D Magazine June 2002

Mark Cuban threatens a local journalist and more.

Which communities have the best schools, lowest crime rates, and most affordable housing? We studied 50 outlying areas to find the most desirable place to live in Dallas—that’s not actually in Dallas.

One brave father takes golf lessons with his son in the ultimate father-son bonding experience.

Getting a 1,200-pound thoroughbred across the wire isn’t easy. Neither
is losing five pounds every day. But the jockeys in town for four
months at Lone Star Park do it despite the danger, the pain, and the
torment to their bodies.

We pub-crawled in North Dallas, scoured the dives on Lower Greenville, and sipped wine at the Mansion. And our livers lived to talk about it.

Visit Nick Barclay’s hotel and restaurant in the rolling hills of Cornwall, England.