Social media can forge relationships, improve efficiency, boost business and promote safety in the neighborhood. But not everyone’s on board.

We love interacting with our neighbors on social media, and the web features so many of these virtual “front porches.” Here’s how we at the Advocate are using some of those places right now.

To Staubach, life is defined by more than trips to the Super Bowl. We sat down with the Preston Hollow resident to get to know the man a little better.

Vietnam native Anh Vo knew nothing about Jewish food before taking over Cindi’s NY Deli in 1989. Now, few delis can match her matzo ball soup.

In ‘Battling Goliath,’ Preston Hollow resident Kip Petroff offers an inside look at how Fen-Phen made it to the market and the corruption that ensued as its maker, Wyeth, worked to cover up the drug’s lethal side effects.

We admit: The audio on this thing is truly awful. And we introduced the podcast with a song. It’s supposed to be funny, but we have a weird sense of humor. We had fun with the podcasts in those days, because we were pretty sure that none of you listened.

Cheap wine is more popular than ever, but the wine industry — and especially the wine writing part of it — seems to resent cheap wine more than ever. Their reasons aren’t quite clear, but chalk up much of the backlash to the fact they’re tired of cheap wine, and want to get back to making and writing about the expensive stuff. We can be a bit snobbish, no?

Don’t miss The Steel Wheels at Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse. This Americana band has its own innovative take on blues and bluegrass.

The housekeeper sounded intoxicated.

Sunnyland Patio Furniture owner Brad Schweig is bringing local businesses together through his new site, shoplocaldfw.com.