D Magazine December 1985

MAKE A DATE TO HIT THE HOLIDAYS’ HIGH POINTS

The hottest new restaurants in the Metroplex

Beating a path to a world class city

New York’s in a Dallas state of mind

Oh brave new (nonlinear) world

On a single Sunday last October, a Baptist congregation offered up $1.8 million to the collection plate. Each week some 900 meetings are staged at a Methodist church in Highland Park. We are perceived as a city with a church on every corner and a Rolex on every wrist. Do we worship at the altar of salvation or success?

After “It’s Impossible,” songwriter Sid Wayne charts the long course back to the top

How a slam-dunk PR machine hypes a winning team

A last rite: Albanian wedding in a strip shopping center

Four years ago, a sniper’s bullet pierced the brain of an Arlington teenager. For three weeks he lay in a coma, with little hope for recovery. But Kevin Curnutt defied the odds. Last month he crawled nine inches across the floor.

Rule No. 1: Never sleep with a co-worker

WHAT’S TOPPING THE WISH LISTS IN 1985

A GALLERY OF GIFTS FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST