LETTERS

Best and Worst



We are proud to claim D’s award for the Best Information Service in Dallas (January).

We are asked over one and a half million questions per year. Sometimes we say we don’t know; and yes, we sometimes goof, but we try.

Thank you for the honor . . . coming from D Magazine (another winner in our book), it will be especially cherished; and we are spreading the news with enthusiasm and no modesty.

Lillian M. Bradshaw

Director of Libraries

Dallas Public Library



We feel compelled to call your attention to an error in your recent listing of the Texas Chute Out as the “Worst Amusement Ride.”

You ask, “Would you pay to stand in line 45 minutes for a 45-second elevator ride?”

Correction, please. The ride lasts 28 seconds. Pan us if you will, but please don’t slow us down.

Bruce Neal, Manager

Public Relations

Six Flags Over Texas

Arlington



Thank you for selecting the view from Mountain View College as a recipient of one of D Magazine’s “Best” Awards. We admire your good taste and, however modestly, accept this honor. We will, of course, choose an appropriate place in which to hang our certificate. At this point, we are debating the merits of displaying this award in the executive washroom vs. the bottom of the reflection pool.

Seriously, I did want you to know we enjoyed receiving such an accolade from your magazine. I remain puzzled, however, as to how we could compete with the Neiman-Marcus escalator for “best view” award.

David M. Sims

President, Mountain View College



In “Best & Worst” you named Orville’s Popcorn as the best, based on mathematics. It may pop up the largest but the taste and texture is like a cotton ball. I have eaten 15 ounces of it and decided never again.

The best for flavor, and that’s why I eat popcorn, is 3-Minute Brand. It pops up light, fluffy and tasty. It’s available in white and yellow kernels for those who like variety. It’s found at Skaggs-Albertsons.

The worst, I’d have to say, is Jiffy Pop. After chewing a few kernels you get the feeling you’re eating part of the Jiffy pan. You don’t want to find this one.

Mrs. Ellen C. Dollacker

Irving



Does “D.Q.” stand for “Doesn’t Qualify?” These initials were used in the “Best and Worst” feature under “Worst ice cream soda.” Some uninformed people might think that “D.Q.” stood for Dairy Queen, but that couldn’t be the case since ice cream sodas are not on the Dairy Queen menu.

If you do this type of article again, I suggest you try Dairy Queen for best shakes and home made onion rings. Of course, that’s just my opinion.

Marion Lindell

Dallas

I just moved to Dallas from Boston where people look forward to “Best and Worst” articles – it’s about all they have to look forward to. I have enjoyed the recent issues of your magazine and when I saw the last issue couldn’t wait to read it. What a disappointment! Have Oak Cliff and Titche’s undies been too much for you? Considering all the “Best and Worst” articles I have read, on a scale of 1-10, you get a .001 and an overall comment of no guts – please try again.

Roger Weaver

Dallas



Everyone knows where to go and watch girls. How about us girls that want to watch men?

Janis Thompson

Joan E. Centera

Dallas



Editor’s Note: Try Glencoe Park on a Saturday afternoon when the rugby players are out in their little shorts.



What do you mean, “worst” theater in Dallas? What did you do – go to a 7:30 showing of Young Frankenstein on a Friday night? No wonder teeny-boppers were all over the place. They are paying customers, too.

As a frequent movie goer, I feel that your opinions concerning movie theaters were grossly unfair. Northtown Six is one of the best family theaters in North Dallas.

Northtown Six prices are reasonable, $2.50, with a special time each day when adults are $1.50. On Tuesday nights at all times adults are $1.50.

If Northtown Six is the worst theate in Dallas, why is its business based on repeat customers, and why have more than two million people watched its movies since its opening?

However, this mistake will not cause my subscription to be cancelled as I find D Magazine entertaining in a sarcastic sort of way.

Judy Owen

Dallas

Woes at Oz



I think it’s time for you to revisit Oz. Having recently convinced my out-of-town guests to give up their reservations at Old Warsaw (“not always up to its glowing reputation”) to sample the higher rated Oz (“creative excellence”), I was subsequently embarrassed and then outraged at the incompetence displayed at Oz. The whole experience was a disaster.

One example should convey the whole frustrating tone of the evening. I had ordered oysters on the half shell. When the dish came, it was apparent that some (but not all) of the “oysters” were something else entirely. The waiter took the dish to the kitchen, and returned to explain that they had run out of oysters and had substituted clams for the remainder. Not choosing to have clams on the half shell, I had the dish returned to the kitchen. Twenty minutes later the waiter returned and explained that they had “just found the oysters” and would I like some. I declined.

Dallas has many fine restaurants, but from what I’ve seen Oz is not among them.

James A. Johnston

Dallas



Editor’s Note: We have looked into the situation at Oz and concur. We no longer recommend this restaurant to our readers.



Real Estate Realities



I am delighted to write to say that I very much enjoyed Alex Acheson’s ’How to Find Your Blue Chip Home” story in the January 1977 issue. The story was well-researched, well-thought->ut and well-written . . . but most im->ortant, it was on a subject that is of vital interest to every homeowner (and future homeowners) in the area.

Carl Wright

Marketing Director

Realty World, Dallas