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rom a lush, striking peachorange ‘Rosie the Riveter’ to a classic red ‘Legends’ hybrid tea rose, North Haven Gardens’ Rose Weekend features a bloom for everyone. With more than 100 varieties, you’ll find a wide selection of roses in all shapes and colors. A tradition for over 68 years, NHG’s Rose Weekend has been instrumental in keeping Dallas rose gardens vibrant. Originally, this popular weekend event was held in October. In those days, original rosarian Ira Duncan and founder Ralph Pinkus trekked to the Tyler rose fields, selecting the rose varieties that would be displayed instore for customers to browse. Bareroot canes were brought in after orders were placed. North Haven Gardens grew the shrubs over the winter in recycled food cans, and customers returned in March to pick up their shrubs. By the mid-1970s, commercial rose growing in the U.S. was largely centered in California, but today, North Haven Gardens continues the tradition of bringing in several thousand bare root roses each winter to grow out for the next spring. Bare rootstock comes from several reputable wholesale rose growers from around the country, says

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general manager Cody Hoya. Rose bushes typically start trickling into the nursery just as the holiday season is in full swing. Now the last full weekend of March, North Haven Gardens sells an average of 1,000 roses during Rose Weekend — almost one-third of NHG’s yearly rose sales. It’s one of a handful of Texas nurseries that features fan-favorite David Austin English Roses. The best way to select the perfect rose for your garden? “Visit North Haven Gardens during Rose Weekend. Our garden advisors are ready and waiting to help select the best rose for you and your garden,” Hoya says. Rose Weekend: March 26-27, 2022, 9am-6pm (opening 8am on Saturday)

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BAR MITZVAH BOY GROWS UP Ten years after his viral coming-of-age event, Sam Horowitz reflects on what he learned about embracing individuality, expressing joy and the love of family. Interview by CHRISTINA HUGHES BABB | Photos courtesy of SAM HOROWITZ

decade after his Broadway-worthy burlesque-style bar mitzvah dance went internationally viral, Sam Horowitz — Sam the Man or Bar Mitzvah Boy back then — is in New York City studying fashion business at Parsons School of Design. Browse his Instagram feed, where his chiseled features, glamorous wardrobe and self-assured poses in telegenic far-flung locales suggest he’s a model. But he says he’s just having fun. The Parish Episcopal School alumnus now in his 20s comes across in conversation as humble, sweet, grounded. He loves his mom, Angela, and dad, Gary, and he is close with his younger siblings Sydney and Max. Max, an aspiring Jewish rapper, according to Sam, performed at his own bar mitzvah last winter. A video with infectious potential is in post production. Sam says that if it happens to catch fire, his sib should enjoy the ride. Because time flies, and Sam, for one, cannot believe he’s sitting here talking to us almost 10 years after his own appearances on Ellen and Good Morning America. He has agreed to reminisce about his whirlwind fame, what he learned,

what audiences were not told about the Horowitz family — their contributions to the Jewish community and Preston Hollow neighborhood — and how all of it plays into what the college senior is doing now and where he’s heading. SO, FIRST, MAX, YOUR LITTLE BROTHER — HE PERFORMED AT HIS RECENT BAR MITZVAH PARTY AND WHAT? You’ll probably hear about it. He had a big performance as well. So he’s kind of trying to work on editing his bar mitzvah video to post online. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO ACTUALLY PREPARING FOR THE BAR MITZVAH ITSELF? The bar mitzvah ceremony is the coming of age, upon turning 13, for a Jewish boy. It’s bat mitzvah for a girl. We belong to Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas, which is a conservative synagogue. I had a morning bar mitzvah service. That part was not seen by the world. Everyone saw there was this huge party — my family happens to do things a little bit larger — but I prepared for two years for the Saturday morning ceremony. I had to learn to read and speak Hebrew in

order to read different portions from the Torah and all the prayers that go into the ceremony, and that is really important. The bar mitzvah could be compared to, say, the quinceañera in the Hispanic community where religious custom is at the root of a larger celebration. DID YOU HAVE ANY INKLING PEOPLE WOULD GO SO CRAZY OVER YOUR BAR MITZVAH VIDEO? I had no intention for this to become viral. It really wasn’t a thing then. We were all like, “what is it to be viral?” The video was originally produced and put online for family and friends so that they could see some of the highlights. We wanted them to feel like they were there with us. HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR THE CELEBRATION? My mom and I sat down with our party planner Todd Fiscus — we call him my Uncle Todd. He’s a really dear friend of the family and an icon in the party planning industry, not only in Dallas, but around the U.S. I always wanted to do something big, a performance of some type. I ended up landing on dancing because I was

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RIGHT: Sam Horowitz models Dolce & Gabbana in Venice, Italy. BELOW RIGHT: Sam Horowitz poses with grandparents Carol and Steve Aaron at his 2013 bar mitzvah in Dallas.

inspired by the film Burlesque that had just come out at the time. I wanted a Burlesque theme with the dancers and, well ... My mom was instantly like, OK, “Let’s tone it down a little.” It was a very mature environment for a group of kids, but it felt natural and fun and cool and unique — non-stereotypical — while in-line with the way society was changing. The publicity and press that followed taught me a lot about overcoming adversity and learning to deal with criticism. YEAH, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARNED — ESPECIALLY LOOKING BACK NOW THAT YOU’RE A YOUNG ADULT? It was a learning experience for all of us as we dealt with the publicity. Believe it or not we are essentially private in the way we lead our lives. We are very involved in the Jewish community in Texas and Dallas and also internationally. That is where we focus a lot of our efforts. We run a privately held family business, Stevens Transport — my grandfather started it 40 some years ago and my mom still works every day Monday through Saturday. For them it was a shock because their names would be thrown into different articles, or I was referred to as “heir”

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to the company or other things that were inaccurate and irrelevant. I remember there was this one kind of scandal where a rabbi from another congregation in a different city accused me of not fully understanding the whole importance, and he obviously did not know how I had prepared for the day. I READ A DAILY BEAST ARTICLE ABOUT A WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL ABOUT YOUR RABBI (WILLIAM GERSHON) RESPONDING TO THAT RABBI? Yes. Yes, and also, for every negative comment, I can think of 10 amazing things people have said to me. And in general the whole experience was the best time. Traveling around the states, going to TV interviews around the country — it was crazy and a lot of fun. I was definitely distracted from anything negative by being on Ellen. She was a really positive force in my life during that time and somebody who taught me to keep my head up and to persevere. I still look up to her today. It also, I think, was when I began to learn who I am. HOW SO? I grew up loving to perform, acting both onstage and in film and TV commercials, playing a part. I definitely used acting as an outlet to express myself and to tap into my creativity, which I love, but one thing about that performance — the whole thing — I was being myself. And I was finding this power in being myself. I am performing, but not having to disguise myself as someone else. IN THE CLIPS FROM THE BAR MITZVAH AND THE TALK SHOWS, YOU LOOK SO HAPPY. When I did it, I was doing it just out of pure enjoyment and celebration, but the independence and

strength that came along with that has taught me so much and really helped me become the person I am today. I don’t know if I knew at the time that it was a coming-to-terms with who I was. I was going into eighth grade in middle school at the time. Whether I knew that something profound was happening or not, it was. SO, WHO IS THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY? There are so many ways to answer that, but I can say that I think today I’m a proud, confident, creative, hard working individual. In learning that it’s OK to be yourself and that you don’t have to play someone else, I was able to follow my love for fashion, pursue my dreams and work amazing internships. I was thrown into that world and I feel right at home there. TO BE CLEAR, YOU ARE NOT A FASHION MODEL? Thank you. I am just living my best life. I am very fortunate to be connected to a great group of friends in New York City and around the world who work in fashion and who love a lot of the things that I do, and we get to go to some really fun and great events, sometimes with Dolce & Gabbana, sometimes with friends at home. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO KIDS WHO GET BULLIED OR RIDICULED? While I don’t see myself as a role model or anything, I do hope my story inspired other people who were growing up having different passions than what may be considered the norm for a 13-year-old boy. I am lucky to have my mom. If you have someone who supports you, you’re lucky. She is the one who taught me — and I would say this to others — there are always going to be critics, but if you are moving toward being the best version of your-

self possible, those critics can take nothing from you. ONE THING THAT CAME UP AFTER YOUR BAR MITZVAH WAS THAT YOU USED IT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A CHARITY. ARE YOU STILL INVOLVED IN PHILANTHROPIC WORK? Oh yes. My siblings and I were always taught the importance of giving back to our community. We always do bar mitzvah service projects. For mine, I raised $36,000 for a charity that I work with in Israel, a youth facility for impoverished teens and boys. Most of the charities I — and my family — work with are in Dallas, like the Jewish Community Center — the Aaron family name is on a building — that’s my mom’s name — Aaron Family Jewish Community Center. The Legacy Senior Communities is another huge one for us. My grandmother Carol Aaron chaired the capital campaign for their new Midtown Park facilities which are gorgeous and absolutely incredible. For her 80th birthday — she just turned 80 in July — my cousins and I, all her grandchildren, we are starting a new program in her honor to try to get seniors socializing with each other — we kind of came from a family of party planning so it’s perfect for us to get together a few times a year to try to bring the seniors and their families together to celebrate life and make their living situations in a retirement facility as normal and fun as possible. I HAVE TO ASK BUT WILL WE EVER SEE ANOTHER SAM HOROWITZ PERFORMANCE? I never say never. That is part of the lesson of everything, right? I never know what life could throw my way and what opportunities might arise, and I am not one to pass up something fun and exciting.

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the bald & the beautiful Helen Bowles publishes a lifestyle magazine for women with cancer

rint media hardly makes the hot list of money-making entrepreneurial ideas in the 21st century.

But neighbor Helen Bowles thought of an idea for a magazine that no one else had. It was inspired by her friend Jean Maday, who was an executive director for the YMCA when Bowles met her. Jean was single and fabulous, a traveler who was known for her personal style and enviable shoes. Everywhere she went, she always had a glossy lifestyle magazine in her bag, Bowles says. After Jean was diagnosed with cancer, Bowles went to visit her in Chicago. “She said, ‘These magazines I carry around with me make me sad now,’” Bowles recalls. “I can’t do the makeup; I can’t do the hair. My body has changed shape, so I don’t want to buy any new clothes. It just augments the thought that my life is not going where I want it to.” Jean died a few years later, in January 2020, but Bowles’ new magazine, Brighter, is produced four times a year in her memory. Bowles worked for the YMCA for over a decade before becoming a personal trainer specializing in postpartum women as clientele. She was looking for her next thing when the pandemic hit. She took her idea for a lifestyle

magazine for women with cancer to an acquaintance who is an oncologist in Fort Worth. “She said, ‘If you don’t do it, someone else will,’” Bowles says. The conversation showed her she was onto something unique that would fill a hole in the media landscape. The only problem: Bowles had no idea how to publish a magazine. She says she’s called to serve and uplift women as part of her Christian faith, and she told her husband she felt like Moses, with a message to bring the world that just needed a medium. “I just need an Aaron,” she told him, referring to Moses’ brother, who was his assistant and spokesman. Bowles’ Aaron turned out to be Erin Schreyer, a photographer and leadership coach from Highland Park. “She helped me hash out my mission and vision and goals for the magazine,” Bowles says. Brighter has a board of directors and has applied for nonprofit status, which Bowles expects to be finalized in April. The magazine is entirely selffunded and produced with all volunteers, including Bowles herself. The editorial staff includes four students from the Hockaday School, and its main editor is Hockaday senior Clair Cahoon.

“They’re rock solid and a huge part of the reason we can be successful,” Bowles says of her Hockaday interns. Other volunteer writers include cancer survivors, doctors and health professionals from all over the country. Their issues have contained headlines such as “The girlfriend’s guide to cancer” and touched on topics such as dermatology dos and don’ts. A wig expert answers questions. They’ve taken on the dirty details of pelvic radiation therapy as well as how to draw the perfect eyebrows. An idea driving their content: “I wish someone had told me that after I or a loved one was diagnosed.” “We’re a support group for all types of cancer,” Bowles says. “We’re always looking for diversity within our pages.” Bowles wears all the hats of a small publisher, including advertising sales and delivering magazines out of the trunk of her car. She’s building a mailing list and distributes copies to local doctors' offices herself. Besides Jean, Bowles also lost her mom, Christie Steel, to pancreatic cancer in 2004. “There are very few people who haven’t been touched by cancer, so people come out of the woodwork to help,” she says. Brighter published two issues in 2021, and four are expected this year.

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ROYAL COMEBACK Fish City Grill 2.0 pays tribute to the original Story by RENEE UMSTED | Photography by KATHY TRAN

ON THE WALL OF THE RECENTLY OPENED FISH CITY GRILL at Preston-Royal hang 12 orange life preservers. They’re not an unexpected choice of décor for a seafood restaurant, but they have a deeper meaning. Twelve people were in the restaurant when the tornado blew through our neighborhood in 2019. The storm made a direct hit on Fish City Grill, which was closed for two years and three months. “Customers would always be calling and asking, are we going to reopen? Yes. When are you going to reopen? And

we’d give them the best guess that we could,” says Bill Bayne, restaurant co-founder. Those questions were always followed by another inquiring about whether specific team members would be there. Many of them returned when the restaurant reopened in January. Bayne and his wife, Levett, started their restaurant chain in 1995 with Half Shells in Snider Plaza. Five years later, the first Fish City Grill opened in Flower Mound. The second Fish City Grill opened four years later at Preston-Royal. “The Preston-Royal location is a location we’ve been looking at

for years, just hoping for an opportunity to come along,” he says. Fo r B a y n e , w o r k i n g i n restaurants was a way to help offset expenses while a student at West Texas State University. He waited tables, tended bar and as a senior, he was manager of an Amarillo seafood restaurant. A little later, he was general manager of Nate’s Seafood in Addison. That’s where he met Levett. He hired her as a waitress. “Levett has been my partner, and is a partner in every sense of the word, all along as far as the creation of the company and helping it get to where it is,”

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Opposite page: Oyster nachos include fried oysters, chipotle tartar sauce and fresh pico de gallo served on tortilla chips. Above: Grilled redfish NOLA.

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Grilled salmon with mango relish, asparagus and roasted potatoes.

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Bayne says. She retired a few years ago as the “director of happiness,” and during her stint, she led staff training and was a key player in the construction and design of the restaurants. The Preston-Royal location was the most profitable and had the highest sales among all Fish City Grill restaurants before it was demolished. Now that it’s back, Bayne says it has already become a popular watering hole for our neighborhood. Located in a space a few doors down from the original, it’s just big enough to accommodate a few more tables. The new restaurant has a free-standing bar, a change from the last iteration, which had one anchored to the wall. Also, the space has more of a coastal feel but keeps the dark woods and bricks from the original store. “I think we’ve done a good job of, had you been a customer of that restaurant, you would walk in and feel comfortable recognizing some of the touch points and some of the colors, but also appreciate that it’s been updated and there’s new things to look at,” he says. One of those things is a mural painted by local artist Nataliya Plambeck, who has been working with the Baynes since 2016. Loyal customers will also see the chalkboard on which the restaurant staff writes daily and monthly specials. Chalkboard items account for around 30% of each store’s sales. On the regular menu, neighbors will find traditional seafood dishes such as shrimp and grits, fish and chips, fish tacos, garlic-caper grilled salmon and more. The most popular appetizer is oyster nachos, which feature fried oysters, chipotle tartar sauce and pico de gallo. “It’s a unique appetizer that’s kind of become what we’ve been known for because it’s not only unusual but it’s extremely good,” Bayne says. In earlier years, the menu was developed by Bayne and kitchen staff. They later hired a corporate chef and occasionally work with consulting chefs. The person who’s leading menu development now used to be the manager at the Preston-Royal store. Margaritas are the best-selling drinks, but the restaurant also offers a selection of local craft beers, wines and handmade cocktails, familiar concoctions with Fish City Grill’s spin. All of it is priced so neighbors can afford to dine there two or three times each week. Fish City Grill works to ensure quality and consistency in food and service, as many restaurants do. But Bayne says what sets the restaurant apart is the way team members treat each other, customers and vendors. “We truly believe in that. We think our customers feel it. Our team members certainly feel it,” Bayne says. “For whatever that’s worth, that is our secret sauce, and that’s what we focus on. If we get that part right, it makes it easier for everything else to fall in place.” Fish City Grill, 10720 Preston Road, 469.620.3474, fishcitygrill.com

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L I V E , WO R K , P L AY The Dallas International District gives new meaning to global city Story by RENEE UMSTED

WHEN DALLAS-NATIVE SUZANNE SMITH WAS GROWING UP, THE MALL WAS “A BIG DEAL.” But with societal shifts, Valley View and others like it started losing relevance. “We need to figure out how to make it an epicenter again, but in a new way,” Smith says. Located at the intersection of two major highways and not too far from

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the airport, Downtown Dallas or our city’s growing suburbs, the Valley View-Galleria area has been identified as the site of the future Dallas International District. Smith’s consulting firm, S ocial Impact Architects, was brought in by the City to help with the project. The company calls itself a “social change agency” and partners with organizations to create better mar-

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keting and strategy, foster collaboration, encourage agreement and make decisions. “As a social entrepreneur, the goal is that you go to places where society is stuck, and you unstick them,” she says. The Dallas International District will cover 450 acres bordered by the LBJ Freeway, the Dallas North Tollway, Preston Road and Alpha

Left: Courtesy of Dalya Romaner. Above map: Courtesy of Omniplan’s 2013 Plan.

Road. Anchored by a 20-acre park will be residential structures, office towers, the Pre-K-12 International District STEAM Academy, retail space, dining options and entertainment venues. There are plans to connect the area to the DART ne twork, and automated transportation will be installed within the district. District 11 City Council member Jaynie Schultz has already started holding office hours at the Prism Center, a property acquired by the City. Though a redevelopment plan for the area had been created in 2013, it was outdated by the time Smith was asked to get involved. Her work included evaluating the old plan, assessing the existing assets and reviewing examples of what other cities have done. Places like Seattle and Dubai had both established international districts, and when Smith pitched the idea to make one in Dallas, she received a ton of support. “It was a great fit,” Smith says. “It fit the assets. It fit the existing plans. And it also fit as far as what

Dallas actually needs to really catapult it into a new atmosphere or into a new place globally.” “Midtown” was explored as a name for the area, but Smith says it didn’t achieve brand equity. Plus, it was taken by the Midtown Improvement District. They also considered “Valley View-Galleria.” But like Midtown, this term didn’t spark excitement or interest among the tourists or residents they interviewed. “Much like a coloring book, we’ve created the vessel or the outside line of what Valley-View Galleria, now Dallas International District, is. But we need everybody in the community to help us color it in,” Smith says. Many different entities have ownership of pieces of the land included in the international district site. The City wants to acquire all parcels needed for the central park, Schultz says, as well as the property for the Dallas ISD school. “And our job as the City is to help them fulfill that vision, help them see what the vision could be and then act on it when we can,” Schultz says. One recent example came with the rezoning of a property owned

by Piedmont Office Realty Trust, which will construct a new office tower at the southwest corner of Alpha and Noel. “ What we want this district to be is a true live-work-play district,” Schultz says. “So though t h e r e m ay b e l o t s o f changes in the future of offices, there’s definitely a need for housing and there’s definitely going to be a need for work spaces, whether they’re in people’s apartments or they’re right down the street.” The Mall Area Redevelopment TIF District will help fund the redevelopment; however, the City has also partnered with the North Texas Council of Governments to secure a $10 million grant for a demonstration project of an automated transportation system within the international district that will eventually connect with DART’s Red and possibly Silver lines. As much as this development regards the built environment, the human aspect should not be overlooked. “We have in this region thousands and thousands of people who’ve come from different countries from around the world,” Schultz says. “And what we want this district to be is their hub, their place where they can have offices and festivals and housing that reflects their ethnic style of living.” Smith imagines the district as a place where Dallasites can do activities like walk through a night market or attend cultural festivals without leaving the city. “I think the Dallas International District will recenter Dallas but also allow us to kind of give the rest of the globe a new view of who Dallas actually is,” Smith says. “That we are multicultural, that we do have amazing assets, that we’re not just boots anymore, boots and cowboys.”

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Soccer player, lawyer, professor and author. The many lives of Clay G. Small Interview by JEHADU ABSHIRO | Photography by JESSICA TURNER

eighbor Clay G. Small grew up in and around New York City, before heading to Ohio Wesleyan University to play soccer. A two-time all-American player, he was drafted by the Dallas Tornado, a professional soccer team in the Dallas area from 1967-1981. After being released by the Tornado, team owner Lamar Hunt encouraged him to enroll at Southern Methodist University’s law school. Later, Small moved back to Manhattan, where he worked on Wall Street for five years before starting a 30-year career at PepsiCo as general counsel for many of the company’s divisions. Small left the corporate world to become a professor at SMU’s Cox School of Business and a visiting professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His sophomore novel featuring Henry Lindon takes place in Dallas, the city he calls home, and Amsterdam, the city he loves.

WHY DID YOU TRANSITION INTO AUTHORING BOOKS?

I always had this thought that at some point in my life, I would become a writer. And I proceeded to procrastinate for years. And when I was at my job at PepsiCo, I was general counsel of Pizza Hut. In that job, I became friends with the general counsel of McDonald’s. Over dinner, he told me how his novel was about to be published. He said “any lawyer worth his salt has at least one novel in his life.” I was 36 years old. That stuck with me for all those years. And when I started teaching at the Cox School, I found what I thought was a different take — to write a novel as someone who was in academia without being an academic. HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON THE TOPIC FOR YOUR FIRST BOOK, HEELS OVER HEAD?

I got a phone call from a friend of mine, who’s a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. And he says: ‘Hey, I did it. I got it.” I go: “What did you do?” He goes: “Well, you’re near your computer?” I go: “Yeah, I’m sitting in front of one.” He says: “I’ll send you a photo.” It’s his forearm, where it is tattooed with “I wear the chains I made in life, but forged them link by link.” And around it was a slave chain that went all the way around his arm. And I

started thinking about this. I have two brothers, one of whom is capable of doing something similar. I started to think about it, what would my reaction be if my brother had made this call. And that weekend, that subject matter became the first 50 pages of the book. HOW DID YOU FEEL AFTER WRITING THAT FIRST BOOK?

In some ways, terrific. In some ways, very humbled. I had a great editor. After I sent her the completed book, she sent me back her first edit, which deleted 50 pages of the book that I thought were just terrific. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE WRITING PROCESS?

You know, as the Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black famously said: “There’s no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.” And to me, I love the process of thinking I completed a chapter and going back and realizing how it could be significantly improved. And that process of editing my own work is something that I do enjoy. WHAT’S THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR SECOND BOOK?

The second book is my love affair with Amsterdam for the last 25 years. Let me tell you the story about how that started. When I first was assigned responsibility for all the European PepsiCo legal functions, I had a meeting of everybody in London. And when I got the bill, it was basically more than half of my travel and expense budget. And a friend of mine, a Dutch attorney, said: “Why don’t you just have the next meeting in Amsterdam? It’s less than half the price, and everyone speaks English.” The next year, we had the meeting in Amsterdam. I’ve been to Amsterdam now 22 times. It started off as a financial decision. And when I was there, I went to the Rijks Museum and saw three incredible paintings by Vermeer. And I decided that one of my life goals would be to see every (Johannes) Vermeer in existence. There’s only 36 of them, and I’ve seen 33. One, of course, was stolen out of a museum in Boston, so I won’t get to see that. But that in turn led me to be in Amsterdam, eating pancakes as always. One morning, I was reading that in Rotterdam there was an exhibit of forgeries by MARCH 2022

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a man named Han van Meegeren, a Vermeer forger. And I said to myself: “Why would there be an exhibit of a forgery?” And I went to Rotterdam to see it and was amazed by the exhibit. Frankly, I was amazed how poor the Vermeer forgeries were. And I became interested in how in the world this man pulled off this incredible fraud. And that became the center of the novel. DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ART FORGERY BEFORE THE SECOND BOOK?

I would say that number is zero. I bought a bunch of books. I read an awful lot of articles. The talk I give basically revolves around how forgers are treated in the court of public opinion. They’re not treated like the criminals that they are. They’re treated like some kind of schoolboys caught in some kind of sophomore tomfoolery; these individuals go from being despised to being held very high in society and making a fortune selling their art now under their own names. PLANS FOR A THIRD BOOK?

I’m thinking about it. And what I would really like to try to do is write a book in a woman’s voice.

WHY DOES THAT INTRIGUE YOU?

I’ve never tried it. And I think women are more prone to read books than men. I think the buying public for books is predominantly female. And I’d like to give it a shot. IS HENRY LINDON BASED ON YOU?

As Agatha Christie says, most fiction is autobiographical, and all autobiographies are fiction. In my case, where I go is where Henry ends up going. So the first book, it was Mexico City and Buenos Aires, and this book, it was Amsterdam. WAS THERE ANY POINT WHEN YOU WERE “STUCK” AS PART OF THE WRITING PROCESS?

Each book has taken me four years to complete, from start to finish. When I say start to finish, I mean, when I started to write to when it’s published. I envy those who do have a strict writing schedule. For me, I can sit for five and six hours at a time, if I get an idea. And if I don’t have an idea, I can’t force myself to sit there in front of the computer. I just can’t do it.

WOULD IT BE A SPINOFF OF YOUR FIRST TWO BOOKS?

HAVE YOU ALWAYS HAD THIS INTEREST IN ART, EVEN BEFORE AMSTERDAM?

As I’m thinking about it now, it would be something of a spinoff because it would be in the voice of a character named Bernadette Gordon, who is an art professor in Amsterdam. And I want to see, I’m not sure I can do this, but if I can write in the voice of a woman.

Yes. When I was in college, I was an English literature major. But I took a course called art appreciation. And I was probably 19, 20 years old. And that kind of kicked off my lifelong interest in art.

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W E L L- CO N N ECT E D How neighbors made ‘the low five’ happen

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hen Lee Kleinman first served on the Dallas Park Board in 2008, he found the City already had a map that planned hundreds of miles of trails. Neighborhood resident Lois Finkelman, who was then chair of the National Recreation and Park Association, brought the idea back to Dallas that Oncor power easements could be turned into trails. “That was an epiphany for me,” Kleinman says. An experienced cyclist, he was familiar with the city’s few and unconnected trails at the time. The Katy Trail opened in 2000, and the White Rock Creek Trail is one of the oldest in

town. But that was about it. Kleinman was no stranger to the Oncor easement, either, having grown up here. It’s where teens and tweens in the neighborhood used to get up to mischief. “There was a lot of talk about a lack of green space in North Dallas, yet you had this potential asset just sitting there,” he says. “Nine miles of linear park. And that got me really excited.” Linda Koop, who was his City Council member at the time, liked the idea, but the funding wasn’t there. So Kleinman decided to start an advocacy group, the Friends of the Northaven Trail, modeled after similar groups for the Katy and Preston Ridge trails. It turned out Koop had some 2006 bond money earMARCH 2022

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Jeff Kitner is president of the Friends of the Northaven Trail. It took 15 years of neighborhood advocacy to complete 9 miles of trail.

marked for sidewalks in her district, on Royal Lane between Central and Hillcrest, but it turned out that neighbors there didn’t want sidewalks. Then came another epiphany: Sometimes public funds can be “reprogrammed” at City Hall to pay for similar amenities. With an initial investment of about $2 million from that 2006 bond money, construction started on the Northaven Trail in 2009. The original section was 2 miles from Valleydale Drive to Preston Road. Now it spans 9 miles, from Central Expressway to near Denton Drive. Its crowning achievement is under construction, a signature bridge across Central that will connect five trails: Northaven, Cottonwood Creek, Preston Ridge, White Rock Creek and the Central Trail in Richardson. On the western end, an expansion is planned to the Trinity River levee trails, which already connect to Irving’s Campion Trail. So one day, it will be possible to ride a bike from White Rock Lake to Fort Worth entirely on a trail system. Nicknamed “the low five” because of those five connections and its proximity to Dallas’ “high five” expressway exchange, the bridge is expected to be complete early next year. It didn’t happen overnight. Arriving at this destination required wrangling the City, Dallas County, Oncor, Atmos Energy, the Texas Department of Transportation and the North Texas Council of Governments. “Just think of the bureaucracy that you have to get through

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to get this done,” says Jeff Kitner, who is president of the Friends of the Northaven Trail. “But we were consistent. We were convinced this was going to happen, so we found the money, and we have an excellent board of advocates.” Here’s how the Friends of the Northaven Trail got it done. GREASING THE WHEELS Anh Vo, the owner of Cindi’s NY Deli, allowed Friends of the Northaven Trail to use a side room at the Royal Lane location for its meetings. Kleinman, who served on City Council from 2012-2020, invited everyone he could think of and had a good turnout for the trail friends’ first meeting. His wife, Dr. Lisa Umholtz, joined the board and later originated some of the signature events, such as outdoor movies and “light up the trail.” Any time neighbors complained about plans for the trail, Kleinman would ask them to join the board, and he wound up winning several people over that way, he says. DREAMING BIG When the original 2 miles went out for bids in 2009, the economy was in a slump. Kleinman asked city staff members to list every desired amenity they could think of — drinking fountains, stone benches, landscaping and lighting — in the request for proposal, “just to see what we could get,” Kleinman says. The project received about 14 bids, and the winner agreed to everything they requested. “Because they were hungry. The economy was slow, and they needed work,” Kleinman says. “I had to live that down at Council for a while, because it was, ‘Oh, why does North

Dallas get everything?’” That was a stroke of luck, but it set a higher standard for trails in Dallas, he says. “Changing that mentality ... for what a trail could be, and that it’s so much more than just a ribbon of concrete, was a big deal,” he says. O.P.M. (OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY) Kleinman stole this phrase from Errol McKoy, former president of the State Fair of Texas, and he’s employed it throughout the development of the Northaven Trail. Koop and former City Council member Ann Margolin had the idea to ask Dallas County for trail money, Kleinman says. County Commissioner Maureen Dickey helped them get a match for city bond funds to build more sections of the trail. “I’ve since heard Dallas County refer to our city bond funds as O.P.M.,” Kleinman says. The signature bridge and related projects, costing around $20 million, are being funded mostly by the Texas Department of Transportation and the North Texas Council of Governments. KNOWING THEIR AUDIENCE Kitner, a former lawyer, served as Kleinman’s park board commissioner for most of his eight years as a council member. Kitner has frequently employed his powers of persuasion on governmental bodies. “If you’re talking to the council of governments, then it’s an alternative transportation project,” Kleinman says. “We’re trying to take cars off the streets and take walkers out of the streets, because a lot of places in North Dallas don’t have sidewalks.” For city and county audiences, the points were more about quality of life, he says. NAVIGATING RED TAPE In guiding these projects through bureaucracy, Kleinman kept running into “forward and forget it,” where unreturned emails were stalling progress. So as a councilman, he started having meetings, the Northaven Trail Task Force, that brought everyone from all agencies involved into the same room together once a month for three or four years. “There were a few times that people like me were pounding their fists on the table going, ‘We need answers on this,’” he says. Kleinman’s term limit set an artificial deadline for projects, he says. “I can’t sit on this Council for eight years talking about this bridge and not have it started yet,” he says. “And staff responded pretty positively to that.” MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS Kitner and Kleinman have taken to referring to their work as part of “the ministry of happiness,” and they’ve even had buttons made. That’s the concept that parks, libraries and cultural fa-

cilities are the three things in a city’s budget whose purpose is to make people happy. “Unfortunately, when times are tough, those are the departments that are cut pretty quickly, and those are the departments that when times are tough are doing more for the actual residents,” Kleinman says. User counts shot up at the start of the pandemic. About 30,000 people stepped onto the Northaven Trail in June 2020, for example. Trails are expensive to build, costing about $1 million per mile, but they require little maintenance and no staffing or building costs beyond that. “The dollars per contact is way low compared to a recreation center,” Kleinman says. SIGNATURE BRIDGE The cable-span bridge now under construction crosses all eight lanes of Central and requires no pylons through the center. Engineering and construction are extra challenging because the bridge isn’t perfectly straight. It had to be curved slightly between its endpoints. The project also includes a second bridge over White Rock Creek on the east side. The state highway department had to buy some of the land for the project, and Friends of the Northaven Trail wound up paying about $2,000 to cover property taxes that came due before the deal closed. A quarter-mile bike lane connecting Valleydale to the bridge on the West side has been completed, but that also took a lot of negotiating with neighbors, who won new sidewalks in the deal. The bike lanes will approach a gently sloping roundabout up to the bridge, designed so that it’s not too difficult a climb. “It’s going to be so beautiful and cool when it’s done,” Kleinman says of the bridge. WHAT’S NEXT What’s left for a rockstar neighborhood advocacy group once all their dreams come true? Friends of the Northaven Trail will continue to raise money and partner with churches and businesses for trail enhancements. And eventually, there’s the connection across Harry Hines to the Trinity River. They also advocate for trail connections throughout the city. But their next project is a push for the reconstruction of the White Rock Creek Trail, which has its own friends group. Friends of the Northaven Trail is an example for other friends groups, often lending knowledge of how to navigate the system. Last year, they invited all of the trail friends groups in Dallas to lunch at Rodeo Goat on the Trinity Strand Trail to share ideas. “We have a great trail system, but it’s disconnected,” Kitner says. “If we can make these small connections, we become a more pedestrian-friendly, bike-friendly city.” MARCH 2022

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Kno w yo u r p a s t A VISUAL HISTORY OF PRESTON HOLLOW Story by RENEE UMSTED

reston Hollow started out not as a neighborhood but as its own town. It was incorporated on Nov. 28, 1939, an area of 79.5 acres located around the intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. But it remained an independent municipality until it was annexed into the City of Dallas in April 1945. There’s more to Preston Hollow than meets the eye. Here are a few visuals to help showcase our neighborhood’s past.

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THIS AERIAL PHOTO WAS taken in August 1949 and shows the future site of Preston Hollow Park. The curved road is Thackery Street, and at the top of the image is the Northwest Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre. The cinema was constructed in 1941 and demolished in 1963. It was located on Northwest Highway near Hillcrest Road, an area that’s now filled with retail and restaurant spaces. PUBLIC SAFETY IS CRUCIAL TO any functioning municipality, and it’s usually funded through taxes. But in the Town of Preston Hollow, cops were paid through voluntary subscriptions. And if that wasn’t flexible enough, residents could choose a payment plan: $2.50 a month, $7.50 a quarter, $12.50 for half a year or $25 annually. They just had to fill out the card and mail it back with a check. IN THE 1930S, THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT approved a “red and green, stop and go” electric 24-hour traffic signal light for the Preston Road District. It would be placed at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. The property owners of the district would pay to install and maintain the light for two years, which was estimated to cost $500. Ira P. DeLoache, the chairman of the board of supervisors for the Dallas County Preston Road Fresh Water Supply District No. 10, wrote a letter to neighbors in April 1936, asking them to help fund the “modern life-saving contrivance.” Though the cost seemed steep, he wrote, it wouldn’t seem as burdensome when split among many neighbors. DeLoache also wrote to J. P. Scrimshire of the Lone Star Gas Company, asking him for money — $5, to be precise. Scrimshire was apparently in support of the traffic signal, and his financial gift would help, as the district had not even raised half of what would be required. Left page: Ariel courtesy of Dallas Municipal Archives. Right Page photos: Courtesty of Preston Hollow by Eva Potter Morgan. MARCH 2022

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THIS MAP FROM 1924 SHOWS the first artesian well, which supplied water to Preston Hollow. Located on Park Lane along the St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad, it was used by the residents of the subdivision in the mid-1920s. But a more general water supply was required as the population grew. So Ira P. DeLoache and 45 other residents petitioned for an election, which was held Aug. 2, 1930. It created the Dallas County Preston Road Fresh Water Supply District No. 10, which was bounded by Royal Lane, Lovers Lane, Airline Road and Midway Road. The Preston Hollow subdivision was just one piece of the area served by the pump house, which was located at 8101 Briarwood Lane.

RESIDENTS OF THE PRESTON ROAD FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT had a water supply, and kids could attend schools in the Vickery Independent School District. But some were concerned about being annexed by Dallas or University Park and about businesses moving into the residential area. That led to the idea of incorporating as a town. Two camps arose — one in support, led by Joe E. Lawther, a former mayor of Dallas, and one in opposition, led by Fleming A. Waters. Both groups released literature promoting their side. This one was published by the Preston Hollow Citizens Committee and was in opposition to incorporating. Ultimately, a vote was held Nov. 18, 1939, at Ira P. DeLoache’s real estate office at the corner of Northwest Highway and Preston Road, where Ebby Halliday now has an office. Voters approved the incorporation, and the Town of Preston Hollow was established, with Lawther as its first mayor. Photos courtesty of Preston Hollow by Eva Potter Morgan.

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Postca rd fo r pa i n Ta k i n g t h e f i rst ste p towa rd a bso l u t i o n

hen was the last time you received a postcard? I was in New Yo r k s e v e r a l w e e k s ago, and it occurred to me to send a postcard to my family. So I jotted d o w n a f e w l i n e s a b o u t my t r i p , dropped it off at the front desk of my hotel, and ironically, I arrived at my house be fore the pos tcard did. Postcards are a bit of a throwback for the modern world we live in. We can text a photo; why would we send a postcard?

The pressure and burden that accompanied many secrets were lightened by simply giving voice to them. Several years ago, I ran across the stor y of Frank Warren and his idea of using postcards in a new w a y. He i n v i t e d p e o p l e t o w r i t e down a secre t they had been carr ying all their lives on a postcard a n d m a i l i t t o a P. O . B o x . T h e instructions stated that no one would sign their name, to ensure complete anonymity. Warren then published the anonymous secrets, scanning and posting them online. By doing so, something remarkable happened. People found that they w e r e n’ t a l o n e . T h e s e c r e t s t h e y thought separated them from con-

nection became a point of connection. The pressure and burden that a c c o m p a n i e d m a ny s e c r e t s w e r e lightened by simply giving voice t o t h e m . T h e m e r e i nv i t at i o n t o write down a secret felt vulnerable, risky and ye t liberating. S i n c e t h a t t i m e , Wa r r e n h a s published many books entitled Pos t S e c re t . In t h e C h r i s t i a n t ra d i t i o n , we k n o w t h i s p ra c t i c e a s confession. We recognize that giving voice to what we carry is a step toward releasing it to God. Confession doesn’ t mean instant absolution. It doesn’ t mean that we immediately grant forgiveness. No, it is a first step toward transformin g our pain. Richar d Rohr s ay s , “ I f we d o n’ t t ra n s f o r m o u r pain, we will certainly transmit our pain.” Read that again. Sit with it. How much of our world is us t r a n s m i tt i n g o u r p a i n ? T h e r e i s another way. I wonder what taking the first step might look like for y o u . Pe r h a p s , a p o s t c a r d m i g h t help.

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