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Today is chart day! The guys at Slosh Spot estimate Texas would take in $46 million if it taxed marijuana. Where they got that figure, I do not know. Texas collected $784 million in alcohol taxes in 1008. [...]

Unemployment by State: Texas Feeling It

Of course, we could all move to Nebraska. [...]

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Ask Candy: Is It Crazy To Buy A Single Fam Home In A Block of Junius Height Duplexes?

A reader writes: “Hi Candy: Would we be crazy for buying our first house, a decently restored Craftsman, on a block that is otherwise duplexes? Its in Junius Heights so there are a lot of duplexes all over the area, craftsman and prairie style duplexes but……. yea. And its also one block from an [...] [...]

Where Have All The 4% Jumbo’s Gone? Read On

As anyone buying a home over $417,000 in Dallas knows, it is nearly impossible to get a mortgage unless you have 40% in equity (from, hopefully, the sale of your previous home) and near perfect credit. The huge rise in bankruptcies means a lot of folks are not going to be able to secure mortgages [...] [...]

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Say Goodbye to Painful Wedding Shoes With Insolia High Heel Inserts

If you knew a world-renowned podiatrist and an MIT rocket scientist had designed high heel inserts would you try them? And what if said design had received the Seal of Acceptance from the American Podiatric Medical Association? Would that make you want to try them even more? I don’t know about you but I think [...] [...]

Just Engaged: Dustee Tucker and Justin Jenkins

After seven years working in the political hustle and bustle of D.C., Dustee Tucker realized that she was ready to move back home to Texas. And just seven months after returning down south, Dustee met a tall, Texan attorney named Justin Jenkins who swept her off her feet. One day, Dustee received an email from [...] [...]

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Catholic Charities Holiday Home Tour Starts Today And Ends Tomorrow

More than 1,000 people are expected to tour seven fabulous homes for the Catholic Charities Holiday Home Tour today and tomorrow. Among the homes on the tour are those belonging to Jennifer Gates – daughter of Marianne and Roger Staubach Andrea and Bob Neuhoff– They have a gigantic two-story train room with two leve [...]

Ah, The Best-Laid Schemes Of Mice And Men and Event Organizers

Dallas event organizers for outdoor events know from the start that they’re playing a game of Russian roulette with Mother Nature. The good folks involved with last night’s 2009 Dinner in the Wild Construction Zone gala recognized that a gala at the new site of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science was tempting fate [...]

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What I’m Drinking Now: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is such a joyous holiday. A time to give thanks for the good, recognize the gracious, and celebrate good food…and wine. I get questions all the time about what is really the best wine to serve with the huge Thanksgiving meal, especially since many of these occur in the middle of the day. Here are [...] [...]

Another TV Show With a Local Connection: BBQ Pitmasters

According to Full Custom Gospel BBQ, dfw.com is reporting a new TV series showcasing “the high-stakes world of competitive barbecue.” BBQ Pitmasters begins on Decemeber 3 at 9:00 p.m. on TLC. Three folks in the series are from around here: Jamie Geer, owner of Jambo Pits, a Fort Worth company that sells custom smokers Paul [...] [...]

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Cushion Your Tootsies With Insolia High Heel Inserts

If you knew a world-renowned podiatrist and a MIT rocket scientist designed high heel inserts would you try them? And what if said design had received the Seal of Acceptance from the American Podiatric Medical Association? Would that make you want to try them even more? I don’t know about you but I think they sound like so [...]

Big Sale at Melanie Gayle

Celebrate the one-year anniversary of Melanie Gayle’s second store at The Shops at Legacy this week end (today through Sunday) with a 25% storewide discount. Owner Melanie Ramon has a great eye for what Dallas (and Plano!) girls like. I never leave her store without coveting at least half her inventory. And if that isnR [...]

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What I’m Reading Now: Wick Allison

Wick Allison, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, D Magazine Books: Right now, I’m deep into Hilary Mandel’s Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall. Actually, I am past the midway point of this absorbing, marvelous character study of Thomas Cromwell, and I don’t yet know why it is titled Wolf Hall. I am also in the middle [...]

What I’m Reading Now: Ken Knight

Ken Knight, retailer, currently living in California Books: I’m a mixed bag in the “reading department,” as I am more a scanner than a deep reader — but I enjoy sitting still and reading, and putting aside all the distractions of my constant online work and the daily input from The New York Times (Tom Fri [...]