Garcia on the move

Mayor Pro Tem Elba Garcia, who represents City Council District 1, and her husband, Domingo, are in the process of building a home in the Kessler Springs development off of Cedar Hill Avenue. Since this move also puts Garcia into Dallas County Commissioners District 4, this … more

When KATHERINE HOMAN’s family moved to East Kessler Park 35 years ago, she jumped feet first into the thick of neighborhood activism, and has waded deeper and deeper ever since. It started with her sons’ education in the ’70s during the upheaval of desegregation, and continues in her work today … more

The landlords of the house on Ninth between Zang and Beckley weren’t happy to see Ryan Presley show up on their doorstep.

Presley is North Oak Cliff’s community prosecutor, and he works closely with Dallas Police officers and code enforcement officers. This particular house was known to have criminal activity … more

These types of resolutions are what the New Year is all about, right? Or maybe we have the wrong idea. Every day we awaken, each breath we inhale is another chance to live. Sometimes we worry so much about all the things we need to change about ourselves that we … more

There was plenty of excellent cheap wine in 2008 as we celebrate the Advocate’s seventh annual Cheap Wine extravaganza and $10 Wine Hall of Fame.
The Hall added five labels: Yellow+Blue malbec (about $12 for a 1-liter box), which puts most other malbecs in its price range to shame; Meridian’s chardonnay, which can be found for as little as $6; the Les Jamelles wines from southern France, which deliver surprising quality for $10; another Gascon wine, Domain du Tariquet, to join the three that entered the Hall last year; and Lockwood sauvignon blanc, perhaps the most pleasant surprise of any wine I tasted in 2008.

Nemo, of “Finding Nemo” fame, is a good-hearted fish trying to find his way home. However, for Julie Sipriano and her son, Matthew, their run-in with Nemo was more like a highway nightmare straight out of “Mad Max”.
The Siprianos were heading north on I-35 in the HOV lane when … more

We have a new website: advocatemag.com.
I mention this not just because I want you to take a look at it, but because what we’re doing with the website reflects what you’ll find in our magazines, and hopefully it reflects the trust you’ve placed in us over the years as … more