Teresa Gubbins

• 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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  Four Seasons Market debuts on Saturday at Firewheel Town Center in Garland

  Travis, got a little field report on this thing coming later today

• 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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  Eight-track exhibit at Barry Whistler Gallery in Deep Ellum plays well with music lovers

  Randi Eli Grothe and Allison Smith collaborated on a neat video that splices photos with a performance of "Day Tripper" by the BBC

• 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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  Dallas frozen yogurt meltdown: Yolatte on Royal Lane in Dallas

  "sujin", whatever makes you think i would know anything about junk food? haha

  Ko'Mart is almost like a mini-mall; it has a little bit of everything (although it's not as big as H-Mart up in carrollton). i'm not much of a meat eater, but i've read elsewhere that they have a good selection of meat, and there's a food court where you can get meals very cheap. they also have a good selection of asian cookware.

  i want to buy a mandoline, a fancy vegetable slicer that lets you make perfectly symmetrical slices. a friend told me they have them there cheap. i just haven't gotten around to getting it yet

• 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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  Jeff Moschetti named executive chef at Sangria Tapas y Bar

  FatCap - that's a smart observation

• 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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  Dallas Videofest 2009 - Orgasm Inc.

  There's something appealing and simplistic in the idea of finding a pill to solve all our problems, and that includes the "problem" of women who don't achieve the kind of orgasm presented in popular culture -- you know, the elusive scenario where gal + guy hit it at the same moment with a crash of cymbals in the background.

  Orgasm, Inc. is a thorough, often witty look at the efforts made by pharmaceutical companies to turn that "problem" into a disease so they can fabricate a pill to give us that'll generate profits for them.

  Filmmaker Liz Canner covers all the bases: from interviews with companies making the drugs, to women who feel like they're not normal because their sex lives aren't like what they've seen on TV. She finds likable experts who question the pharmaceutical companies, and follows them to the movie's climax when the FDA conducts its review of Intrinsa, the questionable testosterone patch developed by Procter & Gamble. (The FDA ended up rejecting it in 2004; it has since become available outside of the U.S.)

  She weaves in history and data such as the fact that clinical trials funded by pharmaceutical companies have 3 to 5 times the odds of reporting a favorable outcome for the drug being tested than those funded by other sources; that 80% of women have some kind of "body issue"; and that genital plastic surgery is on the rise. Her visits to a college class and to the Antique Vibrator Museum in San Francisco show how conflicted and ignorant many of us are when it comes to basic information about sex.

  Nice piece of work.

• 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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  Bowing and scraping to new chef at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, one in a series

  billusa, i don't know how i missed your hilarious comment

  DC, WELCOME BACK!!! yes, we're all still thoroughly miserable, great to see ya

• 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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  Dallas Videofest 2009 - 72 Musicians

  Dear filmmaker Bob Moczydlowsky,

  Boy, was I excited to see this rock documentary filmed in Kansas City. I've been a huge fan of the K.C. rock scene dating back to the '90s; always thought it such a tragedy that bands like Molly McGuire were so horridly exploited by record labels -- exactly the kind of exploitation that 72 Musicians gets those K.C. bands to talk about via interviews about their experiences in the music industry.

  Well, congratulations for being one more L.A. prince who exploits Kansas City bands with your annoying documentary, wherein you can't be bothered to identify who the musicians are, neither during the interviews nor when they're performing. I would love to know because I would possibly buy some of their material, but guess what, dude: I don't have time to sift through some list on your website to try and match up which bands I liked. After hearing the songs only once, I can't even say for sure which songs I liked.

  And call me silly, but when someone is talking and being presented as having expertise or authority, as the musicians are in this film, then I like to see who they are.

  Unfortunately, the camera work is more of the same: Not only does it dismiss the musicians' individual identities, it callously turns them into into a parade of inanimate body parts, with its laughable microscopic closeups of someone's teeth or a moving arm or a hat brim. And to what end? That kind of self-conscious camera work doesn't offer any insight into their being, all it does is ostentatiously assert that the people making the film are "arty," and ultimately distracts the viewer from what the interview subjects are saying. On some level it feels rather sadistic.

  The documentary is weak in that there's a major disconnect between the interviews and the performances. The person being interviewed has no connection to the subsequent or preceding performance. It turns these people into cogs, like they're just passing through, secondary to the greater good of the all-important documentary. Unfortunately, the message - that labels exploit bands and that being a rock band isn't as glamorous as it looks - is hardly new or insightful.

  The performances of the bands are great. As for who they are, the promotional material mentions Appleseed Cast, Coalesce, oh I don't know who they are and, as this film makes clear, it's not really important, is it?

• 1 month ago
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  Bowing and scraping to new chef at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, one in a series

  Eats jumps aboard

• 1 month ago
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  Hanson / Hellogoodbye / Sherwood

  love your review, John!

• 1 month ago
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  Your spookiest Halloween 2009 events in Dallas-Fort Worth are right here

  nice, travis, thanks

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Tre Amici in Dallas announces new chef, management team

  the restaurant notes that it will now officially be called Tre Amici Prime Steakhouse & Seafood, shedding its previous, short-lived identity as "Parkway Grill"

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Zato Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar just opened in Dallas' Lake Highlands

  coincidentally, Thrillist did an item on Zato today, saying that it's related to the Jasmine in Addison, rather than the Jasmine in Plano. i've fixed the reference here

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Winspear Opera House in Dallas opens season with smashing sold out Otello

  jtm, you are one classy broad

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Winspear Opera House in Dallas opens season with smashing sold out Otello

  opera-lover's review breaks down the vocal performances and likes music director Graeme Jenkins.

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Eating and drinking events in Dallas-Fort Worth October 22-28

  thanks luniz, you sharpie, you. will fix

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Molto Formaggio cheese shop in Dallas just got best cheese ever known to mankind

  tetsujin, you may want to take the enthusiasm for this cheese with a grain of salt...

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  See's Candies to open seasonal stores around Dallas on November 13

  tetsujin, if you like the hard-core 70% pure dark chocolate that's favored by serious foodie types, then this may not satisfy you. i grew up on the old-school "box of chocolates" so for me this is heaven.

  there's a "basic assortment" that might be a good cross-the-board starter, also a "nuts and chews" (my mother likes that one), and truffles. i like the holiday assortment because it has a purty box and the selection seems a little more decadent. but i end up pretty much buying one of each under the guise that i will give them out to people for presents, and then never get around to doing that.

  they DO always offer free samples at these stores, they usually have a pre-defined item they hand out...

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Dallas-based Texas Instruments announces first QWERTY-capable I2C keypad/keyboard controller

  worry not jason, yogurt is coming on friday, mark your calendar

• 1 month, 1 week ago
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  Dallas-based Texas Instruments announces first QWERTY-capable I2C keypad/keyboard controller

  as always, travis, thank you for "getting it". QWERTY rules

• 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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  Transformation of the Wyly Theatre

  man, how do they DO that

  here's a summary from alan on the (local) star-studded opening night

• 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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  Dallas Arts District hosts sneak-peek walk-through

  the Canadian Broadcasting Centre weighs in

• 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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  Mico Rodriguez and chef David McMillan to take over Screen Door at One Arts Plaza in Dallas

  one thing that the press release does not address is where Chef Fitzgerald Dodd or GM Rick Stein are going. they're still working in the restaurant this week, apparently to help smooth the transition. classy! so if you want to see them, experience their service, or sample the food, you still have a chance, however brief.

• 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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  First Red Mango in Dallas area to open at NorthPark Center on October 19

  the folks at Orange Cup seem philosophical about it. as for the location, Red Mango will be sharing space with Soupman

• 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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  Eats has list of places in Dallas to get your burgers ground fresh

  i don't mind tofu; i don't even mind MorningStar. the veg burgers i don't care for are the ones that use mashed black beans. in theory, that should be a smart idea because beans are so good nutritionally. but people never seem to get the consistency right. they're smeary when you want something with a firm texture

• 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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  Eats has list of places in Dallas to get your burgers ground fresh

  thanks tetsu, i shall. houston's does evvvverything well, that place kills me. i wonder what it's made of? it's surprisingly hard to find a decent veggie burger. [like yer new avatar photo, btw]

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