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THEATER

Holidays offer plethora of show options

COMMUNITY NEWS Win tickets to Trains at NorthPark Benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) and presented by Bank of Texas, The Trains at NorthPark, running through Sunday, Jan. 6, will mark its 20th year at NorthPark Center with more than 750 railcars on a 1,600-foot elaborate configuration of tracks and scenes. The event has helped raise RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE more than $13 million for RMHD since its original run in 1987. The first five readers of the Katy Trail Weekly will receive four free tickets when responding at info@katytrailweekly.com. – Ariel Herr

All aboard the Holiday Express

UPTOWN PLAYERS

Smaller theaters add color to the city’s cultural tapestry.

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com Turkey bones are picked clean, you’ve put away the leftovers, the dishwasher is running and you are, frankly, glad it’s all over. We have survived another successful Thanksgiving.

Next up is “the season” when everyone puts so much energy into the winter holidays. You’re making an itinerary for your family and out of town guests. You’re lucky to be in Dallas, where there are dozens of options to see quality theater.

Seasoned theatergoers know well the supersized theater venue choices in town. Patrons are acquainted with the high-caliber productions they offer and flock to them all year. But does everyone know about the dozens of small venues bringing big talent to Dallas’ stages?

Dallas is home to a smaller theater whose polished productions are recognized with dozens of Column and Broadway World Dallas awards, The Firehouse Theatre.

The unique setting is a warm, cozy venue in a transformed Farmers Branch fire station.

The third annual M-LINE Trolley Holiday Express runs on the first three Mondays in December. The train will take you through the heart of Uptown Dallas into the Downtown Arts District while you experience the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority sights and sounds of the holiday season. You'll enjoy holiday music, hot chocolate and cookies. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children and available at eventbrite.com. The ride starts and ends at Uptown Station, 2700 CityPlace West Blvd. – Paula Cain

DBDT dances for the holiday

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RECOGNITION

Dirk Nowitzki honored with key to city of Dallas

By Leah Frazier leahfrazier.com Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was honored with a key to the city of Dallas by Mayor Mike Rawlings during halftime of the Mavericks versus Brooklyn Nets game on Nov. 21. The recognition comes rare — as only two prior keys have been given during Rawlings' tenure since 2011. Unquestionably, the 7-foot-tall all-time leading scorer for the Dallas Mavericks epitomizes what Dallas is, by his extraordinary achievements racked up on and off the court.

“You've given us a championship ... but you've given us so much more,” Rawlings said to Nowitzki in an arena full of Dallas Mavericks fans. “You've been a great citizen of Dallas. You have given back to the city of Dallas, and you have represented us all over the world.”

During the span of 20 years with the Mavericks, Nowitzki has achieved notable humanitarian efforts, including annual

DBDT

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Dirk Nowitzki receives the key to the city of Dallas from Mayor Mike Rawlings. grants through The Dirk Nowitzki Foundation focusing on children's well-being, health and education, raising $960,000 last year alone and $1.92 million for Hurricane Harvey victims at its annual

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Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is offering a unique, all-inclusive, “Black on Black” holiday experience Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8 at the DBDT Studios, 2700 Ann Williams Way. Presented by Bank of Texas, the evening includes a complimentary happy hour, holiday-themed performance and after-party.

The happy hour starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. For more details, visit DBDT.com.

– Ramona Logan

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

Black Friday sales were stout

By David Mullen

with “intense aromas of charred oak, vanilla, caramel and smoke.”

And I don’t smoke. But This was a first. I saw it was spectacular. It a panhandler playing the was an excellent glass of guitar at the corner of eastbeer. And then, alas, it is bound Forest Lane and North Central Expressway.

David Mullen gone … In their analysis of Texas microbreweries, I assume he was playing the the website Thrillist snubbed the blues … On Black Friday, which local Peticolas, Four Corners, Deep has to be the most confusing and Ellum Brewery, Lakewood Brewing, annoying day of the year, people Community Beer Company, Texas were lined up overnight at Spec’s Ale Project and others. They named and Total Wine and Spirits to get Austin’s Jester King as the best a pint of Goose Island Bourbon microbrewery in Texas. They wrote The Original County Brand Stout. that “sitting majestically on 165 Cost was around $10. It is a limitacres of Texas Hill Country’s acres, ed, annual release and there were anyone visiting the Longhorn State more than 1,000 people lined up should make it a priority to sip one in Chicago, home of Goose Island, of Jester’s world-class farmhouse to get a bottle. Wait, what? Are you crazy? There is this emerging bour- ales poured from their signature 750 ml-vessels donning phenomebon snobbery that has surfaced nal artwork while discussing how recently. When I had something other craft breweries like Turning called an “expense account” back Point, Spindletap and Live Oak in my advertising days, there was are also representing Texas to the Scotch snobbery and then, thanks fullest.” Sierra Nevada was rightto the movie “Sideways,” there was fully voted as the number one wine snobbery. And now there microbrewer in California. Their is this batch of bourbon drinkChristmas beer — Celebration ers seeking bottles that are rarely Ale — is now available and tasty available in Texas. But to stand in ... Potholes of the week: Park Lane line for a day to have a bottle of east of North Central Expressway bourbon-aged stout? That is ridicis no Primrose Lane. Henderson ulous. Well, guess who had one, Avenue is hideous. And driving on without standing in line? Me. It Skillman Street takes skill, man. I is a stout aged in bourbon barrels david@katytrailweekly.com

may have used that already, but the holes still exist … This is unbelievable. Before I gave up dating, you could meet a nice girl, ask them to dinner or a movie, maybe have a nightcap and have a good or bad time.

Today, according to dating.com, 70 percent of single men and women admit to using an online dating app to find a match.

Many are left wondering why they're not making a connection.

So they have added a “Virtual Wingman” that helps users avoid common mistakes in dating profiles, how to choose the right images for your profile, what to write (and what not to write) in your profile, the best way to kick off a meaningful conversation, how to keep a conversation going, when is the right time to take things to the next level and how to approach cultural differences. How about getting your face out of your cellphone? …

On the other side, you should rush into a divorce in December for tax reasons. According to a report, “Since 1942, the person paying alimony got to take payments off of

William "Bubba" Flint — Special Contributor

their income and the person receiving it had to declare alimony as income.” This all will change with any divorce finalized on or after Tuesday, Jan. 1. After this date, neither party’s income will be adjusted for paying or receiving alimony.

Lawyers are expecting December to be a busy month for divorces due to the change. Any case settled before the end of the year will continue to follow the old rule.

One more reason to see Donald Trump’s income tax statements …

One thing President Trump appears to be going after is opioid abuse. I have never had one. But, according

OPINION

The Good Word

my point. This place is boring.

It’s way more fun to be a progressive in a progressive place anyway. Such is the nation’s capital Dallas had no real chance and the nation’s largest metropolto land Amazon HQ2. We don’t itan area. They’re both big, imperhave much here that appeals sonal cities, so you don’t have to to the Amazon/Bezos type of talk to anyone. However, there’s crowd. And to be honest, we Joe Ruzicka plenty of free Wi-Fi to text your probably didn’t want Amazon roommate using abbreviated and here anyway. improper grammar. Public transThe giant online retailer instead chose portation and walkability renders a car una couple of locations on the East Coast that necessary. Just walk, bike or ride your way mirror its Seattle-based headquarters in terms of politics, cost and appeal to millen- to the Apple store. For lunch, you can take your Tinder date to the gluten-free quinials. Go where you’re comfortable, right? noa Korean taco food truck on the corner.

New York’s Long Island City and Just make sure to take a selfie so you can Washington D.C.’s Crystal City are about Instagram it. Wouldn’t want any moment to become more blue, more expensive and of your life to not be online, right? overrun with people who have an affinWhile Dallas may be dull, I would ity for organic gourmet pizza. In return, argue that boring is good in a lot of ways. each suburb will reportedly get about $2.5 Dallas is nowhere near as crowded as New billion in investment, plus 25,000 new York or Washington. Therefore, boring jobs that pay on average $150,000 a year. gets you a table in a decent restaurant on Ho-hum. a Friday night or a walk down the aisles of If you are a 27-year-old computer Target without being shoulder to shoulder. tech whiz with $150,000 in your pocket, Boring also has great schools, affordable why would you want to come to a place housing with plenty of backyard and lots of like Dallas? I don’t blame Amazon for not U14 select soccer teams on which to place choosing us. It’s boring here. your burgeoning superstar. Heck, boring We don’t have a beach to lay on or even means you might get out of the house mountains to ski down or even a hip music and look up from your phone long enough scene to enjoy like an Austin or Nashville to talk with your neighbors during a week— which just won 5,000 Amazon jobs on end block party. (Yes, we still have block a smaller project. The topography is quite parties.) Most of all, boring is what you ugly, with flat black prairie slowly lumlook for when you want to raise kids. bering its way up towards a flyover state So, while we didn’t get any of the known as Oklahoma. There is no marquee Amazon good, we also did not get any of university churning out gobs of talent year the Amazon bad. That’s great news for famafter year, ready to plant roots in Dallas ilies. In a few years down the road, when forevermore. Tourism is little to non-extheir lives and priorities have changed, istent. What little tourism we do have was contrived by men named Jones or Cuban or millennials will want boring also. Amazon leadership will then wonder why they did JR. No one at Amazon knows who JR was not pick Dallas. anyway.

Joe Ruzicka is a retired Naval Aviator and Let’s face it. When you list Half Price F-14 Tomcat RIO. He lives in Lakewood and Books as one of the Top 10 things to see yearns for the days of Nolan Ryan fastballs. and do in Dallas … uh, well I think you get

By The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata

to Drs. Michael Ray and William Phillips of Park Cities Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, they are taking a stand. The national death toll from opioid drug overdoses climbed to a record high last year of 72,000 deaths. They are using Exparel, an opioid-free, single-dose injection that blocks pain for up to three days after surgery by releasing controlled amounts of anesthetic. The medication provides pain relief to the targeted surgical area, unlike opioids that affect the whole body and can cause harsh side effects ... Can you still send a telegram?

Boring Dallas flops on Amazon The power of hope this season

By Joe Ruzicka

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CRIME WATCH Nov. 23 – 6:21 p.m.

5900 Block, Maple Ave. (75235) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s storage unit and stole property.

Nov. 23 – 10:51 p.m.

5900 Block, Lindell Ave. (75206) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s doorbell.

Nov. 23 – 11:45 p.m.

3600 Block, Sylvan Ave. (75207) Robbery of an Individual: Multiple unknown suspects demanded the complainant’s property by threat of force.

Nov. 24 – 3:42 a.m.

1600 Block, S. Malcolm X Blvd. (75226) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect broke into the complainant’s residence and stole money.

Nov. 24 – 10:18 a.m.

4100 Block, Fairmount St. (75219) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle and stole property.

Nov. 24 – 2:07 p.m.

4600 Block, Monarch St. (75204) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole packages from the complainant’s porch.

Nov. 24 – 9:42 p.m.

1600 Block, McKinney Ave. (75202) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

Nov. 25 – 1:46 a.m.

2500 Block, Canton St. (75201) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: An unknown suspect assaulted and pointed a gun at the complainants.

Nov. 25 – 12:54 p.m.

4400 Block, McKinney Ave. (75205) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect pried open a door to the business and entered.

Nov. 25 – 2:31 p.m.

5500 Block, Caruth Haven Ln. (75225) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole property from the complainant’s unlocked vehicle.

Nov. 25 – 4:54 p.m.

10700 Block, Preston Rd. (75230) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s property.

Rector, Saint Michael and All Angels Whenever we get close to Christmas, I begin to wonder what people think about this holiday. Of course, as a priest, my thoughts immediately take me to the traditional root of our celebration: the birth of Jesus. However, for many, this season is not rooted in a life of faith, but the rush of busy-ness. As you will likely see around town, many will say that Jesus is the reason for the season.

But perhaps we can go even deeper.

Perhaps the reason for Jesus was because our world needed (and needs) to be reminded of the power of hope.

A few years ago, the story of a young man in Alabama caught the attention of people around the world, including me. In October, and surrounded by his family and friends, Sid Ortis, a 16-year-old boy from Birmingham, lost his fight with bone cancer. His story captured my heart and gives me a profound sense of hope.

In August 2014, Sid was diagnosed with osteosarcoma or bone cancer. He went to a summer basketball camp and returned complaining of tightness in his knee. His parents decided to take him to the doctor to get it checked out, and in less than 24 hours, they had a diagnosis — bone cancer. Friends filled the Ortis house that night to pray with Sid, and those prayers have continued since. Sid was brave in the face of the diagnosis and began to fight the cancer aggressively. His family and community rallied around him, finding hope in their faith that he could be healed.

But Sid’s cancer was too aggressive. After more than a year of treatment and with nothing medically left to do, Sid decided to go home. During his final week, his friends skipped school to be with him. As Sid grew weaker, his friends continued to pray for him, but it was Sid’s prayer for them that struck me. Only days before his death, Sid said this prayer for his friends: “Dear Lord, thank you for everything you've given me and these

wonderful friends who have been there with me through the fight. And let them all live prosperous lives once I'm gone, and let everybody stay on the path of righteousness and not get away from you. Amen.”

In the face of death, having exhausted all medical options for treatment and cure, Sid remained connected to the most powerful of gift we have: hope. His mother commented that all the activity in her house Rev. Dr. Girata was not morose, “It's like a party. Sid's not sad. He said he's not scared. He said he would see us again.” And there is the great hope — in death, life is not ended, life is only changed.

This time of year, as twinkling lights and beautiful decorations don buildings all around us, we can forget that the point of this season is the celebration of hope. The world can be a scary place. Fear might be a human reaction to a scary world, but fear is not a faithful response to the needs of the world. As a community, we are too strong and too capable to let fear be more than a momentary reaction.

We are constantly reminded of pain and heartbreak, but I want you to remember all the beauty in your life.

When we focus on beauty, we become grateful for the gift of life itself. If we remain focused on gratitude as we continue through this holiday season, the power of hope will begin to transform our hearts and minds and actions. And when hope guides our lives, that force will be what slowly, but certainly, changes the world for good.

The Rev. Dr. Chris Girata was called to be the eighth Rector of Saint Michael and All Angels in Dallas and started his ministry at Saint Michael on Aug. 15, 2016. Chris is a native of Florida, a classically trained musician and an amateur cook. He and his wife, Nicole, have three children.

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AUTOMOBILITY

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MULL IT OVER

Ford’s EcoSport is too little, too late

Beltré ends as greatest Ranger

By David Mullen

By David Boldt

Hall of Fame stats, but lied to Congress about his discretions. Al Oliver, Vladimir Guerrero and Julio Franco played well but were toward the end of their careers.

Ruben Sierra and George Wright never became the players everyone thought they would be.

And then there was Adrián Beltré.

Dubbed “El Capitan,” Beltré is the greatest player in Texas Rangers history.

He retired on Nov. 20 with zero fanfare.

Just the way he wanted it.

Beltré finished with 3,166 hits. He won five Gold Gloves. He hit 477 home runs, only one of four third baseman in history to have more than 400 homers and had 1,707 runs batted in, the most of any third baseman in Major League history. He originally came up as a 19-year-old in relative obscurity. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox, but had his longest stint with the Rangers.

Of the other third baseman in the Hall of Fame, Beltré, when he is eligible for the Hall of Fame in five years, may become the best third baseman in the Hall. He had a much higher batting average than the great Philadelphia Phillies star Michael Jack Schmidt. He had more power that George Brett.

Wade Boggs was a slap hitter. Eddie Matthews might be the closest comparison, but he never won a Gold Glove.

Neither did Larry “Chipper” Jones. Ron Santo, who might be Mr. Cub, Jr. compared to Dallas’ own Ernie Banks, was a Chicago favorite but not nearly the player that Beltré was. Brooks Robinson was the “human vacuum cleaner,” but didn’t hit like Beltré.

Because he retired with little celebration, I am not sure that Rangers fans can truly appreciate what Adrián Beltré meant to the Texas Rangers. I just hope he goes into the Hall of Fame with a Rangers hat on his plaque. The franchise and their fans deserve it.

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It was January of 2012 — almost seven years ago — that Buick introduced its Encore, the company’s U.S. take on a small Opel crossover, built in South Korea.

Introduced to showrooms that fall, Buick’s subcompact Encore may not have invented the category (I’ll give that to Suzuki’s SX4, largely cause I like referencing Suzuki), but has done a huge amount — in its small way — to popularize the category here in the States. The Encore sold … and sold … and sold, and continues to move well despite any number of competitors, including Chevrolet’s near-identical Trax, entering the segment. Some six years later Ford and its newish EcoSport joined the category, and Buick’s Encore continues to sell well.

It was over the last year that we first started seeing the Eco(rhymes with “echo”)Sport. Long available in other markets, its small footprint seemed about right for our urban-oriented 20-somethings, but the initial impression was similar to your take on the day-old donut or week-old bread: the small Ford’s freshness date had expired. A year later it remained on our “don’t review” list, but given the scarcity of Ford product in regional press fleets the decision was made to spend a week with Ford’s smallest crossover.

The EcoSport’s footprint is perfect for your intown driving and apartment parking. With an overall length of but 13

In the 46 year history of the Texas Rangers, there are still no flags over Texas, despite playing right next to Six Flags Over Texas.

Oh, they were close. They finally made it to the World Series in 2010 but were quickly dispensed by the San Francisco Giants, 4-1. The following year, they won the American League pennant and had the World Championship in their glove against the St. Louis Cardinals in game six, except that Nelson Cruz didn’t realize that you have to have the ball in your glove to win.

Hall of Fame and Rangers play-by-play announcer Eric Nadel said that it was the lowest moment of his life.

The Rangers have had some great players in their past. Hall of Famer Ted Williams was their first manager when they moved from Washington to Turnpike Stadium, where there were ultimately more bleacher seats than box seats.

They have had four Most Valuable Player award winners: the big power hitting Jeff Burroughs (1974), Juan Gonzalez, who won the award twice in 1996 and 98, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez (1999) who had to go to Miami to finally win a ring, the never locally embraced and performance enhancing drug user Alex Rodriguez (2003) and the troubled, but incredibly talented Josh Hamilton (2010).

The Rangers had Rookie of the Year winners in Mike Hargrove (1974), who is still adjusting his batting gloves. He was dubbed the “human rain delay.” And in 2010, Neftali Feliz won the Rookie of the Year with Rangers fans thinking he was the second coming of New York Yankee closer Mariano Rivera. Ah, not so much.

We fell in love with Michael Young, who played 12 seasons with the Rangers with class and style. He retired as a seven-time All-Star and as a .300 hitter.

There were fan favorites like Colby Lewis, Jim Sundberg, Charlie Hough, Jeff Russell, Pete Incaviglia, Toby Harrah, Rusty Greer and Buddy Bell. Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan only pitched here five years and went to the front office before being forced out only to lead the Houston Astros to a World Championship.

Kenny Rogers pitched a perfect game. Kevin Brown was a great pitcher with a bad attitude.

Rafael Palmeiro had Former Texas Ranger Adrián Beltré.

FORD

The 2019 Ford EcoSport. feet, you can put it just about anywhere. And with its high(ish) hip point and reasonable amount of glass, you can actually see where you’re putting it. Its small exterior proportions, however, make for a claustrophobic interior. Headroom is decent, but your hips and shoulders don’t enjoy any sense of space, and neither do your legs. And the notion that the rear seat is appropriate for three passengers is beyond ludicrous.

Beyond. Ludicrous.

Under the hood you have your choice of an underachieving/overstressed turbocharged three with 123 horsepower and 125 lb.ft. of torque, or an available 2.0 liter inline four delivering 166 horsepower and 149 lb.-ft. of torque. The turbo three is a fine powertrain in Ford’s Fiesta, where the curb weight of the small hatchback is 2,500 pounds, some 500 less than the EcoSport. Saddle the turbo three with the crossover’s 3,000 pounds, however, and it is gonna be wheezy — and you don’t want wheezy.

You’re better served, we think, by opting for the 2.0 liter four, more capable of comfortably handling you, a partner and a large dog.

In defense of Ford’s smallest crossover, we like the nimble feel and relatively composed platform.

Given its height and short wheelbase, you’ll not confuse this with the aforementioned Fiesta (it feels kinda like a 4-door Fiat 500), but then, you’re not buying a crossover to go autocrossing. At an as-tested price of $25K, however, there’s a lot of Ford Escape you can buy for similar money, and the Escape will deliver far more transportation value.

If on a Ford showroom and needing space for four, along with the utility of a hatch and folding rear seat, I’d jump into a Fiesta ST faster than you can say “hot hatch.” And if I wanted a subcompact crossover for roughly the same money, I’d head for the Honda, Mazda, Hyundai or Kia showroom.

With the advent of a “baby Bronco” in the not-toodistant future, the Ford EcoSport will be on the marketing back burner faster than you can say “back burner.”

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

MLB

the shape of things

Getting back on track after Turkey Day

By Stefanie Tapke stefanietapke@gmail.com I could sit here and tell you that you shouldn’t have indulged at Thanksgiving and that you’re a bad person for eating half of that pumpkin pie, but I’m not here to do that. We all indulge, and you shouldn’t have to live life without being able to treat yourself every once in a while.

Instead, let’s talk about how to reclaim lost ground in the next few weeks before Christmas. These quick and easy tips will help you regain normalcy in your diet, so you can get back on track after all of that turkey.

Drink more water.

It’s not uncommon to find yourself parched when traveling, so if you have travel on the calendar in the coming weeks, make hydrating a priority. Keeping hydrated helps with everything from your skin to your digestion. Some studies show drinking a glass of water before meals may even help to curb your appetite. Additionally, if you took in an abnormal amount of dairy or sodium (who doesn’t?) over Thanksgiving, water will help you to quickly debloat. Pro tips: Aim to

drink 2-2.5 liters per day. carbohydrates will do wonAnd remember not to bring ders for curbing your junk full bottles to the airport, food cravings (and your but do bring an empty one waistline). Get back into to fill up once you pass the routine of eating whole, through security. unprocessed foods as soon Focus on proteins as possible, rather than and proportions. Rather subsisting on Thanksgiving than cutting out entire leftovers for the next week. food groups or drastically Though leftovers sound cutting your calorie intake, much more appetizing and focus more on ensuring take less work than prepyou get the right nutrients ping healthy meals, your and not overeating. Make body will thank you. (You’ll non-starchy vegethank yourself, too, tables (e.g. asparafter you lose those agus, cauliflower few extra pounds and tomatoes) of turkey and stuffand lean proteins ing.) Pro tip: If it’s (e.g. chicken, coming straight eggs and pork) from the earth (i.e. the focus of your vegetables or fruits), meals. Add in a it beats anything Stefanie Tapke from a box. small amount of healthy fats (e.g.

Don’t beat youravocado, nuts or extra virself up for enjoying the gift gin olive oil) for good meaof food over the holidays. sure. Tune into your body, Instead, try to reign it in and do your best to eat where you can, so that you mindfully, stopping when can enjoy holiday party your body signals it’s full. indulgences guilt-free. It’s Pro tip: Try to focus only your job to give your body on chewing and tasting the nutrients it needs, but your food at meals, instead every so often you’re alof multi-tasking and eatlowed to treat yourself. You ing in front of the TV or deserve it! computer.

Stefanie Tapke is a Eat whole (unprofitness crazed millennial cessed) foods. Don’t exercising and eating her complicate it, friends. If it way through Dallas. You comes from a box, don’t eat can find her enjoying a it. It’s that simple. Staying good sweat or indulging as far away as you can from in a bowl of queso somehighly refined sugars and where around town.

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Highland Park Village – The Gingerbread Stroll, presented by Allie Beth Allman & Associates, will celebrate eight years this holiday season with its annual exhibition and silent auction of gingerbread houses created by some of Dallas’ top pastry chefs. Attendees can stroll between select retailers to view and bid on beautifully decorated gingerbread houses, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Community Partners of Dallas. 10 a.m. FREE!

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Unbranded: Downtown’s Holiday Pop Up Shop – Unbranded, an innovative Downtown holiday pop-up retail experience, will return in the heart of the city. As in years past, Unbranded will provide free retail and event space to a curated group of entrepreneurs, designers, photographers, artists, chefs and more. The holiday pop-up shop features eight to 10 different brands each week, so there is always something new for holiday shopping. 11 a.m. FREE!

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Lakewood Shopping Center – The center will kick off the holidays with its traditional tree lighting. The event will feature tenant pop-ups with food and beverages, pictures with Santa, petting zoo, face painting and performances by Lipscomb Choir, Woodrow Variation and the Woodrow Marching Band. The event will also host the Lakewood Service League Charity Drive. 6:30 p.m. FREE!

Nov. 30

1001 Performance Place Grand Prairie, 75050 972-854-5050

The Theatre at Grand Prairie – “The top of da’ evening ta’ ya.’” The multi-platinum Irish group Celtic Thunder will be in Grand Prairie in support of their new album, “Celtic Thunder X,” and in celebration of the group’s 10th anniversary. 8 p.m.

Nov. 30

1350 Manufacturing St. #120 Dallas, 75207 214-238-6714

Viva’s Lounge – Let’s groove tonight. The ball will take cues from the 1970s and feature a live DJ, cash bar, “Soul Train” line and nostalgic photobooths to capture the experience. The venue will be decorated with neon lights, disco balls, vinyl records and photos from the era. Proceeds go to the Baddie Brunch, which is typically exclusive to women, but the ball will be a co-ed event. 1970s attire is required. 10 p.m. $20-$600.

Dec. 2

8687 N. Central Expressway Dallas, 75225 214-456-8360

NorthPark Center – The Women’s Auxiliary to Children’s Medical Center Dallas will celebrate the holiday season with family and friends while enjoying a morning of spectacular holiday cheer. Festivities include a catered breakfast, photos with the beloved NorthPark Santa Claus, holiday performances featuring dancers, carolers and excerpts from the Nutcracker, face painting, balloon artists and photo opportunities with special character appearances. 10 a.m. $85-$150.

Dec. 3

5321 E. Mockingbird Lane Dallas, 75206 214-841-4713

Angelika Film Center & Cafe – The cinema presents “A Christmas Story” as part of the Dallas rewinds the clock series to bring popular films from the 1980s to the big screen.

WALLACE THE BRAVE

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

by Will Henry

A. Shonn Brown, Ros Dawson Thompson and Caren Lock of Texas Women’s Foundation celebrate on Nov. 7 after announcing the most successful luncheon in its 33-year history raising $1.5 million.

Send us a photo on Facebook and it may be featured here!

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AGING MIND FOUNDATION

This nonprofit is solely focused on funding scientific research in order to find the cause and the cure of dementia and Alzheimer’s.

By Sally Blanton sallyblanton455@gmail.com

A In order to make the most significant

impact possible, AMF donates to only one scientific research organization each year. Although only one organization receives the grant annually, the number of people impacted by the research we fund is truly limitless.

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 is your mission or highest

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purpose?

The mission of Aging Mind Foundation (AMF) is to raise money to fund scientific research that seeks the cause of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Bill Booziotis and Laree Hulshoff founded AMF in 2013.

Q What percentage of every dol-

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lar raised goes to client/direct services?

Because of our incredible partners, especially Headington Companies and its president, Michael Tregoning, we are proud to say that 80 percent of every dollar goes directly for research.

Q How did your career path lead

Q What are your critical needs now,

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you to this position?

After 10 years in education, I became a senior investment manager for more than 30 years. I have been active in philanthropy for years and AMF was a way to utilize my business experience for a good cause.

Q Why are you passionate about

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helping this charity?

I watched a close friend melt away with dementia — a horrid disease with NO cure.

Q What is difficult about your job?

A Those suffering from Alzheimer’s will

continue to rise in number year over year if the cause is not found. Reaching and getting new people involved is a challenge, but crucial to success.

Q What is rewarding about your

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job?

I am incredibly honored to work alongside brilliant people who are passionate about finding and funding research that finds the cause of this horrid disease.

Q About how many people are served each year?

besides money donations?

Community awareness. Alzheimer’s is the only leading cause of death on the rise. Contact community leaders and your congressman and urge them to support the desperate need of research to find the cause.

Q Suppose this nonprofit received a

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

A MF raises money solely to fund scientific research aimed at finding the cause of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, so donations received will go directly to support this mission.

Laree Hulshoff, founder, answered these questions.

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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Mixing in a family tradition

Make your perfect Bloody Mary

By Dotty Griffith

“Batch 1 was what I started with,” Harold recalled. “It wasn’t very good.”

He adjusted the recipe and tried Batch Taking a family recipe to mar2. “We hit it on the nose after five tries,” ket isn’t an easy process. It takes Harold said. That’s why they market the lots of work, serious investment and sauce with the label, Bentley’s Batch 5. persistence.

They named it “Bentleys” because, Longtime East Dallas residents coincidentally, Bentley has been a Harold and Gale Green have done it. middle name for generations in both Starting in 2014, they transformed his Harold’s and Gale’s families. “With so father’s beloved barbecue sauce from many Bentley’s in the family, we felt our happy memory to bottle on the shelf. company should be named after a family Their first challenge was creating tradition that we hope will be carried on a formula for commercial production. for generations to come,” Harold said.

For 60 years, Harold’s father made his Bentley’s is unique because it is a barbecue sauce without a written reci“Worcestershire-based barbecue sauce,” pe, from memory, tasting along the way. one of the only ones sold in the U.S., asHe taught his son, Harold, how to do it. serted Harold. That makes it a deep-f laIn turn, Harold taught his kids how to vored sauce that takes it beyond barbemake the family sauce when they went cue. It adapts well as a cooking or table off to college. sauce for most other foods and methods “I knew what was in it. I could alof preparation, including vegetables, ways make a batch for barbecues,” seafood like salmon or shrimp, and virHarold explained. Improvising, tually all meats. Beef, pork, he’d start with a small pot and poultry or wild game. blend ingredients until he got it I’ve used the sauce as right. Often, by the time the f lavors the braising liquid for pot were right, he’d have a big pot full roast. It was stupendous! of Bentley’s sauce. To produce the People asked for the recsauce commercially, the Greens had ipe. Who gets asked for a to have a recipe with proportions pot roast recipe? That’s how that would be right time after time. good it was.

When Harold, a mostly retired Once the sauce got rollDotty Griffith ing, customers and friends suggested using it as a f lavoring for Bloody Mary cocktails. Gale got to work and came up with the recipe (see right). That went so well, the Greens created a Bloody Mary mix based on the recipe. The mix hit the market 2 1/2 years ago.

Now there are four f lavors of sauce, Bentley’s Batch 5 Reserve, Hot, Sweet and Sweet ‘N Heat. Bentley’s Batch 5 Bloody Mary mix comes in two f lavors, mild Reserve and Hot Barbecue.

The barbecue sauce is slightly more available than the Bloody Mary mix. In the Dallas area, larger retailers who carry one or both products include all Central Market stores and Bed Bath & Beyond, Caruth Plaza.

Specialty stores include Jimmy’s Food Store in Old East Dallas, Kuby’s Sausage House in Snider Plaza and St. Michael’s Women’s BENTLEY'S BARBECUE SAUCE AND BLOODY MARY MIX Exchange in Highland Park Village.

Harold Bentley Green with his Barbecue Sauce. dotty.griffith@yahoo.com

crisis communications executive, and wife, Gale, a former special education teacher, set out to create a recipe that could be replicated, it didn’t go well. At first.

BENTLEY’S BATCH 5 BARBECUE SAUCE AND BLOODY MARY MIX 214-821-3000 info@bentleysbatch5.com bentleysbatch5.com

BENTLEY'S BARBECUE SAUCE AND BLOODY MARY MIX

Bentley's Bloody Mary.

By Dotty Griffith dotty.griffith@yahoo.com Whether for football watching, hair of the dog, holiday brunch or just because you want one, Bloody Mary cocktails get a lot of attention this time of year. Or make it a Bloody Maria with tequila instead of vodka.

Harold and Gale Green took his father’s recipe for barbecue sauce an extra step and created a mix for making the morning classic.

The following recipe is a “scratch” version blending Bentley’s 5 Barbecue Sauce with tomato juice for a “wow” Bloody Mary.

Bentley’s sauce is unusual in that it is “chunky” with small bits of pepper, tomato and onions. If you prefer a smooth Mary, blend the sauce and tomato juice to pulverize the chunks.

Or you can skip the blending and mixing and buy Bentley’s Bloody Mary Mix, spicy or mild. Follow the recipe on the label. Hint: mix 6 ounces of mix with 2 ounces tequila or vodka. Voila!

Harold recommends using the “Reserve” if you like a milder cocktail or prefer to spice it up “your way” with pepper sauce, cayenne or

whatever. “Reserve” is milder than the “Hot Barbecue.”

BENTLEY’S BATCH 5 BLOODY 8 ounces tomato juice 4 ounces Bentley’s Batch 5 Hot Barbecue or Reserve Sauce 2 ounces vodka or tequila 2 shakes celery salt 2 lime wedges 2 sticks celery 4 olives 2 pickled okra If you want a smooth base for the cocktail, blend tomato juice and barbecue sauce in blender jar on high to eliminate small chunks of pepper, tomato and onion.

In a cocktail shaker or small pitcher, combine tomato juice, barbecue sauce, vodka or tequila and celery salt. Shake or stir to blend well.

Pour over ice in 2 tall cocktail glasses. Squeeze lime juice into each. Garnish each cocktail with 1 stick celery. If desired, stack 2 olives and 1 pickled okra on each of 2 cocktail picks. Add one stack to each drink as well.

Makes 2 cocktails.

LOWER GREENVILLE

Neighborhood ready to light up for the holidays

By Ariana Hajibashi ariana@adastrapr.com On Saturday, Dec. 1, the second annual “Light Up Lowest Greenville” will add an extra dose of brightness and holiday cheer to the vibrant strip. From 4 to 8 p.m., some of Dallas’s best restaurants, bars and shops are coming together to offer special drinks and snacks, as well as unique holiday

ornaments. And it’s all for a great cause.

To get started, pick up your souvenir mug in advance at lowestgreenvillecollective.org/events or day of for $10. That’s your key to unlocking a variety of food and drink samples at participating businesses. Those include: Toasted Coffee + Kitchen for $2.50 hot chocolate, Ragin’ Crab Café for $5 Apple Spice Punch, Laurel Tavern

LOWEST GREENVILLE

for a sample of Texas Blonde or Axis IPA, Steel City Pops for Christmas f lavor sample bites, Joy Macarons for complimentary champagne, Greenville Avenue Pizza Company for a sample Christmas ale, HG Sply Co for Cotton-Headed Niny Muggins with Knob Creek rye, cabernet sauvignon, JM Shrub and spiced cranberry syrup with lemon juice and Gung Ho featuring “Son of a Nutcracker!” with St. Louis brandy, spiced poached pear, pecan praline orgeat, lemon juice and Angostura bitters.

GAPCo, Gung Ho, Rapscallion, HG Sply Co, Joy Macrons, Laurel Tavern, The Libertine, Four Day Weekend, Single Wide, Pet Supplies Plus, Ragin’ Crab and more will also be selling holiday ornaments for the entire month of December, which can be purchased for less than $5 or a donation of winter clothing or accessories, backpacks or canned food items. Those ornaments can be used to decorate

the Lowest Greenville tree, taken home to decorate your own tree or given as a gift. The tree lighting will occur at 7 p.m. at the corner of Greenville Avenue and Sears Street, right next to Char Bar. Proceeds from the event will benefit Alex W. Spence Middle School’s “Peace Pantry.”

The pantry is full of canned goods, clothing and other items that students and their families need. Hunger does not discriminate, and through the donations the pantry receives, the initiative is able to provide non-perishable items for students — no questions asked.

Items of particular need right now are winter clothing, including jackets and gloves. All attendees are encouraged to bring what they can, or to make a monetary donation for the cause.

In addition to

food, drinks and ornaments, “Light Up Lowest Greenville” will also see an appearance from Santa Claus himself.

Everyone’s favorite red

suited, white bearded figure will be available for photos from 6 to 8 p.m., so bring the kids and get the perfect photo for your holiday card.

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Nov. 30 - DEC. 6, 2018

By Candy Evans candace@candysdirt.com Have you ever wondered just what it takes to have a CandysDirt.com worthy home?

How about an HGTV-worthy home? In University Park is a contemporary home at 3528 Marquette St. that captivated not only CandysDirt.com but also HGTV. And now it can be yours!

HGTV (and CandysDirt.com) have requirements that are set in stone. The perfect home for a photo shoot must be stylish, of course. It also needs to have light (photographers love natural light), and it has to be easy to move around in to capture different angles as well as to sustain a production crew, make-up artists, and stylists for the duration of the shoot.

This University Park contemporary has all that and more.

With 6,833 square feet, six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and two powder baths there is plenty of room to create the perfect shot whether it’s for HGTV or Neiman Marcus.

The story of making this University Park contemporary camera-ready begins with the creative owners Nikki and Matt Stinson. Nikki has been in the advertising industry for many years as a creative director and now runs her custom paper goods company Tickled Designs.

Matt is involved in the car industry. They have four kiddos: Noah (11), Stella (9), Opal (7), and

compass

Candy Evans

This home, located at 3528 Marquette St., is valued at $3.495 million.

Hildie (5). Oh, and two sweet pooches, Baxter and Rebel.

“We knew we’d outgrown our home on Amherst when the only place we could put our youngest child’s crib was in the master closet,” Nikki said. I mean, yes it was a big master closet, but eventually, you know, Hildie would snap to the fact her siblings had rooms of their own!

The Stinsons found the perfect location. It happened to be owned by one of our favorite CandysDirt.com approved builders, Robert Elliott Custom Homes.

The collaboration with Elliott was seamless, because this was not the Stinsons’ first rodeo. They came into the project with tried-and-true materials, as well as ideas for some non-traditional elements, like locating the main staircase in the back of the house and forgoing a formal living room for an inviting library.

“There are four cozy chairs in the library, and everyone

gravitates there,” Nikki said. “We play games and read and my husband and I sit and chat in there.

We never thought we would use it so much.

“The open-plan family room is where we spend 95 percent of our time,” Nikki said. “I love our big kitchen island. We did two levels on purpose, one for cooking and a table level for the kids to do their homework.”

The Stinsons designed drawers in the island for each child. This is an idea I think everyone should steal! And FYI: permanent marker wipes right off that Caesarstone! The cabinets are also family-friendly.

“We installed Downsview cabinetry,” Nikki said. “It’s like melamine, easy to wipe down!”

Nikki made sure every square inch of the home was used. “We took a bit of ribbing

that we were building it like a ship. We looked at every bit of dead space and used it. For instance, underneath the staircase, the Stinsons created a home office nook.

This is a home that lives easy and is not at all fussy. But there is a bit of glamour hidden away, and it’s in the master bathroom.

“I often find my husband hanging out on the couch in the bathroom. (Yes, the bathroom has a couch, Virginia!) It’s a complete sanctuary in there,” Nikki said.

“It’s the Calgon-take-me-away spot.”

The family moved into their University Park contemporary in 2015 and have thoroughly enjoyed living here. The house is equidistant to Coffee Park and Caruth Park and minutes from NorthPark Center.

When the home was completed, Robert Elliott had photographer Nathan Schroeder document the results for their website.

“During the process, Nathan asked us if we had ever considered having our house published,” Nikki said. “He talked to stylist Jenny O’Conner, and they

Hammer and Nails

Family home makeover continues

By Stephan Sardone

been with or without the completion of the project, for my parent’s home just after Christmas Day. As far as the budget, the municipality asked for In September, I reported that I was working on a more engineering. So we had to go out and get anothparticular project really close to my heart. I am redoer engineer to survey the project ing the outside backyard patio of my parent’s house, which was an additional expense. which is the home I grew up in.

He tripled the amount of labor, The house is 3,500 square feet, located in suburmaterials and foundation work to ban Dallas and about 27 years old. The backyard has build the fireplace, which coma swimming pool, but lacks a fireplace and cooking pletely surprised us. He required conveniences. The addition will connect to the pool, piers, which made the budget go creating a fabulous outdoor entertainment area reup. gardless of the weather. There will be a fireplace and Any additional budget increassitting area for the fall and winter, with barbequing es were my parent’s decision. After and cooking island and, of course, Stephan Sardone all, how can you have only one the swimming pool for use during the wine refrigerator when you have spring and summer. room for a second? Actually, I am We are making great progress, but exaggerating a bit. They asked for not without a few snags. Apparently, a regular refrigerator, a wine reI told my parents it would be done by frigerator and a kegerator. And Thanksgiving. I don’t remember saygood wine refrigerators are exing that. With the holidays, it is impensive, especially if you factor possible to get people to stand by their it is outside in the extreme Texas normal commitments for work. weather.

Secondly, the elements have not The house is brick, so we have cooperated. Given that it is an outside added a vented hood for the grill job, the extraordinary amount of rain that will allow the grill to be covthat we have had lately has been detriered. Most people’s grills don’t mental to our timetable. And then, the have a vented hood. municipality has been slow to permit I would say that the job is 65 our work. So the project started late, percent done. We are now covered and then immediately was halted by by metal and shingle roofs, so we the inclement weather. can work if the weather gets bad.

SARDONE CONSTRUCTION The goal is to have this outdoor Now ready to roll, our framer became a pain in the stomach. Actually, living space completed in time to The house in progress. he had a pain in the stomach. An emerroast marshmallows, have the kids gency appendectomy took him out for run around the fire and where a few days. So we had to stop work again. There could I can sit back and enjoy a bourbon barrel stout in not have been more unforeseen delays on my parent’s front of the fireplace by Christmas. Although I won’t project. It is almost humorous. To me, at least. stand in line for it, as pointed out in the "Notes to the We are now hoping to be done by Christmas. The Editor" column in today’s Katy Trail Weekly. I just goal is a family gathering just after Christmas at hope that I won’t be drinking out-of-date Christmas my parent’s house to unveil the new backyard patio. ale. Stay tuned.

My wife and sister and other family members will Sardone Design-Build-Remodel is locally owned be gathering at respective houses before and during and operated. Sardone, his wife and two daughters Christmas. But the big party is slated, and always has are Lake Highlands residents. stephan@sardoneconstruction.com

presented it to D Magazine, who ran the house recently. Jenny knew the folks at HGTV and submitted it for their consideration.

They liked it, and it’s on their website right now!”

So, we know you are scratching your heads, thinking “Why do you sell a home that’s been featured in so many places, and has plenty of room for an active family of six plus two hounds?”

“We love this home, we truly love it, but there is this design itch you get,”Nikki said. “We have that bug, so it’s time for the next challenge.”

There is also a great patio area so be sure to have Compass listing agent Amy Detwiler show it off when you call her to see this $3.495 million University Park contemporary! And bear in mind, you can reduce those mortgage payments by offering this beauty up to area location scouts for photo shoots. It’s already passed that test!

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Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1. Greek forum 6. Cancels 11. Pulpits 16. Like a canary 21. Like the tabloids

22. Winter constellation 23. Kiri Te Kanawa, e.g.

24. Life 25. Camel kin 26. Ballroom dance

27. Firebug’s crime 28. Blacktopped 29. Libras’ mo.

30. Mount Katahdin’s locale 32. Fishhooks 34. Gosh!

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patients at Children’s Medical Center Dallas annually and has signed hundreds of autographs while spending time with wounded soldiers through the Seat for Soldiers initiative, and so much more.

Nowitzki humbly accepted the key, joined by Dallas City council members, the Mayor and three high school students who assisted in creating a larger ceremonial key specially made for the veteran Mavericks player.

“I'm very honored, very humbled.

It's been a long, great ride here. Twenty years representing this city proudly ... the franchise, the city, the fanbase,” Nowitzki said.

“Dallas has supported me and took me in from day one. We grew together and I have done everything in my power to give back to this city.

Thank you.”

Nowitzki's awards and successes through the Dallas Mavericks and NBA organizations are endless.

He is the top foreign-born scorer in league history, the only foreign-born player in the NBA's 30,000-point club and only one of seven players to play at least 20 seasons in the NBA. For the Mavericks, Nowitzki is the all-time leader in points, games played, starts, minutes, rebounds, free throws made, blocks, 3-pointers

36. Come to a halt 37. Near-miss response 39. — noses 41. Lebanese dish 43. Chic 45. Showers on and

by Stella Wilder

It may be hard to determine just what the best course of action is, but the very concept of “best” is itself subject to individual interpretation. There is much to be said for those who trust their instincts and consider “street smarts” to be just as valuable as book learning — for so it can be!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Someone may be trying to put one over on you this week, but you know more than he or she thinks you do — and you can surely prevail. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – Avoiding any and all conflicts this week may prove impossible — and in at least one situation, you’ll actually choose to engage in a

fight of sorts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You’ll want to be in the best possible shape this week so that your recovery from an impending blow can be as quick as possible. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – You may doubt that someone else’s “official” report is indeed accurate; if you are willing to dig deeper than ever before, you can uncover the truth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) If you insist on doing what others have warned you not to do, you will find yourself on your own. Is that what you want? (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You may discover that what you want and what someone else wants are, in fact, one and the same thing. It’s time to consider forging a lasting bond, isn’t it?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may not have to say much this week in order to communicate fully with someone who feels closer to you than usual. (March 6-March 20) – Now is the time for you to explore a path that may well send you in two directions at once. Yes, it’s possible, and you have much to gain if you’ll take the chance.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) Something you thought had little value to you reveals its true worth before the week is out. A lesson is learned once and for all.

(April 5-April 19) – You must be

subject 113. Kind of portrait 115. Black 116. Thomas Gray opus 118. Messes up badly 119. Release (2 wds.)

121. Deep fissure 122. Zodiac sign 123. Instinct 126. Flounder cousins 128. Unescorted 130. Roulette color 134. Sugary drink 135. Tempe inst.

137. Heroic deeds 139. Bestow an honor upon 141. Excellent player 142. Radio parts 144. Ravi’s forte 146. Ink for copiers 148. Free 150. Chilling 151. Ties the score 152. Wrist opposite 153. System of beliefs 154. Stratagems 155. Become aware of 156. Beauty’s companion 157. Linger DOWN 1. Concede 2. Ravine 3. Expound at length 4. Tire support 5. Eliot’s — Bede 6. Vague thoughts 7. Distant planet 8. Flax product 9. Record

made and field goals made. Having led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances and its only NBA championship in 2011, Nowitzki is more than deserving for one of the city's most prestigious honors.

During the official press conference, Nowitzki and Rawlings joked candidly about good times. “It was lit,” Nowitzki jokingly reminisced of one party experience.

Amidst injuries, surgeries, rehab and the inevitable effects of age, Nowitzki recollected fond memories of his time in Big D, and what hangs for the future. “When my career's over, that's something that I'll miss — the kick, the rush, the adrenaline.”

And while a career in basketball is not promised forever, Nowitzki's overall impact is felt affectionately throughout the city and not just definitive to his athleticism on the court.

“Dirk embodies DALLAS MAVERICKS everything Dallas residents should aspire to be,” Rawlings said. “For any sports fan out there, he’s a joy to watch, always striving for excellence and giving 110 percent. But what many don’t fully understand is how diligent, passionate, humble and generous Dirk is, on and off the court. Dallas is so fortunate and proud to have a leader like him in our city. He is a class act, a man who consistently puts his teammates, his city and his family before himself.”

Your Stars this Week The coming week is likely to see the expected and the unexpected conjoin in ways that promote creative endeavors of all sorts. Merely a passing knowledge of some activity or another is not enough this week; one must collect as much information as possible in order to assemble a plan and have the wherewithal to put it into action in a creative and even daring way. Those who are willing to challenge the status quo and do those things that more timid individuals are unwilling to do will have a distinct advantage this week — but that advantage comes with increased responsibility. All who want to move forward must understand that to attract any kind of attention is to inspire copycats — and such imitators must be looked over and taken care of.

off 47. Usher’s beat 49. Entertain 51. Relies 54. Praise highly 55. In the thick of 56. Model airplane sets 60. Demands 61. Camembert kin 62. Badge wearer 65. Bikini top 66. Scratches 67. Movies 69. Annoy 70. Camel’s pit stop 72. Ait, on the Seine 73. Gave a holler 75. Tinker Bell, for one 77. Obliges 78. TV’s — Griffin 80. Sprees 81. Crop up 82. Obviously 83. Entertainer — Cara 85. Danger to divers 86. Actor Anthony — 87. Wrestling hold 90. Wineglass parts 91. Mystique 92. Mashed potato serving 96. Chill out (2 wds.)

97. Elf cousin 98. Zips along 100. Not just mine 101. Part of RFD 102. Single earth orbit 103. Couch 105. Gretzky or Newton 107. That in Acapulco 108. Dollar, slangily 111. Brick baker 112. “Treasure Island”

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willing to prepare fully for what lies ahead. Now is no time to leave your emotional well-being to chance or guesswork.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) The difference between “best” and “worst” is likely to be very little indeed. How you view a coming opportunity makes all the difference. (May 6-May 20) – A friend waits for you to make an appearance, and you don’t want to let him or her down. You may have to adjust your schedule in order to please.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) The more logical you are, the more likely you will be to solve a problem you’ve been thinking about casually in the past days or weeks.

(June 7-June 20) – Your readiness for a certain coming task can be measured in an unusual way this week. Be sure to announce your arrival on the scene at just the right time.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) Now is not the time to let anyone else call the shots, when you know that it is you and you alone who has the most to win or lose. (July 8-July 22) – You may realize that you want to be in two places at once right now, and that conflict has you in quite an emotional state. A loved one offers a solution.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Are you ready to follow someone

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71. Doing a takeoff 74. Bounce 76. Melodies 77. Achilles’ story 79. Country estate 81. Excuse me!

82. Used a blender 84. Disturbs 85. Emporium 86. Face card 87. Realty units 88. Waken 89. Fable’s conclusion 90. Winding 91. Suitably 93. Faithful 94. Scale unit 95. Hunts for food 97. Small lizards 98. Pistil top 99. Big Band music 102. Masculine principle 104. Scrapes by 106. Inert gas 109. Wee parasites 110. Practice 112. Cook’s gadget 114. Winter ailment 117. Endure 118. Muezzin’s post 120. Corrects an error 121. Sweeps up 122. U and I 123. Public Citizen founder 124. “See you later!”

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‘Creed II’ not a knockout, but goes the distance

By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood During the holiday weekend, one could run out and see two entries into movie franchises that have a total of 16 films preceding them.

Folks, that is a whole lot of movie. Other than hours of backstory, that’s about all that the Harry Potter and Rocky Balboa franchises have in common.

Oh, another thing that separates the two is that the latest releases in each franchise are perfect illustrations of how to and how not to make a sequel. “Creed II,” while not as exhilarating as “Creed,” grows its characters and makes a familiar, predictable tale seem fresh and compelling. It’s got a lead actor in Michael B. Jordan that is about to become a megastar, if he isn’t already.

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” has exactly none of those things. Other than looking gorgeous and having seamless effects, it’s an absolute snooze.

The main character, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), is too meek to be the hero and eccentricity like his only works in small doses. There are dozens of plot lines, none of which are particularly interesting, and some

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Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson (right) star in “Creed II.” characters make inexplicably stupid life or death decisions.

The first mistake that “Grindelwald” makes is putting Jude Law’s Albus Dumbledore on the sidelines for its entire 134 minutes. The second mistake is sparsely taking advantage of a subdued and subtle villainous performance by Johnny Depp as the titularly named Grindelwald.

Depp definitely didn’t mail this one in and the movie excels when he’s on screen.

The normally reliable director David Yates is left to make sense of an overly wordy J.K. Rowling screenplay that seems like it would have worked much better as a book. There is a sequence

in which a new character blathers on for an eternity while characters with actual audience attachment (such as Katherine Waterston’s Tina or Dan Fogler’s Jacob) stand there and simply listen while making concerned faces. It’s a microcosm of this $200 million bore that’s nothing more than a setup for more movies.

“Creed II” is boring for approximately 15 seconds. Yes, it’s fairly predictable and there are elements of nearly every single “Rocky” movie in it. The difference here is that even though we all know how it’s going to end, the stakes are significantly raised for Adonis “Donnie” Creed (Jordan) and there’s so much to emotionally dig

into.

Donnie’s relationships with his girlfriend, Bianca (Tessa Thompson), and his trainer, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone), drive the majority of the film, but the biggest surprise is the revelation of Dolph Lundgren’s reprisal of Ivan Drago from “Rocky IV.” The relationship he has with his boxer son, Viktor (Florian Munteanu), is complex and as enjoyable as the story elements involving Donnie.

Naturally, Stallone tugs at your heart as Rocky, but “Creed II” is definitely Michael B. Jordan’s movie. It’s a showy role without one false note and Jordan pours his heart and soul

onto the screen. Jordan is already a fairly well known actor, but this guaranteed hit is going to push him into superstar status.

“Creed II” picks up the slack for the action that “Grindelwald” is missing. The boxing is f lat-out intense, but without being non-realistic. If audiences are anything like the one from the screening of this movie, there will be cheers and applause

every time Donnie picks himself up from the mat.

These two sequels are pushing their respective franchises in completely different directions. Another foray into the “Creed” world would be welcomed just to again see Jordan and Thompson light up the screen. But “Fantastic Beasts?” Only the biggest Potter fans could be looking forward to another entry in this very “meh” franchise.

Uncle barky's bites

Douglas and Arkin join forces for ‘method’ acting

By Ed Bark

as mentor to a group of mostly young students, save for one.

Lisa (Nancy Travis) is considerably closer in age and therefore both suitable and susceptible in terms of Sandy’s other interests. She’s recently divorced and he has three exes.

Where the series goes with their relationship is consistently refreshing and “adult” during what’s been quite a year for Travis’ under-appreciated talents. She’s also currently playing Tim Allen’s wife on Fox’s “Last Man Standing” and co-stars in the Audience network’s “Mr. Mercedes” series, recently renewed for Season Three.

“Kominsky Method” is more a bromance, though, even with Norman’s savy, salty wife, Eileen (Susan Sullivan), also long by his side. The two men still dine regularly at Hollywood’s ancient Musso & Frank’s eatery, where Norman sips martinis and Sandy has his Jack Daniels/Dr Pepper concoction while a barely ambulatory waiter shuff les to and from their regular table.

Their first bit of banter, a variation on the old Abbott & Costello “Who’s on First?” routine, is built around the rapper/actor Ludacris. It’s too labored to work very well, but they soon get on the same page even while seldom agreeing on much of anything. Arkin is a cinch Emmy nominee for his contributions and Douglas may well find himself along for that ride.

unclebarky@verizon.net Netf lix has become a powerful streamer. Michael Douglas’ new character very much wants to be one again.

Symmetry is where you find it in “The Kominsky Method,” which devotes much of its third and fourth episodes to the joyless onslaught of frequent trickle-peeing courtesy of enlarged prostates.

So yes, this eight-episode Netf lix comedy from ace producer Chuck Lorre (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men”) draws its strength from the travails of two advanced agers. Douglas, 74, plays respected acting coach Sandy Kominsky and Alan Arkin, 84, is his longtime agent and best friend, Norman Newlander.

They crackle together, with Arkin in particular taking grousing and griping to new levels. A major death in the family (we won’t say who or when) can do that to you, although Norman already had been in a league of his own.

Netf lix made all eight Season One episodes available for review before “Kominsky Method” debuted earlier this month. They generally run closer to 30 minutes than 20 minutes each, but not always. Which makes bingeing the whole thing in one sitting a do-able proposition — restroom trips included.

Douglas wears his hair long and his stubble proudly

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Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin star in “The Kominsky Method.”

The scenes with the acting class students for the most part don’t work as well.

Sandy and his formerly estranged daughter Mindy (nice work by Sarah Baker) run The Kominsky Method studio in a nurturing fashion that could use a little more edge. Henry Winkler, who recently won his first Emmy as an acting coach in HBO’s “Barry,” was a more vividly rendered character with a bombastic temper fueled by delusions of grandeur.

Sandy can get exasperated at times, particularly with a broadly drawn male goof ball blonde named Jude (Graham Rogers). But he’s mostly simpatico — and maybe too much so.

The series is sautéed with brief appearances by familiar performers, some of whom

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play themselves (Elliott Gould, Patti LaBelle, Jay Leno, Eddie Money) and others as someone else (Ann-Margret, Danny DeVito). Lisa Edelstein recurs as Norman’s drug/alcohol-addicted daughter, Phoebe, for whom he has no patience but occasional remorse for being that way with her.

Producer Lorre’s “Young Sheldon,” now in its second season, was his first comedy series shorn of a live studio audience and accompanying laugh track. It looks as though he’s still learning the “single-cam” rhythms at times, with some of the early give-and-take in “Kominsky Method” feeling as though it’s waiting on an audible audience response. Still, the series hits its stride soon enough. Episodes 5 and 6 are

particularly strong, whether it’s Sandy getting all dressed up to do a reverse mortgage commercial or Norman Ed Bark saying in all seriousness, “If you look at it objectively, my continued existence is pointless.”

Viewers of a certain age may well respond with knowing head nods to the age-old predicaments that Sandy and Norman find themselves in.

But the series might also have some traction with advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds.

For whatever reasons, they’ve made “Last Man Standing” and Fox’s following “The Cool Kids” (which is set in a retirement home) Friday night’s two most popular broadcast network series among viewers in this demographic. Perhaps frequent urination is the new comedy gold?

“Kominsky Method” ends with plenty of room for a second season. And why not? Netf lix has gotten considerable mileage out of its other seniors gone wild comedy, “Grace and Frankie.”

Its core cast of 80-year-old Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin (79), Martin Sheen (78) and Sam Waterston (78) is by far the oldest in TV or streaming history. Their numbers are up. But as Douglas and Arkin prove anew, old pros are still capable of shifting into gear and then humming along despite all those incumbent aches, pains and spikes in bathroom breaks.

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

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Firehouse’s ambitious 2019 season begins with its current production of “White Christmas” through Sunday, Dec. 16, followed by “The Glass Menagerie” in January.

During spring and summer at the Firehouse the variety includes “The Boy Friend,” “Once On This Island” and “Bright Star.” In the summer, “Mamma Mia!” will be refreshing.

The fall will bring “Cats” and “Side Show.” “The Wizard of Oz – Concert Edition” will rush in another season in December.

Pegasus Theatre is a good choice to celebrate New Year’s Eve. To kick off 2019, Pegasus Theatre will present its 20th Living Black and White™ production, “Clowning Around with Murder!” with a script

by Kurt Kleinmann at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, opening Saturday, Dec. 29 and running through Sunday, Jan. 20.

As Kurt Kleinmann, the founder, and Barb Weinberg, the Lady in Red, like to say, “We’ve been making audiences laugh for over 33 years. Our motto is ‘We’re Serious About Comedy!’” Pegasus will produce two of its annual readings in RadioVizion in March and May, both at the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake (Bath House). The theatre will produce an original musical comedy by Paul Kalburgi in August. Call 972-744-4650 for general tickets.

Also at the Bath House, two companies present their unique styles of theater.

WingSpan Theatre Company has just completed its 21st season in October and will announce the 22nd season in early 2019. The company’s founder, Susan Sargeant, said, “We have been fortunate to be associated with the Bath House for our past 21 seasons and look forward to many more. The Bath House is a cultural gem in the Lakewood/White Rock area.”

Echo Theatre Company also presents “Works by Women” at the Bath House. Along with a full season of plays and readings, Echo brings its annual Valentine, “Her Song,” each February to loyal audiences. Directors include one of Dallas’ favorite vocalists and actors, Denise Lee. Every year, Garland Summer Musicals are the talk of the town from all parts of the Dallas metroplex. Award-winning direction

by Broadway director Buff Shurr, and local, award-winning casts never disappoint. “Some patrons tell us they only come to Garland for the Garland Summer Musicals (GSM),” said

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Garland Summer Musicals

Patty Granville, Director of Cultural Arts, City of Garland. This 37th season line-up includes “Mamma Mia!” from Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 23, directed by award-winning Michael Serrecchia. “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” will run from Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 28, both at the Granville Performing Arts Center. More information at garlandsummermusicals.com.

Second Thought Theatre (STT) is another quality theater find. Located in Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys campus, there’s a bountiful company of players putting on some knock-out shows.

According to award-winning STT artistic director and actor Alex Organ, “2018 was a particularly exciting year for generating politically-charged conversation and welcoming new audiences.” The 2019 season will begin with Nick Payne’s “Incognito” followed by “Lela & Co.,” Caryl Churchill’s “Drunk Enough to Say I Love You” and “Here We Go” directed

by Organ and featuring STT artistic associate, Blake Hackler. August will bring a world premiere of “What We Were.”

The grand Majestic Theatre has been an icon in Downtown Dallas with a rich history since 1921. It opened as a vaudeville house, which gave way to the advent of motion pictures. Dallas Summer Musicals managed the Majestic for 13 years, bringing shows and concerts including performances like Michael Feinstein and Harry Connick Jr. The theatre went dark for a few years, and in November 2018 Lyric Stage Theatre, formerly in Irving, performed its first production as resident company led by Steven Jones with “Majestic Unplugged.” Go to lyricstage.org.

Uptown Players (UP) never disappoints as resident company of Turtle Creek’s Kalita Humphrey Theater (formerly home of Dallas Theater Center). The show-stopping Janelle Lutz will channel her inner-Judy Garland in the world premiere of “A Very Judy Christmas,” at UP Saturday, Dec. 1 through Sunday, Dec. 16. The show pays tribute to the star’s 1960s TV specials. The season will include “Spring Awakening,” “Disaster,” “Broadway Our Way 2019,” “The View Upstairs” and “The Cake.” uptownplayers.org.

Undermain Theatre, tucked away in the heart of Deep Ellum, celebrates 35 seasons of entertaining Dallas with a lineup that includes “How is it That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice,” “The Lady from the Sea,” “An Iliad,” “So Go the Ghosts of Mexico, Part Three” and “Whither Goest Thou America?” Visit undermain.org.

Going to Pocket Sandwich Theatre is an adventure itself. This year, “Ebenezer Scrooge” will run Saturday, Dec. 1 through Sunday, Dec. 23. Call 214-821-1860 or visit pocketsandwich. showare.com.

There are too many local theaters to name them all in this space, but watch for an introduction to others as casts, producers, crews and musicians flood the metroplex with fine, yearround live theater.

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Travel

A detention camp in Israel

By Michael Wald wald.world@yahoo.com Most schoolchildren in Israel make a field trip to see the Atlit Detention Camp on the Northern Israel coast, south of Haifa, and so should you! It’s an absolutely amazing piece of history that is rarely told. While many of the attributes of the British-run detention camps are close to those of Nazi concentration camps, no one was sent to the detention camp to die, just to be warehoused. Here’s the intriguing story; seeing the camp itself, now a museum, is even better than merely learning about it.

You need to reserve a place for your visit. If you can, ask for the tour guide named Efraim Cohen, a former diplomat for the U.S. Embassy in Israel, now retired in Israel and an Israeli citizen. He speaks perfect English, of course, and weaves a great story of the history of the camp.

You can also learn about the history surrounding the camp from watching a Kirk Douglas movie, “Cast a Giant Shadow,” that tells

the story, or by reading a marvelous book, Day After Night by Anita Diamant.

Following World War II, there were many displaced persons, many of whom were Jews released by the Allies from concentration camps. They had nowhere to call home, nowhere to go; refugees all.

Many of them headed to Israel to seek a new home. You probably know the story of the ship Exodus that sailed from Europe with a boatload of Jews and was turned away by many countries including the U.S. when it sought to dock and offload its refugee passengers.

The current land that is Israel was under the control of the British after the war. The British sought to limit the number of Jews that could enter Israel to a quota of 48,000 annually, far less than sought entry. They came by boats under the cover of night. Many were stopped at sea and turned back by the British Navy. But the ones that got through, by nook or cranny, were detained in detention camps, including this one, surrounded by barbed wire and watchtowers.

Men and women were housed separately in cabins with bunk beds that looked similar to the concentration camp bunks, except the beds were not double decker. They were told to strip, their clothes were steam cleaned in huge steamers, they were sprayed with DDT (the now-banned carcinogenic insecticide), and then they were forced to shower before entering the camp, just like in the concentration camps. Many of them had heard rumors of what happened in the concentration camps when the showers sprayed deadly gas instead of water.

Their clothes came back shrunk from the steam. Instead of their clothes, they took whatever clothes fit from the pile. No wonder they always look disheveled in photos.

The camps started operating when Jews started to flee Europe during the war, beginning in 1939, through 1942 when the camp was shut down. The camp reopened in 1945 following the war and stayed open until 1948 when Israel declared independence from Britain.

More than 10,000 detainees were housed here.

WINDING ROADS

A tale of two Texas theaters

JO ANN HOLT

El Paso's Plaza Theatre.

By Jo Ann Holt joannholt@gmail.com My husband and I recently spent three eventful days in El Paso. We visited early Spanish missions, historic cemeteries, new museums and other can’t-miss destinations. We would have liked to stay longer in this fascinating city on the West Texas border. El Paso is richer for its intermingling of Anglo and Mexican cultures.

While there was so much to see, (plus a lot of great food to sample), I was most impressed by El Paso’s thriving arts scene.

It was especially delightful to tour two very different — but quintessentially El Pasoan — theaters.

Our first theater to tour, arranged by the enormously helpful Visit El Paso tourism team, was the Plaza Theatre. A cornerstone of downtown El Paso and its bustling arts district, the Plaza is simply beautiful.

Visitors who enter its doors are immediately transported to a more elegant era. An era where women wore long dresses and their best jewelry while men dressed in black tie or their best black suit to “go to the theater.”

Originally opened on Sept. 12, 1930 to show first-run films and vaudeville productions, the Plaza features Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was billed as the “largest theater between Dallas and L.A.” and was certainly one of the grandest.

Years of neglect led to the Plaza’s near-demolition to make way for a parking lot in the mid-'80s, but El Paso Community Foundation came to the rescue. The nonprofit entered into a public/private partnership with the City of El Paso. They held a series of fundraising events, including a gala performance

by beloved actress Rita Moreno at the Plaza.

The community effort raised $1 million to save the historic venue, which has now been painstakingly restored to its original opulence. Carefully recreated décor like Mosaic tiles, gold painted columns, murals and other artwork, plus twinkling stars on the auditorium’s ceiling, add to the Plaza’s splendid ambience.

The Plaza Theatre’s original centerpiece, a Mighty Wurlitzer Blaban III Organ (one of only six made) was re-purchased from a private collector and restored to its former glory.

The organ, originally used to accompany silent films, is now used for symphonic concerts and a variety of special events during the year.

Some $38 million later, the renovated Plaza Theatre re-opened in March 2006 with a sold-out performance of “Riverdance.”

Along with the 2,050-seat Kendall Kidd Performance Hall, a 200-seat Philanthropy Theatre and Alcantar Sky Garden are also available for smaller productions, private receptions and other gatherings.

Touring the Plaza Theatre, declared a historical landmark by the State of Texas and dubbed the “Showplace of the Southwest,” is almost as exciting as viewing a touring Broadway show. El Paso theater patrons can do both, since the Plaza plays host to tours of blockbuster musicals like “Disney’s The Lion King.” They also present symphony concerts and other community performances, along with the world’s largest classic film festival.

Doug Pullen, program director for the Plaza Classic Film Festival, led our recent tour of the Plaza Theatre. Pullen says the

classic film festival, held in August each year since 2008, screened 94 films in 2018. The fest also draws celebrities like Bruce Dern, Sam Elliott, Debbie Reynolds and Ali McGraw to discuss their iconic films.

Last year’s film festival drew record crowds with its emphasis on Borderland movies, showing how El Paso was portrayed in a number of classic films.

Our second theater tour took us to a recently reopened vintage dinner theater, the Adobe Horseshoe.

We were in the historic village of San Elizario to visit the Presidio Chapel, our last stop on the mission trail.

Our tour guide, artist and entrepreneur Al Borrego, showed us the recently restored venue.

Borrego now owns and manages the theater, which recently hosted a well-reviewed Spanish performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” A production of “The Nutcracker” will be their holiday offering.

The intimate Adobe Horseshoe, owned and operated by Janet Protzman in the early 1970s, was once an important stop on the dinner theater circuit.

Celebrity actors like Bob Denver (“Gilligan’s Island”) appeared in productions such as “The Odd Couple” there.

Borrego also took us on a tour of the historic village, where Don Juan de Onate and his 500 colonists celebrated what is believed to be the “real” first Thanksgiving in North America. The colonists joined with the Manso Indians to share their bounty and say thanks for a safe journey in San Elizario in 1598.

We also toured the old jail house, now a museum. Billy the Kid helped his compadre Melquiades Segura, who was sentenced to hang the following morning, escape from the prison.

Designated a State Cultural District through Texas Commission on the Arts, the San Elizario Art District boasts several internationally known artists and craftsmen such as Borrego.

San Elizario was also the first county seat in El Paso, and site of the county’s first public school house.

Jo Ann Holt is a longtime journalist, now writing about cars, entertainment and travel.

MICHAEL WALD

Bunk beds at the detention camp.

In 1945, the Special Forces unit of the underground Israeli armed forces, the Haganah, broke into the camp and released 200 detainees who escaped to kibbutzim in the nearby mountains. Yitzhak Rabin, later Prime Minister of Israel, planned and led that mission. After this raid, the British stopped sending detainees to Atlit, instead sending them to detention camps on Cyprus.

Visiting the camp you get to see how the detainees lived. Also, one of the ships used to clandestinely transport refugees to Israel is on display. Inside the boat, Israel has

created a great movie exhibit that re-creates the harrowing journey the refugees took.

The camp is an interesting part of the history of the Jews of Europe in their search for a safe place after World War II. Don’t miss this intriguing part of history when visiting Israel.

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.

UPTOWN GIRL

Balancing bloat during holiday season

By Ryann Gordon

ryannbgordon@yahoo.com It’s easy to forget about keeping your ideal body weight when the holidays roll around. Just saying, the second the turkey rolls out of the oven, you’ll be doomed to being rolled out of the house. Then comes the ham, the stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, dressing, more rolls and, consequently, belly rolls.

Although I’m sure your mouth is watering as much as mine is by now, we have to remember that indulging doesn’t mean we must fully overdo it. There’s plenty to go around! Think of it this way — you’ll have leftovers for a week! But, don’t for a second think that is going to stop a single one of us after stuffing ourselves fatter than the 23-pound turkey my family ate for Thanksgiving last week. So, let’s try a different method of coping.

I’m not going to tell you why or how you can fight your gluttonous tendencies this holiday season. I’m going to tell you quite the opposite. Go big or go home, man! Eat all the Ryann unhealthy, overly seasoned, fat-packed, greasy goodness you can fit in that little (or big) belly of yours.

Do keep in mind though, once you’ve overeaten, you can’t undo it … but, you can overcome it.

Prepare to cleanse. After a night of indulging in sinful foods that only mom knows better than you, prepare ahead of time to cleanse out those toxins the next day and those following. Turkey is one of those foods that makes you crave sleep like no other. So, make sure to have your cleanse ready ahead of time. Try a juice cleanse or ginger-mint mix to help your body flush out the next day. And, for crying out loud, be careful with those leftovers!

Try making healthy options with the leftovers you bring home, like pairing your leftover ham with something light such as

beans or veggies.

Sweat it out. The best way to truly cleanse after a huge meal is by sweating it out the next day. Plan a workout early the next morning; go for something a bit more intense than usual, like kickboxing or HIIT. Work in that cardio with a long run that’ll have your booty back to its rightful size in no time. Who knows, if you pack on enough protein at dinner you might actually come out looking better than you did before.

Cover the paunch. The key to covering up your sins is to literally cover it up.

Wear your stretchy pants to dinner, so you don’t have to look like a slob when you have to unbutton your skinny jeans. And, rock something oversized and chic the next day.

Go for a loose sweater or a less-than-formfitting pair of boyfriend jeans that deny any reality to the shape of your body. Cover up that paunch from the night before and, by the time you work off that extra weight, not a soul will know what you were up to at Thanksgiving dinner.

Stay mobile. Don’t sit still for long after you’ve gone face first Gordon into rounds of meat, carbs and pie on pie on pie. Keep yourself moving throughout the night as you bounce from cheese ball to corn casserole and back again. Not only will this help you avoid the meat sweats the night of your indulgence, but it will keep you in the active mood the week after.

Keep your mind right. Although giving yourself a break every now and then is healthy for your mind, don’t get too carried away. Let yourself indulge in foods you normally wouldn’t with the constant reminder that you’re celebrating the biggest cheat day of the year. Don’t ever forget through the night your plans for the next day and week — your plans for life!

Do some yoga, put sticky note reminders around the house or do whatever you need to in order to keep your mind right through this tough and oh so rewarding season.

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