"On The Avenue!" 10/21/14
Mark Pittard
Hello Dallas! It's time once again to take a trip down our beloved Avenue! Check the updates for the upcoming Pub Crawl in this newsletter. Tickets are available now!
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FOR TUESDAY 10/21/14 – MOVIE NIGHT – LEE PARK – 7 PM
OFF THE AVENUE – From Donna Grumbles - in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Dedication of Arlington Hall in 1939, the Lee Park and Arlington Hall Conservancy and the Dallas Film Society invite the public to a free Movie Night on the Green Lawn in Lee Park. The Southern classic “gone with the Wind” staring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh will be shown. The lawn space is located at 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd.
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FOR WEDNESDAY 10/22/14 – MOVIE NIGHT – LEE PARK – 7 PM
OFF THE AVENUE – From Donna Grumbles – the free movie “Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington” directed by Frank Capra and staring Jimmy Stewart will be shown at Lee Park. The lawn space is located at 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd.
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FOR FRIDAY 10/24/14 – HAPPY HOUR – SAMBUCA 360 PLANO, TX – 6 PM
OFF THE AVENUE – From the Sterling Society – Happy Hour from 6 to 9 PM – special drink and food prices with wristband and free parking! A $10 donation is requested. The Sterling Society is Dallas’ premier social and charitable organization supporting children’s charities since 1992. Sambuca 360 is located at 7200 Bishop Rd. #270, Plano, TX. - (469) 467-3393.
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FOR FRIDAY 10/24 – LATE NIGHT HAPPY HOUR – STANDARD POUR – 9 PM
ON MCKINNEY AVENUE – It’s time for another traditional Friday Late Night Happy Hour, and this time we return to one of our favorite gin joints – the Standard Pour! The Standard Pour is located at the intersection of McKinney and Allen in Uptown. Remember how a Late Night Happy Hour works, go on a date, see a movie, hit a happy hour, etc., and then come out to see old and make new friends at the designated place! After the Standard Pour, tentative plans are to hit the Parliament and the Ginger Man to close down the night! Meet at the Standard Pour around 9 PM. (The Mayor of Greenville Avenue will make an appearance.)
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FOR SATURDAY 10/25/14 – PARADE/BLOCK PARTY – CEDAR SPRINGS – 7PM
OFF THE AVENUE – The annual Cedar Springs Halloween Parade and Block party will begin at 7 PM in the 3900 block of Cedar Springs. The massive party boasts wild costumes, live music and beer booths at every turn!
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WHAT’S ON TAP?
Please sign up now to guarantee you a spot on the Pub Crawl!!
The tickets for the Pub Crawl are listed online at Ticketmaster.com and can be purchased now! To purchase your tickets please go online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C004D4FD68A3B3C
Save the date and time – Saturday November 8th at 7 PM! It’s time for one of Dallas’ most beloved events – the Dallas Becomes Chicago Pub Crawl through the Decades Pub Crawl at Victory Park. Join us as we turn Dallas into Chicago for one night only, go from bar to bar (beginning at Hard Rock Café, and then Hooters, Dick’s Last Resort and finally the House of Blues)! You will receive a wristband, discounted food, drink specials, no cover charges, a DART pass, and a chance to win prizes. Your hosts will be the Mayor of Greenville Avenue, Tony G!, “Chicago” Pete and Ray “The Cruise Director” Hostetler. You loved doing it in the summer! Why wait for summer? Let’s do it again in November! If you would like an evite sent to you concerning this and upcoming details, just reply to this newsletter and insert the words DBCPC in subject line. This will also give you a chance to RSVP if you haven’t done so already on another social media concerning this event.
We will meet and check-in for the Pub Crawl at The Hard Rock Café beginning at 7:30 PM on the day of the event to pick up your wristbands and t-shirts.
Prices increase on the day of the event. Online sales close at 4:30 PM on event day. If you would like to purchase additional pub crawl passes please visit the House of Blues Dallas Box Office.
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GREENVILLE AVENUE NEWS:
The Ebola infections have been the big news around here lately, and it hit pretty close to home for those in or near the Greenville Avenue areas. The first patient from Liberia visited family in the Ivy Apartments in the 7200 block of Fair Oaks not far from Upper Greenville. He was admitted into Texas Health Presbyterian which is between Central Expressway and Upper Greenville on Walnut Hill. Then patient two Nina Pham who worked at the hospital contacted the virus and drove herself to work from her home on the M Streets on the 5700 block of Marquitas right off Lower Greenville from the San Francisco Rose. Workers decontaminated her apartment building. The third patient Amber Vinson lives in the 6000 block of Village Bend Drive in the Village near Upper Greenville. Her apartment was also decontaminated. I have received several reports from constituents living in or near these areas. Jim “III” Pike walked his dog near Nina Pham’s apartment the evening after it had been decontaminated and snapped a picture. Randy “The Enforcer” - the Captain of the Fifth Ward lives in the Village and supplied the first information that I heard about patient three Amber being infected. “Skippy” and other constituents of mine live in the Village too. I will pass on anything that I hear and can substantiate that the national and local media might miss. Hopefully, this is the last of this horrible disease! Again, unless anyone has contact with the bodily fluids of a person who has the symptoms, they will not catch it. The two nurses had direct contact with Mr. Duncan’s bodily fluids. Pray for those infected.
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DALLAS NEWS:
Great stories are circulating about a possible Texas bullet-train service from Dallas to Houston being built with a possible beginning construction date in 2017 and the start of service in 2021!
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CIYPLACE NEWS:
From the “Dallas Morning News” 10/21/14 edition – A new 24 story high-rise is planned for the Cityplace neighborhood which will bring more luxury apartments plus a hotel and retail space. The building would house almost 400 residential units, 150 hotel rooms and 70,000 square feet of retail space on a 2.6 acre block at Blackburn and Oak Grove Avenue. Work is planned to start next year.
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THE DALLAS SEEN:
As usual many of Dallas’ most prominent were sighted on and off the Avenue the last two weekends! Here are just a few of those sightings!
Of course the biggest news in town except for the Ebola news, was that the Mayor of Gaston Avenue (H.O.F.#137) turned 50! And as usual with his celebrations they lasted more than one day! On Sunday 10/12, many of Dallas’ prominent and former greats who lived here showed up at the Barley House. They included Tony G! – the Captain of the Fourth Ward, Robert and Judy from Houston, the Mayor of Gaston’s brother – George, Ken “Otter” Ott, and many, many more! On the actual day of the Mayor’s birthday on Wednesday 10/15, another celebration was held at the Henderson Tap Room! Many more greats showed up including Matt Amon, Joel, Greg, Tony G!, Ken Ott and Courtney! Great times were had by all at both events!
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I have to run, but I hope to see you on the Avenue!
The Mayor of Greenville Avenue (H.O.F.#1)