D Magazine April 2007

It seems as though there are more people running for mayor than there are registered voters. With 21 candidates (so far), why aren’t we more excited about our options?

Local politicians are grabbing it before you can. Only your legislator can stop them.

Dallas artist Tom Pribyl wanted to try something different. For 10 years, he’d painted interior scenes. Now he wanted to branch out, to challenge himself. The solution: paint-by-number.

This getaway has it all: luxurious digs, flawless services, fine dining—all in an eco-friendly environment.

Taking a second-grader’s science project can be hazardous to a marriage.

We begin with the beautiful Amanda Peet. The Hollywood starlet knows Amy Talkington, a native of Dallas, who two years ago in L.A. had a script in need of actors.

Ali Michael didn’t plan to model until two years ago when a friend’s mother suggested she attend open casting at Dallas’ Kim Dawson Agency. The agency was impressed but told her to come back for its local model search competition, when her braces would be off.

Primp to perfection with these homegrown beauty blends.

Scott Kurtz’s web site is—gasp—really funny.

Why Michael Roberts is a thorn in a computer giant’s side.

A Dallas author spends a year in the life of the most over-caffeinated stock.

Prepare to show some leg, ladies. The hemline is on the rise thanks to minidresses and above-the-knee skirts.

He brings more to the community than prime rib.

Cru was conceived as a hip destination to experience fine wine through fun, if gimmicky, flights of red and white wine, with names like Sexy Reds and Better Blends.

Dallas’ newest steakhouse needs to beef up its efforts, and it says it will, if it wants to avoid being put out to pasture.

A facelift and new menu for the dining darling of the Bishop Arts District—and Dallas.

Tucker is the kind of restaurant for which you root.

At Zounds-Sounds, teachers tell students to turn it up to 11.

SWAT teams are a California invention, and there are 1,600 such outfits in the United States. So how come Dallas’ SWAT became the focus of two—count ’em—two reality television shows? 

Our exclusive list of the top 147 pediatricians in Dallas.

Dallas County leads the country in DNA exonerations. One reason all those men were wrongfully convicted: the police lineup.

Spa services that are sure to make you happy.

Who would have thought Taming of the Shrew would be Richard Hamburger’s farewell production at the Dallas Theater Center? Certainly not Hamburger.

Josephine’s adds a touch of class to Frisco thanks to owners Chris and Cynde Gangi.

Have a kid with ADD or ADHD and unsure about Ritalin? Don’t underestimate the healing power of listening to a cowbell or standing on one leg. PLUS: our exclusive list of the top 147 pediatricians in Dallas.