D Magazine November 2008
Cover Story
The Jews Who Built Dallas
Even as the Klan made the city a stronghold, these merchants, bankers, and rabbis made it a great American city.
Features
Publications
Growing Up Jewish in 1950s Dallas
I don’t remember feeling more out of place than the evening, some 50 years ago, when my family and I walked into the Columbian Club.
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Jewish Life in Dallas Today
Although the Dallas Jewish community still needs many things—like a good kosher restaurant—the Columbian’s passing suggests it has finally matured.
Greatest Sports Stories
Dressed to Kill
The most hated hockey player in the NHL also happens to be a really nice guy and a bit of a dandy.
Publications
The Day Kennedy Died
Dr. Robert McClelland held JFK’s head in his hands. He massaged Oswald’s heart. Forty-five years later, his students are still riveted by the surgeon’s tales.
Food and Drink
Review: Cowboy Chow
Deep Ellum gets a shot of culinary courage from chef Jason Boso’s Cowboy Chow.
Food and Drink
Review: Seventeen Seventeen
To give the nearly forgotten lunch spot a shot in the arm, the museum brought in quintessential Dallas chef Stephan Pyles.
Publications
Review: Tei An
Teiichi “Teach” Sakurai debuts Tei An, a wonderful, exotic Japanese restaurant dedicated to soba noodles.
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Zihuatanejo, Mexico
This authentic Mexican village on the country’s Pacific coast makes a great escape for lovers of sun, sand, and simple pleasures.
Cover Story
Goodbye, Columbian
It was more than just a country club. It was a cradle of Jewish culture, a ballroom where men and women met and fell in love, for years Dallas’ best restaurant. And now, after 125 years, it’s gone.
Publications
Dallas Shouldn’t Pay for a Convention Hotel
The city has plunged too deeply, too quickly into financing and building a convention hotel.
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Anatomy of a Political Boner
Farmers Branch Mayor Tim O’Hare recently found himself in hot water for something he’d done way back in June 2006, when he was a city councilman.
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Crow Holdings’ Anne Raymond Takes on the Convention Hotel
Anne Raymond is coming into her own as Harlan Crow’s “right-hand man.”
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Now What?
With restaurants closing all over town, here’s our handy, semi-serious guide to where you should go now that your favorite haunt is gone.
Publications
Why Does the Dallas Morning News So Frequently Describe Food As “Swarthy”?
What does “swarthy” taste like? Ask the DMN’s dining critic.
Beauty
Best of Show at New York Fashion Week
Fall may be upon us, but the runways at New York Fashion Week were in full bloom.
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NY Fashion Week Spring 2009: Runway Roundup
Some of our favorite looks from the catwalk.
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The Mystery That Is Josh Howard
After a summer of controversy, Josh Howard will start watching what he says. That’s too bad.
Beauty
Big D in the Big Apple
Locals attend NYC’s spring Fashion Week and share their thoughts with us.
Publications
Can George Steel Make You Love Opera?
George Steel shocked everyone when he took the job in Dallas. Now the work begins.
Publications
The Best Hotel Bars in Dallas
Rejoice, fellow citizens! The city has experienced a renaissance of boîtes des hôtels, for lack of a less pretentious, less circumflex-riddled term. They’ve become destinations in their own right. (Though, if you should find yourself in need of a room, too, who are we to judge?) Here are our favorites.
Publications
Growing Up Jewish in 1950s Dallas
I don’t remember feeling more out of place than the evening, some 50 years ago, when my family and I walked into the Columbian Club.
Food and Drink
Review: Cowboy Chow
Deep Ellum gets a shot of culinary courage from chef Jason Boso’s Cowboy Chow.
Food and Drink
Review: Seventeen Seventeen
To give the nearly forgotten lunch spot a shot in the arm, the museum brought in quintessential Dallas chef Stephan Pyles.
Publications
The Ender: Laura Miller Makes Me Sweat
When I first realized that I exercised at the same small Uptown gym as Laura Miller, she pretended not to see me.
