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Arts + Culture
Oscar post no. 2
• Again, the predictable win for animated feature went to Up, and Pete Docter, whom I met and interviewed last year, accepted. So maybe shaking my hand was the luck he needed. Jus’ sayin’. • Cameron Diaz goes 2 for 2, saying “the winner is” instead of “the…
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Oscar post no. 1
The first of my ongoing (possibly spoiler-filled) notes about the Oscarcast: • The ceremony began with gay Tony and Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris doing a song-and-dance about how he wasn’t the host this year. Then actual hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin…
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Travel diary • 03.05.10
The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau is giving gay travelers to Big D the opportunity to win a weekend stay during Easter. Teaming up with the Holiday Inn Dallas Market Center, the winner will receive a three-night stay at the hotel. This year marks th…
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Size doesn't matter
By ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected] Sangria’s streamlined menu of small-plate dining revitalizes Uptown tapas MEDITERRANEAN MADNESS | Sangria reinvents itself with a broad-scope approach to tapas, with tangy items like the seared…
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Food of love
By ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected]` We have our favorite gay-friendly restaurants. Here are some trying to make Valentine’s Day special for lovers of all kinds FEAST OF ST. VALENTINE | The Grape will serve its regular menu Frida…
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Travel diary • 02.05.10
Even before Mexico City approved same-sex marriage last year, our warm neighbor to the south was a great place for gays to visit. The Blue Seas Report & Spa in Old Town Puerto Vallarta is a gay guesthouse with beautiful views of the ocean — and other guests…
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The dish on Dish
By ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected] At Dish, sophistication and quality don’t come at too high a price OVERALL RATING 3.5 out of 5 stars Dish at the ilume, 4123 Cedar Springs Road, suite 110. Open daily for dinner and for weekend…
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Snow days
By Andrew collins | Contributing Travel Writer [email protected] Celebrate both the Winter Olympics and WinterPride in Vancouver and Whistler LITTLE BLACK BOOK Other Attractions Blue Water Cafe, Vancouver, BlueWaterCafe.net. Bacchus, Vancouver, Wedge…
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Please, sir, I want Samar!
By ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected] Stephan Pyles triangulates on 3 continents, and the result shows great taste WORLD TOUR Pyles, below with his papadum cups, excels at Indian influenced dishes like the tiger prawns, left. Arnol…
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The year in veganism
By Eddie Garza | Contributing Writer [email protected] Beef-obsessed Dallas witnessed a burgeoning vegan movement in 2009, and our man veg’d out to chronicle it Gay Mercy for Animals founder Nathan Runkle met with Spiral Diner founders when visit Dallas…
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Tasting notes • 12.25.09
Chef Blythe Beck For your New Year’s dining excursions, these places have you covered both night and day. Stephan Pyles’ newest restaurant, Samar, will be open for two seatings (starting at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.), from $85 to $125, with a menu designed by Pyles…
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Mexican (whoa, whoa) gay, oh!
By ANDREW COLLINS | Contributing Travel Writer [email protected] Guadalajara, the ‘Mexican San Francisco,’ offers a gay accepting environment south of the border POPPIN’ YER ‘CHERRY | The high-energy gay club Black?Cherry is one of Guadalajara’s sign…
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