Preston Hollow

Cooler Weather Means the Rats Will Soon be Coming Indoors. Cover the Pizza, Please

By Candy Evans / September 25, 2015 /

Maybe you have seen this video of a rat in the New York City subway carrying a slice of pizza down the stairs to nibble. Ewww. It was posted by comedian Matt Little, a perfect example of what happens when humans toss food anywhere instead of where it belongs: the garbage –  the slice found…

Move-in Ready, This Home in the Meadows is Purely Perfect to Plug and Play

By Joanna England / September 11, 2015 /

With the extra “e” in the name, you know that this home on Boedecker is on the northward stretch of the street, across Northwest Highway from the University Park stretch of the road spelled “Bodecker.” No matter how you spell it, though, it’s a great street, and as it stretches northward toward Meadow, it turns…

Transwestern’s Pink Wall Proposal Passes Planning Commission Hurdle, FINALLY

By Jon Anderson / September 4, 2015 /

As predicted, we are all two-weeks older since the Planning Commission fobbed-off the vote on the proposed Transwestern development at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Northwest Highway. What, if any, votes changed in those two weeks is unknown, but I suspect few. Certainly attendees were not treated to German band Texas Lightening popping…

How Much Money Does it Take to Live Like a Human in Dallas?

By Jon Anderson / September 1, 2015 /

By Jon Anderson Columnist Candy and I have been opinionating back and forth on low-income citizens and how their access to safe and affordable housing is a means to promote economic upwards mobility. After all, if the poor are less poor, they will live richer lives (by any definition) and contribute more to society. Unlike…

R.I.P. 10300 Strait Lane: 1971 – 2015

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2015 /

Comes word that the tear down of the Bud Oglesby home at 10300 Strait came sooner rather than later. In fact, she is gone, her body laid to a fitful rest somewhere in Lewisville …