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Food and service can be hit or miss, but our last visit had more highlights than lowlights, and the fixed-price format is smartly priced at $45 for three courses or $55 for four. Arugula insalata is simple and perfect; potato gnocchi is a knockout, thanks to a zesty, lemony artichoke-tomato confit. Desserts are disastrous.

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Demi Lovato Buys a Car at Park Place

Zac tells me Demi Lovato is a big deal. So when the folks at Park Place sent along the below photo and the release that follows after the jump, I decided to post them. That’s how it happened. TV, movie and music star Demi Lovato buys first car from Park Place Motorcars Dallas Disney star [...] [...]

Darkhorse Candidate For Worst Person in the World This Week: Michelle Lynn Smith

I’m glad I’m going out of town to do something completely frivolous this weekend, because otherwise I very likely would just stay up late reading about the Fort Hood and Orlando shootings. Or the case of Michelle Lynn Smith, the Anna woman who knowingly married a two-time sex offender (Glen Bracy), and then stood by [...]

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Mico Rodriguez is Out of the Screen Door

That is what Teresa is Twittering. Chef David McMillan is still in the kitchen. Will Robert Columbo step in? Developing. [...]

New Chef Announced at Oceanaire Seafood Room in Dallas

Welcome new execuchef Aaron Valimont to The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Dallas. His resume: Chef Valimont began his culinary career in Tacoma at The Lobster Shop, later working under Executive Chef Will MacNamara at Seattle’s Washington Athletic Club before taking his knives to the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club. He then tr [...]

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Dallas Real Estate AIA Home Tour: Engawa Power

This is a home I’d expect to see in California — 1810 Bermuda St. by Ron Wommack FAIA and John Rice of Ron Wommack Architect: perfect;y sized 3,500-square-foot home (3500 is the new BIG HOME) takes the shape of a two-story box. Around two sides an engawa, a veranda of Japanese origin, anchors a linear [...] [...]

AIA Home Tour: Ron Wommack and John Rice

Great example of homes we will see more of in the future as people want to be closer in to the city, seeking higher desity: 4143 Buena Vista St. Three units face the Katy Trail, two freestanding units with roof decks take advantage of downtown views. This design allows town homes to connect and seemingly disappear [...] [...]

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Hand Cream Award: Golden Gloves

I have a new hand cream crush. Now, I call it a “crush” because my infatuation with a hand cream is almost always temporary. I rarely find one to which I feel I can make a long-term commitment. And I think we’re all looking for the same thing in a hand cream, right? Super hydrating. [...] [...]

Steph’s Stash Giveaway: Amanda Sterett Sophia Earrings

We know how you love the Friday Giveaway’s we do on Shoptalk each week, but did you know that you can also enter to win something from “Steph’s Stash” every month? That’s right, I personally select something to giveaway from my “stash” of fashion and beauty goodies that I receive from lo [...]

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I’m in Love With My Xtreme Lash Extensions by Michelle Vi

And this ain’t no sleazy fling. It’s full-fledged, all-out love. I wasn’t sure at first that lash extentions were quite my type but after we spent some quality time together I realized they were exactly what I had been looking for all my life. Yes, it took a long time to get them put on [...] [...]

Just Engaged: Sarah Jewell and Matt Gantt

Waiting in the security lines at the airport is never anyone’s favorite part of traveling, but it’s safe to say we all appreciate the efforts of our Homeland Security. Especially Sarah Jewell’s soon-to-be fiancé, Matt Gantt. The two were jetsetting to Mexico for a romantic getaway, and Matt’s secret plan was to propose to Sarah [...]

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Cheers for Charity Ladies Invite You To Do Some Good

It’s a going to be a beautiful day, so why are you staring at your computer screen? Why not get up and drive over to the Stephen J. McManus Family Mental Health Clinic? Now, don’t take that the wrong way. Cheers for Charity, the 15-year-old local nonprofit, is holding “Families Helping Families Service Day̶ [...]

SweetCharity Thought of the Day

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”– Winston Churchill [...]

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Let’s Lay Down Play It As It Lays

We’ve had some laughs, haven’t we? We’ve made it through mental illness without anyone getting hurt–oh wait. There was a suicide. We got through the abortion. We had some cheery–if a bit clinical–visits with the child in the institution. We covered drug abuse, infidelity, and divorce. But now, [...]

Rainy Days and Mondays

I’ll blog about our next block of chapters tomorrow, but I wanted to comment on something that I’ve heard from more than a few people: reading analysis of Play It as It Lays on the blog made them not want to read this book. Question: how do you write about a really depressing—albeit brilliant—book without [...] [...]