Diana Spechler - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/diana-spechler/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:27:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Diana Spechler - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/diana-spechler/ 32 32 103504436 Posh Putt-Putt — Inside the Mini Golf Boom in Dallas-Fort Worth https://houstonnewmedia.org/posh-putt-putt-inside-the-mini-golf-boom-in-dallas-fort-worth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=posh-putt-putt-inside-the-mini-golf-boom-in-dallas-fort-worth Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:27:54 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=540166 When I think of mini golf, I think of childhood — those tiny pencils, the disturbing clown mouth, losing every single time to my siblings. But the miniature golf of today is not the game of yore. The putt-putt courses that have opened in the last five ...

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]]> 809409 Journeying Into Dallas Cowboys Land — AKA Oxnard, California https://houstonnewmedia.org/journeying-into-dallas-cowboys-land-aka-oxnard-california/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=journeying-into-dallas-cowboys-land-aka-oxnard-california Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:30:38 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=537988 If summer in Dallas is getting a bit toasty for you, why not take the quick flight into LAX, drive northwest for an hour and forty-five minutes to the peaceful little coastal town of Oxnard, and watch the Cowboys train for their upcoming season? Throug...

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]]> 803581 Exploring the Historic Restaurants of Frisco and McKinney https://houstonnewmedia.org/exploring-the-historic-restaurants-of-frisco-and-mckinney/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-the-historic-restaurants-of-frisco-and-mckinney Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:25:57 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=531262 Way up in the suburbs north of Dallas, historic buildings house four beloved culinary establishments where, over a juicy ribeye or a basket of wings, you might sense the ghosts of a former McKinney mayor, secret society members, and pioneers. The ever-...

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]]> 781564 A Cultural and Culinary Guide to Charleston, South Carolina https://houstonnewmedia.org/a-cultural-and-culinary-guide-to-charleston-south-carolina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-cultural-and-culinary-guide-to-charleston-south-carolina Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:47:33 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=497408 If the South has a perfect weekend getaway spot, it’s Charleston. If you want to eat, drink, and shop, you’ll love the world-class restaurants, rooftop patios, art galleries, and boutiques. If your goal is to escape land-locked Dallas, you’ll enjoy a s...

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]]> 705889 In the Catbird Seat — Dallas’ Newest Sought-After Reservation https://houstonnewmedia.org/in-the-catbird-seat-dallas-newest-sought-after-reservation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-catbird-seat-dallas-newest-sought-after-reservation Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:34:31 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=478254 Leave It To Catbird, a brand new dinner series at Thompson Dallas’s Catbird, makes a lot of sense if you know who’s behind it. The eight-course sequence of bites with cocktail pairings (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) is brought to you by Chef Jeramie Rob...

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]]> 663224 Komodo Dallas is a Miami Fever Dream in Deep Ellum https://houstonnewmedia.org/komodo-dallas-is-a-miami-fever-dream-in-deep-ellum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=komodo-dallas-is-a-miami-fever-dream-in-deep-ellum Tue, 23 May 2023 22:55:37 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=458818 “I’m a freak about duck,” David Grutman of Groot Hospitality tells me. He’s waxing poetic about the Peking Duck at Komodo, his new 274-seat Southeast Asian restaurant and lounge in Deep Ellum. “We have the best duck in the world.” That duck—stuffed wit...

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]]> 602611 Our Guide to Wining and Dining Across Johnson City and Dripping Springs, Two Lesser-Known Texas Hill Country Treasures https://houstonnewmedia.org/our-guide-to-wining-and-dining-across-johnson-city-and-dripping-springs-two-lesser-known-texas-hill-country-treasures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-guide-to-wining-and-dining-across-johnson-city-and-dripping-springs-two-lesser-known-texas-hill-country-treasures Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:14:14 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=450558 Sure, we all love Fredericksburg, but in the last couple of years, a lesser-known stretch of the Texas Hill Country has flourished. The 25 miles between Johnson City and Dripping Springs offer dozens of wineries, not to mention craft breweries and dist...

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]]> 586461 The 2023 Nasher Prize Gala Was a Feast for the Eyes https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-2023-nasher-prize-gala-was-a-feast-for-the-eyes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-2023-nasher-prize-gala-was-a-feast-for-the-eyes Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:06:43 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=447248 Outside the Nasher Sculpture Center, it was one of those rare perfect evenings, as if the weather saw all the glamorous updos and agreed to behave. From the stage in the dinner tent, 79-year-old artist Senga Nengudi accepted the 2023 Nasher Prize, an a...

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