Shop for Thanksgiving Dinner at Screen Door


Thanksgiving is just a few days away so lots of us will be out shopping this weekend for all the fixins. Screen Door is offering precooked turkeys, and THE most delicious smoked Hickory & Peppered Ham (whole & half options) as well as yummy sides including candied yams, mashed potatoes, sweet potato scones, apple butter, their de-licious cornbread and more. Orders are availalbe 4 pm Nov. 21 & ready for pick-up by 4 pm on Wed., Nov. 23. Super easy. Call 214-720-9111 to place your order or click here for the order form.

OPEN HOUSE this Sunday - Two Irresistible Models Have Arrived


BRANT MCFARLAIN model 1810


GONZALO BUENO model 2206

One Arts Plaza has only six remaining condos left! Recently we hired these two reknowned interior designers to each take a condo and decorate. Both Gonzalo Bueno & Brant McFarlain have transformed two units into fresh, sophisticated, chic, cozy and sexy spaces. Come check it out for yourself this Sunday between 2-5 pm:1717 Arts Plaza. For more information on these listings click here.

Aurora Light Show Tonight




Join us for a spectacular evening in the Arts District as lights will transform the buildings along Flora Street. This is the first year to present this magical event. Artists from around the country will create site-specific installations of light, sound, performance and projection art. Come down to One Arts Plaza and enjoy the facade installation and live music by a group called Waterfalls. Click here for a sample of their music. It's FREE & open to all!

Dog Costume Contest - Sunday at 3 pm






This Sunday is our Fall Block Party from noon - 4 pm and included in this plaza party is a DOG COSTUME CONTEST at 3 pm. So doll up your dawgs and bring em out for this costume contest put together by Paws In The City (registration is at 2 pm). Among our judges is our local celebrity Drew Ginsberg, form the Bravo TV show "Most Eligible Dallas"! For more info on the event go to www.ArtsDistrictDining.com.


DIFFA's Burgers & Burgundy Event - Sunday



It's the 3rd Annual Sizzling Celebrity Chef event featuring grilled burgers and wine tasting. Chefs including Matt McCallister, Scott Romano, Teiichi Skuari, Tim Byres, David McMillan, Sharon Van Meter, Kevin Williamson, Michelle Mireles and John Tesar will be preparing their very own best, delicious burgers. DJ Jen will be on site spinning some great music. Tix are $75 pp so log onto www.diffadallas.org or call 214-748-8580!

Ways of Seeing Indian Paintings - Lecture at Crow Collection Tonight



I received a very special e-mail from my friend at The Crow Collectin of Asian Art telling me about this very special lecture tonight. Dr. B.N. Goswamy is a world-renowned scholar of Indian painting and will be discussing the connoisseurship of the beautifully exquisite Indian paintings that always take my breath away. His is co-curator of the Wonder of the Age exhibition that began this Spring in Zurich and is now on display at the Met in NYC.
Lecture: Like a Mirror in the Hand: Ways of Seeing Indian Paintings
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$10 for the public, FREE for Friends of the Crow Collection + students
Space is limited. Call 214-979-6438

Fall Block Party - Oct 30




It's Fall and it's time for all the goodness that comes along with the season, including pumpkin and cinnamon flavored delights. One Arts Plaza is hosting it's 2nd annual FALL BLOCK PARTY and will feature all sorts of edible treats from all of our five plaza chefs and a variety of local specialty food vendors including Empire Baking Company, Dallas Mozarella Company, Ham I Am, Round Top Honey, Diageo Liquors, Virtuoso Wines, Hasty Bakes and more.




1 PM - Creative Halloween Spirits - cocktail competition


2 PM - Live Jazz - Hunter Sullivan & his band


3 PM - Dog Halloween Costume Contest - Paws In The City will be on-site (2 PM registration)




Park Place will display some luxury cars on the plaza and we'll have a variety of craft and food vendors including Missing Q Press, The Trinity Trust, face painters, organic dog treats, cigar rollers and more. Some offering free samples for everyone to enjoy!

ART IN MOTION




Join us tomorrow morning for the kick-off event of a month-long series of ART IN OCTOBER celebrations. We're meeting in the plaza bright and early (Jorge's breakfast tacos at 8:30 am, procession down Flora at 10:00 am). So get this, you are encouraged to bring anything with a wheel (bike, stroller, any artistically decorated human-powered vehicle) that is dec'd out and stroll on down Flora Street in a whimsical procession. Fun right?! Click here for details.

Tei-An's Weekly Imports From Japan



We all know Tei-An is one of Dallas' top Japanese restaurants and has been recognized both locally, regionally and even nationally. However, when I found out that he actually flies his fish fresh in EVERY Tuesday & Thursday straight from Japan (yes, e-v-e-r-y week) I was blown away. It always bewilders me to think how fortunate we are to live in an era when this is a possibility. Check out this video to see a sampling straight from Fukuoka's fish maket.