D Magazine March 2009

The ingenious Duck Bill solves man’s greatest pocket-sized problem.

I went to the West Village Starbucks so often that I began to recognize the regulars. Then I decided to meet them.

Nick Badovinus opens a charming little restaurant with an odd name and an unpretentious menu—all of it inspired by his roots.

Courtney Underwood is on a mission to change the way Dallas treats rape victims.

The Texas Ballet Theater brings “Cleopatra” to Fort Worth. Now what about Dallas?

For two good-looking young people with steady jobs, James Faust and Sarah Harris don’t have much of a social life. At least not in January and February, when the AFI Dallas programmers watch 20 to 30 shorts and two to four feature-length films per day.

How a homeless man’s canvas wound up hanging in the White House.

Grand openings and special promotions from hotels and resorts around the world make this a great time to get out of town.

The arts can’t flourish without honest commentary. And occasional blogging won’t cut it.

A group of Dallas epicures journeys to Siena to attend Ecco La Cucina, a Tuscan culinary school where they would learn how to cook like a real Italian. But first they had to eat like one.

A look at who’s going green in North Texas.

Two by Two for AIDS and Art, Fashion at the Park, Palm Night, Treasure Street, and Art + Advocacy