Business Contacts
Mobile phone hire Least expensive option is purchasing a Go Phone for $70 or $90 plus prepaid minutes plan ($20-$40) at several Dallas-area Best Buy retail locations, Park Lane store is closest to downtown, tel 214 696 2089.
Car hire Avis vehicle rentals, tel 972 574 4130 or toll free 800 331 1212, www.avis.com; Enterprise tel 972 574 4130, www.enterprise.com; Hertz downtown Dallas 214 979 9494 or toll free 800 654 3131, www.hertz.com.
Office rental CEO Complete Executive Offices, tel 214 891 8250 or email: marmarmoore@ceodfw.com; Infomart 214 800 5001 or email: keckholdt @infomartusa.com (minimum three- month rental).
Secretarial services Remedy Temp Services, tel: 214 522 0414 or visit www.remedytemp.com.

Excursions
Executive Star Tours (AAA Cab and Limo) offers diverse package and group tours in Dallas-Fort Worth and the surrounding area, including a shopping and rodeo tour. For $31 (plus tip), you can even visit the legendary Southfork Ranch, where infamous TV bad guy oilman JR Ewing ruled the roost; tel 888 972 1500 or visit website: www.aaacablimo.com.

Local Press
Be glad it's not Houston, where one of the country's biggest circulation daily newspapers is shallow and bland. The Dallas Morning News is the city's main daily paper, covering city topics and especially sports quite well, featuring The Guide section published Fridays which offers a decent overall look at local entertainment options. The Dallas Observer, a free weekly tabloid appearing in street boxes, hotels and clubs each Thursday, offers a much more comprehensive entertainment and dining package, often written with a younger audience in mind, but covering topics of wide interest.