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PRESTON HOLLOW ADVOCATE VOL.23 NO.11
PROFILE 6 Anne Stodghill DINING 10 Fresh out of water FEATURES 8 High Tech High Heels 10 A modern ranch 16 Not just a shop STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 22 A new way to travel
Kristi Kennimer uses acrylic boxes to display butterflies, a popular motif in her artwork, at her shop, Scarlet Reagan. Read more on page 16. Photography by Shelby Tauber.
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SITTING DOWN WITH ANNE Our neighborhood philanthropist talks volunteering and the holidays Interview by KELSEY SHOEMAKER | Photography by SHELBY TAUBER
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he first time Anne Stodghill dabbled in volunteering, she was four. One of Dallas’ leading voices in philanthropy, Stodghill has more than 30 years of experience with charity work and Dallas society. Her main focus is dedicated to cancer research and the arts. Stodghill is part of the Dallas Arboretum’s annual Mad Hatter’s Tea and Garden Party, and the Cattle Baron’s Ball. The Stodghills are known for their holiday flair both at public events and in their own home. Each year they dress up their home with seven different themed Christmas trees, including a Batman and a University of Texas tree. HOW DID YOU GET MOTIVATED TO BE PART OF DALLAS’ PHILANTHROPY WORK?
It came from the way I was raised. It was very much a “if you’ve been given a lot, you give a lot” verbiage. My mom was a professional volunteer, and she ran the volunteer program when I was in high school, and she ran programs in New Mexico for all the monuments and museums. She was always in women’s organizations and garden clubs. It just was one of those things that we were always getting begrudgingly dragged to something, because she had little kids, and the kids came with her. So I come to this very naturally. Over the years, it’s something that when I didn’t have some type of volunteer work or non-profit work in my life, it was like something was missing. SEPTEMBER WAS A VERY CHARITABLE MONTH, WITH NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY. HOW WAS THAT FOR YOU?
It was a very busy day from the email traffic and from the postcards. I love that we live in one of the best philanthropic communities and a lot of organizations from all over the country come
to Dallas to raise money because this is what we do. It truly is one of the best non-profit communities in the country. People usually don’t think on a Friday or Saturday night to go to this gala and run into your friends. It’s the way we socialize. So, if you’re going to get with your friends, you might as well raise money for something, right? WHAT MOMENT IN YOUR WORK SO FA R H AV E YO U B E E N T H E MOST PROUD OF?
It would be when I co-chaired the Cattle Baron’s Ball with Sonny Solomon. We netted $4 million, and that money was used for local cancer research. Both my parents passed away from cancer earlier this year, and my cousin is currently battling it. Cancer research is one of the most important things that we want to help fund, and the research that is going on here in Dallas is unbelievable. I am confident we are going to find a cure for so many cancers in my lifetime, and it will come from Dallas. WHAT HAS YOUR YEAR BEEN LIKE IN TERMS OF FUND-RAISING EVENTS, AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO DURING THE HOLIDAY MONTHS?
The first big party of the season was the Symphony Gala. It’s always nice to go, and it’s the first time we all get dressed up. And then the Cattle Baron’s, Texas Ballet Theatre and fund-raising for the Women’s Council Authority of t h e A rb o re tu m . T h e y ’ v e b ro u g h t i n half-a-million pumpkins and got to see the construction process of a conveyor belt of pumpkins. We also do a Writer’s Garden event, where every year we have a different writer come in and speak. T h i s y e a r, w e h av e a l o v e ly w o m a n coming from the Hillwood Estate in Washington, D.C.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS?
I do enjoy decorating for Halloween and then for Christmas; we have themed trees. We have about seven trees we put up every year, give or take two or three. The holidays are always fun to change up the house. And then going for tea at the Restaurant DeGolyer is pretty fabulous during winter. They have the 12 Days of Christmas exhibit. There’s just something about having champagne with tea that makes you feel elegant and fancy. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BECOME INVOLVED?
You need to figure out your passions and what is important to you. It’s always the cause first and foremost. It has always been on a local level, because the people you help are your neighbors. Who wants to live in a community where people don’t reach out, and you don’t know the people around you? It makes life much more rich and enjoyable. WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS?
It comes down to focus on family and those who don’t have families or stable environments to celebrate. The holidays are a time period to step back from everyday life and celebrate the things that make our lives special. If you don’t have a stable supply of food, shelter and support, you don’t have that luxury. If you don’t have anything extra to give your children to celebrate it creates extra stress in a family that is already facing stress in some aspect of their lives. It is important to give during the holidays to give others a little piece of mind and security to be able to celebrate as well. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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High Tech High Heels elevates girls for science This neighborhood nonprofit focuses on funding programs to get girls into STEM Story by LILITH SWINT
WO R K I N G I N T H E H I R I N G department of a tech company, Brittany Keepes finds that the majority of applicants who walk through her doors are men. And her company isn’t alone. Even though women make up nearly 50% of the total workforce, only 28% of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) workforce is female. In Keepes’ search to find out why, she learned four in 10 girls say they enjoy STEM activities but don’t get enough practical, handson experience. The STEM inequality started way before walking into an interview, Keepes discovered: It started in school. “I started my career in the STEM field, and I was one of the only girls in the classroom,” Keepes says. “It was really hard to not have the support of other women. Ultimately, to get to a diverse workforce,
that starts in the classroom, and it starts very young.” Keepes found High Tech High Heels, a nonprofit created in 2001 by 31 women who worked at Texas Instruments. The Preston Hollow-based nonprofit aims to introduce more girls to STEM fields through grants to organizations that aligned with that mission, summer camps and workshops. Each camp introduces young girls to different STEM-related fields. One camp was held at the University of Texas at Dallas last summer and allowed a group of girls to get a better feel for physics with activities like creating and studying a wind tunnel. “We funded the physics camps b e ca u se a t t h a t p o i n t i n t i m e, there wasn’t a camp for girls,” says Keepes, who is now the president of the North Texas chapter. “That’s
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really what started High Tech High Heels is that need. That was the very first program in grants that we ever gave as an organization.” The nonprofit’s most recent g ra n t w i n n e r s i n c l u d e D e s i g n Connect Create for its physics and coding camps; Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, a STEM program for girls; and Girlstart, which provides girls in North Texas with weekly hands-on STEM training. “We have found that [our programs] allow girls to stay interested,” Keepes says. “If you miss a couple of years of STEM, and you’re in eighth grade, and you’re about to go into freshman year, you might not make the same decision than if you had that STEM punch in sixth and seventh grade.” High Tech High Heels also funded and helped create the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
(NAPE) teacher training program. The training encourages teachers and counselors to identify biases and embrace cultural differences within the classroom. “If we are building products that are going to serve numerous people of different races and genders and geographical locations, we need to be bringing people in that represent what those products mean to them,” Keepes says. “Specifically to make sure that we’re thinking through everything,”
High Tech High Heels is a volunteer-based organization and is looking for volunteers for its audit, community impact, external affairs, internal affairs and nominating committees. The nonprofit has chapters in North Texas, Colorado, Silicon Valley and Southeast Texas, with the National Board and North Texas chapters based in Preston Hollow.
The nonprofit recently hosted an Alice in Wonderland-themed fundraiser at Royal Oaks Country Club. The ninth annual fundraiser featured a dinner, cocktails and a live and silent auction to raise money for after-school programs.
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FRESH OUT OF WATER How an old family recipe started a smokin’ salmon brand
Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER | Photography by KATHY TRAN
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out how much time to cook them. It’s the process he had been doing for years, but in a different way. For each testing round, he would ask friends and family, but specifically his dad for feedback before he could start selling to the masses. “His favorite thing to do in the world was just make all “He’ ll always be back in the fall working at the markets these different kind of recipes and he loved being out by the and he’s always like ‘I’m Smokin’ Jack, but my son runs the smoker,” Gracheck says. business,’” Gracheck says. Jack would keep a binder with all his recipes, but the Now, almost every weekend during fall, they’re working smoked salmon is the one that Gracheck remembers the most. at a market. They star ted at the Dallas Farmer ’s Market As an adult, Gracheck began to put his own twist into the family i n Ma r ch 2 0 2 2 a n d l a t e r craft and began bringing branched out to White Rock, it to social events. People St. Michael’s, McKinney and started asking for the recipe Coppell. They keep an upand requesting if he could dated weekend itinerary on bring it to more events. The their website so people can family recipe is best characfind them easily. terized as being savory but “ I t h i n k t h a t t h e r e’s a light with a smoked Texas r e a lly great niche, espeBBQ flavor. Although it’s cially local, as far as kind fish, the taste and texture of getting into local shops is reminiscent of smoked around here is,” Gracheck brisket. Gracheck would says. “Everybody is selling lay down the pre-seasoned some great produc ts, but fillets in his backyard smokyou don’t have many of them er, but soon graduated to selling hot smoked salmon two different commercial and people at leas t know barrel smokers as orders about us enough that we’re increased. in their lexicon.” “ My d a d s a i d i f y o u Gracheck transitioned really want to run with into a commercial kitchen this, go for it,” Gracheck in Garland, smoking salmon says. “It’s why the name, for 15 to 20 hours a week. He obviously Smokin’ Jack’s and his wife, Jenn Gracheck, still stuck. It was his have made orders for cusrecipe, his vision and he tomers ranging from local basically allowed me to friends to NFL players. turn it into a full-fledged “I wouldn’ t describe business. It was also good (him) on a day to day as a to hear feedback because perfectionist, except when it he’s pushing me to, you comes to the salmon,” Jenn know, find different ways teases William. “(He’s) very and to be better.” specific on the salmon (he) He star ted selling sources, the ingredients and Smokin’ Jack’s in 2012. the hours (he’s) selling.” There was enough orders Smokin’ Jack’s currently operates out of a ghost kitchen in Garland. Just a couple of months to keep him busy, espeago, Empire Baking Company started to sell the product in cially around the holidays. In tandem with his side business, their store. Gracheck personally delivers locally and ships Gracheck worked at MosquitoNix, a residential and commercial nationally. Moving forward, he has played with the idea of pest company. Two years ago, Gracheck took the leap to leave selling other proteins in addition to the salmon and expanding his work and focus on selling salmon. on different flavors. “I was really happy with where I was at and what I was “What really hit home for me was going to these farmers doing, but I was just like, I’ve got this side hustle that’s kind markets with only five to 10 people knowing I would be there of growing and I want something that’s my own,” he says. “I and now it’s probably around 100 who come back as regulars,” wanted to take control of my life. (My wife and I) kind of looked Gracheck says. “They had no idea who I was when they went at each other and we made the decision to do this full time.” one time and now they come back or message me throughout For six months, Gracheck tested the filets in his backyard, the week asking where I’m going to be next.” ten at a time. This meant adjusting the heat and figuring
WILLIAM GRACHECK GREW UP EATING HIS FATHER JACK’S COOKING, WHO IS KNOWN FOR MAKING SMOKED DISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
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SECOND NATURE AN UPDATED ’60S RANCH HOUSE WITH NATURAL LIGHT AS THE CENTERPIECE
Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER Photography byWDAN FINNELL
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t can be a test for designers to seamlessly blend the outdoors into older homes, But for Anita Rednick, it was a necessity. Before the renovation on Bobbitt Drive, the ’60s house lacked natural light. When Paul Vetter from AMDG Studio joined the project, adding more light was one of his first ideas. Vetter was adamant about the house feeling warm and inviting. “The whole composition of the house is completely different,” Vetter says about the original concept of the house. “It started off as a modest remodel, but then we started digging in. Everything
was scraped to the slab with the exception of the fireplace. Rednick has been adventurous the whole way through, as well, so it’s been a wonderful team.” Upon entry, guests are greeted with 8-foot floor-to-ceiling windows emphasizing natural light found throughout the house. The dark-wooded vertical ribboning in the dining room and near the office complements the walnut wood that makes up the house’s palette. The architectural bones of the house hint at the original time period with a preserved fireplace inside the sunken living room. “Wherever you sit in the house,
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there’s always a connection to the outside,” Vetter says. “Wherever I walk in the house, there’s a sense of being outside, even if I’m not outside. And then from there, it was just trying to be minimal on the different kinds of the palette of materials.” T h e h o u s e wa s p u rc h a s e d by Re d n i c k a n d h e r h u s ba n d in 1984 because they wanted a bigger place to entertain friends and family while keeping their daughter in the same schools. When Rednick’s husband passed, s h e c o n s i d e re d m ov i n g , b u t everything she needed was in reach, including her daughter’s house, her church and her doctor.
“You know, it’s hard to meet your neighbors, but after I’ve lived here all those years, I didn’t want to move,” Rednick says. For years, Rednick and Vetter worked at renovating the house. It was a rule of thumb to make the house have handicap and accessible features for Rednick to move through easily without feeling compromised. Other interior choices include making the flooring one level instead of a split-level so Rednick doesn’t have to step down as frequently. “It’s been really smooth, and they didn’t pull any punches,” she says. “It’s really been a joy working with them. They listen, they push back if they think I’m wrong, and if I absolutely insist on something, they find a way to do it. It’s been a very good relationship as can be when you’re building a house.” The large bay windows clearly showcase the backyard, which includes a 9-foot-deep swimming pool. The backyard can be seen through almost every room of the house. For continuity, the exterior decking is similar to the walnut inside. Besides adding some plants and outside furniture, Rednick has been pleased with the turnout and is excited to share the space with her grandchildren. “Right now, frankly, I’m loving all the open spaces,” Rednick says. “I was anxious about what we were going to do to the pool, but it has turned out beautifully. One of the reasons for doing the house, outside of the fact I either needed to move or do something about it, was I’m getting old and not going to live too many more years. This is my dream house.” The last touch will be adding Rednick’s own works of art along the walls. “You never get a sense of a house until you actually walk into it,” Vetter says. “This is a home, not just a house, not a showpiece, but something that can grow. It’ll show the patina of life over the years. It’s natural for things to get worn and beat up a bit, it’s part of the structure. It’s not stark or antiseptic.”
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Scarlet Reagan shop owner Kristi Kennimer with her artwork.
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Kristi Kennimer: a vivid innovator with a magic touch for wild imagination Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER Photography by SHELBY TAUBER
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n organized chaos might be the best way to describe the aesthetic ambiance at Scarlet Reagan. In t e r i o r d e s i g n e r a n d store owner Kristi Kennimer celebrated the opening of the Preston Hollow location earlier this summer. T he space is full of hyperfeminine, maximalist decor, retail accessories and Kennimer’s own artwork. The original Scarlet Reagan store was in Lakewood, but after outgrowing the space, Kennimer decided to move near the Pavilion on Lovers Lane. “At this new space, I feel at home,” Kennimer says. “I feel like I’m in my element
and in my right spot with the right people around me. I loved my Lakewood people, but I needed more light and space. That’s everything to me because your environment makes your mood. Here, I come alive.” Before the store there was a jewelry organizer, made by Kennimer, for her daughter, Scarlet Reagan. When Kennimer decided to open a full storefront, Scarlet Reagan stuck as the naming inspiration. Ke n n i m e r ’s d a u g h t e r works at her namesake store during the summer, and Kennimer and her husband also named their company Dallas Design Lab after their son, Dallas Christian. The desire for a store festered in Kennimer for years.
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Before Scarlet Reagan, Kennimer often found herself cupping her hands around her eyes to stare through empty shop windows. She didn’t know why she was attracted to the idea, but the empty spaces filled her with ideas. Kennimer’s first venture into the retail space was a popup, but her excitement led her to open the Lakewood store. Kennimer didn’t like how she felt stepping into galleries as a buyer or an artist. The spaces were often stuffy, or uptight. She describes Scarlet Reagan as being the missing piece in the art world, and the anti-gallery. “I didn’t like what was in the market at the time and so I told myself that I’ ll just make something new exist,” Kennimer says. “My goal is for this place and my art to be dreamy, fun, inclusive and familial.” There’s no such thing as asking too much. In fact, Kennimer is adamant customers ask for pieces to be customized. “ The answer is always yes,” Kennimer says. “When customers come into the shop, I don’t want it to feel like it’s just a store to go into and buy things off the shelf. This place can be a resource to solve your problems. If you need something and it’s not in the store, you can get it customized. I want them to feel comfortable coming in and letting the sky be the limit.” For the next phase of Scarlet Reagan, Kennimer is focusing on growing the brand and exploring new motifs in her artwork, such as butterflies. Another long-term goal of hers is customized textiles and wallpaper. “At the heart of what I do is my art and my art inspires everything and it takes off from there,” she says. “I didn’t like feeling out of place when I would be at an art gallery. I want the opposite. I have a hard time muting colors because I like to feel vibrant and alive.”
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THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: A new way to travel St.Mark’s freshman Tarik Syed connects people to countries and cultures. Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER | Photography by LO KUEHMEIER
FO R M O R E T H A N A Y E A R — or what seemed longer — the pandemic imposed restrictions on every aspect of our lives, including travel. Countless planned vacations were disrupted, but amidst these challenges, Tarik Syed found the perfect niche to launch his first business at the age of 13. Now attending St. Mark’s as a freshman, Syed is the mastermind behind the successful Explorer Box. Instead of bringing people to countries, Syed found a way to help others learn about different cultures without leaving home. The Explorer Box went through a prototype phase that focused on Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It was tested when Syed sold five boxes to friends and family. Now, the box has gone through miles of improvements. “I needed to find something that could introduce kids to all these different cultures, because cultural exploration is a big part of education,” Syed says. “It creates more people to be open-minded and lets people have more tolerance to other types of people.” Each Explorer Box is completed with recipes, activities and comprehensive information about a specific country. The box’s main goal to give kids ages 5-11 an immersive experience. A fresh box is crafted every quarter, affording ample time for product sourcing and manual assembly. Typically, the process spans about two months, encompassing country selection, research and product procurement. Having produced boxes for London, Tokyo, Berlin and Buenos Aires, Syed’s experiences have enhanced his understanding of durable and sustainable products.
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“The process has taught me a lot about marketing and business skills and to be more confident in myself, to be more self-assured, and to go do something and make a plan and execute it,” Syed says. “The biggest lesson was learning how to create something and make a good product and bring it to the market and pitch it to different people.” Although COVID -19 restrictions have been mostly cleared, Syed still is passionate about the Explorer Box and connecting people with other cultures. A recent study by Forbes found 40% of American adults haven’t left the country, and 10% haven’t left their home state. For children, that number is significantly lower. Syed hopes that the Explorer Box will help bring awareness to children his age who have an interest in learning about other cultures but can’t experience it themselves. Syed also has personal insights into traveling as he was born in India and raised in Dallas. Each box is listed for $34.99 and for those who want an extra dose of cultural fun, Explorer Box offers a quarterly and annual option. Looking ahead, Syed plans to further market the Explorer Box by creating an app and a website. Currently, he is preparing for the forthcoming box, which will delve into the historical realm of ancient Athens. “Traveling connects me to different people and also reminds me where I’m from,” Syed says. “Traveling is very exciting, and I love learning as well. This business helps me learn more about different countries and learn as I make the boxes. It helps me introduce new people to new cultures which I find important.”
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