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  1. The Statler has a very good tech package, including a nice TV. The speakeasy is really nice, with excellent -- but pricey - drinks.  The new high end Chinese restaurant just opened, along with some casual fun places, including an arcade bar.  There is rooftop pool and bar too.

    You were right about the Crescent, but it may be worth another look.  They are finishing a $30 million update.  I was just in the main lobby going to dinner at Nobu and it does look great.  The in-room televisions were upgraded.

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    Visitors to the newly renovated hotel are greeted by a totally redesigned lobby, anchored by an all-new bar. Exhausted by a long day of taking meetings, marrying off heirs and merging companies, guests will sleep soundly in new rooms with 55-inch flat screens — there was no HD in the rooms before the redo, Davidson said — bespoke carpeting and minimalist, curved-edge nightstands with motion-activated floor lights. 

    Crescent Remodel

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  2. On 7/9/2018 at 8:54 AM, Landomatic said:

    Gave Town Hearth another shot this weekend. 

    Overall, I guess it's just not for me as obviously there are a ton of other people who like it.  We really wanted to love it and I think we gave it all a really fair shake.  We won't likely go back, but I'm sure they'll be just fine without me.

     

    Pretty much my experience too.  Hated the look and feel of the place and didn't think the prices matched the food and experience.  We went there early on and were thinking of going back, but I don't think so.  Too many better places.

  3. Griggs is term limited; so, he is done for D1.  Chad West seems to be being groomed to take the seat.  Scott appointed him to the CPC and Chad's social media presence on zoning / development issues has exploded in the last six months. He has always been active (started Dash for the Beads to help local schools, for instance) but is everywhere now, hosting town hall like meetings, soliciting input on development issues, etc.  He has taken up Scott's vision of transparency on CPC issues (FB posts, etc.).  Clearly, he has his eyes set on something and D1 seems obvious.   Not a bad choice.

  4. Who will be Mayor?  The DMN breaks down the initial list.

    The Contenders

     

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    It's often an aggravating, dead-end job with no prospects for higher office, but that hasn't stopped numerous potential candidates from exploring campaigns for Dallas mayor.

    With less than a year before the 2019 municipal elections, at least 16 contenders are jockeying or being mentioned as possible successors to Mayor Mike Rawlings, who will leave office in June after serving eight years as leader of the council.

    The list, heavy with City Council members, includes some of the biggest names in local politics.

    Current Dallas City Council members

    Dwaine Caraway

    Jennifer Staubach Gates

    Scott Griggs

    Philip Kingston

    Adam McGough

    State representatives

    Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas

    Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto

    Jason Villalba, R-Dallas

    Others

    Mike Ablon, Dallas Design District developer

    Bobby Abtahi, lawyer and Dallas Park Board president

    Albert Black, CEO and chairman of On Target Supplies and Logistics

    Peter Brodsky, owner of Southwest Center Mall

    Michael Hinojosa, Dallas ISD superintendent

    Phillip Huffines, real estate developer

    Angela Hunt, lawyer and former Dallas City Council member

    Regina Montoya, attorney, former senior vice president of Children's Medical Center in Dallas

     

  5. Teresa Gubbins (CultureMap) is insufferable.  Her sarcasm is almost always mean spirited and not funny and her running and continuing, one-sided "feud" with the DMN and Leslie Brenner is silly. Her posts about the new critic are just childish.

    That all being said, anyone with scoop on the Central Market coming to Oak Cliff?  Apparently, the land is bought at Zang and Davis, I think in the new Crescent complex.

  6. Who is going to run against Abtahi?  Griggs?  He is term limited now.  I'd love to see him as mayor but I am not sure he has the personality to win and he would have some strong winds against him.  He did manage to get the vote out and beat Delia Jasso, a well funded and well backed Hispanic incumbent in Oak Cliff, so he knows how to win elections.

  7. On 7/9/2018 at 1:03 PM, CHEF DIESEL said:

     

    I probably am a bore with my post but I know way too much about this on a firsthand level.

    Not a bore at all.  This stuff is frustrating and interesting and love to hear your perspective.  There are so many takes and so many questions.  My favorite is the role that South Dallas black city council members play in all this, often voting against their interests.

  8. The Mary Suhm and Jill Jordan disasters keeps coming.  We already have to spend $2 million to demolish the "Standing Wave" and now the stupid, fancy new bridge may just fall down.  This story has been developing for months (thanks, of course, to the "progressive" council members who are crazy enough to insist on transparency and a business like approach to city management).  But, it's getting worse.

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    The moment has arrived when we must expand our thinking about the new and troubled Margaret McDermott Bridge designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava on the Trinity River downtown. We’ve got to add at least one extreme outcome to the far end of the spectrum of possibilities.

    It may have to come down.

    Bridge Problems

    Dallas has been very good to me and I love living here, especially in my neighborhood.  But, the craziness from the Citizens Council and their ability to screw things up never ceases to amaze me.  One to two more shifts at the council and it will really be over.

  9. I started off with Tanqueray, and moved on to Sapphire, very dry (Noilly Prat or whatever) and usually dirty, with whatever olives were around.

    About a year ago at Jettison in Dallas, I was served a martini that changed everything.  It was with Botanist and Dolin Blanc with a tiny bit of orange bitters.  The vermouth was in the drink, not just swished or acknowledged as I was used to doing to get to the properly dry martini.  This was a martini, not a dry martini.  A lemon peel was squeezed over the drink to release the oils.  It was stirred for a good long while.  The whole thing was well balanced,  refreshing and magnificent.  That is what I have learned to do at home.

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  10. 8 hours ago, LongestHorn said:

    They won't suffocate because there is an airhole somewhere.  They're searching for it now, hoping it may be an alternative exit.  

    If they can get more power and pumps up there, they can walk them out.  But the rains won't wait.  It's terrifying.

    Oxygen levels are down 15%.  They are thinking about how to get a 3 mile oxygen pipeline in there to the boys.  Keeps getting worse.

  11. June 28, 1969

    The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the LGBT community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.   They are widely considered to constitute the most important event leading to the  gay rights movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the U.S.  

    We fight on.

  12. The store cooked chickens are fine and make for a good, quick, cheap meal.   And, as someone else, the leftovers are easy sandwiches or salads.

    But, as with most things, doing it right your self is so much better.  The texture of the meat really changes.

    One of the things I always battle, is the temperature to which you cook the chicken.  If you cook the breast to 165+ as recommended, the breast will be dry and stringy.  I usually start pulling at around 150.  I haven't killed anyone yet.  

    This article, that I just found, may explain why.  It explains how you can achieve a safely cooked bird, that is still moist at a lower temp than 165,

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    The FDA Food Code recommends cooking chicken to 165°F (74°C). But the pasteurization of chicken is actually a function of both temperature and time. If you can hold your chicken at 145°F (63°C) for 8.5 minutes, you can achieve the same bacterial reduction as at 165°F (74°C). In his new book Kenji López-Alt uses this principle along with the principle of carryover cooking in large masses of meat to achieve succulent, perfectly safe results at a dramatically lower pull temp.

    Whole Roasted Chicken Temperature Tips

  13. So, the chef owner of the Hightower has moved to my neighborhood (Oak Cliff in Dallas) and is opening a place here.  I have never been to the place in Austin.  What should we expect?  It seems highly regarded.

  14. So many memories of the day, but what I remember with a bit of regret is how the actual day ended.

    We were up early trying to deal with a ticket SNAFU (some of you who bought through a Texas Exes vendor may remember that).  With the early start, the bus ride to the Rose Bowl, the tailgating, the intense game,  the long wait to get out of the Rose Bowl and the interminably long ride back to the hotel, we were spent after drinking all day long.  We went up the hotel bar for some wings and beer. When the game highlights came on, we cheered with all the other tired fans.  I felt like we should be at some incredible street party or whooping it up somewhere instead of stumbling through a relatively quiet hotel bar.  But, that was all we had in us by then and there were no obvious options around us.  We drank some more and headed up to the room.   Blah.

  15. And now this...

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    Aldi, the discount supermarket chain with stores in more than 20 countries, just won an award for best whisky in the world. Your great-grandpappy's moss-covered distillery nestled in the Scottish highlands can suck it. 

    At the Spirits Business Scotch Whisky Masters, judges bestowed two gold medals on the Aldi brand—one for its Highland Black Scotch Whisky, and another for its Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. (They share the gold with other entrants.) The Highland Black has hints of heather, strawberry leaf, and lemon oil, and retails for $17. The Islay Single Malt is "fresh and zesty," and retails for $23.

    Pretty sure Aldi's in Texas don't sell booze, but maybe that is around the corner.

    Esquire Article

  16. New entry in town:  Taco y Vino in Bishop Arts.   We went there last week and it's really good.

    It's not a taqueria and the tacos are elevated, but they are not overly gimmicky.  They rely on traditional tastes: barbacoa, carnitas, cochina pipl, carne asada, etc.   Each is just a really good version of a the traditional taco.   There are no sides and only two apps, but they are very good:  a crab and shrimp stuffed jalapeno and pretty killer tamale croquette things that are additive as hell.  The wine and beer is good too, all with approachable prices.  The whole thing is supposed to offer a fun night out that doesn't break the bank.  It pretty much hits that mark.

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