born at Fossil Rim. Visit our 1800-acre preserve for a chance to see the new calf with the rest of the herd.

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THREE

Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park is one of the most underrated attractions in town. Full of antique Texas commercial buildings, homes and barns, it is a lovely place to recline on the grass with good cheese and a nice baguette (or, you know, chicken from Rudy’s).

LET’S EXPLORE THE EAST SIDE A LITTLE. DO YOU HAVE KIDS WITH YOU?

GO TO NO. 4.

WOULD YOU RATHER SEE A SHOW?

GO TO NO. 6

FOUR

The Dallas Arboretum Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden is part theme park, part science museum. The little ones can see what’s going on in the treetops from the Texas Skywalk, fire a water cannon, play detective and do lots of other fun stuff that secretly tricks them into learning about nature and science.

IS IT RAINING? GO TO NO. 5

FIVE

Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park has a two-story indoor butterfly garden and insectarium.

Every day at noon, there is a butterfly talk preceding the release of newly emerged butterflies into the exhibit.

WOULD DANCING BE MORE FUN FOR THE LITTLES? GO TO NO. 8

SIX

The newly opened Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum is not the grungy ’90s venue where you once saw the Chemical Brothers while overdosing on second-hand smoke. Renovated and reopened by the same Dallas-based entrepreneurs that revived Trees, it’s like the Bomb Factory graduated from college, traveled around Europe and lived in New York for a few

years before returning home to the delight of everyone. The venue has been booking a ton of exciting stuff. Elusive R&B singer D’Angelo plays there this month, for example.

FEEL LIKE PUTTING ON YOUR DANCING SHOES? GO TO NO. 7

EIGHT

At least there is a place where you can let the little ones wear their booties

out on the dance floor. Every Friday from 6-9 p.m. is reserved for Disco Kids at It’ll Do, the Old East Dallas nightlife hotspot. They also offer break-dance classes for children from 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR EAST SIDE EXPERIENCE IS COMPLETE. [END]

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SEVEN

R.L. Blues Palace is for the grown and sexy only. Other than that, all are welcome at this lowdown funky palace of the blues near Fair Park. R.L. Griffin and his house band are true pros that have kept crowds dancing for decades, and they pack the house week after week. You must be 25 to enter, but many of the good-timers you’ll meet will exceed that by at least double. [END]

If you consider Kessler Park to be North Dallas, it’s time to get out of the neighborhood. Don’t be afraid of “north.” Wouldn’t it be rude to judge northern Dallasites for being too Dallas, when after all, we are part of Dallas, too? Follow this path for a day in northern lands. We promise not to take you as far as Northwest Highway.

ONEHow about a bite to eat? Rodeo Goat expanded from its original location in Fort Worth and couldn’t have found a cooler spot to land in Dallas. Its building in the Dallas Design District backs up to the Trinity Strand Trail. Take a seat on the patio, order a delicious burger (there are a couple of veggie options, too) and squint a little so you won’t notice how polluted with litter the river is.

HAD ENOUGH OF TEXAS AND WANT TO EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT OF SPAIN? GO TO NO. 2

LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT TCHOTCHKE? GO TO NO. 3

TWO

The Meadows Museum at SMU is nicknamed “the little Prado” because it houses the largest collection of Spanish art outside of Spain. The museum celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and an exhibition running through Aug. 2

will teach you all about the museum itself. Also on display through Aug. 2 is the Abello collection, which features work from Francis Bacon, Georges Braque, Canaletto, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Edgar Degas, Francisco Goya, El Greco, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Jusepe de Ribera.

ART IS COOL, BUT I’D RATHER GO SHOPPING. GO TO NO. 3

NAH, SHOPPING IS HARD. LET’S DRINK. GO TO NO. 4

THREE

Amid the galleries and showrooms of the Dallas Design District are some of the most interesting shops in Texas. Anteks, from Oak Cliff neighbor Jason Lenox, offers home goods with a rustic bent. Find Pendleton blankets, hand-woven rugs and turquoise tiles, among other Southwestinspired items. A full directory of shops is at dallas-design-district.com.

WOO, I’M PARCHED. GO TO NO. 4.

FOUR

The Meddlesome Moth in the Dallas Design District has one of the most extensive beer menus around. Pilsner? Belgian Ale? Barleywine? Cider? Mead? Any type of brew you can dream up, the Meddlesome Moth probably has it, along with a huge wine list and a delightful menu, offering lunch and dinner as well as brunch.

NO THANKS, I DON’T FEEL LIKE DRINKING. GO TO NO. 5

FIVE

Try Ascension, which is right next door to the Moth. This coffee shop likely will give you a distinctly Dallas vibe — think red-bottom shoes and Land Rovers — but in the good way. And it’s worth it for the outstanding coffee, including a cold brew that could wake the dead, and a simple and delicious menu that is not terribly overpriced.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’VE ENJOYED YOURSELF NORTH OF THE TRINITY! [END]

SOUTH

The farther south one goes from Dallas, the prettier the landscape seems to get. Within 20 miles of our neighborhood, there are loads of things to do outdoors. Get your nature on and enjoy all the beauty just south of us.

ONE

How lucky are we? There are two Audubon centers within 20 miles of North Oak Cliff. The Trinity River Audubon Center offers a ton of great programming, and it’s also the only public park within Dallas city limits where camping is allowed. The Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center in Cedar Hill offers guided nature hikes. Cedar Ridge Nature Preserve in Duncanville also is a great place for a little hike and nature time.

DO YOU LIKE CAMPING? GO TO NO. 2

WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE A BOAT RIDE? GO TO NO. 3

THREE

Renting a boat is so much better than owning one. At Lynn Creek Marina at Joe Pool Lake, you can rent a fishing boat, pontoon or ski boat for a few hours. If you’d rather not play captain, catch the sunset cruise for $20 per person.

FUN TIMES! YOUR FRIENDS VACATIONING IN PORT ARANSAS AND MARFA WILL BE SO JEALOUS. [END]

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Cedar Hill State Park, about 15 miles away, offers camping, hiking, fishing and swimming at Joe Pool Lake.

CAMPING IS OK, BUT I’D RATHER CHILL OUT. GO TO NO. 3

WEST

No, the world does not end at Westmoreland Road. In fact, it even continues past Loop 12. Not only that, but beyond that divide, there are many fun things to do, especially for children and families.

ONEWest Davis is part of the old Fort Worth-to-Dallas turnpike, still Highway 180, and it was a major thoroughfare before Interstate 30 was built in the 1960s. That’s why it still has old-school roadside remnants like motor court hotels and drive-in restaurants. One of the latter is Theo’s Drive In, just a few miles west of Oak Cliff across the Grand Prairie city line. Order a burger and root beer while you appreciate the mid-20th century Googie architecture.

THAT WAS A LOT OF CALORIES. LET’S GET SOME CARDIO. GO TO NO. 2.

CARDIO? NO THANKS. LET’S GO GAMBLING! GO TO NO. 3.

Change up your workout routine with an adventure to the exotic city of Irving, Texas. Irving’s Campion Trails are like Bizarro White Rock Lake. Find stroller pushers, bearded cross-fitters and spandexed-up bike riders from another dimension (Irving), as well as smooth, wide pavement and low incidence of crime. Park and hop on a 6.5-mile loop at Birds Fort Trail Park, 5756 Riverside Dr.

IS IT RAINING, OR PERHAPS, OPPRESSIVELY HOT? GO TO NO. 4.

Live horse racing happens at Lone Star Park every Thursday-Sunday through July 19. On most Friday nights, they also have live music and drink specials, and grandstand admission starts at $5.

WOULD YOU PREFER BASEBALL? GO TO NO. 5.

However you feel about Josh Hamilton, the Rangers aren’t the only game in town. The Grand Prairie Airhogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball are like our version of the Flint Tropics. Except this team, which is unaffiliated with Major League Baseball, is not battling for sixth place, like the team in “Semi-Pro.” They’re the league’s defending champions.

Neighbors sideways on two-way plan

Changing Tyler and Polk to two-way streets would calm traffic, pinch parking

Story by Rachel Stone |

by Danny Fulgencio

Sometime in the 1960s, the city of Dallas made Tyler and Polk into one-way streets as a way to move traffic quickly through Oak Cliff and to the suburbs.

Now that our neighborhood is a thriving destination, that one-way “couplet” should be reverted back to two-way streets to slow traffic, encourage walkability and draw more interest to commercial districts along the corridor.

At least, that is how City Councilman Scott Griggs and business owners near Tyler and Davis see it.

Farther up on Tyler, near Jefferson, the story is a little different.

Part of the two-way plan requires prohibiting on-street parking during peak traffic times. So from 7-9 a.m. and from 5-7 p.m., Tyler and Polk would lose about 20 parking spaces. This is in a commercial district where parking already is tight, business owners say.

S. Tyler S. Tyler

OPTIONAL ONSTREET PARKING

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The city proposes creating two-way streets by adding a roundabout on Tyler and Polk at Winston. A stoplight would join the streets at South Tyler.

A view of Tyler Street from Seventh, where traffic moves too fast and wrecks are not uncommon

Photographer Jesse Hornbuckle owns the 1930s retail strip in the 200 block of South Tyler. He located his photography studio in that block in the late ’90s, and he bought the building about 10 years ago. Now it is fully leased with a karate dojo, an art studio, a hair salon and Oak Cliff Games, a shop that opened in February, where customers can pay to play video games by the hour and hold fantasy card game tournaments.

“I’m all for progress,” Hornbuckle says. “But you’re creating a problem more than you’re solving a problem.”

Businesses near Tyler and Jefferson already are thriving, he says. They are locally owned businesses that made their own success.

“It’s not broken,” says Joshua Corona, who owns the Sweat Shop gym at 218 S. Tyler. “Don’t try to fix it.”

He and his wife, Denise, fear that the change in parking will affect their business, which opens at 5 p.m. The parking restrictions will be in effect during their busiest times. The block has one or two streetlights that work only sometimes, Corona says, and most of his clients are women.

Corona thinks the city should scrap the two-way plan and instead spend the $3 million set aside for it to create more lighting on the street, build better sidewalks along the corridor and install other traffic-calming measures such as speed bumps or “your speed” signs that use radar to remind drivers how fast they are going.

Griggs has said he is working to find solutions to the proposed parking losses. And Hornbuckle says he would agree to the two-way plan if all the parking could be restored.

On the Davis end of Tyler, traffic moves too fast, and car crashes are not uncommon. Something has to be done to slow traffic there. But it’s unclear whether making it a two-way street is the right answer for both ends of the street.

Teresa Coleman Wash of the Bishop Arts Theatre Center says the two-way plan likely would make valet parking in front of the theater impossible.

“We’ve invested a lot of time, attention and resources here,” she says. “We hope the city will work with the people who have worked for this area to make it what it is.”

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Neighborhood news

Neighborhood, the Bishop Arts District shop, has reopened after a six-week renovation. The owners expanded the 3-yearold store’s floor space, creating more room to showcase furniture. And they added a dedicated art gallery, which they’ve dubbed “The 56-Foot Wall.” In fact, they’ve renamed the store: Neighborhood Design Bar and the 56-Foot Wall. But you can still call it Neighborhood. Muralist JMR painted the wall at a grand opening celebration.

Handmade homegoods

Set & Co., the new home goods store on West Davis at Tyler, has opened. Husband and wife co-owners Adam and Jennifer Littke live in Winnetka Heights. The shop carries furniture, linens, cookware, stationery, candles and more. The Littkes curated the inventory, all handmade, from Texas and around the world. There are Japanese linens, ceramics from Dana Finnigan of Scotland, organic skincare products from Grown Alchemist, Sawkille Co. furniture and Berti knives, each one of which is handmade by a single craftsman in Tuscany.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, beer and wine

Cibo Divino at Sylvan Thirty is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fare includes pizza, local craft beer and hundreds of bottles of wine. Husband-and-wife owners Daniele and Christina Puleo live in Kessler Park and contrived the concept for their restaurant and market one night after Christina had a hard time finding a good bottle of wine close to home. Cibo Divino has a pizza oven ordered from Naples, prepared sandwiches and salads, cheeses, olives and salumi, as well as espresso drinks and desserts.

Breakfast tacos

Sugar Skull Café at Trinity Groves opened in May with breakfast tacos, espresso drinks, pan dulce, street-style tacos, churros and more. The restaurant, from Casa Rubia owner Jonn Baudoin, is “an homage to Mexico City.”

Neighborhood: Photo by Kurt Greisbach

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Nonprofits

Oak Cliff-based Promise House raised more than $40,000 at its Hearts of Promise Donor Luncheon in April at the Park Cities Club. Frost Bank and Frost Insurance donated $1,500, and RGK Foundation and Brinker International donated about $20,000. Promise House serves homeless, runaway and at-risk youth.

Dash for the Beads 5k, he run that’s part of the Oak Cliff Mardi Gras weekend, raised more than $22,000 for Oak Cliff schools and nonprofits. The run’s organizers, the Rosemont Dad’s Club, presented checks to Rosemont Elementary School and the Kessler School last week. Rosemont received $11,000, and the Kessler School received $3,000. W.H. Adamson High School, Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, Promise House, the Dallas Youth Athletic Association and Fellowship of Christian Athletes-Dallas each received $1,000. The Kidd Springs Swim Team and KIPP DFW Charter School each received $1,500.

Education

The Dallas Independent School District plans two budget town hall meetings in our neighborhood this month. The first is from 6-7 p.m. Monday, June 1 at Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School, 2959 S. Hampton. The second is from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Raúl Quintanilla Sr. Middle School, 2700 Remond.

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ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

4019 S. Hampton Rd. Dallas 75224/ 214.331.5139 / www.saintspride.com / PK3-8th Grade. St. Elizabeth of Hungary offers a full day curriculum for PK3-8th Grade, including English Language, Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Religion, Technology, Athletics, Art, Music, Spanish, and Library. Caring teachers enhance curriculum with individualized attention and hands-on interactive participation. St. Elizabeth is a model of diversity, rich, and reflective of the ethnic and economic composition of the community it serves. Join us for an informational school tour and see for yourself how easy it is to become a Saint! Call 214.331.5139 for information.

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Founded in 1953, St. John’s is an independent, co-educational day school for Pre-K through Grade 8. With a tradition for academic excellence, St. John’s programs include a challenging curriculum in a Christian environment along with instruction in the visual and performing arts, Spanish, German, French, and opportunities for athletics and community service. St. John’s goal for its students is to develop a love for learning, service to others, and leadership grounded in love, humility, and wisdom. Accredited by ISAS, SAES, and the Texas Education Agency

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BAPTIST

CLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH / 125 Sunset Ave. / 214.942.8601

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GRACE TEMPLE BAPTIST MULTI-CULTURAL CHURCH

Sunday Worship: English Service 9:30 am / Spanish Service 11:00 am

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EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel

10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

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Young Adult Gathering & Worship “The Cliff” 9:30 am / Contemporary Worship 11:00 am (Bilingual) / facebook.com/oakcliffumc

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KESSLER COMMUNITY CHURCH / 2100 Leander Dr. at Hampton Rd.

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OAK CLIFF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6000 S. Hampton Road

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RECYCLED WISDOM

Deciding which hand-me-downs to keep and which to discard

My daughter keeps a picture in her room of me as a child. Eight years old, bowl haircut and a smile with gaps waiting for permanent teeth — I have to say that I was a quite a stunner in elementary school. The ‘70s, striped, big-collared shirt in the picture caught my eye recently, and I remembered that it was a hand-me-down. The fact that I can remember that suggests that I didn’t much care for wearing my brother’s used clothes.

I’m feeling a bit nostalgic as my son graduates from high school and wondering what I am handing down to him. We all are beneficiaries of hand-me-downs. Clothes, recipes, silverware and furniture typically are given to us with varying degrees of expectation as to when and how we will use them. But we’re also given values, traditions and perspectives that we get to try on and decide if they fit. Is this me or not? What do I keep, and what do I discard?

We may resent hand-me-downs, but thankfully every generation doesn’t have to start fresh. There are items too important not to share. In fact, it would be irresponsible to not pass them down.

The Hebrew word “shema” (hear) begins the most important prayer in Judaism, one that Jesus echoed as the greatest commandment. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You

shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) Jesus also said that the second greatest commandment is “like” the first: love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12:30-31)

My hope is that my children would see these truths as a bedrock upon which to build their lives. To love God — the mystery, wonder, wisdom, grace and power underneath and within and around all life and to love their neighbors as they love themselves. These legacies are worth sharing.

The best hand-me-downs are given as pure gifts, free of charge, with no expectation as to whether they will be used or even appreciated.

The best hand-me-downs are given as pure gifts, free of charge, with no expectation as to whether they will be used or even appreciated. We hope that our children will embrace what is important to us, but they may discover that what was passed to them needs to be set aside, or modified, to be truly beneficial. At the very least, such gifts must be appropriated to become one’s own.

Such is the dance between generations. We get to decide what fits and what needs to be shared. And hopefully each generation is better dressed than the previous one.

Brent McDougal is pastor of Cliff Temple 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.

One Aggie, one Longhorn

South Oak Cliff High School’s 2015 valedictorian and salutatorian will attend Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin, respectively. Valedictorian Frank Byers (left) won the Gates Millennium Scholarship, an academic full ride. Salutatorian Alex Simmons (right) has won about $600,000 in scholarships. They are pictured here with principal Shon Joseph.

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VIOLENT CRIME IS UP IN DALLAS.

While overall crime is down about 2 percent so far this year compared to the first four months of 2014, that’s due to a drop in property crimes such as burglary and theft. Overall violent crime from January-April was up about 9 percent over the same period in 2014, according to a Dallas Police Department briefing for City Council in May.

Murder is the only violent crime category that has seen a drop. Twenty-seven people have been murdered in Dallas this year, compared to 37 in the first four months of 2014. The biggest jumps have

been in sexual assaults and business robberies. There have been 191 rapes so far this year compared to 154 in the same period last year, a 29 percent increase. And businesses have been held up 236 times compared to 197 in 2014. That’s an increase of about 11 percent.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown told City Council that violent crime is flat in high-crime areas of the city, and it’s up in low-crime areas. Brown told Council members the department plans to be more aggressive in fighting violent crime. “Our officers will be put more in

harm’s way to reduce violent crime,” he said. “But we will be careful to do our job in a way that respects citizens’ civil rights.”

Brown says the department plans to shift schedules to have more officers on the beat in high-crime areas at times when violent crimes statistically are more likely to happen. The department also could make more traffic and pedestrian stops and serve warrants on violent criminals, Brown said.

Last year, Dallas had the lowest murder rate since 1930. —Rachel Stone

OAK CLIFF’S GOT THE BLUES

Neighborhood haunts of the world-famous Vaughan brothers

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April. There is a statue of the legendary bluesman, who died in a helicopter crash in 1990, in the town where he first made his mark, Austin.

Here in their hometown, Oak Cliff, a monument to Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan is in the works. The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs has $74,000 to pay for artwork honoring the musical brothers. And they’ve identified a spot for it in Kiest Park, near the Vaughan brothers’ childhood home.

As is the problem with much of the city’s public art, there is no funding for maintenance. So Vaughan supporters, including Oak Cliff resident Kirby Warnock, are raising money for that. They need to raise $68,000 to maintain the proposed artwork for 20 years. Anyone can contribute at vaughanbrosart.com.

Kiest Park is one of many Oak Cliff sites that were meaningful to the Vaughan brothers. We wanted to run down a few more of them.

The original 7-Eleven

345 S. Edgefield

The Vaughan brothers’ dad, “Big Jim,” worked at the original 7-Eleven store on Edgefield at 12th. This is where he met his wife to be, Martha Cook, after he returned home from World War II. Big Jim later was an asbestos worker; he died of asbestosis in 1986. Martha died in 2009.

The family home

2557 Glenfield

Jim and Martha Vaughan bought this modest three-bedroom, one-bathroom

house in the late 1950s, and she lived there for approximately 50 years. Stevie lived there until 1972, when he dropped out of school and moved to Austin. The current owners are aware of its significance.

Lenore Kirk Hall Elementary School

2120 Keats

This elementary school opened in 1955 when Stevie Ray Vaughan was 1 year old and was built for $560,000. He learned to play the guitar at age 7; classmates from L.K. Hall remember him, even in elementary school, as a kid who was obsessed with guitar.

L.V. Stockard Middle School

2300 S. Ravinia

Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan attended L.V. Stockard Middle School and not Greiner, as people often assume. They did attend the old YMCA, which is now the Greiner Middle School gym. The Stevie Ray Vaughn Memorial Scholarship, established by the artist’s mother and friends in 1993, is given annually to a Greiner music student. This year, about $16,000 was awarded. Greiner, which has a performing arts academy, also has an auditorium named for Stevie Ray Vaughan,.

Top/Stevie Ray Vaughan performs without a band at a memorial concert for Freddie King at Lee Park in 1980. Photo by Kirby Warnock

Above/Stevie’s first band, A Cast of Thousands. Left/ Little Jimmie Lee and Stevie Ray Vaughan play their guitars. Photo courtesy of Martha Vaughan

Kimball High School

3606 S. Westmoreland

The story goes that on the day Jimi Hendrix died, Sept. 18, 1970, a distraught Stevie Ray Vaughan went to the Kimball principal and asked to hold an assembly in honor of his guitar hero. Who could concentrate on schoolwork on such a tragic day? But the principal called Hendrix a druggie and told Vaughan to forget about it. Stevie dropped out of Kimball without graduating and moved to Austin with his band Blackbird.

Candy’s Flare at the National Guard Armory

3130 W. Redbird Lane

Candy’s Flare was a concert venue inside the National Guard Armory on Red Bird Lane. In the 1960s and ’70s, any Oak Cliff garage band that was anything performed there, along with a few touring acts. Local bands dressed like the Beatles. One of the most popular was the Chessmen, whose members included Jimmie Vaughan and Doyle Brahmhall.

Rocket Skating Palace

416 Cockrell Hill Road

This skating rink was the site of many a Friday-night sock hop. Garage bands played there on the weekends, including Jimmie Vaughan’s first band, The Swinging Pendulums. Vaughan played there with his first band, A Cast of Thousands, whose membership also included character actor and fellow Kimball alumnus Stephen Tobolowski.

Jaylee Record Shop

610 W. Jefferson

Jimmy Wallace, a musician and founder of the Dallas International Guitar Festival, told “Buddy” magazine that before gigs, Oak Cliff musicians including Stevie Ray Vaughan often met up at Jaylee’s to “trade licks” on their guitars.

Laurel Land Cemetery

6000 South R.L. Thornton Freeway

Laurel Land is a beautiful cemetery on the outskirts of Oak Cliff, and it’s the final resting place of one of our neighborhood’s most famous sons.

—Rachel Stone

Top/ A view of the “crowd” at Lee Park. Above left/ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddie King backstage at Mother Blues: Photos by Kirby Warnock. Above right/ Jimmie Vaughan’s high school band The Chessmen