A Man and a Dog Walk into a Bar
About halfway through football season, when I caught on that the 49ers were moving out of a decade of bad coaching and worse ownership...
Drinking the ’Burbs
The Suburbs is the only Arcade Fire album I’ve ever wanted to like, because I am fascinated by the way suburbs help shape people...
A Landmark Game
I am not really a gamer, but I will forever be susceptible to the pixilated flicker of an ancient CRT screen’s silent exhortation to...
O’Shea’s: Tubular
I admit it. I’ve written far too much about Applebee’s in this space, enough to make the casual observer suspect that for all the...
Smooth Not Smoothie
I know Fort Worth has its share of mixologists and drink snobs. I assume they gather at mixology summer camp to grow beards and...
Main Events
The line at Lola's Saloon-Sixth was about 30 people deep and moving slowly when my friend turned to me and said, "You were watching...
Blue Goon
In Sundance Square, the good ol' Red Goose Saloon is one of the last bastions of crazy nightlife - two floors of cheap drinks,...
Don’t Waste Fuel
I’m not gonna lie. I sometimes wish Spencer’s Corner was still around. I’m not saying I sit at home pining for the long-gone fortress...
A Capital Idea
Ever been to the Capital Bar? I mean, you probably have — it’s been open for almost a year, and from what I’ve seen,...
They Playin’ Bas-ket-baaalll
How many Mavs fans are in this city? I ask because I recently became obsessed with Manu Ginobli’s magical passing ability, and I know...
