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Arts + Culture
Dishlicious
Gayborhood welcomes Italian brunch and supper club, Hung Dinger FISHY DISH: Hostess-waitress Ella Love Jones serves a diva platter, the “Madonna” Linguine Pescatore Diavalo ($11.95) with shrimp, calamari, clams, mussels and artichoke hearts in spicy marinar…
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North, south & in between
By Andrew Collins Contributing Travel Writer Bargains abound on either side of the U.S. border — and at home Some of Las Vegas’ more lavish hotels are ready to make great deals. The travel and tourism industries have suffered severely in recent months, as c…
Arts + Culture
Tasting notes •Â February 13, 2009
By Arnold Wayne Jones Staff Writer Wolfgang Puck soars over Dallas; Stephan Pyles flies into Meyerson HAVE A BITE: Wolfgang Puck was on hand this week to mark the grand opening of Five Sixty, his 16th fine-dining concept atop Reunion Tower. The hair is thin…
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Christian hot mess
By Daniel A. Kusner Life+Style Editor When question gets too personal, gay friendly author wimps out on marriage Why are conservative Christians so hell-bent on damning gays? What’s really at the core? This week, Dallas Voice asked Cheryl Moss Tyler the que…
Arts + Culture
Travel diary
By Arnold Wayne Jones Staff Writer Mardi Gras returns to Galveston; Winter Party heats up Miami Galveston’s gay-friendly Mardi Gras celebration will return despite the devastating hurricane that hit last September. ARNOLD WAYNE JONES/Dallas Voice Last Febru…
Arts + Culture
Hector's, in and out
For those who hadn’t already heard, Blythe Beck — the naughty and outrageous chef at Hector’s on Henderson for the last three years or so — left the Uptown-adjacent eatery to take over the kitchen at Central 214 in the Hotel Palomar, which had been with…
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Tom Sime must be in a state of rapture
Last year, Tom Sime — the gay former theater critic for the Dallas Morning News and managing director of Contemporary Theatre of Dallas —  packed up his belongings and headed for New York City. Sime followed a kind of reverse bohemian arc of getting ol…
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Another catfight on 'The View'
From this morning’s show. Long “hot topics” segments. FIRST SEGMENT: Jump to the 5:58 mark. The cackling hens were arguing about Olympic millionaire Michael Phelps smoking “illegal” weed. Whoopi admits to hitting the bong. Then in SEGMENT 2, the fur starts…
Arts + Culture
Sohomo
London’s gayest neighborhood is still a hot spot for queer international club queens LONDON CALLING: Candy Bar is one of Soho’s top lesbian nightspots. It may be one of the most expensive cities in the world, but there’s no denying that London makes for an…
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Here's to some 30-year-old Turtles
O.K. CHORALE | The Turtle Creek Chorale over the decades — from the top: 1980: The premiere concert in June; 1991: Yet another queen — Elizabeth II — meets then-artistic director Timothy Seelig while visiting Dallas; 2001: The chorale helps raise money for…
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Sweet homo Alabama
By ED WALSH | Contributing Writer [email protected] Mobile and its environs make the Deep South feel surprisingly gay-friendly The lobby of the Battle House hotel in Mobile is as charming as the rest of the town. In tiny Monroeville, Ala. (pop. 6800)…
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Hurry onto Henderson
Uptown’s stepsister has become a dining destination, especially with two of 2008’s best new restaurants: Soley! and Sushi Axiom LITTLE LAMB: A T-bone of lamb atop a plantain puree and bed of lentils with corizo at Soley! turns a classic French dish into a s…
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