As Liz mentioned, we’re hosting a party tonight to celebrate the big reveal of our 100 Best Restaurants in Dallas in the June issue.

Dining editor Nancy Nichols went on D: The Broadcast this morning to promote the event and the list. This posed a problem, since we try to keep Nancy’s face out of the public eye so that she can dine anonymously in the city’s restaurants while preparing her reviews.

And that’s why she went on TV dressed as a pig.

The Wall Street Journal wrote that the move encourages the view of J.C. Penney as a real estate play.

It also raises questions as to whether the company ultimately will move to further tap the property portfolio through sales or other scenarios. “The entire value of this company is in its real estate,” said Cathy Hershcopf, a partner in the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Cooley LLP in New York. “There is no doubt in my mind that it is in the forefront of every decision the board is making.”

An appraisal pegged the value of Penney’s owned and ground-leased stores, as well as its owned distribution centers and headquarters, at about $4.1 billion. That is a little more than the company’s market capitalization, which stands at about $3.9 billion.

After watching this look at the design of the face of the new Big Tex, best of luck sleeping through the night without waking suddenly from the nightmares it will induce.

Fortunately, pretty much only Ford has the Mavs taking Darkio. Here is a round-up of other mock drafts. Some interesting names, and I’m not just talking about the guy with the super interesting name, Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who makes me think of this Key & Peele sketch. There’s Shabazz Muhammad (who lied about his age up until last year — sketchy) and Michael Carter-Williams (who went to Syracuse — sketchy). My favorite, though, is Dennis Schroeder. A few reasons: 1) all the things in this profile; 2) this highlight video from his breakout performance at Nike Hoop Summit; and 3) he’s from Germany. It worked out kind of well before annnnnd this will allow me to smoothly transition from “I SEE YOU, BIG GERMAN” to “I SEE YOU, LITTLE GERMAN.”

Make it happen.

Photo by Kevin Marple.

Nancy Nichols just gave the D TV interview of a lifetime. Nancy, I’m sorry, but I didn’t hear a word you said. I was too busy admiring the pig costume. Now I’m just waiting for the video to be posted online.

You can see this same outfit at tonight’s Best Restaurants party at 3015 at Trinity Groves, where an amazingly dedicated Miss Piggy and the rest of us Muppets will unveil the 100 best restaurants in Dallas. She says she’s never making a list like this again, so consider it a one-of-a kind-opportunity. There will be food—an eclectic spread created by our top chefs, and by that we mean you’ll find everything from fine dining to barbecue (really, really good barbecue)—and drinks. Lots of drinks. You can still purchase tickets online, and Nancy is offering the chance to throw a pie in her face for an extra $20 donation to the North Texas Food Back. Be there or be a square piece of toast.

More food-centric activities tonight include Private Social’s menu revamp, in which chef Najat Kaanache invites you to try the “new Texas food” and drinks on the house. Over on SideDish, Nancy has chronicled the evolution of the Uptown restaurant and the changes that have been par for the course since the departure of original chef Tiffany Derry. Regardless, this is pretty much a no-risk way to see if you like what’s happening there.

For more to do tonight, go here.

You’re welcome.

The three healthiest on their list: Boston, Seattle, and Portland. So feel free to see some sort of left-wing conspiracy theory behind the rankings.

Boy Scouts Discuss Allowing Openly Gay Scouts. Tomorrow in Grapevine, 1,400 leaders of the Boy Scouts of America will officially decide whether or not to allow openly gay scouts be a part of the organization.

Dallas Continues to Help Out in Oklahoma. Growing up in Oklahoma, I’ve watched countless hours of tornado coverage. In fact, I’ve watched so much that I’ve become desensitized to tornado coverage and, honestly, tornado warnings. I’d rather run to the roof of my building to see what’s coming than hide in a shelter. As an Okie, tornadoes are just part of life. But there are certain tornadoes that bring even the most hardened Okie to her knees. When you say May 3rd in Oklahoma, everyone knows what you’re talking about. So when I was watching the coverage of the tornado in Moore and heard the reporter say it could be worse than May 3rd, I knew the town was in trouble. Again. Over the past two days, I’ve watched the coverage with a new set of eyes. I’m not sure what it is—the sheer magnitude of the tornado, the schools that were hit, the young lives that were lost, all the animals that were killed, or just the photos of the flattened neighborhoods—but this tornado is different. I know Moore will rebuild. They’ll come back. They’ve done it before. But I’m proud of Dallas and how it’s stepping up to help out. Just this morning, the Texas Baptist Men headed out to Shawnee to relieve some volunteers there. Last night, Jay Jerrier of Cane Rosso donated all the night’s proceeds to the Red Cross (he raised $7,500). Justin Terveen, local photographer and storm chaser, has told me that if a town is ever hit by a tornado he’s chasing, he’ll turn around to help. True to his word, he’s found a unique way to help Moore. He sold 24×16 prints for $100 with all the proceeds going to tornado recovery. (Other local photographers/storm chasers, such as James Langford, have followed his lead and are doing the same.) And at 10 a.m. Saturday, a truck and trailer are parking in front of City Tavern to load up with supplies and drive them to Oklahoma. Moore is going to need even more help in the next few weeks. Dallas is off to a great start. Let’s keep helping our neighbors.

The Dallas area is competing for the 2018 game, or Super Bowl LII but will now be considered a long shot with the 2017 edition also in the state of Texas. With Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Miami also in the running for the 52nd Super Bowl, the NFL has options to choose from outside of the Lone Star State.

Fly By Night.

If you are feeling sad about this, or this, as I am, I don’t think you can go wrong with a little extra dose of the arts.

The Dallas Theater Center’s new musical, Fly By Night, is entering the final week of its run. Seeing this piece of theater will cheer you, and then make you sad again. But it’s worth it, because it’ll be the hopeful kind of sad. The plot works up to New York City’s massive power outage in 1965, and concerns two sisters and a “luckless sandwich maker.” It’s a love triangle, of course. I reviewed the show for FrontRow here. But the upshot is that it’s really good, and funny, and sweet. And you should see it, because the next opportunity to do so will be in New York. Just note that the show is playing at the Kalita Humphreys Theater on Turtle Creek, not at the Wyly.

Also this evening, the Dallas Opera hosts one of their Composing Conversations in Hamon Hall of the Winspear Opera House. This one features Jennifer Higdon., a prolific, award-winning classical composer in the middle of a commission to turn Cold Mountain, Charles Fraziers’ book about a Civil War deserter and his one true love, into an opera. It’s kind of a unique opportunity to hear someone talk about his or her work while they’re right in the thick of it. Higdon will chat with the Dallas Opera’s general director, Keith Cerny, while Art&Seek’s Jerome Weeks moderates.

For more to do tonight, go here. Or you could just spend hours on this interactive Arrested Development joke chart.