2013 February Lakewood

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

TRUE STORIES ABOUT OVERCOMING OBSTACLES, REMARKABLE REUNIONS AND EPIC PROPOSALS

DETERMINATION.

Determination is the key to Dani Hanna’s success. I don’t think I have seen a more focused individual when given the task of meeting her clients’ real estate needs. I have seen Dani create her own market many times by keeping in mind the future needs of her clients and putting deals together out of thin air. This work ethic and creativity in business is what makes her consistently a top producer at Dallas City Center. Dani is also a proud member of our Board of Directors and our Luxury division. Congratulations Dani!

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Happily

Who

Staying upbeat

A local recording company stays ahead of the curve.

52 Birthday girl

A Lakewood girl receives a birthday wish beyond her expectations.

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Know your neighborhood

New eats on the block, and is Centennial closing its doors?

It’s history

Dallas Parks and Rec historian gives a peek at East Dallas’ past. 23

Run for her money

Finally, the hands-off accessory runners have been waiting for.

24

Book inn

Take a book, leave a book at this mini library. 26 Rock on

This Southern storyteller’s hits are climbing the charts.

Photo of Simone and Jaime Garner by Can Türkyilmaz

Transplant musician from Nashville creates

Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

HE HAD IT COMING

Is that a good enough reason to break the law?

I was riding in a friend’s car on our way to some place now forgotten, and as we tooled along, a car raced up from behind us, careened into the adjacent lane, and then slid inches in front of us as we continued driving down the highway.

My friend, normally a calm sort but prone to an occasional invective or two, spoke up.

“Someday, when the doctor has told me I have two weeks to live, and I have nothing to lose, I’m going to slam right into that guy’s car. And when he gets out and starts yelling at me, I’m going to tell him he had it coming.

“And then I’m going to get back in my car and do it all over again to the next car that cuts me off.”

There wasn’t a lot I could add to those comments because even though he was obviously wrong, he was also right.

There have been plenty of times over the years I’ve felt the same way, although most of my bad-driver fantasies involve me driving a big truck with a snowplow so that when I slam into the idiotic driver, my vehicle isn’t damaged but his or hers is totaled.

I know, I know. There’s nothing to be proud of here. Clearly, neither my friend nor I should be doing anything like this to anyone at any time; taking the law into our own hands and acting like a bully to someone who already is a bully isn’t going to solve anything.

But it sure would feel good from time to time, wouldn’t it?

There seem to be plenty of times these days when taking the law into our own hands seems — if only for a fleeting moment — to be a really good idea.

And people express their opinions on everything from international topics to local issues instantly and loudly on social media

it’s not uncommon to see “suspects” convicted and sentenced online by peers long before they’re ever charged in court these days.

I even led a Sunday school lesson awhile ago where that was the theme — sometimes, you have to do “what’s right,” even if it means breaking the law.

Of course, the lesson was more of a theoretical exercise, and during the ensuing discussion, it was easy to see why.

I asked the class this question: If I’m attending a movie and the plot turns out to be sacrilegious (at least in my opinion), what should I do?

Should I walk out? Should I complain to the manager? Or should I just sit through it and be quiet?

The class was divided. Some said to forget it. Some said ask for my money back. One person suggested something more along the lines of my snowplow idea: Stand up and start yelling to everyone in the theater that the movie isn’t worth seeing and we all need to walk out right now.

And therein lies the problem in terms of taking “the law” into our own hands. Who’s to say I’m right about the movie and that it’s OK for me to disrupt the good time of the guy sitting next to me? Who’s to say I’m the good driver and the other guy is the idiot? Both likely have their own perspective, and both are likely much different from mine.

It’s easy to mouth-off online, where decisions are instantaneous and implications often don’t come into play. It’s harder to do it in person, because every decision has immediate and personal consequences.

Ultimately, that’s what laws and regulations do: They keep individual perspective on the sidelines for the most part and force us to live every day with the expectation that we will be here tomorrow to suffer the consequences of our actions.

Because more than likely, we will. And for the sake of our overall sanity, it’s probably best that we continue to think and act that way.

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2013 Hot Design Trend Forecast Remodeling and New Construction

This year’s trends are all about balancing sensibility and practicality with imagination and customization for each homeowner’s style – and lifestyle!

Practical Spaces

Rooms are being repurposed from impractical uses like formal dining areas to suit today’s lifestyle needs, including health & fitness, entertainment, and work or study.

Bold Visuals and Creative Textures

Imaginative combinations of classic colors and rich textures with elements that gleam, pop, and sparkle, like mosaic backsplashes and LED lighting will become the new standard.

Upgraded Cabinetry

Upgraded, refaced, and refinished cabinetry, designed to accommodate your lifestyle and the specific things you do in your kitchens and bathrooms will become increasingly popular.

Green and Sustainable Materials

Materials free of toxins and harsh chemicals are becoming mainstream. Upgrades include Low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) materials to improve air quality, and sustainable flooring.

Energy Star stainless steel appliances, better attic insulation, and leak-proof windows will make remodeled homes not only more beautiful and functional, but less expensive.

SUDDEN RAPID HEART RATE. DIZZINESS. POUNDING PULSE.

If it’s not love, it may be atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is a common heart disorder that occurs when electrical signals in the heart become irregular, making the heart’s upper chamber to beat out of rhythm. It can cause blood to pool and clot inside the heart and increase the risk for heart attack and stroke.

The Electrophysiology Lab at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake is dedicated to treating Afib. We perform minimally invasive ablation procedures to help stop the abnormal electrical signals that cause an irregular heartbeat.

For more information about Afib, visit DoctorsHospitalDallas.com/Afib or call 800-887-2525 for a free physician referral.

Dirty water?

Thanks for the update. Has anyone noticed the water now has a very strong smell of chlorine or some other chemical (Advocate daily news blog, Jan. 7, “Did Dallas’ water system fail?”)? As the mom of a child with several autoimmune illnesses, including inflammatory bowel disease, I was not pleased to receive a vague postcard from the City of Dallas about water treatment issues.

—Susan, via advocatemag.com

Our water has been undrinkable since before Thanksgiving. Repeated calls to the city, including more than a few latenight visits from the guys over at Water Utilities still haven’t yielded drinkable water. We still intermittently have water that has a pale yellow tint to it (think of the color of a post-it note). We’ve been told to flush our hot water heater, however, we don’t run hot water to our toilets. I’ve cleaned the tanks (in addition to the bowls) multiple times. They stay clean for a few days and then get filthy again. Lots of sediment at the bottom of the tank. Clean and safe drinking water should be a priority. Why it isn’t for the City of Dallas is baffling me.

—Jbales, via advocatemag.com

4755 Chapel Hill Road $2,950,000

6359 Malcolm Drive $289,000

12502 Pleasant Valley Drive $209,900

7057 Coronado Avenue $960,000

Carter

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“To me, the words ‘Lakewood’ and ‘Neighborhood’ are synonymous.”

Munger Place neighbors haven’t been drinking from their sinks because the water is visibly discolored. This photo shows tap water on the left and bottled water on the right. Photo by Jeanine Michna-Bales

Pet priority

We love Hillside Vets, but more importantly, so did our sweet, dearly departed Maisie, who thought of Hillside as her second home (Advocate daily news blog, Jan. 4, “Hillside Vet Clinic offers all-night service”). Now that we’re without a pet, we don’t have a chance to talk with the Hillside folks like we did when Maisie was living. But we were grateful then for Hillside’s late-night hours and especially for the professionalism and compassionate care they shared with us in Maisie’s end of life time. I’m glad to read that they are continuing with their excellent service. —Maisie’s mom, via advocatemag.com

World-class city

I’ve lived here for 50-plus years, and [Dallas is] really a much more interesting place than it was in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s (January Advocate, “Keep it World Classy, Dallas”). I get the sense that Oak Cliff and East Dallas are building a critical mass of interesting people and projects that don’t utterly depend on city hall’s support. Let’s be encouraged that even

if progress is slow, it’s still progress, and it’s noticeable in Dallas.

—topham, via advocatemag.com

If Dallas would stop wasting money on overpriced and unnecessary bridges and realize that most of the so-called world-class cities are so because of their commitment to outdoor recreation areas and world-class transportation systems as well as diversity, we’d be a whole lot closer to being worldclass. —Wendi, via advocatemag.com Talk

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Q&A: Lizza Connor

Everyone is a music critic, and Lizza Connor creates music for the most honest critics of all — kids. Namely, her kids. “The difference in playing for kids or adults is that kids respond immediately. If they don’t like something, they’re not going to dance; they’re going to stand there and look at you,” she says, laughing. Connor, a recent Lakewood transplant from Nashville, released her first children’s album, “Commander Salamander,” in November. The whimsical CD, inspired by her own experiences with parenthood, is comprised of 13 original songs promoting healthy lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity and positive self-esteem.

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So you’re new to the neighborhood. Yeah, I’ve played in Dallas before but never really spent a lot of time here. You know how when you move somewhere and you’re worried about how it’s going to be? Dallas, to me, immediately I found people to be very open and welcoming, especially in the creative community, and that was huge for me to kind of find my people here. And it’s absolutely East Dallas. People always pointed us to East Dallas because they said East Dallas has a unique sense of community, and it’s got this sort of artsy element. We know we’re going to be here for a while, so I’m excited about actually putting down some roots.

How have you plugged into the arts community?

I’ve been focusing on getting the word out that I’m here, and I’m excited to play for both kids and grown-ups. Many of the songs of the CD encourage a healthy lifestyle for children, and I’ve been getting some gigs at schools, libraries, partnering with Whole Foods, things like that.

Tell us about the kids’ program you’ve been developing.

We have a lot of conversations in my house about health because my husband is a pediatrician. At a time when one in three kids are obese and we have a huge health care cost crisis, you see a lot of programs out there that encourage healthy lifestyles, but it’s mostly message. None of them have combined music and message, and I’ve seen in my own children how important music is to their learning and to their development. So I’m putting together this program called “Healthy Me” that I’m excited to take into schools and libraries and wherever people are interested. It should be ready around this summer, when school starts back in August. Basically it’s music with a message. You take a topic like health

Store Bought Tomatoes? Scandalous!

that’s otherwise mundane, and you put some catchy lyrics and fun music behind it, and suddenly you’re encouraging kids to brush their teeth while they’re singing and dancing and moving.

How did your own children inspire you?

I started writing songs for kids once I had my own, and the songs started coming so naturally just because, I think by nature being a parent, you want to entertain your kids but you also want to teach them. Not only have my kids been a great sounding board, but my husband as well. Because of his training, he’s been so good about helping me shape the content. I’ve been so excited by the response to the CD because I had no idea if it would just be my kids and their pals, but it recently sold out on Amazon. It shows me, hey, there’s a need out there for quality kids’ music with a message that won’t drive parents crazy. I know that firsthand because I’m a musical mom. I want my kids to be listening to all kinds of music, but there’s not a lot of music out there I want to have on repeat in my car.

Do you think your music will mature as your kids get older?

I do. The thing I’m excited about with this program is to develop content for each stage in a child’s development. So this CD is really geared towards ages 2 to 8, but as my kids grow up, I’m watching them go through each new stage and they’re inspiring new content.

What has working on kids’ stuff taught you about adult music? I think what it’s taught me is that simple is best. The thing that’s the same when writing for children and adults is that you’ve got to boil it down to the most important information and say it with the least amount of words and wrap it in a melody that’s going to move somebody, and that’s the challenge. —Brittany

Nunn

Interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

paws & claws

lost princess

Anastasia Roaming-off was found huddled in the corner of a Lakewood garage. Though she weighed barely two pounds, she was such a beauty Bob and Laura Wilson thought she was a lost princess — hence they compared her to her namesake, whose life also was mysterious. No one ever claimed her highness, but the Wilsons were “secretly delighted” because of her sweet disposition. after a little pampering, she quickly livened up and has shown an “artistic streak,” finding her niche in toilet paper and rolls of paper towels, which she loves to showcase around the Wilsons’ house.

1933-1934

White Rock Lake, Garland Road near San Rafael

as told to Keri Mitchell by Sally rodriguez, Dallas Park and recreation Department’s historian. Photos are courtesy of the Dallas Municipal archives and curated by rodriguez. She authored the book “White rock Lake,” available at area bookstores and through arcadiapublishing.com.

If you notice, Garland Road is just a two-lane road, not the sixlane road it is today. Because Garland Road is so small, there’s more parkland in that picture than there is today, and there was actually a park road that ran parallel to Garland down lower. We used to have a lot of little dirt roads that ran through. There’s now a guardrail at the edge of the trail, and that’s all the space there is. The parkland is very narrow now in most of the area.

This photo was something acquired at an estate sale, and so we have no background information on the picture. We have no clue what the group was gathered for. Behind them is the house, if I’m not mistaken, that used to have a line of rooms in the back, a separate building, and that was the hunting lodge.

(Because of the lack of photo information, city archivist John Slate, who oversees Dallas Municipal Archives, made an educated guess that the photo was taken in 1933-34.) “The cloche or clochestyle hats match the time period, as do the dress hemlines,” Slate says. “Hemlines were higher in the late ’20s, went back down to shin and lower in early ’30s. The one fellow in the white suit would not be out of place in the early ’30s. The fedoras on the men are also on line for about that time. The photos we have of hats on Clyde Barrow and his buddies are very, very similar and are 1933-34.”

Read moRe about Sally Rodriguez and her historical park photo findings at lakewood.advocatemag.com.

Seabolt Pl.

Running buddy

A phone, an iPod, keys, money, identification, energy gels. This is the list of essentials runners carry with them when they run — give or take an item or two. Even if they leave one or two things behind, carrying the rest can be awkward and uncomfortable. After decades of long-distance recreational running and 12 marathons, Lakewood resident Julie Bradfield had enough of holding bulky items in her hand or strapping them around her waist. “I tried everything on the market. It just wasn’t comfortable,” she explains. It was time to get creative. Using materials she had around the house — a running shirt, an old computer bag — she made a lightweight, waterproof pouch that could fit her necessities. “The pouch was easy,” she says. “The hard part was figuring out how to attach it to myself.” Her mom suggested she use magnets to secure it to her clothing. And thus was born the first Running Buddy — a small pouch that folds over on itself like a wallet around the runner’s waistband. For a year, Bradfield ran with her homemade contraption. “When I put it on, I always thought, ‘There’s got to be other people who would like to have something like this.’” Turns out she was right. After a year of navigating the tricky process of getting the Running Buddy on store shelves, she finally launched her product online in October, then Run On! on Mockingbird Lane began carrying it in November. Soon people began giving her the ultimate compliment: “After a while, I forget I even have it on.” It’s big enough to hold a phone, lightweight and sweat proof. It’s “manly” enough that men feel comfortable snapping it on, yet trendy enough that women who aren’t even runners buy them to wear to the fair or when they travel. Think of it as the hip kid sister of yesteryear’s fanny pack.

—Brittany Nunn

Bookworms unite

“I love to read,” chirps 10-year-old Lakewood Elementary School student Hannah Wahl. “My friends say if I’m reading a book, I can’t hear anything going on around me.” Which is exactly why her grandmother’s birthday present — her very own Little Free

Library for her front yard — was such a perfect gift. During a family visit to Hannah’s grandmother’s house in Minnesota, Hannah noticed several small structures that look like dollhouses on posts in people’s yards. When she asked what they were,

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LOVE THY NEIGHBORHOOD. SHOP LOCAL.

“Live Local” is all about keeping our dollars in our communities. We live here. We work here. We spend our dollars here. That, in turn, results in a “thriving metropolis” where we reap the benefits of our “Live Local” philosophy by keeping our shopping centers fully leased, increasing our home values and drawing people into our community to eat, shop and live! I was born & raised in Lakewood and am proud to be vocal about “living local!”

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she found out they’re miniature “libraries” that people can put books inside for others to borrow. There’s no need for a card or a librarian; participants are simply automatically enrolled in the honor system, and they may take or replace books as they please. When bookworm Hannah discovered the idea, she wanted one for herself. So Hannah’s grandmother, Carol Wahl, and her uncle, Rick Peterson, put their heads together during a visit to Lakewood in December and made Hannah a Little Free Library out of recycled wood and other scraps, and a whole lot of caulking. “It was a lot of work,” explains Hannah’s mom, Sara Wahl. “If Hannah’s grandma hadn’t come down to do it, it’s one of those things that probably would have stayed in the idea stage.” Once it was complete, Hannah and her 5-year-old sister, Lucia, painted and decorated the sides with little wooden figures — horses on one side, the likeness of their house on the back, and a dog theme on the third. With white paint and candy-blue accents, her library also resembles a dollhouse on a post in the front yard, which many people think it is. “Almost every person I have met is like, ‘What is that? Why do you have a dollhouse in your front yard?’” Hannah says. Once they find out it’s a library, they want to know how it works, she says. Littlefreelibrary.org gives tips for how to build a structure and then adds participants to a map so others can locate libraries in their neighborhood. According to the website, Hannah’s library is the first in Lakewood. There are also two in Lake Highlands and one in Garland. Since officially opening for business on Dec. 10, Hannah says several of her friends and neighbors have eagerly participated in the exchange. “It’s really fun that my friends donate books and come over to check on it,” she says. Her library is now popping at the seams with upward of 25 books and growing by the day. “Mostly when you tell people about it, they want to donate,” Sara says. “Nobody really wants to take any out, so now we need some people who want to borrow books.” Hannah says kids stop by the library more often than adults, but she still tries to keep it stocked with books for all ages. Hannah’s advice to future little librarians: Don’t use glue that bubbles or foams when decorating the outside of the box. —Brittany Nunn

Moving on up

Many musicians strive to someday quit their day jobs, but singer-songwriter Ronnie Fauss says his is partially the inspiration behind his music. By day, Fauss’s life consists of numbers and organization as a full-time accountant; by night, he’s a family man; and, as if that isn’t enough, he’s also one of Dallas’ most up-and-coming music artists. “I love the balance that gives me between the two sides of my brain,” he says. “I need that. I do feel like I have a sort of schizophrenic personality in that way. I can be so incredibly analytical, where everything has to be in its place and all that. On the other hand, I’ve got this real creative streak that leads me to write songs.” Not only does the Lakewood resident do it all, but he does it all well, with a long list of accomplishments to prove it. “I’m really full throttle in both areas. I don’t just dip my toe in one side and then just stay in the other most times; I love both.” In February 2012 Fauss signed with the independent Americana label New West Records, LLC under its new sub-label Normal Town Records. Then starting in October, he spent several months jetting back and forth from Dallas to Nashville in preparation for the release of his long-awaited CD, “I’m the Man You Know I’m Not.” Since then, he’s been hopscotching across the country playing gigs, promoting his CD and enjoying its ever-growing popularity. Fauss’ music can best be defined as Americana with a Texas kick, but it’s his skill as a storyteller that seems to have given his latest CD its edge. Along with his job, Fauss credits his wife and three kids as the inspiration behind keeping his music authentic and relatable. His album debuted on the Americana Music Association chart in December alongside some of his musical heroes — big names such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. In March he’ll play a coveted spot at South by Southwest in Austin, which, naturally, he’s looking forward to. Fauss signed a three-record deal with Normal Town, but he’s hanging onto the already-written second record while his first album gets its due. “That’s what this year [2013] will be about, making sure this album is heard by as many people as possible.”

—Brittany Nunn

“I can be so incredibly analytical, where everything has to be in its place and all that. On the other hand, I’ve got this real creative streak that leads me to write songs.”

what gives?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits

Lace up your tennies ... and run your heart out on Feb. 16 in Heart and Sole, the 5k and one-mile fun runs, to benefit Attorneys Serving the Community and Hope’s Door, which helps families affected by domestic violence. Plus, stick around after the race for the bounce house, live music and refreshments. Meet at Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake at 8:30 a.m. Admission is $10 to $35. Visit runontexas. com for more.

Host a fundraiser … and donate the proceeds to Hurricane Sandy victims through the Volunteer Center of North Texas. Since officials have asked people not to self-deploy to the impacted region, the Volunteer Center offers several opportunities for those who are interested in getting involved with Sandy relief. Visit volunteernorthtexas.org for more.

Knit some booties … and bring them to the Lakewood Branch Library Knit Wit’s club, which meets 2-4 p.m. every Tuesday. They are best known for the thousands of baby hats they knit each year for Parkland Hospital, the annual afghan they make to help raise funds for the library, amd the booties they knit for the Gendercide Awareness Project. Call the Lakewood Branch Library to learn more (214.670.1376) or just grab your needles and go (6121 Worth).

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Out & About

February 2013

Feb. 3

‘Too Cold to Hold’

Sign up for the 5k, 5-mile or 10-mile run around White Rock Lake. It may be brisk but post-race festivities include a heated beer garden, coffee, massages and more. The first 1,000 participants to pick up their packets get a warm beanie and all participants get a long-sleeve technical shirt. Proceeds benefit the Family Place, which reaches out to survivors of family violence.

Norbuck Park, 170 N. Buckner, runproject.org, $40-$60

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THROUGH FEB. 28

Friendship tea

Teatime includes a three-course lunch with choices such as soup, salads, pecan clusters, chocolate-covered strawberries, tea and, for a higher price, champagne in the DeGolyer Tea Room. The cost includes admission and parking. Reservations are available every day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland, 214.515.6511, dallasarboretum.org, $47-$57

THROUGH MARCH 3

‘Goodnight Moon’

Watch the classic bedtime book come to life through singing, dancing and puppetry.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, 214.978.0110, dct.org, $14-$40

JAN. 31

‘Lost Dallas’ presentation

See a slideshow of old and bygone Dallas buildings and neighborhoods and hear historic preservation officer Mark Doty talk about his book, “Lost Dallas.” The book features images of Lower Greenville, White Rock Lake, the Dr Pepper National Headquarters, the Victorian Gothic Ursuline Convent and other neighborhood landmarks. Book sales benefit the City of Dallas municipal archives.

Lakewood Branch Library, 6121 Worth, 214.670.1376, dallaslibrary2.org, free

Feb. 23-24

Dance auditions

The producers of “America’s Got Talent” and other top judges will be present at the Open Call auditions, which works to connect dancers with professional dancing opportunities. Full and partial scholarships to dance events will be given out.

Lakewood Theater, 1825 Abrams, 214.821.7469, lakewoodtheater. com, $35-$115 registration

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Feb. 9

Beatles tribute

A Hard Night’s Day, a local tribute band endorsed by the Beatles’ first manager, performs in honor of the anniversary of the Beatles’ first U.S. television performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Doors open at 7 p.m. Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville, 214.824.9933, granadatheater.com,

$14-$24

Feb. 9

Hot Chocolate 15k/5k

Run for chocolate at the 5k, which kicks off at 7:30 a.m., or the 15k at 7:55 a.m. Race perks include a finishline chocolate fondue machine, a hot chocolate mug and a technical hoodie. The 5k course makes its way through Fair Park and up South Haskell, and the 15k continues northeast on Lindsley, west on La Vista, down Swiss and back down North Haskell toward Fair Park. Before the race, runners can stop by a hot chocolate expo at the Fair Park automobile building from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. The run raises funds for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Fair Park, 1121 First, hotchocolate15k.com/dallas, $48-$68

Feb. 15-24

‘Teen Brain: The Musical’

Explore the humorous, mysterious object called the teenage brain in the Teen Scene Players’ new production. The musical takes place on a Friday as eight youth navigate high school. Audience members ages 12 and older are welcome.

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Feb. 26

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Celebrate from noon-4 p.m. with the Knit Wits knitting group at their 10th anniversary party. Some knitting fun follows a potluck lunch. New, current and former Knit Wits are welcome to join the group, best known for knitting baby hats for Parkland Hospital, knitting booties for the Gendercide Awareness Project and yarn bombing. Lakewood Branch Library, 6121 Worth, 214.670.1376, dallaslibrary2.org, free

FEB. 16

‘Heart and Sole’

Run with your heart in the 5k and one-mile fun runs. The post-race party includes a bounce house, live music and refreshments. Proceeds benefit Attorneys Serving the Community and Hope’s Door, which helps families affected by domestic violence. Winfrey Point, 950 E. Lawther, runontexas.com, $10-$35

FEB. 17

Children’s choir

Made up of kids from East Africa, the Asante Children’s Choir performs from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The special event includes a service and a concert, where the children will don colorful clothes, play drums and sing to raise awareness of the vulnerabilities of orphans and other children. Donations will be accepted.

Unity on Greenville, 3425 Greenville, 214.826.5683, dallasunity.org, free

FEB. 19

Kids Who Care

The Advocate Foundation’s limited-edition, numbered, and hand-painted ornament; perfect gift for the new home owner or Dallas transplant. Sales benefit neighborhood organizations. 214.292.0486 foundation.advocatemag.com

The international musical theater company Kids Who Care performs “Freedom Bound,” which interweaves childhood games and nursery rhymes to tell a story of the quest for freedoms and human rights. The musical begins at noon.

Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak, 214.671.0045, dallasculture. org/latinoculturalcenter, free

FEB. 21

Bootlegging book

Local author Matt Bondurant’s book

“The Wettest County in the World,” inspiration for the 2012 movie “Lawless,” tells stories of his Prohibitionera bootlegging family. The discussion begins at 6 p.m. Lakewood Branch Library, 6121 Worth, 214.670.1376, dallaslibrary2.org, free

FEB. 23

Family expo

Head to Fair Park’s Centennial Hall between 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for the largest family expo in DFW. Activities include camps, classes, product samples, handson games, entertainment, giveaways and more. All ticket proceeds benefit Children’s Medical Center.

Fair Park, 1300 Robert B. Collum, 817.913.0558, dfwfamilyexpo.com, $4 adults, $3 children 2 and older

FEB. 27

Meet East Dallas

Network and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar at the event, hosted by the Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Last year’s event hosted more than 200 people. Show up at 5:30 p.m. at the Point building at C.C. Young.

C.C. Young Retirement Community, 4847 W. Lawther, 214.827.8080, eastdallaschamber.com, $5 entry

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Delicious

Tamales

Believeit or not, the words “tamale” and “healthy” can be used in the same sentence. Since 1984, La Popular Tamale House has been walking the fine line between making tamales that are as good for your body as they are for you taste buds with high-quality meats and fresh veggies from the downtown Dallas Farmers Market.

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Yet somehow the mom-and-pop joint in Old East Dallas also manages to maintain that authentic Mexican feel and flavor Texans all know and love, which manager Jesse Moreno Jr. credits to their old-school ways of hand-making each of their tamales. Guests can pick up a dozen steaming tamales for $12.95, pork being the most popular. All of La Popular’s tamales are gluten free, and their vegetarian tamales have drummed up quite a following in the Lakewood area. Their breakfast tacos are also a popular treat, especially among the high schools students who frequent the store, and each month La Popular features a seasonal tamale. February’s is a dessert tamale, which, yes, is as heavenly as it sounds.

DiD you kNow? Jesse Moreno sr. came up with the idea for La Popular during a frustrating christmas Eve of driving around town, trying to find food for his pregnant wife. As a result, La Popular is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving and christmas as a service to the community.

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1. El Taquito Café

This cozy spot in Old East Dallas feels more like your grandmother’s kitchen than a restaurant, and serves traditional enchiladas and fajitas that might rival hers, too. (Don’t tell her we said that.) 5427E. Grand 214.823.5872

2. Tacos Y Mas

If you’re hungry for tacos to-go, this may be your best bet. Its crave-worthy taco meat is what put this little joint on the map, but it also serves a variety of other Tex-Mex options. 5419 Ross 214.824.8079 tacosymasdallas.com

3. La Victoria

This hole-in-the-wall boasts of being gluten-free friendly, but it’s the meaty pork tamales and breakfast burritos Victoria customers rave about.

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Make your valentine sparkle

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The Holiday That Must Not be Named makes its annual appearance this month, which means the insecure among us will be scrambling to show their devotion to the people closest to them. Let it not be said that I don’t feel their pain.

One sure bet: sparkling wine. Nielsen reports that the week around Valentine’s Day is the fourth biggest sales period for bubbly after New Year’s, Christmas and Thanksgiving. When buying bubbly, you can divide it into three groups — cheap, more expensive, and Champagne prices:

($12) a Spanish sparkling wine or cava — crisp but a little more complex than most Spanish sparkling wine. The Italian is a Prosecco ($12) with lemonlime fruit. It’s especially fresh and effervescent for a Prosecco, and surprisingly well done.

($17)

is from the Burgundy region of France, with tiny bubbles that don’t quit and an almost spiced baked apple flavor. Truly a wonderful wine. ($15) is more open than $10 cavas like Cristalino, with a bit of yeast on the nose and a tropical middle.

($28) shows up a lot on lists like this, and it’s easy to understand why — always well made, with bright, crisp green apple fruit and lots of sparkling-ness. The from Oregon ($27) has long been a favorite — very clean and almost austere. Beware older vintages, which sit in warehouses and turn flat and flabby.

—Jeff Siegel

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Ask the wine guy

What’s the difference between Champagne and sparkling wine?

Legal-ese, mostly. A U.S.-European Union trade agreement has defined terms for products like this, so that only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France can be called Champagne. It’s the same reason that prosciutto made in Iowa can’t be called Proscuitto, which is limited to the pork product made in that part of Italy.

—Jeff Siegel

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Not just chocolate chip cookie brownies

This variation takes a tried and true recipe to the next level — even sweeter and richer and more decadent. Feel free to experiment with a variety of different flavored chips.

GROCERY LIST

1 1/8 c all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 stick butter, softened

3/8 c granulated sugar

3/8 c packed brown sugar

DIRECTIONS

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 to 1 1/2 c chips (chocolate, butterscotch, white chocolate, and the like)

1/2 c chopped pecans

1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Grease 8x8 pan.

2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Add the egg, beating well. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Spread into prepared pan.

3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Makes about two dozen, about 30 minutes

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Shotheart through the

Each February we media consumers get whomped over the heads with sappy romance stuff — longing love songs, movies starring Kate Hudson and/ or Matthew McConaughey and those tear-jerking diamond commercials, to name a few.

Though these things entertain and sometimes stir up pleasant sensations in our guts, they are contrived, fantastical and primarily aimed at selling us something.

This month, we give you the Advocate antidote for the cynicism that no doubt digs deeper into our psyche with each passing year: a collection of true love stories from our real-life neighbors, complete with all the awkwardness and authenticity unseen in cheesy movies.

Story by Brittany Nunn and Lauri Valerio Photos by Can Türkyilmaz and Danny Fulgencio

As the schmaltziest holiday approaches, these couples give love a good name

Clockwise from top left: A photo from the wedding of Fred and Elaine Ekmark; Simone and Jaime Garner; Aubrie Nelson and Adam Ashenfelter; Mildred and Glen Haedge; Fred and Elaine Ekmark.

Aubrie And AdAm “Life

is a musical,” says Aubrie Nelson, laughing. “For me at least. He calls me an iPod,” she says, shrugging in the direction of her fiancé, Adam Ashenfelter.

“Give her a song and she’ll start singing,” Ashenfelter agrees.

“My friends say this was the perfect proposal for me,” Nelson says. “He really catered it to me and my personality.”

The couple finishes each other’s sentences as they excitedly describe Ashenfelter’s larger-thanlife marriage proposal.

“I just thought, you’re only going to do this once,” Ashenfelter explains.

Ashenfelter knew right away that he wanted to marry Nelson — although he doesn’t readily admit it because “that would sound crazy.” They met on Feb. 24, 2012, went on their first date the next day, and spent almost every day after that together. Roughly three months later, in May, Ashenfelter decided to go with his gut, which told him to pop the question.

“Then it was just, how am I going to do it and when?” he says.

He sought counsel from his sisters. Since Nelson is an event supervisor at the Dallas Arboretum, Ashenfelter knew he wanted to do something that incorporated her work. His sister had an idea: Stage a flash mob.

At first Ashenfelter shrugged it off. How would he pull off a flash mob? But the idea stuck. So, he turned to Google for help and found Flash Mob America, a production company that organizes seemingly spontaneous public performances across the nation. After filling out the application form, Ashenfelter soon received a call from FMA: They were in, and it would be their first production in Dallas!

On July 23, Nelson had a big day ahead of her at work. She was told Dallas Arboretum president Mary Brinegar was speaking at a garden party that evening, and the night had to be flawless. Nelson showed up at 4 p.m. and received her work orders, just like a typical day — except something seemed off. Someone had already escorted the guests inside, which is typically Nelson’s job.

“I think Angela [Rollins, Nelson’s boss] was trying to get me to do as little as possible, so that I wasn’t running around,” Nelson says.

On top of that, as people kept showing up, Nelson wasn’t sure who they were or what to do with them. Rollins gave Nelson a mic and told her to go to the front because the Arboretum president was on her way.

Suddenly, a man in the crowd started singing loudly — and he didn’t stop. As he made his way to the front of the crowd, belting out “Everything” by Michael Bublé, Nelson gave him a no-nonsense headshake. Then the song started playing over the loud speakers and the crowd in front of her quickly formed rows and began dancing a choreographed routine.

One of the FMA actresses standing beside Nelson on the stage kept asking what was going on, but Nelson told her she didn’t know.

do this once.”

Halfway through the dance, it dawned on Nelson what was happening. When the actress asked again, Nelson told her, “I think my boyfriend is here,” as she searched the crowd for his face. At the end of the song, the “audience” formed a tunnel with their hands and bodies, leading from the back of the crowd to the front. Ashenfelter dashed through the tunnel to where Nelson was waiting, and dropped to his knee.

Somewhere between crying happy tears and frantically waving her hands, Nelson said “yes” and put on Ashenfelter’s ring.

“I guess he made my dreams a reality that day,” Nelson concludes, reflecting on the reallife musical her fiancé staged just for her.

Ashenfelter says he’s just glad the secretkeeping is over. Well, and the planning.

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Turns out, both of them grew up in the same area and went to Bryan Adams High School, where Simone hung out with two of Jaime’s younger sisters. She and Jaime never met.

Simone’s family also is intricately connected to Jaime’s. Her godmother served as a nanny for Jaime’s great-aunt and greatuncle while the military family was stationed in Germany. Jaime’s extended family later sponsored her to come to the United States where she became close friends with Simone’s grandmother in small-town San Marcos.

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“There are so many coincidences, you’re not even surprised by them anymore,” Jaime says.

About eight months after meeting and four months after moving in together, Jaime and Simone went for a walk along a beach in Cancún, where Jaime proposed with a souvenir ring he bought in the town. The couple married in 2006 and is expecting a baby at the end of July.

“It makes you question faith,” Simone says. “It makes you really wonder if we’re destined or meant to be together. It makes you wonder if you’re truly in this life plan to meet a certain person and be with them forever.”

When Simone moved into Jaime’s house and began organizing the furniture, she says she started to cry bittersweet tears knowing that their relationship was the real deal.

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“I was happy but at the same time saying goodbye to the single girl, because I knew this is it.”

Traditional roles don’t apply in the Garner household. Jaime, who has volunteered and worked at Alex Sanger Elementary School, is great with kids and loves to cook. Simone shares the chores and is a bit fiery, they say.

“We can butt heads from time to time, but we always come back to each other,” Jaime says. “I don’t dole out rings to just anybody.”

“You better not,” Simone says.

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Twelve-year-old Chris Prestridge knew the minute he laid eyes on Lori that he was going to marry her. Unfortunately for him, it took Lori 12 more years to come to the same conclusion.

Chris’ first impression of Lori was that she was an “angel on earth.”

“Sounds crazy, but I really felt love at first sight,” he says.

Lori’s first impression of Chris wasn’t so glamorous. “I didn’t like him,” she recalls, laughing.

But they soon became friends anyway, and then best friends. Even though they didn’t attend the same schools, they always stayed close. Chris made his intentions known to Lori — and to everyone else, including her parents (who loved him by the way): He was going to marry her someday.

“I told Lori many times to ‘let me know’ when she was ready. She always laughed it off but I knew one day she would come around,” he says.

They both dated other people, and Lori even had a serious relationship in college.

To her, Chris was just Chris. “And I did love him,” she says. “I just wasn’t in love with him, you know?”

When Lori was 24, she and a friend drove to Garland from Denton to go to a concert with Chris. When her friend saw how Lori and Chris interacted, she told Lori, “You know, if I had someone who loved me like that, I would definitely take a second look.”

That was when the light bulb came on, Lori explains. “I didn’t want to think about him like that, but then I realized I did have feelings for him.”

After talking it over with her mom, who told her if she broke Chris’ heart, she’d never forgive her, Lori mulled it over, and then finally made the call.

“I’m ready,” she told him.

It took him a little while to believe her, of course, but soon they were dating and then married in September 1993.

“He’s just a great guy,” Lori gushes. “I respect him more than anyone else, and I think he respects me more than anyone else.”

Two decades and two kids later, they’re still living happily ever after.

“We are still the best of friends. Our love has never wavered through thick and thin. Our connection is soul deep,” Chris says.

“I still feel like that lovesick boy when I see her across a crowded room or look into her eyes. I feel like the luckiest man in the world every day.”

Shot through the heart

Afteralmost 67 years of marriage, Mildred Haedge still knows her husband Glen’s military serial number by heart, even though she forgets her own social security number. She spent 33 months writing letters to him during World War II before they were officially engaged.

“I always say it took me six years and two weeks to get him to the altar,” Mildred says.

The two met in 1940 at a church convention. Mildred lived in Austin and Glen in Dallas, so their long courtship consisted mostly of letter writing, though Glen visited

several times. In May 1941, they shared their first kiss and spent an afternoon dressed up in their Sunday best drinking Dr Pepper on a motorboat on Lake Austin.

Mildred and Glen only saw each other a few times before he went overseas but built their relationship on paper and postage.

“We did so much writing to each other. We loved each other,” Mildred says.

When the United States entered the war in 1941, Glen — who was an army private — asked Mildred to wait for him. He spent a couple years training in the United

Mildred and Glen

States and eventually headed to Africa, Italy, France and finally Germany, where he was wounded. One month before the war ended, Glen stepped on a landmine that broke his femur and shattered his knee. He was carried on a door from aid station to aid station, about six of which gave him morphine shots.

“I felt like I’d made it through the war because you were in danger of getting killed every day and when I got wounded, I wouldn’t have to face that death every day,” Glen says.

In July 1945, he was sent to the only Texas military hospital that could treat his wounds, in El Paso.

“I always say it took me six years and two weeks to get him to the altar.”

Mildred and her mother hopped on a Greyhound bus in August and went to see him for the first time in almost three years. Glen and Mildred married on June 30, 1946.

Mildred and Glen, who now live together in C.C. Young Retirement Community, were separated again recently. Glen moved to the community’s nursing building after heart trouble. For two years, Mildred walked across the community campus once or twice a day to visit him. They now share an assisted living residence at C.C. Young.

“We’re just glad to be back together,” Mildred says.

After significant time apart, the secret of their marriage is in their togetherness, they say.

“That’s the main thing: putting up with each other,” Glen says. “If we get to arguing with each other, we put up with that.”

“And then we settle it before we go to bed,” Mildred says.

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three dates. That’s all it took for Fred and Elaine Ekmark to decide to marry.

Well, three dates plus months of hounding on the part of Fred’s sister, Anna, to convince them to go on a date in the first place.

Leah Ekmark, Fred and Elaine’s daughter, says her aunt Anna worked with Elaine at the time, and used the broken record strategy to convince her friend and her brother to meet.

“My mom and dad both said the same thing to my aunt, the matchmaker: ‘Fine, I'll do it but I'm not looking to get married any time soon.’ ” Leah says. “They went on their blind date, and apparently they really hit it off because by the second date they were talking about marriage and on the third date my dad proposed!”

Elaine recalls their first date a bit differently. She later told Anna, “There weren’t any bells and whistles, but he was nice.” Fred, however, left with a different feeling.

“On the first date, it was just like, ‘I want to see that girl some more.’ ”

Fred was 27, and Elaine — then McGarr — was 23. She’d dated plenty of young men, and

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had even turned down a couple marriage proposals. Of course that made Fred nervous, but he was also confident Elaine was the one.

On their third date, Fred took Elaine to a seafood restaurant. Suddenly Fred couldn’t wait any longer. He reached across the table, took Elaine’s hand and asked her the lifechanging question that was heavy on his mind, “Will you marry me?”

Naturally, Elaine was surprised. But by then, she knew enough to know her answer.

“I said, ‘Yes,’ ” Elaine recalls.

They announced the engagement to their friends and loved ones, and picked a date for the wedding before Fred had even met Elaine’s parents. Elaine’s mother, however, was trusting of her daughter’s discernment, and in a letter to Elaine, she wrote, “I know he must be a fine person for you to have fallen in love with him.” She assured her daughter that “there’s no way you can tell just how long you have to know someone before you can fall in love.”

Anna knew that her friend and brother would hit it off; she just didn’t realize it

“They went on their blind date, and apparently they really hit it off because by the second date they were talking about marriage and on the third date my dad proposed!”

would be so quickly.

“My aunt went out of town for a little over a week when my parents had their first date,” Leah says. “By the time she came back, they were engaged!”

They have been married for 38 years and raised two children — Leah, 31, and her brother Ryan, 34. Fred and Elaine agree that the key was being willing to wait until the right person came along and being smart enough to know when it happened.

In one of Fred’s letters to Elaine during their engagement, he wrote that it took an extra special girl to turn his head, “but it sure was worth the wait.”

Local records

Erv Karwelis started Idol Records 20 years ago, and it’s still going strong

Story by rachel Stone

This is not a good time for the recording industry.

Two of the biggest record labels, Warner Brothers and EMI, were sold in bankruptcy auction last year, giving buyer Universal almost 50 percent of the market share. Where 15 years ago there were eight major labels, now there are four. Because of streaming and online piracy, even Justin Bieber barely sells a million albums. And the major labels that have survived rely heavily on reissues and compilations to make a profit.

But some of that is favorable for independent record labels. Neighborhood resident Erv Karwelis owns one, Idol Records, and he’s been turning profits for 20 years.

Karwelis moved to Dallas from Los Angeles 25 years ago to work for Sony records. He started Idol as a side business in March 1993 with a compilation CD called “Get It Through Your Thick Skull.” It featured songs from Dallas-based bands including Baboon, Hagfish and Brutal Juice, which all went on to gain major-label deals.

“It was just a hobby,” Karwelis says of the early days of Idol. “There were so many cool bands in Dallas that I wanted to document it.”

Karwelis quit his job at Sony in 1999, around the beginning of the

end of the major label, to run Idol full-time. Idol had released albums for two of its biggest bands, Old 97s and Centromatic. Sony already was downsizing, and the timing seemed right, Karwelis says.

One way that Idol has survived is through licensing. Early on, Karwelis started offering his artists’ music for commercials, TV shows and movies.

“Bands used to consider it selling out,” he says. But now music licensing is a common practice, even among major-label artists such as Santigold and the Black Keys.

Idol made its first licensing agreement with MTV’s “Road Rules” in the ’90s, and many more deals with that network followed. Other Idol agreements include bygone rap trio PPT, which once reworked lyrics to a song, originally about Fila sneakers, for an Etnies commercial. More recently, A Boys Named Sue song, “Wheels Off,” appeared in a Vans commercial, and “Breaking Amish” featured a song from The O’s.

The trick to keeping that income rolling is availability, Karwelis says. TV producers, especially in the realm of reality TV, often work on extremely tight deadlines.

Neighborhood resident Erv Karwelis shops for records almost every day. He started his own label, Idol Records, in 1993. Photo by Can Türkyilmaz

“I have relationships with a lot of music supervisors,” he says. “I’m known for being quick to respond.”

Independent labels like Idol have an advantage over major labels because overhead is low. Karwelis offices out of his Gaston Avenue home, for example, and he is a company of one. He hires freelance publicists, A&Rs and other workers as needed, he says. And he is very careful about who he signs. “I can’t just sign a band because I like them,” he says. The musicians have to have mass appeal and marketability. And even more important, they have to be willing to work hard on touring and marketing themselves, he says.

Idol records dozens of local artists, including The Crash That Took Me, Here Holy Spain and Black Tie Dynasty. But Karwelis also has signed bands from all over the states and England. The Fags, from Detroit, went on to sign with Warner Brothers after their 2006 Idol debut, “Light ’Em Up.”

Karwelis says he isn’t sure how the recording industry will recover in the longterm, but he thinks the future could be paid streaming services. Most of Idol’s recordings are available through those services, but they’re not paying much yet. He recently received a check for less than $100 from Spotify, for example, as payment for thousands of plays over several months.

“We’re all hoping it gets better,” he says.

We caught up with a couple of the neighborhood-based bands on Idol Records to find out what they’re up to this year.

The Boys Named Sue and Slick Fifty Seven

John Pedigo and Ward Richmond met at Woodrow Wilson High School, where they both were in theater and the Variations show choir.

“We were randomly paired to write an ad in theater arts class,” Richmond says.

“We wrote a jingle for a fictional company. That was a long time ago.”

They started a band, South, while still in high school.

Richmond had a football scholarship to Brown University, but by that time, he and Pedigo already had started Slick Fifty Seven with pal Rob Schumacher. The band performed in Deep Ellum anytime Richmond was home. In 2002, they signed with an Australian record label and toured all over the world as a fulltime job.

“We started Boys Named Sue as a

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country cover band to perform in Dallas when we weren’t touring,” Richmond says. “We could play every night, and people would come out.”

cial real estate. He also has completed two Iron Man triathlons, the antidote to years in the rock-n-roll lifestyle.

The Boys Named Sue recorded “The Hits Vol. Sue!” in 2009, and they still perform frequently.

“It’s just about fun now, and it doesn’t feel like work,” Richmond says.

Slick Fifty Seven performed at the Goodfriend one-year anniversary party in October, and they were well received, Richmond says. They’ve been playing more shows in Dallas lately.

Locally, the Boys Named Sue became much more popular than Slick Fifty Seven, which broke up in 2006. Richmond recalls sleeping in the Slick Fifty Seven van in the parking lot of an Ypsilanti, Mich., Arby’s in wintertime.

“We were playing two or three hundred shows a year,” Richmond says.

They were tired.

Pedigo went on to form the O’s with Taylor Young, who now is also the drummer for Boys Named Sue. The O’s have released two albums on Idol, “We Are The O’s,” which reached No. 2 on the UK Americana chart, and “Between the Two.” They’ve toured all over the states and Europe.

Richmond bought a house in Lakewood and launched a career in commer-

The Boys Named Sue, from left to right: Ward Richmond, former drummer Scotty Tecce, John Pedigo and Robert Stave. Photo courtesy of Idol Records

John Pedigo and Taylor Young are the O’s. Photo courtesy of Idol Records

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These Machines Are Winning

These Machines Are Winning is a new project from Little Forest Hills resident Dylan Silvers of Darryl and the Crash That Took Me.

The band’s first album, “Defender 1,” is due out Feb. 12. The album has a synthesizer heavy, electronic punk sound, with guest appearances from local artists including Taylor Rea of Ishi and Tim Delaughter of Polyphonic Spree.

But These Machines are not just a band. They’re a story.

Silvers compares These Machines Are Winning to the Gorillaz, in that they are focusing on comic-book style characters, videos and storytelling. The story is “a cross between Donny Darko and E.T.,” he says. British comic-book and film concept artist Jock designed the album cover.

The band consists of Silvers, a bass player named only Hightower and videographer Ryan Heartsell.

“It’s a man against machines thing, with young guys on BMX bikes rolling around causing trouble,” Silvers says.

These Machines recorded their first album in California earlier this year, and Idol is releasing it on 180-gram vinyl, which will come with a CD as well. That’s not cheap, Karwelis says, but he hopes it will appeal to record collectors and DJs.

“The first 100 copies will be a flat green color that will match some of the colors [on the jacket],” Silvers says. “I’ve only done a 12-inch vinyl one time. Erv’s been super cool about letting us do that.”

A birthday blessing

Tanya Burgett is a little girl with a big heart and knows how to throw a party

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by Brittany Nunn | Photo by Danny Fulgencio

Lakewood resident Taya Burgett’s ninth birthday was right around the corner, and she had so many options for how to celebrate: a sleepover, Six Flags, a themed party, even a fancy dinner at Reunion Tower. For weeks, she mulled it over.

One day she and her mom passed the SoupMobile on their way to breakfast in Deep Ellum. She remembered her second-grade soccer

team had served at the SoupMobile headquarters, making sandwiches for the homeless. Aside from having a lot of fun with her friends, she also learned a lot that day from SoupMobile founder David Timothy, who took time to talk with her class about homelessness.

“And I was thinking how my birthday was coming up, and I just thought it would be a fun and nice thing to do if we had people come

Taya Burgett hosted a Soupmobile party for her 9th birthday.

over and we made sandwiches for the SoupMobile,” Taya recalls.

Later she told her mom, Amanda Burgett, about her idea. Burgett wondered if Taya would change her mind, as 9-year-olds often do, but she didn’t.

For weeks, Taya talked about SoupMobile, constantly expanding on her original idea. Instead of presents, she asked her friends to bring cans of food to donate. She also hosted a lemonade stand to raise extra money for the SoupMobile, despite her mom being skeptical because their house isn’t anywhere near a busy street.

To everyone’s surprise, the lemonade stand was a smashing success. Because of the June 2012 hailstorm, the street was ringing with the sounds of hammers and electric tools. Roof repairmen flocked to the stand in droves. Taya could hardly keep up with the demand. When passersby heard the stand was a fundraiser for SoupMobile, they began donating larger and larger bills.

Taya struck up a conversation with one of the roofers, and when she told him the lemonade stand was for charity, a grin spread across his face and his eyes filled with tears.

“He told us that he knew SoupMobile and he knew David. He told us that he used to be homeless, and they helped him get that job,” Taya says.

Taya and her mother were touched by his story.

“So many people think homeless people just want a free ticket and they don’t want to work for it,” Burgett says, “but what the SoupMobile does is it gives them hope. They have a heart for these people, and they see them as people, not a project.”

Between the lemonade stand, donations from relatives, and a gift from the Tooth Fairy (Taya lost a tooth right before her birthday party), she was able to raise $133 for SoupMobile.

In addition, Taya, her family, 15 of her friends and a handful of adults made more than 500 sandwiches, and then delivered them to the SoupMobile headquarters in Deep Ellum. The group toured the grounds and saw the kitchen where SoupMobile staff and volunteers make meals for the homeless, which they then deliver via the SoupMobile van to locations throughout the city where homeless people tend to congregate.

Taya’s birthday was “way more than I ex-

pected it to be,” she says. “I expected it to be a breeze, but it ended up actually taking teamwork and stuff, which was really fun. Knowing that you’re helping people who needed it, made me feel good knowing that you can make a difference.”

Little did she know, her birthday adventures weren’t over yet.

Not long after the SoupMobile party, Glenn Beck (yes, the Glenn Beck) caught wind of Taya’s act of kindness and asked her to be on his TV show. He was so inspired by her story that he donated $10,000 to SoupMobile. He also wanted to do something nice for the little girl with the big heart, so he threw her a “real” birthday party, using one of her discarded birthday party options the fancy dinner at Reunion Tower.

One of Taya’s favorite things about the party was that Timothy, or “the Soup Man” as people call him, came to her party and even brought her a present. Timothy says he wanted to return the support Taya gave him. Her story shed light on SoupMobile’s mission and encouraged others to get involved, he says. Since Taya’s birthday party, several people have contacted him about donating or volunteering as a response to her story.

“People say, ‘How can this little girl make a difference?’ Well, her story has spread out among so many people,” he says. “So this little 9-year-old girl made a huge impact to spotlight the cause of homelessness. Her story was so powerful and so touching, that people who maybe never cared about the homeless before, now they do.”

Burgett says she, too, has been challenged by the turn of events. Though she doesn’t consider her family to be the “dogooder” type, this has taught her to encourage both of her daughters to dream big and never be afraid to move those dreams forward.

“I don’t care if they grow up to make a lot of money,” Burgett says. “I don’t care if they’re famous, or any of that. But I do care that they’re nice people, that they love others and that they help others when they see a need. I say that all the time, but don’t always actively encourage it.

“Don’t squelch those little ideas.”

To learn more about SoupMobile and its mission to feed the homeless in Dallas, visit the website at soupmobile.org, like it at facebook.com/soupmobile or follow twitter.com/soupmobile.

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An Age-old tension

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science has opened to rave reviews. Deservedly so. It’s a work of art that honors the Creative Mind behind it all.

Of course, creative minds designed and built the museum. Architects, builders, directors and donors: These all had a hand in the making of something that adds aesthetic and cultural value to the city. But when I say that it honors the Creative Mind behind it all, I mean something that people of science and faith both might challenge.

The museum doesn’t just exhibit, it teaches. It takes evolution as a working fact of how the world and human life developed. Which is the rub for many who see there a contest between religion and science.

It doesn’t need to be so, though. A tension, yes, but a contest, no.

Evolution says something similar to what Genesis says: There is a relationship between time and matter in how things have come to be. Genesis poetically uses a seven-day week to picture it, rather than the scientific estimate of 13.9 billion years since the universe burst into being. Evolution says also what Genesis says about how one thing builds upon another, about how all things hang together, and about how all things — including human life — are related. Even the iron in the blood of your veins was once a part of an exploding star. Marvelous.

Admittedly, evolution and Genesis, science and religion do not agree at all points, and they operate with different starting points. Yet each can increase our bank of knowledge.

Religious congregations offer perspectives that might enrich those in the world of science whose worldview is open enough to include things untestable. Science can

religion

say a lot about what things are and how things come to be, but it has little to say about why. The age-old philosophical question Why is there something and not nothing? can’t be answered in a laboratory.

Sometimes science itself gestures in the direction of faith. Harvard socio-biologist E. O. Wilson has coined the term eusociality to describe something rare in his study of evolutionary behavior. Eusociality involves ways of living that go beyond the red-claw instinct for self-preservation. Foundational characteristics of eusocial behavior are nest building, cross-generational communities, divisions of labor and altruistic actions — individuals working for the common good, defending the nest, even to the point of sacrificing one’s life. Love? Out of all the lines in the evolutionary tree that lead to modern humans, only one, homo sapiens, is eusocial. We are, evolutionarily speaking, rare birds.

Wilson traces the emergence of these behaviors and follows their development across eons and the vast realm of nature and helps us see that we are part of a grand evolutionary epic, one that few of us know much about. People of faith know something about this grand epic from other sources. Our biblical traditions point again and again to a story that is embedded in the fabric of the universe. It’s a story of self-sacrificing love that derives from a God deeply engaged in the essence of all things.

Compassion, self-sacrificing love, communities of support and encouragement: We have vital houses of worship all over Dallas that teach and practice these things. They form a wonderful complement to the wonderful new museum. You can join one of these, too, and frequent it often. It will prove eusocial.

It doesn’t have to be science vs.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is a regular feature underwritten by Advocate Publishing and by the neighborhood business people and churches listed on these pages. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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Hot tamales

By popular demand, the founders of LaPopular Tamale House in Old East Dallas are opening their third location, Peak & Elm Cocina Y Bar, at you guessed it — the corner of Peak and Elm. The grand opening is set for Feb. 8. Since the original La Popular Tamale House location is simply a to-go spot, Jesse Moreno Jr., son of La Popular founder Jesse Moreno Sr., says their costumers have long requested a place to sit down and dine. Moreno says they are taking great pains to preserve the historic aspect of the location, including naming it Peak & Elm so they could keep the original sign out front, which marks where the streetcar ran once upon a time.

Centennial changes ownership after bankruptcy

The Centennial on Lower Greenville, one of Dallas’ oldest liquor retailers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December because of $6 million in debt to BBVA Compass Bank, plus $4.4 million to the area’s biggest wine and liquor wholesalers. It appears that Cheers Spirits & Liquor, a small North Texas retailer, wants to buy the Centennial on Lower Greenville as part of a deal to purchase 13 other Centennial stores in Dallas and Tarrant counties, and plans to operate all the stores under the Cheers name. The TABC was expected to decide by the end of January whether Cheers will be allowed to transfer the liquor license.

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Hillside Veterinary Clinic is now offering emergency pet care 24 hours a day, seven days a

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week. Plus, there’s no added charge for latenight visits. To accommodate the new hours, Dr. Kyle Smith was hired at Hillside as the primary veterinarian for the graveyard shift.

Green Grocer grand opening

Green Grocer Dallas hosted its grand opening party Jan. 26. The newest entrant to the neighborhood grocery scene originally had planned a fall 2012 opening, but ran into some parking permit issues that held up construction for weeks, according to owner Cassie Green. The 3,500-square-foot store is the company’s second; its original is in Chicago. Like the Chicago store, the Dallas store’s emphasis is on local and organic offerings. Green Grocer is already with some of our neighborhood’s artisans, for example, collaborating with Wackym’s Kitchen and Carnival Barker ice cream.

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1 The Jason’s Deli on Mockingbird, which was closed for renovation, will re-open this month.

2 Allegiance Title Company will open its 20th office in Lakewood shopping center this month. Jill Lydick is the senior vice president and branch manager, and Glenda Webb is the branch escrow officer. 3 Construction on the new Austin-based coffee shop Houndstooth should begin sometime in February. Until then, the space at the southeast corner of Skillman and Oram will be fully occupied by framing store Gallery Central.

More than 160 people attended the eighth annual Gustavo Ipiña Memorial Scholarship winter party and silent auction in December, which raised more than $8,500. In May a $5,000 scholarship will be given to a Woodrow Wilson High School ESL student. Scholarship funds

are raised each year in memory of Gustavo Ipiña, a native of Monterey, Mexico, who attended Woodrow Wilson High School and was killed in a road rage incident his senior year. Ipiña would have been the first in his family to attend college. Neighborhood resident Taly Haffar, who was the Dallas County assistant district attorney assigned to Ipiña’s case, founded the scholarship and organizes the fundraisers.

The Lakewood Northridge Estates Community Association (LNECA) formed as a Texas nonprofit in December. LNECA board members hope to lessen the burden of government by taking independent action in the community. Board Members hope the LNECA will soon becoming a tax-exempt 501(c)3. Differing from a neighborhood association, homeowners’ association or community development corporation, the goal of LNECA is to further charitable

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objectives through things such as food and clothing drives, cleaning and improving parks, and fundraising based on community needs. The LNECA board plans to publish a Northridge Estates directory to help volunteers and community members communicate, then create a website.

The Dallas Arboretum’s Chihuly exhibit, which wrapped up at the end of December, attracted more than 700,000 visitors from 71 countries, including China, New Zealand, Peru and Zimbabwe. Chihuly Nights were held 115 times, the majority of which sold out. More the 42,000 volunteer tours were given throughout the eight-month exhibit.

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Woodrow Wilson High School staff members are thrilled about their new Performing Arts Building. In January director John Beaird offered tours of the state-of-the-art facility, which includes a choir room, black box theater, dressing rooms, costume and scene shop, dance studio, library and computer research center. Woodrow also hosted a musical fundraiser, and received a special visit from the Alley Cats when they toured Texas for the first time all the way from Yale University.

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Jessica Barrera, a 2009 Woodrow graduate, was named 2013 Miss Texarkana in January. In 2010 she competed in the Miss Texas pageant in Arlington after being crowned Miss Rio Grande Valley. The Miss Texas contestants are judged on their interviews with a panel of judges, talent, evening gown, swimsuit and on-stage question.

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Lakewood’s documentary duo Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell created “A Reason to Live” after their friends’ son committed suicide. The film features several young people from the area who attempted suicide, as well as the parents of suicidal teens. The Mondells’ hope is that the film will open the door to conversations about suicide and depression, and encourage teens who are considering suicide to seek help. For more information, or to order the film, visit the Mondells’ website at mediaprojects.org.

East Dallas filmmaker Robert Greeson premiered his documentary “31 Days: The Beatles’ First American Tour” at Lakewood Theater. As suggested by the title, the film is about The Beatles’ first tour through the United States, including a trip to Dallas in midSeptember 1964. The film blends old blackand-white footage of The Beatles performing and being interviewed, with new footage of Dallas-area Beatles experts. The film is now available online at 31days.info.

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“There are unique situations,” he says, recognizing that for most people, eye exams aren’t second nature.

“I focus on putting them at ease and zooming in on why they’re there for the day,” Dr. Meyer says. “Why they carved out some of their time to come in and get seen.”

Acknowledgment of the patients’ valuable time is another example of how clinicians are focusing on the patient experience rather than the old model of emphasizing an efficient delivery, where sometimes clinical excellence seems to be divorced from simple courtesy.

Not only is patient-centered care the right thing to do from a standpoint of better health outcomes, but evidence shows it also leads to a wiser allocation of resources. Researchers have reason to hope that as doctors and clinics increase their awareness of patient-centered care, the doctor-patient relationship will continue to evolve toward partnership and increased success in patient treatment. HCA

“I focus on putting them at ease and zooming in on why they’re there for the day.”

Dr. Clint Meyer, Dallas Eye Works

DENTAL HEALTH: ALIGNING PATIENT GOALS WITH BEST PRACTICES

When a patient and dentist meet at the appointed hour, do they have the same goals?

The individual who goes dental school has chosen a rigorous profession dealing with the health of gums and teeth, apparatus the rest of us take for granted. As a group, dentists are practical and science-oriented. But they also place high value on ethics, and genuinely care about their patients.

We patients, on the other hand, wish we never had to think beyond the tooth brush, not to mention the floss. Most of the time, there are only two things that will motivate a patient to visit the dentist: pain (or its avoidance), and the desire for an attractive smile.

As it happens, both of those things depend on good health. Although patients tend to think of their mouth as separate from other health issues, the truth is that a bad tooth can cause serious illnesses if left untreated.

Naturally patients prefer dentists who are compassionate and personable, and there is also evidence that a good relationship with the dentist encourages patients to practice better

Did you know

The more adept a dentist is in communicating with patients, the fewer questions patients tend to ask during the consultation. Conversely, patients who felt less trust ask more questions and take a more active role in their own oral health.

Trust in the Dentist-Patient Relationship – a review (Journal of Young Investigators, June 2005) By Jeremy Jacquot, UCLA (Chapple et al. 2003, and Schouten et al. 2003)

Dena T. Robinson D.D.S., F.A.G.D. Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry

treatment adherence. Since good oral care is one area where patients can have a huge influence on a successful outcome, dentists and patients both win when patients take a more proactive role.

Dr. Dena Robinson understands her patients’ concern with an attractive smile, but she says her true motivation came from

her grandmother, who had oral cancer and died without teeth. “It was difficult to watch,” Dr. Robinson says. “I want to educate people and get them up to speed with what I see going on in their mouth. It might be decay, or missing teeth, or a funny lesion on the tongue.”

She says one of her pet peeves is when patients who saw their parents use dentures believe they are destined for the same fate. “That’s just not true,” says Dr. Robinson. “I want people to keep their teeth and chew their food.”

If there is more than one potential treatment plan available, many dentists will explain the pros and cons, in order to let the patient make in informed decision. This is true for traditional

Whether you’re considering clear aligners, retainers or today’s braces, Lakewood Orthodontics is the smart choice. Dr. Patricia Simon is a specialist in straightening teeth and aligning your bite. She has three years of education beyond dental school, including a surgical fellowship. So she’s an expert at helping you get a great smile – that feels great, too.

“With my adult patients, it’s a partnership where we’re designing their smile. I’m the quarterback on the team.”

Dr. Patricia Simon, Lakewood Orthodontics

Patricia A. Simon, DDS 1809 Skillman St., Dallas 75206 214.826.9000 · lakewoodortho.net

“Where my child’s smile is concerned, I want the best. Any father would feel the same.”

— Jason, 38

dentistry as well as for cosmetic procedures.

“For me, the relationship is a partnership more than it is a dictatorial ‘doctor-says’relationship,” explains Dr. Patricia Simon of Lakewood Orthodontics. “Especially with my adult patients, it’s a partnership where we’re designing their smile.” For that to happen, the patient has to clearly communicate their goals, and to be clear on what they want to achieve. With that understanding, the doctor can assess whether the goal is realistic. Dr. Simon says, “It may involve me and their dentist, or me and another specialist to achieve that. I’m more or less the quarterback on the team, to hand off to whoever else needs to be involved and coordinate those appointments with that doctor so we all are on the same page.”

If the patient is a child, the team expands to include the parents, but the child retains much of the responsibility. Dr. Simon explains to them: “Here’s what we can achieve, if you’re willing to do all of these things. If you’re not willing to do that, here’s what we can get, does that make you happy? And so they know where our limitations are. They’re making a decision for themselves.” The patient understands they are responsible for a large part of the outcome.

Sometimes people who exercise and choose healthy diets still find reasons to put off a visit to the dentist. The reality is that if we hope to live to a healthy old age, we should all be making plans to keep our teeth. Dr. Dena Robinson puts it this way: “At the end of the day, we all want to really enjoy our food and be able to chew it. It’s the nutrition we need to sustain our lives.” HCA

Snow day smiles

New neighbor Sean Henry , owner of Austin-based Houndstooth Coffee coming soon to Lakewood, and his family enjoyed the white Christmas. From left, Ananda , 3, Sean , Melissa and Alden , 1.

Raising the bar

Five of these girls are Lakewood gymnasts — Kaylie Sheaffer, Lily Lane, Allison Williams, Kate Giebler and Miranda Farrar — whose team brought home impressive awards from the 2012 Texas USA Gymnastics level 5 state championship meet. The team won four gold medals and one silver. All of the gymnasts train under Greg Goots and Amber Neroes at Ridgewood Gymnastics in Lakewood.

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Cool cats

In January Lakewood received a special visit from the Yale University Alley Cats, who are touring Texas for the first time ever. The a capella group performed at a private party at Times Ten Cellars. Photo by Kyle Rains

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SOMEONE SNATCHED THE SANDWICH MEAT.

Six-foot wooden fence? No problem. Second-story window? No problem. The crime seemed a little unbelievable.

The Victim: Jeff and Jessica Harper

The Crime: Burglary

Date: Thursday, Dec. 20

Time: Between 11:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.

Location: 6800 block of E. Northwest Hwy.

Jeff Harper and his family had been away from their Town North home when a burglar saw an opportunity — albeit not the easiest break-in. The thief leaped over the high security fence and then amazingly climbed a backyard trellis to access an upstairs window. Reaching the second floor, the burglar then broke the window and went inside.

Harper says the burglar stole a Nintendo Wii fitness board and some Pixar DVD movies. Beyond that, the loot gets a little more interesting. The finicky, and evidently hungry, thief stole all of the Harpers’ bread, sandwich meat and non-diet sodas (apparently the burglar was not watching his weight).

Harper and his wife recently moved to Dallas from North Carolina and find the crime creepy and unnerving. They were also amazed that this criminal bypassed so many more expensive items for trivial things like sandwich meat.

“They didn’t even try to take off the flatscreen TV,” Harper says.

Dallas Police Sgt. Keitric Jones of the Northeast Patrol Division says the criminal may have just thought that the food items were of value and took what he wanted or needed.

“There is no common thing when it comes to crime,” he says. “We should always secure all locks on windows and doors. Criminals have homes just like law-abiding citizens and often are aware of some of the same practices that they use. So please secure windows and doors and set alarms at all times, even if you are home.”

Date in December when corporate lawyer Damien Falgoust was seen leaving the Crown and Harp nightclub on Greenville

a.m.

when

Time when Falgoust’s body was found beaten and in critical condition

SOURCE Dallas Police Department

Sean Chaffin is a freelance writer and author of “Raising the Stakes”, obtainable at raisingthestakesbook.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email crime@advocatemag.com.

Age of David Anderson, who was booked at the Dallas County jail on Jan. 4 on a charge of aggravated assault against Falgoust

A GREENVILLE EYESORE

It’s the upper portion that needs the city’s help COMMENT. Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com and search upper Greenvile to tell us what you think.

Now that city officials have finished building so many things that we don’t need, can we get them to focus on something that’s really important? One suggestion: Greenville Avenue between Mockingbird and Walnut Hill, which has gone downhill so badly during the recession that it now has title lenders, the blood-sucking leeches of post-modern retail. Once that happens, can dollar stores, the harbinger of a shopping area’s collapse, be far behind?

This was not supposed to happen on upper Greenville. After all, doesn’t it have the Park Lane development, complete with snazzy Whole Foods, brand name outlet stores and a bowling alley?

and established single-family neighborhoods that held their value during the recession on the other?

Yet there it is — discount liquor stores, empty storefronts, bare land and the vacant Sam’s location, the retail equivalent of a nuclear waste dump. Parts of upper Greenville look like East Dallas in the old days, and I never expected to see that (the other being Far North Dallas around Valley View, but that’s a column for another magazine).

something, that stretch of Greenville is in three council districts, making a unified approach all but impossible given the way the city council works. We’ve had success on Lower Greenville because most of it is in one district, and that councilwoman actually knew what she was doing.

And, just 1 1/2 miles south, isn’t there the biggest and baddest Central Market in the state of Texas? Aren’t there two DART stations in that stretch, and isn’t mass transit the catalyst for urban redevelopment? And could the demographics be any better — the Park Cities on one side and the Village apartments

How did this happen? Part of it was the recession, of course. Part of it was over-development before the recession, when Dallas had more stores than it could support even during good times. But part of it — and the part that will still be with us as the economy improves this year — is the city’s preference for baubles instead of the bottom line and of showpieces instead of practical results.

Consider three things: -

thing the city is allowed to do, under the 19th century guidelines that define the role of government in Dallas. Guiding real estate development is not, even when the parcel of land involved is complex and has many owners — a situation where a third party could bring muchneeded perspective about who should do what and how they should do it.

nizing this kind of problem and dealing with it. Even if someone wanted to do

one of the key features of the post-recession retailing world, that cannibalism has replaced new development. Retailers are more likely to move to new locations and close the old one — what the experts call cannibalism — rather open a second store. The people Downtown are still waiting for Costco like characters in a Samuel Beckett play.

There is irony here; after all, we are dealing with the city. The infamous forwardDallas! (can’t forget the small f and exclamation point) zoning plan of 2006 was supposed to guide us through this sort of problem, offering a blueprint so government and private business could work together without the former throwing money at the latter:

“Older neighborhoods are often near stagnant commercial development that would benefit from revitalization,” said the plan. “These areas, due to their lack of reinvestment, negatively impact the community’s look and feel. Focusing investment to these commercial areas benefits the retail areas and the adjacent neighborhoods.”

But recognizing a potential problem is not the same as solving it. And the latter is not nearly as much fun as building a signature bridge.

Parts of upper Greenville look like East Dallas in the old days, and I never expected to see that.

Jeff Siegel, a neighborhood resident, writes a monthly opinion column about neighborhood issues. His opinions are not necessarily those of the Advocate or its management. Send comments and ideas to him at 6301 Gaston, Suite 820, Dallas 75214; fax to 214.823.8866; or email editor@advocatemag.com.