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Realistic Retail Therapy: Did You Know About The Baccarat Outlet Store?

By Jon Anderson | April 24, 2015 |

Outlets get a mostly deserved bad rap from the discerning shopper. Originally intended to sell end-of-season and overstock merchandise at reasonable price, today’s outlet malls are stuffed with big names and slim bargains from cheaply-made collections sewn in Romania instead of Italy. These are lines never seen in the brand’s high-street boutiques. As oversaturated as…

Election Day 101: Six Vie for Three Seats on Dallas ISD Board of Trustees

By Bethany Erickson | April 24, 2015 |

Did you know it costs somewhere in the neighborhood of one million dollars – $1 million of our tax dollars – for Dallas ISD’s portion of a May election? And did you know next to nobody votes in May elections? Because it’s true. That being said, it is ridiculously easy to vote (provided you have…

Nathan Grace Realtor Jennifer Ayyad Blends Her Passions for Real Estate, Art

By Leah Shafer | April 23, 2015 |

Dallas native Jennifer Ayyad is a real estate agent and artist who is finding a beautiful way to marry her passion for both. The Nathan Grace Realtor has received several recent commissions for her extraordinary, large-scale acrylic paintings. The first was for a friend at the W Residences who had recently purchased a condo there. “He…

So Before You Vote: Adam McGough’s Utility Bills at His HP Condo Were Apparently Completely Appropriate

By Candy Evans | April 23, 2015 |

About Adam McGough’s utility bills at his Highland Park condominium: we may have been misled into misleading readers that his energy consumption at his Crestpark condo was so low that he could not possibly have ever lived there. Here is what we said: Well, let’s put it this way – they either have the world’s…

Why Has This Lovely Oak Lawn Townhome Been on the Market 160 Days?

By Leah Shafer | April 23, 2015 |

These days, it’s pretty common to spot a great listing and watch it go under contract faster than you can say, “Jeeves, fetch me a Realtor!” So when I spot an Oak Lawn townhome like the one at 3316 Hawthorne Ave. #3316, which has been on the market for 160 days, I have to scratch…

Swiss Ave. Home of Neiman Marcus Founders Hits Market

By Joanna England | April 23, 2015 |

I met up with Elizabeth Mast at 5803 Swiss Avenue, the beautiful brick home where Neiman Marcus founder Carrie Marcus Neiman lived her last days. This home built by Carrie Marcus and her then husband, Abraham Lincoln Neiman, which sits at the corner of Swiss Avenue and Skillman, may not have the columns and beams of…