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5230 YOLANDA | $2,195,000

5529 TANBARK | SOLD 4 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 3 Car | 3,691 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

620 SADDLEBROOK | $1,150,000

6522 PRINCE | $650,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,755 SF Brown-Qualls & Schrickel Group 214-692-0000

2205 CANTON #123 | $649,400

6319 VELASO | SOLD 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Liv | 2,056 SF Dybvad Phelps Sinnott & Clayton Group 214-708-5233

6126 AVERILL #209W | $569,000

240 PALISADE LOOP | SOLD

414 EDGELAKE | SOLD 2 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,497 SF Selzer Stell Group - 214-355-3113

1.2 Acre Lot Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2,196 SF Brown-Qualls & Schrickel Group 214-801-1795

3 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 2 Car | 2,917 SF Mary Rinne - 214-552-6735

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 1,684 SF Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

5 Bed | 4 Bath | 7 Car | 4,137 SF Kim Nikolis - 214-460-5456

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8053 CLAREMONT | $510,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,799 SF Edwina Dye - 214-647-3937

LAKEWOOD | LAKE HIGHLANDS | 214-826-0316

4214 SWISS AVE #C | SOLD

2 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 2,053 SF Brett Fincher - 469-785-4358

PRESTON CENTER | 214-692-0000

6539 PRAIRIE FLOWER | $379,000

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 2,262 SF Patty Collins - 214-862-5524

EBBY’S LITTLE WHITE HOUSE | 214-210-1500

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8706 GROVELAND | $995,000 4 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 3,077 SF Paula Streiff - 469-231-7170

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823 CLERMONT | $899,900

4 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 2 Car | 3,228 SF Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

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2239 PEACAN GROVE | $630,000 3 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car | 2,914 SF Denise Larmeu - 214-336-6687

4545 RUSK | SOLD 3 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car | 2,122 SF Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

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6616 PIMLICO | SOLD

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 1,605 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

9522 LIVENSHIRE | SOLD

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,890 SF Perry Flowers - 469-233-9099 PENDING

5609 SMU BLVD #407 | $307,000 2 Bed | 2 Bath | 1 Car | 1,025 SF Denise Larmeu - 214-336-6687

2934 GENEVA | $280,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,950 SF Carley Nerwlin - 214-491-0170

contents DECEMBER 2021 VOL.28 NO.12

12 PROFILE Shelly Rosenberg 18 BEYONCE’S STYLIST Hair’s G.O.A.T. 22 THE LOOP How trails will unite neighborhoods 26 DREAD HEAD CHEF CBD-infused desserts 30 GIFT GUIDE ‘Tis the season in East Dallas

Local artist Paris Love, who created this painting, has a studio inside Dyson Styles’ salon. Read more on page 18. Photography by Jessica Turner.

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Opinion: Is that how we treat neighbors? After badgering Kristin Scholer, Philip Kingston clears Paul Ridley in front of Ethics Advisory Commission.

he Ethics Advisory Commission voted 3-2 to dismiss the ethics complaint against District 14 City Council member Paul Ridley. Kristin Scholer brought the charge against Ridley after he used a City Charter provision to remove her from the Redistricting Commission. In front of the City Council at the Aug. 25 meeting, Ridley said he had made “multiple attempts” to communicate with Scholer, including a phone call where he said he left a voice message. Scholer acknowledged receiving the same letter Ridley sent to all Board and Commission members asking for their resignation but not sending Ridley any response. She has no record of any further communication from Ridley and believed he was untruthful in his attempts at further communication. For the third time in as many public meetings, Scholer personally testified to make her case, supplying phone records from mobile phone provider T-Mobile showing no record of any phone call from Paul Ridley. Her presentation also included what she believed to be other inconsistencies in Ridley’s statements and actions. Ridley was represented by Philip Kingston, former District 14 Council member and a supporter of Ridley’s campaign to reclaim the District 14 seat for the crowd David Blewett defeated in the 2019 Council election. Kingston had the opportunity to cross-examine Scholer and peppered her with 52 questions. After accusing Scholer’s husband of wearing a David Blewett T-shirt at a polling place, Ethics Commission Chairman Tim Powers stepped in and admonished Kingston that it is “most appropriate to stay focused on whether Ridley’s truthfulness or lack thereof is a violation of the City’s ethics code.” Sanity prevailed for a few minutes until Kings-

ton compared Scholer’s lack of response to Ridley’s letter asking for a resignation to Kingston’s grandmother sending him a birthday present and Kingston not sending her a thank-you note. Kingston called witnesses including Ridley and both members of Ridley’s office staff, Max Sanchez and Kayleigh Rice. Sanchez and Rice both signed affidavits and testified hearing Ridley receive Scholer’s phone Paul Ridley after he was elected in 2021. Photography by number from Sanchez and placJessica Turner. ing a call to her. At its core, this was “he said, she said.” evidence to support the allegation of an Did Ridley tell the truth when he told the intentional lie.” Council he made “multiple attempts” to Commissioner Grant Schmidt encouraged the commission to “zoom out and communicate with Scholer? Scholer had her phone records. A city-generated record determine if somebody has a lack of inof outgoing phone calls from Ridley’s office tegrity because of the distinction between would answer this for everyone. Alas, Ridone call and multiple calls.” He noted the ley was unable to counter with any phone testimony of Sanchez and Rice as factors records because the City deletes all phone weighing in his decision to support Ridrecords after 30 days. With Sanchez and ley’s position. Rice’s testimony abetting Ridley’s version, In the end, Powers, Schmidt and Perkins it then became a question of “she said, they didn’t see enough “clear and convincing said.” Scholer was outnumbered. evidence” to support Scholer’s view. The Five of the seven Ethics Commission vote was 3-2 to dismiss each of the three members were present for the hearing on reported violations. the three separate violations that Ridley What does a 3-2 vote mean? For some, was accused of: acting with integrity, treatit is vindication for Ridley. For others, ing others with respect and considering it’s a single vote away from Ridley being labeled disingenuous at best or untruthful the public perception of their actions. at worst. The Commission was reminded that After the hearing, Scholer said, “Based there must be “clear and convincing evon the city’s process and rules around idence” to support an ethics complaint. It’s a high bar, and it should be a high bar. the ethics complaints, I knew the cards Commission member Cassandra Herwere stacked against me. I hope this exnandez felt Ridley’s public statement that perience leads City officials to take ethics he made “multiple attempts” was disincomplaints more seriously and treat our genuous enough to vote in support of the citizen volunteers with the respect they complaint. Commission member Raha deserve.” The Advocate reached out to Ridley and Assadi felt the same way. his office for any post-hearing comments. Commissioner Thomas Perkins disRidley chose not to make any statement. agreed, saying he didn’t find “sufficient

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n a world where children and families are suffering, how could an interior design career be a worthy calling? Lakewood resident Shelly Rosenberg asked herself the question during a “midlife growth spurt.” She’d been raising two daughters, both attending the Shelton School for students with learning differences, when son Ronen was born with Down syndrome. She figured, “It’s my lot,” and embraced a difficult but fulfilling lifestyle surrounded by other families she loved who also grappled with chronic illness, limited mobility, and other lifelong conditions. Exemplified in her work on the prestigious 2021 Kips Bay Decorator Show House, Rosenberg is gifted, driven enough to hold her own alongside world-famous firms and professionals. But before reaching her potential, she had to realize design is not “puffery” and it has the power to change lives. Riding a wave of recent notoriety, the Acorn & Oak founder is on a mission to demystify interior design and make safe, chic spaces possible for every household. EVERYONE’S VYING FOR YOUR TIME THESE DAYS — HOW ARE YOU JUGGLING ALL THIS?

Every time I start to feel negative I have to remind myself that I’ve been working on manifesting all these things for a while, so it is cool. I think all mothers are amazing multitaskers. When you have disabled kids, maybe it’s divine help. I think we get some kind of cosmic boost because it’s such a hard job.

D ES I G N FO R L I F E By approaching accessibility as an opportunity rather than an obligation, Shelly Rosenberg became a rising star in the interior-decorating industry

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Interview by CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB | Photography by JESSICA TURNER

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CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR EARLY LIFE?

I went through what I would call a very colorful childhood. I think I am a deeper, humbler, more honed person because of it. It’s why as a divorced and single mom to two babies, I fought to be the best person I could be. Five years into that I met

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This year’s Kips Bay Show House was located at 5138 Deloache Ave. in Old Preston Hollow’s Sunnybrook Estates neighborhood.

Barry. We married, time passed, and we figured we were not going to be parents again ... then I was pregnant with a son. H OW D I D T H AT P R EG N A N CY CHANGE YOUR LIFE?

Our very first sonogram showed markers of Down syndrome. I remember thinking, “Wow, OK, I guess this is just my life. I’m not going to have a typical child.” Doctors saw it early, so I had a choice of whether I wanted to terminate. We agonized calling about it for a few weeks of tears and prayers. I am glad I had a choice. I want every woman to have one. But we talked to other families. They told us yes, it’s hard, but it can be an absolutely brilliant, beautiful, magical life and not as scary as some would have you believe. We decided, we have the means, a stable home. And in spite of all the potential devastations doctors warned of, Ronen was born completely healthy. Zero issues. Just has an extra chromosome. He’s 9 now. And he is a little Buddha.

AND HOW DID THAT SHIFT THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR HOME DESIGN CAREER?

We began thinking our outside lives didn’t match our insides. We were going through this beautiful midlife growth spurt. Ronen’s birth led us to become part of this community of people who are making daily decisions that are heavy, deep and real. It made all the superfluous stuff feel inauthentic. Friends drifted away, and that’s OK. It was a blessing, because we discovered a new community. I just turned 50, and in years leading up, I was re-assessing, thinking about what I can do with my career that’s going to feel as deep and meaningful as these friendships and this journey. It felt a little ridiculous, for example, feilding complaints about a $75,000 coffee table when I’m about to go visit a friend whose son with Down syndrome is hospitalized with leukemia. At the time, in my mind, design was about aesthetics and wealth

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— a luxury business that didn’t jibe with this other lifestyle. I talked to my momma friends, and they go, “Hello! Why can’t you design for people with a disability?” That’s how it started. WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE PROFESSIONAL FRONT?

To justify the shift, ego wise and among the design friends, I looked into the science behind design. It’s not just me wanting this pious life, you know? There were more angles to this. What I found is that there is an incredible amount of evidence-based scientific research that interior design has great power to affect society’s health. I am paraphrasing a researcher who said, because we are inside 90% of our day, architects and designers have more power to affect health and wellness than actual medical practitioners. It’s not just about how aesthetics can make you feel or even affect your immune system. We can go deeper — let’s look at water and air quality, off gassing of toxins that are filling our homes from

done. Amanda and I enlisted a small-scale contractor, Sam Graham’s 2g Habitats. We needed him — we’re here working alongside designers like Martyn Lawrence Bullard, who has a staff of maybe 75 rock stars, and we’re working from carpool lines, making chicken nuggets while ordering wallpaper. Our husbands both were a little frustrated at the time. HOW DID THE EXPERIENCE PLAY INTO YOUR BIGGER-PICTURE PLANS?

disposable furniture with glues and foams that are filled with those forever chemicals. It’s a rabbit hole. THAT’S A LOT. HOW ARE YOU USING THIS?

I’m teaching my clients. I’m starting to speak and teach designers and architects. I don’t go negative. You can scare the hell out of people and get compliance, but that’s not my MO and I never feel like that works as well as showing people all the amazing benefits of things that aren’t super difficult or expensive, like getting a Brita water filter. What it comes down to is that this approach reaches everyone — I don’t care whether you’re money driven, mission driven or you want to be famous, I have an argument that looking into building more universal spaces that support more people is better for your bottom line. HOW DID YOU WIND UP AS ONE OF 26 (OF A GAZILLION APPLICANTS)

SELECTED TO WORK ON THIS YEAR’S KIPS BAY SHOW HOUSE — WHICH ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST CALLED “THE NE PLUS ULTRA VENUE FOR HIGH END INTERIOR DESIGN”?

My best friend Amanda Lang and I went to the show house Dallas’ inaugural year. We were like, if we could do this, it could help the cause, give us a national stage to talk about disability and accessible design. But, if we were selected, I don’t even have an employee, I worried I could never pull it off. She said she’d help. Her daughter has Rett syndrome. And my heart goes out to them. It’s another level. In the application, I asked if anyone’s ever done a handicapped room in the show house. I worried a little that they might not want anything political or sad. This is supposed to be about luxury. But it happened.

The recognition from national media — even a little blip in AdPro (Architectural Digest) — it’s a tiny snowflake that starts to snowball, where they start thinking about luxury rooms for certain needs, aging in place, and begin understanding that this is an important thing to start discussing. If I can plant seeds with every other designer and architect, then they run with it, we start scaling as a society. I’m not a great business woman. I’m a creative thinker. A nurturer. But I’ve got bills to pay like everyone else. It took some time to figure out what my business was. As usual, I sought input from families about what they needed, and it turns out they don’t want a consultant. Every person said, I don’t want one more email. I want you to come to my house, hold my hand and do it for me. And I do want to be in people’s homes doing design. Not just writing and advising on the website. So I may be working with one or two clients at a time right now, implementing inclusive, universal design that fits their lives. T h e go a l i s , m a ke e n o u g h m o n e y to, at some point, create a foundation where the earnings can trickle back to families that could not afford to hire a designer. In Dallas ISD, 80% of our students are under the poverty line. There’s so much of Dallas that is desperate for help. I am wired to work with the underserved- not the typical design client, but I plan to change that. Interview has been edited for brevity. Learn more about Shelly’s company, Acorn & O a k , a t a c o r n a n d o a k .c o m . V i r t u a l l y

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Ready to make Lakewood smile “I chose Lakewood as my family and business home for many reasons: its schools, diversity and the fact that it is a ‘growing-family’ neighborhood,” he says. When not in the office, Dr. Rohani is passionate about participating with Operation Smile, a charity that provides corrective surgery for children with cleft lips and palates, and giving back to his neighborhood – especially supporting community non-profits focused on education. He enjoys winding down by running, biking and swimming in triathlons and – having just returned from Yellowstone – vacationing with his family in primarily outdoor areas. “It was great to hike, be in clear mountain air and be together,” he says.

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or hair so smooth and glossy, it looks like porcelain, talk to Dyson Styles. Walk into his eponymous salon at the corner of Cantegral and Swiss Avenue, and it could be mistaken for a bar or selfie spot if not for the shampoo sinks and salon chairs on either side of the space. Giant paintings adorn the wall, the work of local artist Paris Love who has a studio nestled inside Styles’ salon. The salon is split into three sections. At the entrance is the main part, complete with shampoo sinks, salon chairs and ring lights. In the back — for clients seeking a more personalized and intimate experience — covered by a curtain, is a private room decorated with tan leather seating. Styles does clients’ hair personally, without assistant stylists and with all organic products. “I do it myself because I think the clients really like the whole one-on-one,” he says. “I press all day long, so I have perfected that. They want the experience.” Styles, 49, who dons a clean-shaven head, has spent the past 20 years turning Black women’s natural curls into silky, straight hair. A menu of services includes the signature porcelain press starting at $95, which can last one to two hours depending on hair length. The one-step smoothing system, a low pH, chemical-free amino acid smoothing treatment that “keeps hair smooth and manageable during warmer months,” costs $200. Clients also have options for demi- and semi-permanent hair color and healthy hair treatments at $50 each that range from protein and honey to hydration and a boost protein system. “I love to see when (a client) comes in with a big afro,” Styles says. “And to see it go from kinky to straight.” It started with a collection plate passed around at church. Dreams of becoming a school principal were turned into becoming a hairstylist when Styles saw the large monetary offering his roommate dropped on the plate. That’s when he decided to make hair his forte. From there, he got the training and license needed to press and style full-time. In 2001, Styles began his hair career in Atlanta at the salon and spa Nseya, where he had his own chair. It was during his time in Atlanta, just a normal winter day in December, that he was personally approached by Beyonce to style her hair for the 2009 January cover of Elle magazine.

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Beyonce had seen the work he did on another woman while both were getting their nails done and wanted something similar done with her hair. That same weekend in December 2008, Beyonce booked an appointment with Styles and flew out to Nseya. “Elle decided to use my hairstyle in the magazine, so that’s how that happened,” he says. “I never thought in a million years I would be working with her, and she’s like, ‘Oh, I liked what you did,’ and we went from there.” A plaque of gratitude from the superstar sits in a corner of the salon, but the experience was as if he was just with another client. Despite her status, he says she wasn’t a diva. “She and I were singing back and forth with each other, having fun,” he says. “I really did not realize, I mean to me, she was not a celebrity. She was just someone whose hair I did.” Styles can regularly be caught singing and dancing in his salon around clients, which says something about his enthusiasm at work. “To be honest, all my clients are celebrities,” he says. Overwhelmed with Atlanta’s saturated salon scene, he made his return to Dallas five years ago. Not far from Deep Ellum, Styles’ salon sits next to a historic red brick cathedral. There’s just something about the vibe that sets it apart from Atlanta. “Dallas is home, and there’s really more opportunities in Dallas,” he says. “I like the vibe, the old and the new. I love how they’re revising old neighborhoods.” “One day I was pressing someone’s hair,” he says. “And they were like, this looks like porcelain. And the whole king thing, social media did that. As Styles became more popular on social media, particularly Instagram, his followers dubbed him the ‘Porcelain Press King.’ His Atlanta clients are more than willing to fly to Dallas for appointments. So are his clients from Las Vegas, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami and other cities across the country to experience the work of the Porcelain Press King. A day with 12 to 14 hours spent delivering porcelain presses to clients, at this point, comes naturally and no longer feels like work. ‘They called me ‘the king,’ ‘the goat,’ so I’m all of that now.” Dyson Styles is located at 2700 Swiss Ave. Services are by appointment on dysonstyles.com.

Now that he’s back in the place he calls home, Styles spends free time shopping, traveling the country and being a dog-dad to two yorkies.

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IT WAS A CASE OF “WHO YOU KNOW.” In 2016, Joseph Pitchford asked Philip Hiatt Haigh to work with the Circuit Trail Conservancy. They met each other through positions at Dallas County. Earlier, Pitchford had been appointed to serve on a board by Judge Clay Jenkins, Hiatt Haigh’s boss. Pitchford’s request was for Hiatt Haigh to meet with the rest of the CTC Board of Trustees to brainstorm how to implement the organization’s vision: The Loop. The trustees had already identified the four missing links the locations around Dallas where 11 miles of new trails would connect 39 miles of existing trails, forming a walkable, bikeable, 50-mile loop. At first, Hiatt Haigh was there to help the CTC find sources of funding. “The old ‘a million dollars a mile,’ that was the old formula,” he says. “Now it’s much, much higher.” They knew a City of Dallas bond issuance was coming soon and that they would also need to raise private funds. Dallas County had already approved $5 million. The Texas Department of Transportation contributed $8 million. Another $20 million

came in the 2017 bond program, and $10 million was raised from private donors. That added up to $43 million in initial funding to get the project started. Then in 2018, Hiatt Haigh joined the CTC full-time as the executive director. Given his past experience, he was prepared to secure approvals required for a project involving three public entities: the City, Dallas County and TxDOT. The Loop, which the City will eventually own and maintain, won’t just fill the gaps in the Dallas trail network. Hiatt Haigh says it will “change the perception of Dallas” into a connected city where communities aren’t divided by the built environment. The same amenities available to residents in Uptown and near White Rock Lake will be available to residents in Pleasant Grove and Joppa. “That’s a huge statement for what Dallas is investing in and what they think about their people — to say, ‘you are as important as all these other people, and we’re going to invest in the same amenity across the entire way.’ And it’s going to create this green identity,” he says. The Loop could also be good for

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business. In certain places along the trail, especially south of I-30, land is zoned for industrial use. Hiatt Haigh has been meeting with City staff to discuss how the zoning might be amended to make those spaces more desirable for retail, restaurant or residential development. All projects are now under design, with the last design contract executed in September. This stage should be completed by next year. Then the rest of the construction can begin. If the process continues without delays, Hiatt Haigh says The Loop could be open to the public by the end of 2024. Funding is still coming for the projects, estimated to cost $75 million. This year, the Dallas City Council awarded the CTC $11.5 million in tax increment financing dollars, which will be used to add amenities to the Hi Line Connector, the trail linking the Katy to the Trinity Strand. After years of planning, the CTC broke ground on the north phase of the Trinity Forest Spine Trail in September. When finished, it will be 7.5 miles long, connecting White Rock Lake to the Great Trinity Forest. On its northernmost end, it juts out from the Santa Fe Trail south of Garland Road. It will run south along White Rock Creek, cross Interstate 30 and meet the Pemberton Hill Road Trail. Though it will be built in a flood plain, staff members plan to build it to the five-year flood level. For two years, Hiatt Haigh has been working to form an agreement between the City and a railroad to build a trail under a railroad bridge that has stood for more than a century. There are fewer than 500 of these trails in the U.S. “Those railroads have traditionally been barriers between communities, and so this will be the first dedicated pedestrian trail in the city of Dallas that crosses that barrier,” Hiatt Haigh says. Part of the Trinity Forest Spine Trail passes through Samuell-Grand Park. There are two nine-round golf courses there, but not for long. The updated master plan calls for only one course, and in the space leftover, there will be a nature preserve. “Outside of the nature preserve even, there is 50 acres of forested area that is now going to be accessed by the public for the first time off of the Spine Trail,” Hiatt Haigh says. The Loop’s potential future benefits — a means of transportation, an economic stimulant and a bridge between neighborhoods, to name a few — are only theoretical unless people use the trails. That’s why Hiatt Haigh is in communication with Dallas residents so they “feel like they have some ownership of it.” Soon, the CTC will begin working on wayfinding and signage, using language to encourage trail use. Saying something is a three-mile bike ride away may seem more daunting than saying something is a 10-minute ride away. “This type of amenity coming online is going to continue to make Dallas incredibly resilient and ready for that future,” Hiatt Haigh says. “This is a 50-year investment that we are making right now.”

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Michael Weinstein, aka the Dread Head Chef, makes CBD-infused desserts.

THE CANNABIS BUSINESS IN TEXAS IS IRONICALLY STRESSFUL. Legal cannabis is highly regulated. Products require third-party testing and lab reports. On the other hand, it’s difficult to find a banker and impossible to get a business loan. Cannabis can’t be advertised through social media, and building a website is more complicated because it requires a landing page with no mention of CBD or cannabis. But the opportunity to get in on a newly opened market appealed to Michael Weinstein, aka the Dread Head Chef, and his fiancee, Robin Riddle. They went into business this year with their longtime friend — the Dallas public relations maven — Lisa Oldham. Weinstein worked for a country club and a high-end restaurant, Mediterraneo, in the 1990s, and then he was the last executive chef under the original owners of The Grape. After that, he started a business called the Dread Head Chef making dessert salsas. That business started when he was inventing a dessert for his niece who has a wheat allergy. He made corn tortilla chips dusted with sugar and cinnamon, a gluten-free take on a sopapilla, and served it with a strawberry chutney he’d whipped up. Everyone said it looked like chips and salsa. He brought these Dread Head Chef products to markets and conventions, including a few dealing with cannabis. That inspired him to infuse his dessert salsas with CBD, and a whole new business began to blossom. “I’ve tried other edibles, and a lot of them are not very good,” Weinstein says. Most are made with full-spectrum CBD oil, which he says has a medicinal taste. Some people don’t notice it, but to Weinstein, it overwhelms everything.

So he started working with cannabis flowers purchased from Oak Cliff Cultivators hemp farm to make infused butter for salted caramels. This method gives the caramels an “earthy, grassy” flavor that Weinstein prefers over the chemical taste of the oil. The business partners attended multiple cannabis conventions in Texas, where CBD is legal and marijuana is not, and in California, where marijuana is legal for recreational use. They noticed that the market is flooded with gummies, so they decided not to make those. The next most common edibles are chocolates and chocolate-chip cookies, Weinstein says. So that’s why they went for caramels. “By far, they are the No. 1 seller,” he says. Besides dessert salsas and caramels, the company also produces tinctures, scented oils, an “intimacy serum” and pet drops named after Weinstein’s bullmastiff, Harper. A friend in California started sending CBD for Harper, who had arthritis in his back legs, before it was even legal in Texas. Although the dog has since passed away, Weinstein thinks it prolonged his life. Weinstein, who lives in East Dallas and went to Hillcrest High School, makes all the products in a rented kitchen in Garland. Oldham, who lives in Oak Cliff, handles the business side. She doesn’t use marijuana and only takes CBD sparingly because she says she’s sensitive to it. But she purchased hundreds of dollars’ worth of CBD products for research purposes before starting the business. “And I was like, ‘where is this stuff coming from?’” she says. Most packaging doesn’t indicate the origin of the CBD. At cannabis conventions, they heard speakers advising on how to make products as cheaply as possible. There are companies in California that unwrap Jolly Rancher candies, spray them with THC oil and repackage them as their own product, Weinstein says. That’s why their company, still branded as the Dread Head Chef, only works with hemp growers they know and CBD vendors with whom they have personal relationships. “We know the provenance of our products,” Oldham says. They design all their own packaging, which requires the advice of a good lawyer, she says. Regulations are “a moving target,” so they have to tinker with the wording all the time. “We all have really good printers at home,” she says. This all started as a way to have something to do when work slowed down for Oldham, Weinstein and Riddle during the pandemic. Oldham says it’s been a positive creative outlet and a way to focus on problems to solve rather than the scary big-picture things going on in the world since 2019. But they do want to make money selling their products. They found an old-school agriculture-focused bank in Amarillo that’s now carving a niche in cannabis. Their website is up and running. And they take all major credit cards. Find the Dread Head Chef ’s products at rebeldreadscorp.shop. DECEMBER 2021

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Coffee Co. has been sourcing and roasting coffee beans from around the world for over 40 years. The small shop, tucked out of sight on La Vista, also carries loose-leaf tea like lapsang souchong and green Chinese gunpowder (or zhu cha or pearl tea). Produce, locally made Lakewood Chocolates and European goods are sold.

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Sasha Kirkpatrick, a former professor, started making chapsticks with fewer filler ingredients and more shea butter, fair trade organic coconut oil and local beeswax in her Old East Dallas home. She started with lip balm and has expanded to include deodorant, lotion, body wash and other products. The Immaculate Beard, a men’s facial grooming line, launched after Kirkpatrick formulated a smoothing recipe after someone asked about beard products. A vendor at the state fair, Kirkpatrick blends seasonal fragrances that range from spearmint eucalyptus to State Fair Cotton Candy.

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After spending years traveling through the Southwest, neighbor Elizabeth Dryden moved into her loft studio in Lakewood. The southwestern inspiration is evident in the blue buffalo, multicolored cacti and cowboys in her artwork. Original and custom pieces are available. Prints, like the “Hare Raiser” above, start at $150 a piece.

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Back in 1987, Field Day records released a 10-track album of hits from Dallas bands like the New Bohemians, The Trees and End Over End. The Sound of Deep Ellum was reissued in 2017 with 500 limited-edition vinyl records with new album art. Growing up in East Dallas and playing on Lower Greenville and Deep Ellum, Clay Pendergrass’ East Dallas Mixtape is our neighborhood in a CD. Titles on the album include “Old Monk,” “I.30 Lullabye” and “Dubliner.”

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here comes Santa Claus THE TOY DRIVE DOWN LAKEWOOD LANES Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photos courtesy of EMERY BASTABLE

During the pandemic, Lakewood neighbors Kelsey Hills and Gable Roby met at TCBY to talk. One topic that often emerged was how the virus was hurting the most vulnerable in society, especially children and families aided by organizations like Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. Hills, who had recently moved from Lake Highlands, was looking for a way to get involved after leaving her job at Neiman Marcus. She remembered the Jingle Ride event from her previous neighborhood. A group of volunteers drove past houses, collecting toys from families right in their front yards to donate to Pamper Lake Highlands. A toy parade seemed perfect for a pandemic and for Lakewood. “This neighborhood is so social,” Roby

says. “This neighborhood thrives on community events, on themed events, and I think we felt isolated and depressed that there were likely going to be no holiday gatherings.” Because it was an outdoor event, neighbors could stay socially distanced. Hills and Roby do other philanthropic projects, but this one was different. It was an opportunity for their children to get involved and learn what giving can be — “tangible, difference-making philanthropy,” Roby says. “At this age, how do you get them involved in a way that they understand?” Hills says. “That might be financial giving, but there’s also giving of your time and to things that are important to you and why and having the opportunity to discuss that and give them an opportunity to see it for

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themselves and experience.” Planning for the December 2020 event began in November, so it had to come together quickly. Selecting DCAC as the receiving organization took “less than three seconds,” Roby says. Hills took on the graphic design work. Roby, who grew up in Lakewood, had the connections. They invited Jill Scovell and Jessie Stanton to help. Scovell is creatively inclined and came up with the idea to wrap boxes and place them on top of cars. Stanton brought a business-minded approach and helped with the decorating. Everyone’s kids, 11 in total, helped pass out fliers to spread word about the parade. Event organizers hired a Santa, rented a trailer and drove around the neighborhood collecting gifts, their kids dressed as elves as they gathered presents.

“We put it together so quickly and really had no idea what to expect,” Hills says. Neighbors turned the event into a party. They came out of their houses dressed in festive outfits, holiday music playing, and the little ones took photos with Santa. About 500 families donated gifts. “It was an over whelming outpouring from the community, the neighborhood here,” Hills says. “People just came out in droves, which we didn’t really expect.” Organizers had to empty the trailer twice to make room for all the presents. At the end of the night, Jessica Short, a development officer at DCAC, came with her daughter, who normally would have been sleeping, to help move about $25,000 worth of gifts to the DCAC building. They met at the Hills’ house to debrief and made a list about what they could do better next time. There was no question the toy drive had to happen this year, but planning started much earlier, in August. DCAC called the meeting to begin discussing sponsorships, which kickstarted the entire planning process. Using the list they made after last year’s toy drive, they split up tasks, with Kiley and Jason White joining. They made plans to set up a website and social media accounts, instead of using Roby’s personal page. The route is mostly the same, but they are renting a U-Haul to store gifts they collect throughout the night. With sponsorships and a more targeted marketing campaign, they’re hoping to double what they collected last year. “I think one of the things that made this particular event really successful and why we’re excited to push it further this year is because most of the philanthropy done in this neighborhood, a lot of the events are school driven,” Roby says. “And this was an equalizer. It was an outside-focused event. It just solidified our geography.”

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It’s see you later, not goodbye T h e G re e nv i l l e Ave n u e Po c ke t Sa n d w i c h T h ea t re i s j u st m ov i n g

Pocket Sandwich Theatre has been a fixture in our neighborhood for 41 years. Photography by Emil Lippe.

ust to be clear from the get-go: Our neighborhood’s beloved Pocket Sandwich Theatre (PST) is not closing, merely moving. Where to remains to be seen, but count on The Advocate to keep you informed. And count on Shanon Dickinson and Brad Dickinson, daughter and son of Joe Dickinson, one of the theater’s founders, to keep the theatre alive. They are determined to preserve their father’s legacy. Now about this move. As if keeping a dinner theater afloat during a pandemic wasn’t challenging enough, the Pocket, as it is affectionately called, received word a few months ago that Mockingbird Central Plaza, the shopping center the popular theater has called home for 31 years, had been sold. The new owners informed them that their lease would not

be renewed because the theater does not fit their vision for the shopping center’s future, and they would need to vacate by year’s end. “We can’t wait to see what that vision is,” the theatre website says, presumably wryly. Despite an exhaustive search for just the right property, the future home of the Pocket is uncertain as of press time. Shanon Dickinson, the theater manager, described the hunt as an “ordeal,” citing the difficulty of finding a space to accommodate a dinner theater — and one that won’t break the bank. Shanon says they prefer to remain in East Dallas, but “real estate prices aren’t friendly for ‘mom-and-pop’ operations like ours.” But she adds, “We’ve been approached by numerous smaller towns, centrally located, that recognize the value we bring to

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the area.” The Pocket has been a fixture in the neighborhood for 41 years, and Shanon and Brad detail their father’s involvement from the early days. He and good friend Rodney Dobbs had worked together at Dallas Repertory Theatre back when it was located at NorthPark. One day they met for lunch in a little sandwich shop on Lower Greenville and became buddies with the two young owners. When the struggling sandwich shop closed, they decided to open a theater there, despite its then-sketchy environs. In 1980, The Greenville Avenue Pocket Sandwich Theatre was born. Ten years later they moved to the larger location on Mockingbird. The Pocket is the third-oldest theater in Dallas and the second-longest continually operated theater in Dallas. It has produced

One of the best Advocate's for our neighborhood. more than 350 shows, many spoofing horror stories such as Sweeney Todd and Jekyll and Hyde or great/bad science fiction, during which audience members are encouraged to boo and hiss and toss popcorn at the villains. They’ve also entertained audiences with more traditional fare, alternating melodramas with comedies such as Arsenic and Old Lace and Barefoot in the Park. They’ve even tossed in the occasional drama: Think Inherit the Wind or Camelot. Shanon and Brad grew up watching their father, Joe, perform in local theater in every town where they lived, and when the theatre was established, it became a family affair. Over the years, Shanon has waited tables, toiled in the kitchen and is now manager. Brad has acted, directed shows and co-written melodramas with his dad. The Mockingbird location they’ll have to leave soon is saturated with fun memories. Brad laughs as he recalls the time an actress had an emergency and couldn’t make it on closing night of Dracula. She played a vampire who dressed in a wedding gown and high heels and sang with Dracula. “I had directed the show and my dad was the assistant director,” he says. “We were the only ones that knew the lines and blocking. I looked at him and said, ‘I’m the director. You’re going on.’ He looked at me and said, ‘I’m your daddy, get in the damn dress.’ Thankfully the audience had a really good sense of humor as I did my best to sing — not my forte — in that very tight dress.” But some of the memories are bittersweet. “As we get ready to depart (get kicked out), I remember the period of time when we built out the current location 31 years ago,” he says. “Rodney Dobbs is something of a technical/construction wizard and we did almost all of the build out — walls, elevated seating, stage, etc. It’s not just having been there for so long, but also that almost everything associated with the space was created by us.” The Pocket family has grown over the years to include not just blood relatives but appreciative actors and patrons. Shanon and Brad tell of their father’s

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memorial service at the Pocket in 2010. “There has never been that many people at the theater. It was completely packed inside and dozens of people were outside,” he says. “Everyone remembered dad in a jovial manner as he would have wanted and toasted him with a shot of cheap whiskey.” As Pocket Sandwich Theatre gets ready to take its final bow on Mockingbird with its 39th production of Ebenezer Scrooge, written by Joe Dickinson, Shanon and Brad are haunted by ghosts of theaters past, present and yet to come. But they remain optimistic. “In 1990 we moved here from another location on Greenville Avenue, and 2022 will be the start of another move and a new adventure,” Shanon says. “The story is not over.” PATTI VINSON is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for more than 20

The Pocket Sandwich Theatre is the third-oldest theater in Dallas and has produced more than 350 shows. Photography by Emil Lippe.

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et’s lighten up, neighbors. Some of you are doing that with holiday decorations and yard art. That may reflect a secular sense of the season — Santa Claus and reindeer, elves and candy canes, rooftop stars and strings of white or colored lights. There’s a religious underpinning to much of these celebrations. December features the minor Jewish holy days called the Festival of Lights (also known as Hanukkah), and the major Christian holy day called the Feast of the Nativity (also known as Christmas). Light is central to both holidays. Hanukkah involves the lighting of a nine-branched candelabra called a menorah. On successive nights, the central candle — the shamash (the “attendant”) — is used to light another candle until all eight have been lit. This recalls the miracle of oil from the cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem when the Jewish Maccabees retook Jerusalem from the Greek overlords who had desecrated the sanctuary. They found only enough oil in temple lamps to burn for one night, but the oil kept the lamps burning for eight nights. Jews remember this as evidence that God’s abundance can be trusted, and that light conquers darkness as good conquers evil. Christmas is specifically the story of the birth of Jesus and the Christian belief in him as the Son of God, Messiah of Israel and Savior of the world. But John’s Gospel uses the metaphor of light: “What has come into being in him was life, and life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” We associate darkness with ignorance

and evil. Enlightenment drives out the darkness and the powerlessness of unknowing. The light of truth opens our minds and lessens our fears. To know something is to have power that can be used either for control over others or in service to others. Which leads to the second thing: goodness. Shedding light is not just sharing an intellectual truth; it is spreading a social good. “You are the light of the world,” Jesus told his followers. “I will give you as a light to the nations,” says the Prophet Isaiah as the mouthpiece of God, “that my salvation may reach the end of the earth.” To be light in this way is to confront hate with love and transform it, to challenge cruelty with kindness and convert it. In this season of shorter days and longer nights, let’s lighten up in at least two ways: learn something new and true, and do something good and right. Read something out of your comfort zone. Talk to someone with knowledge about a subject you don’t know about. Avoid conspiracy theories. Run to expertise, not away from it. Then, find a need and meet it. Commit a random act of kindness. Volunteer on behalf of those in need. Give money to relieve hardships. Once you’ve got both of those earnest duties done, you might lighten up in one more way. As Chesterton put it: “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host of the “Good God” podcast. The

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HOUSE PAINTING RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

• Slabs • Pier & Beam • Mud Jacking • Drainage • Free Estimates • Over 20 Years Exp.

972-288-3797 We Answer Our Phones

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TEXAS BEST REPAINTING Residential. Interior Design Remodel, Carpentry, Repairs Mike. 214-527-4168. accredited BBB TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700 TOP COAT 30 Yrs. Exp. Reliable. Quality Repair/Remodel. Phil @ 214-770-2863

GARAGE SERVICES UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned. 214-251-5428

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

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ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

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HANDYMAN SERVICES

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. ANDREW'S HOME REPAIR Big/Small Jobs 214-416-6559 Lic/Insd.TECL-34002 214-850-4891

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REAL ESTATE

MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL Prices Start at $85 + Tax For General Treatment. Average Home-Interior/Exterior & Attached Garage. Quotes For Other Services. 214-328-2847. Lakewood Resident

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PET SERVICES

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AC PLUMBING Repairs, Fixtures, Senior Discounts. Gary Campbell. 214-321-5943

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LEGAL SERVICES A WILL? THERE IS A WAY! Estate/Probate matters.maryglennattorney.com 214-802-6768

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PLUMBING

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FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY Nationally recognized and owned by women? That’s neighborhood remodeling company Kitchen Design Concepts, which can handle any remodeling project at your home. Kitchen Design Concepts is overwhelmed with great testimonials from happy homeowners, including this one: “We hired Kitchen Design Concepts to do a complete redo of our kitchen. This project involved moving several water lines and moving support walls and support beams. The project site was always kept clean. The Kitchen Design Concepts owners were onsite for every inspection, and they passed each one the first time. The schedule was kept very well, and each step went smoothly. Our kitchen is unbelievable! Next job — my outdoor kitchen.”

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5105 Swiss Avenue

6422 Sondra Drive

6820 Northridge Drive

4 BEDROOMS | 6.2 BATHS |.8 AC | 6,262 SQ. FT. | $2,295,000

4 BEDROOMS | 4.1 BATHS | 5,400 SQ. FT. | $1,850,000

4 BEDROOMS | 4 BATHS | 3,631 SQ. FT. | PRIVATE SALE

Sharon Quist | Stacy Baucum

Carla Hea

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310.913.8005 kaleigh@daveperrymiller.com

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SOLD, Represented Seller

PENDING

6211 Prospect Avenue

9562 Ash Creek Drive

5723 Ellsworth Avenue

4 BEDROOMS | 4.1 BATHS | 3,850 SQ. FT. | $1,350,000

4 BEDROOMS | 3 BATHS | 2,949 SQ. FT. | $875,000

3 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS | 1,827 SQ. FT. | $699,000

Skylar Champion

Keith Callahan

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SOLD, Represented Seller

SOLD, Represented Buyer

5556 Ledgestone Drive

7061 Arboreal Drive

6439 Kenwood Avenue

4 BEDROOMS | 2.1 BATHS | 2,201 SQ. FT. | $650,000

4 BEDROOMS | 3.1 BATHS | 3,169 SQ. FT. | $649,000

Kaleigh Walker

Gromatzky Group

Skylar Champion

310.913.8005 kaleigh@daveperrymiller.com

214.802.5002 gromatzkygroup@daveperrymiller.com

214.695.8701 skylar@daveperrymiller.com

2 BEDROOMS | 1 BATH | 1,350 SQ. FT. | $575,000

Price and availability subject to change. Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. An Ebby Halliday Company

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