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Burger places are In n Out of our neighborhood, but we’ve found a few that are tried and true. LISTEN HERE.

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We love lunch. But sometimes there’s just not a lot of time for it. Luckily we have some grocery stores and markets around here that offer good hot lunches sans the hassle and high prices that often accompany dining out. LISTEN HERE 

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Have a dream? We do (and some weird ones). In fact we sat around for an hour after this 10-minute podcast discussing them. Fortunately the School of Metaphysics and its dream experts reside right here in the neighborhood. This week Jenny Turkyilmaz, a student in dream interpretation, analyzes our dreams, … more

You hear all the time about bad service — from us, your friends, other blogs and the like — but today we’re talking about those places that actually seem to appreciate our business. Shops, restaurants and other neighborhood businesses that go the extra mile deserve their props, so tell us … more

How do the Advocate editors manage to look so stylish on an editor’s salary? Maybe it has something to do with our intimate knowledge of neighborhood thrift stores. That’s the topic of this week’s “What’s Up With That” podcast, which you can hear HERE.

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Good wine is being made right here in the Lone Star State – now there’s something all Texans can raise a glass to.

We Dallasites, on the whole, care about our trees. The good news is that the proposed update of the Dallas Tree Preservation Ordinance, which I wrote about last month, includes some much-needed provisions. However, some major problems remain unaddressed.

One of the worst problems we currently face is clear-cutting, … more

It might seem ironic that Michael Allen, a self-described “church kid”, is starring in documentary titled “Beware of Christians”. “I called myself a Christian, went to church, prayed, all that stuff,” Allen says, “but I don’t think I was really exposed much to radical faith until college.” Allen, a Texas … more

To say Maxine Bennett is well-traveled would be an understatement. But even after seeing the world, she says only one locale will always holds a special place in her heart: the small West Texas valley Castle Gap, nestled between King and Castle mountains. It has long lured many hopeful explorers … more