Last night, Josh and I went to a self-imposed 'lyceum event' (remember those from college?) to see Jaap van Zweden conduct the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. It was my first time seeing inside the I.M. Pei-designed Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, which is nearly 30 years old (much like myself). Seeing the inside of the Meyerson was of particular interest to me, having recently ...

Recently got Rock Band 2. It's awesome. Me and Heather played last night - Beastie Boys, Beck, The Go-Gos, etc. Me on guitar, Heather on the mic. And since she's got killer pitch control she can get 100-percents on Expert. (jealous) I guess growing up strictly accapella was good for something. So I found out that you can export all the original Rock ...

One of my favorite lunch places in Uptown, Urbano Paninoteca, is closed. My co-worker, Alana and I stopped by today and there's an eviction notice on the front door about locks being changed, etc. *cry* We ate next door at the Uptown Grill, and asked our waiter what went down - he said they shut down last week, possibly due to being behind on payments.

Just found this awesome flickr group of Dallas Urban History, via The Dallas Observer's blog, Unfair Park (a great one to add to your feed reader if you're a Dallasite, btw). In the image above, I love how Cityplace was originally intended to be a dual tower structure, sandwiching Central Expressway with a skywalk between them! The history that's written with many of these photos is also fascinating ...