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HEADING TO HEATH: GRANITE BEFORE THE STORM Nothing on a building site happens in a vacuum.  While we were shopping for the elusive granite slab of our dreams, we were also picking out brick and trying to find a vendor for the pre-finished cabinets we’d chosen for the kitchen.  (Cabinets – another long story IContinue reading “Granite Interruptted”

TRAVEL HERE: NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART, TEXAS It’s Big!I’d heard that the big furniture store over in The Colony was finally open.  Since we were on the Northwest side of Dallas for another house-related errand, we decided to drop into the brand-spanking new Nebraska Furniture Mart.  The old saw about everything being bigger in Texas may finallyContinue reading “Nebraska Furniture Mart, Texas”

HEADING TO HEATH: TAKING GRANITE FOR GRANTED – LESSON 2 The Cold Bitter Truth A slab yard in deep winter is a sad place.  All the good stuff is gone.  The folks at the slab yard were very nice and quite willing to stomp around the chilly yard with us as long as we wantedContinue reading “Taking Granite for Granted – Lesson Two”

HEADING TO HEATH: TAKING GRANITE FOR GRANTED – LESSON 1 Next time you walk into someone’s kitchen and see a slab of granite on their countertop, don’t just walk past it.  Stop and admire it.  Your host and hostess will most likely puff up like you’ve complimented them on a grandchild. Just in case you’reContinue reading “Taking Granite for Granted – Lesson One”

Favorite Dallas Restaurants Visited, Revisited…and Visited Again Most of you know my husband and I are having a house built in Heath. As we’ve shopped around for tile, granite, wood floors, cabinets and the like, we’ve eaten a lot of meals out. A goodly number of these meals have been drive-thru fast food, which isContinue reading “A Few Recent Bites”

HEADING TO HEATH: DALLAS CONSIGNMENT STORES I HAVE LOVED PART CINQ Remember The Consignment Embassy? After visiting consignment stores all over Dallas, it boiled down to the fact that we still loved the dining room suite we’d seen in the first store we visited, The Consignment Embassy.  So Bill got on the phone and triedContinue reading “Dallas Consignment Stores V”

HEADING TO HEATH: DALLAS CONSIGNMENT STORES I HAVE LOVED PART QUARTE Back to the Riverfront Consignment Stores So we’d made it part of the way through my list of Dallas Consignment Stores on our first day of consignment shopping.  We’d bought a cabinet to use as a vanity, found at least one dining room suiteContinue reading “Dallas Consignment Stores IV”

HEADING TO HEATH: DALLAS CONSIGHMENT STORES I HAVE LOVED PART TROIS So we’ve been out all day.  We’ve found one thing we loved and a bunch that were interesting, but not what we were looking for.  We sort of want to quit, but there’s enough time for one more, maybe. Again and Again You haveContinue reading “Dallas Consignment Stores III”

HEADING TO HEATH: DALLAS CONSIGNMENT STORES I HAVE LOVED, PART DUEX Without further ado, I’ll plow into my list of consignment stores.  If you want to start at the beginning, click here. Estates Etc. This consignment store on Beltline near Coit better fit my previous perception of consignment shopping.  There were a few marvelous piecesContinue reading “Dallas Consignment Stores II”

TRAVEL HERE:  SENIOR FOLLIES LIGHT UP EISEMANN CENTER WITH JOY A few weeks ago I took you back to the Crow Collection of Art and discussed artistic connections within their latest exhibition. Talk about connections! Life is full of them. That’s how I ended up at the Spectacular Senior Follies a few Sundays ago. ItContinue reading “Senior Follies at Eisemann Center”