Mr. Dalla Goes to Washington

Read MoreA day on Capital Hill, meeting those involved in the fight to legalize and regulate poker.

Read MoreA day on Capital Hill, meeting those involved in the fight to legalize and regulate poker.

Read MoreMeet Brandy, a new addition to the family.

Read MorePlaces like Dr. King’s view of what was a mass demonstration reflecting a larger society and world filled with inequity on that memorable day in the nation’s capital remained an integral part of who we are and reflect the ideals of the society that we hope to become someday to come.
We’re not there yet. We have a long way to go. We might not ever get there. But it’s still important to dream. It’s important to struggle and strive towards something better. It’s important to imagine the possibilities.

Read MoreEach time I cut corners, something really bad seems to happen which makes me blow a fuse and I end up writing and ranting about it.
So, here I am. My story begins two hot and sticky summer nights ago when I arrived in humidity-drenched Dallas at way past midnight, long after the rental car location was supposed to close.

Read MoreSonny Bryan’s Smokehouse Barbecue is one of those hidden dives in a lousy part of town that serves not only outstanding food, but also once institutionalized a specific cuisine and way of cooking.
It’s been a Dallas mainstay since 1910.