Dining
It’s one of the last “Point” bars in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Midway Point has been open since 1980, and when the original owner wanted to sell it four years ago, Jim and Ellen [...]
25 Aug 2012
Biz Buzz about Sprinkles Cupcakes to offer cupcake ATM, Performance Bicycle has closed, New at Preston Valley Shopping Center and more...[...]
25 Aug 2012
Sometimes, whether for a special occasion or just because, it’s nice to buy a more expensive [Acrobat PinotPGAC_SC] bottle of wine. But that can be even more complicated than the c[...]
25 Aug 2012
Yeah, yeah, I know. What is this wine – perfectly acceptable as a $5 fill-in when there is not much else to drink – doing as a wine of the week? All I can say is that I[...]
22 Aug 2012
This is not the wine review I was going to do, but since I’m still waiting, weeks later, for a distributor to call me back about a Gascon wine, I had to shift the schedule ar[...]
15 Aug 2012
Julia Child, known for introducing French cuisine to the American public, made cooking fun and adventurous. And even though you may never have the opportunity to live in France or [...]
13 Aug 2012
I’m supposed to be above things like cute labels and clever names, but even I get suckered in every once in a while. In this case, it was the wine’s name, which evoked [...]
08 Aug 2012
After naming a new chef and updating its menu in June, the neighborhood Italian spot Ristorante Nicola closed its Preston Center location Saturday and will re-open as Nick and Sam&[...]
06 Aug 2012
The Preston Valley Shopping Center at Preston and LBJ is experiencing lots of activity, despite the construction mess that is the LBJ Express. Tippy’s Thai Café, a traditional brea[...]
01 Aug 2012
Summer is squishing us here in Dallas, and we’ve been on either side of 100 degrees for a month or so. So what do I when the air conditioner runs all day and the sun hurts to[...]
01 Aug 2012
With temperatures in the 100s all this week, we don’t want to step outside if we can keep from it. But, you might want to swing by The Mercury for a summer special: the water[...]
31 Jul 2012
Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits: Devour art and food; Go out to eat & Explore playhouses[...]
25 Jul 2012
