2011 February Lake Highlands

THE FORMULA AND FACES BEHIND LAKE HIGHLANDS’ FUTURE MARKETPLACE

GLEN CHRISTY ROBIN MOSS NORCROSS JASON THOMAS

Real Estate Group

I HE aRt LH

everything that you said is absolutely true (things we Love about Lake highlands, January Advocate). we moved here in 1976 because i loved the “small town” feel within a big city. i wanted my children to be raised in Lake highlands because of the good feeling that i got when i started teaching at Lake highlands in 1972. we have never regretted moving here. i personally think that Lake highlands is going to be the move-to place in dallas.

—KatHa BL acK, VIa

GooDBYE, tHE atER. HELLo, natURaL GRocERS

it’s a shame to see another existing movie theater go by the wayside (‘natural grocers moves into casa Linda theater’), back talk blog. although who knows whether it could function as a movie theater in its current state? a repertory movie theater, like the granada used to be, would’ve been cool. would love to see classic films the way they were meant to be seen. heck, even a theater that specializes in 3-d flicks would have been a good use for the space.

tRIpLE WILDcat, VIa

i too would have been pleased to see the old theater at casa Linda revived in its art deco glory as a movie theater again. but i am pleased with the coming of natural grocers to the site. i had been advocating for sprouts or other type of natural food market, and this one will fill a niche in this part of dallas that has long been empty.

—ELLEn cHILDRESS, VIa

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“I wanted my children to be raised in Lake Highlands because of the good feeling that I got when I started teaching at Lake Highlands in 1972 ... ”

—KatHa BL acK on

UNCIVIL ACTION

Courtesy is not as common as it should be

There has been a lot of talk lately about our incivility toward each other and how we can’t stop yelling at each other long enough to hear what anyone else is saying.

It would be nice to solely blame our politicians for this behavior, but when you look around, there are still plenty of regular folk who show, by their actions, that their time and their opinions are more valuable and important than anyone else’s.

For example, while waiting in a slowly moving grocery checkout line recently, sans cart or basket and bear-hugging a couple of halfgallons of orange juice, a gallon of milk and a few containers of yogurt, I noticed with relief a checker preparing to open the next-door register.

When he finally said “Who’s next?,” I started taking a step toward him because I was next. Before I could get over there, though, a couple of guys behind me in line lunged forward, almost tripping over me and themselves in their haste to place their items on the counter.

For a savings of maybe four or five minutes of their lives, they stole my spot in line.

And I say “my spot” because by rights it was — I was next in line, and I was patiently waiting my turn.

I don’t know if what these line-jumpers did is officially rude behavior, because it’s not as if I had a physical claim to the imaginary checkout space.

But I was next. It was my turn. And the line-jumpers seemed overjoyed at their good fortune rather than embarrassed at usurping mine. I was just an obstacle to their happiness, if they even noticed me at all.

Not long thereafter, I was standing behind a fellow patron at a restaurant’s soft drink machine. As I stood patiently with my thenempty cup, I watched the guy already pretzeled at the neck, blathering into a cell phone pinched between his ear and shoulder — push the button to splash soda into his glass.

Just when I thought it was my turn, he paused to allow the fizz to die down. Then he stopped talking long enough to take a drink. Then he pushed the button again to refill his glass, still continuing to talk on his phone. Then he took another drink. Then he pushed the button again.

It’s rude enough to be talking on a cell phone when he didn’t have enough hands to take care of the task, but constantly refreshing his beverage while someone else waited behind him?

OK, I know: These are small-potatoes problems. Maybe these guys are just guilty of being self-absorbed. Maybe they’re allaround jerks. Or maybe I’m overly sensitive, and I need to do what I tell my sons to do: Suck it up, and move on.

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I don’t know, though: People who can’t wait their turn, and people who selfishly abuse their turn, don’t necessarily represent the “smoking gun” of a declining culture.

But someone once said that how we treat each other when no one is watching offers a window into our character. The truth is that no one is watching us most of the time.

So a few rude bores won’t bring down our society. But the more we tolerate the selfobsessed, the more likely we are to be taking the first step down an already slippery slope.

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I don’t know if what these line-jumpers did is officially rude behavior, because it’s not as if I had a physical claim to the imaginary checkout space.

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Advocate blogger Carol Toler recently wrote about two neighborhood tragedies and one that narrowly missed its target. To read these blog post excerpts in full and to comment, visit lakehighlands.advocatemag.com

LH MOMKILLEDBYHIT-ANDRUNWHILE CROSSING CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY

The mother of two Lake Highlands students was killed Friday morning, Jan. 7, while crossing Central Expressway on foot. Police say they still aren’t sure why Trekessa Gordon-Matthews opted to run across the highway just north of Park Boulevard in Plano instead of crossing under the overpass a few hundred yards away. Read more about the suspect’s arrest and how to help the family. Search: Trekessa

SOCCERCOACHDIES,HAD BIGIMPACTON LH BOYS

Uche Okafor grew up far from Lake Highlands. Born in Nigeria, he became a hero for leading his country’s team in two soccer World Cups. He became a household name there. Uche was found dead in his Denton County home last week, after hanging

himself in an upstairs hallway. The boys he coached are devastated. Stephen Holick was captain and goalkeeper for Lake Highlands High in 2009 and played goalie for Uche’s ASG Dallas club team. “He was not only the best coach I’ve ever played for,” Stephen told me, “he was also the best mentor.”

Read more about Uche’s impact on his players. Search: Uche

TEENAGERSFINDTROUBLE,LEARNLESSONS

Over the weekend, some LHHS students were hanging out in the junior parking lot, chatting with friends. Some of the kids decided it would be hilarious to ride around the lot, standing on the vehicle’s running board and riding on the hood. It wasn’t long before one of the kids got hurt. You don’t have to be going very fast to have a serious injury when skull meets concrete. But here’s the scariest part. Good kids, smart kidsdecided to fib about what happened. Read more about the outcome of the teens’ actions. Search: parking lot

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ONCE A CHILD

Buying and used kids clothing, furniture and equipment, along with new. Cash on the spot is paid for items. 6300 Skillman (@Abrams) 214.503.6010 onceuponachildlakehighlands.com

OPTICAL

Radiate style and fashion in a new pair of eyewear. Have fun in the sun this spring. Our new Ray-Bans are in!

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DALLAS ANTIQUE MALL

great shopping for vintage, furniture, fashion, jewelry, much more.

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DC BOUTIQUE

Celebrate Valentines Day the month February and receive 25% off! Long embroidered jackets collection for women in a mixture of colors and styles. Come see our “young colors” line for toddler to tweens!

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CHEESECAKE ROYALE

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Four Energy $avers that Pay, Right Away

To help you maximize your savings, “lowest hanging fruit”.

Attic Insulation and Ventilation:

The most cost-effective home energy saving investments have one common objective: Reduce the amount of energy your home uses for heating and cooling, which accounts for 50% to 70% of your energy consumption. That begins with proper attic insulation, which helps your home retain heat in the winter and repel heat in the summer. Many of the older homes in our area were built in the 40s and 50s, when insulation standards and materials weren’t what they are today. According to our insulation expert, “Once you add a few inches of blown insulation to these homes, you cut energy consumption by up to 20%. Pair that with low-expansion foam to seal holes around the house, and you can expect dramatic reductions in your energy bills.”

Attic temperatures in the blazing Texas heat can reach 160 degrees.

Ventilating the attic removes excess heat. Our master electrician recommends whirlybird-style attic ventilators, which don’t require electricity. “Proper ventilation supplements the insulation to minimize the heat that penetrates your ceiling.” He adds, “Installing a radiant barrier reflects the sun’s heat away from your home, reducing the temperature in your attic by up to 30 degrees.” With a radiant barrier, you can decrease your bill by up to 25%. Add that to the insulation, and you can save up to 45%.

A conventional tank water heater accounts for approximately 2535% of the electricity you use in your home. Old tank heaters operate continually rather than on-demand, and store water at a temperature far higher than what you need for showering or other household uses. First you pay to constantly overheat the water and then you dilute that heat with cold. Tankless water heaters immediately reduce the waste, save you space, and years longer than tank heaters.

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The majority of HVAC systems installed before 1992 are 10 SEER or less. Today’s Energy Star units go up to 19.5 SEER, and can be matched perfectly to your home to reduce your heating and cooling costs by up to 59%.

We know the homes in your area and we’ve helped your neighbors save thousands in annual utility costs. Let’s talk about your home and your best bets for energy savings.

They are young, but smart; siblings, but they actually like each other; and they are quite poor, for now, but dreaming big. One Red Martian is a four-man band consisting of three brothers — Ben Woodul, 22; Jimi Woodul, 21 and Joe Woodul, 18 — and Dan Dekalb, 21, who is like a brother, says Jimi. They all live together in a twobedroom apartment in the Lake Highlands area and earned money to record their first full-length album, Spit My Brain, waiting tables in Lower Greenville. (OK, OK. They also got a little help from Mom, which frontman Jimi admits doesn’t sound very rock ‘n’ roll).

Tell us a little bit about your bandmates and yourself.

We are from rural upstate New York — a small town called Newport that is about one hour away from Syracuse, N.Y. Dan and I have been friends since first grade. Since middle school, we’ve played piano together. Piano is still a big part of what we do, but our style has evolved since then. My brothers joined the group, and we moved to Dallas in 2008. I am the singer and guitarist. Dan is on the keys and backup vocals. Ben plays bass, and my other brother, Joe, plays drums.

For those who haven’t yet discovered One Red Martian, could you describe your music?

Like any serious songwriters, we are inspired by other bands ... Muse, Ben Folds, Radiohead but we don’t set out to sound like anyone or anything specific. We still love piano, but with heavier sounds the phrases “heaviest piano band ever”, “intensely lyrical ballad rock” and “genre-busting piano metal” have been thrown around.

BENJAMIN HAGER

WHERE IS YOUR LYRICAL FOCUS? DO YOU SING ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE OR WHAT?

Not so much about my own life. I think there is too much use of ‘you’, ‘me’ and ‘I’ in today’s music. Our lyrics are more about observations of the world at large.

WHYDID YOU DECIDE TO SETTLE IN DALLAS?

People ask us that all the time. I really have no idea. ButI think we ended up in a good place. Dallas once had a strong music scene. It’s not so happening now, but maybe it could be

I HEAR YOU PUT ON A GOOD LIVE SHOW. I love performing live, standing in front of somebody, and inspiring awe. Like when I watch a clip of James Brown performing “Man’s World”, and I’m just blown away — that’s how we want to make people feel. We’re much more proficient with our instruments than we were [before making ‘Spit My Brain’] and much tighter as a live band.

SO, YOU GUYS SEEM TO BE LIVING A BIT OF THE STARVING ARTIST LIFESTYLE RIGHT NOW.IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?

You could say that. We all live in a two-bedroom apartment where we’ve had some roach problems. We are hoping to get out of there soon. It is a struggle to support yourself and raise the money — $12,000 or so — to record an album. We earned a lot of the money waiting tables. My mom is an investor. She did help quite a bit. I know, that sounds real cool (laughs).

IS IT TOUGH LIVING WITH EACH OTHER IN CLOSE QUARTERS?

We really get along very well. Sometimes there is tension, but it’s normally about stupid things and not about band stuff.

EXPLAIN THE ALBUM TITLE, ‘SPIT MY BRAIN’, AND YOUR EXPERIENCE RECORDING IT.

I guess the theme of the album is seeing yourself as outside of yourself and having everybody else see that very pure view of yourself — you’re spitting your brain outside of your body. This album is the best work we’ve done to date. It is special — it’s what we’ve wanted to make since we were 14 years old. The recording actually took about 10 days and was completely nerve wracking. It was stressful because you only have so much time, which costs money to record and you are worried about how it will sound. It was mixed by Beau Hill, who has done work for the likes of Alice Cooper and Ratt. It turned out well.

LISTEN TO ONE RED MARTIAN ONLINE at lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/video.

VISIT ONEREDMARTIAN.COM for show dates or to purchase a CD.

WHAT GIVES?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for neighborhood nonprofits

BUY BEAUTIFUL BRACELETS

also known as Crystals for the Cure, and support Doris Daniely Outreach, a neighborhood-based organization that funds reconstructive surgeries for women who have had mastectomies to treat breast cancer. Each colored crystal in the bracelet represents the cure for a type of cancer. For example, a pink crystal represents breast cancer, emerald means lymphoma, while violet represents a cure for all types of the disease. Choose crystals and order a bracelet for $35 at dorisdanielyoutreach.com. Read more about the organization on page 38.

RUN A 5K

in the Heart and Sole Run, Saturday, Feb. 12 at 9 a.m. at White Rock Lake’s Winfrey Point. Registration is $35 and proceeds benefit Avance, a nonprofit organization that works in various ways to strengthen families and to build an educational foundation for children in neighborhood schools. Runners can also opt for the one-mile fun run, which is $25 for adults and $10 for students. Register online at runontexas.com, at the Run On! store at 5400 E. Mockingbird from Feb. 8-10, or at Winfrey Point on race day beginning at 8 a.m.

KNOW OF WAYS that neighbors can spend time, attend an event, or purchase or donate something to benefit a neighborhood nonprofit? Email your suggestion to launch@advocatemag.com.

out&about in February

02.04.10-02.20.10

TEEN SCENE FESTIVAL

$10-$75 The Dallas Children’s Theater tackles more serious subjects this month in its twoweek-long program geared toward teenagers. From dating and relationships to self-esteem and peer pressure, several productions will shed light on issues that affect kids’ daily lives. The series begins with “hard 2 spel dad”, which explores the world of dyslexia; “dont u luv me?” illustrates the downward spiral of an unhealthy relationship; “The Secret Life of Girls” shows the destructive nature of gossip, cliques and cyber bullying; “EAT (It’s Not about Food)” uses candid vignettes to analyze eating disorders. Since the plays include mature subject matter, DCT recommends the productions for audiences 13 and older. The festival runs at the DCT Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 5938 Skillman. A festival pass is $75, and individual tickets are $10-$23. For showtimes and details, call 214.740.0051 or visit dct.org. —EmILy

Tom AN

02.02

The Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum presents the next program in its literary series, A Writer’s Garden, hosting a Valentine Tea 2-4 p.m. Caroline Rose Hunt, author of “Primrose Past”, will speak. For reservations, call 214.797.5966, email Linda Spina at linda.spina@sbcglobal.net or visit womenscouncildallasarboretum.org.

02.03-02.19 THE EXECUTIONER’S SON $15-$25

Echo Theatre presents this dark comedy set in 1483 London. The story follows the king’s executioner as he struggles to raise his children and make ends meet.

Performances run at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther. Admission is $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $15 for matinees. For details and tickets, call 214.670.8749 or visit echotheatre.org.

VALENTINE TEA $50$100

happeningsLAUNCH

02.11 HUGS, SNUGGLES AND LOVE FREE

The Audelia Road Branch Library hosts an interactive storytime for pre-schoolers led by Kindermusik at 10:30 a.m. at 10045 Audelia Road. For details, call 214.670.1350.

02.13 KERON JACKSON

FREE Scofield Church, 7730

Abrams, presents music by renowned singer Keron Jackson during the 10:40 a.m. worship service. Jackson has performed with the Dallas Opera, Lyric Stage and venues across the country.A lunch with Jackson will follow the concert at noon with a $10 admission.For more details or to reserve a lunch spot, contact the church at 214.349.6043 or email receptionist@scofield.org.

dallas city center

02.17.11-02.20.11 RISD USED BOOK

FAIR FREE The Council of PTAs hosts its 29th annual sale with items ranging from 25 cents to $2. It includes all types of genres, collectible books, DVDs and CDs. The sale runs 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Feb. 17-19 and noon-6 p.m. Feb. 20 at its new location in the Dal-Rich Shopping Center at the southeast corner of Coit and Belt Line. Proceeds benefit the Dr. JJ Pearce Memorial Scholarship Fund and local PTAs. For details, visit risdcouncilptas.org.

02.17-02.26 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO

DO $5-$8 The youth group at Lake Highlands United Methodist Church will present the musical “Breaking up is Hard to Do” as part of the Artists of Christian Talent. Performances will run at 7 p.m. each night, except for a 2 p.m. production Feb. 20 at the church, 9015 Plano Road. For more details, call 214.546.4886 or visit lhumc.com.

02.26 MOSS HAVEN AUCTION FREE Moss

Haven Elementary PTA will host its annual dinner and auction — its biggest fundraiser of the year — at Double Tree Hotel Campbell Center, 8250 N. Central. This year’s theme is “Reality TV at MHE”. For more details, call 469.593.2200 or visit mosshavenpta.org.

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Delicious

A guide to dining & drinking in our neighborhood

COMFORT FOOD

YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT MICHELLE’S HOMESTYLE COOKING only by word-of-mouth, but the restaurant has become a mainstay in our neighborhood, serving up comfort food favorites like sweet yams, cabbage and roasted chicken that falls right off the bone. Owner Lindy Rodney says the staff puts its own spin on traditional dishes. “It’s how we use the ingredients,” she says. “I guess I do it differently than the locals.” Rodney opened the restaurant after moving to the United States seven years ago from the Caribbean Islands, and recently moved her business across the street to the east side of Skillman. She knows most of her customers by name. “I love taking care of people. We try to make it like family. You don’t’ know what kind of problems customers have when they walk in.” Michelle’s has a lunch special 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and accepts cash only. —EMILY TOMAN

Pictured: Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and a dinner roll; the renovated bar

Three more spots for feel-good food:

1

Nestled behind Half Price Books, this eatery offers an array of German-style franks and smoked meats with German potato salad and sauerkraut. GREENVILLE & NORTHWEST HIGHWAY

214.987.9090

HENKSBLACKFORESTBAKERY.COM

2 HIGHLANDS CAFÉ

This neighborhood staple serves up daily specials like jalapeño mac-n-cheese, meatloaf sandwiches and homemade soups.

AUDELIA & WALNUT HILL

214.349.2233

HIGHLANDSCAFE.COM

3 CROSSROADS DINER

Nothing says comfort food like sticky buns, buttermilk pancakes and flakey quiche from this local diner — a step up from your typical greasy spoon. Everything is made from scratch with fresh, sustainable ingredients.

WALNUT HILL & CENTRAL

214.346.3491

CROSSROADS-DINER.COM

HENK’S EUROPEAN DELI & BLACK FOREST BAKERY

MARK DAVIS

The BE S T EAT S in our neighborhood

YOUR GUIDE TO DINING OUT

ANOTHER BROKEN EGG $FB

Come enjoy yourselves at Another Broken Egg Cafe, the premier breakfast brunch, and lunch cafe in East Dallas. Crabcakes on homemade crostini bread await, enjoy the finest benedicts in all of Dallas. We recently partnered with the Humane Society to offer all cage free eggs from local Dallas farmers. Come try our new location in the Old Town shopping center. Locally owned and operated by Chris Harwood. 1152 N Buckner Blvd (across from Doctors Hospital) 214.954.7182.

ASIAN MINT $$ODFBWB Our Highland Park location, The Mint, offers an array of Asian-fused cuisine, specializing in Bangkok style dishes. We feature farm fresh ingredients, beautifully presented, coupled with a chic atmosphere and friendly service. Happy Hour is 5pm-6:30pm Mon.-Fri. – all beers and house wines are $3; $2 off appetizers, soups & salads. 4246 Oak Lawn Ave. 214.219.6469. The Asian Mint, along with its fused and sushi menus, also offers one of the best dessert bars in Dallas. 11617 N. Central Expwy. 214.363.6655. www.themintdallas.com

BACK COUNTRY BBQ $ WB Over 30 years of Texas-style BBQ. Family dining –8 different meats, variety of homemade vegetables. Complete catering & custom cooking. Beer, wine, margaritas. 6940 Greenville Ave. 214.696.6940.

TEX MEX GRILL $WB If you are looking for great Tex-Mex dining at reasonable prices try Tex Mex Grill and Cafe at the corner of Walnut Hill Lane and Plano Rd. Everything on the menu is quickly prepared using fresh ingredients. Offering a different lunch special each day, beginning at $4.99. Private Party room, seats 40 people. Adult beverages are limited to margaritas and beer. Catering beginning at $6.50 per person. New Hours: Mon- Sat 11 am - 10 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm ALL DAY BRUNCH texmexlakehighalnds.com

ZATO

Zato Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar offers a relaxed contemporary environment perfect for date night or a quiet family dinner that includes noodles, traditional Thai and gourmet sushi. BYOB. Take out or delivery available.

February 12th

Rose Event (see website for details)

Jr. Master Gardener’s Meeting

Roses will arrive the beginning of February.

Kids Meals Desserts Sat: 11am-10pm (Closed Sunday) n Lake Highlands Lane (at Abrams) llas, Texas 75243 214.342.3000 ax 214.342.3002

sk about catering

700 W. Davis St., Dallas 75208 214.948.4770 www.repotted.co

SZECHWAN PAVILION

Since 1980, we have offered the finest Chinese food in Dallas. Choose from our gourmet menu or convenient buffet.

D I N I N G SPOTLIGHT

7th Annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament benefiting Lake Highlands area schools

ready to pop

Freixe N et CordoN r os A d A Br U t ($11) Spain>

Wine writers complain a lot about Thanksgiving, and how difficult it is to recommend wines for the turkey fest, but the holiday they really dislike is Valentine’s Day. What’s the point of pairing wine with chocolate?

Having said that, Valentine’s Day is — next to Thanksgiving perhaps the most requested wine recommendation holiday on the calendar. What can I buy my girlfrend? What would my husband like? and is there wine that goes with chocolate? I actually get more requests for Valentine’s Day wine than I do for New year’s eve.

Open

to the public

For Boys and Girls in grades 1-8

Everyone is invited to come watch the competition and enjoy entertainment and a Fun Zone. when Saturday, March 26th

Rainout Date Saturday April 2nd

Highland Oaks Church of Christ 10805 Walnut Hill Lane

$64 per team, 4 players per team pick up a Registration form on line at hoopsinthehighlands.net or at any participating school Registration Forms Due: March 4th

Never fear, though. Champagne and sparkling wine fit Valentine’s Day like a red paper heart (and yes, you can even drink it with chocolate). Keep in mind that sparkling wine is made throughout the world, but that only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France can be called champagne.

So if you’re wondering where to go with Valentine’s Day wine, here are three sparkling suggestions:

• Freixenet Cordon Rosada Brut ($11). Spanish bubbly is called cava, and this one is more fruity (some citrus) than similarly priced cavas. In this, it’s more like champagne and is a nice change of pace.

• Château Moncontour Vouvray Brut ($17). This sparkling wine is from the French region of Loire and is made with chenin blanc; most champagne and California bubbly is made with chardonnay. That means the Moncatour is a little more acidic and a touch sweeter.

• Pol Roger White Foil Brut ($45). The real stuff, with champagne’s classic green apple and great bubbles that stream to the top of the glass.

—Jeff Siegel

ask the wiNe GUy?

Wine is suPPosed to haVe aCid. What does that Mean?

Wine is made with grapes, which are a fruit, and most fruit has naturally occurring acid. Wine grapes have more natural acid than table grapes, which is one reason why chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon make better wine than concord grapes.

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Roughly 60 minutes for one 9-inch cake

1 8-oz can crushed pineapple, drained

3 Tbsp butter

3/4 c packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 Tbsp plain yogurt

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 c all-purpose flour

3/4 c sugar

3/4 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 stick butter, softened

6 Tbsp plain yogurt

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2. Tilt the pan to cover all sides with melted butter. Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the bottom of the pan, and then cover the brown sugar with the crushed pineapple.

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Learn the latest from real estate experts and the companies themselves.

These

COVETEDCORPORATIONS

They may be corporate chains, but these companies know how to make us want them.

in lake highlands?

Will they come?

What’s keeping them away?

Can local businesses meet the challenge?

When national companies decide to carve out a niche in Dallas, whether it’s a grocer or restaurant or retailer, they all look in the same place.

“almost 100 percent will start in the Park Cities to Preston Hollow corridor, and then follow the 75 and Tollway corridors, kind of a pie shape up to the north,” says David Shelton of united Commercial realty.

“The main reason for that is demographics. It’s that plain and simple — the highest concentration of population and the highest concentration of incomes in that corridor.”

Commercial real estate folks tend to sound like broken records when talking about the retail formula: a high number of people living in a given area (population density) who have a lot of money to spend (income) and regularly travel near a specific site (traffic counts) equals a successful business.

It’s a formula that works, they say.

“The fact of the matter is that stores have to go where there are people, people, people,” young says. “We’re not in the rocket science business; we’re in the logic business: established dense areas with income.”

For the most successful merchants, he says, “in addition to having a good product and good service, you’ve got to be able to have traffic and predict your traffic.”

Not to mention the herd mentality central to the retail world — most companies follow others like cattle into new markets or even specific properties. This is called “tenant mix”, with discount stores or high-end retailers wanting to be grouped with other companies attracting similar shoppers.

That explains, for the most part, why retailers wind

up in some areas of the city and not others. but how do they get here in the first place?

That can be attributed to the sheer buying power of Dallasites. Dallas and Fort Worth combined hold nearly 28 square feet of retail for every person living here — “almost more than Manhattan,” young says, and substantial compared to the national average of roughly 23 square feet per person.

Dallas also lacks barriers that generally deter new companies, says Mike Geisler of Venture Commerical.

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“It’s an affordable place to buy real estate, affordable construction, easy to find labor and comparatively easy to get through city processes,” he says, adding that the biggest barrier for most companies is competition from those who arrived here first.

as for other companies that should be making Dallas their home, “the list is almost endless,” Shelton says. “There are a lot of folks that probably should be in Dallas that aren’t here, and on the flipside, a lot of people that shouldn’t be in Dallas are here. Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country and will continue to be a top-of-the-list high point for anyone expanding in the retail and restaurant world.”

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“Retail works in Dallas-Fort Worth,” says Robert E. Young Jr. of The Weitzman Group.

“Whether companies are homegrown and going out, or outside coming in, they know that DallasFort Worth is a pretty good place to place their bets.”

coveted corporAtions

they may be corporate chains, but these companies know how to make us want them.

hennes & MAUritz (h&M)

first store Västerås, Sweden in 1947

first U.s. store Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, N.Y., in 2000

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Stockholm, Sweden

totAl stores

2,000 in 37 countries,

including 200 in 27 states

closest store to dAllAs Des Peres, Mo. (St. Louis area), 637 miles

size of the new northpArK center flAgship store 24,000 square feet, slated to open in the second half of 2011

other flAgship stores in the U.s Only three: Manhattan; Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.; Michigan Avenue in Chicago whAt’s the big deAl? Sought-after by fashionistas on a budget, H&M is widely hailed as the originator of the “fast-fashion” retail format with high-volume merchandise and constantly changing styles. H&M carries both men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, plus maternity and children’s lines. The company does not have online stores in the United States — another reason its storefronts are in high demand. expert opinion “It’s a fashion-forward product for a great price obviously there’s a need and a demand for them, especially in this economy.” —Kent Arnold

“In some respects, I’m surprised they haven’t gotten to Dallas more quickly because Dallas is such a huge fashion market. It’s a European company looking at the whole globe as their market, with moderate expansion in the U.S. as opposed to a fervent pace. One of the reasons we’re all impatient about it is they’re a great retailer.” —MiKe geisler

“If you look at some of the most successful locations they have, they’re urban with high density, meaning a lot of people. Even though their merchandise is not extensive, they still have to do high, high, high volumes. These merchants don’t go anywhere where they think they can’t generate high sales. They will find real estate they can get at relatively low prices in their core markets. The price for a former Macy’s that closed at a mall might turn out to be pretty attractive to an H&M.” robert yoUng

Retailers eyeing the urban core

The tables are turning, and cities are starting to look better than suburbs to retailers. Why?

“Density cures a lot of problems these days,” says Gerald Crump, Weingarten realty central region vice president and director. “retailers are willing to pay more for urban infill sites where they don’t have stores, rather than greenfields.”

Greenfields are massive expanses of undeveloped land, usually on the outskirts of a city or metropolitan area. up until the recession, these areas were hotbeds for new retail developments.

These days, however, the commercial real estate realm is focusing on urban infill — filling vacant spaces in cities rather than constructing new spaces on far-flung vacant land.

It’s not that people have stopped moving to the suburbs; it’s just that they are thinking twice about moving away from urban areas like our neighborhood, and sometimes people are even deciding to move from the outside in. The result is that “everyone is looking inside the loop, because you’ve got a growing density of population. Sometimes everybody wants to go and get part of the urban world — it’s a reversal of how we grew to the ring cities,” young says.

Crump recently attended a conference attended by top retailers, the kinds that typically anchor shopping centers. They asked when new construction would start up again, and Crump’s response was a question: “When are you guys going to pay new development rents?” He already knew the answer: Not until the many vacancies left in the wake of the recession are leased.

These vacancies, sometimes called “second-generation spaces”, are leasing in DallasFort Worth, young says. another switch from the greenfield era is that retailers are no longer limiting themselves to a prototype store that they can plop onto a developing property. One factor that made undeveloped suburbs so enticing to the so-called big-box stores — the Targets and Office Maxes and Old Navys of the world — was the difficulty of finding enough existing real estate for such prototypes in cities. but “all merchants are looking at new formats in this economy, and that’s going to help us lease up the empties,” young says.

One good example is grocery stores. united Commercial realty handled roll-outs for 11 new Sprouts Farmers Market locations and nine aldi’s grocery store locations during the past two years, and both stores “back-filled a lot of old grocery spaces,” COO Jean Smith says.

Target and Kroger have urban formats, he says, and the businesses are looking to move into reemerging urban markets where young singles and empty nesters live. Target’s urban store, called CityTarget, can wedge into spaces as small as 60,000 square feet, Smith says, compared to a typical 85,000-square-foot SuperTarget.

“We don’t need 10 types of ketchup to choose from,” says Kent arnold of Henry S. Miller. “everyone’s getting smarter, and so the 60,000-square-foot store can go into 30,000 square feet — and it is.”

Walmart will be a major player in the urban infill grocery store market. Smith cites statistics that Walmart has grown from 8 percent of the grocery market in 2001 to more than a third of the market today, and the company has plans for an even smaller store than its Neighborhood Market concept.

“They were the first ones to do a supermarket, and they were the first ones to scale back,” arnold says. “They will always be the trendsetter.”

Meet the experts

Kent Arnold, forMer AssistAnt vice president of henry s. Miller retAil division Henry S. Miller was established in 1914, and today is one of the largest independent commercial real estate firms in Texas. The company owns and manages properties such as Preston Royal Shopping Center, Pepper Square Shopping Center at Preston and Belt Line, and Lakeside Village Shopping Center at Central and Walnut Hill.

dAvid shelton, vice president of United coMMerciAl reAlty UrbAn United Commercial Realty manages and leases more than 40 million square feet of retail properties, nationwide, and currently represents more than 100 regional and national retailers and restaurants, including Galleria North, Preston Forest Village and The Shops at Park Lane.

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PURPLE COW

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FIRST RESTAURANT Little Rock, Ark., in 1989; opened in Dallas at PrestonRoyal in 1998

TOTAL RESTAURANTS Four: Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Allen (the two original Little Rock locations have since been sold)

COMPANYPHILOSOPHY “Usually Purple Cows go into higher-income areas with some office buildings around the location, so we’ll get a nice lunch traffic,” company president Don Lindsley says. The Preston-Royal location is an exception because it’s surrounded mostly by other shops and restaurants. Purple Cow’s claim to fame is being the only restaurant in the world that sells purple Blue Bell ice cream. “It’s made just for us in Brenham,” Lindsley says. The fare and atmosphere are popular among kids and their parents. “We have a kids menu, but our regular menu is basically a giant kids menu,” Lindsley says. “We do serve alcohol, so if mom or dad has had a rough day at the office and needs a glass of wine or an ice cold beer, that might be the deciding factor in them picking us.”

EXPANSION PLANS A new Purple Cow — “the first in a long time,” Lindsley says — opened in March 2010 at The Village of Fairview, a recently developed shopping center in Allen near the outlet shops. “It really is a matter of the owner of the property putting an attractive deal on the table for us,” Lindsley says of potential future locations. In the case of The Village of Fairview, “they pursued us; we didn’t pursue them.” Though the restaurant enjoys its popularity among young families, this market alone “might not be a good thing,” Lindsley says. “We wouldn’t want a bedroom community where mom and dad hop in the car every day and go to work, and we’d be empty every day for lunch.”

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In-N-Out. H&M. Trader Joe’s. H-E-B. White Castle.

Each of these companies has a loyal following in Dallas, almost cult-like, even though each has yet to open a store here.

Their secret to preemptive success is not just a great product (though some neighbors might swear by the tastiness of a Double-Double or the ability to don this season’s faux fur on a budget). The other quality they share is that each is a familyowned private company that keeps its practices close to its vest.

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“Family-owned companies don’t share a lot of information, and that’s part of the reason they get that cult following — not just the food or the product, but that there’s not a lot of information out there,” David Shelton says.

The fact that “the world is getting smaller every day” helps these companies, too, Robert Young says. Travel within the United States is accessible, and as more Dallasites dine at an In-NOut on the West Coast or shop at H&M on the East Coast, more customers are created. Dallas also is home to a number of coastal emigrants, and these new residents who miss their homelands may be these companies’ best advertisers.

It’s not that these companies are ignoring Dallas. Commerical real estate experts agree that if they haven’t yet made plans to move here, they will eventually, if for no other reason than to make more money in one of the country’s retail hubs.

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However, “with the precious nature of capital and money, they’re all very careful about expansions — all of them,” Young says. “No one with any major concept would come to town and go into any neighborhood or key trade area unless they felt very comfortable that they can have an efficient distribution of what they do.”

MEET THE EXPERTS

MIKE GEISLER, VENTURE COMMERCIAL FOUNDING PARTNER

Brokerage and property management company Venture Commercial lists roughly 17 million square feet of shopping centers and represents more than 120 retailers and restaurants. It has a presence from Oak Lawn and Uptown to Burleson and Rockwall, and has leased the Plaza at Preston Center for almost 20 years.

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In-N-Out, for example, on “a fry that tastes burger that tastes a certain arnold says. “you’ve gotta same product whether Vegas.” The company has locations in Dallas — one Caruth Haven, another junction of 75 and 635 in suburbs and ring cities.

“a company like that, doesn’t add to the moxie of the brand. They need what we’ll call ‘home run there’s density, access young says.

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The Weitzman Group is a commercial retail estate brokerage firm leasing 41 million square feet of retail properties throughout Texas. Cencor Realty Services, its property management and development arm, manages 20.5 million square feet of retail space throughout Texas’ major markets of Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and San Antonio.

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HOMEGROWN HITS

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TIN STAR

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FIRST RESTAURANT

Uptown Dallas, 1999

TOTAL RESTAURANTS 11

IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD Alpha and the Tollway; Coit and George Bush Turnpike COMPANY PHILOSOPHY It started as a taco bar with a Southwestern flair, and later developed its popular cheeseburger tacos and other signature tacos based on guests’ suggestions — “here’s what I like, here’s what my mom used to make, or here’s this crazy idea I have, and we’d be like, OK, let’s do it,” president and owner Mike Rangel says.

EXPANSION PLANS Rangel likes highly dense traffic patterns during the day and “a lot of rooftops around at night.” The company also likes to be close to hospital districts to attract “patients going there, people who work there and pharmaceutical reps.” Also, because Tin Star is popular with the 25-45 crowd, “apartment complexes and condos are good,” Rangel says. The company is looking to open six new locations in 2011, including Denton, Fort Worth, Arlington and somewhere around Northwest Highway and Greenville. “I think we’d do really well over there, and we’d be excited about finding a location,” Rangel says, noting the close vicinity of Presbyterian Hospital and surrounding medical offices. Plus, Rangel says, “Dallas is our home. We would love to have more stores in Dallas.”

What about Lake Highlands?

H&M is coming to Dallas, but it will not open a store in Lake Highlands. And neither will any other national retailer.

That’s the opinion of David Shelton, who speaks not only as a commercial real estate broker but also as a neighborhood resident.

“NorthPark is so close; the Galleria is so close. It wouldn’t ever make sense. That’s the reason Lake Highlands doesn’t have a Southlake Town Square,” Shelton says, chalking it up to our neighborhood’s vicinity to already-established projects, not to mention “demographic hurdles,” he says — “population, incomes, being the main two drivers of a decision. The Lake Highlands demographics aren’t going to stack up compared to Northwest Highway and 75, and some of the other competing intersections.”

Because of the retail meccas west of us, shopping patterns already have been created, Robert Young, says. So what our neighborhood needs to attract more retail and restaurants is some sort of major project that can attract a cluster of stores.

A Lake Highlands Town Center, perhaps?

Exactly, Young says, but the Town Center mixed-use project at Walnut Hill and Skillman is “so dependent on having a great anchor,” Young says, primarily because of the project’s location far from major thoroughfares such as I-635 and CentralExpressway.

If the Town Center does get going, “it’ll go gangbusters,” says Scott Wynne, another neighborhood resident and vice president-finance for ING Clarion Partners, a real estate investment management company.

“There are no bigger copycats in the world than real estate developers. When they see stuff is successful, they follow it. If the Town Center can attract those kinds of people and be a roiling success, then other people will follow suit.”

One of the biggest deterrents for potential retailers is the “overabundance of apartments” in Lake Highlands, Wynne says.

“If you drive them around Walnut Hill andAudelia, they see all the apartments, and they kind of go, uh, that’s a big turnoff.”

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COVETED CORPORATIONS

They may be corporate chains, but these companies know how to make us want them.

IN-N-OUT

FIRST RESTAURANT Baldwin Park, Calif., in 1948

COMPANY HOME Corporate offices in Irvine, Calif., (the state where 201 of its restaurants are located)

TOTAL RESTAURANTS 251 in four states (Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah)

CLOSEST RESTAURANT Chandler, Ariz., 1,051 miles

FUTURE NORTH TEXAS LOCATIONS Former Steak ‘n Shake on Central near Caruth Haven; Coit near junction of 75 and 635; Firewheel Town Center in Garland; West Seventh in Fort Worth; Stonebriar Centre Mall in Frisco; The Village at Allen; Hurst; Las Colinas

WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? Its food is fast, but never frozen: The company touts the fact that every hamburger patty is made fresh at one of its distribution centers. The menu is minimal — three burger options, fries, sodas and shakes — but the restaurant’s loyal cult following evangelizes an entire subset of off-themenu items with names such as “the Flying Dutchman” and “animal-style fries”.

FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH “We are a private, family-owned company We operate all of our restaurants ourselves, and we don’t franchise, so slow growth has always been part of our strategy. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is vibrant, strong, growing and filled with opportunities.We will have everything we need there — from warehouse/commissary and patty production facilities to a large, metropolitan area that those facilities can serve.Long term, we will also be able to serve other markets from that central distribution center.We are now under construction on our first two restaurants — Allen and Frisco. If everything goes well, we hope to open both in the spring. We should also start construction soon on the Caruth Haven site and, hopefully, a few others.” —CARLVAN FLEET, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT VICE PRESIDENT

EXPERT OPINION

“They’ve been very tight-lipped about their expansion process. What I’ve heard is they plan to open Dallas-Fort Worth with five or six units, and open them all at the same time.” —DAVID SHELTON

“They are a cult dynamo on the West Coast. Anybody that’s been out there, they just love the whole program. Food is good, fresh, quick and efficient.” —ROBERT YOUNG

The cult of off-menu

In-N-Out’s website (in-n-out.com/ secretmenu) acknowledges the existence of its secret menu:

Double Meat “Two 100 percent pure beef patties, hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, spread, with or without onions, stacked high on a freshly baked bun.”

3 x 3 “Three 100 percent pure beef patties, hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, spread, three slices of American cheese, with or without onions, stacked high on a freshly baked bun.” 4 x 4 “Four 100 percent pure beef patties, hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, spread, Four slices of American cheese, with or without onions, stacked high on a freshly baked bun.”

Grilled Cheese “Two slices of melted American cheese, hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, spread, with or without onions on a freshly baked bun.”

Protein Style “Your favorite burger wrapped in hand-leafed lettuce, instead of a bun.”

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COVETED CORPORATIONS

They may be corporate chains, but these companies know how to make us want them.

H-E-B

FIRST STORE Kerrville, Texas in 1905

COMPANY HOME San Antonio, Texas

TOTAL STORES 329 in Texas and Mexico

CLOSEST STORE Burleson, Texas, 49 miles

WHAT’S THEBIG DEAL? Customers love H-E-B’s highquality products, especially produce, for low prices no customer card needed. And unlike sister store Central Market, H-E-B carries staples like Cheerios, paper plates and 12-packs of soda pop. The company is in expansion mode, but doesn’t have plans to expand beyond Texas, according to an Austin American Statesman article quoting company president and COO Craig Boyan. In the same January 2010 article, Boyan said that the company’s move into Burleson was not indicative of expansion into Dallas: “It really is to serve Central Texas better. If you were going to go into Dallas, you’d put a warehouse in Dallas.”

FROM THEHORSE’S MOUTH “Our Central Market stores are the stores that serve the Dallas area. We have our distribution network that is largely

centered in South and Central Texas as well as in the Houston area, and several stores around Waco and Cleburne. Most recently we opened our northernmost store in Burleson, which was a natural progression of growth for us — 15 miles away from one of our existing stores in Cleburne that has a lot of traffic, and we need to relieve that store, and Burleson is a burgeoning community with lots of young families. We’re very proud of Central Market stores in Dallas-Fort Worth area. They’re serving customers well, and it’s working very well for us. We’ll continue to use that format.”

—LESLIE SWEET, HEB DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

EXPERT OPINION “Anybody that knows H-E-B loves them and wishes they were here. They’re what Tom Thumb was to Dallas 20 years ago. They’re a family business, and they’ll adapt a store to the area around it. ... H-E-B has pretty strong coverage throughout the state. You think, OK, Dallas has to happen. On the other hand, they’re thinking let’s be cautious. I think they’re always thinking what’s the trigger that will cause them to address Dallas.”

—MIKE GEISLER

“The move to the DFW market is inevitable. It’s just a matter of timing for those guys.” —DAVID SHELTON

But apartments have a limited lifespan, he says, maybe 30 or 40 years.

“Yeah, they’re rundown — lots of Section 8 housing and crime and code violations but they won’t last forever, and if we have another real estate boom like we did a few years ago, you’ll start to see them come down.”

Even if national retailers won’t pay attention, however, our neighborhood does have the potential to attract new grocers and restaurants. If H-E-B or Trader Joe’s decides to move to Dallas, Lake Highlands won’t be first on their lists, but “would be on their radar and be in their market at some point in time,” Shelton says.

“There are too many people in the Lake Highlands market to ignore. With an anchor grocer concept, you’re dealing with a much different profile of customer than you are with fashion retail.”

It’s a similar scenario with restaurants, Wynne says.

“You go into Mi Cocina, you go into Mariano’s, you go into Picasso’s, and they’re packed,” he says. “I think we’re really underserved, and when you go into those places, the lines there and the

people there back that up.”

Wynne is one of many neighbors convinced that a Purple Cow — the familyfriendly burger joint at Preston and Royal would do well in Lake Highlands.

“I’ve only been harping on this, well, for eight years now — as old as my oldest daughter is,” Wynne says.

Any independent restaurant like this would receive a warm welcome in our neighborhood, Wynne says, and some corporate eateries would fare well, too.

“People here don’t mind a chain restaurant, just a not a run-of-the-mill chain restaurant that’s all over the place not the same place you’re eating at in Columbus, Ohio, or Chicago, Illinois,” Wynne says.

Ultimately, though, it will take a shift in retail mentality to change the real estate landscape in Lake Highlands.

“The retailers fall all over themselves to go into the Park Cities and North Dallas and east of Central,” Wynne says. “They just don’t seem to get it — things over here don’t fit into the square box that they have for themselves. There will have to be some pioneers, and then others will follow.”

URBAN INFILL

Redeveloping sites in a metropolitan core for commercial or residential use.

second generation SPACES

A vacant retail space that can be reused or repurposed by a new tenant.

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GREEN FIELDS

An expanse of undeveloped land, usually in the suburbs.

Tenant MIX

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The makeup of retailers in a particular shopping center, usually determined by the tenants’ target customers. (A Louis Vuitton wouldn’t want to be placed next to

PetsMart, for example.)

GROCERY STORES Everyone’s gotta eat, right?

The lack of financing has put the kibosh on most new construction and development; banks no longer want to lend money to risky ventures. But banks are still agreeing to back tried-and-true retail shopping centers: the ones on hightraffic corners in good neighborhoods, the ones with credit tenants (such as McDonald’s, Starbucks and other megacompanies good for the money), and the ones with grocery stores.

“Grocery is doing well because people are eating out less,” Jean Smith says.

It also makes sense that a national grocer is more likely to move into our neighborhood than a large national retailer.

“Think about the number of Dillard’s [stores] — maybe 15 in Dallas-Fort Worth, and there are 120 Tom Thumbs,” David Shelton says. “If you’re a heavy Dillard’s

COVETEDCORPORATIONS

They may be corporate chains, but these companies know how to make us want them.

TRADER JOE’S

FIRSTSTORE Pasadena, Calif., in 1967

COMPANY HOME Monrovia, Calif.

TOTALSTORES 354 in 29 states; eight more announced for 2011

CLOSESTSTORE Des Peres, Mo. (St. Louis area), 637 miles

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user, you shop maybe once a week, and if you’re a typical user, maybe once a month. You don’t have to have fashion. You don’t have to have a pair of jeans.

“Grocery stores, you’re going twice a week. If a grocery store draws from a mile- or mile-and-a-half radius, a department store draws from a 15-mile radius, depending on densities.”

The major barrier to grocery store expansion or entrance into the Dallas market is competition. Three of the top five grocers in the country — Walmart, Kroger and Safeway — all have a strong presence here,” Mike Geisler says, “and then you’ve got a whole other layer of stores underneath that.”

So for newcomers to the Dallas grocery market, “there’s a reason why they’re not here right now, and there’s a reason you don’t see grocery store expansion as a whole like it was,” Kent Arnold says. “Everyone is trying to retool and refigure.”

BURGERS & TACOS Concept food to go

“The hottest thing in food in Dallas is anything tacos,” Robert Young says. Restaurants with full menus of almost nothing but taco concoctions are popping up left and right, taking over former Blockbuster spaces and old automotive garages.

“All of these are built and engineered to go in at a relatively manageable cost to meet the needs of an area,” Young says.

Burgers — and more specifically, sliders are another hot commodity. Everyone from homegrown companies such as Jakes and Burger House to national chains such as Five Guys and Smashburger are expanding to our local market.

“If the concept is cool, if the price point is kind of in the middle of the fairway, and if the food is good, local neighborhoods love it,”Young says.

“As long as you put a drive-through on

WHAT’STHE BIG DEAL?

Customers love Trader Joe’s Hawaiian shirts and high customer service standards, but the grocer is most famous for stocking its shelves with gourmet food at reasonable prices. Its stores are relatively small — comparable to the size of its parent company, Aldi — and

instead of selling 40 different peanut butters, Trader Joe’s might sell four. The overall philosophy is that customers don’t want that many choices, and the inherent message is that these four peanut butters are the best four on the market. This was pointed out in a September Fortune magazine article, which also revealed that the company’s largest research and

development expense is sending its buyers all over the globe finding the best products. Once identified, Trader Joe’s enters into a vendor contract, guaranteeing high-volume sales in return for the vendor remaining mum. For example, if Trader Joe’s determined that Blue Bell was indeed the best ice cream in the country, it would arrange

an agreement to buy the ice cream in bulk, add its own label to the cartons, and sell the ice cream at a discount in its stores. Trader Joe’s wins because customers love the stuff (if they don’t, it comes off the shelves), and Blue Bell wins because it receives a substantial guaranteed paycheck and can still sell its half gallons for $6 at Kroger

even though they sell at Trader Joe’s for only $3.

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one side and a patio on the other, food is going to continue to be big in Texas.”

DISCOUNT RETAIL Everybody loves a bargain

Neighbors love the idea of a boutique store opening nearby, or even a boutiqueish national retailer, such as a Trader Joe’s grocery store. but in this economy, people are more likely to see “coming soon” advertisements from Trader Joe’s discount parent company, aldi.

“What the market is demanding now is completely opposite” of the boutique trend, arnold says. “Three of the top 20 expanding retailers are dollar stores — that kind of shows you the direction.”

aldi, the largest grocery store in the world, opened 20-plus new stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth market over the last two years with a completely different product approach than a gourmet grocer like Central Market.

“Central Market looks at it as, ‘How do I get a quality product here?’ ” arnold says. “aldi looks at it as, ‘How do I get the cost down?’ ”

Companies with the latter mentality are growing in the current market.

“any and everyone who’s a discounter today is hot, from the dollar stores to the Saks Off Fifth,” young says. “They’re going into markets that sometimes are underserved, but also finding themselves in markets that they can penetrate because the value of real estate is competitive.”

Discounters can now afford the secondgeneration space that was unavailable to them a few years ago, and also are reaching new customers because of the recession.

“Consumers today are looking to go shorter distances, and they’re looking for deals,” arnold says. “everything is based

expansion as a whole like it was. Everyone is trying to retool and refigure.”

kent Arnold

“They’ll get here. It’s just about when they get here. One of the things that might have slowed them down is that wine is a heavy component of their store, and the wetdry issue is always confusing to retailers who aren’t from Dallas. The biggest thing

around consumer confidence in the economy — not even that we’re doing good, but that we’re going to do good,” arnold says.

FRO-YO

Frozen goodness by the ounce

Frozen yogurt — what the kids (and marketing gurus) are calling “fro-yo” — is all the rage.

“Look at all of these self-serve yogurt places opening up,” young says. “On the one hand, you can argue that we absolutely don’t need any more retail. However, just because of this retail girth, this total market size, there’s a lot of room for a lot of players.”

mAp Yo’ YoGurt our interactive map pinpoints dallas froyo spots and breaks down the competitors’ differences: lakehighlands. advocatemag.com/ retail

Many companies entering the Dallas market have been around for years, even decades. So why the sudden explosion? It likely stems from West Hollywood, Calif.-based Pinkberry.

“Cupcakes are the same way,” says Shelton, referring to the recent cupcake craze. “Sprinkles got lots of celebrity attention in La, and Pinkberry did the same. People latch on to what the celebrities endorse by using the product.”

So does Dallas have enough room for all of the new players in the frozen yogurt market?

“anytime you see that on the real estate side, you just wait for the fallout because somebody’s not going to make it,” Shelton says. “There’s only so much demand for that product, and not everyone can succeed.”

[keeping them away] is other major markets they’ve been trying to break into that they’ve prioritized. ... The more sophisticated office worker demographic is their primary demographic, and we’re a services-based economy, [so] Dallas is their core customer. They keep on saying it’s about three years out.

We would probably see one in Oak Lawn or Uptown. They would

try to find a way to get into Park Cities/Preston Hollow, do something to service the Greenville and Lovers area, something that hits East Dallas, White Rock and M Streets, also Far North Dallas north of LBJ, and Plano.”

mike Geisler

“Gosh, if Trader Joe’s was here, they’d just knock ’em dead. It’s a huge investment because they’re not going to do one store

[due to] logistics and operations, a lot of issues that are heavy duty. They also have to worry about their competition. Dallas has some pretty good grocery operators.”

robert YounG

“It’s really a Sprouts on steroids. We hear rumblings and rumors all the time, but as of now it’s really just that rumor.”

dAvid shelton

The allure of NorthPark Center

as we talked to commercial real estate experts, we heard it over and over: NorthPark Center is one of the top five malls in the country.

“There’s a lot to be said for the power that NorthPark has,” says David Shelton, who places NorthPark in the top tier in terms of sales and co-tenancy, or mix of retailers — both middle-market fashion and extreme high-end boutique retailers.

“and tenancy drives a lot of decisions that retailers will make,” Shelton says. actually, says Derek Wood, NorthPark Center’s leasing director, “we’re no. 7.” That’s the ranking he derives from the amount of sales per square foot in the center. It’s an even more impressive number if you consider that “all the ones bigger than us have a bigger tourism component (California, Florida, Honolulu),” Wood says. “We don’t have gambling; we don’t have oceans; we don’t have mountains.”

No. 5, no. 7 potato, potahto.

either way, it means that when any major mall-type retailer is looking to make a move to Dallas, NorthPark will be the first place it looks. So when international retail giant H&M made its announcement this past October about an impending store opening in big D, it came as no surprise that NorthPark would be its first Dallas home.

Wood says H&M was by far the no. 1 most requested store via website feedback. He began talking to H&M in 2003 about opening in NorthPark.

“We’re always looking for the best retailer in each category — the coolest, the hottest, whatever,” Wood says. So H&M was an obvious target.

“When you look at the top global brands, they’re the no. 2 fashion retailer in the world behind Louis Vuitton. They’re the best at fast fashion,” Wood says.

H&M opened a temporary shop in December, and its NorthPark flagship store is slated to open in October 2011. The future location of H&M’s 24,000-squarefoot flagship store in the mall hadn’t been announced at press time. Webb says there will be “some movement” before H&M moves in, but once its location is made known, “it will all make sense” in terms of NorthPark’s strategic layout, Webb says.

Perhaps you’ve noticed the center’s strategic layout, which Webb calls “cluster

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HOMEGROWN HITS

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SINELLI CONCEPTS: WHICH WICH AND BURGUESA BURGER

FIRST RESTAURANT

Which Wich: Downtown Dallas, December 2003

Burguesa Burger: Inwood and Harry Hines, May 2009 (closed)

TOTAL STORES WW: 115; BB: three

CLOSEST TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WW: NorthPark Center, Northwest Highway and 75

COMPANY PHILOSOPHY Dallas’ Jeff Sinelli founded Genghis Grill before selling the company in 2003, then launched Which Wich — more than 50 varieties of sandwiches with a unique ordering system (grab a paper bag; mark meat, topping and condiment selections; wait for sandwich to be made and delivered in same paper bag). The concept quickly spread across Dallas-Fort Worth, then Texas, and then the country. He still owns the original location; the rest are franchised. Whereas Which Wich is a “new, current, hip, young sandwich brand,” Sinelli says, his latest concept, Burguesa Burger, was developed with longtime Hispanic employee Pablo Gallegos and is a burger joint with both Mexican and American influences. The menu is in both English and Spanish, and restaurants accept both dollars and pesos.

EXPANSION PLANS A dense population of lunchtime eaters drove Sinelli’s decision to open the original Which Wich Downtown. “That’s where you start you want to make sure you have a core of customers,” he says. “But as the brand developed, we found that we had customers in the suburbs the schools, the families, the soccer moms” who patronize the restaurant. More than 115 restaurants later, Sinelli says Which Wich is looking to fill in areas where the restaurant already exists and is fielding calls from throughout the country, plus Canada, Mexico and even Europe. Does that mean more Dallas locations? “Absolutely,” Sinelli says. “We would love to have more 214 [area code] locations, pretty much inside the 635 loop. (Yes, he’s interested in the Lake Highlands Town Center, once it materializes.) We’ve found the model to do quite well in lifestyle centers, a combination of residential and restaurants.” Burguesa Burger, however, is Which Wich’s “polar opposite,” Sinelli says. “We’re still exploring with the model, and as we know more, it really belongs to the Hispanic community. Unlike Which Wich, a restaurant that “needs to be in a place that’s brand new because we expect Which Wich to be there 20 years-plus,” Burguesa fits best in second-generation restaurant space. “There are more restaurants than needed right now, so why not recycle old ones instead of building new ones?” Sinelli asks. “And if you do it right, you can literally save hundreds of thousands of dollars — or pesos, as we say in Burguesa.”

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retailing”? The layout strategy solidified after the May 2006 expansion, which doubled the mall’s size.

Essentially, stores are grouped by theme: luxury stores near Neiman Marcus; children’s stores on the lower level between Macy’s and the escalators; teen and tween stores around the food court and AMC movie theater; Baby Boomer favorites on the lower level near Nordstrom; 20- and 30-something finds on the upper level as customers turn the corner from the teen hallway; and “the best of what you find in every shopping center” between Dillard’s and Macy’s, Webb says.

Being no. 7, NorthPark can call such shots. It also has other distinctions that set it apart — Shelton says “you go to pretty much any mall in the country, and you’ve got kiosks. Landlords make a tremendous amount of money in leasing kiosk space.”

NorthPark could do the same, he says, “but they choose not to. They choose aesthetics over income in that respect.”

If NorthPark added kiosks, its customers “might be bombarded by solicitation, and we want for you to have a more peaceful shopping experience,” says Vail Tolbert, NorthPark public relations and events manager, who stresses that artwork, landscaping and charitable displays are all of crucial importance to Nancy Nasher, whose father, the late Raymond Nasher, developed NorthPark in the 1960s.

Yes, these factors appeal to wealthy customers, but Webb says though “we do have a high-end image over here, at the same time we’re not just all about luxury. We like to say we’re Gap to Gucci and everyone in between.”

The center contains roughly 225 retailers and restaurants, and boasts of having more than 100 unique stores compared to its nearest competitor, the Dallas Galleria.

H&M adds a large feather to NorthPark’s cap, but Webb says it’s isn’t finished yet.

The top retailers are “always in flux, and always will be. The second you’re stagnant is when you should be worried,” Webb says.

He’s not naming names, but there are “definitely five to 10 retailers we would like to add to the mix because they’re not in Texas yet.”

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BEYOND HEALING

Getting

Life was good for Amy Cookman, a healthy mother in her mid-30s. She home-schooled her son while her husband worked full-time to support the family.

“2010 was turning out to be one of the best years of our lives,” Cookman says.

But it didn’t come without challenges. One has to make sacrifices when living on a single income, so the Cookmans chose to open a savings fund for medical expenses and cancel their health insurance.

But last summer, when the young wife and mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, her first thoughts were not about her health, necessarily, but about finances.

“‘You have cancer’ — that day in August when I heard those words, my first worries were, ‘this is going to devastate our family’ and ‘how are we going to afford this?’ I honestly couldn’t even think about how the cancer was going to affect me.”

Treatment would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Fortunately, we found a network of doctors that believes in helping uninsured people,” she says.

The recommended treatment was a bilateral mastectomy — that meant losing her breasts, which she could not afford to have reconstructed, but if it meant cutting

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off the cancer, she says, she was willing to go through with it.

“I had no idea what life would be like without breasts, but I knew I wanted to get rid of the cancer once and for all,” she says.

Anxious and afraid, she was waiting at her surgical oncologist’s office at Baylor Hospital in East Dallas, when — by chance or fate — she met Carol Autry.

‘SOMEBODY SHOULD DO SOMETHING’

Carol Autry’s mother, Doris Daniely, was a kind and generous mother and grandmother who kept her illness a secret until it was too late.

“She was the sweetest, most giving person you’d ever meet,” Autry says. “We never entirely understood why she didn’t tell us she had cancer — maybe because she didn’t want to trouble anyone. Maybe she was in denial, thinking it would go away. We still don’t really know.”

Autry, who lives in Lake Highlands and works at Baylor, grew worried after the normally attentive grandmother was too sick to attend her grandson’s college graduation. She finally took her mother to see a doctor, and it was discovered that cancer had spread through Daniely’s breast. She died two months later. Autry was sad about what happened to her mother, but she had to go on with life and with her work in the plastic surgery office of doctors Carpenter and Morales, where she encountered cancer patients almost daily.

“Patients came through all the time — mostly women who need to have a mastectomy, but who don’t have the means

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for reconstructive surgery afterward.”

Autry says she thought about these women constantly. All told, it costs about $100,000 for breast reconstruction surgery. A time or two, Autry says she and her coworkers had said to one another, “Somebody should do something to help them.”

“One night, I was lying in bed,” Autry recalls, “and I said to myself, ‘I am somebody.’ ”

It’s not easy to start a nonprofit, but with help from fellow Woodrow Wilson High School alumni, Autry founded the Doris Daniely Outreach for Breast Reconstruction, in honor of her mother.

RECOVERING WITHDIGNITY

Amy Cookman’s nurse introduced her to Carol Autry, who just happened to stop by the office where Cookman was waiting to discuss her upcoming mastectomy with her doctors. Carol Autry was a godsend, Cookman says.

“Immediately, Carol made me feel at ease as she explained that the Doris Daniely Outreach was created for women just like me,” Cookman says. “Words cannot describe the relief I felt

that day. Tears came to my eyes. “I secretly wanted reconstruction, but I would never want to put any more burden on my family. I felt as if my family had already sacrificed too much. The Doris Daniely Outreach was an answer to my prayers. Not only could I beat cancer, but I could do it with dignity and still feel like a woman.”

She did in fact beat cancer — “October 12, 2010,” Cookman says. She says the treatment was tough, but that she couldn’t imagine how much tougher it would have been to go through the rest of her life without breasts.

“I can only imagine how mentally devastating it would have been,” she says.

PICKING UPTHEPIECES

Since organizing, the Doris Daniely Outreach has made breast reconstruction possible for 14 women.

“It might not sound like a lot,” Autry says, “but we are just taking them as we go.”

The Doris Daniely board of directors includes eight women from the neighborhood who work to raise money and awareness, and to persuade doctors and medical suppliers to donate services and parts.

“I’ve worked with [plastic surgeons] for many years. Most of them are extremely generous,” Autry says. “The doctors I work for have never said ‘no’ to a request from us.”

Doctors at Baylor have a program called The Bridge Foundation, which allows uninsured women with breast cancer to undergo mastectomies. So far, The Bridge has supplied most of the candidates for the Doris Daniely project.

“They perform the initial surgery,” Autry says, “and then we come along behind and pick up the pieces.”

—CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB

THE DORIS DANIELY OUTREACH RELIES ON THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS.

The organization will host a fundraiser Feb. 26 at the Dallas Arboretum from 2-5 p.m. “High tea” is $45 per person or $420 for a reserved table for 10. Purchase tickets and learn more at dorisdanielyoutreach.org

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Maybe we’re all wrong

A DMITTInG THIS C ou LD BE THE FIr ST STEP To WA r D

S W ron GS

What’s wrong with the world? And how are people of faith supposed to help fix it?

When the faithful square off in the public square or in private sanctuaries, whatever the issue, it usually comes down to how they answer these two related questions. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus and others debate these within their own ranks. I’ll try to frame the challenge from my own faith stance, and those of other faiths may rewrite in their own spiritual grammar.

Sin is what’s wrong with the world, most agree. What sin is most wrong is where most disagree. And once you name the sin most wrong, the proposed fixes that follow diverge wildly.

For example, most conservative Christians would say that the sin of unbelief is at the heart of all worldly woes. Inside the church they would say that unbelief is not accepting Jesus Christ as one’s personal Savior. But more broadly, they would say that unbelief is a lack of belief in God generally due to growing secularism. Loss of belief in God shows up in teacher-led prayers being banned from public schools and Christmas displays disappearing from businesses. Secularism has to be resisted because it infects the faithful and affects the church. The solution is a posture toward the world that cultural historian James Davison Hunter calls “defensive against.”

Progressive Christians look forward to a day yet to come rather than backward to a time gone by. They see the chief sin as inequality among people — whether racial, gender, sexual, national or economic. They believe God is bringing about a kingdom in which all discrimination is overcome and everyone’s basic needs and dignity are supplied. Instead of resisting developments in the culture, they look for ways the church can be engaged with it to progress toward these ends.

While conservatives are defensive against culture, progressives seek a stance of “relevance to.”

A third group is smaller but growing. These spiritual separatists see the major sin of the world as violence. Whether governments that

foster war to achieve their ends, or corporations that manipulate markets to benefit a few at the expense of many, or bigoted bullies who beat up gay youths, violence tears at the fabric of human community and undermines God’s peaceable kingdom. These Christians attempt to demonstrate to the world that the church is an alternative community — a world within a world — that exists as a witness to another way of life. They take a “purity from” approach to the world, paying more attention to their own faith community than the wider community. They embody God’s peaceable ways through nonviolent approaches.

Each of these has a point, to a point. As Hunter says in his recent book, “To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy & Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World”: “All of these challenges are correctly identified as problems, and they are all at least partially correct about solutions. Where they are mistaken is in assuming, explicitly or implicitly, that the challenge they see is the defining one, in effect, trumping all others.”

So what if we were to listen to one another respectfully, humbly acknowledging that none of us have the corner on gospel truth? Maybe we could learn to credit those with different views of things and find in them partners, rather than competitors, as we live in and among and toward the broader culture.

Hunter suggests that Christians might practice a “faithful presence” in the world. I imagine us continuing to fall into these categories due to our dominant faith outlooks, but perhaps this more generous perspective will enable conservatives to resist with greater grace, progressives to engage with keener wisdom, and separatists to demonstrate peace and justice with deeper realism.

Being faithful in the world is hard enough without having to contest with the faithful at the same time, and all the time.

ba P tist

Forest Meadow / 9150 Church rd. / Welcoming the mosaic of cultures living in our neighborhoods / www.fmbcdallas.org

Worship 10:50 / Bible Study 9:30 / Tim Ahlen, Pastor / 214.341.9555

laKeside baPtist / 9150 Garland rd / 214.324.1425

Pastor Jeff Donnell / Worship 10:50 am www.lbc-dallas.org

wilsHire baPtist / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

bible c HU rc H es

nortH HigHlands bible cHUrcH / www.nhbc.net

Sunday: Lifequest (all ages) 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am

Wed: Student Ministry 7:00 pm / 9626 Church road / 214.348.9697

disciPles oF cH rist

e ast dallas cHristian cHUrcH / 629 n Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE Worship Gathering 9:30 am Worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / rev. Deborah Morgan / www.edcc.org

lU t H eran

First United lUtHeran cHUrcH / 6202 E Mockingbird Ln.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

Zion lUtHeran cHUrcH & scHool / 6121 E Lovers Ln.

Sunday: Sunday School 9:15 am, Worship 8:00 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm / 214.363.1639 / www.ziondallas.org

M et Hodist

l aKe HigHlands UMc / 9015 Plano rd. (at McCree) 214.348.6600 / www.lhumc.com / Sun. School 9:45 am

Sun. Worship 8:30 & 11:00 Traditional / 11:00 Contemporary

non - denoMinational

l aKe HigHlands cHUrcH / 9919 McCree

Sun. Classes 9:30 am, Assembly 11:00 am / 214.348.0460

Home groups meet on weeknights. / lakehighlandschurch.org

wHite rocK coMMUnity cHUrcH / 9353 Garland rd /214.320.0043

Sun. Bible Study 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am / Wed. Bible Studies 10:00 am & 7:30 pm / event facilities for rent / whiterockchurch.org

Presbyterian

l aKe HigHlands Presbyterian cHUrcH / 214.348.2133

8525 Audelia road at nW Hwy. / www.lhpres.org

Christian Ed. 9:45 am, 9:00 am Contemporary, 11:00 am Traditional nortHParK Presbyterian cHUrcH / 214.363.5457 9555 n Central Expwy. / www.northparkpres.org

Pastor: rev. Brent Barry / 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday Services

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.

E EDUCATION GUIDE

st. Paul academy

6464 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.321.1275 / www.StPaulAcademy.com Grades 5-8. This is a rare opportunity to participate in coeducational, non-denominational private school exclusively for middle school students. In order to maintain a small, nurturing community of learners where students can grow and develop their talents and skills, enrollment is limited to 100 students. We offer a balanced and challenging curriculum that prepares students to enter high school with a strong academic foundation and the confidence to be successful, life-ling learners. Contact us at info@StPaulAcademy.com for pre-registration and other information.

white rock north school

9727 White Rock Trail Dallas / 214.348.7410. 2 Years through 5th Grade. 45 years of successful students! Our accelerated curriculum provides opportunity for intellectual and physical development in a loving and nurturing environment. Character-building and civic responsibility are stressed. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, skating rink, updated playground, and state-of-the-art technology lab. Kids Club on the Corner provides meaningful after-school experiences. Summer Camp offers field trips, swimming, and a balance of indoor and outdoor activities designed around fun-filled themes. Accredited by SACS. Call for a tour of the campus. www.WhiteRockNorthSchool.com.

Zion lutheran school

6121 E. Lovers Ln. Dallas / 214.363.1630 / www.ziondallas. org Toddler care thru 8th Grade. Serving Dallas for over 58 years offering a quality education in a Christ-centered learning environment. Degreed educators minister to the academic, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of students and their families. Before and after school programs, Extended Care, Parents Day Out, athletics, fine arts, integrated technology, Spanish, outdoor education, Accelerated Reader, advanced math placement, and student government. Accredited by National Lutheran School & Texas District Accreditation Commissions and TANS. Contact Principal Jeff Thorman.

Live LoCaL

T HE LOWDOWN ON WHAT ’ S u P WITH NEIgHBORHOOD B u SINESSES

Dallas Plumbing Company celebrates its 108th anniversary in our neighborhood this year. Spokesman Jack Andrews says the company has been in business since 1903 and is quite possibly Dallas’ largest plumbing company. One of the common misconceptions about the company is that it provides only plumbing services. However, Andrews says, “we do it all.” Over the years, the owner has considered revamping the name to accommodate to the changes in technology and the style of living, Andrews says, “but it was such a solid name with a solid reputation that it was decided to simply add a tag line that said ‘Air conditioning and plumbing specialist since 1903’, so that is under every presentation of the logo,” Andrews says. The company also houses a showroom focusing on bathrooms and kitchens. “It’s a place where people can go to get expert advice on faucets, fixtures, tubs and sinks for kitchens and baths.” Andrews says, Dallas Plumbing Company has two websites, one for its services, dallasplumbing.com, and one for the showroom, kitchenandbaths.dallas.com. 214.340.6300, 11055 Plano Road.

Keep an eye out for CrossFit Kids to become affiliated with CrossFit Lake Highlands in the near future. No official date has been set, but Chris Schmiedeke, one of the gym’s owners, will be teaching the program to children ages 4-18. The children’s program will be similar to the adult program but with more games and kid-friendly fun than the adult workouts. For updates, check out the gym’s website. 214.949.9348, crossfitlakehighlands.com, 9660 Audelia.

Crossroads Diner recently opened its doors on Walnut Hill and Central. The restaurant is a fusion of comfort-meets-diner food and was inspired by the co-owners’ mothers’ cooking. The duo, chefs Tom Fleming and Carl Strelecki, have worked together in Dallas during the past 10 years in restaurants such as Central 214 at Hotel Palomar and Lombardi Mare. Among the most notable dishes on the menu are cinnamon sticky buns and a unique spin on mac and

cheese — with a garlic cream sauce, caramelized onions and smoked ham. 214.346.3491, crossroads-diner.com, 8121 Walnut Hill.

For those who treasure the Green Spot , it now has an espresso bar open seven days a week from 7-11 a.m. — with extended hours coming soon — and it’s serving grass-fed hamburgers, and regular or sweet potato fries. 214.319.7768, greenspot.com, 702 N. Buckner.

The LHHS Wranglers recently traveled to London, England, to perform in the 25th Anniversary of the New Year’s Day Parade. While there, team members posed for a photo with their Vera Bradley tote bags. Cheryl Calvin, owner of The Store in Lake Highlands, posted the photo on The Store’s Facebook page and encouraged the women in the photo to tag themselves and come in for a free gift in appreciation of the team carrying one of The Store’s major lines. 214.553.8850, facebook. com/thestoreinlh, 10233 E. Northwest Highway.

Dallas-based company Half Price Books recently unveiled its first online bookstore, hpbmarketplace.com. The website’s concept is similar to other online bookstores such as Amazon, in that both the company and independent sellers hawk their items. “We’ve always wanted to be online, but it’s been difficult with the nature of our business,” says store spokeswoman Emily Bruce. “With buying books and other items from the public, it’s hard to keep track of everything.” The website offers customers 120 million books, the majority from independent sellers, Bruce says. The website does not offer the same half-price deals available in the store because prices of online items vary based on sellers’ listings. However, Bruce says, “you can certainly find some good deals on there; I’ve already ordered a couple of things myself.” 214.379.8000, hpb.com, 5308 E. Northwest Highway. —ElizabE th Knight E n

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TuToring & Lessons

ART: Draw or Paint. All Levels. Church Hill Rec. Ctr. on Hillcrest Jane Cross, 214-534-6829. Linda, 214-808-4919.

ARTISTIC GATHERINGS

Art Classes For All Ages. Casa Linda Plaza. 214-821-8383. www.artisticgatherings.com

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LISTEN - SPEAK READ - WRITE

Spanish English Language 5740 Prospect Ave. #1000

Spanish Classes for Adults & Children

Spanish Immersion Preschool Ages 2-5

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ChiLdCare

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YOUR COMPUTER GEEK Let Me Solve Your Computer Problems. 25 Yrs. Exp. Hardware/Software Issues/Install. Network Creating extraordinary parties and unforgettable memories

serviCes for you

organizing

ORGANIZE & REJUVENATE

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professionaL serviCes

ACCOUNTING, TAXES Small Businesses & Individuals. Chris King, CPA 214-824-5313 www.chriskingcpa.com

BOOKKEEPING NEEDS? Need Help Organizing Finances? No Job Too Small or Big. Call C.A.S Accounting Solutions. Cindy 214-821-6903

Holiday/Birthday Parties Bridal/Baby Showers 214.683.0103

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ESTATE/PROBATE MATTERS Because every family needs a will. Mary Glenn, J.D. maryglennattorney.com • 214-802-6768

HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE Small businesses, Individuals & Families. Local Agent Lori Huff 214-738-4783

All-StAr Athlete S

Dallas Lutheran School in Lake Highlands honored three of its standout seniors who have led the varsity football team to the playoffs three times within four years. The boys have played together since seventh grade. Pictured left to right: Grant Klembara, Nate Koeneman and b en h artley.

Professional serViCes

QUICKBOOKS Having Issues? Free Consultation. Jack Hicks 214-734-4767 jchicks@sbcglobal.net

Website Design Flash Demos

Graphic Design

RibbitMultimedia .com 214.560.4207

Mind, Body & sPirit

HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS Motivational, Compassionate & Confidential Sessions Offered To Those Wanting To Lose Weight & Gain A Healthier Lifestyle. Dr. Nicole Mangum, Health Psychologist. 214-692-6666 ext. 311

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Full body waxing for men and women. 214-739-2929

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Pets

POOP SCOOP PROFESSIONALS Trust The Experts. 214-826-5009

Dallas’ First Doggie

Pets

Park Cities Pet Sitter

Buy/sell/trade

DONATE YOUR CAR Free towing. “Cars For Kids” Any condition. Tax deductible. outreachcenter.com 1-800-597-9411

SAVVY CONSIGNMENTS Eclectic Furniture & Accessories. Great Gifts. Affordable Pricing. 214-660-8700

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estate/GaraGe sales

ESTATE SALES & LIQUIDATION SERVICES

Moving, Retirement, Downsizing. One Piece Or A Houseful. David Turner. 214-908-7688. dave2estates@aol.com

real estate

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CarpeNtry & remodeliNg

BO HANDYMAN Kitchens, baths, doors, cabinets, custom carpentry, drywall & painting 214-437-9730

DREAM CONSTRUCTiON Home Remodeling Interior/Exterior. www.DCHCRM.net 469-360-0152

HANDY DAN “The Handyman” To Do’s Done Right! www.handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

KiTCHEN AND BATHROOM SPECiALiSTS

JCI Remodeling: From Simple Updates to Full Remodeling Services. Competitive Pricing! JCIRemodeling.com 972-948-5361.

PREViEW CONSTRUCTiON iNC. HardiPlank 50 Yr. Cement Siding, Energy Star Windows. Kitchens-Baths-Additions & More. 214-348-3836. See Photo Gallery at: www.previewconstruction.com

RODZ HOME iMPROVEMENT All Home Repairs, Add-Ons, Rehabs. 214-952-8963

SQUARE NAiL WOODWORKiNG

Cabinet Refacing, Built-ins, Entertainment/ Computer Centers. Jim. 214-324-7398 www.squarenailwoodworking.com

TK COMPLETE REMODELiNG Carpentry, Doors, Drywall, Paint. 972-533-2872

• KITCHEN AND BATH SPECIALISTS

• WHOLE HOUSE RENOVATION

IN-HOUSE DESIGN & PLANNING

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15.00 OFF - HOUSE CLEANiNG BY DEBBiE Free estimates. References. 972-333-7942

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DiANE’S CLEANiNG SERViCE Residential & Make Ready. Free Estimates. 214-549-5299

KDR SERViCES Residential and Vacant Property Cleaning. 214-349-0914

MAiD 4 YOU Residential. Reasonable Rates. Bonded & Insured. Park Cities/M Street Refs. Joyce. 214-232-9629

MAID OF HONOR • 214-683-1856 Total Cleaning Service. 15 Yrs Exp. Residential.

MESS MASTERS Earth friendly housecleaning. 469-235-7272. www.messmasters.com Since ‘91

SUNSHiNE HOUSE CLEANiNG

Cleaning To Perfection. Reasonable Rates. Insured/ Bonded. 214-490-6659

THE MAiDS 4 Person Teams. Bonded & Insured. www.maids.com Free Estimates. 800-843-6243

WANTED Houses To Clean & Windows To Wash 20 Years Exp., Reliable, Great Prices, Excellent Refs., Free Estimates. 214-724-2555

WiNDOW MAN WiNDOW CLEANiNG.COM Residential Specialists. BBB. 214-718-3134

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Cleaning ServiCeS

eleCtriCal ServiCeS

SWITCH ELECTRIC Lic. #E19800 24/7 Calls 30 yrs exp. Federal panel chgs. 214-629-0391

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639 Prompt, Quality Services. Days, Evenings & Weekends. 34 Yrs Exp. TECL 24668

TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd. E795. 214-850-4891

ComputerS & eleCtroniCS

214-321-1110 I.T. ROADMAP Tech Support Home or Business computers repaired. Virus, Internet, wireless, slow, All fixed! Brad or Amy

BILL’S COMPUTER REPAIR Virus Removal, Data Recovery. Home /Biz. Network Install. All Upgrades & Repairs. PC Instruction, No Trip Fee. 214-348-2566

CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let A Seasoned Pro Be The Interface Between You & That Pesky Computer. Hardware & Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training, $60/hr. 1 Hr. Min. Dan 214-660-3733 Or stykidan@sbcglobal.net

I CAN FIX IT NOW! 214-926-7144 Computer & Network Support. Operating Systems, Hardware, Security & Game Consoles. OMGFixit.com.

ConCrete/ maSonry/paving

BRICK, BLOCK, Stone, Concrete, Stucco. Gonzalez Masonry. 214-395-1319

CAZARES CONCRETE Concrete retaining walls, Patios, Driveways, Removal, Sidewalks. 214-202-8958 Free estimates.

CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable. Chris 214-770-5001

EDMONDSPAVING.COM Asphalt & Concrete Driveway-Sidewalk-Patio-Repair 214-957-3216

FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001

MASONRY Brick/Stone Repairs. Don 214-704-1722

STAMPED CONCRETE Driveways, Patios, Walk Ways, Acid Staining, Resealing. 972-672-5359

eleCtriCal ServiCeS

ACCURATE ELECTRIC

All Jobs.Panel Upgrades. Free Est. TECL# 27297. Steve. 214-718-9648

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Family Owned/Operated. Insd. 19 Yrs Exp. TECL24948 214-328-1333

IF IT HAS WIRES WE DO IT! Supreme Electric & Solar. TECL#25178 214-876-0575

MASTER ELECTRICIAN Lic #TECL 55703. Resd/Comcl. Bonded. Contr Lic# TECL23423. Trinity Electrical Services. David 214-802-0436

MCCARTER ELECTRICAL SERVICE, INC.

We can light up your world or repair your shorts. $50 Off Service Calls. TECL#19347 972-877-4183

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Making Homes Safer One Call at a Time

972-665-8399

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FenCing & DeCkS

#1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91. 214-692-1991 www.cowboyfenceandiron.com

4 QUALITY FENCING Specializing in Wood, New or Repair. Free Estimates. Call Mike 214-507-9322.

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC. Automatic Gates, All Fences. Decks. Since 1996. 214-621-3217

AUTO GATES $2500 alwaysbiltrite.com

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CREATIVE METAL SOLUTIONS LLC

Automatic Gates, Fence, Stairs, Stair/Balcony Railings, Wine Cellar Gates. 214-325-4985

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK New & Repair. Free Estimates. Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

LONE STAR DECKS Decks, Arbors, Fences, Patio Covers, TREX Decking & Fencing. www.lonestardecks.com 214-357-3975

STEEL SALVATION Metal Specialist. Welding Repairs, Design, Metal Art, Unique Crosses. Local Resident Over 40 Yrs. 214-283-4673

FenCing & DeCkS

Flooring

Willeford

Locally owned and operated since 1980

www.northlakefence.com

214-349-9132

FireplaCe ServiCeS

CHIMNEY SWEEP Dampers/Brick & Stone

Repair. DFW Metro. Don 214-704-1722

Flooring Carpeting

AUREUS HARDWOOD 972-207-4262. www.northtxflooring.com

DALLAS HARDWOODS

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 25 Yrs.

STAINED CONCRETE FLOORS

New/Remodel. Staining & Waxing. Int/Ext. Nick Hastings. 214-341-5993

SUPER QUALITY WOOD FLOORS

Jim Crittendon, 214-821-6593

WORLEY TILE & FLOORING

Custom Marble Install. 214-779-3842

GARAGE DOOR & SPRING REPAIR 972-672-0848 TexasGaragePros.com

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HOLLYWOOD DOOR CO. Since 1938. Residential/Commercial. Sales. Service. All Brands of Garage Doors & Openers. Free Estimates. 214-348-7242. 9525 White Rock Trail, 75238. ROCKET GARAGE DOOR SERVICE -24/7. Repairs/Installs. 214-533-8670. Coupon On Web. www.RocketDoorService.com

UNITED GARAGE DOORS All Types Of Garage Doors & Openers. Repair Or Replace. Commercial And Gates. 214-826-8096

glaSS, WinDoWS & DoorS

CLEARWINDOWSANDDOORS.COM LH owned Replacement windows. Free Quote 214-280-9280

CUSTOM STAINED/ LEADED GLASS & Repair. 26 years exp. 214-356-8776

GREEN WINDOW COMPANY 214-295-5405

Specialty in Replacement Windows/Doors

214.692.1991

COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. cowboyfenceandiron.com

to advertise call 214.560.4203

KENNY’S CLEAN WINDOWS Res./Com. Window Cleaning, Powerwash, Etc. 214-881-8061

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR custom mirrors • shower enclosures store fronts • casements 214-349-8160

LANDMARK ENERGY SOLUTIONS 214-395-9148. Specializing In Replacement Windows/Doors.

ROCK GLASS CO Complete Glass & Window Service since 1985. Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

Handyman ServiceS

4 SEASONS HANDYMAN

We do it all! Call 469-723-1000

A NEIGHBORHOOD HANDYMAN

Electrical, Plumbing & Carpentry. Call Tim 214-824-4620; 214-597-4501

A+ HANDYMAN KARL

All Home Repairs, Remodels, Maintenance, To-Dos. 214-699-8093

AAAEEE! NEED HELP? FAST! Repairs/Remodel. Chris, Rick. 214-693-0678, 214-381-9549

ALL JOBS BIG/SMALL

38 years exp. Ron Payne 214-755-9147

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 24 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

BO HANDYMAN Kitchens, baths, doors, cabinets, custom carpentry, drywall & painting 214-437-9730

CARPENTRY, PAINT & MORE Repair to Remodel. No job too small. Zane 214-778-9121

HANDY DAN “The Handyman” To Do’s Done Right. www.handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST Large, small jobs, repair list, renovations. Refs. 214-489-0635

HOME REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

Small/Large Jobs.Steve Brandt. 214-440-7070

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

RENT A MAN HANDYMAN

One call does it all! 214-289-0307

WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS Allen’s Handyman & Home Repair 214-288-4232

HouSe Painting

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

CERTAPRO PAINTERS

Residential painting. Call today for your free estimate. 214-346-0900

PHILLIPS PAINTING Interior & Exterior; 14 Years Serving Dallas. Free Estimate and 3-year Warranty. We Do Faux! PhillipsPainting.com 972-867-9792

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

TOP COAT Professional. Reliable. References. TopCoatOfTexas.com 214-770-2863

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 972-613-2585

WHITE ROCK INTERIORS Paint & Remodel References. Mark Reindel 214-321-5280

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inSulation/ radiant Barrier

LANDMARK ENERGY SOLUTIONS

214-395-9148. Radiant Barrier, Insulation. Free Quotes

SAVE UP TO 40% on your energy bills! Insulation, Radiant Barrier and Weatherization. Instant quotes at Millsquote.com 214-879-9881

interior deSign

A LADY’S TOUCH WALLPAPERING

Texture, Paint & Repair. 27 yrs. exp. Free Est. Call Martha 972-712-2465; 972-832-3396

DESIGNER CONSULTATION 1 Hr. Session $95. Trained / Reg. ASID Designer Carl 214-288-3298

INTERIOR DESIGN / CONSULTING

Carolyn Contreras ASID

Licensed/Exp. 214-363-0747

KitcHen/BatH/ tile/grout

A KITCHEN & BATH Remodeling Company. One Call Does It All! 214-574-9182

ALL SURFACE REFINISHING

214-631-8719. Tub/Tile/Refinishing. allsurfacerefinishing.com

HANDY DAN “The Handyman” Remodel’s Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

TILE INSTALLER 25 Yrs. Exp In Design & Art of Tile. Back Splash, Fireplace, Bathrooms, Flooring. Free Est. Mike 469-576-1636

TOM HOLT TILE Expert In Tile, Backsplashes & Floors. Refs. Avail. 214-770-3444

lawnS, gardenS & treeS

BEACHSCAPE Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping. Stonework. Seasonal Color and Perennials. Residential/Commercial. Free Ests. 214-287-3571

BILLY JACK SPRINKLER REPAIR & INSTALL

Locate & Repair Leaky Valves, Pipes, Heads. Add Rain Freeze Sensor. 972-303-0007. Li 6099

BLOUNTS TREE SERVICE Trim, Removal. Refs Avail. Free Ests. 44 yrs exp. Insured. 214-275-5727

BUSSEYS LAWN CARE

Weekly Service $30 Most Jobs. 214-725-9678

CASTRO TREE SERVICE Quality Work at Great Rates. Free est. Insured. 214-337-7097

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

HouSe Painting

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work. Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634 or 972-475-3928

#1 GET MORE PAY LES

85% Referrals/Estimates 214-348-5070

A TEXTURE & FINISH SPECIALIST

Since 1977. Int/Ext. Kirk’s Works 972-672-4681

ABRAHAM PAINT SERVICE A Women Owned

Business 25 Yrs. Int/Ext. Wall Reprs. Discounts

On Whole Interiors and Exteriors 214-682-1541

JUDY BUELL, ASID

• Custom interior design & renovations

• Updates with existing furnishings

• Consultations - TBAE #390 - 214-342-0841

KIM ARMSTRONG INTERIOR DESIGN www.interiorsbykim.com

Licensed/CID/ASID 214-500-0600

LILLI DESIGN Residential, Commercial. NCIDQ Cert.10 Yrs Exp. www.lilli-design.com Katie Reynolds 214-370-8221

WWW.STUARTSVF.COM

Decorative Architectural Finishes 214-684-3667

Kitchen/Bathroom Remodeling, Ceramic Tile, Marble, Stone and Glass Tile Installation, Paint, Repair Family Owned & Operated Since 1976

Fenn Construction Co. Full Service Contractor www.dallastileman.com 214 - 343 - 4645

WHY REPLACE IT? PERMAGLAZE IT!

MULTI-SURFACE RESTORATION TUBS/TILE/COUNTERTOPS 972.323.8375

WWW.PERMAGLAZENORTHDALLAS.COM

lawnS, gardenS & treeS

25.00 OFF - ALL ABOUT TREES, INC Removals, Pruning, Insured. 972-697-3956

4 SEASONS LAWN & LANDSCAPE

Maintenance, Design, Stonework Call Aaron 214-636-0143

A BETTER TREE COMPANY • JUST TREES

Complete tree services including Tree & Landscape Lighting! Call Mark 214-332-3444

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd. 10 Yrs Exp. Roberts Tree Service. 214-808-8925

A&B LANDSCAPING Full Lawn Care, Landscaping, Tree Trimming, Fireplaces & Stonework. Lic #0283917- Degreed Horticulturist 214-221-4421 - 214-534-3816

ALTON MARTIN LANDSCAPING Spectacular

Curbside Appeal! Excellent refs. 214-893-2420

AYALA’S LANDSCAPING SERVICE Call the Land Expert Today! Insured. 214-773-4781

Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

GREENSKEEPER Fall Clean Up & Fall Color. Sodding, Fertilization. Lawn Maintenance & Landscape. Res/Com. 214-546-8846

HOLISTIC TREE CARE

A Full-Service Tree Care Company Chuck Ranson, Certified Arborist c.ranson@sbcglobal.net 214-537-2008

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

Sprinkler & Valve Repair/ Rebuild Older Systems. Lic. #1742. 214-398-8061

MOW YOUR YARD $27 White Rock Landscaping 214-415-8434

PARADISELANDSCAPES.NET 214-328-9955

Installations of Fine Gardens, Patios, Paths & more!

RONS LAWN Organic Solutions. Not Environmental Pollution. Landscape & Maintenance 972-222-LAWN (5296)

SPRINKLERS, LANDSCAPING, Stone Work, Drainage. Installed and Repair. Call Kevin at 214-535-3352,Lic#7840. www.bigdirrigation.com

THE POND MAN Water Gardens

Designed & Installed. Drained & Cleaned. Weekly Service. Jim Tillman 214-769-0324

TREE WIZARDS Trim Surgery Removal. 15 Yrs Exp. Insured. Free Est. 214-680-5885

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Your Personal Yard Service by Uwe Reisch uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

WATER-WISE URBAN LANDSCAPES www.TexasXeriscapes.com 469-586-9054

A Better Tree Company

JUST TREES

Your Trees Could Look Like a Work of Art, I Guarantee It. Free Estimates • Work Guaranteed Best Prices on Tree Removal Insured • Commercial & Residential • Tree & Landscape Lighting Call Mark Wittlich 214-332-3444

Dan Coletti’s to advertise call 214.560.4203

JUST

NATURAL DESIGN

Xeriscape Native Plants & Grasses Perennial & Annual Color Butterfly and Herb Gardens

Dan Coletti 214-213-2147

www.JustNaturalDesign.com

PesT ConTroL

A BETTER EARTH PEST CONTROL Keeping the environment, kids, pets in mind. Organic products avail. 972-564-2495

MOSQUITO SYSTEMS

Pest Control #9989. Live Animal Removal. JDubDesigns.com Home Construction Services. Sprinkler Controller Repair. 214-794-4089

McDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $75 +Tax for General Treatment Average Home, Interior, Exterior & Attached Garage Quotes for Other Services

214-328-2847

Lakewood Resident

PLumbinG

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521

# M37740 Insured. Any plumbing issues. 24 Hours/7 Days. plumberiffic@yahoo.com

Sewers • Drains • Bonded

*Joe Faz 214-794-7566 - Se Habla Español*

ARRIAGA PLUMBING: Repairs, Remodels, Water Heaters, Stopages. Ins’d. Lic 20754 214-321-0589, 214-738-7116

BLOUNTS PLUMBING REPAIR Rebuild or Replace. 44 yrs exp. Insured. 214-275-5727

FIXXER PLUMBING #M38904. BBB Accredited. www.fixxercompany.com. Call 214-534-1468.

JUSTIN’S PLUMBING SERVICE

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as an emergency room nurse, Glenna Thomas is used to a bit of stress. On an average day, she wakes up early and heads to the hospital to deal with tense situations and patients with serious medical issues. recently, Thomas was loaded with even more stress when her 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe was broken into the rear window shattered.

“I was coming out to get in the car in front of the house about 7 a.m., going in a little bit later for work that day, and saw the rear window smashed,” Thomas says.

Glass littered the car, and the third-row seats, frequent targets for thieves, were removed. Two portable DVD players, valued at $200, were also taken. While insurance covered the repairs to the SuV, the Thomases were left with a hefty deductible payment. The repair shop told Thomas her car was the third SuV it had seen that week needing repairs because of a third-row seat theft.

“I was pretty annoyed,” she says of the crime. “at least we’re just out of pocket $500.”

Thomas says she loves her L Streets neighborhood home and has lived there four years. She is accustomed to people walking dogs and running through the neighborhood as early as 5 a.m. The crime was quite unexpected, Thomas says.

“It’s a nice neighborhood. There are lots of friendly people, and I never hear of any crime around here,” she says. “It was a bit of a shocker.”

The Crime: s UV burglary

date: Thursday, d ec. 30

Time: b etween 7:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. location: 10500 block of longmeadow

Dallas Police Lt. Mackie D. Ham of the Northeast Patrol Division says thieves sometimes target highend SuV seats and accessories. anything of value from a nice vehicle can be stolen and sold, he says, such as third-row seats and even truck tailgates. It doesn’t take long for a thief to grab them and go, Ham says.

“We see this from time to time, but I don’t think this is a hot ticket item that is being taken,” he says. “The third-row seats in these types of vehicles are designed to be removed with a quick-release lever. It only takes a few seconds to remove them.”

Tax Tip

Re: 2011 IRS form W-4. Please review your personal allowances for better accuracy in tax planning.

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Suite 800 214-821-0829

The Victim: glenna Thomas

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S LE u TH K EFFE r u NVEILS THE PLANS THAT WILL P u T O ur NEIGHBO r HOOD ON THE MAP

SPECIAL TO THE LAKE HIGHLANDS

ADVOCATE — You are reading it here first. The following information has been provided exclusively to the Advocate and to this Wurlitzer Prize-winning columnist.

This scoop was delivered to me personally over the transom and under the radar in a roundabout way. The informant was a shadowy figure, whose silhouette set against the lunar-eclipse sky made me realize I had stayed up way past my bedtime. He left the package under the partially constructed portion of Northwest Highway between Lawther and Audelia with a cryptic note that read: “Lose weight now. Ask me how.”

But along with the note, there were building plans and blueprints and sketches and diagrams and a roll of free-burger coupons for Burger Spot. My super-sleuth skills were immediately triggered, and I, of course, first went directly to Burger Spot and promptly realized that in September it had gone to that “Great Dishwasher in the Sky”.

I then unrolled the detailed drawings and, after a diligent, focused review of the numbers and figures and sketches, eventually came to the conclusion that I was looking at the final plans for the Lake Highlands Town Center — mostly because at the top of the

page I read these words: “Final Plans for the Lake Highlands Town Center”. Elementary, my dear Watson.

As my eyes ran along the carefully detailed Town Center boundaries, I noticed that the drawings included names for retail tenants that were either desired or perhaps even confirmed but not yet announced. [I have consulted the Advocate’s general counsel, and he has advised that, since this information is still considered highly confidential, you should not disclose any of what you are about to read to anyone. It would also be prudent to place your copy of this column in a safe-deposit box or at least with your other family valuables, such as your “Dallas Cowboys: Super Bowl XLV Champions” poster, autographed by Wade Phillips.]

And so, here is the list of stores and businesses that are identified in these confidential documents:

Half Foods: This is a concept discount grocery store, similar to Whole Foods but at half the price, using half of the necessary space, and selling food that is only halfway edible.

The Other Half: Next door to Half Foods, using the rest of the space that a fullsize grocery store would have occupied. Currently vacant.

Buzz Aldrin’s Anti-Gravity Pants Store: This is a new national chain started by famed NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin to combat the continuing challenge today’s teens have with keeping their pants up.

Herb’s Paint My Body Shoppe: Community leader Alan Walne is taking his successful

family auto-repair business concept into the profitable tattoo and body-piercing arena.

Bill’s Blaydes — and Leaves — of Grass: Former Lake Highlands city councilman and Voice of the Wildcats is showing his green thumb in this new landscaping endeavor, with poetry readings on Wednesdays.

What is that?: New restaurant featuring favorite dishes from Vietnam.

2 Good 2 Be True Loans: Same-day payday loans at very low interest rates. Special provision in lease permits this tenant to pay rent on a daily basis.

You Are Pregnant, Aren’t You?: Maternity clothes for expectant mothers (and anyone else they fit).

Out of Hockey: New pawn shop from former Dallas Stars center Mike Modano.

Don’t Just Say Cheese: New concept store offering professional photography and a selection of gourmet cheeses.

This Might Take a While: This is a new 24-hour fitness facility, serving those who have been over-served.

Lady Gagaga Amphitheater: Named for Lake Highlands native Myrtle Finkelman (now known as “Lady Gagaga” that’s right, there’s one extra “ga”), this outdoor amphitheater will host concerts and plays. First concert will be by internationally acclaimed Yiddish salsa superstar Habanera Nagila.

As you can see, if this comes to pass, these stores will be cutting-edge and will likely put Lake Highlands on the map. Now if I can just find that map ...

JOin THe DiSCuSSiOn.

Bill Keffer, a neighborhood resident and former state representative, writes a bi-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 to editor@advocatemag.com.