Articles for August 6th, 2008
The Audacity of Democracy with Sandra Crenshaw
Sandra Crenshaw adds to her resume with this appearance in an anti-Obama documentray, The Audacity of Democracy. She’s really almost kind of like Paris Hilton if you think about it.
Cougar Gym Coming To Park Cities, PH?
Eric Celeste may have a new place to hang out that’s much closer to the office than Martini Park.
Just down the street on Oak Lawn, Equinox Fitness, a new gym catering to cougars fashionistas, is taking over a space once occupied by a CVS. (A second one is going up at Hillcrest and Northwest Highway.)
After talking with the people behind Equinox Fitness’ ad campaign it was pretty clear that this could eventually become the Cougar Capital of North Dallas.
“This is not what happens in an Equinox Fitness center. I don’t want to disappoint you. This is more about the fantasy that happens once you leave Equinox,” said Rosemary Abendroth, spokeswoman for Fallon Worldwide (not at all related to Brennan Huff and Dale Dobeck’s Prestige Worldwide).
Obviously, Rosemary was referring to Equinox’s racy ad on the home page of their website featuring a half naked man wearing gold trunks and women who are eating fruit off his stomach.
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Parkie Vet Recs
I never thought I’d say this but, I have a kitten. My daughter adopted it at Camp Longhorn and I actually like it, pretty cute. Her name is Josie Love Brownie, long story. Anyway, I need a local vet. Where do I go?
Charles on the Pole, the Final Countdown
Charles, I was just looking at the sched for tomorrow and got really excited when I saw this little appointment. Are you getting a wax today?
Musical Genius at Nokia Tonight
The one and only “Weird Al” Yankovic will be making a tour stop at Grand Parairie’s Nokia Theater tonight. I’ll be there, proudly wearing my Star Wars T-shirt so I can fit in with the crowd.
I’ve always felt like Al is pretty genius. Some folks will tell you anybody can do what he does, but if that’s true, then why don’t they?
I have seen Al once before, at the dearly departed Bronco Bowl in Oak Cliff. It was one of the final shows at the historic venue, where a Home Depot now stands. Al’s best line of that night: “You know, the last time I played a dilapidated bowling alley that was about to become a hardware store…” Clearly, genius.
Seeing Stars at SMU Practice
SMU football practice on Wednesday morning included some perfect weather and the presence of a couple of Dallas Cowboys legends.
Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and running back Daryl “Moose” Johnston were on hand for about an hour of new new head coach June Jones’ third day of practice. The weather certainly cooperated with temperatures in the mid-80s and a nice breeze.
Although he played at Oklahoma and UCLA, Aikman has become a Mustangs enthusiast.
“I have no ties to the university,” Aikman said, “but with it being in my backyard from where I live, I’m a fan of the school.”
Jones is also an NFL veteran quarterback. He played for the Atlanta Falcons from 1977 to 1981.
Shoots
My household was 
honored to receive a free copy of a new magazine, “Garden & Gun,” a publication aimed at “21st Century Southern America*.” (The asterisk ties into the tag line, “like St. Augustine, Florida”). I really thought this thing was a parody of what someone in Boston thinks Southerners would like, but it appears to be for real.
Ah, where to start with a magazine with cover stories like “The Indiana Jones of Plants,” “Miami’s Killer Cuban Sandwiches,” and “Ted Turner’s Wildest Son?” Let’s start here: Dallas, and most of Texas, is not in the South. It’s a blurred line, certainly, but I think most would agree that the South peters out somewhere just west of Tyler. It certainly doesn’t make it to Dallas County or the Park Cities. Here’s a test: if you have to ask for your tea to be sweetened, you aren’t in the South.
I can picture the “concept meeting” for this publication. “Hey, Mr. Silverman, from the movies I’ve watched, people in the South like to grow food and stuff, and they like to shoot things. How about “Garden & Guns?” “That’s brilliant, Chad, go with it!”
Along those lines, people up North seem to like social welfare and not owning their own cars, right? How about “Taxes and Taxis?” Or “Trees and Fleas” in the Northwest?
Vegas Bets Big on Sessions
How is the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms like the right of the American people to throw away as much money as they wish on online poker games? Our Park Cities congressman, Pete Sessions, tells you how, in our story explaining why he’s spent time raising money from the Poker Players Alliance in Las Vegas lately, and why he’s committed to “mapping out a strategy” to legalize online gambling.
And if you like, listen to him explain it himself.