Envy
So, Envy is this local magazine here in Dallas (and Houston) which has totally baffled me since I moved here. It represents a facet of Dallas I am just not into at all (and have rarely witnessed first-hand), and I also find it quite hilarious because it is called ENVY. Dude, NO ONE envies people who live in Dallas. They're all, Where? Do they have horses there? Which is patently ridiculous as well, but the magazine clearly wants people here to feel better about the fact they are stuck in a middle of America, no shoreline-having, empty-horizon, relatively modest city.
Wait, it doesn't want to make the general population to feel better at all; I take that back. Generally people who live here know that there are pros and cons to the place. Like why I moved back. Hey, I'm NOT a 4 hour drive from Manhattan anymore, nor can I just hop on down to the waterfront and have a beer with the pretty people of Boston, but I HAVE A WHOLE HOUSE WITH A YARD that I can rape my boyfriend in and still no one is close enough to even discern what we are doing. And it is CHEAP (The city, not my boyfriend, and certainly not the yard. We just had to spend $200 damn dollars on the yard and it looks a bigger mess than ever).
Envy is published for people who want to imagine themselves living big city NYC or LA life, but don't want to suffer the inevitable plunge in wealth that would come with such a move. Which I think is fair enough, but let's not pretend Dallas is something it isn't, you know?
Naturally, I was not surprised to find the bar listings full of problems in the April issue, which is the first issue I ever read. I mean, the magazine is focused on the superficial - why would I expect them to have a FACT CHECKER?
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Thought I should point out a couple things I noticed in your April edition for bar listings in Dallas.
Elm Street Bar is closed. That happened at the beginning of March. I understand that you probably get your edition ready a month or so in advance, so that's understandable.
However, you still have Monkey Bar listed. That closed before the New Year, so I'm a little surprised to still see it listed.
Lee Harvey's is NOT in East Dallas. It is not remotely in East Dallas, nor anywhere near Cosmo's, which it is listed with. I'd also say you are stretching it to say the Elbow Room is in Deep Ellum, but I understand you might need to save space. I also am not entirely sure why you don't put the Dubliner with the rest of the Greenville Avenue bars, since that is where it is, instead of putting it under the generic header "PUB".
And please please please do not encourage "white trash chic" at the Double Wide. Casual, or whatever the hell you want is more like it. But "chic"? Never. Not that I've ever noticed, anyway, and I'm there several nights a week.
There are probably more corrections needed but my head almost exploded from these glaring errors. Hope you find a better Dallasite to fact-check than whoever is doing it now!
Best,
A
I admit, I was sort of hoping for a little back and forth banter with the editor - what is up with my attitude this week? - but she just wrote me a single line - "Keep 'em coming."
Maybe they need to hire me?
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So, YESTERDAY I felt really good about the wedding, and for the most part that is still true, but that stress I mentioned about wanting everyone to have a good time is mounting with every person that RSVPs with a YES. Of course, when I look at our awesome guest list I think "Well, of COURSE it is going to be fun. Look at all these amazing people!" But I still feel responsible for all the effort and money people are putting into it.
Guys, I'm really really going to try my best. But you are so fun, I know you will make up the difference if I fail somewhere.
Right?
