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TRAVEL HERE: MEADOWS MUSEUM HOSTS TREASURES FROM THE HOUSE OF ALBA – 500 YEARS OF ART & COLLECTING Five Centuries of Art Collecting from three palaces!  Goya, Velazquez, Rembrandt and Renoir!  I couldn’t wait when I heard about the House of Alba Exhibition at Meadows Museum.  One hundred and forty objects, most of which had never left Spain before!Continue reading “House of Alba at SMU’s Meadows Museum”

TRAVEL HERE: PEROT MUSEUM’S LATEST EXHIBITION LIGHTS UP THE DARK! Can you say Bio-luminescence?  Do you have any idea what it is? Well, you and your kids can find out all about it at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.  I attended their media preview for Creatures of Light  and here’s what I found out. ScienceContinue reading “Got Kids? Go Perot!”

TRAVEL HERE:  ALEXANDER GORLIZKI AT THE CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART IN DALLAS TX The nice man in this picture is Andrew Gorlizki.  Products of his fertile mind populate Variable Dimensions, his exhibit  at The Crow Collection of Asian Art.  A few weeks ago I posted an article which barely grazed the surface of thisContinue reading “Back to Dallas’ Crow Collection of Asian Art”

AT HOME IN HEATH: THE MELLOW MUSHROOM FOR PIZZA  One of the most important things that has happened in recent history happened at The Mellow Mushroom.  On a wet, cold Sunday night Bill and I stumbled into the restaurant and I got Bill to put his promise never to build a house again in writingContinue reading “The Mellow Mushroom in Rockwall”

TRAVEL HERE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY FASHION SHOWS AT NORTHPARK Last week I started sharing my experiences at NorthPark’s 50th Birthday celebration.  Now it’s time to share the fashions.  Along with the Nordstrom Beauty Trends show, I saw runway shows for Mulberry, Nordstrom, CUSP by Neiman Marcus and Elie Tahari.  Here’s the highlights. Mulberry Mulberry is anContinue reading “NorthPark Fashion Show News”

TRAVEL HERE: RORY MEYERS CHILDREN’S ADVENTURE GARDEN AT THE DALLAS ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL GARDEN A recent Thursday was Blogger Day at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society.  I’d been to the Media Day just a couple of weeks ago so I’d seen the pumpkins, but this invitation offered me something else – entry to theContinue reading “Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden”

AT HOME IN HEATH: THANKS LOREE LA PORTE, NOTHING BEATS GOOD HAIR Good hair has been hard to find and I hate that.  I remember hair that grew out the color I wanted it to be, did what I wanted it to do and really didn’t take much work at all.  Most of my lifeContinue reading “Loree La Porte, Savior of Hair”

TRAVEL HERE: FASHION SHOWS CELEBRATE NORTHPARK’S 50 FABULOUS YEARS NorthPark threw itself such an exciting birthday party that this is my third post about it.  Tuesday we looked at beauty trends, now let’s talk about the runway shows!  NorthPark did a great job of making the event something I won’t forget.  I felt lucky toContinue reading “More Fashionable NorthPark”

TRAVEL HERE:  WHAT’S OLD AND NEW AT NORTHPARK NorthPark is celebrating her 50th birthday and I helped.  During a day long feast of fashion shows I discovered what was on the forecast for fall and winter.  The day began with beauty trends from Nordstrom.  Here’s my picks for a fashionable face. The Bold Mouth The biggest newsContinue reading “Fashionable NorthPark Turns 50”

TRAVEL HERE: DALLAS’ NORTHPARK CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF WONDERFUL NorthPark is one of my favorite places in the world.  Sure, I like to shop, but that’s only a fraction of the attraction.  I just like to be there.  When I visit NorthPark I feel cooler, sleeker and more hip than I do anywhere else.  TheyContinue reading “50 years of NorthPark”