D Magazine July 2022

In finding the best spraygrounds in town, we turned to an expert.

Jorge Baldor, founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development, shares his top picks for July and beyond.

What was a docent trying to communicate at the Bush Library?

Haley Taylor Schlitz graduated from the SMU Dedman School of Law at 19 years old. That’s only one of many things you should know about her.

You’ll know you’ve arrived when you see the Statue of Liberty.

Red Bull Batalla is trying to find the best Spanish speaking rapper. This artist may already be in North Texas.

The city’s new environmental director came from the Environmental Protection Agency, where he enforced the Clean Air Act. He actually understands his job.

The former X Games participant now has his own shop in North Oak Cliff.

Brit Kevin Charles aims to bring five-star service to his salons, minus the snobbery.

Market has turned Highland Park Village into a pop-up incubator for emerging designers.

Cathy and Jörg Fercher look back at two decades of serving up Austrian and German food together at Jörg’s Cafe Vienna.

The Mexican in the Design District is a conventional, style-first Dallas steakhouse masquerading as fine dining from south of the border.

Summer is time for alfresco dining, triple-digit temperatures notwithstanding. Here are the best pairings in Dallas.

Open-concept homes are super cute, but where am I supposed to hide my true self? Especially when I’m having to pay … how much?

Ivy and Young Byun are doctors with three kids under the age of 6. So of course they needed to get involved in a professional Ultimate Frisbee league.

When you ask kids to write something, what you get often will surprise you.

Author LaToya Watkins revisits NorthPark Center after two decades.

Aunt Dimple never let an opportunity pass her by.

Some things are worth waiting for, even as the world changes around you.

The cacophony of the traffic and activity on and along the High Five Interchange can easily drown out a simple request: let me down easy.

Be careful what you say in White Rock Lake.

In today’s piece of summer fiction, even vampires play the Granada.

La Llorona’s journey that night began at the Wild Detectives, but she was destined for what the Caddo called the Arkikosa.

Reunion Tower can be a whimsical place once you get used to your new mode of travel.

Long before Dallas came to know it as the South Side on Lamar apartment complex, the giant building on what is now Botham Jean Boulevard was a Sears warehouse. Its stories are there, beneath the structure.

The city and the state tried many times to erase the Freedman’s Cemetery, but Pearlie Mae Jenkins stayed until its history could be known again.

The Robocop producers gifted Dallas one of seven replicas of the suit. And who better to take ownership of it, all these decades later, than the recently retired man who had maintained City Hall since 1978.

On Jefferson Boulevard, Victor’s was the best place to get a fade. And everyone knew it: the quinceañera happening later in the day doesn’t mean the line for a haircut wouldn’t be there.