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Recovery Resale has just opened at the corner of Spring Valley and Coit. The thrift shop benefits Planned Living Assistance Network (PLAN), a nonprofit that helps provide care for adults with mental illnesses.

I stopped in to check out the new space next to String Bean Café. It’s a small … more

Having grown up in this neighborhood, I’m a veteran when it comes to the Addison festival circuit. This weekend, however, I had my first go-round at WorldFest, the newest of Addsion’s special event lineup.

This is a cultural kaleidoscope of food, entertainment, and crafts. Just to give you an idea, … more

Just last week I wrote about all of the mushrooming frozen yogurt shops we’ve seen across the city, and how that trend is starting to take hold in Far North Dallas. This weekend, I spotted yet another frozen yogurt shop opening in our neighborhood. FroYo Workshop is opening at Hillcrest … more

The all-region orchestra was just named, and several of our neighborhood kids made the cut.

J.J. Pearce kids included violinists Anna Park, Taylor Piske, Kaitlin Valentine, and Kat Bullard; viola player Travis Kanarr; and cellists Romel Shearer and Eddie Chu.

Richardson kids included bass players Elijah McKinney, Gabriel McKinney and … more

Print media keeps taking punches to the gut. Case in point? The recent announcements that the New York Times is laying off 100 newsroom employees and that Conde Nast had shuttered four pubs, with the nearly seven-decade-old Gourmet among them. With Gourmet gone, what will happen to Gourmet.com? Insiders say … more

Chardonnay? How about Chard-No-Way? Read about a cheap wine pick from wine guru Jeff Siegel on the Back Talk blog.

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Make the most of that cooler weather we’re supposed to get this weekend at WorldFest in Addison. This global smorgasbord will feature everything from Polish pierogis with pork tamales, so just make sure you wear the loose jeans. That festival will be happening all weekend.

Or, check out the nearby … more

For several months now I’ve been tracking the spike in frozen yogurts shops in nearby Preston Hollow. There were about a dozen new shops there last I checked, and now it seems that trend may be spreading north our way. Earlier this month Healthy Choice opened, and just this week … more

In this month’s Advocate — which you’ve hopefully just received or will soon be getting — columnist Sandy Greyson spotlighted Texaplex, a video chockfull of interesting little tidbits about Texas. For example, did you know that if our state were its own nation, we’d have the twelfth biggest economy in … more

It you need a soul food fix, there’s a new spot dishing out the gravy in our neighborhood: Norma’s Café, which has been Southern food staple in Oak Cliff for 52 years, will open off Trinity Mills this Thursday.

Grand opening festivities begin at 4 p.m. and include a pie-eating … more

Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet recently moved out of its Preston Road location and opened in Addison on Belt Line (it’s in the old Steak & Ale — and yes, it still looks like a Steak & Ale, stone cottage and all).

The Houston-based chain is opening a second location in our … more

RISD parents are will have a chance to tell the district exactly what they want in their next superintendent. Administrators have hired search firm Horn, Smith, Wood & Preston to help narrow down the candidate pool — so over the next couple weeks, representatives will host public brainstorming sessions, where … more