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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Restaurant group is building a Texas dynasty
COMMUNITY NEWS Katy Trail Weekly begins year six This marks the beginning of the sixth year of Katy Trail Weekly. It has been a labor of love, and has brought together some of the area’s finest writers. With publisher Rex Cumming, we have tried to keep content fresh and relevant while serving such a diverse area. Katy Trail Weekly's first issue As a free publication, from February 2014. we cannot survive without the support of our fine group of advertisers. But it is you – the reader – that keeps us dedicated to providing the best local newspaper possible. Thank you. – David Mullen
Undermain presents ‘An Iliad’
FREERANGE CONCEPTS
FreeRange Concepts is the restaurant group behind The Rustic, Bowl & Barrel, The General Public and Mutt's Canine Cantina with locations in Dallas and across Texas.
By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com What began as an upscale bowling alley, bar and restaurant in The Shops at Park Lane has exploded into 10, high-grossing units of unique concepts throughout the state of Texas. Kyle Noonan, with partner Josh Sepkowitz, now has properties throughout the state in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth. But it all began with a
roll of the ball … specifically at Bowl & Barrel. Born in New Mexico, Noonan spent time around the West Coast before settling in Dallas and launching a rather modest restaurant career in 1998. “What really got me into the restaurant business is that I needed beer money and money to take out girls on dates,” said Noonan, 38, still single and living in the Bluffview area. “In college, I started waiting tables at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen on Oak Lawn [Avenue].
“I was an SMU student, waiting tables at night and I did it for about a year or so and they came to me and asked me if I wanted to go into management. I said ‘Well, yeah, it must be better than waiting tables.’ But what I quickly learned about Pappas was management meant that you were going to learn to bus tables, wash dishes, cook on the line, scrub floors, scrub toilets and basically do all of the jobs. So I did a year’s ENTREPRENEURSHIP cont'd on page 8
PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE
Millions of LEGO bricks come to Dallas for exhibition
By Taylor Mayad
to let their imaginations run free. The exhibition also offers a gallery showcasing an innovative, multimedia collection of Named by CNN as one of LEGO-brick infused photograthe world’s must-see exhibiphy produced in tandem with tions, “The Art of the Brick” award-winning photographer traveling exhibition, using Dean West. millions of LEGO bricks to Presented in English and recreate artistic masterpiecSpanish, the exhibition runs es, makes its Texas debut at through Sunday, Aug. 18, the Perot Museum of Nature and requires a surcharge for and Science located at 2201 members and non-members. N. Field Street Saturday, Feb. Museum general admission 23. The critically acclaimed tickets are $20 for adults (13exhibition touts the largest 64), $13 for youth (2-12) and and most elaborate display of $18 for seniors (65+). Museum works constructed using only general admission is free for LEGO bricks. PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE OF SCIENCE members. Children under 2 Created by internationally renowned contemporary artist A LEGO sculpture based on Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss." are always free. “The Art of the Brick” surcharge is $10 for Nathan Sawaya, “The Art of adults (13-64) and seniors (65+), $8 for youth (2-12) and the Brick” is designed to inspire ingenuity and creativity with original pieces and re-imagined versions of some of free for children under 2. Member tickets are $7 for all history’s most famous works of art, including Van Gogh's age levels. “Starry Night,” Michelangelo’s “David” and Vermeer’s General hours of operation for the Perot Museum are “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. Included in the experience is a hands-on creative to 5 p.m. Sunday. From Friday, May 24 through Monday, space called “The Science of the Brick,” where guests Sept. 2, the Perot Museum will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. can unlock their inner engineers, architects and artists Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. taylor@mayadpr.com
Running through Sunday, March 3, Undermain Theater at 3200 Main St. establishes its Repertoire Series to honor the gems of its production history, with a reboot of “An Iliad,” a landmark production from 2012 starring Bruce DuBose and Paul Semrad, directed by Undermain Artistic Director Katherine UNDERMAIN THEATER Owens. “An Iliad” is a modern-day retelling of Homer's classic. Poetry and humor, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the modern world collide in this captivating theatrical experience. – Theresa Webster
Dallas Zoo jumps into action The Dallas Zoo is leading an emergency rescue effort to funnel funding to South Africa in coordination with the Pan African Association THE DALLAS ZOO of Zoos and Aquaria for an urgent, wide-scale rescue of wild lesser flamingo chicks. A severe drought has affected Kamfers Dam in Kimberley, the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, causing adult flamingos to abandon their nests leaving thousands of eggs and chicks behind. The Dallas Zoo has contributed $18,500 to the rescue effort. – Lydia Stubbs
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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR
Consider putting these in your bucket
By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com I have had the good fortune to play Pebble Beach Golf Links several times. It is truly a bucket list moment. In marveling in the beauty of the course and the surrounding areas on television this past weekend, it got me thinking. With vacation planning underway, instead of predictions, potholes and puns, I thought this week I would share some of my bucket list moments and hopefully stimulate some readers into considering these locations as well … I am keeping the list to the lower 48 — Alaska and Hawaii are must-see states – and excluding Texas because I figured everyone has already explored some of the great things this state has to offer ... So, loosely from west to east, here we go with must do and see moments … Go to Pike Place Market in Seattle. Watch
them toss the fish back and forth. And if you have a chance, take a boat out to the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound. There is a miniGrand Hotel on one of the islands, but more on that later … Stand at the top of Heavenly Valley on the California/Nevada border. The stunning blue water of Lake Tahoe is a perfect contrast to the unlimited view of the Nevada desert. After, you can gamble if you want … Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, but not before enjoying an Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista at Fisherman’s Wharf. When you walk the bridge, look David Mullen down and you might see my cousin and his brethren from the Dolphin Club swimming around Alcatraz … Have a martini at the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel. The place is a throwback to the early days of Hollywood, and you never know who you will see … Skip the Grand Canyon
and go to Sedona, Arizona instead. The natural red rocks are breathtaking and it is easier to get to that the big hole in the ground. And if you are there in March, go to a spring training game in the Phoenix/ Scottsdale area … Make the north-south run from Denver to Colorado Springs. Stay at the Brown Palace in downtown Denver. It was opened in 1892 as one of the first atrium hotels in the country. It has not lost its charm. Drive about 70 miles south. See the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and stay at The Broadmoor. And if you are game, go to nearby Manitou Springs and eat elk, venison, et al and visit Pikes Peak … Stay in the old western town of Deadwood, S. D. (now a gaming center) and visit Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial … Go to JazzFest in New Orleans. Although it has gotten very crowded, you can go for the food if not the music … See a baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. And get there early and stay late and explore all of the great pubs in Wrigleyville. Buy a t-shirt at Murphy’s Bleachers. Then cab downtown to the Chicago River and go to the original Harry Caray’s restaurant. The
Mental FOCUS
Caffeine stimulates brain
By Leigh Richardson
how addicted you are, until you stop drinking it and leighrich55@yahoo.com notice withdrawThe brain al symptoms. knows everyA University of thing, and the California, Irvine chemistry in study found the brain is how coffee might we know the help consolidate effect caffeine learning and has. Want to get help with memLeigh Richardson ory. Researchers the brain moving? How about found non-haa cup of coffee? Caffeine bitual caffeine drinkers, stimulates the central nerwho had a 12-ounce cup vous system, heart, muscles of coffee, were better able and the centers that control to remember differences blood pressure. It tricks among sets of pictures, but your adenosine receptors it’s not clear how exactly the to make you more alert. caffeine made recall easier. According to the American The study was published in Psychological Association, Nature Neuroscience. adenosine slows down nerve Caffeine is found in cells, but caffeine sticks some migraine painkillers to the same receptors and and can relieve post-workspeeds up activity so you’re out muscle pain. According not tired. Caffeine kicks in to the Caffeine Informer, five minutes after taking it drugs to combat asthma and can last up to 12 hours. contain caffeine along Have too much caffeine, with medicines to treat and it can have the reverse attention deficit-hyperaceffect, making you sleepy tivity disorder (ADHD), with a headache. obsessive-compulsive disCaffeine is readily avail- order, gallbladder disease, able from soda to coffee, Parkinson's disease and chocolate, tea and energy more. Many athletes use drinks for an even bigger caffeine to potentially enjolt. While caffeine can hance performance. Here’s boost energy and happianother benefit. A 2017 ness feelings, it's also a drug study in Nature Medicine with a downside. Doctors in discovered drinking cofUniversity of Health News fee or tea might protect Daily say if you drink three you against age-related inflammation. The Food cups of coffee, you’re on the Revolution Network says high end of consumption at 285 milligrams. Moderation researchers analyzed the genes of different aged peois key because you can become dependent on caffeine ple for several years and found 60 to 89 year olds like a drug, not noticing K AT Y TR AIL WEEKLY'S
CRIME WATCH Feb. 8 – 5:54 p.m. 8400 Block, Preston Rd. (75225) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s business and stole property. Feb. 8 – 6:01 p.m. 3100 Block, Monticello Ave. (75205) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole a vehicle from the parking lot. Feb. 8 – 7:35 p.m. 4000 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75219) Aggravated Robbery of a Business: The suspect demanded money from the complainant at gunpoint. Feb. 9 – 4:05 p.m.
3600 Block, Gillespie St. (75219) Theft of Firearm: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s handguns. Feb. 9 – 7:59 p.m. 5300 Block, Amesbury Dr. (75206) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: An unknown suspect pointed a gun at the complainant and stole her vehicle. Feb. 9 – 9:45 p.m. 8500 Block, Edgemere Rd. (75225) Assault: An unknown suspect grabbed the complainant forcefully. Feb. 10 – 11:15 a.m. 1200 Block, Oak Lawn Ave. (75207) Criminal Mischief: An unknown suspect shot three large windows, damaging them.
with low inflammation levels all drank caffeine. The Nature Medicine study concluded caffeine prevented inflammatory effects. While studies in University Health Network in Canada, also show caffeine can help ward off Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s disease. You may wonder how caffeine interacts with other drugs you take. According to WebMD, 55 percent of Americans regularly take a prescription drug. The Alcohol and Drug Foundation finds some antibiotics might decrease how quickly the body breaks down caffeine. For example, when you drink soda and take antibiotics at the same time, it can increase the risk of side effects on your central nervous system. That means your heart beat can go up, and you’re very anxious. Everyone reacts differently to their caffeine intake. Your health and weight matter, plus how often you eat or drink the caffeine. A Fox News Radio contributor, Richardson has spent her educational and professional career learning human behavior. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling from the University of North Texas and is working to integrate cognitive behavioral therapy into the treatment programs for many clients. In April 2009, Richardson opened The Brain Performance Center. Feb. 10 – 7:14 p.m. 9300 Block, Mixon Dr. (75220) Murder and Aggravated Assault: The suspect shot and killed one victim and shot the other complainant multiple times. Feb. 11 – 5:51 a.m. 2300 Block, McKinney Ave. (75201) Burglary of a Building: Two unknown entered the complainant’s business by force. Feb. 11 – 1:07 p.m. 5400 Block, Mercedes Ave. (75206) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect broke lock and gained entry to the complainant’s garage. Feb. 11 – 3:49 p.m. 700 Block, N. Griffin St. (75202) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.
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bar is 60-feet, 6-inches, the exact distance of the pitching rubber to home plate. And enjoy the freshly-made kettle chips hot out of the kitchen … Visit the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan. The hotel is so cool that they have a cover charge to get in. And don’t forget about the fudge available at dozens of shops near the ferry ... Go to the Indianapolis 500. You will get to spend the afternoon with more than 250,000 of your closest friends. Other than a march on Washington D.C., you will never be around more people. And while in Indianapolis, have a big Kosher-style sandwich at Shapiro’s Deli ... Also in May,
go to Louisville to the Kentucky Derby and have a Mint Julep. And who knows? You might win enough money to pay for your trip … Have the Buffalo wings at the original Frank and Teressa’s Anchor Bar in Buffalo, where the dish was invented … Go to the theater in New York City. It is a great experience and the theaters are much smaller than you might think and Times Square has now become a pedestrian mall … Spend a week in Washington D.C. … Party in South Beach, Miami. Have the stone crabs at Joe’s, although you may have to fill out a credit application to afford them.
ENVIRONMENT
No shame, no blame, just the facts
By Karen Fleig Simple truths. One of the things we try to accomplish at EarthX is to educate and give people information or “simple truths” about our environment. I continue to be astonished as we start grouping these facts into categories and see them all in one place. The information starts to tell its own story. After reading them, I wonder if you will also want to know more, do more and make small changes to reverse our current trend. Here’s a short list of facts about waste and recycling: • The average Texan throws away 6.5 pounds of trash each day. • Recycling creates 10 to 20 more jobs than landfilling. • Only 19 percent of trash in Dallas gets recycled. • There are only 56 years left of landfill space in Texas. • By recycling half of your household waste, you can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. • Did you know the amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years? • One gallon of motor oil can contaminate 1 million gallons of water: a year's supply for 50 people. • Every metric ton of glass recycled saves nearly 700 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. • Recycling 75 percent of waste in the U.S. would create about 1.5 million jobs.
• Americans represent five percent of the world’s population but generates 30 percent of the world’s garbage. • Americans throw away enough garbage every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks, which if lined up end to end for an entire year, would stretch half way to the moon. • In a lifetime, the average American will personally throw away 600 times his or her body weight, which for an average adult would leave a legacy of 90,000 pounds of trash. • Of the garbage Americans throw out, half could be recycled, which is enough to fill a football stadium from top to bottom every day. • Of these recyclables, Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the entire commercial air fleet every three months, enough steel to reconstruct Manhattan, and enough wood to heat 5 million homes for 200 years. • Recycling aluminum takes 95 percent less energy than making aluminum from raw materials. • Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. • Recycling glass takes 30 percent of the energy required to produce glass from raw materials. • Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. • Recycling plastic takes 88 percent less energy than making plastic from raw materials.
• Americans throw away 35 billion plastic bottles every year. • If we recycled 100 percent of plastic, we could save 1 billion gallons of oil and 44 million cubic yards of landfill space annually. • Americans throw away 4.5 million tons of office paper each year. • The U.S. throws away enough iron and steel to continuously supply all of the nation’s automakers. • Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, three cubic yards of landfill space, two barrels of oil, and 4,100 kWh’s of electricity, enough to power the average American home for five months. • Compared to making paper from new material, making recycled paper uses 50 percent less water, 60 percent less energy, and creates 74 percent less air pollution. • If one out of every 10 plastic bottles were recycled, we would keep 200 million pounds of plastic out of our landfills every year. • If the U.S. gets the recycling number up to 75 percent, it will be the CO2 equivalent of removing 50 million cars from the roads each year. EarthX’s mission is to connect a global community to create a sustainable world. Register to attend EarthX 2019 before Sunday, March 31 to receive free admission. EarthX 2019 is Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28 at Fair Park. Register at EarthX.org.
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MULL IT OVER
Sharpening game with help from pros
By David Mullen david@katytrailweekly.com Now is the time many area residents turn their attention to getting their golf game in order. A high-tech facility has just opened in Dallas where you actually learn using the newest equipment combined with one-on-one instruction from former pros. Founder and director of golf Anthony Broussard and former PGA player Jeb Stuart have opened Pure Swing Golf, a modern, 2,300 square foot golf training facility at 13617 Inwood Road. An instructor since 1986, Stuart won 20 tournaments at various levels and participated in two U.S. Open champions. Broussard won the 2014 Texas State Open, played in the 2014 U.S. Open Golfer Jeb Stuart. championship at Pinehurst, N.C. and played on the Web.com tour. In addition to the personal lessons, Pure Swing Golf features unique, innovative tools such as Foresight GC Quad for measuring shots, Trackman that provides 29 swing points and Swing Catalyst which measures pressure at impact. “This equipment is what many tour players are putting in their home,” Stuart said. “It is just an amazing way to improve your game. It gives us all kinds of body information. We are able to get more power out of the golf swing.” The soft-spoken Stuart was born in Fort Worth and raised in Paris, Texas. “I first picked up a golf club when I was six,” Stuart said. “My parents were members of a country club in Paris. I got my first lesson when I was eight and my Dad played on weekends.” As part of a family tradition, Stuart went on to New Mexico Military Institute and began winning golf tournaments in his teens. He became the high school state champion in New Mexico, and later went to the University of Arizona and McNeese State. He played in mini-tours, in Canada, on the European Tour and some events in South America. “What we are looking for here,” Stuart said, “are people that are committed to the game and looking for longterm coaches instead of jumping from
one coach to another. Both Anthony [Broussard] and I have great playing backgrounds so we try to use that knowledge. We use a lot of drills and techniques. We try to teach the fundamentals that we were taught as players and pass that along.” The facility has a large putting green. Players can take full swings into simulated holes. A locker room with showers is available. More information can be found at pureswinggolf.com. This latest technology, coupled with personal instruction, may get you back in the swing of things. ••• Baseball lost a legend on Feb. 7 with the passing of Frank Robinson. Born in Beaumont and raised in Oakland, Calif., Robinson was the PGA youngest of 10 children. He was a high school legend on the playing field. He quickly went up the ranks of the Cincinnati Reds organization and won the National League MVP with the Reds in 1961. In 1966, he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles where he won the American League Triple Crown in his first year there, hitting .316 with 49 home runs, 122 RBIs and 122 runs. He also won the AL MVP, making him the first player in baseball history to win the MVP in both leagues. On April 8, 1975, when he took the lineup card to home plate as player-manager of the Cleveland Indians in front of 56,715 at Cleveland Stadium, he became, at that moment, the first African American manager in baseball history. In 21 seasons, Robinson hit 586 home runs, was a 14-time All-Star and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 89.2 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility in 1982. "Frank Robinson's resume in our game is without parallel, a trailblazer in every sense, whose impact spanned generations," Commissioner Rob Manfred said. "He was one of the greatest players in the history of our game, but that was just the beginning of a multifaceted baseball career.” Robinson died after a prolonged illness. He was 83.
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AUTOMOBILITY
Hyundai freshens its Tucson
By David Boldt djboldt@sbcglobal.net We’ll begin with an admission: I have few friends. My social circle is, at best, a semi-circle. Despite the scarcity of real relationships, at any given time roughly a half dozen friends (in short, most of them) are shopping for a $30K crossover. And they ask me — between Christmas cards — what I think of those choices in the marketplace. Invariably, and without a prompt from anyone connected with Hyundai, I’ll mention Hyundai. Known largely for its many hits and, uh, a few (early) misses on the car side of car building, Hyundai has recently gained real market momentum with its crossovers. Notably, the subcompact Kona has earned the SUV of the Year nod from the NACOTY jury, while the redesigned Santa Fe brings about as much as you might hope to a tworow crossover priced under $40K. Between the Kona and midsize Santa Fe sits the compact Tucson, with a recent refresh and a heckuva lot going for it. Of course, given that Hyundai employs the same marketing speak as most in the industry, the 2019 Tucson isn’t offered as a refresh; rather, it’s presented as a redesign. While benefiting (I’ll guess) from a new grille, new headlights and taillights, front and rear fascias and new wheel designs, the core platform remains the same as it did at the Tucson’s last rollout in the summer of 2015. Inside, the interior receives some updates, and the package gets more advanced safety features. But in a market chock full of all-new CR-Vs, RAV4s and aggressively repowered
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The 2019 Hyundai Tucson. CX-5s, the Tucson remains essentially what you would have bought three plus years ago. The good news is that what you would have bought four years ago from a Hyundai showroom remains very attractive – and increasingly relevant – today. The Tucson continues to provide a rightsized/right-priced menu, regardless of whether you’re looking to keep your investment under $25K or, at its upper reaches, $35K. Beyond the cosmetic enhancements are those advanced safety features, including forward collision avoidance assist, lane keeping assist, smart cruise control with stop-and-go and, notably, driver attention warning. In short, if you’re the person with his or her face glued to the cellphone while attempting to operate your new Tucson in traffic, Hyundai’s latest Tucson might just save you — to crib the State Farm tagline — from mayhem. If I had a disconnect with Hyundai’s enhancements, it was when I learned that the Tucson’s available 1.6 liter turbocharged four had been dropped and, in its place, a new 2.4 liter, normally aspirated four had been added. While the change in horsepower is insignificant, the 1.6 turbo
delivered substantially more torque, and it is torque that moves the Tucson’s 3,600 pounds. Thankfully, the normally aspirated 2.4 performs better than the numbers (181 hp and 175 lb-ft of torque) might suggest, and when you dial up ‘Sport’ via the Drive Mode feature the Tucson once again becomes competent, if not genuinely entertaining. We’re not sure any of the intended buyers here are looking to be entertained; for that you can turn to your Netflix or, if older, your memories. Our test vehicle, in Ultimate trim, came in at $34,000 with delivery. You’ll give up a few things in going one step down, for the Tucson Limited; the list of sacrifices when attempting to save $2500 includes ventilated front seats and a heated bench seat, and both can be kinda’ nice, if not absolutely necessary, in Texas. But if, like many of my friends, you have an interest in spending $30K, and only $30K, there’s a lot to like in this refreshed Tucson. It’s a conveniently urban space that’s been redeveloped. David Boldt brings years of experience in automotive retail sales and public relations to his automotive reporting. More can be found at txGarage.com.
Travel
Dining options in Puerto Rico rebound
By Michael Wald
green fairways, beach-based fun and typical tropical extreme activities, such as ziplining. There used to be several flights direct to San Juan Every year in January The New York Times publishfrom Dallas, but today there is only one way to get there es its list of 52 places to visit during the year. The numwithout stopping. I took this American Airlines flight, ber 1 place on the list for 2019 is Puerto Rico, so I headwhich arrives at the inconvenient time of 11 p.m., meaned that way to find out why. ing that your first hotel night in Puerto Rico is required before you can begin to dive into the fun. The non-stop After having been ravaged by Hurricane Maria in return flight leaves at 8:30 a.m., so you have another September 2017 and the subject of many news reports hotel stay without time to enjoy the following day. Still, about the need for emergency money to rebuild, the flying without stopping saves a lot of time and aggravacapital city of San Juan and surroundings, at least, have tion. Once in Puerto Rico, you rushed to get back to find the airport is very low key, normal. Locals tell much quieter than Love Field. me that following the I visited during the high storm, you could not winter season when temperadrive on any streets as tures are a very delightful 70 the debris covered evto 80 F with very low likelierything. Still today, hood of rain; and, yet, there if you look closely, were relatively few crowds, you see broken street although the flights were full lights without bulbs, given the limited competition. places on the sidewalk My goal was to go somewhere where large trees were with warm weather in the ripped from their roots, winter, where I didn’t need a severely damaging passport and where I could surrounding concrete arrive within about four hours. walkways, and roofs Puerto Rico is just about the (even on multi-million only place that meets that bill. dollar homes) that are Although Puerto Rico is still in need of repair. part of the U.S., it still feels But, by and large, the foreign. In the places tourelectricity is on in the ists and upper class Puerto major tourist areas, Ricans visit, English is spoand things look pretty ken, but the official language good. of the island is Spanish. The My conclusion: local courts are conducted Puerto Rico is on The in Spanish, for example. Of New York Times list course, the federal courts because it is coming are in English, and everyone back stronger than it speaks at least a bit of English. was, with many new In addition to fine dining, Puerto Rico offers water activiOne overnight gas station and exciting restauties galore. attendant — the person who rants blooming and takes your money to turn on the pump — couldn’t speak nightlife booming. Reputedly the best restaurant in San English and kept referring to the price in “pesos” when Juan is Casita Miramar off Ponce de Leon. Trendy veghe meant dollars, so speaking some Spanish is still helpetarian restaurant Pure and Natural on Ponce de Leon, ful, but not necessary. across from the Music Conservatory, is quite good and The city of San Juan has the feeling of being very representative of the new creative offerings. Otherwise, large. Like Dallas, there are many smaller contiguous most of the tourist attractions focus around golf on lush wald.world@yahoo.com
Inside the upscale Miramar restaurant.
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cities, so you need to consider the metropolitan area as one big city. The population of the metropolitan area is around 2.6 million and growing. Because the island is rebuilding more upscale, finding typical rural Puerto Rican foods in the city was difficult. For example, I searched high and low for a sampling of mofongo, a plaintain or casaba (yucca) stuffed with your choice of fish or meat. I do not like to drive in unfamiliar places, but all the smartphone apps work to guide you. Although there are beaches everywhere, to find a really nice beach, you’ll really want to leave the urban area. Swimming is another issue: the Atlantic Ocean is cold, unlike the Caribbean. Next week I’ll suggest an itinerary of highlights for a 48 hour visit to Puerto Rico to get you started. Of course, with an entire island to see, you may want to devote more time. 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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Feb. 15-16
101 Howell St. Dallas, 75207 214-565-9463
Bruce Wood Dance Gallery – Curated by artistic director Joy Bollinger, producer Larry Lane and Broadway music director Joseph Thalken, “Dances from the Heart” offers classical favorites from Chopin to Sondheim. The program features Thalken on piano, conducting an all-string chamber quintet from Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, soprano Alissa Roca and the Bruce Wood Dancers. 7 p.m. $250-$1,000.
Feb. 15-17
2400 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre – The Dallas Black Dance Theatre salutes the “Queen of American Folk Music” Odetta Holmes and the “High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone, two women of courage who influenced the world and used their musical voices for change. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $22-$58.
Feb. 16
2927 Maple Ave. Dallas, 75201 469-375-5846
Perle on Maple – The restaurant presents Painted in Love. The cultural evening begins with a welcome cocktail featuring Kir Royale and a tantalizing amuse bouche, courtesy of Perle on Maple executive chef, Wade Burch. Guests will then partake in an interactive, guided paint class in accompaniment with live music. 7 p.m. $45.
Feb. 16
1 AT&T Way Arlington, 76011 817-892-4000
AT&T Stadium – Monster Energy Supercross is the most competitive and highest-profile off-road motorcycle racing championship in the world today. Part aerial excitement, part high-speed chase, Supercross is founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association. 7 p.m. $25-$80.
Feb. 19
3600 McKinney Ave., Suite 210 Dallas, 75204 214-971-2825
Uptown Dallas, Inc. – “Let’s Talk Uptown: The Future” is where to get the inside scoop about current and future developments in Uptown commercial and residential trends. 8:30 a.m. $5.
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The spirit of love wafts into the weekend
By Ryann Gordon
ryannbgordon@yahoo.com Valentine’s Day may be over, but the love is still in the air. You’re probably going to be spending some quality time together this weekend and possibly looking for something new and exciting to do with your significant other (or your soulmate/ bestie). Don’t stick to the generic, dinner-and-a-movie date consisting of an average restaurant followed by a typical, romantic movie and a sub-par time. Embrace the spirit of the season as an excuse to be spontaneous and shake up your love life or lack thereof. Whether you’re spending this love-filled weekend with your loved one, the one you’ve been crushing on or just some of your fellow, single friends, get creative this year and bring some fun back into this cheesy, beloved holiday season. Get your heart beating and your adrenaline pumping this V-Day with some of these unique date night ideas for the true love bird in all of us. Leisurely love. Rather than going out and spending money, kick back at home and make dinner for either your significant other or even your group of single friends.
Collaborate on a fancy dinner and work together to act like chefs and have a little fun while cooking; then either rent a movie or X-out technology altogether and play some board games. Make a night out of it and set up a pallet with pillows for lounging. Embrace your inner youngin’ and maybe even make a tent out of sheets. Heat up the dance floor. Going to a concert or show of some sort is always a fun date night. Lucky, this Saturday is jam-band Rainbow Kitten Surprise at the Bomb Factory; and then just down the street is one of our favorites, High and Tight, where you can enjoy a low-key, speakeasy vibe and catch live music every night of the weekend. Laugh your heart out. Laughing together is one of the best ways to bond — so find a date and get your giggle on at Dallas Comedy House or Hyena’s. Or find yourself an open mic night and do something hilariously thrilling to get you out of your comfort zone. Gamers unite. If you and your date are always looking for an excuse to battle it out, heat up your relationship this V-Day with a little competition. Hit up Topgolf or Dave and Buster’s,
or go for a super thrill at Zero Gravity amusement park. Make sure to check out Cidercade for a little bit less competitive twist that’s just as fun. Learning and loving. We all know how it works …“I don’t know how to skate/hold the golf clubs/just want you to put your arms around me.” Either agree to try something new that your significant other can teach you, whether it be going ice skating, golf, baking a cake, etc., or learn something new together, like how to craft ceramics, ride horses or longboards. Or do something exhilarating you’ve both wanted to try, like skydiving, and get your hearts pumping together. The art of love. Become cultured together at one of Dallas’ many museums. Visit the DMA, Holocaust Museum, Geometric Museum of MADI Art or Nasher Sculpture Center; or take a trip to Fort Worth to their Museum of Modern Art for some Instaworthy pics for your couple page. If art isn’t your thing, put on your learning cap and hit the Perot, where you can soar through space together in their planetarium (don’t act like you don’t remember Ross and Rachel’s date from "Friends").
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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE
Never an off day at Ten50 BBQ
TEN50 BBQ
Pit master William Weisiger.
By Dotty Griffith dotty.griffith@yahoo.com The leap from backyard barbecue to successful restaurant is a big one. Of Olympic gold medal proportions. Just ask the few smoke meisters who have made it. William Weisiger, lead pit master at Ten50 BBQ on a tricky exit from N. Central Expressway in Richardson, explains his biggest challenge: producing good barbecue for lunch through dinner, i.e. restaurant hours, seven days a week. There’s no running out of meat here. No shutting down at 2 p.m. or just taking a day ‘cause big bass are biting at Lake Fork. Even Wild Bill, as he was known in the finance industry before he segued to ‘cue, can’t be at the pit all the time. That means he’s had to invest himself in training staff to make sure the restaurant serves “craft barbecue all day long.” “Being a good teacher and sharing my knowledge is the hardest part to get consistency,” Weisiger adds. His aim at Ten50 is to produce an excellent “holy Trinity” of Texas barbecue – brisket, ribs and sausage – as well as other
they burn wood. No pellets. No gas. barbecue signatures and specialties. In the ever-growing cult of barWeisiger offers Kansas City burnt becue worshipers, there’s a trope ends … with a Texas twist … on that barbecue can’t be authentic Wednesdays. Only. and taste “small batch” in a large To get these crispy brisket restaurant with conventional hours. mouthfuls, he removes the point, If there’s not a line out the door an the richly marbled, fatty section that hour before opening, some aficionasits on the flat, the bigger, leaner dos reason, how can the barbecue be bottom section of a smoked brisket, good? and smokes the point again to crisp Weisiger realizes that Ten50, the edges. He refrains from glazing built new with a large seating area, with sauce à la Kansas City. “It’s not doesn’t look the part of a smallsauced like a KC burnt end.” town, Hill Country barbecue joint. Ten50’s “delicacy,” smoked beef Or even an urban ‘cue temple. There ribs, 1 1/4 pound hunks of fatty is one nod to Old World Barbecue. beef on 9-inch bones, are available You order meat off a holding pit outdaily; but when they’re gone, they’re doors and go inside for sides and gone. And don’t be surprised by all beverages. the drippings and marbling. “If you “We’re so big some people don’t don’t want rich, don’t get a beef rib,” take us seriously,” Weisiger laments. Weisiger advises. But he believes that his insistence Now a partner in the Ten50 opon top quality beef and consistency eration, Weisiger learned backyard from open to close puts his product barbecuing from his great uncle and among the best in the area. I was granddad in an Oak Cliff backyard. convinced when I got to sample his He’s the kind of guy who traveled to five states to eat at 100 different bar- range of products. But you be the judge. And let William Weisiger becue joints. Weisiger began transknow. He cares. forming from accomplished amateur to pro when a friend enlisted him to TEN50 BBQ help with another out-of-state bar1050 N. Central Expressway becue restaurant start-up. Richardson, 75080 He was recruited to Ten50 855-783-1050 when he went along for the ride to ten50bbq.com see the installation of a world famous Oyler Smoker, a commercial-size, wood-burning barbecue machine made in suburban Mesquite by J&R Manufacturing. Weisiger had been practicing in the manufacturer’s test kitchen. Oyler smokers are high-tech in that the electric rigs are temperature and humidity-controlled and move the meat on “Ferris wheel” rotisserie shelves for even heat and smoke exposure. The pits are traditional in that Ten50 BBQ Plate.
Uncle barky's bites
BET is changing programming focus
By Ed Bark unclebarky@verizon.net Black Entertainment Television, longhand for BET, had its own Don Cornelius in Robert Johnson, who launched the network with his wife, Sheila, in 1980 and sold it to Viacom 20 years later for a reported $3 billion. But while Johnson profited immensely (and stayed on as CEO until 2006), BET remained stagnant creatively as a home for cut-rate unscripted programming and videos that were criticized by some for perpetuating African American stereotypes. The network stayed away from costlier scripted comedies and dramas throughout most of Johnson’s reign. But BET’s latest president, Scott Mills, is making a big scripted push after the network’s “Being Mary Jane,” starring Gabrielle Union, had a four-season run and record-setting ratings. Mills is promising a veritable onslaught of scripted programming this year, with a commitment to premiere five original new series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. First in line is “American Soul,” a 10-episode drama series starring Sinqua
Walls as Cornelius, the founding father of “Soul Train.” It launched last week and airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. In Mills’ view, BET’s audience yearns for “highend drama content” while at the same time “enjoying salacious reality programming.” But, as he told The Hollywood Reporter, the network’s viewers “have been clear to us that they don’t want to see real-life African Americans behaving badly on BET. Our audience values that, they just don’t want it in our house.” If actually true, it’s an interesting dichotomy. And based on the first two episodes of “American Soul,” BET is arguably having it both ways. One of the promotional tag lines for the series — “Black folks as black folks was meant to be seen — strong, powerful and beautiful” — is also stated by Walls’ Cornelius in an Episode 1 scene with Gladys Knight (fine work by Kelly Rowland). But Cornelius also is shown behaving quite badly, whether it’s philandering, snorting coke, bullying underlings, providing prostitutes as part of doing business or putting a gun to his head in “American Soul’s” opening scene
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Sinqua Walls as "Soul Train" founder Don Cornelius.
before the drama flashes back from early 2012 to Chicago’s summer of 1971. In short, he was a businessman — by any means necessary. But his dream of a black-owned-and-operated answer to Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” required a single-minded toughness and/or amorality, which Cornelius deployed when needed. (His son, Tony Cornelius, is a co-executive producer of “American Soul.” So this portrayal has his blessing.) Upcoming episodes will include portrayals of real-life star performers ranging from Diana Ross to Ike and Tina Turner. But the principal aspiring group in the early going is fictional. Brother and sister Kendall and Simone Clark (Jelani Winston, Katlyn Nichol), and their friend JT Tucker (Christopher Jefferson) comprise Encore, a standin for The Undisputed Truth. They were a onehit wonder group, but it was a big one — “Smiling Faces Sometimes.” Encore winningly performs it at a club, but the kids are found to be too young to work where alcohol is served. Simone and Kendall then resort to auditioning as “Soul Train” dancers while JT finds himself getting into trouble. The supporting cast also includes Iantha Richardson as “Soul Train’s” put-upon dance auditioner, Tessa Lorraine, Perri Camper in the role of Cornelius’ left behind wife, Delores, and Jason Dirden as ruthless black club manager Gerald Aims, who provides Cornelius with a gateway to Knight. Sprinkled in during the first two episodes are Knight’s strong-willed manager, Ilsa Dejarnette (Shannon Kane), and white
go-between Brooks Donald (James Devoti), who’s needed to line up advertisers. One of them refers to “Soul Train” as “Bandstand for coloreds.” The scenes from the set of “Soul Train” are well-captured and choreographed. But BET’s still limited production budgets are reflected in recurrent Vietnam War sequences involving the Clark kids’ father. They’re phony-looking to say the least, and really not needed at all. Walls, formerly of Starz’s “Power” series, is effective as Cornelius, although not to the point of blowing anyone away. His best scene is talking business to the reluctant Knight at a Gary, Indiana club. But “American Soul” also tends to bounce like a ping-pong ball from one set piece to another. The worst of this is when Cornelius is stopped by a taunting, white Los Angeles police officer for allegedly running a stop sign. “Sing for me,” he’s ordered, or be taken downtown. But the slobbering cop and his partner then get a call to a higher priority crime scene, which spares Cornelius any further indignities. It’s all very ham-handed. BET is moving in the right direction, though. The network had been running in place for decades under the profit-mongering Johnson. “American Soul” is a significant effort to get untracked and make a mark. Dramatizing how “Soul Train” came to be is a story well worth telling. And BET at long last has deemed itself the perfect place to do it. Ed Bark, who runs the TV website unclebarky. com, is a past member of the national Peabody awards board.
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Traditional brisket made easy
TEN50 BBQ
Ten50 BBQ Beef Brisket.
By Dotty Griffith dotty.griffith@yahoo.com William Weisiger, pit boss at Ten50 BBQ, believes in using top quality beef so he smokes Prime grade brisket. That’s hard to come by for those of us who buy our briskets at a grocery store, even a butcher shop. He says Choice grade will do. After all, the technique, low-and-slow, is the true secret to tender beef brisket. That’s why his recipe is deceptively simple. Good brisket, tender yet with enough integrity to slice, is the holy grail of barbecue. Weisiger recommends a “packer brisket…USDA Choice or better.” That means a whole untrimmed brisket. A bit of brisket basics. The thickest end of the packer cut is called the point or deckle and is covered with a thick layer of fat. The thinner end is called the flat with marbled fat but a thinner layer of fat, or none, on the surface. Weisiger’s Ten50 seasoning rub is very simple: kosher salt, coarsely ground black pepper and roasted garlic. Of course, Weisiger recommends using an “offset smoker,” i.e. one in which the brisket isn’t directly over the coals. Rather, the cooking, i.e. smoking, occurs when hot air and smoke fill the cooking chamber from the offset heat source. When it comes to fuel, Weisiger calls for post oak wood but I’ll leave the choice of wood, lump charcoal or a combination up to you. After all, I’m not the pit boss of you. TEN50 BBQ TEXAS STYLE BRISKET 1 (10- to 14-pound) untrimmed whole brisket 1/2 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup coarsely ground black pepper 1/4 cup roasted garlic, mashed Trim brisket fat to 1/4 thickness. Combine salt, pepper and roasted garlic to make a grainy paste. Spread seasoning blend evenly over fat layer and top surface of brisket. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour. Prepare fire in offset smoker using wood, lump charcoal or a combination. Heat smoking chamber to 225 F. Place brisket on rack in smoker, fat side up. Cook to internal temperature of 190-195 F, rotating brisket every 2 to 3 hours, for 10 to 12 hours, approximately 1 hour per pound. Add fuel as needed to maintain 225 F cooking temperature. Once done, wrap brisket in foil and let rest for up to 1 hour. To serve, slice brisket across the grain, in 1/4-thick slices. Makes 10 to 14 servings.
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FEB. 15 - 21, 2019
Hammer and Nails
Be ready if things heat up By Stephan Sardone stephan@sardoneconstruction.com
By Candy Evans candace@candysdirt.com How would you like to live in the heart of Highland Park and yet be so completely concealed from sight, your privacy is absolute? Take a peek behind the tall hedges of 3212 Dartmouth Ave. for a glimpse of a Texas Modern masterpiece CANDY'S DIRT with a rare provenance. The legendary architect Frank Welch originally designed This home, located at 3212 Dartmouth Ave., is listed at $4.25 this home in 1978. As if that’s not enough to turn your head million. and make your heart flutter, this Texas Modern masterpiece was reinvented about ten years ago, by another famous Texan — AIA award-winning architect Max Levy. In the 1970s, architects were pushing the envelope all over America. We saw the construction of innovative styles like Shed and A-Frame homes. It was an exciting time in architecture, and there were plenty of clients eager to be on the cutting edge. We’re lucky in Dallas that not only do some of these homes still stand, but owners maintain and improve the designs. One of the boldest moves made with this property was capturing the lot next door. Rather than expanding the home, the owner added to the privacy and sanctuary-like feel with stunning gardens. That privacy was thoughtfully constructed by internationally-recognized landscape architect David Hocker, principal of Hocker Design Group (HDG). Hocker is noted for indigenous gardens. If you have been in Dallas for any length of time and value landscape design, you’ll know Hocker for his award-winning work on the 1926 Dallas Power & Light electrical substation which became an indoor and outdoor art exhibition space, guest artist’s residence, and not-for-profit organization. There are so many things I love about this Texas Modern masterpiece, and the backstory is one of them. Listing agent David Griffin told me the current owner was looking at high-rises and could not find anything that suited him. Then he saw this Texas Modern masterpiece. “It’s like a high-rise, but on terra firma,” Griffin said. “It has all the privacy that a high-rise would afford, but you can interact with nature. The thread that runs from the original house to the house today is that both architects work in a modern Texas vernacular.” With 4,787 square feet, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a powder bath, this Texas Modern masterpiece is the perfect home for someone wanting not only the highest standards in terms of design with no compromise in materials or craftsmanship, but also privacy and low maintenance living. “If one uses the best architects and designers, homes have a timeless quality that isn’t available if you are simply following current trends,” Griffin said. “Many of us chase those trends and try to keep up. A good counterbalance is to think about what is enduring. When I sell homes designed by leading architects from Hal Thompson to Frank Welch, those homes desirability and perspective speaks to people long after the era in which they were built.” This Texas Modern masterpiece is a gem of a home, set on a private double lot, in a world of its own, and yet minutes from all the fun on Knox Street. Javier’s Gourmet Mexicano restaurant is practically at the back door, which would seal the deal for me! This home is exactly what we all want. A timeless design, in a superb location, with fantastic privacy, and low maintenance! Griffin has this sophisticated architectural beauty listed for $4.25 million. CandysDirt.com is the only blog in Dallas for the truly real estate obsessed! Named by National Association of Real Estate Editors as the BEST Real Estate Blog in the country.
It seems that, for many reasons, there are more home fires than ever before. They are a staple of local TV news. Severe weather patterns have contributed. But poor planning and carelessness are the biggest factors and can be avoided. Even though it is a discussion no family wants to have, it is prudent to develop a fire safety plan. The most important action when a fire breaks out is to call the fire department immediately. You should have plenty of smoke detectors secured in the most vulnerable areas in your home. They should be located in places where it is easy to hear them. And all sprinklers should be working perfectly. Most small kitchen fires can be handled by an adult, but that means you must have a number of fire extinguishers available and that older children should know how to operate them. One way to prevent kitchen fires is to make sure that there are no loose items like paper towels, dish towels, pot holders and curtains within five feet of the stove. Studies report that most kitchen fires start when someone has left the room. It only takes a minute for a skillet to go into flames. And never leave the house when cooking, even if it just to go outside for a moment. Make sure that appliances are clean and electrical cords are in perfect order. Small appliances are inexpensive to replace, and the newer the better. Water leaks can become a pathway to an electrical current and cause a fire. While this may seem improbable, make sure that garbage disposals, refrigerators, coffeemakers and dishwashers are leak-free. Be wary of using candles. And if you smoke cigarettes or cigars, do so with the utmost of care. To avoid a fire from approaching your home from the outside, make sure to clear away anything combustible around your home. Debris should be removed on a regular basis. Stacks of firewood should be stored in a secure area. Experts recommend creating a defensible space stretching out at least 30 feet from a house. Not only will that limit chances of a fire quickly growing, it gives firefighters easier access to your home. Keep outside gutters clear. Few people consider Stephan Sardone this fact, but eaves and vent openings should be properly screened to prevent embers from entering the home. The most important outside feature of your house to prevent fires is to have a Class A rated roof in place. Tile and steel roofs are the least susceptible to fire. Cement and stucco roofs stand up well to flames. Once, cedar shake roofs were all the rage. All it takes is to see how a house fire rages through cedar shakes to invest in a new roof. Drapes should be made of fire-resistant materials. Outside shutters should be non-combustible. If you are to attack a fire, always have the flow of water going in the direction of the wind. Liquid fires are to be extinguished from the top down and wall fires from the bottom up. If you do have a house fire, make sure everyone gets out of the house quickly, and shut doors behind you when you know the house has been completely cleared. It is never too early to have that “talk” with the family. And even if you live alone, you should take heed and familiarize yourself with the best escape routes. Make sure to replace fire extinguishers after use. And here’s to hoping that you will never have to iniTHIS WEEK’S SUDOKU SOLUTION tiate these safety tips. Sardone Design-BuildRemodel is locally owned and operated. Sardone, his wife and two daughters are Lake Highlands residents.
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HISTORY ON THE TRAIL
Lessons learned from two sales, 40 years apart
By Wayne Swearingen In 1972, I opened the doors of The Swearingen Company. Also, in that year, J. L. Williams (Jim) completed construction of 3131 Turtle Creek on land owned by a trust based in California. The building was also known as Turtle Creek Tower at that time and stayed full because of its strategic location. Over the next few years, the foreign investor pool was growing but avoided real estate without land ownership. Jim was a great friend and client, and “broker friendly.” He would shake hands and you had a deal. Imagine that today. About 1979, Jim called and said he was able to buy the “dirt” and would be willing to sell 3131, building and dirt, for $6.2 million or $43.36 per square foot (SF). Since this was below replacement cost, I made a file and began a search for a buyer, deciding to start with the lender, Prudential (Pru). We knew Pru well, having developed for them and managed several Pru properties. A good friend, Claude Ballard, had worked his way up through the ranks, mostly in Dallas, and now headed the Pru Real Estate operation out of headquarters in New Jersey. I called Claude and asked if
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3131 Turtle Creek, also known as Turtle Creek Tower. he would consider buying the building. He said sure; bring your package up here and let’s talk about it. So, on the next trip to New York, I took the subway over to scary Newark, N.J. and met with Claude. After we shared Dallas stories, he looked at my analysis of 3131, and said he would consider the purchase. Then the fun began. Claude asked where in New York I was staying, and I said the Plaza
by Stella Wilder
Duties and responsibilities may separate loved ones for a time — not willingly, of course, but as a matter of necessity, so that individual challenges can be met. This is not a week for severing ties but rather for strengthening them over long distances. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You may have to rely on a family member to assist you this week, as he or she may be the only one to understand what you’re going through. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You need to wake and get started a little earlier each day; getting ahead is really a matter of simply keeping up, and that is something you must do! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may be required to travel for
work this week or to fulfill a family responsibility, which, in the long run, is more important. (March 6-March 20) – If you find yourself considering only immediate gains, you are ignoring a major concern. This week, you must focus on what you get down the line. ARIES (March 21-April 4) Quality is a major issue throughout the week; you will likely be responsible for ensuring that others turn in only top-notch work. (April 5-April 19) – You’re likely to receive news early in the week that sends you on a journey of discovery, but the focus, ultimately, is on a certain family member. TAURUS (April 20-May 5) Surprises are in store, surely, and you know how best to deal with them when they arise. One, however, throws you for a loop. (May 6-May 20) – Someone you’ve “left behind” is able to remain spiritually and emotionally close to you, but only if you make yourself available. Don’t close yourself off! GEMINI (May 21-June 6) This is a good week to address certain habits. If they work for you, then there is no need to break them; if not, it’s time to make changes! (June 7-June 20) – A member of the opposite sex shows you how it’s done at some point during the first part of the week. Then, it’s up to you to keep
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Hotel. He picked up the phone and requested a red Cadillac limo (from the Pru fleet), and we zipped over to the private Pru helipad, where a chopper was already in rotation. Claude wished me a good trip, we lifted off, and I got my only chopper trip across the most expensive real estate in the U.S., Manhattan. A week later, I was in my Dallas office when a young gentleman from a California bank asked for a meeting. He explained that his bank represented a wealthy investor from Europe, who wanted to buy real estate in Dallas and liked office buildings. I showed him the 3131 Turtle Creek building and explained that I had a very interested potential buyer. He asked how he could buy it, and I asked if he could write a check. He asked if he could use my phone. With permission from the bank, he put escrow money in the title company that day and closed several days later. I was learning lessons that would stay with me for my career. Yes, Claude did call with continued interest and I had to tell him, next time, move faster. We continued our friendship through the years, and Claude was one of my sponsors
Your Stars this Week The coming week is likely to require of many individuals a willingness to work harder to reap the gains that in weeks past would have been available to anyone putting in routine effort. There are changes in the wind, surely; in order to weather associated turbulence, no “ordinary” effort is likely to be enough to ensure safe passage when hidden dangers can spring up at every junction along the way. Those who have built up stores of energy and patience can surely rise to the occasion this week and get things done; those who have not will be surprised to learn that what worked in the past isn’t likely to be enough.
10. Brawl 11. Far away 12. Levels off 13. Bathroom fixtures 14. Chair or bench 15. Spain’s — del Sol 16. Start of a recovery 17. Trounce 18. Camembert kin 19. Textile measure 21. Cuba’s capital 31. Wisconsin neighbor 33. All ears 35. Golfer — Trevino 37. Sharp turns 38. Woody’s son 39. Sandbox adjunct 42. Uncool person 43. Giants hero of yore 45. Saying 46. Like many a train 47. Some August people 49. Bride in “Lohengrin” 50. Ta-ta in Turin 51. Top choices (hyph.) 52. Santa Fe hrs. 53. Steeple 54. Periods of decline 57. — Raton 58. Cantankerous 59. Magic charm 60. Biography 62. Vaccine type 64. Turner or Brown 66. Theater come-on 68. Calm 69. Say impulsively 71. For 72. Rawls or Gehrig 73. Gate 76. Furnishes 77. Harem owner
up the good work! CANCER (June 21-July 7) You can derive a great deal of pleasure from an endeavor that is nothing but hard work to most others. Your unusual tastes are useful this week. (July 8-July 22) – There are certain things you have to do this week that are not for anyone else to observe. You can perform such “secret” duties better than most at this time. LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Take care this week that you do not distort the truth as you try to send messages to those who are indispensable to your primary efforts. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You’re likely to be attracted to those who are doing things in unusual ways this week, and in the end you’re likely to adopt one or two of their methods! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) A loved one is likely to forgive you this week for something you haven’t yet done. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try to avoid doing it! (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – You’ve been following the rules faithfully, no doubt, but this week you may be tempted to bend them just a little to maximize your own gains. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You must be willing to subject yourself to certain hardships this week if you want to assume
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leadership of a certain group project. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – How something begins is just as important to you as how it ends. This week, you’ll want to get all your ducks in a row before taking a single step forward. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You may have to work more than usual this week to ensure that someone under your care is in the best possible position to enjoy an opportunity. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – What you do this week isn’t likely to benefit you so much as it benefits a loved one, and he or she will surely return the favor when the time comes. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Completing your travels may require you to make a change in your itinerary and the willingness to perform a rather dangerous task. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You can push yourself a little harder than usual this week. While others may not be impressed when you take such risks, the gains you make will be undeniable. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You are not as concerned with what things “mean” this week as some others — but that doesn’t mean you can give such things no thought at all. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – The sooner you accept certain restrictions, the sooner you can focus on what must be done. Don’t be distracted by limitations imposed on you.
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training with them.” He logged in 13 years with the Pappas chain before he decided to break away and start his own Dallas-based company known as FreeRange Concepts. Besides Bowl & Barrel (originating in Dallas, but expanded to Houston and San Antonio), FreeRange owns The Rustic (Dallas, San Antonio and Houston) featuring music seven days a week, Mutts Canine Cantina (Dallas and now Fort Worth) which is an “urban oasis for dogs” and The General Public (San Antonio and Houston) which is a neighborhood bar and restaurant. “We opened Bowl & Barrel, The Rustic and Mutts within an 11 month period,” Noonan said. “We came out of the gates ‘guns a blazin’.’ We expected to be busy, just not that busy. We were drinking out of a fire hose from day one.” FreeRange is now at $50 million in revenues and has more than 1,000 employees. The Rustic – Dallas is consistently one of the largest purveyors of alcoholic beverages in the DFW area. “Our Houston Rustic is our highest grossing restaurant,” said Noonan. “But we keep growing.” The
Houston location is at Discovery Green, a similar development to Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park. Noonan was recently announced as the new president of the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association (GDRA). Jerry Walker, executive director of GDRA said via a press release that “It’s no secret that we need youthful energy to help maintain our clout and relevance and Kyle provides that. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Kyle as our president and look forward to an amazing year to come.” The first Rustic off of North Central Expressway, located at 3656 Howell St. is 28,000 square feet. With Mutts next door, the company has locked in the location for another five years. Noonan and Sepkowitz have been business partners for six years. “They say never go into business with your best friend,” Noonan said. “But we found that couldn’t be further from the truth. And I think the reason why is because our skill sets are so vastly different. There is not much overlap. What I love to do he hates to do and what I hate to do he loves to do.” One thing the partners do have in common is unparalleled success.
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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
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
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
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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
This is half of Our Favorite Restaurants. See the full list at our website: KatyTrailWeekly.com 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 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 The Rustic 3656 Howell St. Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. Street's Fine Chicken 3857 Cedar Springs
214-522-3500 214-730-0596 214-871-2346 469-917-7140
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. 214-696-1234 Do you have a favorite area restaurant or bar you want to see listed in this Directory? If so, please call: 214-27-TRAIL (214-278-7245)
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‘Isn’t It Romantic’ is comedy at a clip
By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood It’s a clever trick for a movie to satirize an entire film genre while, in fact, fully embracing it. Go too hard and you’ve got a sour, angry movie on your hands. Take it too easy, well, then you don’t have too much of a satire. “Isn’t It Romantic” almost pulls that balancing act off from start to finish. It’s witty, precious, and goes by at the speed of light (thank you, oh so much, for 88-minute comedies), but it just doesn't quite step on the throat of its enemies. In this case, that would be the dreaded romcom. It’s not for lack of trying. Writers Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox, and Katie Silberman hand star Rebel Wilson the role of her career and she cracks wise to hilarious results. If there is anything that leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, it’s that the ending goes full typical romcom and it almost feels out of place. Kind of. Wilson is Natalie, an architect working in a dreary Manhattan office that she commutes to from her 300 square foot borough-based apartment. Her assistant, Whitney (Betty Gilpin), loves her boss because she allows her to watch movies while at work and co-worker Josh (Adam Devine), well, he simply and quite obviously is in love with her. While Whitney watches “The Wedding Singer,” we learn all the reasons why Natalie despises romantic comedies. So naturally, Natalie wakes up smack-dab in the middle of a romantic comedy after she’s knocked unconscious after an altercation with a subway thief. All of the stereotypical romcom stuff is there. She’s greeted by a man who she claims is “too
Warner Bros. Pictures Liam Hemsworth and Rebel Wilson star in "Isn't It Romantic." hot to be a doctor” and then coincidentally bumps into Blake (Liam Hemsworth, having a blast mocking himself), a billionaire playboy who disrespected her at work. Whitney even turns into her work enemy because, you know, every woman has another female peer that despises them in a romcom. The only person that doesn’t change is Josh, even after he gets in on the act and saves Isabella (Priyanka Chopra), a bikini model, from choking and they become romantically involved. It becomes readily apparent where the story is going and while it’s amusing and sweet, it feels like a romantic comedy cop out in a movie that just spent an hour mocking this sort of thing. Of course, that’s also the smartest aspect of “Isn’t It Romantic.” Director Todd Strauss-Schulson nails a few scenes that could only happen in a bad romance movie and successfully skewers them. The lighting and set design is a laugh riot in itself, particularly seeing
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when I was invited to join the Counselors of Real Estate, a valuable designation that I continue to use today on consulting assignments. Now flash forward 40 years. In May of last year, The Dallas Morning News carried the story of another sale of the same 3131 building. An investor/developer had purchased the building in 2014, spent $10 million in upgrades and sold it to the State Teachers Retirement System
the streets of New York so pristine and fresh. It’s Rebel Wilson’s show, but Brandon Scott Jones is an absolute scene stealer. Jones plays Natalie’s neighbor Donny, a seedy drug dealer in the real world and Natalie’s gay best friend in her fever dream. It’s the most “meta” role in the movie and it’s completely satirically perfect. This is the first movie that Rebel Wilson has ever been credited with producing and she chose very wisely. It’s not overly ambitious and easily in her comfort zone yet feels like something she’s not done before. Yes, there are lots of jokes at the expense of her appearance, but at the midway point, they have all vanished and most of the material is uplifted simply by her wonderful deadpan delivery. It’s odd, but a romantic movie that spends most of its time making fun of romantic movies really is the perfect Valentine’s Day movie. “Isn’t It Romantic” is far more fun than you may expect without being too silly.
of Ohio for an estimated $350 per square foot, or $50 million. Another source shows the price to be $46 million. Whichever is correct, it is a big jump in just 40 years for basically the same building in the same location with upgrades and only two big changes … the market in Uptown and the Katy Trail now a block away. Wayne Swearingen, CRE, is a principal at Barclay Commercial Group and lives adjacent to Katy Trail. Contact him at wswearingen@ barclaycom.com.
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