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Arts in heart of Deep Ellum
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Thousands will flock to Deep Ellum.
The 21st annual Deep Ellum Arts Festival — featuring visual and performing arts, crafts and paintings for sale, more than 100 musical acts, tons of food and a Pet Parade — runs Easter weekend from Friday, April 3 through Sunday, April 5. The event takes place on Main Street between Good Latimer Expressway and Hall Street. Admission is free. — David Mullen
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Dallas Film Festival reaches for the stars
By Julie Pfister The Dallas Film Society’s ninth annual Dallas International Film Festival presented by AutoNation, takes start on Thursday, April 9 and ends Sunday, April 19. The 11-day festival will screen 165 films representing 32 countries. A total of 17 premieres will be featured, including 10 world premieres, three North American premieres and four U.S. premieres. The Festival’s Opening Night Film will be “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” directed by Brett Haley and starring Emmy and Tony Award-winner Blythe Danner. Well-known for her respected roles in films such as “Alice” and “The Great Santini,” Danner will attend the screening to accept the Dallas Star Award, presented by the Dallas Film Society to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to modern cinema and the advancement of the art of film. Also receiving a Dallas Star Award
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Blythe Danner will receive the Star Award. is director John Landis, who is traveling to Dallas to celebrate the 35th anniversary of “The Blues Brothers.” Landis will receive his award during the Dallas Film Society Honors ceremony at the Highland Dallas. Landis has left a lasting impression on the film world as director of many iconic comedies such as “National Lampoon’s Animal House,”
“¡3 Amigos!,” “Coming to America” and “Trading Places.” He also wrote and directed the groundbreaking theatrical short “Michael Jackson’s Thriller.” The Festival will also celebrate the life and career of Texas writer, actor and producer L.M. Kit Carson and honor British Academy of Film and Television Arts winners and Golden Globe nominees and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller with the Texas Avery Animation Award for work including “The Lego Movie.” “Completing the lineup for our ninth festival is such a major accomplishment,” James Faust, artistic director of the Dallas Film Society, said. “We are proud to have another amazing group of films, filmmakers and award recipients to present to the DFW community.” Tickets are available at Prekindle Box Office, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 100 in Mockingbird Station. For more information, call 469-828-1719 or visit www.dallasfilm.org.
TELEVISION
Local resident carried out priceless moment
By David Mullen
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No need to stretch a dollar with this free Saturday workout. Start your weekends with an exhilarating outdoor workout in the Dallas Arts District. Local Motion will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 4 on the campus of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. This popular series of free Zumba, Pilates and yoga classes takes place in Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park every Saturday morning during spring and fall. Local Motion classes are always led by professional instructors and are a fun, healthy way to prepare for summer. — Chris Heinbaugh
Tyrone Wells plays the Kessler Folk-pop singer/songwriter Tyrone Wells continues his national tour at The Kessler Theatre, 1230 W. Davis St., on Thursday, April 9. His music have been featured more than 50 times on hit television shows including “Grey's Anatomy,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Private Practice” and “One Tree Hill” among many others. Wells has gained international Photo by Ryan Longnecker success with the number one iTunes Tyrone Wells. singer-songwriter albums “Metal and Wood” and “Where We Meet.” Dominic Balli and Emily Hearn will open the show. Tickets at prekindle.com/kessler. — Matt Yorio
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Ackles' Angle............................................................. 3 Along the Green Trail .............................................. 2 Classifieds.................................................................. 7 Community Calendar .............................................. 4 Dotty Griffith............................................................ 7 Fitness on the Trail ................................................... 3 Hitting the Trail ....................................................... 6 House Call ................................................................ 2 Movie Trailer............................................................. 9 Notes from the Editor .............................................. 2 Restaurant Directory ............................................... 9 Scene Around Town.................................................10 Shop the Trail ..........................................................10 Success on the Trail .................................................. 2 Wagging the Trail..................................................... 5 Find us at facebook.com/KTWeekly
“Wynter Metoyer … come on down! You’re the next contestant on ‘The Price is Right!’” game announcer George Gray yelled. At that moment, a dream was fulfilled and a checkmark added to her bucket list. After serving 10 years in the Army, Metoyer left to pursue a career in the “civilian world” as she put it. Unemployed and watching “The Price is Right” with her mother Velma Gentry at Christmastime, her mother said, “You should go. You have no job.” When Metoyer suggested to her mother that she fly to Los Angeles with her for a chance to appear on the show, her mother said, “OK. Let’s do it.” She went online and got tickets for a Jan. 27 taping that was shown on Monday, March 30. On the day of the taping, the Addison resident — now in project management with
Verizon — was among the first in line. But it is a long day. “You are guaranteed to get in and sit in the audience,” Metoyer said, “but there is no guarantee you will be a contestant.” She sat down at 8 a.m., but the taping didn’t start until noon. Gray came on stage, told a few jokes and warmed up the crowd. Metoyer killed time by talking to other audience members. “We all become friends because you are there for five hours,” Metoyer said. “We all talked to each other. I knew their whole families.” “The Price is Right” chooses contestants out of a raucous audience that is a cross-section of America, to come to the front of the stage and join three other contestants. They bid on the first prize. If their bid on the selected item is closest to the actual retail price — without going over — the contestant keeps the prize and gets to compete for more cash or prizes, often new cars.
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Drew Carey gives away cash and prizes on "The Price is Right." The first name called was “Wynter Metoyer.” Metoyer thought “this is the chance of a lifetime. I don’t believe it. I was in total shock.” After missing out on a bid for three pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes ($1,695) won by a flight attendant named Justin, she had the closest bid on a wireless tablet and speaker system worth $1,398. Up to the stage to meet host Drew Carey she would go. “It is so loud in there,”
Metoyer said. “You can’t expect how loud it is. I could barely hear Drew, and he was standing right next to me. I had to say ‘Huh?’” She competed in “PickA-Number,” where she had to pick from three numbers to complete the price of an indoor sauna that seated four and a Nautilus treadmill. She picked eight, but the number was six. So she had to go
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URBAN DALLAS
Katy Trail wins prestigious Public Place Award
By Kate Pittman
American Airlines Center and Southern Methodist University, as The North Texas District well as museums, creeks and parks. Council of the Urban Land Katy Trail was designed by the Institute (ULI) honored Katy Trail Dallas studio of leading international with its Public Place Award as part landscape architecture, planning and of its annual Impact Awards. The urban design firm SWA, which conhonor recognizes a project providtinues working on key aspects of the ing the public with enhanced civic, 3.5-mile urban greenbelt. open or public space experiences. “Katy Trail is a signature ameWith an average of more than nity for Dallasites, and a project Photo by Tom Fox/SWA we feel embodies the notion than 2,800 daily users, Katy Trail has Adults and children alike enjoy the Katy Trail daily. become one of the most celebrated landscape architecture can truly civic amenities in Dallas and puts enhance communities and improve 300,000 residents within walking/biking distance of 123 acres lives,” said Chuck McDaniel, managing principal of SWA in of city parks. Sponsored by diverse public/private funding Dallas. “The ULI’s recently released Building Healthy Places and operated by the nonprofit Friends of Katy Trail, the forreport cited access to pedestrian paths and trails as a key commer railroad right-of-way weaves through 29 natural acres in ponent in how the real estate industry can improve health, so central Dallas, connecting 20 neighborhoods with downtown, the award is doubly fitting.”
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HOUSE CALL
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR
Pancreatitis pain can be galling
Lew Sterrett surrounded by scofflaws
By Dr. Kimberly Washington
By David Mullen
the substance of the pancreas, rather than the food that it is designed to washington.k@att.net digest. This leads to inflammation Pancreatitis can be a complex and pain. The treatment for this and difficult disease process to mantype of pancreatitis is removal of the age. It usually presents gallbladder and possibly as an intense pain in the removal of the gallstone upper abdomen, which if it remains in the main radiates through to the duct. mid-back. The pain is Alcohol induced often so excruciating that pancreatitis makes this a it leads the patient into difficult disease to manthe closest emergency age. Many people who department for treathave alcohol induced ment. This disease is an pancreatitis initially Dr. Washington have their gallbladder awfully common disease and due to its causes, the removed. The reason for disease is found globally. In 2013, acthis is that if a patient presents with cording to a Global Burden of Disease pancreatitis and is “incidentally” study, approximately 123,000 deaths found to have gallstones on ultrawere attributed to overwhelming sound, despite a history of alcohol pancreatitis worldwide. Many more use, the assumed diagnosis is gallthan this number were affected by the stone pancreatitis. It’s only when the disease, however. patient returns after another alcohol The pancreas is a soft organ lobinge with pancreatitis is it confirmed cated in the upper part of the abdomithe diagnosis of alcoholic pancreatitis. nal cavity. It lays just against the spine, The treatment for this is supportive which explains why sufferers of pancare with fluids, pain control and creatitis develop back pain. The panavoiding food intake for some time creas functions by producing enzymes until the inflammation decreases. The that help with food digestion and proonly way to decrease or stop pancreducing hormones such as insulin. atitis from occurring in this setting The two most common causes is to cease all alcohol consumption of pancreatitis are alcohol abuse and — and this may not completely stop gallstones. Gallstone pancreatitis is these episodes. very common in the western world Ultimately, anyone who has mostly due to our high cholesterol symptoms of pancreatitis or the disand high fat diets. In other parts of ease confirmed by imaging should the world where the diet is low in cho- be closely monitored in the hospital lesterol and fats, this disease is rarely setting. This disease can be deadly seen. Gallstone pancreatitis occurs primarily due to the overwhelming because the duct system that drains inflammatory response that the body bile from the gallbladder and liver mounts due to inflammation of the is connected to the duct system that pancreas. drains pancreatic fluid. When stones Dr. Kimberly Washington, a general form in the gallbladder and get into surgeon at Highlander Surgical Associates the main duct system, the pancreatic in Arlington, maintains an interest in fluid is blocked and begins to digest health education and advocacy.
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planning on the airfare, but you could have gotten a roundtrip flight to San Francisco (SFO) from Love Why are the most jaywalkers Field on Virgin America, take Bay in Dallas in front of Lew Sterrett Area Rapid Transit (BART) from Justice Center? At any given time, SFO to the Oakland Coliseum, get people illegally walk across the a ticket behind home plate for the multiple lanes on Thursday, April 9 afterCommerce Street or noon game, BART back Riverside Boulevard to San Francisco, stay against the light, copThursday night at Union ping a big-time atSquare, take BART back titude and just daring to SFO and return to you to hit them. Maybe Dallas on Friday. Let’s they have bigger things do the math: airfare to worry about, like was available for $250; three square meals a a ticket behind home David Mullen plate for the game is day and a bunkmate … I toured the SPCA $46; three BART trips of Texas’ Jan Rees-Jones Animal (SFO to Coliseum, Coliseum to Care Center in Dallas off Interstate Powell Street and Powell Street to 30 near Hampton Road last week. SFO) cost a total of $22; a numIt is a beautiful facility, all paid for ber of hotels at Union Square are by donations and sponsorships with available April 9 on Hotels.com for more than 82 percent of funds going $150; and parking for two days at directly to animal care. Hundreds of Love Field Garage B would be $26. volunteers give their time to dishevTotal cost: $494. I went online to eled animals. That is dedication … a reputable ticket broker (do those Blue Bell Creameries have had a words go together?) and could get number of product recalls lately. If a single ticket in Section 25 for they are true to their corporate sloOpening Day in Arlington for $493 gan, I wonder how many employees plus a service charge of $115.17 have been stricken at the plant … (wait, what?) plus $7.50 to print I look forward to “Mad Men” rethe ticket on your home printer. suming on Sunday. It is bittersweet, Total cost: $615.67, and that does since the show is in its final season. not include parking. I just received Thrillist.com estimated that in toan email from the Rangers that day’s marketplace, Don Draper’s limited standing room only tickets Manhattan apartment would be have opened up. No Opening Day priced at $16 million. That’s a lot for me. The assumption that we are of Heinz Baked Beans. Oh, wait a swimming in free tickets and press minute! Sterling Cooper Draper passes here at the humble Katy Pryce lost that account … Want to Trail Weekly is greatly exaggerated. see the Texas Rangers play Friday I guess the new “Just Bacon” stand on Opening Day? It may be cheaper at Globe Life Park will just have to to fly to Oakland and see them wait … One of my fondest childplay the A’s the day before. It would hood memories was NOT gatherhave taken just a bit of advanced ing around the dinner table for a david@katytrailweekly.com
family supper. We were too busy, and it’s too sappy. That was something for holidays like Easter or for the Nelsons (Ozzie, not Don) or the Cleavers (Beaver, not Eldridge) or the Bradys (Marcia, not Tom) or the Waltons (John-Boy, not Sam). To gather the four children in my family around the dinner table, mom or dad had to go grocery shopping or fill up the tank and bring home Blue Chip Stamps. There were no American Express membership rewards or Discover Card cash back bonuses then. There were Blue Chip Stamps (Texas had S&H Green Stamps), the greatest benefit program a kid could have. We didn’t know about health care. We hated going to the doctor. (Still do.) But we all knew the benefits that came with Blue Chip Stamps. They were distributed by little machines next to the cash register. As children, we would look in awe as the stamps spewed from the machine like lava from Mt. St. Helens. At their peak in 1970, people licked or moistened 60 billion Blue Chip Stamps. In the same year, three times more S&H Green Stamps books were printed than any other publication in the world. We would sit around the table, lick the stamps and try to fill up as many books as possible. When we had enough books filled, it was off to the Blue Chip Stamps redemption center where you could get toys or sports equipment or, as we would find out, kitchen appliances. In 1972, Blue Chip Stamps obtained a controlling interest in See's Candy Shops. Of course they did, and I am sure they bought them with stamps. Too bad the stamp epoxy didn’t taste like See’s Toffee-ettes … Supermodel Elle Macpherson turned 51 years old on Saturday. Fifty-one?
SUCCESS ON THE TRAIL
ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL
Unearth the greatness of Earth
Achieve attitudinal independence
By Naima Montacer
By Steve A Klein
Everyone loves a great party with tasty food, fun games and good people. April is the official month of parties to celebrate our Earth. More than 20 million Americans took part in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The first Earth Day event launched the Earth Day Network (earthday.org), which today works with more than 22,000 partner organizations in 192 countries to “broaden, diversify and mobilize Naima Montacer the environmental movement.” This year, more than one billion people around the world will participate in Earth Day activities throughout the month of April. The official international Earth Day date is April 22, but many organizations will celebrate Earth Week or Earth Month to get people excited about all issues that concern our environment from human health impacts, creating green jobs and investment, or promoting clean air and water. Here in Dallas, there are several ways to join the Earth Day party and learn simple to complex things you can do to support our environment. There are several festival’s throughout the area such as Oak Cliff Earth Day held April 12, noon-5 p.m. at the historical Lake Cliff Park and Cedar Hill Earth Day on April 20, 5-7:30 p.m. The big event in the area that is expected to draw about 70,000 people is Earth Day Texas (earthdaytx.org) held at Fair Park April 24-26. Live music and good food gives the event a festival feel, but the big draw is the more than 1,100 exhibit spaces full of activities related to the Earth. Companies, organizations, schools, nonprofits, government agencies, and more will be sharing their green stories and teaching others how to live in a more sustainable way. Jillian Mock, communications associate with Earth Day Texas, described the activities as, “A lot of initiatives people will want to come out and see, for example, NASA is bringing out a special exhibit that is going to showcase their international space station program, The National Parks is kicking off their Centennial Year of 2016 at Earth Day Texas 2015 with an enormous presence and a lot of fun things for families to do Friday, Saturday and Sunday.” To view the entire schedule for this FREE event, visit earthdaytx.org.
Seen on a bumper sticker: “I’m about to have an attitude!” Many people believe that any mention of “attitude” is negative. Attitudes are with us 24 hours a day. Attitudes are the thoughts and/or ideas in our mind at any given moment. Experts agree we have in the neighborhood of 50,000 thoughts daily. Some may be negative, but many are positive. Without making a decision to have positive attitudes, we automatically attract negatives thoughts and ideas. Consider what you hear and see on a daily basis, including the news, friends, business associates and traffic. Most of the information going into our head every day leans toward the negative rather than the positive. We’re talking to ourselves all the time, but many of the thoughts Steve A we have are automatic and negative due to habits developed long ago. For instance, were you ever told, “Don’t talk to strangers?” At a young age this was extremely important to keep you safe. But if you have a difficult time speaking to people you are unfamiliar with, maybe that mental voice is still whispering that same phrase to you. Or maybe you had a difficult time remembering as a child. You may have told yourself that you have a poor memory or that you couldn’t remember names. You attend a business meeting and tell yourself that it’s important that you remember everyone you meet. But your unconscious mind remembers your “poor
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memory” and makes sure that you’ve forgotten almost every new name. You must make a decision that positive thoughts will control your mind. And to do that, several techniques may be used to control your subconscious mind. Talk to yourself every morning and night. Write out statements of attitudes and tangibles that you want. Repeat these to yourself at your most receptive moments — before you fall asleep and just after waking. Say it positively as if you have it. Rather than saying “I’m going to lose 20 pounds.” Say, “I see a slim and trim (weight).” Your subconscious mind accepts anything you tell it. In the first phrase, your mind will wait until you’re ready and it can’t picture what 20 pounds looks like. Say it “AS IF” you already have it: In the second previous phrase, your mind sees you at your ideal weight and helps you do the things necessary to achieve that objective. Listen to positive CDs, MP3s, music Klein and people: Putting positive information into your head is imperative toward achieving attitudinal independence. Watch out for the negative influences that are hitting your ears and replace them with positive information. Remember Smokey The Bear’s statement, “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires?” Let’s change that to, “Only You Can Control Your Attitude!” Steve A Klein is an Author, Talk Show Host and “Lead-Miner.” He works with individuals and companies get the “Lead Out!” and to uncover their Success DNA. He specializes in the Psychology of Success, Sales and Leadership. Visit PlayMakersTalkShow.com, PDCchange.com or contact Steve at 972-644-1048.
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ACKELS' ANGLE
AL celebrates ‘Year of the Bat’ By David Mullen
could hit with Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Then they went out and got Josh Donaldson and Russell Today’s American League Martin to assure that they will is all about change. Clubs like lead the league in home the Boston Red Sox and runs. But they still rely Oakland A’s have comon veteran (think old) pletely retooled. A new starting pitching led commissioner wants to by 40-year-old exalter play by speeding Ranger R. A. Dickey up the time of a game, and 36-year-old Mark long the bane of the AL. Buehrle, and have a And a young, no-name sketchy closer in Brett team — last year’s AL Cecil. Not a championchampion Kansas City ship formula. Royals — look to repeat The once feared after shaking up the Yankees are like a old guard with a small punch drunk boxer, payroll leaving opulent hoping to win one teams like the New York more fight. They will Yankees, Los Angeles be on the canvas Angels and the Red Sox early and may fineating their infield dust. ish last in the diviThis year, however, sion. Plus they must the AL is about hitting. live with ex-Ranger There is still some good and human hormone team pitching and speed, Photo by Jae C. Hong Alex Rodriguez. The but those teams like the Robinson Cano will lead the M's to the WS. Baltimore Orioles, with Royals and the A’s who ex-Ranger Chris Davis come in with a dearth of hitting cleanup, took too hitting will not contend. In 2015, some gaps. They should hit, and Jose Abreu is the best many hits in the off-season China will celebrate “the year of young player in the AL east and are a shell of last year’s the goat.” In 2015, the AL will of the Angels’ Mike Trout. If division winners. The Tampa celebrate “the year of the bat.” manager Robin Ventura gets Bay Rays, who lost the heart It may also be the “year of the Sox off to a slow start, and soul of the team in manthe ex-Ranger,” as the top teams darned if he won’t be the first ager Joe Maddon, are sinking all have a former Texas player manager fired. Conversely, the and will challenge the Yankees making an impact on their Cleveland Indians have the for last place. The Red Sox respective teams, including the Angels that lose the negative en- league’s best manager in Terry edge the Blue Jays only because their starting pitching is ergy created by a disruptive (and Francona, but their lineup does not look fearsome. Exbetter, but it should be a race now disabled) Josh Hamilton. to the end. Hitting, or lack thereof, is Ranger David Murphy is The AL West has taken one reason the Royals will not their top utility player. The Minnesota Twins will be fodtwo steps forward and three replicate their AL championder for the rest of the division. steps back. After years of ship or even make the playThe AL East will be a submerging, the Seattle offs. They play in the Central two team race between the Mariners are emerging as Division, which suddenly has the favorites in the division. become the best in the league. Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. This division was Because they are in PDT, they The Detroit Tigers, with exforever revered as the best in will be the team that the East Ranger Ian Kinsler, play in baseball, primarily due to an Coast experts (think ESPN) a wild ball yard that only East Coast media bias. This will never talk about. They their hitters can tame. Roll season, it may be the worst. have few weaknesses and for out Miguel Cabrera, Victor The Red Sox revamped their good measure went out and Martinez, Yoenis Cespedes roster, adding Hanley Ramirez got ex-Ranger Nelson Cruz and J. D. Martinez and that’s and Pablo Sandoval for their for his home run power. a middle of the lineup no bats, joining ex-Ranger Mike Robinson Cano — maybe the pitcher wants to face. One least talked about star player caveat: they ask ex-Ranger Joe Napoli, and nabbed starter Rick Porcello for his arm. Nathan to close out games. The Blue Jays always The Chicago White Sox, see MULL on page 8
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counting on ex-Ranger John Danks to come back to old form, look intriguing. They have added Melky Cabrera and Jeff Samardzija to fill
FITNESS ON THE TRAIL
Best and worst when it comes to snacks By Turner Cavender Turner@dallasfbbc.com
Snacking has the potential to either help or hurt your weight loss efforts. Nutrientpacked, highprotein, fiber-rich snacks can help prevent cravings, provide long-lasting Turner Cavender energy and keep your calories in check. On the other hand, snacks high in sugar, sodium, empty calories and saturated fats can wreck havoc on your diet. Sometimes a snack option may seem like a healthy choice: it contains fruit or is low in fat or calories. But do these qualities qualify a snack as diet friendly? Don’t be fooled by false advertising or let snacking be the downfall of your diet. Smart snacking starts with knowing what to look for on the nutrition label and making the right choices. When it comes to some of the most popular snacks, let’s look at five not-so-good snacks and their healthier alternatives. CAUTION! Dried fruit. Fruit’s good for you right? Yes. But what about eating 10 apricots between breakfast and lunch and three plums before bed? A dried fruit is still a whole piece of fruit — just without its moisture — so the sugar and calories still remain. A few pieces of dried fruit — every once in a while — are okay but be wary of overeating them. Muffins. They may be blueberry, banana or apple-cinnamon, but store-bought muffins are filled with natural sugars or artificial flavoring, added sugars and empty carbs. Though they may sound like a wholesome snack, they may not be. Unless they’re homemade with real fruit, whole-wheat flour and healthy fat, steer clear. Cheese-filled sandwich crackers. What could be so bad about cheese and crackers? Well, most crackers are high in sodium and low in protein and fiber, and the cheese is high in fat and calories. And since it’s hard to get full on just one serving, it’s easy to overeat. Rice cakes. Few foods have fewer calories
than rice cakes, making them a popular snack for dieters. But the processed, empty carbs found in these cakes give you a quick burst of energy that’s short-lived. No sooner have you eaten one than you feel hungry and sluggish again. Granola bars. They may have nuts, dried fruit and be organic, but granola bars are often filled with processed carbs, sugars and calories. Unless you need quick energy before exercising, granola bars probably aren’t a good idea. COME AND GET IT! Greek Yogurt. If you’re craving something sweet but want something that fills you up, have Greek yogurt with fresh or frozen fruit. Greek yogurt contains more protein than regular yogurt and the fruit adds fiber. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon and a drop of vanilla for a new twist. Nuts. Yes, nuts are higher in fat than other snack options, but they’re healthy fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated). Because they’re also high in protein, a small handful is all you need to fill you up. Just choose nuts low in sodium and without added sugars. Light popcorn. Satisfy your craving for something crunchy and slightly salty with microwave or air-popped popcorn. Steer clear of the movie-theater butter, high-sodium varieties and choose a light or low-fat kind. Fill up on five cups for only around 120 calories. Quesadillas. Made with low-fat cheese and a whole-wheat tortilla, quesadillas can be a tasty mid-afternoon snack. Protein from the cheese and fiber from the tortilla fill you up and provide the energy you need to make it until dinner. Add a few veggies or a tablespoon of salsa for more nutritional value and flavor. Tuna on crackers. Crack open a can of tuna (the kind packed in water) and spread some on a few whole-grain, low-sodium crackers. Tuna is a great source of lean protein, while crackers provide a fiber boost. Be Prepared. Avoid the temptation to eat a processed, packaged snack by planning ahead. Keep healthy, easy-to-fix options on hand, and prepare snacks ahead of time to pack in to-go lunches. Turner Cavender is a certified and licensed personal trainer and owner of Dallas Fit Body Boot Camp. "Remember, just a matter of doing it" #JAMODI.
Final Four full of promise By Chris Ackels
Ch.ackels@gmail.com This year’s Final Four, full of blue bloods and future Hall of Famers, provides some insight into how the tournament really works. These teams share certain qualities, and believe it or not, many got to this point for the same reasons. First, let’s take a look at the similarities between these four teams, then dive into their differences and how that will play out on the court. Coaching. The story line in the Final Four this year is coaching. Three Hall of Fame shooins bring their teams to Indianapolis, and the fourth is likely headed in that direction. John Calipari, Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo and Bo Ryan create perhaps the greatest Final Four coaching tandem in history. Watching these guys play chess will be the most entertaining part of the weekend. Diversify your threats. Each of these teams has a star player … and none of those star players led the team in the Elite Eight. Opponents have worked hard to shut down Duke’s Jahlil Okafor or Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky, but in both cases, their teammates stepped up. When Utah and Gonzaga each held Okafor to less than 10 points, Justice Winslow averaged 18.5 points in the two games and Tyus Jones averaged 15.5. When North Carolina and Arizona went after Kaminsky, Sam Dekker scored 23 and 27 to lead the Badgers. The same diverse offense can be seen for Kentucky or Michigan State, so you never know who will lead these teams this weekend. Close game victories. These are teams that perform in the clutch. Each has been tested this tournament, and each has responded with flying colors. Michigan State has been the lower seed in three of its four games and survived Louisville in overtime to earn this spot. Kentucky trailed Notre Dame for most of the game last Saturday but went 8-for-8 down the stretch in a flawless showing of clutch shooting. Wisconsin trailed at the half in both its Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games but lit up the nets with second half shooting and clutch defense. Duke may not appear to have a close one but fended off strong upset bids from Utah and Gonzaga to get here. All four of these teams know how to push the right buttons down the stretch. So now that they’re here, who takes home the trophy? Saturday’s Final Four games and Monday’s championship game could set
records for the most viewed tournament games in history, and the record books are certainly on the line should Kentucky get past Wisconsin in the semifinal. A look at each team’s strength and what gives them an edge over their opponent: Why Kentucky will win … Quite simply, this is the most talented team in the nation. Top to bottom, nobody can match the talent on this squad and usually that translates to wins (it has 38 consecutive times). There are so many threats on this offense: Aaron and Andrew Harrison made a similar run last year, Karl-Anthony Towns leads the team in rebounds and is second in points, Devin Booker averages better than 10 points per game. There are just so many people a defense needs to shut down to stop this squad. Why Wisconsin will win … But if anybody can stop Kentucky, it’s Wisconsin. The Badgers have played in the nation’s most physical conference, and they are the only team that can match Kentucky’s height (the two starting lineups are within a one inch difference). Wisconsin has shown time and again their electric offense, highlighted by Kaminsky and Dekker, will likely put up points on Kentucky. If Wisconsin’s defense can hold the Wildcats offense down, there could be serious potential for an upset. Why Duke will win … Mike Krzyzewski not only knows how to out-coach teams, he knows how to find their weakness and exploit it. Duke has been favored all season because they have a handful of scorers who could go off at any time (Okafor in the first two rounds, Winslow in the next two rounds), but also because they pick apart defenses. It seems there is no style of play that Duke cannot win at, and with this year’s personnel, there’s probably no style of play to keep them under 65 points (only happened twice all season). Why Michigan State will win … This Michigan State team looks very familiar. It follows the same script as last year’s seven-seeded Connecticut team that won the national championship. Strong guard play carried UConn last year, and this year Sparty’s Travis Trice has carried that load admirably (with help from Denzel Valentine). It’s certainly an uphill battle for the Spartans, but so were their wins over two, three and four seeds to get here. ACKLES' ACES: Semi-Final: Wisconsin over Kentucky (83-79) Semi-Final: Duke over Michigan State (76-64) Final: Wisconsin over Duke (78-72)
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2630 E. Commerce St. Dallas, 75226 214-747-3337
Deep Ellum Entertainment District – The Deep Ellum Foundation presents the 21st Annual Deep Ellum Arts Festival, featuring 200 top-notch decorative and visual artists, 100 original bands and singer/songwriters performing from four different stages, the renowned Pet Parade, and enticing foods and drinks. 11 a.m. FREE!
April 4
2001 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-242-5100
Nasher Sculpture Center – Bring out your children’s artistic talents and broaden their understanding and appreciation of the world. Target First Saturdays are designed especially for children in preschool to elementary school and feature a line-up of activities that encourage creative thought through a monthly “Big Idea.” 10 a.m. FREE!
April 6
6101 Bishop Blvd. Dallas, 75205 214-768-2787
SMU Owen Arts Center – Meadows School of the Arts presents a Chamber Music Cookie Concert. Bring your lunch and enjoy a short, casual program of chamber music in the Taubman Atrium. Free cookies provided. Noon. FREE!
April 9
1717 N. Harwood St. Dallas, 75201 214-922-1200
Dallas Museum of Art – Hear Tatiana Mayfield perform with Jazz in the Artium. Refreshing and beautiful are how many have described the voice and persona of Tatiana “LadyMay” Mayfield, a jazz vocalist, musician and educator from Fort Worth. Mayfield has been singing and playing jazz music since the tender age of 13. 6 p.m. FREE!
April 11
2403 Flora St. Dallas, 75313 214-880-0202
Winspear Opera House – The Dallas Opera presents “The Billy Goats Gruff.” Our newest production is an adaptation of the popular folk tale based on scenes from operas by W.A. Mozart, G. Donizetti, and G. Rossini. Sung in English, this story reinforces a strong anti-bullying message, the importance of kindness and attending school regularly. 2 p.m. $5
April 15
3300 University Blvd. Dallas, 75275 214-768-2787
SMU Carr Collins Hall – The Tower Center for Political Studies presents “The Geopolitics of Religion: Mapping Early Modern Protestant Networks in the Digital Age.” Hear Kate Carté Engel, associate professor of Religious Studies at SMU discuss modern protestant networks and the geopolitics of religion. 1 p.m. FREE!
April 17
1717 N. Harwood St. Dallas, 75201 214-922-1200
Dallas Museum of Art – Attend our lecture by James Hall on his book, “The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History.” As one of the most enduring artistic traditions, portraiture reveals not only the faces but also the social and cultural histories of the past. The tradition of self-portraiture has been a long-standing one, from early artists creating their own self-portraits to the modern-day selfie. Held in Horchow Auditorium. 9 p.m. FREE!
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Fri 4/03
Good Friday Marlon Brando, b. 1924 Doris Day, b. 1924 Jane Goodall, b. 1934 Alec Baldwin, b. 1958 Eddie Murphy, b. 1961 1953 – 1st issue of “TV Guide” published.
Sat 4/04
Elmer Bernstein, b. 1922 Maya Angelou, b. 1928 Christine Lahti, b. 1950 Robt. Downey, Jr., b. 1965 Heath Ledger, b. 1979 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated in Memphis.
Sun 4/05
Easter Spencer Tracy, b. 1900 Bette Davis, b. 1908 Gregory Peck, b. 1916 Colin Powell, b. 1937 Paula Cole, b. 1968 1768 – 1st Chamber of Commerce in U.S. – in NY.
EARTH cont'd from page 2 Can’t make it out to an event? Here are three ideas to get you and your family involved in the celebration and learn some ways to tread lightly on our environment. 1. Footprint Calculator - Complete a fun interactive quiz online to find out your ecological footprint based on how many resources you use everyday. Answering questions about your lifestyle such as where you live, how you wash your dishes and how far you drive, will show how sustainable you are currently living. After completing the footprint calculator on earthday.org/footprint-calculator, I found that if everyone in the world lived the same way I
Mon 4/06
Lowell Thomas, b. 1892 Merle Haggard, b. 1937 Billy Dee Williams, b. 1937 Marilu Henner, b. 1952 Zach Braff, b. 1975 1789 – 1st U.S. Congress began regular sessions.
Tue 4/07
Billie Holiday, b. 1915 James Garner, b. 1928 Janis Ian, b. 1950 Tony Dorsett, b. 1954 Russell Crowe, b. 1964 1933 – Prohibition ended in the U.S. 1948 – World Health Org. formed by United Nations.
lived my life, we would need 3.5 more Earth’s to support our resource needs. Yikes! 2. Organize your own neighborhood clean-up event. Gather a small group of friends and head out for a few hours to pick up trash in your neighborhood parks, creeks or sidewalks. Not only does litter look bad, it is harmful to wildlife and water quality. Don’t let litter breed more litter, break the cycle by inspiring others to keep our city clean. 3. Curb your waste. Think about things before you throw them out or recycle. Is there a better way? Host a clothing exchange in your neighborhood or sell your stuff online on one of the many Facebook Yard Sale sites. Receive a lot of junk mail? Use the free app PaperKarma to get rid of
Wed 4/08
Mary Pickford, b. 1893 Betty Ford, b. 1918 Sy Hersh, b. 1937 Robin Wright Penn, b. 1966 Emma Caulfield, b. 1973 1513 – Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. 1935 – WPA approved by Congress.
Thu 4/09
Paul Robeson, b. 1898 Dennis Quaid, b. 1954 Cynthia Nixon, b. 1966 Kristen Stewart, b. 1990 1833 – 1st taxsupported public library opened – Peterborough, NH.
unwanted mail. Visit yellowpagesoptout.com to stop receiving a phone book at your doorstep every year. Opt out of free plastic water bottles at meals and events by always carrying a reusable water bottle with you. It doesn’t matter what side of the spectrum you are on from not knowing the first thing about being green to living in a growing green trend tiny house, there is something for everyone to learn about during the month of April. Just remember, April may be the time to get excited about the Earth and environment but use the parties to drive your motivation throughout the year. Naima Montacer is a freelance writer and conservationist. View more at her website EnviroAdventures.com.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS 1. It may be green 6. Ecru and taupe 10. With joy 15. Grounds 20. Harder to find
21. Just great 22. Ms. Zellweger 23. Tally 24. Maureen of film 25. "The — Limits" 26. Emitting light
27. Organ feature 28. Flirt 29. Deli crepes 30. Health food (2 wds.) 32. Juan Peron's widow 34. Ease
36. Call in sick 37. Rack and — 40. Whodunit herring 41. London's Big — 42. Jayhawker st.
44. DeLuise and Perignon 48. Choose 49. Royal pronoun 50. Snags 53. Balked 55. Playing marble 56. "The Magic Flute" composer 58. Falana or Montez 59. Perfume base 61. Hartford competitor 63. Croce's "I Got — —" 64. Transparent wrap 65. Lowly laborer 66. Mighty 67. Freight train unit 69. Silica mineral 70. Actor — Neeson 71. Party-tray cheese 74. Dock denizen 75. Mosque feature 78. Undamaged 81. Base runner's need 82. Fashion length 83. Util. bill 84. Boxing locale 86. Persona — grata 87. Atomizers 89. Bravo opposite 93. Dow Jones fig. 94. Cellar, briefly 95. What — can I do? 96. Wonka's creator 97. Concussion result 100. Caesar's legions 102. Heavy reading? 103. Glasses, slangily 104. Vegas game 108. Slander's kin 109. Studied intently 110. Cathedral part 111. Andes vulture 112. Pipe bend 113. Fridge coolant 115. Claptrap
PAGE 5 116. Desperado's piece 117. Batman and Robin 118. Trickle 120. Search eng. find 121. "Honest" fellow 123. Scout leader, often 124. One-time JFK landers 125. Cry of amazement 127. Strait-laced person 129. Dwarf maple, maybe 131. Mir experience (2 wds.) 136. Prow opposite 138. Cuddly toy 142. "And thereby hangs — —" 143. Deep South 144. "The Velvet Fog" 145. Noted soap vixen 146. Check endorser 147. More remote 148. Everglades wader 149. On — — (winning) 150. Downhill racers 151. Wedding-cake levels 152. Crowd noise 153. Eva — Saint DOWN 1. Walked heavily 2. Sunk fence (hyph.) 3. Europe-Asia range 4. Arthur's sorcerer 5. Makes like a mule 6. Drove a semi 7. No later than 8. Shangri-la 9. Turkey neighbor 10. Famous pin-up girl
WAGGING THE TRAIL
11. Cyclades locale 12. Do a mosaic 13. Trotsky or Spinks 14. Somber evergreens 15. Romantic isle 16. Ancient (hyph.) 17. Pakistan's language 18. Box or bucket — 19. Snaky fish 21. Fishing float 31. Glazier's unit 33. In — — (stuck) 35. UPS units 37. Canning tomato 38. On top of 39. Chichen — 42. Mongol title 43. Oxygen source 45. Hassocks 46. Educator Horace — 47. Pirate's booty 49. Pitcher — Hershiser 50. Asta's mistress 51. Bedside noise 52. Make taboo 53. Elegant wrap 54. Carbon 14 job 57. Kind of radio 58. Acid in milk 59. Horrify 60. Natural eyewash 62. Latin I verb 64. Getz or Kenton 66. Hurls 68. Comes up 69. Shaquille of the NBA 71. Codgers' queries 72. Veggie-tray item 73. Shaking 76. Needed scratching 77. Spell 79. Web suffix 80. Explosive letters
82. Yours truly 85. Currier's partner 88. "That's — —!" 90. Festoon 91. Unlikely to bite 92. Reindeer herders 94. Loft locale 98. Go together 99. PC screen image 100. Porter and stout 101. Exasperate 102. Shovel or rake 103. — Paulo, Brazil 105. Does sums 106. Mope 107. B'way signs of yore 109. Part of mpg 111. Cows' mouthfuls 114. Industrial region 115. Daffodil digs 116. Deep-diving seabird 119. Shared a ride 121. More Bohemian 122. Customers 123. Attic window 124. Notched range 126. Curved moldings 127. Elf 128. Organic compound 129. Yankee catcher 130. First-stringers (hyph.) 131. Phaser blasts 132. Term paper abbr. (2 wds.) 133. Zany Martha — 134. Mine entrance 135. "Veni, vidi, —" 137. For takeout (2 wds.) 139. Designer label 140. Cicero's 651 141. Padlock brand
OFF THE MARK
Rules to observe at local dog parks
By Susan Strough
owners, and there is something to be said for knowing a dog very, very well Last week I visited a before taking it to cavort popular Dallas dog park with strange dogs. with two of my students A dear friend and on two separate days. I colleague of mine does it broke one of my dog park right. She has operated her rules upon arrival. Rule #1: company, DogPawCatPaw Observe before entering. If Pet Services, in Dallas for I practiced what I preach on 14 years. Her practices and those days instead of letstandards are strict. Her ting my busy schedule get top priority is the safety the best of me, I wouldn’t of her clients’ pets and the Photo courtesy of Animal Aid South Clinic safety of her employees. have entered the park. Two The picture above shows a good dog/human ratio at a dog park. employees of a dog She does not allow her walking company walkers to take trips to the ask a busy Uptown resident if they’d like had brought an dog park with client’s dogs because of their guilt to be taken away from them estimated 20 dogs the liability, and she knows the limits of for a mere $20 per day by allowing their with them to the handling a certain number of animals at dog to go to the dog park in the middle of park. On the first once. Her sitters and walkers are backthe afternoon, they are going to say yes. day I visited the ground checked and trained on the job. I mean, after all, what could go wrong? park that week it A potential customer needs to inHow hard can it be to take care of dogs, wasn’t much of quire about the background of their dog right? Actually, there’s a lot to it. When an issue, but on walker and dog walking company. What it’s not your dog, and you’ve been paid to Susan Strough take care of that dog, the stakes are even the second day I is their experience? How long have they visited, the dogs higher. Many people love dogs and love the been in business? Are they insured? in their care were Finally, get references; not referrals, refidea of being self-employed. This is how a turned up, so to speak. I extinguished erences. Take your time to do as much dog walking business is born. These entrethree fights within one minute of being research as you can about their practices preneurs often believe there is no skill or there. The supervisors of the dogs were before scheduling an initial interview. knowledge required to manage dogs. so preoccupied they did not notice what Think of your dog’s safety and decide There is a great deal that goes into was happening. The simple truth is two carefully which services are right for keeping dogs that don’t belong to you people cannot possibly supervise 20 dogs safe. Tight collars and short leashes are your dog. The dog park already contains properly. That’s Rule #2: Two dogs per risk, but when it’s done in large groups a good start. Some basic education in person. This situation made me think something bad is going to happen sooner dog handling will do a dog walker well. about a client’s vetting practice when or later. Save the dog park visits for when Never allow them off leash outside of it comes to choosing a dog walking you are alone with your dog and use dog their home and visits to the dog park company. walking services for dog walking. are highly discouraged. Dogs tend to be Usually, things that sound too good Susan Strough is an owner at RAW less obedient and more likely to get into to be true are too good to be true. If you by Canines First and a dog trainer. mischief when they are not with their
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By Stella Wilder
The coming week is likely to see many individuals looking back in time — in some cases a year or more — to determine the origins of certain circumstances that are causing difficulties in the present. There are answers to be found, surely, and those who are unafraid of what they may discover will find the search for those answers a profitable and productive enterprise. Often, the further one has to go back in time, the better the results may be. Everyone has a chance to redeem him- or herself in some small way — depending, of course, on what is uncovered as one takes a retrospective look at certain past episodes. Issues of bondage and freedom are likely to come to the fore. Some may feel tied down in some way — to responsibilities, or by the fallout from ill-advised decisions — while others are free to soar among the clouds. The difference will be determined in no uncertain terms, but this can be reversed in some cases. ARIES (March 21-April 4) You have little to apologize for, but you'll be in the frame of mind that has you taking responsibility for more than your share. (April 5-April 19) – You'll recognize early in the week that you have much more on your plate than you had figured; it's time to get to work!
TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You may come to an important understanding that allows you to compromise with someone and avoid a long-term conflict. (May 6-May 20) – You're able to hammer out an agreement that can put more money in your pocket very soon. Don't let yourself be derailed. GEMINI (May 21-June 6) The creative process will prove complicated for you, but you should be able to make a certain amount of measurable progress. (June 7-June 20) – Those who want something from you are going to have to prove that it is theirs by rights; you mustn't give in too quickly. CANCER (June 21-July 7) You may have to travel farther than expected to come up with the answers you seek. Ultimately, the road you take is a familiar one. (July 8-July 22) – You're looking closely at things that you have done in the past, but are you looking at the results just as closely? LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) You will want to take time out to answer a loved one's questions about a certain recent event. A misunderstanding may be revealed. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – Someone is trying to
trick you into doing or saying something that is not true to you or your ideals. Protect yourself. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) You'll be tempted to jump at an opportunity that is only partially revealed. Take some time to assess aspects that you cannot see clearly. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – A quick repair is likely to take much longer than expected, but you can use the time to prepare for what lies ahead. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct 7) You may need a little help before you can head off on your own and explore new territory without risk. Be sure to ask around. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – You're likely to realize that, just as you suspected, not everything turned out well in recent weeks. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You'll have to get certain things done early in the week in order to clear your schedule for other tasks that will require a greater commitment. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – A chance encounter has you wishing that you had made different plans, but perhaps you can combine business and pleasure. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) You're likely to see things from
Copyright 2015 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. a very different perspective. The changes you make as a result may be longstanding. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You're interested in connecting with someone on a new level, and the perfect opportunity is likely to arise. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You may not be able to stop and accommodate another's needs, but if you prepare ahead of time, you can provide a little assistance. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – The connections you make with others are likely to last far longer than planned, and they can improve your self-esteem. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) Quiet time affords you the opportunity to reflect on subjects that you keep at bay during your busiest times. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – With the help of someone older than yourself, you can gain some valuable experience that opens up doors. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) The advice you have been getting from a family member may not be exactly what you've been after, but it can surely do some good. (March 6-March 20) – The work you do isn't likely to yield the results you are after, but what you do accomplish can prove valuable in a surprising way.
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By Candy Evans
private home of Briggs Freeman’s Missy Woehr, a dear friend. When Hey, did you she’s not selling This townhome is located at 3380 Blackburn St., Dallas and is listed for $1,549,000. see me on “The sleek condos at about this last January when my since sliced bread. If I could, I would Today Show” last Museum Tower, mother-in-law was visiting, my hushave a whole yard of pet grass. It week talking about this is where Missy lives with band was recuperating from a knee doesn’t require water or fertilizer, Robert Durst? That her husband, Gus, also a lireplacement, and I needed a first and it keeps the pups clean during was a fun intercensed agent. I think Missy has floor guest room. 3380 Blackburn monsoon season. How do you think view. So glad they probably sold every unit here at St. is a home that has been upgraded I survived the past rainy month in used the quote they 3380 Blackburn St. and planned to the “T” with top my life with guest pets? Pet grass! did, not what I said This is an elegant three grade materials, comfort and ease of I think the pictures can do more about being able Candace Evans bedroom, three and two half living in mind. justice to this home than my jabbering, to get away with bath townhouse built in 2003. It also feels more like a single but suffice it to say this is one I would murder in Texas. With 4,166 square feet, this family home than most townhomes. snatch up in a heartbeat if I were in the You can read all about it on my blog, three-story home is spacious, seThe plentiful windows peer out over market. Get your checkbooks ready. CandysDirt.com. Remember Cullen cure and has a study that could be a a plethora of trees, making this home Location — check: Cascada is Davis? Tis’ true! fourth bedroom in case you have a appear to be floating over a green on north side of Blackburn Street just Talking about getting away with houseful. The floor plan is one of the backyard. There are a couple of side before the Katy Trail, off Turtle Creek murder, I have long wanted to start best I’ve seen, and there is an elevayards with pet grass. Boulevard. Square footage —perfeca series on the private homes of tor “BUT!” there is also a guest room Let me make one thing perfectly tion. Each bedroom has an en suite Dallas real estate agents. Let’s conon the first floor. clear: pet grass is the best invention bath and is just what you need — a sider this the first story! This is the I remember Missy telling me
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bedroom, not the Taj Mahal. But the formal and informal spaces in this home are beyond beautiful, from the Carrera marble in the decked-out kitchen to the gold ceiling in the living. Missy, I am in love with your house … and I bet listing agent Ilene Christ (Missy’s partner at Museum Tower) has it under contract by next week! Listed for $1,549,000. 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, we celebrate Real Estate every single day! Sign up at CandysDirt.com to get the latest real estate news delivered!
TOUR OF HOMES
Turtle Creek Association opens up doors
By Gretchen Crichton The public will be able to tour six unique residences on Sunday, April 12 for the 2015 Turtle Creek Tour of Homes, benefiting the nonprofit group, Turtle Creek Association. The 14th annual tour features some of the most exquisitely designed homes on Turtle Creek Boulevard. The tour provides an exclusive peek into Turtle Creek high-rise lifestyles and concludes with a separately ticketed post tour reception from 6-8 p.m. at the home of Trammell S. Crow. The 2015 Turtle Creek Association Tour of Homes is the primary fundraiser for the nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Turtle Creek area’s 87 acres of greenways and parkland. Home tours include: 4011 Turtle Creek Blvd., 21 Turtle Creek, 3883
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3505 Turtle Creek Blvd., 14th Floor.
3525 Turtle Creek Blvd., Sixth Floor.
Turtle Creek Blvd., Terrace Level, The Warrington, 3831 Turtle Creek Blvd., Penthouse, 3525 Turtle Creek Blvd., Sixth Floor, The Vendôme on Turtle Creek, 3505 Turtle Creek Blvd., 14th Floor, and The Claridge, 3510 Turtle Creek Blvd., Sixth Floor. Tickets for the Tour of Homes and After Party are available online at turtlecreekassociation.org or by calling 214-526-2800. Tour tickets may also be purchased on the day of the tour at the tour’s central parking location, Regency Plaza 3710 Rawlins St. at Welborn Street or at any of the homes. Tour of Home tickets are $50 for Turtle Creek Association members and $60 for non-members. A limited number of After Party tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis for $125 each.
HITTING THE TRAIL
Dreamy trip to Tuscany included redefining resort
By Michael Wald
But by the end of my week stay, I realized that Italians have a completely different concept of a resort than Americans. To them, this IS a resort. It is a resort simply because it is a place to escape, a place where they can kick back and relax. Tuscany and Umbria comprise We Americans are planners. The Italian culture has learned the rural region in Italy between Rome to live in the moment. With so many changes over the centuries, and Florence. Long a draw for wine the people have learned to live life and ignore the political huband cheese enthusiasts, the countryside bub around them. in this area displays green rolling hills They aren’t concerned with fancy accoutrements in the room. dotted with hilltop villages that date Michael Wald They want peace and quiet. It is because energy is very expensive that back centuries. It’s a place of dreamy they have learned to accept barely lit rooms and tiny cars. This resort romanticism and a people intertwined had horses you could ride and, with a day’s notice, you could get a with their backyard vineyards and olive trees. massage. There was always A trip to Tuscany usually starts with an ina warm fire glowing in the ternational flight into the busy Rome airport. A lobby fireplace. You could get train line connects Rome to Florence. Alongside a café, vino or beer almost the train line is Italy’s main superhighway, A1. any time of day in the lobby Although A1 is Italy’s main road, it is still only two bar. “What more could you lanes in each direction. Unless you want to cause want?” the Italians asked. an accident, you’d best stay in the right lane except This is resort living. to pass. And there isn’t much between you and the LifeDallas Church Dinner, served at a road as the cars are mainly sub-compact. single sitting, was very Inwood Theater, 75209……………………214-733-4131 On a recent visit, I enjoyed staying at a counPhoto by Michael Wald good, if not gourmet and try inn about one half hour’s ride from the main A countryside view of vineyards and olive trees. Worship Service: Sundays at 10am made with fresh ingredihighway in the hills and accessible only by dirt Grant Myers, Pastor, “Less Ritual--More Meaning” www.lifedallas.org ents often home grown in the hotel garden. After dinner you could road. On the way to the inn, you pass others similarly situated. … read? I chose conversation with the other guests. The rural life of My country inn advertised itself as a resort. When I arrived, I Oak Lawn United Methodist Church Tuscany is slow and leisurely to the point of being too quiet. was at first disappointed and even a little angry that it did not meet 3014 Oak Lawn Ave., 75219 ……………… 214-521-5197 Tuscany has many great little towns away from urban areas. my expectations of a resort. The room was not very large, and the Sunday Worship: 9 and 11 am; 10 am Discipleship Hour; Noon each Wed. Each town has a unique personality. In fact, the nicest cathedral I bathroom was so small you could hardly move around. Throughout Brown Bag Communion • Dr. Anna Hosemann-Butler, Senior Pastor saw in Italy was in Orvieto, not Rome or Florence. And Siena, the Europe, the bathrooms have bidets. The bidet and the toilet faced www.olumc.org city that gave us the name of the color, is all built in stone of that each other and nearly touched so it was difficult to use either. color. It’s breathtaking. I cannot imagine going to Florence and The lighting was much dimmer than I expect from a hotel. Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCA) not seeing Siena, although most people don’t know to go there. I saw rooms at other local hotels and found them also to be less 4124 Oak Lawn, 75219……………………214-224-2500 brightly lit than a typical American hotel room. Not only that, the Historically, Siena was the rival of Florence. Florence eventually Sunday Worship and Classes: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am won the right to be the capital of this region. But Siena is a real light switches turn off automatically after a short time. No plush Wednesday Vespers with Communion: 5:30 pm www.pcpc.org gem. Its main plaza, or piazza, is bigger and more exquisite than bathrobe, no slippers and no fancy soap either. nearly any you’ll find in Europe. All of this, and more, led me to think I had been deceived by For inclusion rates & publishing deadlines, call 214-27-TRAIL So, if you haven’t been, you should go. Expect to relax and the label “resort.” kick back. Tuscan life moves at a much slower pace. That’s its charm and beauty. But if you are a frenetic tourist, you may be disappointed with how leisurely life is. Take a deep breath and Professional - Experienced - Trusted enjoy it. You’ll start seeing the world through a glass or two of delectable local wine and cheese as you watch the sunset, if you allow yourself the chance. Randy Elms, MBA REAltoR® Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise (214) 649-2987 in Panama adventure travel. randallelms@yahoo.com He blogs about travel and other musings at untroddenla.com. wald.world@yahoo.com
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TRUE TEXAS CUISINE
Read here about red 'gravy'
By Dotty Griffith
low heat to get the entire flavor from the pork and the meatdottykgriffith@gmail.com balls, Tarantino explains. After Peter Tarantino, resthe pork is cooked through, taurateur and chef, loves to Tarantino removes it from the make his family red sauce sauce and uses the meat for and meatballs. His Italianother dishes. The meat comAmerican clan calls the sauce ponent is what distinguishes Sunday Gravy, as Sunday Gravy from do many other a marinara or toItalian-Americans, mato sauce. Though especially those Peter relies on pork with Northeast shoulder, other roots. Time, qualcooks also add pork ity ingredients, a and/or beef ribs, as very large stockwell as pancetta. pot, passion, and While the love are important sauce cooks, Peter to achieve the optiDotty Griffith prepares the meatmum result.
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Longtime Dallas chef and restaurateur Peter Tarantino. In his Dallas childhood home, Peter’s mother used to start making Sunday Gravy on Saturday. After cooking for hours, “Mother would pull the pork out of the sauce, shred it and save it for my father. It was a special treat for him. The rest of us would get some of it, from time to time.” If the name Peter Tarantino rings a bell, it’s because you remember Peter’s and his chef brother, Patrick’s, eponymous restaurants from several years ago, first in the Fair Park area then Deep Ellum. After the locations closed, the brothers moved on and away for a while. Peter, however, is back in Dallas where he is resuming his culinary adventures. One of his projects is a meatball party catering service and optional cooking class. Tarantino prepares the sauce and meatballs in your kitchen to get ready for the party. If you want to learn, treat the experience as a cooking class and absorb the tastes, aromas and textures. “This sauce takes time, so my suggestion is that you make sure you’ve got at least four to six hours, at a minimum. You never want to rush the sauce by having the heat too high. Do not risk burning the sauce on the bottom of the large stockpot needed for this sauce,” Tarantino cautions. To maximize the experience, go for some atmosphere, adds Tarantino. “Put on an old record like Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra. Sip an espresso or a glass of wine, and thank God for your blessings and the people you love to cook for.” As a bonus, this long, slow process also serves as “a way to let go of stress and anxiety,” Tarantino offers. Preparation of Sunday Gravy takes a long time over
balls. He first mixes ground meat, shapes the meatballs and then browns them in a skillet or in the oven. When the sauce is done, Tarantino adds meatballs and drippings and continues simmering for a couple of hours. In the Tarantino home of his childhood, the sauce and meatballs were cooked on Saturday. Before leaving for church on Sunday, his mother would heat the sauce; add the meatballs and leave to simmer while the family went to Mass. For Tarantino, this recipe isn’t just about a wonderful meal. It’s about honoring his family heritage and sharing it with friends and clients. Tarantino said, “What better way to keep the traditions of our heritage than to cook and pass on our family recipes.” A few cook’s notes: If you want to add more olive oil, add it a little at a time. You do not want to have a sauce that is too oily. That gives Tarantino some leeway “to drizzle some good quality unfiltered Sicilian extra virgin olive oil on top of my spaghettini and meatballs.” He also sprinkles his plateful with “a serious amount” of fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pecorino Romano or Grana Padano cheeses. To contact Peter Tarantino, email petertarantino@live.com.
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syrup or added sweetener.) 1 cup red wine (Use a nice Chianti or Sangiovese. Do not cook with bad wine. There are many affordable wines that are of good enough quality for cooking and drinking.) 3 (33.5-ounce) cartons plain tomato sauce 4 (28-ounce) cans San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes, blended until smooth 1 large tablespoon sea or kosher salt (Do not add more until sauce is completely done. You can always add. It’s hard to take out.) 1 large tablespoon finely ground black pepper 1 large tablespoon dried oregano (Find good quality at a specialty store. Check expiration date for freshness.) 4 large dried bay leaves 1 stem fresh sweet basil, with at least 6 to 8 nice size leaves Meatballs and drippings, straight out of the oven and into the pot of sauce (See meatball recipe in next week’s Katy Trail Weekly). In a large stockpot, heat 1/4-cup olive oil over mediumhigh heat. Add cubed pork. Brown pork on all sides. Raise heat to high, add onions and remaining olive oil. Cook and stir occasionally until onions are soft and light brown on the edges. When onions begin to brown, add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Do not brown garlic. Stir in tomato paste until onions are evenly coated. Pour wine into pork and onion mixture. Scrape bottom of pan to release all the brown bits. Add tomato sauce and peeled tomato puree. Stir to blend well. Reduce heat to medium high. When mixture returns to the boil, lower heat to simmer. Add salt, pepper, oregano, and bay leaves. Cook, bubbling over very low heat, until pork is fork tender, 4 to 6 hours. Stir frequently to make sure sauce doesn’t stick to pan. Meat is cooked enough when it shreds easily with a fork. Remove pork from sauce, shred and reserve. Cover with a small amount of the sauce. Refrigerate for another use. Add fresh basil stem and prepared meatballs. (See next week’s Katy Trail Weekly for meatball recipe). Makes approximately 2 quarts sauce.
TARANTINO SUNDAY GRAVY
(Additional cook’s notes in parentheses.)
1 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided use 4 pounds pork butt (aka shoulder), cut into 2-inch cubes 2 large Vidalia or yellow onions, finely chopped 2 heaping tablespoons minced fresh garlic (Never from a storebought jar. NEVER!) 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste (Without high fructose corn
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Scene Around Town
By Sally Blanton
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Society Editor
Member Event
“Back to the Future”
Friends of the Warren Center House of Blues
Jammi Carroll, Matt Aripoli, Rachel Windley
Alcuin School’s 50th Anniversary Fashion Industry Gallery
New Friends New Life
Donors Honored
Partnership with ORIX Foundation ORIX Office
Director Kate Pedigo, Paul Wilton,Tayrn Mays, Kelly Cruse
T. Boone Pickens Hospice Center Presbyterian Village
Ron Barger, Kate Pedigo, Brad Borud, Carol Greene
Membership Tea
Clark and Christina Hodges
Mary Wright, Godwin Dixon- CEO Presbyterian Communities
Going for the Gold Gala
Les Femmes du Monde Home of Barbara Crow
Carol Falk, Jim Falk – CEO World Affairs Council
Brian Durham, Audrey Connaster
Dawn Sample, Christy Singhania, Janeen Cooter, Brittany Dyer
Bill and Beverly Warren, Jon Cain
Herrington School of Nursing Hilton Anatole
Deve Sanford, Renee Farinella, Regina Bruce
Pastor Neal Jeffrey, Robert Griffin III, Tim Brown, Mike Singletary
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and Metoyer’s bubble had burst. After a joyous sprint to off stage and wait to spin the front of the stage when the wheel for a chance at your name is called, it is a the Showcase Showdown. long walk back to your seat “They take you off stage when you lose. “But George and explain the rules and stopped me and shook my tell you what you can and hand and said ‘I thought cannot say at the wheel,” you were going to win,’” Photo courtesy of Wynter Metoyer Metoyer said. “George is Metoyer said. “Like, Velma Gentry and Wynter Metoyer stand really nice and he is really you can’t mention your in front of the famous Showcase wheel. employer.” funny. He is funnier than She was first to spin. Drew, actually.” The object is to spin an oversized wheel with She had to sign a waiver that keeps her from numbers that are divisions of a dollar in five cent revealing details of the show until it aired. “It increments. Of the three contestants, the one was the hardest thing to do in my life,” Metoyer closest to $1 in one or two spins moves on to the said. “You tell everyone you are going and then Showcase Showdown, where prize packages are they all come up to you and say ‘Did you make it traditionally more than $25,000. She spun the on? Did you make it on?’ You can’t say anything. wheel hard and it made many revolutions before I can tell my friends to watch on Monday, but I stopping on 20. “Military strength,” Metoyer can’t tell them why.” said. As far as the rest of the bucket list is conHer next spin was 65 for a total of 85, almost cerned, Metoyer said, “I want to go to Italy or always a winner. She watched as Justin went over just go overseas. But I also want to go on ‘Wheel $1 in two spins, and the third contestant Sharie of Fortune,’ but I am pretty sure that is not spun a 55. But Sharie’s next spin was 40 for 95, going to happen.”
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No team changed more this winter than the Oakland A’s. They are hoping that all the players they acquired will all have career years at once. But they have no power hitters and will have to rely on pitching, defense and small ball to challenge. It is possible, but not probable. The Houston Astros are getting better but are still a few years away. They will compete with the Blue Jays in home runs but will set a league record for strikeouts. No team was more snake bit than the Rangers last season, and the bad luck continues. Yu Darvish is out until next year with Tommy John surgery, and they hope Shin-Soo Choo and Prince Fielder can return from last season’s injuries. But the rest of the lineup has more holes than a pair of Miley
Cyrus’ jeans. They have no ace, have shaky middle relief and could now use some of the ex-Rangers scattered through the rosters on the AL contenders. It will be another long, hot season in Arlington. So, look for the Blue Jays to top the Angels in the AL Wild Card game and face the Mariners. The Tigers will top the Red Sox and play the Mariners in the AL championship game. And sorry FOX, it is your worst nightmare. It will be an all West Coast World Series, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and ex-Ranger Adrian Gonzalez dunking the Mariners in an exciting seven game series that only two television markets will watch, along with a few Rangers fans that remember their players from the past.
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MOVIE TRAILER
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ comes to light in clever mock-documentary
By Chic DiCiccio @Chiccywood
What happens when people stop being alive and start being the undead? That question, and many others regarding modern day vampires, is answered in “What We Do in the Shadows,” a brilliantly clever fake documentary about the life of four vampires living together in Wellington, New Zealand. While the fake documentary has really run its course, mostly due to several TV shows abusing this storytelling method, “What We Do in the Shadows” excels because of the deadpan, straight faced way it casually examines the vampire lifestyle. These four vampires go about their business, musing about modern day problems such as the sharing of chores or being unable to get into clubs or bars. Of course, the twist here is that they need to be invited in … because they are vampires. Viago (Taika Waititi) is the organizer of the group, calling flatmate meetings to address various problems in their house. The main purveyor of these problems is the youngest of the group, Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) who is only 183 years old. Deacon refuses to do the dishes, which embarrasses the 862 year old Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) when he invites people over to visit. Then there is Petyr (Ben
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Jemaine Clement takes dead aim as the lead in "What We Do in the Shadows." Fransham). As he is 8,000 years old, Petyr never leaves the house and is an exact replica of Nosferatu from the classic 1922 horror film. He mostly hangs out in the basement among leftover spinal columns and bones. Deacon’s human servant, Jackie (Jackie van Beek), runs daytime errands for the gang and brings people to their house so they can drink their blood. She brings an ex-boyfriend, Nick (Cori GonzalezMacuer), over for dinner (literal dinner) and instead of killing him, Petyr turns Nick into a vampire. The gang eventually starts hanging out with Nick, who takes every opportunity he can to tell girls that he is
a vampire. This, along with a hilarious “West Side Story” showdown on the street with a group of werewolves, causes many problems for the vampires as they try to keep their secret secure. Of course, the fact that a documentarian crew is following these nitwits around kind of contradicts that whole “secret” thing, but that doesn’t stop them from being concerned. Things get particularly interesting when Nick meets someone that claims to be a vampire hunter. “What We Do in the Shadows” is masterfully put together and written by co-stars, co-writers and co-directors Clement and Waititi. There are hints of the
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same type of understated, quiet humor that littered Clement’s “Flight of the Conchords” TV show, but this bizarrely funny vampire parody leans more on satirical gags than fish out of water humor. Clement and Waititi never allow this to become what easily could have been a tiresome, one-note jokefest. At just 85 minutes, every scene works for big laughs, even almost allowing time in between awkward conversation of the characters for audience laughter recovery. While all the main players provide the bulk of the story, Rhys Darby (the brilliant Murray
from “Flight of the Conchords”) swoops in as Anton, leader of the werewolves, and masterfully steals a few scenes. It seems like only Darby’s sincerely sweet and naive delivery can pull off saying they are werewolves, not swearwolves. But “What We Do in the Shadows” belongs to Clement, Waititi and Brugh. The fact that they stay straight faced while simply looking at the other actors in their ridiculously gothic vampire garb is an achievement in itself. Much like the actors that
Christopher Guest casts in his mockumentaries, it seems like these three actors could tackle several topics with hilarious results. While alleged comedies such as “Mortdecai” or “Get Hard” get wide releases and essentially steal people’s money, “What We Do in the Shadows” maxed out at 146 theaters nationwide. Would this movie break box office records otherwise? Probably not. But rest assured, if you dropped $10 down to see it, it is well worth it. This will end up being one of the best comedies of 2015. Editor’s note: Reviewer DiCiccio is being devilish by submitting a 666 word piece.
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Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate is proud to be the presenting sponsor of Easter Weekend at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Children’s activities will include face painting, crafts, and a petting zoo between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Good Friday, as well as from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Easter Sunday. Children can ride a pony on Sunday afternoon, and a roving Easter Bunny will be in the garden all weekend for family photo opportunities. Noted children’s entertainer Eddie Coker will perform a variety of songs on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Good Friday. The stage will also host Matt Tolentino’s Cement City Ramblers at 1 p.m. on Saturday. A full schedule of Easter Weekend events can be found at dallasarboretum.org. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate is partnering with the Arboretum throughout the year. The firm is sponsoring one of the topiary Flower Houses that will be displayed during the “Summer at the Arboretum” festival. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate will also present the Arboretum’s Adult Programs in the fall. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate (daveperrymiller.com) is an Ebby Halliday Company with five locations that specialize in marketing the key areas of the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Uptown, Lakewood, East Dallas, and Kessler Park. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate is a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International (luxuryportfolio.com).
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