R.I.P.
It was just last month that our own Charley Pride — who Preston Hollow and North Dallas residents would sometimes get a glimpse of at Texaco, the Forest/Preston 7-Eleven, the grocery store, or St. Monica’s Church — won an amazing honor: he was awarded the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Association Awards…
Read More“Carol Reed was a woman who took every hand she was dealt, and played it well. She was bigger than life, had political skills second to none, a loyal friend, and deeply loved Dallas.” This came from her dear friend Chris Heinbaugh, vice president of external affairs at AT&T Performing Arts Center, a former reporter…
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It saddens our hearts to report that Dallas, indeed the entire U.S., has lost one of its most significant architects: Cole Smith. Cole was born in 1926 and died August 25. He was married to interior designer extraordinaire Sherry Hayslip Smith, who rightfully called her beloved husband “a national treasure.” “Cole Smith’s life and…
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I met Kelly Yount about six years ago, as I do so many people, in the course of publishing this blog-turned-website. She had reached out to me and we met for lunch as two total strangers, and it was a two-hour lunch with iced tea — no wine even. I mean, we clicked. She was…
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We have held off on posting this tragic, tragic story for weeks with hope that the outcome would be much different. But JP & Associates agent Laura Avila died Saturday, November 24 in El Paso, where she was on life support following a plastic surgery procedure in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico that left her brain dead.…
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