Archive for November, 2010
By Bruce Felps Courtney Luscher, the general manager and sommelier at The Grape, starts a little holiday tradition tomorrow evening with the first of a series of wine tastings, dubbed Get Your Wine On. Tomorrow’s event, followed each Wednesday evening at the same time during December, takes place from 6-7 p.m., Dec. 1, at The [...]
By Bruce Felps An e-mail message from a Whole Foods emissary arrived a bit ago with information related to Friday night’s Light Up Lakewood festivities. Seems the grocer plans a few deals in conjunction with the community event.
By Bruce Felps See that pretty girl up there? That’s Blitzen the reindeer, but probably not the famous one. And no, she’s not lost. In fact, she can be found at the Dallas Arboretum weekends from 1-4 p.m.
By Bruce Felps A rare bottle of wine recently arrived in the neighborhood. A mere six bottles of Charles Smith Royal City Syrah made it to Dallas wine and spirits shops, and one landed at Kindred Spirits. The reason for the varietal’s scarcity is the 100 rating it received from the Wine Enthusiast and the [...]
By Bruce Felps As mentioned yesterday in these cyber-pages, Light Up Lakewood takes place Friday night. The “primary assist” dished out by the Lakewood Neighborhood Association went unexplained but it warrants a special shout out.
By Bruce Felps You almost redeemed yourself yesterday. I went in to pick up an adult beverage not easily found around here — or anywhere, for that matter — and yours is the only establishment that sells it and is open on Sundays.
By Bruce Felps The Woodrow community regularly turns out in force for the school’s annual fall play and spring musical. Those shows don’t go on without the in-person support of a full auditorium, but they also don’t go on without financial support.
By Bruce Felps News flash, this just in: December starts this week, Wednesday to be exact, and if memory serves, a rather significant event takes place toward the end of the month. In celebration and anticipation of the holiday season, Lakewood Business Association, with a primary assist from the Lakewood Neighborhood Association, presents the eighth [...]
Community Contribution Mix the unfettered creativity of a child with the practiced eye of a professional, and the results are the eye-popping canvases and ceramic works offered at this year’s fall auction by The Children’s Center, a nonprofit preschool near White Rock Lake. One class’ free-spirited group interpretation of the alphabet is an example. The [...]
By Bruce Felps David Jones left UPS to join UPS. To be fair, and balanced, he worked as an information technology consultant between the two stints with the shipping and logistics giant. In fact, he worked as an IT professional for 10 years during his employee tenure with UPS before outsourcing claimed his job. During [...]
