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PRESTON HOLLOW ADVOCATE VOL.23 NO.2

PROFILE 6 JLD's Sustainer of the Year DINING 8 A piece of Paris FEATURES 12 Inwood Theatre 14 Building a house into a home 18 A tight-knit community CLICKWORTHY 22 2024 Bond updates 22 Remembering Ken Helfman

Inside the house Laura and Matthew Thomas constructed with help from architect Laura Bagget. Read more on page 14. Photography by Lauren Allen.

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A LEADER WITH HEART Junior League of Dallas awards Kathleen Gibson the Sustainer of the Year Award Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER | Photo by AMANI SODIQ

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s a young child, Kathleen Gibson lived in Argentina for about four years.

Her father was a doctor in the army who moved their family internationally from crisis to crisis. Through those childhood years, she saw a world with a lot of need.

“You see a lot of resilience and a lot of strength and a lot of more difficult situations than we have,” Gibson says. “It gives you the courage and confidence to keep going. I would say that broadens the view and broadens the definition of what you think is difficult or not difficult. My father's advice was ‘Travel is not just a part of your education; it is the biggest part.’”

Gibson went on as an adult to volunteer in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.

“We saw things you wouldn’t normally see,” Gibson says. “I saw a lot that somebody who lived in a difficult situation would see every day.”

While she can, she still travels the world with open eyes. This was the foundational training she needed for the volunteer resume she would build. Thirty years ago, Gibson joined the Junior League of Dallas along with her sister.

“It was my way to see into how Dallas works in a lot of the community building aspects,” Gibson says. “It’s how to do good research, what needs to be addressed … How to put the hours in the right places and what makes sense. How to help something that needs to start. It's filling a gap that needs to be filled.”

In 1989, when she joined, she was also starting a family and had a newborn.

One of Gibson’s first tasks was at children’s hospitals and women’s shelters. One experience in particular, she went to a shelter to paint a wall and play with kids. She truly saw the need when she saw how many high chairs the shelter had.

“It forces you to think about priorities for what really matters to you and have a new appreciation for families,” Gibson says. “Who’s going to do it if you don’t? We have a healthy part in building what needs to be built for other families, not just your own.”

She has gone on to carry roles such as assistant provisional project chair, ball committee, public affairs committee and funding ad hoc committee member.

“People see what you do and it speaks much louder sometimes than you know and it's much louder than the words that you use,” Gibson says. “Leaders are the ones who set by example.”

Outside of her volunteer work, she was the tenth CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundations.

She was also the first female in that role in the company’s 80-year history. In October 2023, Gibson joined CH Investment Partners as senior managing director.

Last fall, the Junior League of Dallas chose her as its 2024 Sustainer of the Year.

The annual Sewell Salutes Award is given to those who go above and beyond and Gibson will be recognized at the Milestones Luncheon in April.

“Kathleen is not just a board member — ­ she is active, involved and engaged,” JLD Sustainer Connie O’Neill says. “I have served alongside her on several boards and seen firsthand where she brings creativity to solve issues, while also asking critical questions as a steward of the organization. She has all of the qualities befitting a recipient of this award and is beloved by so many in our community.”

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An evening at Inwood Theatre during its early days that hangs in the manager's office. Photography by Lauren Allen.

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SETTING THE S TA G E

A look at the historical Inwood Theatre’s past and what what the future holds Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER

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t’s a Friday night in 1947. The new Inwood Theatre’s grand opening promises a true Hollywood experience.

The first movie to play was The Show Off starring Red Skeleton, Marilyn Maxwell and Virgina O’Brien with two showings at 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. One ticket was 44 cents and matinee showings were a mere 25 cents.

Gala-dressed people stepped into the spacious lobby and saw marine murals, handpainted by Perry Nichols, decorating the walls. The theatre was opulent with Art Moderne decor found in the theatre’s crevices.

At the time, well, it was ahead of its time.

The theatre in its heyday was a hub of activity. It was the only theatre for miles and was popular around Lovers Lane. Back in the day, not-so-vintage cars lined the parking lot to see the newest hits.

Neighbor Robert Cammack would make it a weekend ritual to ride his bike to see the Saturday morning cartoons.

And it’s where a couple of people, like Douglas Lehmann, got their first kiss.

“In an ever-changing town like Dallas, especially North Dallas where so many businesses and buildings themselves come and go so fast, it’s refreshing to still see the Inwood marquee sticking up in the air in the same exact place even though the ownership has changed,” says author of Preston Hollow: A Brief History Jack Drake. “It’s still largely the same and the inside is still very retro. The shopping center now has so many high-end shops and new buildings so it’s cool to have it in the middle of that.”

Seventy years and some later, the theatre is aging.

In the '60s and '70s, it started to see a decrease in activity and in 1982, a fire tinged some parts of the murals.

It closed for a year from the damage and created a third auditorium from the old balcony area.

The Inwood Theatre got its next chance at life when Landmark Theatres, a national chain with over 30 locations, stepped into the picture.

In January 2005, the theatre was refurbished but

maintained the bones of the building. Changes included touchups to the mural, rebuilding the marquee and replacing the chairs and carpets. Later, in 2008, a martini bar was added.

The new screening lounge on the first floor made its debut in 2008 with a one-of-a-kind auditorium. The large theatre had a massive screen and couches as seats. Rumor has it, that was one of Mark Cuban’s ideas when he was a temporary owner.

A renovation has been talked about loosely, after all it’s been nearly 20 years since the last one.

“I hope that they can find the balance between promoting it for the next generation and at the same time, honoring its history,” Drake says.

Inwood continues to play foreign, independent and popular flicks.

“Customers will call just to find out what's playing in this theatre,” current Inwood Theatre manager Linda Winbigler says.

It’s a three-screen theatre, so this isn’t where you arbitrarily go catch a film.

“The three showings a day are because we haven't bounced back yet from the pandemic,” Winbigler says.

“Otherwise, we would have four showings. We're just struggling trying to keep it open.”

But like clockwork every last Saturday of the month, one show will play without question. Since 1998, the theatre has played a Rocky Horror Picture Show live shadow cast where actors simultaneously recreate the movie on a stage below the screen.

“Inwood has been really good to us,” Victor Entropy says. “They're a very nice place to perform at.”

A member of Los Bastardos, he’s been part of the production in every aspect — from behind-the-scenes work to characters Columbia, Riff Raff and even Frank-N-Furter.

“The audience is always really, really fun,” Entropy says. “Even when we have a smaller crowd, it's got a really good energy to it.”

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Living The dream The pâtisserie serving up a piece of Paris Story and Photography by KELSEY SHOEMAKER

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e Rêve Gelato & Pâtisserie doesn’t have a pastry menu.

“I’m always coming up with things so it’s kind of hard when people ask what’s on the menu,” owner Andy Pham says about the ever-evolving case. “I wanted it to be everyone’s sweetest dream that anyone’s going to have. We have a lot of options and they get to have something like a little piece of art to reminiscence about.”

Pham best describes his pastries as a balance. Each layer is thoughtfully planned, tasted and executed before landing on anyone’s tastebuds. The flavors depend on what’s in season or what he’s specifically feeling up to making that day.

It’s not just a sweet dessert, it’s a moment.

“Every little pastry has a balance of its own from flavors to textures,” Pham says. “Everyone has a different style. You don’t want the flavors to compete with each other. You can taste the coffee first, then the peppermint and then the chocolate.”

Before opening a storefront two years ago at Preston Valley Shopping Center, self-taught Pham sold baked goods at local farmer’s markets.

Word traveled fast. If you needed pastries, people said to call Pham.

It’s been that way since high school — he was known to sell macarons to students and teachers. The deal was three for $5.

“My mom says that maybe in a past life, I was a pastry chef already so I just kind of came back,” Pham says.

Both sides of Pham's family worked in Southwestern Vietnam during the French colonial era acting as a bridge between locals and the French and assisting with land management. Later, even after French occupation ended, French recipes were passed down through generations,

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Left: The strawberries are made with white chocolate ganache, chocolate pearls, vanilla shortbread crumble and vanilla sponge.

Above: Le Rêve owner Andy Pham pipes frosting onto a new coconut pecan tart to look like Camelia flowers in bloom.

inspiring his love for pastries For as long as he can remember, he’s always been drawn to the kitchen. When he was younger, he would follow his grandma around the kitchen and gravitate towards baking. Pham would play with bowls, beans, rice and anything that kept him occupied. Pham is inspired by his Vietnamese culture and French bakeries to recreate a piece of Paris in Dallas.

Le Rêve, translated in French, is “the dream,” and it adequately describes owner Pham’s vision of the place.

Before opening the doors on Le Rêve’s first day, Pham went through the usual nervous motions: What if people don’t come? What if people don’t like anything? What if I don’t make enough?

“My mom always said ‘You always have to keep trying when something doesn’t work’,” Pham says.

“There’s still a lot unknown, but we’ll get to it whenever and just take it as it comes.”

When the first day came, there was a line. And they sold out.

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ing up with the initial opening and things were stacked and fluctuated because it was still coming out of COVID,” Pham says.

“It was a turbulent time, but then after a few months in, I was like ‘Okay, well, I’m not losing any money, people keep coming back, they seem to be enjoying things and people seem to really love us.’”

Since opening, people beyond city limits have traveled to the shop. He says people have been flocking from all over, some even as far as Seattle.

“I think other bakeries and kitchens are more stressful, but Andy makes it easy,” Le Rêve Ordering Manager Ali Livingston says.

“He makes it fun and keeps us laughing. It’s fun to learn all the different techniques and he’s always coming up with something new.”

Last summer, the newest bakery fad was the spiral donut croissant which was first introduced by Lafayette Bakery in New York City. The trend began to trickle down to other cities with each region building on a different iteration of the sickening sweet “cronut”.

At first, Pham wasn’t keen on adding onto the trend, but after some convincing from a foodie friend, he eventually caved.

It heightened the craze of the piatisserie shop once again.

“It was kind of heartbreaking whenever people showed up and we sold out of everything,” Pham says. “But then they came back the next week. It was great seeing so many familiar faces. I think that was the moment where I thought people really enjoy everything.”

A couple of months later, the spiral croissants are still popular and only available on weekend mornings due to them being ransacked by customers. Usually, the spiral croissants only see an hour’s worth of time before the case is empty.

“I love his dedication to his craft. There’s a team here and you can feel that everyone is committed. The customers, I mean, we’re ride or die,” Le Rêve regular Beverly Manyi says, who left a work meeting and paid $25 for a ride to get an afternoon treat. “It’s an experience when you taste his desserts. You can taste the passion and the different flavors. It’s a very beautiful, beautiful artistry with just food.”

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GOOD FOU N DAT I O N S Building a house into a home

Story by KELSEY SHOEMAKER | Photography by LAUREN ALLEN

When Matthew and Lindsay Thomas decided to move, they only had to go next door. Tucked where Durango Drive and Rosa Road meet is the contemporary house that the two constructed themselves.

“There are a lot of lines of sight across the house which is something Matthew and I prefer in our personal home design,” Lindsay says.

They approached the project with the same familiarity they would with any other. The duo are the minds behind Thomas Development + Construction.

In 2015, a previous house they

constructed was featured on the AIA Home Tour and was how they met architect Laura Baggett, whom they would eventually partner with on this project.

“I think Matthew and I both have a healthy respect for the design process,” Lindsay says. “We like good architecture and respect what architects do.”

It was a harmonious partnership between the architect and homeowners. From the start, they all knew the process of creating a home from scratch, which made the process easier. “[Matthew and Lindsey] have

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a good appreciation for architecture. They know it and then they know how to build it,” Baggett says.

“We’re talking through how we’re doing things and that was a great balance in the relationship and it made the plan that much better and it made the house that much better. We both could work together to get that final product which was a really nice contemporary house.”

They gave the entry a life of its own with dramatically raised ceilings and a slat screen wall of walnut that defines the rest of the house. As guests step more into

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the house, they find the front lounge which includes a large bar with a walnut tone in the sliding doors. The living room and kitchen are open concept and the ceiling plays with different heights, dropping in areas to separate and define each space as its own.

“The materials really warm the place up and make it feel comfortable,” Baggett says about the use of walnut and clean lines.

T h e f l o o r- to - ce i l i n g g l a ss wa l l s around the house invite natural light in and create easy vantage points to the backyard and pool.

“We personally really like having glass on the front and the back of the house and all the way through which is different from a traditional design of a house,” Lindsay says.

The lounge leads into an outside courtyard in the front that is fenced in to maintain a sense of privacy and to manage the “fishbowl” aspect.

“In the beginning of COVID, everyone was sitting out when the weather was nice so I think that was one of the things that went into the design,” Lindsay says.

“Matthew said 'Why don’t we have a courtyard but it has some privacy to it and where you’re encouraged to sit in front of the house and potentially engage with your neighbors.'”

Because they didn't have a budget each design choice was carefully deliberated. For instance, in the early stages of the collaboration process, Laura wanted to do vertical red bricking, which Matthew was immediately on board for.

“We got to explore that and we played with the pattern on the front of the facade a little bit too,” Baggett says.

“It's an interesting process in that it's a house for them and their young daughter, but it's also a house they could easily sell.”

The couple doesn’t anticipate living in the house forever, wanting to list it but not anytime soon. For now, it’s their home.

Thomas Development + Construction is a company that has focused on bold and custom concepts for commercial and residential properties since 2009.

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Edgmere Senior Living's Knit Wits group was founded by Pat Wessendorff and Marianne Mead.

Knots of Love A group of ladies at Edgemere Senior Living make a community difference one stitch at a time.

Story & photography by KELSEY SHOEMAKER

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very Friday at 1:30 p.m., a group of women at Edgemere Senior Living gather around to socialize and enjoy tea and cookies. But they are really there to knit.

For almost 20 years, the Edgemere “Knit Wits” have made handmade knitwear. Sometimes five ladies show up, sometimes 12. Regardless, everyone gathers at the end of the week with their pins and needles for the afternoon.

Knit Wits member Donna Powers joined the knitting group with no prior experience but with the patience to learn.

“It’s a very nice way to end the week,” Powers says. “It’s very calm and we have people who don’t know how to knit but they still come back. Some people don’t get it at all and they just like to join us for the ride.”

They’ve made knitwear for the community and send knitwear overseas. In the early 2000s, they made helmet liners for the troops that were in Afghanistan.

In 2022, they sent over a range of items from scarves, hats, blankets and others to children orphaned by the Ukrainian and Russian war.

“You know how ladies like to sit around and talk? Well, it gives us an excuse,” Knit Wits Co-chair Mary Ann Stover jokes.

“We’re really doing something and we have really interesting discussions.”

Now, their most recent project focuses on a special cause closer to home.

When Stover joined the senior living community and the knitting club two years ago, she wanted to make a difference. A conversation with her daughter

Catherine Ikemba, who works as a cardiologist at Children’s Health, led her to deeper work.

“I said I don't have a purpose,” Stover says. “I said I need something that's really important. And I'm also towards the end of my life. That affects you. I said I needed a project. I need to be needed.”

Her daughter connected the group to Betsy Beall, the hospital’s child life specialist. The project was to create knit caps for infants in the hospital’s intensive care unit who face heart problems.

Since the partnership, Knit Wits has provided the hospital with about 30 hats every three months. In two years, the group has collectively given over 200 knit caps to the unit.

“I have seen firsthand how excited the parents are and get tearful just being able to have that little bit of normality of being able to dress their baby in something while they're here in the hospital and celebrate those special milestones,” Beall says. “It’s just been a great aspect of you've been able to add to our care because of the Knit Wit’s partnership with us.”

Beall and Stover remain in regular correspondence to continue to be on the same page about what the hospital needs and how many hats to knit.

Another member of the group, Peg Brown designs hats for all occasions including shamrocks for Saint Patrick’s Day, hearts for Valentine’s Day and flags for the Fourth of July.

“It’s a lot of different things, but it’s doing good for others,” Powers says. “And doing it anonymously. The glory is not for yourself, that’s the beauty of it.”

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City Council: May election, $150 million increase likely for bond Story by EMMA RUBY In the City Council meeting on January 19, council members signaled support for holding the 2024 Bond election in May and increasing the bond balance from $1.1 billion to $1.25 billion.

Because it was a special called session, the council was unable to hold a legally binding vote. Their signals of support are intended to aid city staff planning and signify that the measures will likely pass when voted on in the council’s next meeting.

All 14 city council members were present at the meeting while Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was absent. The increase to the bond capacity passed 13-1. The call to hold the bond election in May rather than November passed 11-3.

Both measures came recommended by city staff.

Staff presented $150 million that could be pulled from the $400 million city pension reserve and added to the bond, bringing the total amount to $1.25 billion.

Dallas Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland said the reallocation would not impact the city’s long term finances, and would be replaced in 2030 when other city debts are paid off. Ireland said the pension reserves are typically used for pension obligation bonds, which the city does not anticipate recommending due to the current state of the market.

Staff also stated their preference for a May election due to the “momentum” their efforts currently have behind them. If the bond is not voted on in a May election it will be pushed to November, when staff warned a presidential election, state elections and the Dallas city charter amendment measures could lead to “a long ballot with city issues at the end … resulting in ballot fatigue.”

“If we defer until November that defers for six months funding for these

projects,” said council member Paul Ridley. “(It’s) for the benefit of our constituents that we have this decision made in May.” Council member Paula Blackmon said she had initially been in favor of a November election before city staff shared that a May election would not incur undue cost on the city. Blackmon also voiced that a May election would allow council members to meet with constituents about the bond as a single issue, rather than competing with a long ballot.

But some council members were concerned funding allocations have not been ironed out enough to warrant a May election. In a timeline presented by city staff, the council would vote on individual propositions during their Jan. 31 meeting.

Council member Cara Mendelsohn said she felt the council was “rushing to a vote” after only one prior briefing.

Mendelsohn voiced concern for what she sees as ambiguous housing and repetitive streets propositions. Housing “hasn’t been on a city bond” in the past, and Mendelsohn encouraged the horseshoe to consider the yearly city budget that could be utilized for projects.

The point raised an objection from council member Adam Bazaldua, who said cuts to the city budget have left the council with less flexibility for issues like housing affordability and homelessness.

“All of these things have to be addressed and I don’t believe we can put all our eggs in one basket,” Bazaldua said. “We were elected to take care of all of the issues in our city … we should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.”

City staff and the bond task force will now finalize the funding recommendations for each proposition of the bond, and each proposition will be voted on individually by the council as early as Jan. 31.

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IN MEMORIUM: KEN HELFMAN Story by CAROL TOLER Founder of Ken’s Man Shop, Ken Helfman passed away peacefully in January. The story opened by Helfman 60 years ago, continues to dress some of Dallas’ most successful businessmen, dignitaries and athletes.

Helfman opened Ken’s in 1964 at Garland’s Ridgewood Shopping Center, where he specialized in European menswear.

When he opened a store on Skillman Street in the 1970s near the Dallas Cowboys training facility, players and staff members became frequent customers, including the always dapper head coach.

Tom Landry, known for wearing a suit, tie and trademark fedora on the sidelines, relied on Ken during his entire coaching career.

In 1992, Helfman was joined by Kory, his youngest son, and they moved the store to its current location at Preston and Royal.

“Since he opened this store 60 years ago, he has touched so many lives,” wrote Kory on social media. “Ken loved coming to work and seeing his wonderful customers, who he considered friends.”

In a previous question-and-answer session, Helfman shared with the Advocate how he became a haberdasher.

“My dad and brother were doctors, but during my time in college I really didn’t discover what I wanted to do. As a teen, I worked for a friend of my mom who taught me the men’s clothing business, and I really loved it. In the 1960s I worked in shoe sales for a store in Casa Linda called Persian Peyton’s … one day the men’s department salesman asked me to take over during his lunch break. By the time he got back, I’d sold thousands worth of clothes. I wound up becoming a manager, and after that, I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It really came down to loving people. The business just suited — pardon the play on words — my personality.”

Those who shopped at Ken’s recall the giant chess table near the front door. Helfman explained that, too.

“That belonged to my father. He was the chess champion of New York State at age 16 … he played blindfolded chess!

He was so good at it, he probably could have taken it up as a profession rather than becoming a doctor. Every piece in the store has a story behind it.”

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