Today, Collin Creek Mall shut its doors one last time. No one, you see, was going to the mall because it’s no longer the 1980s.The iconic development at the corner of 75 and Bush Turnpike will give way to a different iconic development over the next six years [But JC Penney is staying open!].I went to the…
Loyal Scaiaholics have surely learned the procedure for this by now: I’m going to tell you I don’t blog about politics and then write a blog about politics.As one of the 143 Americans who is *not* running for the Democratic presidential nomination [although my exploratory committee is still researching whether my message of politics as a whole…
This week, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of man’s alleged landing on the moon.Newsrooms across the country started firin’ off phone calls to talk to someone who was connected. One of my coworkers interviewed the mayor of Wapakoneta, Ohio, where Neil Armstrong was born.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I’m an Ohio native, so I sidled up…
I met Ross Perot only once, but it was a memorable encounter. Perot died today at his home in Dallas.He’s not featured in this picture, but that is a shot taken at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. I’ve always enjoyed stopping at their media events when a new exhibit arrives.When the museum first opened…
Each year on Independence Day, Loyal Scaiaholics know I look forward to the Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest at Curly’s Frozen Custard in Fort Worth.When Curly’s started serving Nathan’s nine years ago, their public relations guy called Nathan and asked for his blessing to host a contest. They were planning to start serving the hot…
I’ll be back at work tomorrow, having taken some “comp time” Thursday and Friday to sit back and relax.I actually filed a story for Friday, but I cut that story a couple days ahead of time so I could look busy while sitting at my computer, preventing people from talking to me in the newsroom.Today is the…
Loyal Scaiaholics know one of my favorite activities is covering events with the Fort Worth Sister Cities program.This dates back to pre-alanscaia.com. A group of kids had come from Iraq. I asked several children what they thought of Fort Worth. They all were having a good time, saying we had so much food and fun things to…