Jazz by the Boulevard. Changes Due to Rain.

Jazz by the Boulevard is moving inside for tonight's performances.

New venue: Amon Carter Exhibit Hall in the Will Rogers Complex.

See the Star Telegram for details.

House Prices in Fort Worth. Good News.

The Fort Worth Business Press reported today that house prices are relatively stable in Fort Worth as compared with U.S. cities with populations of 600,000 and over. Fort Worth ranked 4th.

The top ten markets with the best expected performance in home price are:

1. Baton Rouge, LA
2. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
3. Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX
4. Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
6. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
7. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
8. Pittsburgh, PA
9. San Antonio, TX
10. Syracuse, NY

The article does go on to say that the areas that saw the boom cycle are now most likely to be in the decline. Likewise, the markets such as ours, that did not experience a boom real estate cycle are more likely to have price stability. Fort Worth and the area has the added benefit of business growth and an increasing population.

See the Fort Worth Business Press for additional information.

Love Shack. So 7. Very Good.

Four of us went to the Love Shack off 7th Street today. I hate to admit it but I ordered the Penne Pasta salad-- it's a diet thing. The salad was very good, but this place is about the hamburgers.

Andrew, who had a hamburger, gave me his review:

1. Nice festive atmosphere. Not enough indoor seating in the summer. A good atmosphere all around.

2. Dirty Love Burger. The burger was excellent, the bun was toasted well, the bacon was a real piece of flavorful bacon, not some wilted piece of shingle. The meat was perfect: juicy, thick, hot. Perfect. Special sauce was great as well. One question: why the quail egg? It was overcooked and flavorless. I was hoping the yoke was going to break and spill out onto the burger. I was even eagerly anticipating the moment. But nothing.

3. Anasazi beans were a welcome side dish. Something different than french fries.

4. Very impressed. Will go back very soon.

. . . If only So7 had other tenants . . .
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Editors comments: I tasted the pinto beans and they were delicious. I tried the french fries and they were good, not great. Then again, I have been eating Thrashers Boardwalk fries at Rehoboth Beach all summer and it just doesn't get any better. Love's fries were a little wimpy, but they were fresh cut real potatoes. As far as the egg on the burger -- I'll take an egg on anything and love it. But if it is overcooked and the yoke is hard I think it tastes rubbery. I tried Andrew's Dirty Love Burger and the egg was overcooked for my taste. But the important point is that Love Shack makes a very good hamburger at a reasonable price.

Sukhothai. Great Thai Food in Arlington

Sukhothai is a small, family-operated, Thai restaurant in Arlington off Fielder road. I like it as a restaurant for a small group, here's why:

1. The food is good, really good. I had the mixed vegetables with beef, Thai hot, and it is fresh and very hot. Several in our family had the chicken curry and loved it.
2. The plates are served hot as they are prepared. This might be off-putting to some. I like it. As the cook is plating his dishes they are served, which means your food is right off the stove. We had a party of eight and the last person served was a few minutes behind the first.
3. It is quiet. The music is not blaring and the room is small so it is easy to carry on table conversations.
4. BYOB. I don't always like this but for family outings it is great. Eight of us enjoyed dinner, great food and service, and several bottles of wine and the bill (before tip) was only $100. (Come to think of it, my wife and I don't drink, Elizabeth is pregnant, so that leaves 5 people with three bottles, one of them the extra large bottle . . .)
   
5. When you make frequent visits to a small, family owned restaurant you begin to feel like family with the owners, staff, and other frequent visitors. A good meal is about good food and drink in a pleasant setting with free-flowing conversation and somebody else doing the dishes. If you are fortunate enough to have that -- "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places." Psalm 16.
   

For great Thai food almost in Fort Worth:
Sukhothai

423 Fielder North Plz
Arlington, TX 76012
(817) 860-4107