The Dallas Diva

Tag: Cocktails

  • Summer at Ristorante Nicola

    Last week, I ventured up Preston Road to check out Italian eatery Ristorante Nicola‘s special summer menu. About 11 dishes later, I had to proclaim that it was, indeed, quite special. But, first, some background: I’m an Italian food fiend. I attribute it to my Brooklyn roots (fine, I only lived there till I was 1.…

  • Super Bowl: Hennessy and Badu

    At the last minute, a Super Bowl-closing Sunday night party entered my life. The so-called House of Hennessy was holding its 5th annual Game Over party, with special musical guest DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, aka Dallas songstress extraordinaire Erykah Badu. And though it started at the school-night-unfriendly hour of midnight AND was located about…

  • Super Bowl madness: Ashton & Demi – get off my coat!

    The above photo is what you get when you tell two A-listers that they’ve sat on your coat. Which is precisely what I did last night to Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore at Sports Illustrated’s pre-XLV fete. But more on that later. After checking out the backstage action at the NFL Gospel Celebration that afternoon,…

  • Din-din at Cedars Social

    Last night I wined and dined at Cedars Social the new restaurant and so-named “cocktail den” across from Southside on Lamar. It’s in the old Sala space, which gave me cause for concern — “this location is cursed!” I told my companion — but, thankfully, that fear was put to rest. First of all, Cedars Social…