My Hood Makes the Times

It's not every day that I open the New York Times and find an article about my neighboorhood, in fact it's never happened until today.  The opinion pages have been featuring a series of articles from around the country on local economies, and today there is an article about the recently renovated Kessler Theater, which is a few blocks from my house.  The "leafy, somewhat scruffy streets" of my part of Oak Cliff are where it's happening in Dallas these days and it's nice to see a little national recognition. 

"Who knows — maybe the Ewings can bring some of their big-deal magic back to Dallas once again? In your dreams. Meanwhile, for a slice of real life, there’s always the Kessler."

Read it all here. 

Green Bay Comes to Dallas

The Packers brought their weather with them.  Just in time for Super Bowl week we've been hit with an Artic blast that would make Wisconsin folks feel at home...and wonder why they left.  It was 75 on Saturday and today it's 20 and dropping.  Gusty winds are bringing the wind chill to a crisp 1 or 2.  That's not soft, pretty snow in the picture, it's solid ice.  There are a zillion events planned in the area all week, many of them outdoors.  Instead of a typically mild North Texas January, we've got collapsing party tents and a city at a standstill.  Luckily for me, my new job doesn't start until next week so I don't have to get out in it.  I'd better go now, Wes has the hot chocolate heated up.