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Diverse cast brings ‘A Bronx Tale’ to life

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To commemorate the Highland Park Scots UIL 5A Division I football championship on Dec. 22, a limited number of Back-to-Back-to-Back State Championship T-shirts are available for $20 each. T-shirts can be purchased at highlandparkscotshop.com. Also, The City of University Park and Town of Highland Park have tentatively scheduled a special parade and celebration to honor the state champion football and tennis teams for 1 p.m.

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“A Bronx Tale” runs through Jan. 6 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, Winspear Opera House.

By Shari Goldstein Stern the racially-uncomfortable stern.shari@gmail.com First it was “Romeo and Juliet,” and then came Tony and Maria, and now there’s a new twist on old disparities in “A Bronx Tale” (ABT), running through Sunday, Jan. 6 at the Winspear Opera House.

This time it’s a black woman and Italian man, trying to live their lives together on

stoops of the Bronx, New York in the 1960s.

Joe Barbara’s Sonny is absolute perfection as the Italian teenager, torn between his father’s idyllic view of life and his pull by mob thugs to a darker life on the streets. These guys aren’t your classic bad boys, though. These guys share compassion and love with their “gang” and pull the

naïve teenager into their lifestyle, much against the will of his father, played authentically by Richard Blake.

Brianna-Marie Bell is a natural as the love interest, Jane, who comes across as genuine and smart. She is a talented vocalist and actress who played the role of Jane in the Broadway production.

She exudes clear streetsmarts, intelligence, warmth and compassion.

Frankie Leoni is the little kid, alternating in the role of Calogero, trying to make something of himself on the stoops, and is nothing short of adorable in the process of being tough. He previously filled the same role in the Broadway production of ABT. His character is comparable to that of Baby, a significant member of the

In partnership with the NHL, the Dallas Stars announced that the 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Cotton Bowl Stadium (right) on Wednesday, Jan. STARLIGHT FLIGHT 1, 2020. The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor hockey game that features top teams and players from across the league, taking us back to the sport’s original pond hockey roots. The 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will be the southern-most NHL outdoor game ever played. – Dallas Stars

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‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ comes to Texas

By Jo Ann Holt joannholt@gmail.com Steve Young, a longtime comedy writer for the David Letterman Show, stumbled upon an obscure industry, the American industrial show, in 1993.

While looking through record collections for a show segment called “Dave’s Record Collection,” he purchased an album from a General Electric musical.

Young started collecting these little known recordings that touted the virtues of everything from cars to burgers to bathrooms to silicon. His interest in the secretive industry became both hobby and passion. He eventually met many of the songwriters, directors and stars of industrial shows.

Such famous stars as Florence Henderson, Chita Rivera, Hal Linden, Martin Short and Bob Newhart supplemented their incomes with industrial shows, often appearing in four or five a year. Young discovered that during their “golden age,” industrial shows usually cost much more than Broadway shows to produce. And the performers

In 2018, The Conservancy, which cares for Oak Lawn Park and Arlington Hall, has tended to more than 1,300 trees, planted more than 20,000 seasonal flowers, maintained 20 acres of park land, connected neighbors at more than 20 events, maintained four miles of walking paths and cared for the historic 79-year-old Arlington Hall. More work will be needed in 2019. Find out how you can help at theparkconservancy.org. – Andrea Ghotekar

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The documentary “Bathtubs Over Broadway” will be showing at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff Friday, Jan. 4 through Thursday, Jan. 10. were paid very well, too.

Composers like Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (“Fiddler on the Roof”) also composed industrial shows. So did Sid Siegel, who wrote more than 250 industrial shows including Young’s favorite “The Bathrooms Are Coming.”

Five-time Tony Award winner Susan

Stroman told Young she perfected her craft directing industrial shows, along with other Broadway luminaries like Bob Fosse.

In 2013, Young and co-author Sport Murphy published

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New rules on North Central Expressway

By David Mullen

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You can weave in and out of lanes at speeds “Happy New Year!” to approaching 100 mph all. I am proud to say that without using your I slept through the various signal. True or false? ball drops, cheese wedge drops, orange drops, peach David Mullen True, but only on North Central Expressway. drops and fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Luckily, I was at home … This is a public service announcement ... Pothole of the week: Life It appears that, because of the inis not a holiday on parts of Park ability to enforce the rules, changLane, which will not remind you of es are being made by the Texas Primrose Lane … Notable restauDepartment of Transportation rant closures — some caused by as it relates to North Central lack of consumer interest and othExpressway. 1. You are allowed to ers by property issues — in 2018 cross a solid white line to inhibit include the Deep Ellum location of the car that is correctly waiting Baker’s Ribs, the Lower Greenville to merge lanes across the broken Avenue location of BBBop, a perwhite line. True or false? True, but sonal favorite in Blind Butcher, Café only on North Central Expressway.

Express in Mockingbird Station 2. You do not have to use your and on McKinney Avenue, Dream car’s blinker to change lanes. True Café in Addison, Fat Rabbit and or false? True, but only on North Central Expressway. 3. You can tail- later PL8 Bistro & Gallery, FT33, Fuddruckers on Greenville Avenue gate the car in front of you like it’s after more than 20 years, the great a NASCAR race even if the car in Highland Park Soda Fountain, front of you is driving at the posted speed limit. True or false? True, but Klyde Warren Park’s Lark on the Park, Liberty Burger, McKinney only on North Central Expressway.

Avenue Tavern, the Henderson 4. You can cross from the fast lane Avenue location of Mesero, Proof across three occupied lanes to the upcoming exit ramp even if you are + Pantry, Smoke at the Belmont Hotel, Social House on Routh 10 feet from the exit. True or false? david@katytrailweekly.com

Street, Stampede 66 which could never really find its niche, The Theodore in NorthPark Center which was another restaurant that searched for an identity, Top Knot at Uchi on Maple Avenue and Villa-O on Knox Street. Dallas remains a very difficult market for restaurants to survive because of a crowded market, a need for quality employees and high rent … Time to pay the piper, in more ways than one. The top cities in America where student debt is higher than mortgage debt may come as a surprise, as they did to me. Pittsburgh is number one, where the amount of people who owe more on student debt than mortgage debt is 12.6 percent. One out of eight borrowers owes more on their student loans than on their mortgage. The median home price in Pittsburgh is $125,000, and the average student loan debt approaches $19,000. Buffalo is second at 12.2 percent, followed

by Cleveland (11.7 percent) and Memphis (11 percent). Birmingham and Detroit are tied at 10.2 percent ... According to WalletHub, consumers were expected to spend as much as $1.1 trillion this holiday season. Fifty-five million

While traveling in Israel, is it safe?

By Michael Wald wald.world@yahoo.com I recently spent nearly three weeks in Israel. Before I left, many of my friends said “Be careful” or “Be safe.” It got to the point that I was beginning to think maybe it isn’t safe.

I was leading a group of travel “ambassadors” to Israel. Once before, I had tried to go but too many ambassadors cancelled the trip when violence broke out. This time, I only had one ambassador who seemed to be concerned about safety. He was traveling without his wife, who was staying in the U.S., but she wanted to know exactly where he was going to be at all times. That is hard to know in advance because sites close for unforeseen reasons at the last minute.

Overall, Israel is quite safe. I felt safer there than I do in some U.S. cities and neighborhoods. You get the feeling (confirmed by locals), that Israel is watching everyone, everywhere. One Israeli told me that a friend got a traffic ticket mailed to her. She was driving a car rented by another person in her group, and the ticket came with a picture of the driver in the car.

Somehow, they were able to track her address down. So it’s probably true that “they” are monitoring you in Israel. But, when you live in an inherently unsafe area, as Israelis do, monitoring is just accepted.

Wherever we went in Israel, we had a guide or local Israelis with us. They seem to be tuned in well to the security situation. If there was trouble in a particular area, they would switch plans to go to another area.

While in Israel, we visited extensively in the West Bank, the part of Israel controlled by the Palestinian Authority. The Dead Sea resort of Ein Gedi is in the West Bank, as is Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, and both are very popular tourist sites.

As you enter the West Bank from Jerusalem, you pass through the security wall erected by Israel to control terrorists from bombing Israeli citizens. The wall has been very effective. Since it was erected,

terrorist attacks have stopped. Maybe that’s where Donald Trump is getting his wall concept from, although it’s an entirely different situation.

When you cross the wall, there is a checkpoint with armed guards. We crossed in a tourist bus and were waved through.

Sometimes, however, they will board the bus to investigate if they have word of trouble brewing.

In the West Bank, there are places where Israeli citizens cannot go, such as the city of Jericho, the oldest city in history.

Clear signs demark off limits like “Area A.” One must learn what the signs mean. Of course, there are checkpoints when entering Israeli territory from the West Bank even when you are not crossing the wall.

We did not go to the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, but we were within a few miles outside the Gaza Strip visiting a Bedouin family in Rahat. I am sure that if there had been violence in the Gaza Strip, we would have heard it, and the guides would not have taken us there.

At the airport, both when flying into Israel and when leaving, the security on El Al, the Israeli airline, was extremely tight.

As I was leading a group, I was called to vouch for several members of the group who, I was told, would not otherwise have passed security. The tight security at the airport made me feel secure on my flight, and there have not been any incidents with flights into or out of Israel, probably because of the extensive security. When flying to Israel, do not lock your luggage. The security procedure includes matching each bag and passenger and opening some bags, even if checked through on a connecting flight.

By all means, visit Israel. See for yourself what is true and what is myth about what we read about the Middle East.

Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel. He blogs about travel and other musings at www.UntraveledPlaces. com. Follow him @UntraveledPlace and see where he is off to next.

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CRIME WATCH

Business: An unknown suspect hit the complainant in the head and stole property at the listed location.

Dec. 28 – 10:17 a.m.

2400 Block, Victory Ave. (75201) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect broke a window to enter the vehicle and stole property.

Dec. 29 – 3:23 a.m.

10800 Block, Steppington Dr. (75230) Criminal Mischief: The suspect threw rocks and broke the glass to a sliding door.

Dec. 28 – 1:38 p.m.

4300 Block, Congress Ave. (75219) Assault: An unknown suspect threatened to kill the complainant.

Dec. 30 – 10:02 a.m.

6400 Block, Greenville Ave. (75206) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole stacks of lottery tickets from the location.

Dec. 28 – 9:23 p.m.

1500 Block, Main St. (75201) Aggravated Robbery of a

people will have holiday debt into February. Forty-two million people will apply for a new credit card for holiday shopping. That said, six out of 10 people feel that they are better off financially than last year ...

Here are some interesting financial profiles about Dallas. The average monthly income is $4,219, while average monthly expenses are $3,406. Savings average $4,603.

Dallas consumers were expected to spend on average $555 for the holidays … At retail, we are approaching a year without Mattress Firm, the local Freed’s Furniture and probably Sears … According to MyPlates.com, the official vanity

plate provider in Texas, the Classic Black license plate design was most preferred in 2018. The most popular sports-themed license plates feature the Dallas Cowboys, followed by the Texas Trophy Hunters Association, the Houston Texans, Houston Rockets and Dallas Stars.

The top in-state college plates are Texas A&M, followed by the University of Texas, Texas Tech University, TCU and the University of Houston. The most popular out-of-state college plates are LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan and Georgia. You may have seen them on North Central Expressway, if you looked quickly.

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5100 Block, Greenville Ave. (75206) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole a computer from the business.

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200 Block, N. Malcolm X Blvd.

(75226) Robbery of an Individual: The suspect pushed the complainant to the ground and stole her property.

Dec. 30 – 7:14 p.m.

3200 Block, McKinney Ave.

(75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: The suspect broke into the complainant’s vehicle and stole property.

Dec. 31 – 12:22 p.m.

5000 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75209) Burglary of a Building and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the building, took property and fled in a stolen vehicle.

Dec. 31 – 1:30 p.m.

2700 Block, Live Oak St. (75204) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect entered the store, stole property and fled.

Dec. 31 – 5:59 p.m.

7700 Block, Forest Ln. (75230) Aggravated Assault: The suspects assaulted the complainant, causing serious bodily injury.

Golden Globes remain disrespected

By Ed Bark unclebarky@verizon.net Here come the 76th annual Golden Globes, whose mysterious group of 90some Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) members somehow has stood the test of time and disrespect.

NBC reclaimed the awards in 1996 after ceding them to TBS. A few years later, Hollywood correspondent Aljean Harmetz wrote in the Los Angeles Times that the Globes had become more or less “respectable” after “years of being ridiculed as a bunch of part-time journalists and full-time freeloaders who would sell their votes for a vodka tonic and cross the Alps for a hot dog.”

But as recently as 2014, actor Gary Oldman slammed the Globes as a “meaningless event” sponsored by “90 nobodies having a wank. Everybody’s getting drunk and everybody’s sucking up to everybody.

Boycott the f***ing thing. Just say we’re not going to play this silly game with you anymore.”

But then came the January 2018 ceremony, in which Oldman won a Globe for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” He showed up, accepted his trophy with gratitude and made no reference to his previous call for a boycott.

Funny how that works.

Sunday’s Globes will be co-hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, who’s also a nominee for her role in BBC America’s “Killing Eve.” Last year’s ceremony drew 19 million viewers, a bit less than the 19.8 million for CBS’ Grammy Awards telecast. But NBC’s not complaining and maybe we also should ease up on the criticism. Because in recent years, this small band of HFPA voters has made some pretty informed choices in the TV and streaming network categories despite a proliferation of product that makes it almost impossible to winnow these fields down to five nominees apiece.

All five drama series finalists are worthy. The aforementioned “Killing Eve” is joined by FX’s “The Americans” and “Pose,” Amazon’s “Homecoming” and Netflix’s “Bodyguard.” My preference is “The Americans,” which had an engrossing final season capped by a satisfying finale.

Principal stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are also nominated in the drama series acting categories. I’d love to see a sweep, although Russell has a tougher road

against both Oh and Julia Roberts, who starred in Amazon’s “Homecoming.”

The Globes’ quintet of musical or comedy series nominees is likewise solid. NBC’s “The Good Place,” lone interloper from the Big Four broadcast networks, will go against HBO’s “Barry” (an Emmy darling in September), Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Showtime’s “Kidding” and Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.” I’m torn between “Kidding” and “Mrs. Maisel,” which likewise had a big Emmy haul.

The toughest category to win arguably is for best performance by an actor in a musical or comedy series. Jim Carrey, who gave his best performance in years as the Mr. Rogers-like star of “Kidding,” squares off against Bill Hader (who won the Emmy for “Barry”), Michael Douglas of “The Kominsky Method,” Donald Glover of FX’s “Atlanta” and Sacha Baron Cohen of Showtime’s “Who Is America?”

I hope Carrey at long last wins. He’s deserving, and his acceptance speech could be an event in itself.

Let’s telescope one more category — “Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.” The finalists are Amazon’s “A Very English Scandal,” FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” Showtime’s “Escape at Dannemora” and TNT’s “The Alienist.”

“Assassination of Gianni Versace” looks like the likely winner here, but “A Very English Scandal” (with terrific performances by nominees Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw) could pull off a surprise.

Just please don’t give it to “Sharp Objects,” which had a big thud of an abrupt ending.

Others I’d like to see win: Alan Arkin for “The Kominsky Method,” Patricia Arquette for “Escape at Dannemora,” Rachel Brosnahan for “Mrs. Maisel” and Alex Borstein, also for “Mrs. Maisel.” The latter two already have Emmys for their performances as Miriam “Midge” Maisel and Susie Myerson.

Whatever the outcomes, these latest Golden Globes again will attract the biggest star-studded crowd of the awards season with its blend of both TV/streaming and feature film nominees. There is no reason to boycott them anymore. And as Oldman showed last year, such talk is cheap anyway.

Ed Bark, who runs the TV website unclebarky.com, is a past member of the national Peabody awards board.

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MULL IT OVER

Second season begins with local flavor

By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com The NFL begins its second season as the playoffs kick-off on Saturday, Jan. 5.

We have local representation in the Dallas Cowboys, the defending World Champion Philadelphia Eagles squeaked in, teams that experienced immediate upswings like the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts made it and there is a return to glory for the Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans.

But most agree that this year’s playoffs have no clearcut winner. There are teams with the same or better records having to travel to play teams with less wins.

The championship series is as wide open as anyone can recall in recent memory.

As the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints drew byes, let’s look at these weekend’s first round games.

In the AFC, on Saturday, Jan. 5, the Indianapolis Colts (106) face the Houston Texans (11-5). With a healthy quarterback in Andrew Luck, the Colts have rebounded into a playoff team that plays at a high intensity level. They get to play in a dome in Houston, like their home in Indianapolis, which helps them maintain the fast-paced offense without fear of foul weather.

Colts head coach Frank Reich has a great flair for the offense, and the team has swagger and play with toughness.

But the Texans have defensive stalwarts in J. J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney.

But their depth is limited, especially in the defensive secondary. On offense, they must reach out to quarterback Deshaun Watson and receiver DeAndre Hopkins to overachieve. They will rely on finesse, where as the Colts will try to bully their way to victory. Take the Colts to face Kansas City on Saturday, Jan. 12.

On Sunday, Jan. 6, the

Los Angeles Chargers (124) play the Baltimore Ravens (10-6).

After overpaying and being frustrated by their long-time quarterback Joe Flacco, Baltimore has turned to rookie Lamar Jackson to lead the team. He is 6-1 as a starter and has led the team to the playNFL offs. He is capable Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys. of some highlight-worthy plays, Philadelphia, where Chicago but lacks the exhas been solid. Take the perience of the Chargers Bears to move on to face the leader Phillip Rivers.

Rams on Saturday, Jan. 12.

On paper, the Chargers On Saturday, Jan. 5 look like a winner and the Seattle Seahawks Rivers is running out of (10-6) play the Dallas time to reach the Promised Cowboys (10-6) at AT&T Land. But that might be the Stadium.

This game has issue. As soon as you are been overanalyzed to death, ready to anoint Rivers, he but it really gets down to disappoints. The Chargers one thing: will Cowboys must travel more than quarterback Dak Prescott 2,300 miles to play the outplay Seattle quarterback game. Weather is expected Russell Wilson? Both teams to be sunny and in the low will run the ball, and I think 50s, so should not be a disit was a brilliant move by advantage to the Southern the Cowboys to hold out star Californians. running back Ezekiel Elliott This is a hard game to last week to give him addipick. Defense wins chamtional rest. pionships, and the Ravens Despite injuries, the have the edge on defense.

Cowboys defense has been Take the Ravens in what sound all season. The should be a close game, Seahawks play significantly giving them the chance to drops off when they leave play the Patriots on Sunday, the Pacific Northwest to Jan. 13. hit the road.

Dallas is 7-1 at In the NFC and also on home and Seattle is 4-4 on Sunday, the Philadelphia the road. But the Seahawks Eagles (9-7) face the are coming in winning Chicago Bears (12-4). six out of their last seven The Bears are not flashy on games, and make very few offense, but have begun to return to their old “Monsters mistakes.

This will be another of the Midway” persona on indication of the future of defense led by Khalil Mack.

Dallas head coach Jason The only question is are the Garrett.

A win will silence Bears too young, and will the doubters for another the Eagles Super Bowl expeweek.

A loss and fans will rience translate to victory? be calling for a change.

This I don’t think so. Bears time I think Garrett surraw quarterback Mitch vives the year and Seattle, Trubisky improves every leading to a Sunday, Jan. week. The Eagles defen13 game in New Orleans. It sive front is formidable, is in “The Big Easy” where and last year’s playoff hero the Cowboys will face their Nick Foles returns to lead greatest challenge of the the Eagles offense. But it year. has been a rocky season for

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Brianna-Marie Bell as Jane and Joey Barreiro as Calogero are equivalent to “West Side Story’s” star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria.

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Jets gang in “West Side Story.”

“At least this doesn’t have a tragic ending like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and ‘West Side Story,’” said a patron from McKinney. “It’s upbeat and entertaining,” he added. His wife, a Dallas attorney, called the show “Spectacular. I hope everyone will see it.”

Presented by the star-strewn pairing of award-winners Chazz Palminteri, who wrote the book and the play, and Robert De Niro who directed, ABT features music by Alan Menken, eight-time Oscar winner for “Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin.”

De Niro is the Oscar-winning actor who has starred in many films, including “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull.” De Niro currently appears on episodes of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as a convincing and riotous Robert Mueller, whose name has also become a household name for the Trump/ Russia Special Counsel.

Palminteri is best known as an award-winning actor in films like the 1993 version of “A Bronx Tale,” the 1995 film, “The

Usual Suspects,” and countless other major award-winning and nominated films. ABT is inspired by Palminteri’s autobiographic off-Broadway show by the same name in 1989.

With the doo-wop music of the time and the racially-charged street-gang violence of the 1960s, ABT is a fresh approach to life on the streets of New York. The show has everything: talented dancers with outstanding vocals and superb acting by the full cast.

Production numbers are exciting, and sets are nothing short of amazing.

One reviewer described ABT as “‘Jersey Boys’ meets ‘West Side Story.’” The difference is the lack of the high-level hate between the Jets and the Sharks street gangs of New York compared to the compassion shared by those on the stoops.

ABT is recommended for ages 12 and up, due to strong language and gunshot effects. The musical lasts two hours and 10 minutes. “A Bronx Tale” runs through Sunday, Jan. 6 at the Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. For ticket sales, call 999-974-3698 or 800-380-8165. For additional information, visit attpac.org.

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AUTOMOBILITY

Dallas Motorcycle Show is still ‘Progressive’

By David Boldt djboldt@sbcglobal.net Since 1976, Cycle World magazine has annually recognized 10 motorcycles its editors regarded as the David Boldt best and/or most compelling. As you’d guess, over 40+ years not only have the motorcycles changed; so have the categories. A “Best Superbike” existed in 1976, but the segment wasn’t as sprawling as it is in 2018. And while most bikes could be repurposed as adventure bikes, it wasn’t at that time its own category; in point of fact, today “adventure” is its own industry.

While Cycle World has an expansive 10 Best, for purposes of space I’ll cut their list in half, believing there to be some real overlap in the magazine’s categories, as well as some unnecessary for you, the intown Katy Trail Weekly audience. The good news is that at this weekend’s Progressive International Motorcycle Show at the Dallas Convention Center, you can see most of them.

In its pick for best adventure bike, Cycle World chose the KTM 1090 Adventure R. And while I’ve not owned a KTM, I have at least two friends that have, and the Austrian brand is well represented in the DFW area.

So, no argument with their pick, but I’d throw an “honorable mention” at Honda’s Africa Twin. While Hondas tend to be ubiquitous, sometimes within an adventure there’s comfort in ubiquity.

Whether cruising Deep Ellum, Grapevine’s Main Street or Sundance Square, cruising is best done with a cruiser — and Cycle World judges HarleyDavidson’s Fat Bob 114 as the best. While we’d be delighted to ride the big Harley, our one disconnect with most big cruisers is weight, or more correctly, excess weight. I think Indian’s Scout hits the sweet spot for something you can easily ride and, at the end of that ride, easily park. And while its architecture is distinctly last century, the execution is of this century. So, try and buy

one this century.

The middleweight street bike is a definition that’s almost infinitely malleable. In the ’70s, when the Cycle World listing started, Honda’s 350 twin was “middleweight,” since most big bore bikes (other than Harleys) topped out at 750cc, and we still had thousands of people straddling Honda’s Street Cub. Today, with “big bore” often approaching two liters, something between 500cc and 750cc seems to fit the middleweight descriptive best. The Cycle World staff gave its nod to Triumph’s Street Triple R, while we’d give it to Triumph’s Scrambler. The Scrambler is the perfect bridge between in-town accessibility and actually accessing an out-of-town destination. It’s priced from $11K, with nice pre-owned examples going for roughly half that.

If you’re riding is typically between Uptown and White Rock Lake, a responsive 300cc single or twin will be all you and a 110-lb. companion will need; happily, the bike is as easy to find as the companion. In identifying the best lightweight street bike, Cycle World singled out Kawasaki’s Ninja 400, a bike small enough to seem rational for a beginner, yet sufficiently responsive to satisfy a seasoned rider. And while agreeing with the mag, I’d add another for your consideration: Kawasaki’s Versys-X 300.

Sharing its 300cc vertical twin with the lastgen Ninja, the way-versatile Versys is perfect for that 15-minute run to White Rock, but could also survive the four-hour run from Dallas to Austin. And at a price point under $6K, your friend could — and should — buy her own.

We’ve saved, as you’d guess, the best for last. And in identifying Ducati’s all-new Panigale V4 S as the best superbike available in these U.S., I’m hard-pressed to disagree — and hard-pressed to suggest an alternative. It’s everything we’ve come to expect from the maker of Italy’s iconic L-Twin … times two.

David Boldt brings years of experience in automotive retail sales and public relations to his automotive reporting. More can be found at txGarage.com.

UPTOWN GIRL

The raw (or cooked) side of healthy eating

By Ryann Gordon

ryannbgordon@yahoo.com Living a healthy lifestyle is a common goal for most people, most certainly in the modern age where we understand the real-life consequences of the unhealthy choices we make. We’ve (hopefully) all set goals to improve our health in 2019; but are your goals really going to make a change in your health or physique? To set the tone for the New Year, I’d like to break down some health goals that people set for themselves and debunk the junk myths that have lingered in our minds and thighs all too long.

How many calories?

How many carbs? Where did it come from? Is it gluten free? Dairy free? Non-GMO? What about MSG? And don’t get us started on animal byproducts. We hate on food chains who can’t track the life and livelihood of the chicken or cow we’re going to town on and trust in those like Chipotle and Panera who track and promise the legitimacy of their meat. Even McDonald’s, long-believed to be perhaps the lowest grade of food in the world, has retained their fast-food superiority by transitioning toward a healthier menu of food containing less GMOs and preservatives and only antibiotic/hormone-free meat.

Our society loves to question their food, and for good reason. The fact is that many of these health concerns are very real and should be taken under more consideration in most cases. However, like with most things, our society also likes to be a bit dramatic at times. And, needless to say, we blew this one out of the water (although we were probably chugging water for our weekly cleanse along the way).

Yes, we should all aim to be healthy by providing our body with all the essential

nutrients while also monitoring our diet, eating more fresh and less processed foods, limiting our intake of preservatives and staying active along the Ryann way. But before you drop an entire food group from your diet strictly for weight loss, make sure that you check the facts to see what that change is actually going to do to your body. And if you do fall into one of these exposed food myths simply to see no change in your weight or overall health — don’t say I didn’t tell you so.

Raw food ONLY – It has been said that raw foods are essential to providing vital plant enzymes necessary to the diet. Don’t turn off the grill just yet though, because although eating foods at temperatures of 118 or higher inactivates plant enzymes, studies have found that these enzymes are already doomed to be denatured (deactivated) the moment they hit our stomachs (American Dietetic Association). Phew!

No more fats – People have hated on fats since the beginning on food science, but don’t listen to a word they say! Unsaturated fats and those found in whole foods like milk, nuts, seeds, avocado and olive oil are actually beneficial to your diet and they help you feel full for longer than other saturated foods.

Carbs are evil – Carbohydrates are often eliminated from diets like the Atkins Diet because they provide our main, initial energy source and force our bodies to burn fat when not consumed. However, carb elimination will make you feel sick and sluggish for a couple days and eventually quit working as a fat burner … stick to whole grains and wheat over sugar carbs though!

Gluten, the enemy – Avoiding gluten, despite the rave it has caused in the dieting world, can actually be damaging to your health and leave you Gordon deficient in certain vitamins and nutrients. Although wheat allergies, gluten intolerances and Celiac disease are all real, they have become cultural trends of a sort. And thanks to recent studies in a paper published in The Journal of Pediatrics by Dr. Norelle Reilly, gluten is officially our friend again (VICE)!

Never eat past 9 p.m.

– Many of us believe that eating after a certain time, typically 9 p.m. or later, is worse for us than eating early when we are moving and our digestive tract is working consistently. Dr. John Foreyt at the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Baylor said, “Calories are calories are calories” though — what matters is the total amount you eat. Bring on the latenight cereal!

Eat mini-meals throughout the day – When we eat, our metabolism gets revved slightly to burn the food we ate. And although this may seem like a for sure way to lose weight, by eating periodically throughout the day rather than three, strict meals, the calorie difference is so small is doesn’t necessarily help you to burn more fat … only to help dieters from getting overly hungry between meals.

Fast, fast, fast some more – Fasting has been regarded as a beneficial method of cleansing toxins from our bodies. Luckily, our bodies have an elegantly designed system for doing this on their own — the filtration system.

Leave it to your liver, kidneys and spleen to do the cleansing, not a day of starving yourself.

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Jan. 4-6

8687 N. Central Expressway Dallas, 75225 214-631-7354

NorthPark Center – The Trains at NorthPark, benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, will end its 20th year at NorthPark Center with more than 750 railcars on a 1,600-foot configuration of tracks and scenes. Each year, the exhibit has helped raise more than $13 million for Ronald McDonald House. Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. $4-$7. FREE! for children 2 and under.

Jan. 4-6

909 1st Ave. Dallas, 75210 214-691-7200

Music Hall at Fair Park – “The Phantom of the Opera” continues with Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular musical. Fifty-two performers and orchestra members make this show epic. And don’t forget about the spectacular chandelier. Performances are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $26-$175.

Jan. 5

1230 W. Davis St. Dallas, 75208 214-272-8346

The Kessler Theater – Dallas groups Motorcade and The Tomorrowpeople perform in this classic venue. For The Tomorrowpeople, it will be their first appearance in more than three years. Motorcade released their first album in 2018. 8 p.m. $15.

Jan. 6

8525 Garland Road Dallas, 75218 214-515-6615

The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden – Sherlock Holmes’ birthday is celebrated with a murder mystery dinner. Guests will try to solve the mystery while eating a three-course meal catered by Two Sisters Catering.

Sherlock Holmes-related wear is recommended, meaning that hats can be worn both ways. 6 p.m. $140.

Jan. 7

211 N. Record St. #100 Dallas, 75201 214-741-7500

Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance – Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, discusses the U.S. response to the refugee crisis during the Holocaust in a talk titled, “Americans and the Refugee Crisis, 1938-1941: Wrestling with Fear and Moral Responsibility.” Dr. Erbelding is a historian and author. 7 p.m. FREE!

Jan. 7

231 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Dallas, 75208 214-948-1546

Texas Theatre – Four comedians turn the Oak Cliff theater into a comedy event to kick off the new year. It’s a show called “JFK 2 Oak Cliff.” The beer will flow until the kegs run out. 7:30 p.m. FREE!

Jan. 10

8687 N. Central Expressway Dallas, 75225 214-363-7441

NorthPark Center – The Second Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival will host a special launch event at NorthPark Center. The event will feature a performance by 2015 Cliburn Junior Competitor Amir Siraj. 11 a.m. FREE!

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK As the temperature drops in the New Year, so does the price of admission at the Dallas Zoo. From now through Thursday, Feb. 28, guests can visit Texas’s oldest and largest zoo for only $8 per person during Penguin Days.

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Charity

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tlight

YOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE

Encouraging children in their times of deepest need with meals and education.

By Sally Blanton sallyblanton455@gmail.com Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.

Q What percentage of every dol-

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lar raised goes to client/direct services?

Eighty percent.

Q What are your critical needs now, besides monetary donations?

Volunteers from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

Q What is your mission or highest

A

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Q What upcoming fundraisers are

purpose?

To give children the spiritual and educational foundation they need to succeed.

Q How did your career path lead

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you to this position? What were some prior jobs you held?

I am a minister. God broke my heart by showing me the illiterate, uninformed and disengaged parents who were not involved in their children’s education.

I served in AmeriCorps for two years, which equipped me to lead through empowerment and empathy.

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Q What is your facility like?

A Twenty thousand square feet, which is

absolutely beautiful, with two acres with lots of trees and a beautiful playground.

There is nothing like watching and listening to children play. It’s been said that you can learn more about a child in an hour of play than you can in a lifetime of conversation.

Q Do you have a personal story to

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relate?

My mom was a schoolteacher. Our home was always full of children along with red and blue grading markers.

Mom only used red for students who made 80 or above. She used a blue marker for grades lower than 80 because she felt like grades lower than 80 did not need a lot of emphasis. Blue to my mom meant “we need to talk.”

Q About how many people are

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served each year?

Approximately 350.

Q What is difficult about your job?

A People whose motives are only about themselves.

Q What is rewarding about your

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job?

Watching children who have been labeled overcome obstacles.

on the calendar?

The “Evening of Change” dinner celebrating 24 years of changing young lives is Thursday, April 25 at Gateway Church, 12123 Hillcrest Road. Tables are $800.

Q What sort of volunteer jobs are

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available?

Tutoring, and we could use a volunteer recruiter and coordinator.

Q Suppose this nonprofit received a

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$20,000 donation today... where would it immediately be put to good use?

We would use it to attract more tutors to work one-on-one with students with learning differences.

Vincent E. Gaddis, founder/executive director, answered these questions.

by Will Henry

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Shrimp fried rice is ‘Gung Ho’

Brunch now an Asian occasion

By Dotty Griffith dotty.griffith@yahoo.com Except for dim sum, brunch — the late-morning into early afternoon repast that replaces breakfast on weekends — doesn’t inspire Asian taste Dotty Griffith memories. Granted, dim sum is a wonderful exception.

That said, there’s a little restaurant on Lower Greenville that wants to be yet another brunch exception. High-energy, quirky Gung Ho has implemented an innovative, tongue-in-cheek, mashup brunch menu. It combines American f lavors, dishes and food obsessions — pescatarian, vegan and vegetarian in some but not all offerings — with Asian ingredients.

Some of the results: Fried Rice Burrito with eggs, sausage and spicy chile mayo, an example of Tex-Mex meets Asian street food. Another: “Orange Chicken and Waff les” melds late night in Harlem with a Chinese-American standard.

Then there’s “Not Biscuits & Gravy,” a vegetarian rendition of the southern breakfast classic with rice cakes, mushroom gravy, eggs and fermented greens. That’s not what your meemaw would recognize as biscuits and gravy.

So, what does all this taste like? Of the dishes tried on a recent hosted menu tasting, the answer is “damn good.”

The biggest and tastiest surprise: tots made with shredded turnips instead of potatoes. The dish called “Lo Bak Go Tots” rocked me. Fried turnip tots, a combo riff on Chinese turnip cakes and American tater tots, tasted as good as the real deal. Add in chunks of pork belly with a sweet and sour glaze, a squiggle of spicy mayonnaise, a few bitter greens and you’ve got one delicious dish. I can’t attest to its nutrition profile, i.e. whether subbing turnips for potatoes reduces the carbs, but what you get is a dish worth eating and repeating.

So is “Steak and Eggs Fried Rice,” egg foo yung on steroids. The dish is an oversized, super thin omelet wrap filled with heaps of fried rice and shredded beef. Well-presented, this dish is made for sharing … or hangovers. Squiggles of the house’s spicy chile mayo and a layer of chopped green onion tops add a veneer of panache.

Of course, Gung Ho pulls out all the stops with cocktails such as “Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything” with vodka, cinnamon passionfruit vanilla syrup, pineapple and lime. Whew!

That’s just one of the cocktail extravaganzas.

Here’s another: Lapsang Penicillin made with scotch, black tea said to have health benefits, honey, ginger and lemon. There are also menus for sake, beer, tea and wine.

Appetizers include a variation on Crab Rangoon, in this case a cream-cheesy crab dip with fried wonton chips and a side of smoky-sweet charred chile jam for a f lavor add-on.

Some dishes lean more classically Asian than others. Glazed eggplant is an umami bomb with slices of Asian aubergine coated with caramelized fish sauce, garlic, Thai basil and fermented chile.

Steamed chicken dumplings come with a simple sesame soy dipping sauce.

The interior of Gung Ho looks like the name of the place. Enthusiastic, Asian-accented and fun. The origins of the term “gung ho” are worth considering in this context. In today’s lexicon, gung ho means zealous, all-in. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary online, the term is an Anglicized pronunciation of the Chinese word gonghé, meaning “work together.” The phrase crossed the Pacific with Marines returning after World War II. Gung Ho, the restaurant, is all of that. Don’t go if what you want for brunch is diner-style eggs and bacon. Do go if you are gung ho for a brunch adventure.

Over the week of Christmas, approximately 45 million people celebrated the holiday spirit by watching the horror-thriller “Bird Box.” There have also been countless promos and commercials all over television, the internet, social media, buses, sandwich boards, etc. It’s basically the most hyped up movie to never be shown in theaters.

So is all the hype worth the trouble? Kinda. “Bird Box” gets to boast an intriguing set up and one of Sandra Bullock’s best performances ever, but it’s also loaded with stereotypical horror movie nonsense and for a scary movie…it’s not that scary. The best way to describe it is that it is periodically nerve-wracking.

“Bird Box” greatly benefits from non-linear storytelling.

The movie begins with Malorie (Bullock) harshly directing two kids, only addressed as Boy and Girl (Julian Edwards and Vivien Lyra Blair), on what to do during their upcoming river journey via boat. The fact that they cannot remove their blindfolds is heavily stressed and off they go on a metal fishing boat, unable to see where they are actually going.

We are then taken back to five years prior when Jessica

GUNG HO SHRIMP FRIED RICE

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Mussels at Gung Ho.

(Sarah Paulson) drops in on her then pregnant sister Malorie, who is such a shut-in that she doesn’t pay attention to current affairs. The news that Malorie has ignored is that some kind of strange illness has moved across Eastern Europe and it causes people to commit suicide.

Malorie even blows that horrific news flash off just to hammer home that she’s really, really not a people person.

Naturally, the mass suicide epidemic hits close to home and Malorie eventually makes her way to a house loaded with strangers and they begin to piece together what’s going on. It’s a fairly decent ensemble of actors (John Malkovich, Trevante Rhodes, BD Wong among them) who all get to play one-note characters. Some of them are too sympathetic, some too cruel, and after setting her up as an Ice Queen, “Bird Box” inexplicably turns Malorie into a Momma Bear after three days behind closed doors.

From this point on, “Bird Box” becomes yet another version of “And Then There Were None.” Characters get picked off and it only becomes a matter of how and when as we know Malorie ends up alone five years later. The biggest mystery is deducing exactly what people are

seeing that causes them to kill themselves and it isn’t spoiling it to say that it’s a massive letdown.

It seems like there are scares to be had, but director Susanne Bier doesn’t pull any off. There’s also some poorly edited moments that move characters around in unexplainable ways. If not for the creepy score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (who excel at alarming tones), there wouldn’t be any underlying tension whatsoever.

None of the movie’s faults can be pinned on Sandra Bullock. She’s so good that it’s easy to overlook the shortcomings of “Bird Box.” She’s always done well when playing an assertive person and it only makes it tougher to watch when she inevitably falls to emotional pieces.

The attempted “ah ha” ending is only outdone by an even hokier character re-appearance that’s only done to show how much Malorie has grown as a person. It’s the final example of the biggest flaw of “Bird Box”: it focuses on characters in lieu of premise, which is far more interesting.

While not nearly as terrible as previously over-hyped Netflix movies, “Bird Box” is slightly underwhelming. The most upsetting aspect is that it could have been so much better.

NETFLIX

Sandra Bullock stars in "Bird Box."

By Dotty Griffith Shrimp is but one of the add-ins for fried rice at the Lower Greenville Avenue restaurant, Gung Ho. Other options include chicken, pork, beef tenderloin and smoked tofu. Any of these would be easy to substitute in the recipe below.

‘Bird Box’ scary movie without horror

@chiccywood

Gung Ho Fried Rice. dotty.griffith@yahoo.com

GUNG HO 2010 A Greenville Ave. Dallas, 75206 972-910-2106 gunghodallas.com

movie trailer

By Chic DiCiccio

KATHRYN KEMP

3 ounces raw shrimp, peeled and deveined Sprinkle of salt and freshly ground black pepper 3 teaspoons canola oil 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh garlic 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped carrots 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped celery 2 tablespoon coarsely chopped onion 1 tablespoon frozen peas, thawed 1 tablespoon pickled Chinese mustard greens, chopped 3 tablespoons sliced scallions, green tops only 2 tablespoons finely sliced napa cabbage 1 1/2 cups day-old white rice 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds 1 1/2 ounces Fried Rice Sauce (see recipe below) 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic, fried until light gold in color Heat a large wok over medium high heat.

Season shrimp with salt and pepper.

Add 1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil to wok and swirl to coat the bottom and sides. Stir in shrimp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until pink and cooked through. Remove shrimp from wok and set aside on a separate plate.

Wipe out wok with a clean paper towel. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil and swirl to coat the bottom and sides.

When oil begins to smoke, add garlic and ginger. Cook for 30 seconds or just until fragrant, being careful not to burn.

Add carrots, celery, onion, peas, Chinese mustard greens, 2 tablespoons chopped scallions and cabbage.

Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent burning.

Add rice and break up clumps to separate grains. Toss frequently to combine rice and veggies.

Add shrimp, Fried Rice Sauce and 1 teaspoon sesame seeds; toss to coat ingredients. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper as needed.

Remove from wok into a clean serving bowl. Garnish with 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon scallions and fried garlic.

Makes 1 serving.

Fried Rice Sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup tamari soy sauce, 3 ounces sesame oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar. Whisk until salt and sugar are completely dissolved.

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By Candy Evans candace@candysdirt.com Mark Cuban must really be celebrating this year.

According to my colleague, Neal Leiterg at the Los Angeles Times, Cuban just bought a $25.5 million Laguna mansion. And tough "Shark Tank" negotiator he is, Cuban reportedly paid only $19 million for it plus some change.

And even more, the mansion is located in a very exclusive Laguna residential neighborhood, tucked into the coveted front row of Montage Residences overlooking the ocean.

The views are incredible, the interiors California contemporary.

Mahogany and glass doors disappear into the walls, merging vast indoor areas to the outdoors seamlessly, revealing breathtaking views of Catalina Island.

High ceilings complete the airy ambience and I cannot even fathom what the Pacific sunsets look like from this home. Laguna Beach is one of the most famous resort and luxury home communities in the world, with magnificent coastlines, pristine coves, white sand beaches, and breathtaking cliffs. Celebrities and business titans are all drawn to Laguna's communities, and with good reason.

Montage is an oceanfront Laguna resort community.

And if you have never been to a Montage property, oh my: think the Ritz Carlton on steroids! Montage International is a luxury hotel and resort management company founded by Alan Fuerstman and based in Orange County, Calif.

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Cuban's pride and joy company, the Dallas Mavericks, has been in the news this past year as a veritable poster child for the #MeToo movement. That is, Montage International a poster child of how bad it is to work in some environThis home, located at 3 Montage Way in Laguna Beach ments if you are female. off the coast of Southern California, sold for $19 million.

But as soon as the misconduct became known, home-grown billionaire, walls of glass in the comCuban took quick action Preston Hollow resident, mon areas for smooth and and hired a Dustbuster to television personality and of seamless indoor-outdoor turn his company's course owner of the living and entertaining, as culture around: Dallas Mavericks only you can do in California Cynthia “Cynt” basketball franwhere the laws are strict, Marshall. chise, has a new taxes high, but there never I hope she gets vacation spot to seem to be any mosquitoes. to check out these spend his off-seaThe home is contemdigs! sons or unwind porary and very different Before Cynt from corporate from the Cuban's traditional Candy Evans stress with the arrived on the Preston Hollow estate on scene, it was really family. almost seven acres in the pretty bad, apparently, for As we said, the contemhoneypot. Montage Way most women to work for porary-style home is nestled has a center-island kitchen, the Mavericks. “The Dallas within the Montage, a luxtwo family rooms, an office/ Mavericks organization was ury resort community that den, wine cellar and bar, a sordid mess,” a report stat- overlooks the ocean. Homes and a formal dining room. ed, “rocked by scandalous in the area can utilize Outdoor entertaining possiheadlines of sexual misconMontage Hotel amenities bilities are endless. duct, domestic violence and such as concierge, houseAll together there are a toxic locker-room environ- keeping and engineering 7,900 square feet of interiment inculcated over two support services. Electronic or space. The lower level is decades. systems for lighting, envireached by a floating glass Marshall promised ronment and audio visual staircase, boasting a media swift, decisive and appropri- are integrated for convenient room and wall of flat screen ate action. monitoring of the home TVs where the owners can Thus history was made when you are not there. watch everything. Not to in Dallas. Cynt Marshall beThe new home at 3 miss out on the entertaincame the first black woman Montage Way was built in ment potential, a wet bar business leader of an NBA 2010, so it is barely nine and a glass-enclosed wine team. She gave herself 100 years old. The house is cellar frost the space. days to clean up the francloaked in stone, has a Of course, the ocean chise working environment, gated courtyard entry, high views of Catalina Island and and she had carte blanche to ceilings, mahogany finishlush landscaping are the fire, too, with a no-tolerance es, six bedrooms and 7.75 backdrop for a deep swimfor sexiual harrassment BS bathrooms. ming pool and fire pit. There mindset.

Wait, what is a fourth is also a built-in barbecue “Cynt is amazing,” said of a bathroom? Inquiring area for outdoor grilling.

Cuban. “I wish I could have minds must know! And CandysDirt.com is hired her 20 years ago. She update: some news outlets the only blog in Dallas for has done an incredible job are reporting the home as the truly real estate obwith the Mavs and has behaving NINE bathrooms. sessed! Named by National come a leader and mentor Never fear, CandysDirt.com Association of Real Estate for all of us.” is on it!

Editors as the BEST Real So yeah, our local There are bi-folding Estate Blog in the country.

Hammer and Nails

Shedding new light on remodeling trends

By Stephan Sardone

body.

Interestingly, millennials are more apt to be do-it-yourselfers Last week, we focused on the today. Statistics state that nearly a changes in the kitchen environment quarter of the U.S. population made that are expected to be hot trends in home improvements in the last year.

2019. Recently, the nonprofit trade “DIYers spend more than 60 hours association Home Improvement per week on TV and digital devices, Research Institute released its insights including computers and smarton what has the marketplace buzzing phones,” said Peter Katsingris, sewith a broader look. nior vice president of insights at As always, we recommend using Nielsen at the Home Improvement a licensed, professional contractor Research Institute conference. “The before undertaking any major home technology and the choices it proremodeling projects. But reality finds vides make DIY a realistic option that today, the rental market is on the for people.” There are more than rise. That means it is more than ever 250,000 results for home improvethe owner’s responsibility to upgrade ment DIY videos on YouTube. the living space, not necessarily the But don’t forget the professionoccupant. als. More than a third of homeownSince 2004, there has been an iners who completed a home improvecrease in the number of rentals availment project in the past year regret able in the U.S., especially in urban not spending more on the project. neighborhoods. Much of this is be“Regretters are more likely to have cause people are on the move or waitused a wide range of inspirational ing to start a family. High-end rentals sources, especially television, magahave never been more prevalent. zines and social media,” said Brenda According to the Joint Center Bryan of the Research Institute for for Housing Studies of Harvard Cooking and Kitchen Intelligence.

University, 40 percent of recent adOne thing remains certain. ditions to the rental stock charge Renting or not, remodeling activi$1,500 or more per month. Just look ty isn’t slowing down anytime soon. at Uptown Dallas as evidence. In The Home Improvement Research areas like New York City, Boston and Institute predicts that remodeling San Francisco, it is not uncommon activity will continue to increase through 2021. They stated that “with home prices increasing, new construction harder to find in some , MBA, Realtor® areas of the country, and homeowners aging in place, PROFESSIONAL • EXPERIENCED • TRUSTED people are staying put and 214.649.2987 | randallelms@yahoo.com remodeling.” And remember, we are here to help. Happy New Year.

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to find rentals approaching $5,000 before parking and pet fees are applied.

The report states that such insight could lead to greatStephan Sardone er interest in “portable” home improvement products that tenants can take with them when they move, such as handheld massaging shower heads and freestanding wine refrigerators.

As we have reported many times, the lighting industry is leading the way in what is described as “home wellness.” Forbes cites Jie Zhao, Ph.D., senior vice president of research and development at wellness real estate and technology firm Delos. “Circadian rhythm lighting is a hot topic,” Zhao said. “It’s changing the landscape of the smart home and lighting in general.”

The report says that this new technology, also called human centric or tunable lighting, produces indoor illumination that more closely matches natural light in its warmth and, paired with home automation, shifts through the day with the sun to ease the impact of artificial light on the human

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Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1. Picasso’s name 6. “The Castle” author 11. Picnic places 16. Part of a loaf 21. Acrylic fiber

22. Foreign 23. Parting word 24. Angel toppers 25. Appraise 26. Read intently 27. Ms. LaBelle 28. Qatar rulers

29. Immeasurable time 30. Aspiration 32. Tilting-tower town 34. Oscar nominee 36. Chest-beater 37. A Ryder

39. Tasteless and showy 41. Ushers in 43. Time divs.

44. Drive 45. Well-read 47. Hurries

50. Take to jail (hyph.)

51. Book jacket part 52. Prodded 56. Courtroom vow (2 wds.)

57. Shoelace hole 59. Boot upper 60. Shrewder 61. TV’s Hawkeye 63. Jug 64. Haulers 65. Hebrew letter 66. Writer — Paretsky 67. Attached 68. Emergency signal 69. Fourth planet 70. Reuben purveyors 72. 52, to Livy 73. Tummy 75. By — and starts 76. Thicken, as pudding 77. “Ghosts” writer 79. City transport 80. Gloomy one 82. Swerve off course 83. Catches a speeder 86. Juniors 87. Have a conversation 88. Burritos’ kin 92. Outback jumper 93. Pay out 95. Edict 96. — and yang 97. Snack 98. Sooner city 100. Sci-fi gun 101. Appear to be 102. Garden hose crimp 103. Motorcar 104. Diatribes 106. Aberdeen kids 107. Boss, slangily

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109. Delt neighbor 110. Like an overlook 111. Inch fractions 112. Barbecue pit need 113. Work in a store 115. Hoist 117. Drift 118. Caught ya!

119. Dwelled 121. Grinding teeth 123. Brother’s girls 126. Plant sci.

127. Heredity factors 129. “Moneytalks” group 130. Housecat’s perch 131. Hosp. staffer 133. Keep occupied 135. Minces 137. Flowery scent 139. Chicago’s airport 141. Toxic gas 142. Clear a diskette 143. Summon 144. Jots down 145. Lowered oneself 146. Titled ladies 147. Kind of rat 148. Like Georgia Brown DOWN 1. Poet Alexander — 2. One-way sign 3. Thin pancakes 4. — cit. (footnote abbr.)

5. Small and unimportant (hyph.)

6. Frat letter 7. Soothing herb 8. Cone bearer 9. Be persistent (3

wds.)

10. Firedog 11. Mamas’ bandmates 12. Nabokov heroine 13. Gam or Rudner 14. Fries go-with 15. Was right for 16. Hilton rival 17. Hasty escape 18. Greek epic 19. Work crew 20. To be, to Brutus 31. Switch positions 33. Isaac Newton’s title 35. Paper-folding art 38. PBS “Science Guy” 39. Lost cause 40. Places of control 42. Bends forward 44. Stubborn sorts 46. Kind of sheet 47. Lasso 48. Unrehearsed (hyph.)

49. Encrypted 50. Captured again 51. Strikes out 53. Indicators 54. Frightening 55. Shower feature 58. Sycophant’s replies (var.)

59. First-string teams 60. Monk’s quarters 62. Mud brick 64. Winery supply 65. Thaw 69. Overlook 70. Kind of job 71. Yul’s film realm 74. Tousle 75. Manage for oneself 76. Dump a lover

78. Safari leader 80. Small horse 81. Polite address 82. Tugs hard 83. Broods over 84. Column type 85. Bete — 86. Oceans 88. Fork parts 89. Jeweler’s lens 90. Organic compound 91. Stun 94. Come before 95. Revenuers 96. Earn, as interest 99. Guys like Hamlet 101. Witch-hunt locale 102. Kublai and Genghis 105. Industrious 106. Ignited 107. Tending to intimidate 108. Troop formations 111. Fortified wine 112. Bassinets 114. Fond du —, Wisconsin 116. Sold 117. Gentle treatment 118. Run a fever 119. “Gladiator” extra 120. Debussy music 122. Watering places 123. Less rude 124. Raise spirits 125. Wild time 126. Yelp 128. Cheat 130. Rice wine 132. Oriole abode 134. Mr. Hurok 136. Language suffix 138. Moo 140. Practical question

HEALTH

Simple, sustainable ways for healthier 2019

Around the New Year, most of us vow to make drastic changes to our diet or lifestyle. For some, that means adopting a strict (and joyless) diet or signing up for hardcore fitness classes that meet at 5 a.m. (despite the fact that you're horribly out of shape). It's no wonder these resolutions are often shortlived. When it comes to making lasting changes to your diet and lifestyle habits, slow and steady wins the race.

There's no doubt that committing to eat healthier and get more exercise are great New Year's resolutions. But unless your new practices are sustainable, any progress you make could be short-lived.

Small diet and lifestyle changes over time that aren't too disruptive stand a better shot at becoming permanent healthy habits. Whether you want to lose 30 pounds, get better control of your diabetes or achieve a similar health goal, it's best to make small but powerful changes. Eventually, you'll see results.

If you're ready to take some small yet mighty steps toward better health in 2019, give these tips a try.

Cut out sugary drinks immediately. Sugary drinks like regular soda, fruit drinks, energy drinks and sweet tea raise your blood glucose and add empty calories to your daily intake. Even though it can be a hard habit to kick, do all you can to eliminate these drinks from your diet.

Replace them with fresh water, low-fat milk, f lavored calorie-free carbonated water and unsweetened tea and coffee.

Purge the junk food.

Cookies, chips, sweets and other snacks are hard to resist when they are an arm's-length away. The best way to avoid them is by removing them from your home. But don't worry. When you're craving a snack, you can try a healthier whole food option, like slices of avocado, a handful of nuts, kale chips, a small serving of Greek yogurt, a piece of fruit, veggies with hummus or nut butter. These snacks are more satisfying and pack more nutrition than your

processed favorites.

Do some research and identify an eating pattern you can live with. Studies show that there are many different eating patterns that can be helpful in managing diabetes. That means if you're trying to get your health in order, you don't have to stick to a rigid plan that restricts many of your favorite foods.

Some effective eating patterns include vegetarian or f lexitarian, Mediterranean, low-carbohydrate and low-glycemic.

Choose leaner cuts of meat. Saturated fat — the kind found in animal protein — raises blood cholesterol levels, which is a risk factor for heart disease. An easy way to reduce your saturated fat intake is by choosing lean cuts of meat. Avoid or reduce your intake of lard, fatback and high-fat meats like regular ground beef, bologna, hot dogs, sausage, bacon, spare ribs and the skin from chicken and other poultry. Instead, choose skinless poultry, fish, turkey and beef trimmed of fat,

Your Stars this Week

by Stella Wilder

The coming week is likely to prove quite rewarding to those who are able to adapt to changing circumstances without letting their emotions get the better of them. As the first full week of 2019 gets started, there will be journeys to begin — and to complete, in some cases — and no matter what one finds him- or herself doing, the need for a lighthearted attitude and a clear vision of the future is absolute. Those who take things too seriously or who fail to see what is coming are destined to have a sorry time of it. Experimentation can pay off handsomely, but some may enjoy only hints of future rewards. This is not the week to give way to disappointment, however.

Some difficult choices may have to be made, especially by those for whom the week takes a sudden, unexpected turn on Wednesday or Thursday. The ability to bounce back from a regrettable incident — whether self-made or caused by another — will prove more than beneficial this week; it can make the difference between success and failure.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) It's a good week for you to finish one major project before agreeing to take on another. Address these issues one at a time! (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – You may sense that you're beginning to revert to old habits that weren't good for you back then — so why would

they be good for you now? You can avoid a major error.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You will have to learn much this week before you can take part in something you've looked forward to for a long time. Reserve your place. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – Don't be too narrow in your thinking this week; be open to more options than you immediately recognize and you can enjoy unexpected pleasures!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 6) Things are likely to develop very much according to your own expectations this week, with one notable exception that brings you enjoyment. (March 7-March 20) – Your willingness to break with tradition will serve you and others very well indeed this week. The old and the new can combine in exciting ways.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) You may not break any records this week, but you can certainly rack up a lot of miles as you pursue one of your pet goals. (April 5-April 19) – Someone may not fully understand the connection he or she has with you, or your expectations. You can spend the week demonstrating what is both necessary and possible.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) A past episode is only worth something to you this week if you use it as an object lesson in what to do or not to do under certain conditions. (May 6-May 20) – There's more to someone

else's plans than meets the eye — or the ear. You'll want to investigate on your own to uncover any possible ulterior motives.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You'll want to pay close attention to someone else's performance this week so that you can adjust as necessary to increase your own odds. (June 7-June 20) – You're not likely to see things as clearly this week as you did last week — but someone close to you is available to help you out when things get tough.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You mustn't be tempted to take what looks like the easy road this week, as it is not at all what it seems: There are many hidden dangers! (July 8-July 22) – You are able to do more this week than you had expected. Focus on something that appears to you only when you least expect it: There are benefits to be enjoyed!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) You're not likely to get very far this week doing things the way you did when you were young; you must adopt methods more suitable to your age! (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may be led in circles this week by someone who wants to confuse you and leave you at a disadvantage as a result. You don't have to oblige!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) Time is of the essence this week, perhaps not as the week opens

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but certainly later on when you may be required to outmaneuver your rivals. (Sept. 8-Sept.

22) – A good mood serves you very well this week, but you can't expect it to last indefinitely. You must be ready to be productive when the darkness descends.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You may have trouble keeping up with someone who has no notion of time passing — but later on you'll be neck-andneck, with your odds improving.

(Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – You'll be very glad this week that you have kept accurate records of a certain long-term process — and if you haven't, it's not too late to start!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You are expecting certain hardships this week, but one is the result of your generosity to another — which you can surely endure. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You receive offers from a friend this week that appear to ignore certain prevailing circumstances.

Perhaps he or she knows something that you don't.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Avoid anything that doesn't seem genuine this week — and that includes people as well.

You can't afford to be deceived at this time. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You are eager to start something that you think will be very big very soon. A friend or partner makes a pitch that includes a surprising offer.

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Our Favorite Restaur ants American — Homestyle Beck’s Prime 5931 Forest Ln. 972-661-8681 Bubba’s Cooks Country 6617 Hillcrest 214-373-6527 Mama’s Daughters’ Diner 2014 Irving Blvd.

214-742-8646 Riverside Grill 940 Riverfront Blvd. 214-748-2700 Asian — Japanese — Sushi Blue Sushi Sake Grill 7859 Walnut Hill, #100 972-677-7887 Sushi House 5619 W. Lovers Ln. 214-350-2100 Sushi Kyoto II 6429 Hillcrest Ave. 214-520-9991 Ten Ramen 1818 Sylvan Ave. 972-803-4400 WaiWai Kitchen — Sushi, Noodles 4315 Lemmon Ave. 214-520-8868 Bakery — Desserts — Ice Cream Celebrity Café & Bakery 10720 Preston Rd,#1016 214-373-0783 Crème de la Cookie 6025 Royal Ln. 214-363-4766 6706 Snider Plaza 214-265-5572 Einstein Bros. Bagels 3827 Lemmon Ave. 214-526-5221 6011 Royal Ln. 214-265-1435 6109 Berkshire Ln, #A 214-691-2445 Gigi’s Cupcakes 5450 W. Lovers, #130 214-352-2253 Highland Park Soda Fountain 3229 Knox St. 214-521-2126 Marble Slab Creamery 3001 Knox St., #103 214-219-0300

6130 Berkshire Ln. 214-369-5566 Mojo Donuts 6522 Lemmon Ave. 214-357-5154 Mustang Donuts 6601 Hillcrest Ave. 214-363-4878 The Original Cupcakery 2222 McKinney, #230 214-855-0003 Paciugo 3699 McKinney Ave. 214-219-2665 Pokey O’s 3034 Mockingbird 214-987-1200 Top Pot Doughnuts 8611 Hillcrest, #195 469-232-9911 Yummy Donuts 4355 Lovers Ln. 214-520-7680 Bar-B-Q Aloha Hawaiian Barbecue 5601 Lemmon, A-1 214-521-8868 Big Al’s Smokehouse Barbecue 3125 Inwood Rd. 214-350-9445 Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 2324 McKinney Ave. 469-248-3149 Katy Trail Ice House 3127 Routh St. 214-468-0600 Peggy Sue Bar-B-Q 6600 Snider Plaza 214-987-9188 Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que 1820 W. Mockingbird 214-352-2752 Bars, Pubs & Taverns 6th Street Bar / Uptown 3005 Routh St. 214-965-0962 Big Al’s McKinney Ave. Tavern 2907 McKinney Ave. 214-969-1984 British Beverage Co. 2800 Routh St., #115 214-922-8220 The Corner Bar & Grill 4830 McKinney 214-219-8002

The Ginger Man - Uptown 2718 Boll St. 214-754-8771 The Idle Rich Pub 2614 McKinney Ave. 214-965-9926 Nickel and Rye 2523 McKinney Ave. 214-389-2120 The Quarter Bar 3301 McKinney Ave. 214-754-0106 Time Out Tavern 5101 W. Lovers Ln. 214-956-9522 Uptown Pub & Grill 3605 McKinney 214-522-5100 Windmill Lounge 5320 Maple Ave. 214-443-7818

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2525 Inwood Rd., #123 214-350-9445 Original Pancake House 2900 Lemmon Ave. 214-528-7215 4343 W. NW Hwy,#375 214-351-2012 Two Sisters 3111-C Monticello 214-526-1118

4001 Lemmon Ave. 214-521-2070 Hunky’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers 3930 Cedar Springs 214-522-1212 Jake’s Hamburgers 2702 McKinney, #101 214-754-8001 Jersey Mike’s Subs 3001 Knox St. 214-520-7827 5301 W. Lovers Ln. 214-350-7611 8411 Preston Rd., #118 214-691-7827 Mooyah Burger 6713 W. N.W. Hwy. 214-987-2666 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 5921 Forest Ln., #100 972-392-7771 Smashburger 4235 W. NW Hwy, #100 972-220-1222 Snuffer’s 8411 Preston Rd, #112 214-265-9911 Subway — SMU area 6935 Hillcrest 214-444-9068 Village Burger — West Village 3699 McKinney 214-443-9998

Burgers, Deli & Sandwiches Blues Burgers 1820 W. Mockingbird 214-750-9100 BGR — The Burger Joint 3001 Knox St., #108 469-941-4471 Burger House 6913 Hillcrest 214-361-0370 Chip’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers 4530 W. Lovers Ln. 214-691-2447 East Hampton Sandwich Co. 6912 Snider Plaza 214-363-2888 Gazeebo Burgers 5950 Royal Ln. 214-368-3344 Goff’s Hamburgers 6401 Hillcrest 214-520-9133 Great American Hero

Wild About Harry’s — Katy Trail Serving up Harry’s mother's recipe of creamy frozen custard in many flavors made daily, award-winning hot dogs & a friendly atmosphere, Harry's has become the place to eat and relax for everyone. Open: 11 a.m. — 10 p.m., 7 days a week. www.wildaboutharrys.com 4527 Travis St. 214-520-3113 Chinese Howard Wang’s China Grill 3223 Lemmon Ave. 214-954-9558 4343 N.W. Hwy, #345 214-366-1606 Royal China 6025 Royal Ln., #201 214-361-1771

Breakfast and/or Lunch Bailey’s Cafe

Schedule in exercise five days a week. What you write on your calendar and including round, sirloin, f lank and tenderloin; allot time for is more likely to get done. Your workouts don't have to be extra rigorous to and lean cuts of pork, including center loin be effective. Just taking a brisk 30-minute chop and tenderloin. walk each day — or at least five times a week Plan your meal around veggies — is a great way to get your heart rate up and (instead of making them the afterkickstart weight loss and improved health. thought). At mealtimes, try to fill at least Of course, if you'd like to take up running or half of your plate with nonstarchy vegetables sign up for a cardio class, go for it! But if you like spinach, caulif lower, broccoli, cabbage, are sedentary, it's important to start slow and carrots, bell peppers, Brussels sprouts and build up your endurance so you can maintain eggplant. Veggies like caulif lower, broccoli, your new routine! carrots and Brussels sprouts are delicious But don't do ONLY cardio. Get in when roasted in the oven, and sautéing cabsome strength training, too (even if you're bage, bell peppers and eggplant bring out watching TV at the same time). Strength or their natural f lavors. Finally, start any meal resistance training makes your body more with a simple salad of mixed greens to help sensitive to insulin and can lower blood gluyou meet your veggie quota. cose. It also helps to maintain and build Try lettuce wraps instead of bread. strong musIceberg, green cles and bones. leaf or butter The American lettuce make Diabetes a surprisingly Association recdelicious bread ommends doing substitute. Use some type of them in place of strength trainbread for your ing at least two next sandwich. times per week.

Nestle burgers or Activities include grilled chicken using weight inside a lettuce machines, free “cup” in place of weights at the hamburger buns, gym or resisand carefully tance bands; wrap deli meats exercises that and toppings use your body into a low-carb weight to work lettuce sub sand- Eating more veggies is still considered one of the best ways to get healthy and lose weight. your muscles wich and secure like squats, lungit with wax paper es, planks, wall sits and push-ups; or activand a piece of tape. Then tear the paper away ities that build and keep muscle like heavy as you eat.

Eat veggie noodles in place of pasta. gardening.

Do at least some of your exercise For a great pasta substitute, sample the vegoutdoors. There's nothing wrong with going gie noodles trend. Veggie noodles are a deto the gym, but if you're feeling unmotivated licious, lower-carb option that can be eaten to do your normal indoor routine, take your in place of grain-based pastas. A kitchen tool workout outside. The fresh air is invigorating, called a spiralizer quickly and easily turns and studies show that being in nature decreasvegetables into “noodles,” or you can use a standard vegetable peeler for a similar result. es stress and promotes positive emotions. So be sure to trade out some of your time on a For even more convenience, you can now find treadmill for a walk or jog in a local park. Or these spiralized veggies in the freezer or produce section of many grocery stores. Try noo- do lunges, push-ups and other strength training in your backyard for a change of scenery. dles made from zucchini, sweet potato, carShake up your sedentary workday rot or spaghetti squash. Top them with chili, every chance you get. Sitting at a desk all Bolognese sauce or use them to make a cold day can negatively impact your health. If the “pasta salad” or noodle dishes like pad thai. nature of your work causes you to be sedHint: You can also try caulif lower, butternut entary for eight hours a day, look for chancor broccoli “rice” in place of regular rice for a es to build more movement into your day. lower-carb option.

For example, take a 10-minute walk after lunch, get up and move a little each hour (even if it's just a walk to the water fountain or restroom), park farther away than you normally would, take the stairs instead of the elevator.

There's no reason your New Year's resolutions have to be painful, punishing and ultimately unsustainable.

Making more manageable changes — that you will actually enjoy — is a better game plan for success. Make 2019 the year you finally shift into a healthier lifestyle and start moving toward building a better you.

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Wang’s Chinese Café 6033 Luther Ln. 214-265-1688 Coffee & Specialties Drip Coffee Co. 4343 W. Lovers Ln. 214-599-7800 Oak Lawn Coffee 2720 Oak Lawn 214-219-5511 Sip Stir Cafe 3800 McKinney, #180 214-443-9100 Starbucks 2801 Allen St., #180 214-965-9696 3216 Knox St. 214-520-2273 4343 W. NW Hwy. 214-654-0704 Union Coffee Shop 5622 Dyer St. 214-242-9725 Eclectic Angela’s Cafe 7979 Inwood Rd. 214-904-8122 Black-Eyed Pea 3857 Cedar Springs 214-521-4580 Bread Winners Café & Bakery 3301 McKinney Ave. 214-754-4940 5560 W. Lovers, #260 214-351-3339 Buzzbrews 4334 Lemmon Ave. 972-521-4334 Café Brazil 3847 Cedar Springs. 214-461-8762 Café Express 5600 W. Lovers, #109 214-352-2211 Denny’s 2030 Market Ctr. Blvd.

214-749-6215 Dick’s Last Resort 2211 N. Lamar, #100 214-747-0001 Eden Rest. & Pastries 4416 W. Lovers Ln. 972-267-3336 Henry’s Majestic

4900 McKinney Ave. 469-893-9400 Lucky’s Cafe 3531 Oak Lawn 214-522-3500 The Rustic 3656 Howell St. 214-730-0596 Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 Ethiopian Dallul 2515 Inwood Rd, #117 214-353-0805 French Rise No 1 Salon de Souffle 5360 W. Lovers, #220 214-366-9900 Toulouse Café & Bar 3314 Knox St. 214-520-8999 Whisk Crepes Café 1888 Sylvan Ave. 469-353-9718 German Kuby’s Sausage House 6601 Snider Plaza 214-363-2231 Greek Greek Isles 5934 Royal Ln. 214-234-7662 Little Greek 9665 N. Central Exwy.

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