If You Live Downtown (Even If You Don't and Want to Visit) Feel Free to Come Out of Your House

Hey All:

I was walking downtown yesterday morning (Wed.) and here are my thoughts: I parked my car at Ervay and Jackson streets and wanted to find a place to eat breakfast. The reason I wrote at the top that downtown is becoming deserted is that it was halfway deserted Wed. morning and on many other occasions I have seen downtown (which, granted, encompasses a large area) either deserted, close to deserted, or with a sprinkling of people. (Except during the annual Turkey Trot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! exclamation mark overload).

So, I was walking and looking for a place to eat. Basically, downtown Dallas needs more restaurants and/or coffee shops (and commerce in general!!!). Between Ervay and Jackson and the McDonald's across from the Greyhound station on Lamar, I barely saw any restaurants. I ended up scarfing something at McDonald's and reading a Dallas Observer at the same time ( I stopped at Antone's Cafe at 1300 Main St., 214-760-0000 if you want to complain, at about 10:15, where the woman said snappily, "I don't have any more breakfast, and lunch doesn't start until 10:30." Uh, I thought this was a RESTAURANT.

ANYway, More commerce, more people, more ANYTHING downtown, please!!!! There was a pro-bicycle rally at City Hall that morning that I was trying to attend, so I'm glad for the people that organized it.

The Austin City Limits roundup (3 day music festival in Austin, Texas) is: it was very very muddy the last day; sort of like a mud wrestling pit at a fraternity house, fraternity brothers included!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! exclamation mark overload. It was awful and muddy and I cannot describe the Port A Potty's because it would be unprintable. But I did get to see The Dead Weather, which apparently is Jack White's (the White Stripes) new band. White is from Southwest Detroit. In case you did not know. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Props to Detroit.

Leading to Music News, I am now a purchaser of the Dead Weather's CD, Horehound, and ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead CD, The Century of Self. So, go buy them, or download, or just hum.

Who invented Boss's Day??????????????????? Question mark overload. There should be an Employee Working Their Butt Off Day.

Have to go. Peace, Love and Soleil Moon Frye.


Keepin It Real like J-Lo,
xoxo,

Alice


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