WHO’D-A-THUNK?

Neighborhood entrepreneurs with ideas we wish we’d had first

Samantha Scott has always been at home in fabric stores. “It’s amazing how much you can learn in a junior high home economics class,” she says. It was that introduction to fabric and sewing that lead her to a … more

1 MARGARITAVILLE

Margaritas here pack such a powerful punch that diners are limited to three per meal, and those who don’t eat can only order one. But it’s not all about the tequila — there are also specialties like caldo de res, a hearty beef stew.

Ojeda’s

4617 Maple

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community

Dallas Little League, the local affiliate of international Little League Baseball Inc., is currently seeking sponsors to help financially support its annual operating expenses including safe playing equipment, uniforms, umpires, utilities, trophies, publications and insurance for each player. Additionally, many league fields are in need of major renovations. The … more

Not much has changed at Mario and Alberto in its 30 years. But neighborhood folks seem to like it that way, and after one meal there, it’s easy to see why. The margaritas are always stiff and not too sweet, the dimly lit dinning room is intimate yet relaxed, and … more

Just about everybody knows, or at least recognizes, Psalm 23, “The Shepherd’s Psalm.” The words of that Hebrew song have comforted the afflicted, given strength to the weak and hope to the hopeless for centuries. Have you ever considered the radical meaning of its first verse: “The Lord is my … more

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Pam Marquette O’Krent sees art everywhere — even in dumpsters. “It’s not unlike me to get excited about a piece of trash I found on the ground in a parking lot,” O’Krent says. She then sews these random bits of everything — from gift bags to … more

Thanks to images of lakes and sailboats, in 1998 Dallas voters narrowly approved a $246 million bond package to transform the Trinity River Corridor into a beautiful urban park. 

Unfortunately, for nearly a decade, the centerpiece of the Trinity River

Project — the Downtown Trinity Park — has sat idle. … more

Nine years after we voted to spend $246 million on a bond proposal to turn the Trinity River downtown from a muck-hole into an urban oasis, do you see any parks or lakes downtown?

Where’s our park?

In 1998, we voted to spend $246 million on a … more

the rhone age

Perrin Réserve Cotes du Rhone ($10)

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            If most French wine confuses consumers — is Bordeaux a kind of grape? — then wines from the Rhone are perhaps the most confusing. The area receives less ink than either Bordeaux and Burgundy, and Rhone wine can be made