ROGER STAUBACH’S DAUGHTER IS AS AWESOME AS HER DAD

THEN: Roger Staubach, a legendary quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, became a household name for the “Hail Mary.” Now executive chairman of JLL Americas, he told us about the pleasures of being a grandfather. “I enjoy going to their sporting events. You don’t want your kids to have a piece of cake and a cookie all the time. But when the grandkids come over, all they have to do is ask. You spoil them more than you do your children.”

NOW: Staubach won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November. Daughter Jennifer Staubach Gates, Dallas City Council member for District 13 and an Ursuline graduate, has been busy representing neighbors, showing up for a tense community meeting at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center for a proposed dog park and facilitating a discussion with Oncor to reduce the number of trees cut along the Northeast side of the Tollway. “Dad is a man of moral courage, a man devoted to his faith, family and country,” she told the Dallas Morning News when her father won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “He is a successful businessman who always taught us to put others, especially the underserved, before ourselves. And, of course, he also enjoyed some success playing football for our local NFL team.” Later, she added, “When people talk about my dad, it wouldn’t be the same without my mom.”

CRYO-CRAZY: CAN YOU FREEZE YOURSELF BETTER?

THEN: The discomfort of cryotherapy is two-fold: You’re half-naked talking to a stranger, and your body is immersed in temperatures between -147 to -202 degrees. The wellness fad is bone chilling and bizarre. Yet cryotherapy has received rave reviews from the likes of actor Daniel Craig and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and is reported to resolve a host of ailments. (Now is a good time to mention the Food and Drug Administration does not condone cryotherapy as a medical treatment.)

NOW: Only wearing underwear, gloves, socks and slippers, clients stand in a contraption for three full minutes as liquid nitrogen cascades around. Shivering, goosebumps and funny facial expressions are common side e ects, but there is something oddly refreshing about the experience. One thing, for certain, is that it’s an adrenaline rush. Did we mention it’s cold?

OH, HOW WE LOVE THE CRESPI

THEN: The Crespi estate, on Walnut Hill near the Tollway, has a 28,000-square-foot limestone mansion designed in 1938 by world-renowned architect Maurice Fatio. The home was commissioned by Italian Count Pio Crespi, who had been sent to Texas to oversee his family’s cotton empire. Andy Beal purchased the 25-acre property for $100 million in 2016. Developer Mehrdad Moayedi bought the $36.2-million estate in a December 2017 auction. He planned to divide the land into a new sevenhome neighborhood called The Crespi Estates, according to Brad Oellermann, who oversees the project’s construction.

NOW: Oellermann says the first three houses in the new division are almost finished.

HOW CAN YOU BE COY ABOUT THESE AWARD-WINNING KOI?

THEN: The 40-pound, $100,000 fish swim in the 10-foot pond behind an unassuming Preston Hollow house. The specimens have won pageants from England to Oklahoma and Houston. Dear-departed Nigel has been featured in “Koi2Kichi,” a book by Peter Weddington. He’s a rock-star among koi. Preston Hollow’s Dan Charnes is koi-kitsch. Translation: koi crazy. For 18 years, Charnes has been raising them like any good Texas beauty pageant mom. He has an eye for the beauties, buys low and nurtures natural genes, flying in expert help, watching their diets, providing plenty of filtered, heated water and overwhelming them with loving attention.

NOW: Charnes reports that some fish have since grown 5 inches, “a fantastic growth rate for the girls.” Since our last conversation, summer went well. “A worldfamous koi breeder sent us five new koi in September as a gift. In the spring, we are planning on helping out a breeder during mating season.”