We could all use some cash – business owners and members of the community that support local business. The Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce is promoting local businesses and landmarks with a scavenger hunt called “Passport to Grand Prairie.” They have missions you can complete by visiting businesses and websites all around Grand Prairie to […]

Register for Digital Summit Dallas by TODAY (Friday, November 15th) for the final ticket discount. This is your LAST opportunity to save on your pass!  Use promo code LIVEDALLAS for an extra $50 off , on top of the discount. Register here. See this year’s agenda- over 65 sessions on digital marketing strategies & best practices. See who’s speaking – including […]

Digital Summit Dallas 2019 is the definitive digital marketing gathering held annually in DFW. With three days of learning, 65+ sessions, 1600 minutes of content and an expected 1,800 attendees, there will be plenty of insights and networking opportunities in between sessions. We’ve personally attended this event yearly for the last five, and it’s always […]

Terry Black’s BBQ, which is sometimes on one’s bucket list for a sojourn to the Austin area, may be building out a location in Deep Ellum. This isn’t Black’s BBQ in Lockhart, Texas, like we originally thought, but Terry Black’s BBQ. We assume they are related by last name, but the Dallas expansion is based […]

This weekend marks ZestFest’s 18th year in operation. This fest/exhibitor trade show for restaurant owners, and literal taste makers from all over the country attracts 1,000s a year. Foodies, spice junkies, professional food contest participants, and those that are just curious about hot sauce fire and flavor innovation attend. We’ve personally attended the last three years and always have a great/tasty time.

Medieval Times in Dallas is supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® with an exclusive show on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 2:00 pm. For every ticket purchased Medieval Times will donate 100% of the purchase price directly to St. Jude to support its lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.® Add-on donations may be added on top of that cost and are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Ticket prices start at $40.

Since our initial announcement of the upcoming Digital Summit Dallas event,  and our subsequent interview with The Onion Founder and keynote,  we thought you might like to know a little more on the local level. Although many of the speakers hail from the San Francisco Bay area, of the 65 featured speakers at Digital Summit Dallas, at least eight are Dallas-based. This isn’t all of the Dallas-based speakers, just ones we found particularly interesting. Plus we had to widdle it down to eight so it rhymed with great. Here are some outstanding hometown guys/gals representing Big D at the Digital Summit conference coming up next week.

I started reading The Onion when I was in college circa 2000 after I saw a dormmate had printed out copies of his favorite articles from the Internet and taped them to his door. When I saw the Founding Editor Scott Dikkers was coming to Dallas I decided to contact him via Twitter. Needless to say the site has made a big impact as a pioneer of online publishing and and in the realm of comedic satire online. Scott started the original hard copy version, among other creative things. After a little ego stroking, as well as the fact he recently published a book telling his secrets, he agreed to give us some insight into some questions I prepared in anticipation of Scott’s upcoming keynote talk at Digital Summit Dallas on December 5th.  He was kind enough to answer my questions via email.

Panicking because you don’t have a weekend in-Dallas date idea? Need to know what to do with the spouse and kids a few weeks in advance? This is your list. This list is also for those festival junkies that like to #festhard all year long. We’ve meticulously poured through 130+ websites to get you these official 2018 dates of 90 D-FW festivals as early in 2018 as we could. It’s not everything, but those that have their dates listed on what should be their first place to disseminate info, their website.

These aren’t just any Dallas-Fort Worth festivals & events either, this is a curated list of which 70% – 80% we’ve attended or promoted over the last 13 years. Thus, we can vouch for the festival or events’ legitimacy. Secondly, to further authenticate this list, most of these festivals listed have stood the test of time. Except for possibly one or two of which 2018 is their inaugural year, many have occurred annually for many years (a handful for as much as 30 years). It took us living in Dallas, keeping our eyes and ears open, attending winners and the duds to identify some of the best that D-FW has to offer.

After a 3.5 year hiatus, I Live In Dallas Radio is back! In this sixteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Chef Jacob Weaver the new Corporate Director of Food & Beverage for Hotel Zaza’s collection of restaurants in Houston, Dallas and Austin.

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