Beneath the near-utopian surface of our neighborhood lurks mystery and dark history.

This 100-year-old home and mid-century modern split-level give you a taste of what’s on the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League tour this year.

The State Fair of Texas season is upon us, but you don’t have to venture far from our neighborhood for genuine fair food.

Her Koch collection started when she returned from Bangkok and wanted to recreate the unstructured handbags everyone carried in the markets.

In fall 1938, Harry Barton traveled from his home state of Iowa to secure his position as the new band director of Boude Storey Junior High School. He knew no one in Oak Cliff, but one of the young majorettes at Storey, Bettye McGee, quickly determined that the handsome young man with the wavy hair would be perfect for her older sister, Eloise.

This month: Oil & Cotton Creative Exchange, the Tamale Company, Tillman’s Roadhouse, Tom Battles Custom Picture Framing and more.

Dallas’ average high temperature in October starts at 83 degrees — and, thankfully, drops to 72 by the end of the month. Which means it’s time to enjoy red wine again.

The thief could bake a cake — after stealing kitchen utensils.

A roundup of happenings in Oak Cliff.

I’m ashamed to admit this, but I once burst into tears because I couldn’t afford a kitchen blender a salesman told me I needed at the Minnesota State Fair.