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“A couple of years ago, I discovered the world of baking blogs, and I was hooked,” McCabe says.

Bacci’s Pizza and Pasta and more …

The proposed ordinance would enact tighter restrictions to help deter suspicious people and prevent litter in our neighborhoods.

Dirt has started to fly at the northeast corner of Prestonwood and Belt Line where there are plans to tear down the shopping center to make way for a new theater and restaurant complex.

I snapped this picture yesterday of Studio Movie Grill being ripped apart.… more

Update from this morning’s post:

The first step in revitalizing Valley View is getting local and national tenants back in to the mall, says Scott Beck with Beck Ventures. The development company bought the center with plans for a walkable, urban village known as Dallas Midtown, but that won’t happen … more

Here is the latest breaking news on the taco situation in our neck of the woods.

Burrito Jimmy just opened a location at the southwest corner of Coit and Alpha. The set-up is like Chipotle but with more varied ingredients such as zucchini, squash, red onion and peppers. The place … more

The League of Women Voters of Richardson and the RISD Council of PTAs will host a meet-and-greet with candidates 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26 at the RISD Professional Development Center to bring everyone up to speed on eight of our local elections.

At the event you can ask questions of … more

More than 1,000 women joined together for the Woman-to-Woman Luncheon Monday, benefiting the Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas.

The featured speaker was  Marlee Matlin, the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author who also happens to be deaf.

The biannual luncheon helps provides vital support for JSF mental-health and social services … more

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, nationally recognized violist and Holocaust educator Dr. Tamara Freeman will lecture and perform music on a rescued 1935 viola once owned by a Jewish musician in Nazi Germany. She’ll play melodies composed by Jews in World War II ghettos and concentration camps.

The event is at … more

The Broadway favorite “Once Upon a Mattress” opens this weekend at Repertory Company Theatre. It’s a fun tweak on “Princess and the Pea.” Performances run at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through April 29. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $14 for youth. … more

Mariel Street opened her first Liberty Burger in November and already has plans to expand to Far North Dallas. Pegasus News reports the restaurant will open in the old Snuffer’s Snookie’s spot at Keller Springs and the Dallas North Tollway.

The environmentally conscious burger joint has been a hit at … more

The city council will vote today on whether to make those twice-weekly water restrictions permanent as part of a greater conservation effort. The Dallas Morning News reports that everyone seems on board with it, except for our councilmember Sandy Greyson and Ann Margolin who represents Preston Hollow.

I spoke with … more