{"id":3279,"date":"2010-10-31T00:32:07","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T06:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaslucas.com\/blog\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2010-10-31T00:32:07","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T06:32:07","slug":"best-of-pieces-for-cbs-dfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaslucas.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/31\/best-of-pieces-for-cbs-dfw\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Best of&#8217; Pieces for CBS DFW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsdfw.com\">CBSDFW.com<\/a>, the website for KTVT, the CBS station in Dallas &#8211; Fort Worth (that&#8217;d be channel 11), published some &#8216;Best of&#8217; pieces I wrote for &#8217;em. Here they are, with a tiny excerpt of each.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/top-lists\/best-margaritas-in-fort-worth\/\">Best Margaritas in Fort Worth<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All Texans twenty-one-and-up need to have their own great margarita recipe, ideally, or at least know somebody \u2014 a bartender buddy, a sister-in-law, somebody close \u2014 who does. If a personal margarita can\u2019t be made, however, there are plenty of places in Fort Worth on standby<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/top-lists\/best-biscuits-gravy-in-fort-worth\/\">Best Biscuits &#038; Gravy in Fort Worth<\/a> (photographs mine)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At Ol\u2019 South Pancake House, everyone \u2014 students pulling all-nighters, bikers, high-powered attorneys telling war stories, metalheads, cops \u2014 eats in the same few rooms together.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/top-lists\/best-martinis-in-dfw\/\">Best Martinis in Dallas &#8211; Fort Worth<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When it comes to alcohol, if you want to keep up with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, and James Bond, you\u2019ll have to learn how to enjoy one of their signature drinks: the martini cocktail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/top-lists\/best-metal-bands-in-dallas\/\">Best Metal Bands in Dallas &#8211; Fort Worth<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>With singers who desperately need surgery on their vocal cords, guitars that do their best to imitate sentient chainsaws, and lyrics straight out an illiterate criminal\u2019s essay paper on \u201cThe Lord of the Rings,\u201d heavy metal might not be music that you want to admit listening to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/top-lists\/best-movie-theaters-in-fort-worth\/\">Best Movie Theaters in Fort Worth<\/a> (photographs mine)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Press the red button on your comfy chair\u2019s tray and the staff will come take your order for wings, for a margarita, or for another margarita! After the show, be sure to sit out on the balcony \u2014 the view is fantastic \u2014 and debate the movie\u2019s merits with your friends. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They were fun to write. I haven&#8217;t ever seemed to initiate discussion about any of my writing that&#8217;s been published, and I&#8217;m continuing that trend now. After publication, my primary role in a text&#8217;s life is basically done, save I guess for fixing typos or something in a theoretical reprint of whatever.<\/p>\n<p>So: they were fun to write. 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