Off the Record, On my Tab
Not to come across like a curmudgeon, but I’m opposed to drunk shopping. When Target was toying with the idea of letting you tote...
Twilite Bayou
My family lives by a generations-old maxim: “New Orleans is the place to be if you’re having or escaping a good old-fashioned nervous breakdown.”...
Eric Nadel’s Benefit Blowout
I know it’s an ironic buzzkill to weigh in with a sobering thought in a column about drinking and night-light party zones, but here...
City Works on a Chicago Tex-Pat
I’m always on edge when Texans drag me to any place that bills itself as “Chicago style.” I once had a meltdown and literally...
Angel Dust at Bass Hall
Of all the chaotic holiday seasons I’ve had in the past, 2017 took home the gold medal. I found myself doing the regular stressful...
Smoke Signals
You probably know this already, but on December 12, the City of Fort Worth updated its smoking ordinance, extending its prohibition of cigarettes and...
Life’s Too Short to Live in Dallas
Arlington residents might have heard bullets whizzing overhead recently or at least caught the verbal kind of shots fired from Dallas back toward Fort...
Go Southwest, BoomerJack
In the past, I definitely was not a member of the BoomerJacks Grill & Bar fan club. The Montgomery Plaza location was often the...
Rediscovering MacCool’s
At this point, I could devote every week of this column to reminiscing about a Fort Worth bar closing its doors, but such is...
Holidays on Ice
As a person who hails from the American Siberia that is wintertime in Illinois, getting into the holiday spirit when it’s 82 degrees outside...
