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COMMUNIT Y NEWS
Free admission tickets online The Frontiers of Flight Museum will open its doors free of charge for Museum Day Live! and Girls in Aviation Day on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This immensely successful program, emulating the FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution, encourages learning and the spread of knowledge. The Frontiers of Flight Museum is located at 6911 Lemmon Ave. Download tickets at flightmuseum.com/museum-day-live. — Carla Meadows
Oktoberfest at Happiest Hour On Sunday, Sept. 24 beginning at 11:30 a.m., the Happiest Hour at 2616 Olive St. will celebrate Oktoberfest. They will feature specialty beers, contests and food specials. A stein hoisting contest will be hosted by HAPPIEST HOUR Samuel Adams. There will be live music with Cody Jasper at 6 p.m., a photo booth and a beer punch card for complimentary samples of special Oktoberfest beers. Plus, they have one of downtown’s best rooftop bars. — Lisa Endicott
Malibu Poke picks culinary director Malibu Poke, opening this fall in Turtle Creek Village, has welcomed James Beard-nominated Chef Matt McCallister (left) as culinary director. Founded by Jon Alexis (right, owner, TJ’s Seafood Market & Grill) and partners Ben MALIBU POKE and Eric Kusin, Malibu will feature TJ’s-quality seafood, scratch sauces and farm-fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs. The new concept will emphasize healthy eating with 100 percent gluten-free, vegan options and a beverage program with Texas and California beers. — Lindsey Miller
Ride DART to State Fair of Texas Ride DART to a wide variety of entertainment, art, agriculture, history and cuisine at the 2017 State Fair of Texas Friday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 22. More than 2.8 million people rode DART DART light rail to the fair in 2016. All DART Rail and Trinity Railway Express passengers can transfer easily to the Green Line. Trains going to the fair will say “Fair Park,” “Buckner” or “Lawnview.” Details are available at DART.org/StateFair. — Mark A. Ball
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Notes from the Editor Bubba Flint Opinion Life on the Trail DISD Crime Watch Mull It Over Uptown Girl Automobility
Community Calendar Charity Spotlight
Dotty Griffith Recipe of the Week
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UNIVERSITY PARK
SMU dips slightly in newest best colleges ranking
By Matthew Watkins/ Texas Tribune
surpassed Baylor University, which fell four spots this year to 75th overall. TCU climbed The University of Texasfrom 82nd to 78th in the counAustin edged out SMU and try this year and now ranks fifth Texas A&M University surin Texas. Among Texas colleges, passed Baylor University in Dallas Baptist University took the new U.S. News and World the biggest climb in the rankReport rankings of the best ings, rising from 214 in the U.S. colleges in the country released last year to 202 this year. on Tuesday. Rice University in Many higher education Houston is by far the best colexperts warn the U.S. News lege in Texas — and the 14thrankings should be taken with best school in the nation — aca grain of salt. Critics call the SMU rankings too simplistic and say cording to the rankings. No other Texas universities SMU placed 61st in U.S. News and World Report's ranking. students and school administrabroke the top 50 of the magators pay too much attention to zine's influential rankings. them. But there is no question that the rankings are important — But five jockeyed for position in spots 50 to 80, including from a marketing standpoint if nothing else. UT-Austin (second in Texas, 56th overall) and Dallas' SMU (61st Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to see five Texas univeroverall). sities among the nation's top 10 public schools. Currently, there Texas A&M University ranks fourth in the state this year, COLLEGES cont'd on page 9 climbing from 74th in the nation last year to 69th this year. A&M
THEATER
AT&T charts theater’s path to future leadership
By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com
In Dallas’ robust cultural arts community, theaters are doing their part in reaching out to the city’s future leaders with an enriching theater experience. AT&T Performing Arts Center (ATT PAC) offers “Lunch & Learn” (L&L), a feature of the Lexus Broadway Series at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. L&L offers students and educators a unique opportunity to enjoy a show and learn from it, while supporting teachers in engaging their students. The “Fun Home” L&L program will be Thursday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., including the 2 p.m. matinee, and all area educators and students are invited to attend with advance reservations.
L&L is the brainchild of Kathryn Cox, Group Sales Manager for ATT PAC, who said, “It is so important to expose learners of all ages to the performing arts, and the Lunch & Learn series gives students so much additional opportunity. “We reach a wide range of students, teachers and learners with the series,” Cox said. “The exposure (at a great price) that we offer is unique and educational. I strongly believe that now, more than ever, it is important to expose young students to the performing arts. They take with them a wide range of valuable skills that go beyond the theaters’ doors. It is my hope that the students that enter our performance hall for this opportunity will cherish the experience and come to love the performing arts.”
Students participate in a pre-show “talk back” with cast, production and crew of the show. ATT PAC launched the L&L program in Jan. 2017 during “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime.” About 600 attended. The “Finding Neverland” L&L was attended by more than
400 students and teachers during their summer break. So far, about 250 are registered for the Thursday, Sept. 21 “Fun Home” L&L, with THEATER cont'd on page 9
FAIR PARK
Officials welcome Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center
By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com
If you grew up going to the State Fair of Texas religiously, you may have parked near the back side of the fairgrounds and entered near the old roller coaster. A few yards in you may have noticed, unless your Dallas-type allergies deemed you impervious to smell, an odor that was undeniably that of horses, cows, pigs and a host of other livestock wafting through the air. The only “relief ” was the sweet, sticky smell of cotton candy fluffing in those machines. Combined, they weren’t too inviting. Now here’s the good news. On Sept. 12, State Fair of Texas and City of Dallas officials cut the ribbon on the shiny new Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center at Fair Park. Of note, this is the first new structure built in Fair Park since 1993. Setting the facility apart is its multipurpose functionality. It will not only
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Many State Fair enthusiasts attended Tuesday’s ribbon cutting at the new Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center at Fair Park. house livestock and be the site of educational programs both during the Fair and throughout the year, but the new facility provides more opportunities for hardworking 4-H and FFA students around the state.
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The center will accommodate new shows, meetings, special events and will welcome conventions to the City of Dallas. It will also be part of the Fair STATE FAIR cont'd on page 9
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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR
TSA should go AWOL ASAP
By David Mullen
Nashville is quite a vibrant city. The downtown area bars and restaurants are full of non-stop acThere is good news tion. Honky Tonk Central and bad news. The on Broadway had three good news is I went to bands on three differNashville last weekend. ent floors playing all day The bad news is that I and all night. And what had to fly to Nashville David Mullen a joy, Ms. Former Dallas last weekend. I know Mayor, to leave the crowded enterthat I have ranted on this subject tainment district and walk over a before, but the TSA, in its current pedestrian bridge right into Nissan form, must be eliminated. They are Stadium where the Oakland Raiders part of the problem, not part of the and Tennessee Titans were about to solution. And I am TSA Pre, which they have the discretion of honoring open the NFL season. Imagine professional sports and local commerce or not. I was forced into the regular in unison … ESPN’s Jemele Hill, colines. The TSA yell at people for no host of the “SportsCenter” spinoff reason, as if the experience of going "The Six" with Michael Smith, tweetthrough airport security lines is not ed Monday that President Donald filled with enough tension. They Trump is a “white supremacist who make up rules as they go along. The has largely surrounded himself latest conundrum is whether to take [with] other white supremacists.” out your wallet or leave it in your ESPN has issued an apology stating pocket. Some airports insist you they “do not represent the position,” put it in the basket. Some airports chastise you if you take it out of your but has yet to take any other action at press time. ESPN has suspendpocket. On a 6 a.m. flight back from ed, or fired, other on-air talents Nashville, four TSA “officers” were who it believed made insensitive in a huddle gossiping about anothcomments such as Bill Simmons, er employee which caused delays Curt Schilling, Bob Ryan and Tony in line. Privatize the whole process, Kornheiser. Colin Kaepernick, the and you can keep your shoes on …
NFL quarterback who was the first athlete to take a knee during the American national anthem to protest police violence against black people, posted a twitter message backing Hill … Coal Vines Uptown, located at 2404 Cedar Springs Road, is offering every bottle of wine from its extensive list for half price on Sundays after 5 p.m. … Have you seen the Spectrum Cable ad in Spanglish? It looks like Mexico City and East L.A. met Broadway. It is a fantastic commercial and must have cost a fortune to produce. Of course, the creative director had to add a bouncing low-rider in the background to cheapen the piece, but that said, it is still groundbreaking advertising … Some updates to a previous column regarding the effects of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston area. Estimates have more than 15,300 homes suffering major damage with 815 completely destroyed. More than 106,000 homes were reported to have minor damage. From Aug. 31 through Sept. 4, Texas-based Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. pledged 20 percent of sales at all 53 Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House, Del Frisco’s
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Be prepared. As a planner by nature and nurture, I live by that mantra. Unfortunately, as a worrier, being prepared sometimes morphs into catastrophizing — imagining the worst possible outcome. I slid down this slippery slope during the recent Harvey gas shortage scare. I’m embarrassed to admit that I bought into the fear and became one of the greedy, selfish people who planned to top off my
three-quarters full gas tank. After wasting gas by driving out of my way for an hour (on a toll road, no less), bypassing the half-mile-long lines at two Costco’s and one Sam’s, I finally came to my senses and abandoned my quest. To challenge catastrophizing thoughts that create or exacerbate stress, start by asking yourself what you’re afraid will happen in the worrisome situation. I was worried that I wouldn’t have enough gas to drive to a work appointment the next
morning in Plano (from my home in Dallas), get up to Allen the following day and still make it to work on Tuesday morning. After you identify your fear, ask two important questions: how likely is it? And how bad would it be? How likely is it? People often over-estimate the probability that something terrible will happen. People who are afraid of flying are convinced that their plane is definitely going to crash (100 LIFE cont'd on page 3
NEWS FROM DISTRICT 8
Dallas ISD Trustee Miguel Solis Lending a Helping Hand! Our hearts continue to be with our family and friends from the Gulf Coast area who were displaced from their homes by Hurricane Harvey. No words can describe the feelings you get after seeing the startling images captured by the media. But what I am able to describe is the overMiguel Solis whelming pride that I’ve felt from seeing the enormous support that our Dallas ISD students, staff, partners and friends have given to help fellow Texans in this time of need. The Dallas ISD family stepped up and helped by volunteering at Dallas shelters and making monetary and/or other item donations. Thank you for your support and for showing love and compassion to our friends and neighbors in the Houston area! Also, I highly commend our District 8 schools, including Alex W. Spence Talented/Gifted Academy and John F. Kennedy Learning Center for opening their doors to Houston-area students and enrolling them in their schools during their time spent in Dallas. I am also proud of District 8 schools for their achievement and growth as seen by their performance on the state accountability assessments. I am happy to share that 21 of the District 8 schools met
state standards, and it is even more exciting to share that Alex W. Spence Talented and Gifted Academy, Sam Houston Elementary School, and Eladio R. Martinez Learning Center earned all distinctions awarded by the Texas Education Agency! Congratulations to all the staff in District 8 whose dedication is making a difference in student achievement. In other topics, if you are interested in placing your child in the Gifted and Talented program, nominations are open through Friday, Sept. 15. Students may be nominated for the Gifted and Talented Program at any grade level by teachers, counselors, parents, or other interested persons. For more information about criteria to qualify for the Gifted and Talented Program, and the nomination program, please visit dallasisd.org/Page/21821. And last but not least, I would like to invite all District 8 seniors and juniors to begin preparing to take the next step toward their future by attending the 2017 Districtwide College Fair. The fair will take place Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S. Polk St., Dallas, 75232. Representatives from colleges and universities throughout the country will be available to share information about their school’s programs. To register for the fair, please visit: www.gotocollegefairs.com. For more information about the fair, please call 972-925-3505.
OUR MISSION
Katy Trail Weekly is a community-friendly newspaper designed to inform and entertain the people in many diverse demographics who live and/or work in these neighborhoods. Much like the Katy Trail itself, Katy Trail Weekly is designed to help bring together the neighborhoods of Downtown, Uptown, Cedar Springs/Oak Lawn, the Design District, the Medical District and the Park Cities, as well as others. The newspaper is placed in local businesses, and other locations, for free pick-up by their patrons. We support this publication by providing ad space to local businesses who want an effective and affordable way to reach the Katy Trail area readers we attract and serve. We welcome participation in the paper through story and picture submissions, and we hope that you will join us in making this paper the best it can be. Publisher Rex Cumming Editor in Chief David Mullen Graphic Design Bronwen Roberts Sidney Stevens Accounts Mgr. Cindi Cox Distribution Andy Simpson Mgr. Copy Editors Michael Tate Jessica Voss Intern William Skipworth Editorial William "Bubba" Flint Cartoonist
Grille and Sullivan’s Steakhouse restaurants nationwide in support of the Houston community. Hoping to raise $1 million, they were able to donate an impressive $805,000 to the Houston Food Bank to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. All employee donations were matched 100 percent by Del Frisco’s. And now the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department warns about displaced animals that may be encountered during debris clean-up. The department reports that “as flood waters
from Harvey recede and those affected begin to sort through the damage left in the wake of the storm, biologists say encounters with wildlife are to be expected.” They think the most likely run-ins will be with snakes, skunks, raccoons, alligators, bats, deer and snapping turtles, as though Houstonians didn’t have enough to deal with … RIP Richard Fitzgerald, an avid reader of the humble and loveable Katy Trail Weekly and an infamous Milo Butterfingers loveable curmudgeon.
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Consider implementing new citizen corps By Joe Ruzicka
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future, it is very likely that local authorities, the 911 system, the National Guard, and rescue agencies will again be saturated with calls for help during these natural disasters. Even the Cajun Navy became overwhelmed with calls for help during Harvey. Therefore, we have to find a way to increase our emergency preparedness and response in this day and age. What if we could implement a “Civilian Reserve Corps” (CRC)? The CRC would be an organization of citizen volunteers from all walks of life. The organization would consist of those citizens who have raised their hand to help fellow distressed citizens when activated. Examples of CRC members could range from individuals with personal watercraft, physicians and veterinarians, to first responders, trained dispatchers and ham radio operators. The list of volunteer disciplines is almost endless. The CRC would be formed by a state database and maintained by volunteers themselves. Participants would register, attend some level of emergency preparedness training depending on their expertise, and keep their contact information up-to-date for if and when they would be called into activation. Communication would come through an app like Zello. A command and control structure would be formulated so volunteers would know where to go and when, with the most efficiency possible. Activation authority could come from the governor or even local county officials. While this is not a comprehensive list of what the CRC would need in terms of structure, Hurricane Harvey has shown we already have some of this structure in place. But to really improve, the structure needs to be formalized and likely funded. Of course, formalizing a CRC would also take time, legislation and government oversight. There are other challenges that could make the project impractical, such as state and local laws, disagreements over command authority and abuse of the system. But those are obstacles we can overcome and the CRC would save lives in a time when we would need it most. That alone should make it an endeavor worth pursuing.
As I write this, Houston is clearing the wreckage of Hurricane Harvey and Florida is in the midst of Hurricane Joe Ruzicka Irma. Fortunately in times of disasters like these, we have seen the best come out in our citizens. The heroic and fascinating volunteer efforts from everyday people are almost too numerous to tell. Harvey dropped a record 50 inches of rain on Houston, making inland flooding one of the critical problems affecting citizens during the storm. Because of all the flooding, possibly the most well-known of these volunteer efforts was from what has become known as the “Cajun Navy.” With their flat bottom boats, camouflage and no nonsense approach to saving lives, the Cajun Navy helped overburdened local emergency response teams with thousands of rescues. It was a modern day Dunkirk — referring to the recent movie about British citizens who came in personal watercraft to evacuate British soldiers from the French beaches of Dunkirk. The Cajun Navy patrolled through water lined streets picking up the elderly, the weak and those who simply were outmatched by the storm. One of the reasons the Cajun Navy was so successful was through the use of the walkietalkie-type app called Zello, which simulates traditional two-way radios but uses cell phone networks to transfer signals between users. With Zello, volunteer dispatchers and boatmen were able to communicate with each other, locate victims, give directions and direct resources to those in need. Here is one of the coolest parts about Zello: the company is located in Austin. It was a story of Texans (and Louisianans) helping Texans via an app from a company in Texas! This combination of volunteers using social media technology for communication during natural disasters got me thinking. Joe Ruzicka is a retired Naval Aviator and Hurricanes with the strength of Harvey and F-14 Tomcat RIO. He lives in Lakewood and Irma are not going away anytime soon. In the yearns for the days of Nolan Ryan fastballs. K ATY TR AIL WEEKLY'S
CRIME WATCH Sept. 8 – 8:58 a.m. 4200 Block, Rawlins St. (75219) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole a package from the complainant’s front porch. Sept. 8 – 9:54 a.m. 2900 Block, Cityplace West Blvd. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: The suspect broke the complainant’s vehicle window and stole a laptop. Sept. 8 – 1:49 p.m. 600 Block, N. Pearl St. (75201) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s DART pass from their desk. Sept. 9 – 5:32 a.m. 100 Block, Turtle Creek Blvd. (75207) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: The suspect broke a rear window, entered and stole property.
Sept. 9 – 7:13 p.m. 3300 Block, McKinney Ave. (75204) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle. Sept. 10 – 5:42 a.m. 2500 Block, Cedar Springs Rd. (75201) Robbery of an Individual: The unknown suspects hit the complainant then stole his cell phone. Sept. 10 – 9:28 a.m. 2200 Block, Medical District Dr. (75235) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect forced open vehicle doors and stole property. Sept. 11 – 12:17 p.m. 2600 Block, Reagan St. (75219) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: The suspect pried open the complainant’s door, entered and stole property. Sept. 11 – 4:41 p.m. 3000 Block, Fairmount St. (75201) Unauthorized Use of a Motor
Vehicle: The suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle. Sept. 11 – 5:33 p.m. 2600 Block, Kirby St. (75204) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: An unknown suspect pointed a gun at the complainant and stole property. Sept. 12 – 4:14 a.m. 4500 Block, McKinney Ave. (75205) Burglary of a Building: The unknown suspects broke the door glass, entered and attempted to steal computers. Sept. 12 – 10:23 a.m. 4100 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75219) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole a construction trailer with equipment. Sept. 12 – 10:30 a.m. 3200 Block, Maple Ave. (75201) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s residence and stole property.
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UPTOWN GIRL
MULL IT OVER
September defines local sports By David Mullen
Foodies love the fall season
By Ryann Gordon
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david@katytrailweekly.com In the D/FW sports world, September tends to be the defining month. It is when so many local teams converge and early and late results can be assessed. Even though Dallas Cowboys football reigns, it is also the time that other teams are off to promising starts or coming to disappointing finishes. The Texas Rangers are ending a very substandard season. The team has been without direction the entire season. They obviously did not come into the season with a plan, hoping that an acquisition here or a stopgap move there would get them to the playoffs. They were seriously wrong. They came into the season with holes in the bullpen and in the starting staff, although Cole Hamels and Martin Perez have done their job. The Rangers battled with what to do with Yu Darvish, before trading him to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They thought they had a closer in Sam Dyson, and then gave up on him after numerous blown saves. They’ve had major issues at catcher. The team hits for power, but not for average. Their defense can be head-scratching at times. They got blitzed by the young, athletic Houston Astros and were ostensibly out of the pennant race by May. Fun is back on The Boulevard. The SMU Mustangs are off to a raucous start. They have started 2-0 for the first time since 2009. They have scored 112 points, the most to start a season and the most in consecutive starts in team history. They have a legitimate All-American wide receiver in Courtland Sutton, who had a career-high four touchdown receptions Saturday against the University of North Texas. Their defense has five sacks and two interceptions. Granted, the schedule gets much harder. But coach Chad Morris finally has a team that is competitive, not to mention one that is fun to watch. After a promising start, FC Dallas is in a tailspin. They are winless in their last eight matches and are precariously hanging on to a final playoff spot. They have battled with injuries, but recent defensive lapses have cost them precious points in the MSL standings. Doing exactly what they had to do, the Cowboys beat the New York Giants 19-3 to open the season. They racked up nearly 400 yards on offense, led by a cool Dak Prescott and the power rushing of Ezekiel Elliott, who had 104 yards. Early season concerns about the
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Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels. defense may have been overstated. They kept the Giants offense in check, and held quarterback Eli Manning to less than 200 yards passing. The Cowboys are off to as good a start as they could have expected, especially having to deal with all of the Elliott off-field issues, which cast a cloud during the offseason. In their second season playing in the shadow of Globe Life Park and AT&T Stadium, the Dallas Wings made the playoffs on Sept. 6. They were bested in a single-elimination game by the Washington Mystics 86-76. Despite making the playoffs, their attendance is among the league’s worst. Viewership of WNBA games on ESPN is down 24 percent. Some teams like the Los Angeles Sparks, Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx showed double-digit attendance gains. But these are also the best teams in the league. The Wings are looking for an identity, and playing at UT-Arlington probably doesn’t help. The silence is deafening. Things seem quiet around the Dallas Stars, as they are putting the past year behind them. They were accused of not giving 100 percent on the ice, especially late in the season when playoff hopes were eliminated. Enter Ken Hitchcock to lead the team back to prominence. And he will. This club has too much talent, made some key offseason acquisitions and the young players have matured. Training camp opens Friday, Sept. 15. As for the Dallas Mavericks, expect a lot of tributes to Dirk Nowitzki this season. They simply cannot compete with the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets and the other powerhouses in the NBA Western Conference. The preseason begins at American Airlines Center on Monday, Oct. 2. Good seats are available.
AUTOMOBILITY
Much love in new Subaru BRZ
By David Boldt
djboldt@sbcglobal.net At various points in life, you’re drawn to something selfish. For me, I’ve enjoyed the opportunity — over what is now decades — to ride a Guzzi, Ducati or Bonneville (pick one), while keeping the investment in those bikes relatively small. When owning a bike I’ve never been able to justify a sports car, given the expense of a new car or the maintenance required SUBARU of an old one. But for the guilt-ridden or perpetually deprived, Subaru has an answer: the The Subaru BRZ. Subaru BRZ, a sports car as daily driver. In its BRZ, designed and built in collaboDespite ongoing complaints — that’s the ration with the Toyota Mothership (and introredacted descriptive — regarding the Subie’s duced in Toyota showrooms as the Scion FR-S), power, when propelling just 2,800 pounds the Subaru team has come up with a way comthese 205 horses do just fine. No, the small of pelling reason to opt for a tightly drawn 2+2. your back won’t affix itself to the BRZ’s all-enStarting with a 2.0 liter flat four, the engineers veloping buckets, but neither will you doze off and design team laid out an almost perfectly waiting for 60 miles per hour to arrive. It’s an balanced rear-wheel drive platform, coupled old, overused adage, but if you’re of the school the 200 horsepower four to an oh-so-crisp preferring to go fast in a slower car rather than 6-speed manual, provided 2+2 seating (because slow in a fast car (and we’re of that ‘slower car’ you might have small friends) and enclosed it school), Subaru’s BRZ might be your ride. in attractive — albeit slightly anonymous — That doesn’t, however, suggest you’ll go coupe bodywork. The end result is a Monday slow all the time. Find a corner — any corthrough Friday workaholic, and also something ner — and the juices flow immediately from you might go running or riding with on a week- your eye to the right foot. Drop a gear, jam on end. If it were an actress, think Anna Kendrick. the throttle and suddenly you’re McQueen at It’s difficult to think that it’s been more LeMans if Steve was driving a Healey Sprite than five years since we drove the Scion version in pursuit of that race’s Index of Performance of Subaru’s BRZ, and while the platform has trophy and not Porsche’s 917. Having made the enjoyed a host of refinements over those five Porsche analogy, it bears repeating: If a driver years, the essential recipe remains the same. of a 1969 912 had enjoyed this combo of hanFor 2017, horsepower has been raised incredling, balance and safety — in combination mentally, one of those changes where you won- with 205 horsepower —that you can enjoy 50 der why they bothered; it’s now 205 at a heady years later in a BRZ, he would have thought he’d 7,000 rpm. Additionally, chassis reinforcements have died and gone to Stuttgart. This coupe is enhance an already rigid structure, revised that good. springs, shocks and a larger rear stabilizer imA Subaru PR exec tells me the BRZ enjoys prove the suspension’s responsiveness, and one of the youngest demographics in the marthey’ve spent money on redesigned bumpers ketplace, and given its ‘this could be my one and headlights when we continue to wish they car’ practicality I’m not surprised. If the Miata had given us 50 more horses. is seen as a reward for steady employment and Our ’17 BRZ was equipped with Subaru’s getting the kids through college, the BRZ might new Performance Package, which is available — be viewed as the reward for obtaining employfor a price — on Limited trims equipped with ment after getting through college. manual transmissions. The additional bucks That, then, begs this question: As an un(our test vehicle windowed for just under $30K) deremployed college dropout … can I still buy bring you better brakes, SACHS Performance one? shocks and exclusive-to-the-package 17-inch x 7.5 inch black alloys. Finished in a muted meDavid Boldt brings years of experience in tallic finish, this is the Porsche 912 we might automotive retail sales and public relations to have owned in 1969, if we had any money in his automotive reporting. More can be found at 1969. txGarage.com.
While summer reminds many of us of the colorful, sweet, frozen foods that make our palate pop with flavor, fall is a time for savory indulRyann Gordon gences. And, in Dallas, as the air begins to cool to a milder temperature, the people flood to the outdoors, making fall the best time of the year for food and drink-centered activities. Foodie festivals, wine and beer tastings, restaurant walks, Oktoberfests, farmers markets and more — the fall is when our palates thrive. So, let your belly pooch out a bit, because who really needs their skinny jeans in the winter anyways? Throughout the next few months, Dallas will be bursting (out of the seams, literally) with opportunities for you to stuff your belly and let your inhibitions down. After all, no one ends Fair season weighing in less than they did the week before. And, the Fair’s not even the main event. There are plenty of food and drink events to keep your palate more than pleased for the remainder of the year. So, let’s start this weekend. Beginning Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m., you can participate in the Dallas Taco Takeover. From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 3:30 to 6 p.m. and 7:30 to 10 p.m., you can indulge in tacos of all flavors, styles and sizes from local chefs and unlimited margaritas, Micheladas and other Mexican-inspired drinks at the Foundry. Tickets start at $45. And, from 5-9 p.m., the Asador will be having a similar event in honor of Mexican Independence Day, Mezcal Tasting and Dinner, where you can enjoy a three-course farm-to-table meal with cocktails and tequila. If you’re more of a European drinker though, look into Cool River Café’s Vodka and Agave Festival on this day. Also on Sept. 16 are various Oktoberfest events across town. At 2 p.m., Community Beer Co. and Wild Acre Brewing Company will both host their beer events and tap their newest brews. Outside of downtown, check out Addison Oktoberfest, ending this Sunday, and McKinney Oktoberfest next Saturday, Sept. 22. Lake Highlands Oktoberfest comes later this month on Saturday, Sept. 30. The weekend doesn’t end Saturday, though. Sunday, Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Lot is a food event like none you’ve experienced before — Okrapalooza! Watch, sample and enjoy as celebrity chefs prepare their most unique and delicious okra dishes. Aside from the fun cookoff and tasty food, there will also be a specialty cocktail, craft beer provided by Lakewood Brewing, a silent auction, music and games. And, at 2 p.m. downtown, Taste of Home LIVE is taking over the Hyatt Regency with a holiday brunch and chance to learn some new,
OKRAPALOOZA
Okrapalooza 2017 kicks off Sunday, Sept. 17. reinvented recipes to spice up your holiday dinners. Following this weekend, Dallas will continue to practice and share our love of food and drink for the next several months. Next weekend, the Greek Food Festival and Dallas VegFest commence and the last weekend of September, the State Fair of Texas will roll in some of the best food the south has to offer. Foodiepalooza at White Rock Lake will also take place. October will be no less eventful, with festivals like Tacolandia, Park and Palate at Klyde Warren Park, Beats and Eats at the Granada Theater, the Texas Veggie Fair and more. Following that are more foodie events like Chefs for Farmers and the Street Food Night Market in November.
to work and would be fired, what would you say? Would you say, “I bet you’re right. The situation is hopeless. You’d better start workpercent chance). In reality, the vast majority ing on your resume.” I hope not! You’d probof planes take off and land safely every day, so there is only a small chance that the plane ably say something encouraging (“You’ll be fine. I’m sure there will be plenty of gas in a will crash. Here’s how to evaluate how likely few days”), and you might even offer to pick it is that a negative event will happen: her up on Tuesday morning if she needed a Examine the evidence. Look at data and ride to the office. statistics. If I’d done the math, I How bad would it be? After would have realized that I could you’ve evaluated the realistic probdrive approximately 160 miles ability of a negative event occuron that three-quarter tank (with ring, ask yourself how awful it a very conservative estimate of would be if the feared outcome ac20 miles per gallon). The 30-mile tually happened. Would it involve round trip to Plano and 50 miles loss of life or limb? If the plane to Allen would leave me with 80 crashed, that would indeed be termore miles on the tank, more Dr. Leermakers rible. However, for many stressful than enough to cover my 12-mile events, the outcome wouldn’t be round-trip commute to the office as catastrophic as we imagine. If I somehow on Tuesday. Looking at the facts would have managed to run out of gas before I could convinced me that it was very unlikely that buy more, I had several options to make it to I would run out of gas and not be able to work on Tuesday. As a AAA member, I could make it to work. have them bring me a small amount of gas Look at prior experience. If you or someone you know has been in a similar sit- (one gallon would get me to and from work uation before, what happened? I’ve never ex- and to a gas station). If they didn’t have gas reserves, they could tow my car to a gas staperienced a possible gas shortage before, so tion. I could take a bus or hire a car service this approach wouldn’t have helped me. In to take me to the office. I almost live close the plane crash example, ask yourself what happened the last time you flew. Presumably enough to ride my bicycle. I had options. My story has a happy ending. I bought the plane didn’t crash that time. I’m not gas the next day, after the panic had subsidsaying that bad things don’t happen (planes ed. The line was short, but it took 15 minutes do crash, sadly), but that the probability is to pump eight gallons — drop by precious probably much lower than you’re imagining drop. That pump must’ve been down to its it to be. last few gallons. Fortunately it was a beauConsider alternative outcomes. What tiful day and I enjoyed chatting with other could happen instead of running out of gas and being stuck? The Saturday event in Allen people who were also waiting for the slow pumps. Hey, I had a full tank of gas and not wasn’t essential, so I could skip it if I were a care in the world … running low on gas. The panic could abate by Friday or Saturday, as fuel tankers rolled Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psycholin to replenish diminished supplies, resultogist who specializes in stress management and ing in shorter lines and plenty of gas for well-being seminars, retreats and coaching. everyone. Contact her at 214-923-3766. Her bi-weekly What would you tell a friend? If your blogs can be found at www.bethleermakersphd. friend called in a panic, worried that she com. would run out of gas, wouldn’t be able to get LIFE cont'd from page 2
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Main Street and Akard Street Dallas, 75202
Downtown Dallas – Join in on PARK(ing) Day Dallas, an annual celebration of space where citizens, artists, designers, organizations and businesses temporarily transform metered parking spaces along Main Street into short-term public “PARK” installations. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. FREE!
Sept. 15
1500 Marilla St. Dallas, 75201 214-670-3011
Dallas City Hall – Celebrate Mexican Independence Day at City Hall. Entertainment includes mariachi bands, folklorico dancers, bands and a DJ. 5 to 8:30 p.m. FREE!
Sept. 15-16
2520 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202
Moody Performance Hall – Ballet Hispánico has stepped into the limelight of internationally touring dance companies. The company fuses Latin dance with classical and contemporary techniques creating a new style of concert dance where theatricality and passion propel every move. 8 p.m. $25-$75.
Sept. 16
901 Fort Worth Ave. Dallas, 75208 866-870-8010
Belmont Hotel – Indie singer-songwriter Bronwen Roberts releases her debut, full-length album “False Start.” With nods to songwriters like Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, the album combines a personal feel with polished sound, warm vocals, acoustic instrumentation and soulful expression. 8 p.m. FREE!
Sept. 16
5669 N. Central Expressway Dallas, 75205 214-768-2000
SMU Tennis Center – The second-annual Dirk Nowitzki Pro Celebrity Tennis Classic features the Mavericks legend, Owen Wilson, Mike Modano, Andy Roddick, J.J. Barea and others. Proceeds will benefit the families and children affected by Hurricane Harvey. Mark Cuban will match the proceeds up to $2 million. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $41.
Sept. 20
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West Village – This month, the South Alley Film Series presents the classic, “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and settle in, but not before grabbing some food and drinks from nearby restaurants. 8:30 p.m. FREE!
Sept. 21
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Griggs Park – Join Uptown Dallas, Inc. every Thursday night in September for Movies in the Park. This week’s showing is “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.” Don't forget to bring a lawn chair or blanket; the popcorn is provided. 8 p.m. FREE!
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9/18 NATIONAL CHEESEBURGER DAY
Democrat Lillian Salerno, an attorney and former Deputy Undersecretary for the USDA, announced her candidacy on Tuesday to challenge Pete Sessions in the 32nd Congressional District. Send us an item or photo on Facebook and it may be featured here!
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9/15 FELT HAT DAY
Charity
Sp tlight IN MY SHOES
A new maternity home for pregnant, homeless women founded by four local women will hold an opening celebration in October.
By Sally Blanton
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QW hat sort of volunteer jobs are available?
A We are also looking for volunteers that can
assist us with event planning, house coverage, yard maintenance, house maintenance, cooking meals, leading classes, sorting donations, etc.
Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.
QW hat is your mission or highest purpose?
A The mission of In My Shoes is to provide
a safe, welcoming community for pregnant women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. In My Shoes is the only community living program in Dallas that provides support specifically towards pregnant, homeless women — while offering life, parenting and job skills.
Q H ow many women are served each year?
A With our doors opening this fall, we will be able to serve up to 19 women and their babies in our home by the end of 2018.
QW hat are your critical needs now, besides money donations?
A Computers, appliances and vehicles.
QW hat upcoming fundraisers are on the
calendar? Our Fall Kickoff will be on Sunday, Oct. 29 at our property. We will be celebrating our first moms in the home, as well as all the hard work our staff, board and volunteers have put in this past year. There will be tours, food, music and lots of fun. Facebook. com/Liveinmyshoes
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QW hat is your facility like?
A We have a 10,000-square-foot property
situated in South Dallas that is surrounded by trees and even chickens and peacocks! Among the 19 bedrooms for our moms and babies, we have two Mother's Lounges, where mom can feed baby in privacy if she wants to, counseling rooms, a large common area, huge kitchen where family meals will take place and even a chapel. There is a large backyard patio leading to a beautiful yard where moms and babies can play.
9/16 MAYFLOWER DAY
Q T ell us the name of a volunteer who always
goes beyond the call of duty? Our director of operations, Ashleigh Brown, has been pivotal in the behind the scenes actions as we try and open our doors in the fall. And Roger Vera has been instrumental with all things renovation.
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QW hat do you think is the most important
thing you do for the community? We support life and families in need. Our live-in staff members act as supportive role models for our moms. We will be providing the tools to teach these women job searching, parenting, budgeting and other skills using evidence-based practice. Above all, we will provide love and help these women and babies.
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QW hat does the future hold for your
nonprofit? Once our current property is thriving with moms and babies, we will seek to add additional programs and expand to additional properties throughout DFW. Additionally we are researching programs to help the fathers experience personal growth while the mother is living in our home. We also want to provide job training for the women and men we serve.
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Maggie Caine, board member, answered this week’s questions.
9/17 WIFE APPRECIATION DAY 9/20 NATIONAL PUNCH DAY
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RESTAURANT REVIEW
DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE
Pepe’s & Mito’s Deep Ellum mainstay By Sara Newberry
Coolest wine cooler in town
By Dotty Griffith
Pepe’s & Mito’s is one of the mainstays of the Deep Ellum dining scene. Open since 1994, they have weathered the neighborhood’s ups and downs, earning a mention on “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” in 2012. While their neighboring restaurants have closed, moved or changed hands throughout the years, Pepe’s & Mito’s has stayed in the same location, serving quality “Mex-Tex” to a loyal customer base that enjoys their more Mexican spin on Tex-Mex classics. (In 2013, they did open an offshoot — Pepe’s Ranch — that served breakfast and lunch. I attempted to visit several times, but it was never open for business when I did.) I remember the first time I visited Pepe’s & Mito’s. It was not long after they opened, and a friend and I stopped for dinner before a concert. Unfortunately, we ate so much that we were basically miserable during the SARA NEWBERRY show. But even though I overdid it, I could not get the memory of those Pepe's & Mito's Mole Enchiladas (front) and Chimichanga. taquitos out of my head. For some reaSo many restaurants offer a guacamole that’s son, however, I never made it back. made tableside so there’s no excuse for one More than 20 years later, I finally had the that’s not perfectly fresh. opportunity to try them again! They were just A chimichanga was a letdown. This is as good as I remembered: crisp shells encasa heavy dish, by definition, but this one was ing seasoned ground beef and melted cheese, bland also, so it made the final dish kind of topped with crunchy lettuce and diced tomaleaden. The filling was fine, but the sauce to. Nachos were also tasty. They were pretty standard with gooey melted cheese and refried needed seasoning to balance out the fried flour tortilla. beans, but the serving was generous; a half There are quite a few Deep Ellum restauorder was large enough to share. rants that I will visit if I’m planning to be in Beef guiso was also tasty, if not suthe neighborhood; the places I’ll make a speper-memorable. Again, this is comfort food, cial trip to visit are far fewer. Pepe & Mito’s is so sometimes it’s a relief to find something one of them. The atmosphere is relaxed, the that’s just familiar and not a whole new expeservice is friendly and fast, and I know I’m rience. The beef was tender and the gravy was going to need a taquito fix pretty often now rich, which is pretty much what I look for in that I know I wasn’t misremembering them! this kind of dish. Mole enchiladas were a surprise, though. The mole, which is often overly sweet, had just PEPE’S & MITO’S MEXICAN CAFE 2911 Elm St. enough sweetness to set off the sauce’s heat. It Dallas, 75226 was a little thicker than I’m used to, but that 214-741-1901 just made it easier to scoop up when I was pepesandmitos.com cleaning my plate. Monday & Tuesday - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. While I enjoyed most of what I tried at Wednesday & Thursday - 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pepe’s & Mito’s, a couple of dishes were a litFriday & Saturday – 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. tle disappointing. Guacamole was starting to Sunday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. brown, was overmixed and needed more acid.
MOVIE TRAILER
‘It’ 2017 not clowning around By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood
The 1990 TV-safe adaptation of Stephen King’s “It” is well regarded if only for Tim Curry’s strangely endearing performance as Pennywise The Dancing Clown. Even though Pennywise is a monster who abducts children to turn them into a hot lunch, Curry managed to steal the show and become an odd fan favorite with humor and charm. The heavily R-rated 2017 version of “It” has no interest in making Pennywise a pleasant screen presence. In fact, director Andy Muschietti seems hell-bent on making your skin crawl for every single second that Bill Skarsgard’s terrifying painted face appears on screen. This damn clown and its many mind games are significant enough to keep your tank filled with nightmare fuel for the next decade. However, the aspect that makes “It” really motor is the coming of age story of the seven teenagers who discover the monster hiding in the sewers. “It” becomes a homage to “The Goonies,” complete with a 1989 setting … but it throws a few severed limbs of eightyear-olds in the mix. The story is propelled forward after Georgie Denbrough (Jackson Robert Scott) becomes the latest kid to disappear. Several months pass and his older brother, Bill (Jaeden Lieberher), refuses to believe that Georgie is dead and he enlists his pals to help him search the sewer system for him. The gang, lovably called The Losers, have the perfect character elements that virtually guarantees all audiences will immediately be hooked. Once Bill gets them
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Bill Skarsgard offers a performance one will never forget. to the sewer entrance, only the foul-mouthed Richie (Finn Wolfhard) is ready to go as hypochondriac Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer) and constant worrier Stan (Wyatt Oleff) want no part of it. Their delay interrupts Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor) as he flees from the town bully, Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton). Henry also just finished harassing Mike (Chosen Jacobs) and just in case you need to hate Henry even more, he bullies Mike for all the disgusting reasons that a white kid would bully a black kid. All of the kids bond over their mutual treatment from Henry and, eventually, Bev Marsh (Sophia Lillis) is added to the gang. This leads to some truly hilarious scenes of wideeyed young boys gawking at Bev, unsure what to make of her and how she clearly is the most mature person in the group. But then, one by one, The Losers are introduced to Pennywise via whatever creation scares each of them the most. These scenes are about as tense as a movie can get and the only recovery is a little bit of nervous laughter once they are over. Until the final scenes, Muschietti successfully applies the “less is scarier” approach to horror and Pennywise is
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sporadically seen. There is also little CGI used and the majority of the scares are practical effects with some extremely unsettling camera work from cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung. “It” is only as scary as Bill Skarsgard can make it and he puts in what is surely to become an iconic horror performance. There is nothing endearing about the role and Skarsgard is completely invested in being as freaky as possible. He mumbles and even says a few things in Norwegian, only adding to an already ramped up creep factor. The kiddos, particularly Wolfhard, Lieberher and Lillis, are all fantastic. Their chemistry is perfect and it’s a blast to listen to them take shots at one another, which thankfully provides a respite from being completely freaked out. It’s also fun to hear 13 year olds drop F-bombs since that’s what real 13 year olds do. “It” is set to make a box office fortune. It’s going to get its hooks into every single child of the ’80s and the sheer adrenaline rush of scares makes “It” perfect for more than one viewing. This is the rare movie that doesn’t need gore and blood to horrify you. The goal of “It” is to haunt you long after its 135 minutes absolutely fly by.
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pineapple then add raspberries. Continue to muddle, then combine with whole blueberries and muddle until all fruit is mashed and juicy. Evenly distribute the muddled fruit into 10 ball sphere molds. Add one whole mint leaf to each
Sweet little Mercat Bistro counts the sales of its signature wine cooler in the thousands. Ten thousand and counting to be exact. Called Péché Mignon, the popular drink is distinguished by a frozen ball of muddled fresh fruit, mint and orange juice immersed in white or sparkling wine. The icy orb chills the drink and slowly infuses the base of white or sparkling wine with fruit and mint essence, giving the drink an evolving flavor profile. The Harwood District restaurant uses sphere ice ball molds to create the muddled fruit bergs. You can use an ice tray instead, but muddled fruit ice cubes don’t compare to the drama of ice balls. They are all the rage for use in cocktails by craft bartenders. Another craft bartender technique is muddling, using a pestle called a muddler to mash fruits, herbs or spices in the bottom of a glass to release the flavor. The Mojito is probably the most familiar muddled cocktail. The Péché Mignon requires you to muddle through. Péché Mignon. PÉCHÉ MIGNON 1 cup pineapple, cubed 3/4 cup (6 ounces) raspberries 1/4 cup (2 ounces) blueberries 10 mint leaves 10 ball sphere molds Orange juice White or sparkling wine In a medium bowl, muddle the diced
mold. Fill with orange juice and freeze for approximately 4 hours or until solid. Remove frozen muddled fruit ball from mold and carefully place in a wine glass. Fill with favorite white or sparkling wine. Makes 10 wine coolers.
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HAMMER AND NAILS
Dreaming of a man cave? Get real By Stephan Sardone
stephan@sardoneconstruction.com
By Candy Evans
to jump off. You still base the design on history, but you take it into the present. It’s majestic but This majestic Highland livable.” Park estate was designed by Bass and his team spent a architect Hal Thompson. It month getting the 9,035-squarewas one of the first homes foot Highland Park estate ready. built in the Park Cities in 1918. He went the extra mile on this Thompson is also responsiproject, creating some cusble for another iconic Dallas tom furniture pieces as well as home — The Aldredge House site-specific paintings by artists on Swiss Avenue. If you’re into like Keith Johnson. With five the Who’s Who list of living areas, a library, folks that have lived music room, game in this beauty, check room, four bedrooms, out Candy’s post four bathrooms, when it was for sale three powder baths in 2013. In fact, check and a 1,025-squareout CandysDirt.com foot guest quarters every day for guarover the garage, I’m anteed lower blood Candace Evans stunned it only took a pressure! month! And note the Taking the images. The transformation is plunge and bathing the home in nothing short of stunning. It white paint not only lightened it shows what a lot of white paint up, but it also allowed the woodand superior staging can do to work, materials and architecbring out the best in a home. tural elements to stand out. The Large kudos to the sellers who staircase and railings are now a knew it needed a fresh new look, focal point of the home, and no and of course to George Bass of doubt exactly what Thompson George Bass Stage and Design originally intended. The wide for putting a 21st century face plank Brazilian hardwood on this historic estate. floors, exposed wood beams “The house was very dark, and four stone fireplaces offer and we all knew it needed fresh- up texture and warmth whereas ening up for a 2017 market,” before they just blended into Bass said. “Fresh colors and a the dramatic décor of the home. crisp look are what the world The impeccable craftsmanship of design is dictating now. It’s can now be fully appreciated. It easy to distract with furniture, goes without saying, but we will and in staging, you don’t want — the home has state-of-the-art to do that. You want to look at technology. the whole silhouette. For a house There is a wine cellar that of this magnitude and scale, I will fit at least 1,500 bottles, and decided on a crisp white founif you are going to entertain dation with all of the staples. outdoors — of course, you are Then I dropped in some unique — you’ll be in heaven. There’s pieces. It gives the house a coma little over a half acre of impletely different story, a wider maculate grounds. Whichever audience and a bigger platform direction you face, there’s a little
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This home, located at 4412 Lakeside Drive, is listed at $9.495 million. delight. “I have to confess, I’m in love with this house,” Dave Perry-Miller listing agent Cindy Bruner said. Bruner and Bo Parker have the estate listed for $9.495 million. “The exterior amenities are unreal,” Bruner said. “Every single side of the house opens to the outdoors. The front opens to the terrace. The dining room opens onto a pergola and a lounge area. There’s a fire pit lounge with a bocce ball court beyond; then a wraparound screened porch with a fireplace that is fabulous. The back porch opens to the pool. There are fountains, a hot tub, a huge outdoor kitchen and a dining area. The entire estate is just magical.” We completely agree. This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to own an iconic Highland Park estate. 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.
UNCLE BARKY’S BITES
Ken Burns returns to PBS
By Ed Bark
unclebarky@verizon.net Editor’s note – Katy Trail Weekly television writer Ed Bark recently returned from Beverly Hills for the advances of the upcoming network season Ed Bark programming. For the past decade, Ken Burns and his producing partner, Lynn Novick, clung as best they could to what he calls "this bucking bronco." They began work on “The Vietnam War” before Barack Obama announced he'd challenge Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. And now, at last, this 18-hour, 10-part lightning rod is almost ready for its rollout. From Sept. 17-21 and then resuming from Sept. 24-28 (on KERA-TV/Ch. 13 in Dallas), what may prove to be Burns' masterwork will dominate PBS as few programs ever have. And because it's primarily his most recent history ever, many viewers are sure to take it very personally. Burns' previous combat epics, “The Civil War” and “The War (WWII),” were in large part "shrouded in nostalgia," with no survivors from the former and a dwindling few from the latter, he said on the first day of PBS' portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. "We had to just swim upstream and cut through all that stuff, the barnacles of sentimentality." But with “Vietnam,” there's nothing approaching a feel-good vibe for what those earlier wars ended up accomplishing. The misguided effort to save Southeast Asia from the clutches of communism is an easily reopened wound for many. "I don't know of a project that's affected us quite the same way," Burns said, underscoring the imperative to "get this right" while also recounting those times from a variety of perspectives. Burns, Novick, retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak and Vietnamese author Mai Elliott joined TV critics at lunch (but of course) for an extended session on "The Vietnam War." The Ken Burns lunch is a long-running staple out here. This time, though, he didn't offer an opening preamble. The Q&A kicked in immediately. Your correspondent took his turn in the ring by noting an evocative quote from surviving North Vietnamese Army foot soldier Bao Ninh. It immediately leads in to the film's opening chapter, with Ninh asserting that "only those who have never fought like to argue about who won and
who lost." Burns said it was "important to us to show that the winning and losing is one of the least important aspects of this struggle" and that Ninh's quote was a vehicle to "throw us into the rest of the film." But he knew fully well what was coming from McPeak, who is interviewed for the film and firmly endorses it, but takes extreme exception to Dinh's view. As chief of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing in Vietnam from 1969-70, he flew 269 combat missions and won the prestigious Silver Star. "What this gent (Ninh) said are the words of a 'determined amateur,'" McPeak contended, even though the general himself quickly determined after arriving in Vietnam that it was destined to be a "losing effort." "I began to think that I need to get everybody back home as a high priority," McPeak said. "I did. I didn't lose anybody under my command ... So that was for me a small victory — and a very important one." "I'm a poor loser," he added. "I'm not sure I'll ever go back to Vietnam. I won't be a personal part of it because I care deeply that we lost … By the way, we won every battle. We never lost a military engagement in Vietnam. We just lost the war." McPeak has seen the entire Vietnam film and unreservedly calls it "a work of art. It'll be around for a long time." Author Elliott sees it as "a big learning experience" for all generations, "emotional and wrenching but also very educational." A suitably weighty companion book, both figuratively and literally, was published on Sept. 5. A soft-cover galley distributed at the lunch is 640 pages. In their introduction, Burns and Novick write in part, "What is most important now is to find some meaning, some lessons in the war for our lives. There is no single truth in war, as this difficult story reminded us at every turn." Or as Novick noted at lunch, "We can't tie it up in a bow. There's no happy ending." POSTSCRIPT: Later in the “press tour,” Burns received the Television Critics Association’s Career Achievement honor at the organization’s annual awards ceremony. I was honored to be the co-presenter with New York freelance writer Jacqueline Cutler. Burns had a previous commitment and was unable to attend, but recorded an acceptance speech. We gave him the award in person after the “Vietnam War” lunch session. Ed Bark, who runs the TV website unclebarky. com, is a past member of the national Peabody awards board.
What is the most rewarding do-it-yourself project in the home? Having that home office that is both functional and a cause for creative inpiration? Building the ultimate home entertainment room with blistering surroundsound and a big screen anchored to the wall? Creating a man cave with built-in bar, pool table and and neon juke box that is the envy of your family, friends and neighbors? You can open your eyes now. You are dreaming. One look at your wife and reality sets in. You are having a baby, and it is time to prepare the perfect nursery for your newborn. If you bought a home knowing that you were going to raise a family, chances are you chose a layout that would address those needs. Obviously, you want the nursery to be as close to the PINTEREST master bedroom as possible. Functionality is critical when cre- A baby nursery should be bright and airy. ating the ideal environment. It’s not just the baby’s room, as you furniture near the crib and your wife or husband, grandparents or walls. a nanny will be spending a lot of time in the Set up a nice sitroom as well. ting area for those that When starting with a blank canvas, are feeding, holding or make sure that you consider the basics. The calming the baby. This room should have a ceiling fan. Studies reshould be away from port that a room with circulating air reduces the crib, with a comthe risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome fortable chair area for Stephan Sardone by as much as 72 percent. Plus, it can keep adults. This might be the baby from getting too warm and imwhere you add an addiproves the overall air quality. tional light source like a pole lamp. Next, lighting is an important factor. Storage is a must. Diapers, clothes, blanPosition the lights to provide visibility to all kets, books and toys all must be stored in a key areas, and make sure that the primary convenient area. A dresser that matches the lights have a dimmer switch. That allows you finish of the crib is a sensible choice. You can to control the lighting when the room needs always accent the room with color by addcleaning, baby needs cleaning or when the ing the rug, pictures, mobiles and bedding, newborn is sleeping. It also allows for you to which must be durable and washable. minimize the light if you are checking on a A changing area is an important part of sleeping baby. the room and could easily become part of All electrical cords and outlets should be the dresser top. This allows you to devote a covered. Never underestimate the trouble a drawer for all of those necessary items like toddler can get into. Also, if you have wood diapers, powder, ointments, towels, wash floors, make sure that you lay down a carcloths and wipes. pet or rug that is easy to take care of. Babies Make sure that the room is as colorful don’t want to crawl on a hardwood floor, and as possible. While there may be no scientific the floor will always be there for later use. evidence, it just seems to me that the more Assuming the room has a window, fun there is in the room, the better effect consider the options on window covering. it will have on a baby’s disposition. Not to If the baby is sleeping in the afternoon, a mention the parent’s temperament. sunlit room takes away from a valuable nap. And for those dreaming of a home ofLike the surface lighting, chose a window fice, media room or a man cave, don’t be covering that can easily allow for different blue (or pink). That pinball machine in your amounts of light. sports den can wait until after baby heads to Now that the basics are in place, it is kindergarten. time to assemble a nursery that is safe and functional. The centerpiece of the room is Sardone Design-Build Remodel is locally the crib. While it might be tempting to conowned and operated. Sardone, his wife and sider an old antique crib, it really is not a two daughters are Lake Highlands residents. good idea. Older cribs just didn’t come close to meeting the safety standards of today’s modern cribs. It should be made of high quality materials and have an adjustable mattress. Kids can spend up to three years sleeping in a crib. The crib must be placed in a safe location. Make sure that there is plenty of room around the sides of the crib in case the baby becomes adventurous and tries to climb out. Never put other
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ACROSS 1. Moved gingerly 6. Musician’s org. 11. Lady’s honorific 15. Control devices 20. Short poem
21. Water chute 22. Slicked up 24. Songlike 25. Be worthy of 26. Rustic 27. Video category 28. Common practice
29. Charm 31. Looked intently 33. Tito’s surname 34. Wyoming range 35. Wonder about 37. Mild cheese 39. Sleeper’s letters
41. Pilot’s dir. 42. Chief’s people 43. Cozy 44. Wows with wit 46. Tree trunk 50. Firmly fix 51. Places
52. Shower 53. Rani’s husband 57. Neither good nor bad 59. Give out sparingly 61. Prickly 63. FitzGerald’s poet 64. Changes 66. Scarpetta and Kyser 68. Without — — to stand on 69. Lose — — whisker 70. Use TNT 71. Shopping plaza 73. Make watertight 75. Nth 78. Permit 79. — colada 80. Travels by water 81. Mountain refrain 82. Forever 85. Tears apart 86. Ship’s ropes 90. Pledge 91. Letter-turner White 92. Luigi’s dollar, once 93. Samovar 94. Dirty 97. Tack 98. “Fargo” director 99. Timex competitor 101. Khan of note 102. Kiddie talk 103. Thunder 105. Raindrop sound 107. Exploding star 109. Emptiest 111. War god 113. Ultimatum words 114. Mardi — 115. Doesn’t continue 116. Peace offerings 118. Visa and passport
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120. Hockey goals 121. Grabs onto 123. Casts a vote 124. Villain’s smile 126. Sauce in a wok 129. Electronic cash-giver 130. Head-andshoulders sculpture 131. Fly off the handle 135. Racecourse 137. Uproars 139. Young hooter 141. Really enjoys 143. Lucy’s neighbor 144. Civil disturbances 146. Laid off 148. Girder insert 149. Cellular device 150. Show obeisance 151. Did footnotes 152. Helen, in Spanish 153. Grimy 154. Whirlpool 155. Laments loudly 156. Just great DOWN 1. “Cope Book” aunt 2. Throat-clearing sounds 3. Waffle topping 4. Writer — Zola 5. Notice 6. Kenya’s loc. 7. Late riser 8. Parish priest 9. Dazzle 10. Big name in soccer 11. In vogue
TRAVEL
wald.world@yahoo.com A recent trip got me thinking … the end is coming. Everyone can agree that Planet Earth is in a constant state of change. I visited the fantastic Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Canada, near Calgary, and that started my focusing on my epiphany. The museum, dedicated to explaining prehistoric times and the dinosaurs, explained the three cataclysmic events in history (evidenced by telltale signs left in geological remains) when life on Earth was nearly completely extinguished. It is foolhardy to think that another such event won’t occur at some future time. And when it does, human life may disappear. There is really nothing man can do to stop such events. For example, one such event involved a huge meteor hitting Earth with debris that darkened the sky so that no plant life could survive and animals eventually died of starvation. My visit to the Tyrrell
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Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park. happened just days after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston with its major destruction. After my visit to Tyrrell, I headed to Waterton, Canada, on the U.S. border near Montana. Smoke filled the air making it difficult at times to breathe. By the time I left Canada, some nine days later, Waterton and nearby Glacier National Park had been closed to visitors because the smoke-inducing forest fires had become too dangerous. At the time, there
were about nine such fires raging, only a few of which were under control. Again, it was man against nature and out of man’s control. Meanwhile, back in Dallas, I was reading about long gas lines as supply fears from lack of refinery production in Houston was sending panic throughout the city. Then, as I left Canada just a few days later to return to the U.S., Hurricane Irma was getting ready to strike Florida,
YOUR STARS THIS WEEK by Stella Wilder
The coming week will require of most individuals a higher level of circumspection, sensitivity and overall awareness of surroundings and dynamics than usual, as situations arise that may possibly put relationships to the test and bring out both the best and worst in those involved. It's essential that no one act prematurely upon receiving only partial information; one must have the whole story before devising a plan in response! Acting on incomplete intelligence is sure to cause difficulties — especially when someone tries to step in and solve a problem that really never existed in the first place! The week ahead is likely to prove difficult enough for many without having others make things worse through reckless and irresponsible behavior — even if it is well-meaning and well-intentioned! Some may be asked to do the impossible, and some will display a level of responsibility that is extraordinary, but necessary to the overall success of some venture or other. Wherever something new is being tried, extreme patience and tolerance will be required of almost everyone, and any natural tendency to overreact in such situations must be controlled at all times. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) You'll be able to look at certain situations quite imaginatively, trying different approaches that are usually not considered. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – You may find yourself entirely on your own for a time, and that
suits you just fine! You can get a lot done — and come up with a new plan, too. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) It may seem too early to some, but you know that what's coming requires you to begin preparing now. Start with small things. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – If you're planning a trip, you'll want to know how best to economize before and during so that you will still have what you need afterward. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) Unforeseen circumstances may require you to join forces with a surprising new set of allies, and you'll have little time to get up to speed. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You can combine courage with sensitivity and avoid hurting anyone's feelings even as you do and say things that are by no means conventional. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Challenges that arise will have you eager for more — provided that you have stocked up on all necessary resources. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – Someone is expecting you to be there as promised, but how are you going to explain that you've had a change of heart? Approach this delicately! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) A project you've laid out with great care may have trouble getting off the ground if you've overlooked even one tiny detail. (Jan.
7-Jan. 19) – You'll want to learn all you can about something new so that you are in the best possible place to respond correctly to what is coming up in the near future. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You mustn't allow yourself to overindulge. You have to maintain discipline in order to avoid certain potentially dangerous setbacks. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You may feel as though you are repeating yourself, but there are subtle differences that make this week quite different from the last in many ways. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) Surprises will come to you from all around, and you'll have to choose which ones to focus on. Surely you can't face them all at once! (March 6-March 20) – You may be visited by an old friend who comes to you in disguise. What is he or she trying to hide from you? That's the question you'll have to answer! ARIES (March 21-April 4) You may think that everything will fall into place as planned, but what really happens will prove far more challenging. (April 5-April 19) – You don't want to be one of those who is left in the dust because you didn't follow your own advice. Be sure to do what you know to be right — every time! TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You'll want to pick up the pace, but you mustn't sacrifice accuracy
86. Scurry 87. Forest sound 88. Most arid 89. Saws logs 91. Flower containers 92. Loughlin or Petty 94. Wolf’s weapon 95. Mr. Stravinsky 96. Emerging magma 97. Tweeters 98. Louts 99. Kind of pool 100. Pharaoh’s god 102. Prominent feature 104. Klutz’s mutter 106. Riddles 108. Timber tree 109. Pants securer 110. Kitchen meas. 112. College age 117. “Beetle Bailey” dog 119. “— Rosenkavalier” 122. Deadeye Annie 123. Gave the boot to 124. Willowy 125. Brought up 126. Ladder rungs 127. “Right” prefix 128. Boor 130. Showed disapproval 131. Chuck Berry tune 132. St. Teresa’s town 133. Group of witches 134. Drift 136. Small change 138. Enjoy a repast 140. Lighter part 142. Remain in one place 145. Foxy 147. Tooth fixer’s deg.
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Museum dedicated to era changes
By Michael Wald
12. Auto safety device (2 wds.) 13. Burglar deterrent 14. Brief message 15. Clumsy 16. Wall St. workplace 17. Make a speech 18. Really into (2 wds.) 19. — of the crime 23. Brilliant 30. Pond animal 32. Soup-can flaw 36. Weeks per annum? 38. Check for prints 40. Silly 43. Chop — 44. Mr. Spock’s father 45. B’way sign of yore 46. Talk incoherently 47. Short-order fare 48. Use a GPS 49. Son of Aphrodite 51. Survey chart 52. Croissants 54. Lectern 55. Crows’ kin 56. Trapped like — — 58. Check fig. 60. Green pods 62. Tows 65. Anvil user 67. Supermarket gizmo 72. Whichever 74. Verdi opera 75. USC rival 76. Quaker word 77. Ostrich look-alike 79. Crying shame 80. Dispatched 81. Works for money 83. Compost 84. Slangy turndown 85. Speaks hoarsely
with predicted damage worse than Hurricane Harvey. My, I thought, Earth is convulsing. Eventually, what has happened three times before will happen again. During my trip through Canada, I saw several huge icefields and glaciers high in the mountains. These icefields and glaciers fuel the waterfalls that fill the lakes and rivers that feed the wildlife in the surrounding woods as well as the animals on ranches that feed humans, etc. A popular summer vacation adventure in Canada is to visit the Athabasca Glacier, located in Jasper National Park. Brewster, a large Canadian tour company, opened a facility with an interpretive movie, restaurant, gift shop and restrooms at the base of the glacier. Standard buses run tourists to a site near the bottom of the glacier. From there, Brewster commissioned specially-designed all-terrain vehicles that can hold a busload to transport visitors onto the glacier. TRAVEL cont'd on page 9 Copyright 2017 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. or safety. It may not be time to collect rewards just yet. (May 6-May 20) – You have more at stake than you had originally counted on, but that doesn't mean you can't rise to the occasion and make everything turn out well. GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You may have to step in and help someone who has been left behind. He or she may need more than the usual pat on the back. (June 7-June 20) – You will be in a position to protect someone who doesn't recognize the dangers that are all around. Let experience show the way. CANCER (June 21-July 7) You can experiment with novel ways of acting or talking, but you can't expect everyone to approve of all your new choices. (July 8-July 22) – You may have to face a certain fear head-on, recognizing that this is the only way you can have what you most want. You can do it! LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Not everything is fun and games; some situations will require you to adopt a far more serious tone. Be sensitive to another's needs! (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – Someone will come to you with a problem that makes you realize that you are not as fully prepared to face the future as you had thought. It's time to learn a new lesson.
● Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.
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outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.
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Society Editor
Back To School $27,000 raised for Youth First Resource Center
Twana Collins, Cameron Hernholm, Alison Johnson
Andrew Griffith, Carol Quist, Freddy Valderrama
Co-Chairs Justin W. Bundick and Brittanie Buchanan Oleniczak
Jim Nugent, Carol Meyer, Enrique MacGregor, Deborah McMurray
DIFFA Celebrating a successful season Resource Center
Ribbon Cutting New Fine Arts Building Alcuin School
Cearan Henley, Paul Hollowell
Student Council Members Cole Murphy, Arath Luna, Harrison Cohn, Sterling Hahn, Toyosi Ayanwola, Aliya Swanger
Clint Bradley, Cameron Hernholm, Carol Hatton
Mercury One Nonprofit Relief for Harvey victims Houston area
A Writer’s Garden Women’s Council Dallas Arboretum
Co-Chair Susan Adzick, Ginger Sager, Co-Chair Kay Weeks
Steve Kemble, Chad Collom
President Melissa Lewis, Honorary Chair Nancy Bierman
Dorothea Meltzer, Claire Cunningham
First responders at Operation BBQ
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SERGIO’S JEWELRY
Sergio’s is a full service neighborhood jewelry store. September’s birthstone is the Sapphire (these 3 colors) “A maiden born when autumn leaves Are rustling in September’s breeze, A sapphire on her brow should bind To bring her joy and peace of mind.” We appraise jewelry and coins. Custom designing is our specialty. We use CAD software and 3-D wax printing. We replace batteries and repair watches. All jewelry repair is done on site. While-you-wait repair service is available. We also re-string pearls and beads. Tue-Fri: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 170 Casa Linda Plaza SW corner of Buckner Blvd. at Garland Rd. 75218 info@sergiosjewelry.com Call ... 214-320-2007, Text ... 469-999-3338
JOE O’S DRY CLEAN SUPER CENTER Family Owned and Operated. Great services and great prices! The true environmentally friendly dry cleaners. Tailoring services available. Serving Dallas since 1986. 3220 N. Fitzhugh Ave. Hours: Mon. - Fri. 6:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sat. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Closed Sunday Same day service and drive-thru service everyday.
INTO THE GARDEN
COBBLESTONE SHOE HOSPITAL
Serving Dallas and the White Rock area for more than 25 years! Across from Mockingbird Station near SMU SHOE AND BOOT REPAIR! We repair belts, purses and luggage, too! Hours Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 5340 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75206 214-824-7463
END OF SEASON SALE — SAVE UP TO 75% ON OUTDOOR FURNITURE SAVE 75% Ratana High Dining Group SAVE 50% All Canvas Wall Art and Hanging Light Fixtures All KNF – Neille Olson Garden Mosaic Coffee Tables Brown Jordan Tamiami Lounge Chairs and Kantan Seating Ratana Wellington Deep Seating and Bolano Deep Seating SAVE 40% Woodard Cascade Deep Seating SAVE 35% Kingsley-Bate Milano Dining and Deep Seating SAVE 25% All Kingsley Bate Teak Table and Chair Sets Kingsley Bate Derby Bench KNF-Neille Olson Modern Living Occasional Tables 3300 Knox Street, Suite 200 (At the Katy Trail) Convenient Parking Behind Building Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun 11 a.m.-5p.m. 214-351-5125 intothegardenoutdoor.com
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Our Favorite Restaur ants INDIAN Masala Wok 6106 Luther Ln. 469-232-9390 IRISH PUB Black Friar 2621 McKinney, Ste A 214-953-0599 Renfield’s Corner 2603-A Routh St. 214-397-0300 ITALIAN & PIZZA California Pizza Kitchen 8411 Preston Rd. 214-750-7067 CiboDivino Marketplace & Cafe 1868 Sylvan Ave. 214-653-2426 Dough 11909 Preston, #1444 972-788-4600 Holy Ravioli 4446 W. Lovers Ln. 214-696-3993 I Fratelli 2815 Allen St., #124. 214-720-0070 Italia Express 111 Continental, #300 214-748-2700 4000 Cedar Springs 214-521-3300 Joe’s Pizza, Pasta & Subs 4343 W. NW Hwy, #347 214-272-9007 Lover’s Pizza Pasta & Grill 5605 W. Lovers Ln. 214-353-0509 Mimi’s Pizzeria 6807 W. N.W. Hwy. 972-215-7290 My Family’s Pizza 10720 Preston Rd,#1014 214-363-6122 Olivella’s 3406 McFarlin Blvd. 214-528-7070 Penne Pomodoro 6815 Snider Plaza 214-373-9911 11661 Preston Rd, #143 214-368-3100
Rocco’s Uptown Pizza & Pasta 2717 Howell St. 214-871-9207 Sal’s Pizza Rest. 2525 Wycliff 214-522-1828 Taverna Pizzeria 3312 Knox St. 214-520-9933 Tomato Pie 11661 Preston Rd. 214-750-8743 Villa-O Rest. 4514 Travis, #132 214-707-3848 LATIN AMERICAN Gloria’s 3223 Lemmon Ave. 214-303-1166 Zaguan Latin Cafe 2604 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-219-8393 MEALS TO GO – CATERING The Festive Kitchen – Snider Plaza 3404 Rosedale Ave. 214-520-6888 Short Stop – Food To Go 6025 Royal Ln., #101 214-265-8828 6918 Snider Plaza 214-360-0311 MEDITERRANEAN Baboush 3636 McKinney, #160 214-559-0707 Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill 3001 Knox St., #110 214-528-1800 Zoe’s Kitchen 6025 Royal Ln., #104 469-341-0123 MEXICAN & TEX-MEX Bandito’s Tex-Mex Cantina 6615 Snider Plaza 214-750-6100 Campuzano Mexican Food 2618 Oak Lawn 214-526-0100
Chipotle Mexican Grill 2705 McKinney Ave. 214-871-3100 4502 McKinney Ave. 214-302-2500 Digg’s Taco Shop 6309 Hillcrest Ave. 214-520-0155 E Bar Tex Mex 1901 N. Haskell, #120. 214-824-3227 El Fenix 5622 Lemmon Ave. 214-521-5166 6811 W. NW Hwy. 214-363-5279 Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 4740 W. Mockingbird 214-352-8226 Manny’s Uptown Tex-Mex 3521 Oak Grove Ave. 214-252-1616 Mario’s Mexican & Salvadorian Rest. 5404 Lemmon Ave. 214-599-9744 Mattito’s – Centrum 3102 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-526-8181 Meso Maya 11909 Preston, #1426 469-726-4390 Mi Camino Restaurante 3830 W. N.W. Hwy. 214-888-0055 Ojeda’s Mexican Restaurant 4617 Maple Ave. 214-528-8383 Qdoba Mexican Grill 5600 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-2277 Rafa’s Café Mexicano 5617 W. Lovers Ln. 214-357-2080 Taco Diner 3699 McKinney, #307 214-521-3669 Torchy’s Tacos 5921 Forest Ln. 972-720-9200 Urban Taco 3411 McKinney Ave. 214-922-7080 MIDDLE EASTERN Food From Galilee 6710 Snider Plaza 214-750-0330
This is half of Our Favorite Restaurants. See the full list at our website: KatyTrailWeekly.com
MOROCCAN Souk 3011 Gulden Ln, #114 469-458-2233 NATURAL–GLUTEN-FREE –ORGANIC Company Cafe 3136 Routh St. 214-468-8721 Kozy 4483 McKinney Ave. 214-219-5044 Southpaw’s Organic Cafe 3227 McKinney Ave. 214-754-0100 6009 Berkshire Ln. 214-987-0351 NEW AMERICAN City Café 5757 W. Lovers Ln. 214-351-3367 Luck 3011 Gulden Ln, #112 469-250-0679 Natalie’s Restaurant 5940 Royal Ln. 214-739-0362 NHS Bar & Grill 10720 Preston Rd. 214-368-1101 SEAFOOD Amberjax Fish Market Grille 3011 Gulden Ln., #107 469-513-9088 Dive-Dallas Coastal Cuisine 3404 Rankin St. 214-891-1700 Half Shells Oyster Bar & Grill 6617 Snider Plaza 214-691-8164 Hook, Line & Sinker 3103 Lemmon Ave. 214-965-0707 Lovers Seafood and Market 5200 W. Lovers Ln. 214-351-6363 Rockfish Seafood Grill 5331 E. Mockingbird 214-823-8444 11661 Preston Rd, #153 214-363-7722
Shell Shack Uptown 2916 McKinney Ave. 877-434-1411 St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin 2730 Commerce St. 214-698-1511 SPANISH Café Madrid 4501 Travis St. 214-528-1731
VIETNAMESE Miss Chi 6030 Luther Ln, #130 214-692-1000 Pho Crimson 3000 Blackburn, #140c 469-547-5443 Pho Envy Vietnamese Bistro 8611 Hillcrest, #190 214-987-1468
STEAKS Dee Lincoln Steak & Burger Bar 2626 Howell St. 214-754-4949 Dunston’s Steak House 5423 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-8320
WINE BAR Dream Cafe 2800 Routh St., #170. 214-954-0486 Two Corks & a Bottle – Quadrangle 2800 Routh St., #140 214-871-9463
THAI Best Thai 5959 Royal Ln., #540 214-373-8113 CrushCraft Thai Street Eats 2800 Routh St., #150 972-677-7038 Malai Kitchen – Thai & Vietnamese 3699 McKinney, #319 972-591-3387 Naga Thai Kitchen & Bar 665 High Market St. 214-953-0023 Sabaidee Lao & Thai Street Food 5200 Lemmon, #100. 214-520-6868 Saucy’s Thai Pho 5944 Royal Ln. 214-378-8424
YOGURT, SMOOTHIES & JUICES The Gem 5915 Forest Ln, #360 214-792-9928 I Heart Yogurt 5450 W. Lovers, #143 6305 Hillcrest Ave. Nekter Juice Bar 6712 Snider Plaza 469-418-4029 Smoothie Factory 2817 Howell, #210 214-954-0900 Smoothie King 6061 Forest Ln. 972-404-1852 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 4560 W. Mockingbird 214-351-7037
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Favorite Gulf Coast cities battered by Hurricane Harvey
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Baptist church in Aransas County. had been staying there, hoping to ride out the storm in relative safety, left. Only a local TV news crew and some storm chasers remained throughout the storm. Matt Woolbright, Corpus Christi Caller Times, reported two beacons of hope for stormtossed residents of Aransas County. The iconic 1870’s era Fulton Mansion had survived yet another major storm, while the centuries-old Big Tree remained firmly rooted on Goose Island. The Lighthouse Inn at Fulton Harbor (lighthousetexas.com), where you can fish from a private pier or sit on the balcony and watch, came through practically
COLLEGES cont'd from page 1 are none. Here are all the Texas universities that made the top 200. Last year's rankings are in parentheses. 14. Rice (15) 56. UT-Austin (Tied for 56) 61. SMU (Tied for 56) 69. Texas A&M (74) 75. Baylor (71) STATE FAIR cont'd from page 1 Grounds year-round. The Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center replaces the 70-year-old Pavilion, which was, to quote Fair officials, “Deteriorating open-sided wooden structure with a dirt exercise arena, docks, pens, a paved openspan area and wash bay.” Interestingly, livestock shows and agriculture exhibits formed the basis for the first State Fair held in Dallas in 1886. Livestock
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Several favorite travel destinations on the Texas Gulf Coast have been severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey. RockportFulton on Aransas Bay were the first cities to be battered by the full force of the Category 4 hurricane winds as it made landfall Aug. 25. In an earlier column, I wrote about the Aransas Bay Spring Fling my husband and I attend each year. Hosted by the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, it’s one of our favorite events. We enjoy such activities as boating, fishing, hiking, biking, bird-watching, kayaking and touring nature preserves. Of course eating freshly caught seafood right off the boats that come into the Marina is another favorite activity! Charlotte Plummer’s Seafood at the Marina and The Boiling Pot (Cajun food served family style) just down Fulton Beach Road had considerable damage from the storm. Owners are working hard to repair the damage. Craig Griffin, who owns Charlotte Plummer’s, told David Sikes at Corpus Christi Caller Times that he hoped to reopen soon. The grand new Fairfield Inn where we stayed last spring was severely damaged by the hurricane. Most of the 120 people who
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78. TCU (82) 145. The University of Texas at Dallas (146) 176. Texas Tech University (176) 192. University of Houston (194) 202. Dallas Baptist University (214) Princeton University was chosen No. 1 for Best National Universities for the seventh year in a row. The University of California, Berkeley, a perennial top choice, was tied by UCLA as the No. 1 Top Public Schools among national universities.
and agriculture continue to be iconic attractions at the annual Fair. If you look at state fairs all over the country, and especially in small towns, some of the original standards of a fair were livestock and its youth competitions, a carousel, quilts and pies. Check, check, check and check. Between the Pan American and the livestock program at the Fair, including youth and open shows, more than 12,170 exhibitors participate every year.
TRAVEL cont'd from page 7 A glacier leaves a mound of rock at its base. You can see where the mound of dirt is next to Brewster’s facility, more than a mile from the current base of the glacier. Photographs show the glacier as it was at various times in the past. It is indisputable the glacier is receding. Estimates are that in about five years, it will be impossible to get to the base of the glacier because the continued erosion of the glacier will make it too steep even for the all-terrain vehicles to access. So, to hedge its bet on this tourist attraction, Brewster constructed a “skywalk,” similar to the one at Grand Canyon, from where visitors are suspended in the
unscathed. Severe damage was sustained by the local high school, with students forced to attend school in neighboring communities while the school is repaired. Local chamber offices, courthouse, the Baptist church and a senior citizen facility were also badly damaged. An annual birding event we always wanted to attend is September’s hummingbird festival (rockport-fulton.org). These tiny birds are said to nestle right in the hands of spectators, who f lock to the festival each year. No word yet on this year’s event. Last spring, we took a driving tour to view wildlife in
their natural habitat at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Getting out of the car for a closer look, we were able to get much closer to giant alligators than felt comfortable. We all heard rumors of these giant creatures displaced by the storm, so I’m sure those park rangers had a lot of fun trying to round them back up. On a personal note, our favorite tourism friend from Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Sand Jumper, rode out the storm in San Antonio. With husband Randy, one dog and four parrots, her family found refuge in a La Quinta hotel room while a neighbor took custody of their other pets. Bad news came soon after the storm. The RV they had been living in while renovating their home in Rockport was totally demolished. The almost-finished house had a huge hole in the roof which resulted in f looding. Our hearts are heavy to know what these friends and favorite places suffered. It’s encouraging to hear how determined they are to work together and rebuild. Storms and rumors of storms are all around us, but please don’t forget those good folks in Aransas County. Jo Ann Holt is a longtime journalist, now writing about cars, entertainment and travel.
sign-ups increasing now that school is back in session. Public and private schools from the Dallas area, including Highland Park High School, is one of the schools participating. “We wanted to provide a rewarding and enriching educational experience for student groups attending our weekday matinee performances,” said Autumn Garrison, ATT PAC Associate Director of Education and Community Engagement. “In addition to experiencing the magic of a live performance, students are now able to learn directly from the cast and crew about how these productions come to life and what is involved in a career in the arts. As we continue, we look forward to expanding the scope of the program and engaging learners of all ages,” Garrison added. The “Fun Home” L&L will be Thursday, Sept. 21. Discounted tickets are $25, $35 or $56 and include a onehour moderated talk-back with the cast and crew, educational materials, lunch and a best seat available to see the 2 p.m. performance of “Fun Home.” The schedule is: 11 a.m. doors open; 11:30 a.m. moderated talk-back begins; 12:45 – 1:30 p.m. lunch; 2 p.m. curtain. “Fun Home” runs 90 minutes. For this L&L, in addition to theater and English teachers, the staff reached out to gender, women’s and LGBTQ studies classes. Also, for many students at these events, it is the first time they have stepped into a theater. The Winspear Opera House is located at 2403 Flora St. in the Downtown Arts District. Call 214-9782879 or email groups@attpac.org for any questions.
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Here are the stats: The new center’s first floor includes 11,000 square feet of open exhibit space, auction arena with theater-style seating, show ring, loading docks, sorting pens and modern washing areas. The second floor features the Heritage Hall of Honor Museum and Library, gallery, cattlemen’s lounge, dining room, kitchen, ballroom, banquet hall with seating for 400, restrooms and State Fair of Texas livestock offices.
air on a glass walkway to view the glacier, all to preserve tourism to this place where the changing Earth will deprive us of what is available today. While walking on the glacier, it suddenly hit me: whether it’s human-caused or not, global warming is happening and affecting us. Whether we can impact it beyond building skywalks is the question. Isn’t that uplifting? Well, it should motivate you to see the sights now before it’s too late. Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel. He blogs about travel and other musings at untroddenla.com. Follow him @ Adventourist and see where he is off to next.
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