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Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Changes Luncheon Date, Plans Home Tour That Will be a Standing "O"vation

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

So here’s the calendar change for you: the 3rd Annual Distinguished Speaker Series luncheon date was tentatively scheduled for Friday, April 11. Well, it has now been changed to Wednesday, April 2. But the change is well worth it: Harlan Crow will be the featured speaker at the luncheon, to be held at the Dallas Country…

Thursday Three Hundred, Romance Week Edition: Beautiful Greenland Hills Tudor is a Vintage Love Affair

By Joanna England / February 13, 2014 /

  Sometimes Realtors describe a home as “charming” or “romantic,” and you check out the listing only to find the same builder-grade cabinets, tired hardwood or laminate floors, the same-old granite counters, and blah, blah, blah. The home was probably charming or romantic once, but all the charm and romance has since been renovated out…

Lifestylist Suzanne Felber Bumps Into Robert Mondavi Jr. at The International Builders Show And Makes a Fabulous Discovery: Wood Floors from Wine Barrels!

By Joanna England / February 13, 2014 /

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber When I go to events such as the International Builders Show, I never know what I’ll see or who I’ll meet, and this week was no exception. The combined 2014 International Builders Show and the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show had over 1,700 exhibitors, 650,000 square feet of floor space, and more than…

Inwood Home of the Week: History, George Clooney, And The Premiere of ‘The Monuments Men’

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2014 /

Planning a trip to Tuscany? Cancel those reservations and stay home. Just buy your Valentine the home with the blue-tiled roof on Turtle Creek for Valentine’s Day and you can live in a lush Italianate environment 24 hours a day, mere minutes from downtown Dallas. (And pizza!) What could be more romantic? No need to send flowers, there are plenty in the lush gardens surrounding 3828 Turtle Creek Drive.

Who needs roses? Smell the live lavender, rose, and hydrangea.

Your gift is a landmark estate owned and lovingly restored by Robert Edsel, a remarkable Dallas oil man turned prolific writer, historian, and now filmmaker, notorious for helping hunt down artifacts and art from World War II.

Inwood Home of the Week: History, George Clooney, And The Premiere of ‘The Monuments Men’

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2014 /

Planning a trip to Tuscany? Cancel those reservations and stay home. Just buy your Valentine the home with the blue-tiled roof on Turtle Creek for Valentine’s Day and you can live in a lush Italianate environment 24 hours a day, mere minutes from downtown Dallas. (And pizza!) What could be more romantic? No need to send flowers, there are plenty in the lush gardens surrounding 3828 Turtle Creek Drive.

Who needs roses? Smell the live lavender, rose, and hydrangea.

Your gift is a landmark estate owned and lovingly restored by Robert Edsel, a remarkable Dallas oil man turned prolific writer, historian, and now filmmaker, notorious for helping hunt down artifacts and art from World War II.