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New Belk Store Open, Still Time to Win Free Tickets to Belk Charity Gala April 3

By Candy Evans / March 31, 2014 /

We’re living in high cotton now! Well, I got to tour Belk Friday, the new, hip, and oh so southern department store at the old Marshall Fields/Saks Fifth Avenue store at the Dallas Galleria. You recall how we interviewed the store’s (hot) manager, Salem Boohaker, he’s finer than frog hair split four ways. We helped him find…

Sometimes You Need a Vacation Home to Find Your "Inner Peas"

By Candy Evans / March 28, 2014 /

Boot Ranch Executive Chef Aaron J. Staudenmaier wasn’t always counting bluebonnets in the Texas Hill Country. Aaron began working the graveyard shift at a truck stop at age 14 and eventually made it to The Mansion in Dallas, working under Chef Dean Fearing. For the 13 years prior to his escape to Boot Ranch, he…