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Dallas (Texas)

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Andrew Luck, Trading Card Company Battle over Rights to H.S. All Star Game Photos

    Andrew Luck, former Stanford quarterback and soon-to-be NFL draft pick, is about to become a multi-millionaire this week -- and he's already started trying to protect his business.Earlier this month, he filed a cease-and-desist letter against Leaf Trading Cards, which sells a card featuring an actio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Americans Think Dallas, Texas Is Just as Awesome as San Francisco

    A new survey about American cities didn't reveal anything new to us: People like San Francisco, hate Oakland, and think Portland, Ore., is insanely hip. But what did throw us for a loop is that people seem to enjoy the mind-melting heat down in Dallas, Texas just as much as they like a cold summer i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    San Francisco's 10 Best Wine Lists

    San Francisco is one of the best places in the world to drink young wines, particularly those with attitude, from many different places. Sommeliers here are passionate and their wine lists reflect it. We don't have many older wines on lists because restaurants turn over so quickly that they don't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

    The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

  • News

    February 1, 2012

    The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

    Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Work at Google, Millions of Mashed Potato Recipes, and Party with Some Non-Human Turkeys!

    ​• Harvest Home Sanctuary's Toast to the Turkeys is THIS Saturday! It's not too late to come eat and drink tons, cuddle animals, and watch turkeys eat cranberries, which is totally what turkeys do best. That, and be cranky and awesome. We've got a lot in common! • So, you want to work at Goog ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    Lost Boys: New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

    ​• Harvest Home Sanctuary's Toast to the Turkeys is THIS Saturday! It's not too late to come eat and drink tons, cuddle animals, and watch turkeys eat cranberries, which is totally what turkeys do best. That, and be cranky and awesome. We've got a lot in common! • So, you want to work at Goog ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

    ​• Harvest Home Sanctuary's Toast to the Turkeys is THIS Saturday! It's not too late to come eat and drink tons, cuddle animals, and watch turkeys eat cranberries, which is totally what turkeys do best. That, and be cranky and awesome. We've got a lot in common! • So, you want to work at Goog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    James Holland, former Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employee, Accused of Embezzlement

    Courtesy of SFPPDJames Holland ​Police arrested 41-year-old James Eugene Holland for allegedly stealing money from a local nonprofit that helped to house low-income residents.  Holland was the Director of Property Management at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in 2009 when he reportedly embezzle ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2011

    Miracle Faker: Rick Perry's Texas Teaches America the Wrong Lessons

    Courtesy of SFPPDJames Holland ​Police arrested 41-year-old James Eugene Holland for allegedly stealing money from a local nonprofit that helped to house low-income residents.  Holland was the Director of Property Management at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in 2009 when he reportedly embezzle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    San Francisco Isn't Just Slutty, It's Also Dirty

    Well at least we have great coffee​Last week, we told you about how slutty San Franciscans are, maintaining an average of 30 partners. But apparently, we aren't just dirty-minded. According to a new travel survey, our fair city is trashy, too.San Francisco ranked No. 12 on the list of dirtiest urb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Facebook's Network Will Give Its Online-Coupon Service "Deals" a Boost

    Money CAN buy friends​Now that there is a full-fledged backlash against online coupon services, Facebook has jumped on the bandwagon. Today it launched the imaginatively titled "Deals" service in five test markets: San Francisco, Atlanta, Austin, Dallas and San Diego. Sorry, snowbelt, you'll just ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2011

    Super Bowl Was Yet Another Chance for Bogus Numbers

    Money CAN buy friends​Now that there is a full-fledged backlash against online coupon services, Facebook has jumped on the bandwagon. Today it launched the imaginatively titled "Deals" service in five test markets: San Francisco, Atlanta, Austin, Dallas and San Diego. Sorry, snowbelt, you'll just ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2011

    Wall of Shame

    CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

  • Articles

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

    CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Will President Bush Dare Come To the San Francisco World Series Games?

    I heart Texas Rangers.​Is Dubya coming to the World Series? Today's Examiner said it's "rumored" that George W. Bush is headed to either Games 1 or 2 in San Francisco to root for the Texas Rangers, the team which he used to partly own. (There's a good little bit of trivia to get you sports-apathet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    4505 Meats Offers World Series CSA Cooler, New Pickup Location

    4505 Meats/FacebookThe 4505 Meats World Series cooler is available for Wednesday pickup at Local Mission Eatery.​Those lame wagers mayors make with each other before events like the Super Bowl and World Series? Where the mayor of Dallas, say, pledges half a dozen rib racks to the mayor of New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    This Year's Texas State Fair Big Tex Contender: Deep-Fried Beer

    Dallas Morning NewsBeer-filled pretzel? More like Guinness-stuffed ravioli.​Edible trends shake up San Francisco like a 7.0 on the Richter scale (pork belly, roasted marrow, and of course, figs on a plate). But offer a Texan a Little Gem salad and he won't give a frying fig. That's because in ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Old 97's Played A Free Show in Justin Herman Plaza For the Benefit of Texas

    ​Old 97'sAugust 5, 2010@ Justin Herman PlazaBetter than: Other forms of advertising for Texas.Oh Rhett, oh Rhett, oh Rhett -- sweaty, suntanned, sloppy, probably sauced, and ever-so-fun even if this whole shilling-for-Texas-thing sounded off and seemed a bit awkward to us San Franciscans. Rhett Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Suspected Ponzi Scheme Fugitive Alan May Arrested in San Francisco

    ​Alan May ran, but he couldn't hide in San Francisco. The 45-year-old, wanted by the U.S. Secret Service for defrauding folks of more than $7 million in an oil and gas scheme, had traveled here from Cypress, Texas and taken on multiple identities. He rented an expensive apartment and was throwing ... More >>

  • Articles

    April 28, 2010

    A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

    ​Alan May ran, but he couldn't hide in San Francisco. The 45-year-old, wanted by the U.S. Secret Service for defrauding folks of more than $7 million in an oil and gas scheme, had traveled here from Cypress, Texas and taken on multiple identities. He rented an expensive apartment and was throwing ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

    ​Alan May ran, but he couldn't hide in San Francisco. The 45-year-old, wanted by the U.S. Secret Service for defrauding folks of more than $7 million in an oil and gas scheme, had traveled here from Cypress, Texas and taken on multiple identities. He rented an expensive apartment and was throwing ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Dandy Rotten Scoundrel

    Michael Manos was living the same lie that he peddled across the country. But in San Francisco, the truth caught up with him.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Average Frisco Penis Longer Than Typical L.A. Prick

    We're happy with ourselves today...​Finding a good man in San Francisco is not easy. Actually we devoted a cover story to the challenging hunt. Yet apparently finding a well-endowed man is not too hard (no pun intended). According to stats released by internet condom store Condomania, it's much ea ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2010

    The Strange Boys write another rough masterpiece

    We're happy with ourselves today...​Finding a good man in San Francisco is not easy. Actually we devoted a cover story to the challenging hunt. Yet apparently finding a well-endowed man is not too hard (no pun intended). According to stats released by internet condom store Condomania, it's much ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    SF Harry Potter Convention: Not As Sad As Expected

    Before an angry mob of Snapes and Dementors attacks my apartment with giant goblets of fire (note to mob:I do NOT live in the Castro so you should probably mosey on down to the Mission or anywhere that is again, NOT THE CASTRO) I should say I really enjoyed myself at Azkatraz, this year's Harry Pott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    San Francisco Does *Not* Make List of Top 25 Dangerous Neighborhoods in Country

    The old neighborhood has really gone to hell...One of the most sobering things about being a reporter is to read the police department's wrap-up of the prior day's assaults each morning. Do it enough and you start to believe it's darn near a miracle you got home without getting stabbe ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    The old neighborhood has really gone to hell...One of the most sobering things about being a reporter is to read the police department's wrap-up of the prior day's assaults each morning. Do it enough and you start to believe it's darn near a miracle you got home without getting stabbe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    San Francisco Does NOT Win 'Most Photo-Friendly City' Contest -- So We'll Denigrate the Poll (It's a Coping Mechanism)

    National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

  • Music

    September 3, 2008

    Mexican bribes and high gas prices: The May Fire's tour diary

    National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Radiohead Tour Dates Leave Out SF

    National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Brother Ali's 'Truth Is Here' Tour Reaches SF in March

    National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    Saul Williams Brings Niggy Tardust to SF in March

    National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Bring The Hard Sell to SF in Feb., Kid Koala Opens

    National Archives 111-SC box 692 329507Has our beauty deserted us? And without it -- what's left? This is not pee-wee soccer. There are winners and losers in life. In the immortal words of Reese Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last." So, we're chagrined to announce that San Francisco has been nam ... More >>

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Slacker Guys and Striver Girls

    When lazy men become projects for career women

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    R. Kelly to Share Closet Space with Ne-Yo in Oakland

    When lazy men become projects for career women

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2007

    LastNight: Menomena at the Independent Friday, June 8, 2007

    When lazy men become projects for career women

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Craig$list.com

    The much-loved Web site is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem.

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, November 23, 2005

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, September 1, 2004

  • Dining

    March 28, 2001

    The Culinary Travelogue

    Cafe Kati

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    South to the Future

    For Baby Boomers, the Doctor Is in ... the Bathroom

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Letters

    For Baby Boomers, the Doctor Is in ... the Bathroom

  • Calendar

    August 5, 1998

    Night Crawler

    For Baby Boomers, the Doctor Is in ... the Bathroom

  • News

    April 29, 1998

    Fake It to the Limit

    For 10 years, Lewis Peter Morgan impersonated Randy Meisner, an obscure former bass guitar player for the Eagles rock group. Morgan smooth-talked his way into a borrowed lifestyle of guitars, girls, and casinos. He could have checked out of the deception

  • Calendar

    April 9, 1997

    Night+Day

    For 10 years, Lewis Peter Morgan impersonated Randy Meisner, an obscure former bass guitar player for the Eagles rock group. Morgan smooth-talked his way into a borrowed lifestyle of guitars, girls, and casinos. He could have checked out of the deception

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