D Magazine July 2006

Tracy Rowlett chats with Dallas County medical director John T. Carlo, M.D.

Petit Fours Cakes Gourmet is a designer bakery centered on the bite-size frosted cake towers.

New treatments and potions for summer beauty, plus rose-colored accents and this summer’s freshest makeup.

Provocative new book White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001 hits all the hot buttons. Add it to your summer reading list.

Our style editor talks with Ruffian’s designers in this web-only feature.

Greg Dunagan is not a perfect man. But he’s no murderer. Yet he’s serving a life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. Could the man who fingered him be the one to blame?

Nestled in the spectacular Canadian Rocky Mountains, Jasper is a fantasy playground for outdoor adventurists.

The mayor has bigger things to worry about than her ding-a-ling husband.

The Voila French Bakery and Bistro chef and co-owner makes his croissants from scratch.

This month Charles Grahmann will resign as Catholic bishop of Dallas. Even so, he thinks he’ll stay on for two more years. He’s wrong.

Sue Hastings was about as famous as a puppeteer could get in mid-1920s New York. She designed, created, and operated some of the finest marionettes of the time. Here’s how her collection ended up at the Dallas Children’s Theater.

Intimate evenings with Ally David, what happened with that wreck in the West End, and Il Mulino’s sad departure from the Dallas dining scene.

Born in Milan, Bice, now a sprawling Italian food empire, conquers a corner at Crescent Court.

Two-dollar tapas on Tuesday nights are still a thrill, although we prefer to chill on a Sunday night and feast on one of two options: meat or vegetable.

The arrival of chef Marc Cassel has nudged Dragonfly’s kooky-coolness factor a notch higher.

Don’t let the fancy interior fool you. It’s possible to dine here without jeopardizing your car payment.

Van Roberts’ foodie temple gives chefs—this time, Gray Henry—a broad platform on which to strut their stuff.

The community of Southlake demands more than the usual cast of chain restaurants. Can Michael Anthony’s Fine Dining rise to the challenge?

The Queen has relocated to Addison, but the food is still an exotic treat.

Peek inside the lofty lofts on the upper floors of Mockingbird Station while you sip sake and chopstick your way through a rainbow roll.

Between its DMA setting, elegant Paul Draper interior, and spotless service, Seventeen Seventeen is among the nicest lunch spots in town.

In the market for a multimillion-dollar manse? You won’t find it on MLS. You need to call the Masters of Residential Real Estate. PLUS: our exclusive list of the top 258 agents in town.

The Dallas Summer Musicals’ Michael Jenkins builds Ferris wheels in places as far away as Nigeria. Just think what he could do for Dallas theater. PLUS: a new exhibit at the Kimbell showcases the museum’s own holdings.