Seniors making the neighborhood better
Their life experiences have inspired them to make every moment count toward noble causes and interesting pursuits.
Sweet shops: Inforzato’s Italian Cafe
Inforzato’s delish holiday dessert menu includes sweet potato pecan pie, red velvet cupcakes with peppermint bark garnish and eggnog cheesecake.
Q&A: Sports announcer Bill Melton
The OC native and former county treasurer has served as sports announcer for the Cowboys, UT football games, the Rangers and even the Olympics.
Mini golf memories at Wee St. Andrew
A modern course — one of the then new-fangled Putt-Putt variety — might have been classier, but we all loved the aging old entertainment destination.
Don’t sweat the holidays: Wine and recipe ideas
Bonny Doon Ca’ Del Solo albariño (2008) California The holiday wine season causes tremendous panic in people — even those…
Oak Cliff apartments wanted
By most accounts, upscale apartments are scarce in Oak Cliff. The apartment market in OC is tight, but 260 new units are coming.
Oak Cliff business buzz
Antiques dealer Compton Creel has spent many weekends on buying trips with his wife. “It was pretty much all geared toward her,” he says. “And few and far between were things that interested me.”
How much of a mark do we need to make to be judged as successful?
In a way, Steve Jobs’ life has become a kind of ideal, a measuring stick for the rest of us slogging along life’s pothole-filled highway. How much of a positive impact do we need to have on others so that we are judged to have “made our mark” and lived a worthwhile life?
True crime: Theft of flagpole lights
The lights were out — and gone.
Neighborhood news and notes
The Oak Cliff Cultural Center is calling for artists to submit work in any media for “Tiny Spokes: The Oak Cliff Bike Experience,” an exhibit that will feature art inspired by bicycles.
Scene and heard in Oak Cliff
Pictures and happenings in the neighborhood.
Pet pause picture
Jackis a 2-year-old silver lab who belongs to Oak Cliff residents Consuelo and Daniel Kieninger. They say he is “65 pounds of pure love.”