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Plus: North Texas weekend events Share with a friend Hey y’all, I know you’ve been curious about H-E-B’s crazy new candle scent: BBQ burnt ends. I checked it out recently, along with the butter tortilla and the BBQ dill pickle, and I can report that it is, indeed, a horrific scent. 🤣 I imagine it’s…

Plus: The focuses of the Texas special session Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 24, 2025. Morning folks, Today and tomorrow might be good days for a snow cone—as if we needed a reason to indulge.  Check out my list of the best snow cone places in DFW. 😋 Joi Louviere Sr. Newsletter Editor,…

Runoff results: Here are the midterm candidates Share with a friend Morning y’all,  We have to start the day by recapping the runoff election results.  🗳 US Senate Republican Primary Winner: Ken PaxtonLoser: John Cornyn 🗳 Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary Winner: Vikki GoodwinLoser: Marcos Vélez 🗳 Attorney General Republican Primary Winner: Mayes MiddletonLoser: Chip Roy…

Plus: Here are your 2026 March Madness brackets Share with a friend Happy St. Patrick’s Day y’all 🍀 Did you catch the Academy Awards? Netflix’s “All the Empty Rooms,” a documentary memorializing the bedrooms of children killed by gun violence, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. The film takes you into four children’s bedrooms,…

Plus: FW musician raises big money for flood victims Share with a friend Hey North Texas 👋 It may rain this weekend, so I made sure to include some indoor events for you to consider. Fingers crossed for a sunny day or two, though. 🫴 Before you zoom through this email I want to remind…

Plus: Updates on the ICE office shooting Share with a friend Hey DFW, Last week, I told y’all we’d be following up with more info on our region’s massive air quality problem. We dug into the problem and the consequences and found a few local cities that are making efforts to clean things up. See…

Plus: This weekend’s events 🍻 Share with a friend Happy Wednesday, y’all, Monday’s newsletter featured a review of Fort Worth’s Coyote Drive-In, and hours later we learned the theater decided to close. After 14 years, the screens will go dark for the last time on Labor Day. It’s so sad to see one of the…

Plus: A word for Raising Cane’s lovers Share with a friend Good morning DFW ☕ OK, so I’m about to say something that may be hard to hear… Zaxby’s is better than Raising Cane’s.  I know, I know, but please tell me what is appealing about unseasoned chicken strips and unsalted fries. You might think…