From the outside, there’s almost nothing marking what’s happening inside Scilla. Duro Hospitality has built its reputation on rooms that reveal themselves slowly, and its newest restaurant, set into the ground floor of the new 8111 Douglas office tower at Preston Center, keeps that habit intact.
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Lounge Here hides behind an unmarked strip center on Garland Road, the kind of exterior that gives away nothing about what’s happening inside. Walk through the door and the room drops you into a retro cocktail lounge, all plush banquettes, moody lighting and a mural by Rainer Judd, daughter of artist Donald Judd. Owner Julie Doyle, known around Dallas for co-founding Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree and running Good Records next door, built the place to feel like a different decade entirely. The kitchen backs that ambition up with some of the more serious Southern cooking in East Dallas.
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Every August, Dallas hands you a reason to finally book the table you’ve been putting off. DFW Restaurant Week turns 30 this year, running from Preview Weekend on August 6 through the final stretch on September 7, and more than 150 restaurants across the Metroplex are offering prix fixe menus built specifically for the occasion. Two-course lunches run $29, three-course dinners land at $49 or $59, and a handful of restaurants are offering $99 Signature Experience dinners with an extra course thrown in. About 20 percent of what you spend goes to the North Texas Food Bank or, for restaurants in Tarrant County, Lena Pope.
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For people who genuinely love food, the kitchen is much more than a place to prepare everyday meals. It can be a creative space for experimenting with recipes, gathering with friends, opening a bottle of wine, and turning an ordinary evening into an occasion.
As kitchens have become more central to entertaining and daily life, homeowners are paying greater attention to features that were once chosen primarily for practical reasons. The kitchen sink is a perfect example, with distinctive materials, larger proportions, and eye-catching designs transforming this hardworking fixture into an important part of the overall aesthetic.
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Tongkat ali, or Eurycoma longifolia, has been studied for its potential effects on androgen activity, stress response, energy levels, and sexual function. The evidence is promising, yet it is not uniform across every user. Baseline hormone status, extract strength, sleep quality, nutrition, training load, and age all matter. A careful reading helps our decisions stay grounded in physiology rather than supplement hype.
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Because they transform boring travel time into pure fun, portable gaming PCs are becoming more and more popular. It no longer seems uninteresting to wait for a reservation, endure a lengthy trip, or unwind in a lounge. The portable gadgets deliver console level entertainment on the go, making them an excellent way for travellers to stay entertained, connected and mentally refreshed between destinations.
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Alcohol is a part of the vast majority of our lives and, for the most part, we get on rather well with it. Or should we say, we have a manageable and balanced relationship with it. However, it is mightily easy to fall into alcohol’s trap too, particularly during more difficult stages of our lives.
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Edoardo Seghesio left his family’s vineyards in Piedmont, Italy, in 1886 and landed in Sonoma County with nothing but the same skill he’d grown up with. He found work at the Italian Swiss Colony, one of the region’s earliest wine operations, and did well enough there to marry his boss’s niece, Angela. Together they bought 56 acres of land with one goal: plant their own vineyard and make their own wine. In 1895, Edoardo put Zinfandel vines into what the family still calls the Home Ranch, in Alexander Valley, and some of those original vines are still alive and still being harvested today, a hundred and thirty years later.
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