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COMMUNIT Y NEWS

‘Easter in Lee Park’ returns Dallas’ beloved Easter tradition, “Easter in Lee Park” hosted by the Lee Park and Arlington Hall Conservancy and the City of Dallas and featuring the “Lee Park Pooch Parade,” returns to Lee Park Photo by Clark Cabus at 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd. on Sunday, April 16 from 1-4 p.m.

“Real Housewife of Dallas” LeeAnne Locken and lifestyle guru Steve Kemble will emcee the festivities. Events include live music, an Easter egg hunt, photos with the Easter Bunny and food trucks. — Amity Thomas

Learning in high fashion SMU arts and business students will present the sixth annual SMU Fashion Week, Wednesday, April 19 through Friday, April, 21. The event will feature a panel discussion with fashion industry representatives, a launch party for the second issue of SMU’s fashion magazine and a spring fashion show. Fashion Week Photo courtesy of SMU events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Camille Kraeplin at 214-768-3431 or kraeplin@smu.edu. — Victoria Winkelman

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Matthew B. Myers, a global marketing and strategy expert with special expertise in cross-border business relationships and Latin American economies, has been named dean of SMU’s Cox School of Business. He will Photo courtesy of SMU assume his new duties on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at which point Albert W. Niemi Jr., who has been dean of the school since 1997, will transition to full-time teaching. Myers was dean of the Farmer School of Business at Miami (Ohio) University. — Kent Best

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ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL

Environmental awareness unites with fun

By Naïma Jeannette @naimajeannette

Since its first year in 2011, Earth Day Texas has grown exponentially and this year is no exception at the free three-day event in Fair Park Friday, April 21 through Sunday, April 23.

Everything is connected to the environment, and Earth Day Texas has created a comprehensive destination to encourage dialogue about how different sectors and activities impact the environment and inspire everyone to take action.

Earth Day Texas includes over 800 exhibitors, sustainable food and beer garden, food trucks, farmers market, yoga, tree climbing, art, live music, Toyota ride and drive and interactive activities including a 20' x 30' scuba pool which is new this year.

Another new event this year is a branch focused on film called EarthxFilm. The film festival will showcase 20 documentaries and 40 environmental shorts from Wednesday through Sunday. Purchase an all access

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Earth Day Texas, the largest environmental awareness event of its kind in the world, is happening at Fair Park next weekend, April 21-23. Visitors are encouraged to ride DART. EarthxFilm pass and spend your weekend engaged in “emerging media that explores conservation, climate change and the environment while honoring the heroes working to protect our planet.” Many of the film’s directors, producers and writers will be on hand for talks following the screenings.

The Tiny House Village was a huge hit last year with hundreds of people waiting in the scorching sun to catch a glimpse inside and meet real people living in tiny homes. This year there

will be more tiny fun. Earth Day Texas has sponsored more tiny homes to be on site. To help offset the cost and support the village, there is a $5 charge to explore the homes. Register for a fourhour tiny home workshop to get all the details on building your dream tiny home.

Throughout Fair Park there will be over 250 green speakers and panels discussing environmental issues ranging GREEN cont'd on page 6

PRESTON HOLLOW

Trailblazing chef cooks for presidents, residents Jaime learned fine dining at an early age.

His American-born mother is a teacher. His Mexican-born father is a field engineer who He has cooked for four presidents. He often travelled on extended assignments. trained at culinary school in France. He Jaime went to culinary school in France at speaks multiple languages. Not bad for a 15-years-old — the second of four children — 43-year-old man whose upbringing is countafter graduating from high school early. er to most everyone that grew up in a Texas “The brother of my grandfather lived border town. He was born in Brownsville. He in France,” Jaime said. “He would visit us in was raised in Monterrey, Mexico.

Mexico and talk about the food and the nice Even his name is reversed. wine and the cheese and the appetizers. So, But for Chef Victor Jaime, he wouldn’t I said ‘this is nice.’ I was very interested.” His have it any other way. He has been a family well-connected great-uncle invited him to man since birth. He is loyal to his parents France to learn the art of cooking. “Back in Photo courtesy of Edgemere the day, it [cooking] was not as popular as it and is currently raising a family of three chilChef Victor Jaime. dren with his wife in McKinney. is today.” He was told to start learning French, Jaime is the head chef at Edgemere, a get a plane ticket and go. retirement community off Northwest Highway in Preston He was taken in by a French family and worked in Hollow.

30 YEARS cont'd on page 9 Despite never having worked in a restaurant as a youth,

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Arts and Entertainment

By David Mullen

Chocolate and Cabernet?

Sablon Chocolate Lounge in Uptown’s West Village is beginning Happy Hour “BYOB” service. Every Monday through Thursday from 4-7 p.m., customers may bring in their wine of choice. The lounge will provide wine glasses and there will also be no corkage fee. Sablon is located at 3839 McKinney Ave., Suite 157.

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RELIGION

Strangers leave as friends at Temple Emanu-El

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

Temple Emanu-El at 8500 Hillcrest Road looked like the United Nations on Thursday, March 30 when 400 “strangers” attended the Fifth Annual Interfaith Community Seder.

Ideally, 400 “friends” left the enriching afternoon. The event is a creative model of how a room full of “strangers” can assemble, share ideas, learn about each other’s background and lifestyle and celebrate those differences. Idyllically, this annual event makes a difference in the tapestry that is Dallas in the 21st century.

With the sacred holiday of Easter celebrated during the historic Jewish season of Passover, the Passover Seder — a customary meal full of ritual

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Clergy take time with their children at Interfaith Community Seder. and tradition — is shared in remembrance of the Jews’ exodus out of Egypt to escape the evil Pharaoh. The Seder’s content is representative of all faiths and backgrounds, none of which have escaped some form of

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adversity throughout history.

Dallas’ Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) Annual Interfaith Community Seder has gained momentum over its first five years, while transforming wonder into

understanding in thousands of attendees.

The diversity of faiths included all Christian denominations, Buddhism, Hindi, Shia Muslim, Sunni Muslim and Mormon.

Members of Jewish Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reconstructionist temples and synagogues also attended the event. More than 50 clergy representing those faiths and others rounded out the participation and leadership.

Included in the opening were Melanie Rubin, chair, JCRC of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas (JFGD), Dan Prescott, JFGD board chair and A.J. Rosmarin, immediate past chair of JCRC. Texas House of TEMPLE cont'd on page 7

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

‘And now, the forecast for Syria’

By David Mullen

basketball tournament, 10TV in Columbus, Ohio cut away in the last seconds of the game for an on-cam“I hear sirens in my era weather alert. It was head. Please make them about a tornado warning in stop!“ … “The U.S. governthe area. An advisory had ment has ordered the milbeen scrolling onitary to deploy screen through missile strikes the game. The aimed at Syrian tornado never warplane bases. hit, but Carolina’s The action has Luke Maye hit a created additional jumper with .03 strife in the fragseconds left to ile relations bewin the game. tween the U.S. and David Mullen Columbus viewSyrian president ers never saw it.

Bashar AssadIn fact, the cut-away was supporter Russia, and could just a black screen with unbe a precursor to additioncomfortable audio. When al conflicts and — in worst 10TV, returned to the game, case — World War III. But players were shaking hands first, let’s look at the today’s on the court. Twitter lit up weather. A little bit windy with some classics comout there, eh Skip?” I have ments like “@10 TV. Suing often made fun of the local y'all for emotional damages” affiliates instance in leading and “There are 20 different their news broadcasts with ways they could have apthe weather, no matter what is currently taking place. But proached this. They did not choose any of those 20” and here is a tidbit — while not “Taking my nightly news on the scope of the heinous wrongdoings in Syria — that patronage from @10TV to @nbc4i” and (my favorite) I thought could only hap“You are dead to me WBNS.” pen in Dallas … With the An eventual tweet from the (eventual NCAA champion) station read “10TV will air North Carolina Tar Heels the last two minutes of the locked up in an epic battle North Carolina vs. Kentucky with the Kentucky Wildcats game at 8 p.m.” Probably in the Elite Eight of NCAA david@katytrailweekly.com

written by an intern and not by these consultants that come in from out of town, ruin local news programming with instituting “what works in other markets” and then leave never to be heard from again … What is termed as progress in Dallas reared its ugly head recently with the whitewashing — actually “off-whitewashing” — of the wonderful murals that graced the former Phoenix Uptown apartments on Mockingbird Lane. They are gone, because the property is being rebranded to “Mockingbird 5.” The murals were beautifully executed and provided solace while stuck in traffic. It reminds me of the day that the Hard Rock Café (housed in the old McKinney Avenue Baptist Church building) was bulldozed on McKinney Avenue.

The vacant lot remained in the space for years. And, in another Dallas loss, the Elbow Room on Gaston Avenue closes on Saturday, April 15 to make way for a School of Dentistry. I loved that little brick bar, and until they are able to relocate, people will have to travel to the Louvre in Paris to see the “Mona Lisa” … As we head into Easter Sunday

LIFE ON THE TRAIL

Good health is laughing matter

By Dr. Beth Leermakers bethleermakersphd.com

Jokes and pranks aren’t just for April 1. Laughter offers many physical and mental health benefits. At the end of a stressful week, I’m more than ready for a good dose of Dr. Leermakers stress-busting laughter.

Short-term benefits of laughter. Laughter actually produces physical changes in your body. Laughter stimulates many organs like your heart, lungs and muscles, enhancing your intake of oxygen. When you take in more oxygen, you feel calmer. Laughter also triggers the release of endorphins, those feel-good hormones that you also get from physical activity.

Relieves stress. Laughter reduces the level of the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline.

Laughter also increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Although it seems counter-intuitive, these increases help you feel relaxed.

Relieves tension. Laughter stimulates circulation and relaxes your muscles, decreasing the physical effects of stress. A good, hearty laugh can relax your muscles for up to 45 minutes.

Long-term benefits. In the long run, laughter may improve your immune system. Chronic stress suppresses immune functioning, leaving you more vulnerable to minor illnesses as well as more serious diseases. Laughter and positive thoughts can actually produce neuropeptides that fight stress and may protect you against illness. Laughter also directly strengthens your immune system by increasing antibody-producing cells and enhancing the effectiveness of T cells. There’s truth to the old adage that laughter is the best medicine.

Relieve pain. As mentioned above, laughter stimulates the release of endorphins (“endogenous

morphine”), your body’s natural pain killers.

Improve mood. Laughter may reduce depression and anxiety and help you feel happier.

Cultivate laughter. Healthy children may laugh up to 400 times per day, while adults only laugh about 15 times per day. If laughter doesn’t come easily, don’t worry. You can develop a sense of humor and learn to laugh on demand.

To laugh more often, put humor front and center. Post greeting cards, cartoons or photos that make you giggle around your home and office. Go to an improv comedy club or funny play. Assemble a collection of humorous books, movies and YouTube videos for use in “humor emergencies.”

I laugh out loud every time I watch the YouTube video of Ellen DeGeneres using the Hawaii chair. If you want a little eye candy, watch Rob Lowe using Ellen’s Hawaii chair.

Take a laughter yoga class. In laughter yoga, people laugh as a group, using silly gestures and forced laughter to get the ball rolling. Your body can’t tell the difference between fake laughter and real laughter; the physical benefits are the same.

Fake laughter quickly turns into the real thing.

You’ll leave feeling energized and relaxed.

Laugh with others. Spend time with people who make you laugh. Trade jokes and funny stories. Brush up on the delivery of your knock-knock and other jokes. Avoid offensive “jokes” that hurt others. Go to a comedy club or funny play with friends. Laughter is contagious, so you’ll probably laugh more when you’re with others. Host or attend a theme party or game night with friends.

What will you do this week to laugh more often?

Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psychologist who specializes in stress management and well-being seminars, retreats and coaching. Contact her at 214923-3766. Her bi-weekly blogscan be found at www. bethleermakersphd.com.

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and a high-volume day for many area restaurants, news comes from the left coast that I suppose was inevitable. Cash is not king at the popular alaMar restaurant in Oakland, Calif. In fact, it is not even an option. The owners will no longer accept cash payments in a, well, fiscal move. A recent burglary, too many cash drawer shortages and too much time spent balancing the till has forced ownership into abrupt action. The restaurant will now only accept credit cards, Apple Pay,

Google Wallet and Venmo (whatever that is). They did a study of employees and found that (on average) cash transactions take seven seconds more than credit card transactions. Plus, bartenders and wait staff were taking up to 20 minutes to balance their cash drawers.

The proprietors see this as a trend, not reactionary, and say that less than seven percent of transitions are now made in cash anyway …

RIP to Don “Mr. Warmth” Rickles, who passed away on Thursday, April 6 in Los

Angeles at 90. He never changed his look or certainly his comic persona. I saw him do his live act in Lake Tahoe years ago, and even though I knew what to expect, it was very funny. Unlike every other stand-up comedian, he didn’t tell jokes. He told stories and tossed out an endless number of insults. And no one seemed to mind. At the end of each show, he was almost apologetic and would expound on his love for all people. In this PC world we live in, there will never be another Don Rickles.

OPINION

Be prepared when emergency comes

By Joe Ruzicka

joe.c.ruzicka@gmail.com I am not sure if you were awoken last Friday night, April 7 by the blaring of tornado sirens, but I certainly was. Someone Joe Ruzicka hacked into the system setting off all 156 sirens just before midnight. The cacophony lasted for nearly 1.5 hours. After it was over, the 911 Emergency system was flooded with calls, the Federal Communications Commission was called in to track down the culprit and some folks had even feared an attack from Russia.

While the situation delivered an abundance of jokes and thankfully no serious incidents, the hack was really no laughing matter. However, it does beg the question of just how prepared is Dallas’ emergency response system? More importantly, it reiterates that Dallas’ citizens need to take steps on their own to be as prepared as possible for emergencies.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency likes to break emergency preparedness down into four simple steps: Be Informed, Make A Plan, Make A Kit, and Practice.

1. Be Informed. Use various sources to gather information. Set up emergency email and text alerts from those sources. Pre-load different resources of information to your phone and computer so you can check them quickly. For example: Follow the City of Dallas and the Dallas Office of Emergency Management on Twitter as well as local news agencies. Have a simple battery powered radio on hand to tune in to local radio stations.

Make yourself and your family as well informed as possible so that you can make good decisions.

2. Make a plan. With particular emphasis on how to communicate with friends K ATY TR AIL WEEKLY'S

CRIME WATCH April 6 – 3:28 a.m.

2800 Block, N. Fitzhugh Ave. (75204) Aggravated Robbery of a Business: An unknown suspect robbed the business at gunpoint.

April 6 – 1:08 p.m.

3000 Block, Knight St. (75219) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle and stole property.

April 6 – 2:07 p.m.

3800 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75219) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s wallet from her purse.

April 6 – 7 p.m.

1600 Block, Edison St. (75207) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

and family, during an emergency, expect cellphones to have limited connectivity.

Utilize all methods of communication including social media sites such as Facebook or Instagram to check in with loved ones.

Register yourself “Safe and Well” through the American Red Cross system safeandwell.org Have an out of state friend or relative be a conduit for information.

3. Have a simple emergency supply kit.

Items in this kit should include a first aid kit, flashlight, spare batteries, cellphone charger, nonperishable food, medications, pet food and water. Since emergencies are unpredictable, you can also have an emergency kit for each car and at work.

4. Practice. A well thought out plan must also be practiced by everyone in your family. Expect that emergencies will occur when everyone is separated at work or school.

Therefore, pre-determine where you will go and who you will call/text if there is an emergency. Think about your pets and what will be the safest plan for them. Make sure children are informed on what their roles will be.

Being prepared for an emergency shows resilience and is good citizenship. You are your own best “emergency manager” and being prepared reduces stress and anxiety, which can only complicate matters.

Additionally, local emergency responders will not be able to answer every 911 call. Help may take longer than expected, especially for those who have less dire circumstances. Being self-sufficient allows first responders the opportunity to take care of those first who are most in need. Most importantly, because you prepared, you will be successful in protecting yourself, your family and your property.

For more information on how to be prepared in an emergency visit FEMA’s website ready.gov/.

Joe Ruzicka is a retired Naval Aviator and F-14 Tomcat RIO. He lives in Lakewood and yearns for the days of Nolan Ryan fastballs.

complainant’s vehicle and stole the back seat.

April 8 – 8:50 p.m.

2200 Block, N. Lamar St. (75202) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s saxophone.

April 8 – 9:45 p.m.

800 Block, Pacific Ave. (75202) Aggravated Assault: An unknown suspect stabbed the complainant with a knife.

April 9 – 9:52 a.m.

3200 Block, Knox St. (75205) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle and stole property.

April 9 – 6:18 p.m.

1600 Block, Oak Lawn Ave. (75207) Assault: The suspect hit the complainant’s finger with a crate, causing pain.

April 10 – 4:05 p.m.

3100 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75204) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect forced open the back door and stole a TV. April 10 – 11:43 p.m.

4700 Block, W. University Rd. (75209) Robbery of an Individual: The suspect used bodily force to steal the complainant’s property.

April 11 – 2:34 a.m.

11800 Block, Preston Rd. (75230) Aggravated Robbery of a Business: The suspect pointed a gun at the complainant and stole property.

April 11 – 8:46 a.m.

5300 Block, E. Mockingbird Ln. (75206) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect broke a glass door and stole a money bag and an iPad.

April 6 – 10:46 p.m.

1900 Block, Main St. (75201) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: An unknown suspect pointed a gun at the complainant and stole property.

April 10 – 6:47 a.m.

4100 Block, McKinney Ave. (75204) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect made forced entry into the location and stole property.

April 11 – 5:36 p.m.

1700 Block, N. Hall St. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect smashed the complainant’s vehicle window and stole property.

April 7 – 4:49 p.m.

3100 Block, State St. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the

April 10 – 10:03 a.m.

3000 Block, State St. (75204) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s apartment and stole property.

April 11 – 11:23 p.m.

2200 Block, E. Alamo St. (75202) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: The unknown suspects stole the complainant’s vehicle.

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MULL IT OVER

UPTOWN GIRL

By David Mullen

By Ryann Gordon

Reading more than just defenses

david@katytrailweekly.com Former NFL Pro Bowl lineman Wade Smith is not your stereotypical professional athlete. He graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in finance. He established a foundation that encourages young children to read. And he is happily married, living in Houston with his wife of 14 years and three daughters, with one on the way. Another girl.

For an offensive lineman that played at 6’ 4” and 300 lbs., is raising three — soon to be four — girls a blessing or a curse? “Oh, no,” Smith said. “It is a blessing. Four for four.”

That is what you would expect the affable Smith to say.

Dallas-born (Baylor Hospital) and raised, he has a big heart.

He also has a big weekend coming up.

Currently, Smith spends his time as executive director of the Wade Smith Foundation.

Called “Wade’s Weekend,” on Friday, April 28 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Smith goes to various area elementary schools for a reading session with students called “Reading with the Pros.” (“Reading with the Pros” is a private event).

He will visit L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary, Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet and Wallace Elementary, where he attended.

The 2017 “Smitty & Friends” Charity Golf Tournament takes place on Friday, April 28 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Topgolf Dallas at 8787 Park Lane. And Smith will hold a youth football and cheer clinic at Wildcat-Ram Stadium at Lake Highlands High School, 9449 Church Road on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information is available at wadesweekend. com.

In 2016, Smith released a book entitled Smitty Hits The Play Books, where main character Smitty (Smith’s nickname) is encourage to put school ahead of football. His second book, Smitty Tackles Bullying, will be introduced at the “Smitty & Friends” Charity Golf Tournament, where he will sign copies.

“Our main focus is childhood literacy and education,” Smith said. “We have two major programs. ‘Reading with the Pros’ is a literacy outreach program that we do at elementary schools in Houston and Dallas. I get myself, current and former NFL players, NBA

Dallas native and NFL Pro Bowl player Wade Smith (left) has written his first children's book promoting school over sports. and WNBA players, policemen and firefighters. They are professionals from all walks of life. We talk about the importance of reading, how cool it is and how it opens your mind up to so many other opportunities.

“Then we have our ‘Smitty’s Scholarship Program.’

We have given out more than $130,000 in scholarships since its inception. That goes to outgoing seniors. We do a minimum of $20,000 every year.

Our first class are seniors right now, so it is cool to check their progress to see how they are progressing and see how they are making their way through college life.”

After starring at Lake Highlands (class of 1999), Smith, 35 soon to be 36 in late April, initially was a tight end.

He was a four-year letterman and two-year starting left tackle as a senior at Memphis. He was named second-team AllConference USA, but wasn’t sure of his draft status because he had played two positions in college and had not yet bulked up to the weight of a prototype NFL lineman.

Out of college, Smith weighed 268 lbs. “What scouts didn’t know was that I was poor,” Smith said. ”I didn’t have enough money to eat.” He bulked up for the NFL combine, and weighed in at 296 lbs. He was expected to be a seventh-round pick, but Miami came calling in the third round. “I did a really good job in the skills and interviewed well,” Smith said. He watched the draft on TV on his 22nd birthday at his grandmother’s house in Dallas with 50 family members and friends. Today, living a healthier lifestyle, Smith weighs 255 lbs.

He was the third-round pick — number 78 — of the Miami Dolphins in the 2003

NFL Draft. During Smith’s 12-year career, he suited up for six teams: Miami, the New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Texans, and briefly with the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles.

Youth football has become a political football.

Many parents are refusing their children to play organized football for fear of injury. “Personally, if I had a son,” Smith said, “I would have him play as many other sports as possible. I really wouldn’t want him to play football until the seventh grade. If you play football at an early age, you have a better chance of getting burned out on the game.

And I think there are a lot of coaches that don’t teach how to play and tackle the right way. But if you have a kid that really wants to play, you should support him.”

Smith, who didn’t start playing football until he was in seventh grade because the monetary costs were too high, coaches youth football in the Houston area.

Player concussions have moved to the top of the NFL agenda. “I am sure that I had concussions over the years,” Smith said. “but I was never diagnosed with a concussion.

You just kind of shake it off and keep playing. But the league has changed. When I started playing in 2003, concussions weren’t a big deal. By the time the new CBA [collective bargaining agreement] came out, the NFL started making changes.”

Smith was the first offensive lineman in Texans’ history to score a touchdown in an NFL game. “I will always be a trivial question,” Smith joked.

But his life after football, and his commitment to his family and his foundation, is anything but trivial.

FITNESS

Four ‘must-haves’ in every meal

By Turner Cavender turner@dallasfbbc.com

Spring cleaning your lifestyle

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Photos courtesy of Endicott & Company PR

Lay off the starches. Here's where many well-meaning dieters lose it. The facts are simple, in order to maintain the low-carb, high-protein diet required for healthy weight loss, there is no room for starchy foods.

Sarches to avoid include: potatoes, pasta, rice and cereal, bread and crackers.

For faster results, pair your clean eating with a challenging exercise routine.

If you're serious about transforming your body, then call or email today to set up a consultation with me. Together we will create the perfect program that will quickly get you into the body that you deserve.

Don't wait! Let's get started today. And remember the “80-20 Rule.”

In order to achieve the amazing fitness result of a lean and toned body, you'll have to work out hard and eat right at least 80 percent of the time.

Don't fall into the trap of feeling like you have to eat perfectly and exercise hard every single day.

Then if (when) you fail to meet that unreasonable expectation, you fall off the fitness wagon.

You can't win by having a “100 percent or nothing” attitude towards fitness. You're human, you're going to have a bad day, a sick day or just an off day. Allow yourself 20 percent grace and be sure to workout hard and eat like a champion the other 80 percent of the time.

This may be the most important message of the year regarding your eating plan for 2017. If you use these four strategies with every meal, I guarantee you'll have an Turner Cavender amazing physical transformation this year.

Pay attention to the cooking method. The way a meal is cooked determines how many calories, how much added fat and the number of nutrients that survive. This simple factor will make or break your weight loss goal.

Avoid foods prepared like this: fried and battered. Processed and packaged. Doused with cream sauce. Sautéed.

Choose foods that are prepared like this: grilled, baked, broiled or steamed.

Your meal should be mostly protein. The bulk of your calories should be coming from a quality source of protein. With the first guideline in mind, these will be high quality, healthfully prepared.

Good choices of protein include: fish, chicken, turkey, eggs, lean red meat and beans.

Include lots of fiber. Fiber is a huge part of eating healthy and being lean. Fibrous foods will fill you up while delivering vitamins and nutrient Turner Cavender, CPT, is owner of Dallas Fit in low-calorie packages. Fill at least two thirds of Body Boot Camp and world renowned online peryour plate with fibrous vegetables. sonal trainer at cavendercoaching.com. “Remember Try these forms of fiber including: salad, seaJ.A.M.O.D.I., Just a matter of doing it.” sonal vegetables, fruit and legumes.

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Spring is now in full swing, but are you still sticking to the habits you promised yourself you’d keep for the New Year? Are you living each day with the healthy, active intentions you began the year with? Are you eating clean?

Did you finally clean out that closet full of junk?

Well, if you haven’t — don’t worry — because it’s spring cleaning time, aka your second chance at getting your life together. It may just be another excuse to pick up the pieces from our lost New Year’s resolutions, but let’s just focus on the future now. It’s never too late to cleanse your life of the bad and welcome in the new, healthy ways of living. In order to become the best person you can be, you have to purify your body, mind and spirit. But first, clean your home!

Cleanse. The first step to a clear mind is a clean home. You’ve got to get a little dirty before you can get clean, so light up those candles, crank up the jams, break out the Swiffer and scrub brushes and do a deep clean first. Then, clean out those closets.

Cluttered and messy surroundings restrict your ability to focus and process information. And hoarding useless materials in your home may distract you and leave you feeling stagnant in life. Go through each room in your house, drawers, closets (yes), cabinets, countertops, etc., and put your inner hoarder to rest for a day. Think minimalism and ask yourself what you absolutely need and couldn’t do without and say goodbye to the rest of

that junk.

Roots Juices, Empty The Gem, out those junk The Juice Bar drawer, get and more. rid of all pieces Something a of clothing you little more exhaven’t worn in treme would the past year, Ryann Gordon be Beyoncé’s give up or donate famous master any food you aren’t posicleanse of maple syrup, tive you’ll eat, and clear off lemon water, cayenne those countertops, desigpepper and green tea, or nating specific areas for a liver cleanse involving a drop-off items like mail week of apple cider vineand change. Studies have gar, lemon water, cayenne shown that decluttering pepper and cinnamon. your kitchen can actually One of this year’s help you lose weight. So, most popular cleanses is blame it on your organizaa green smoothie diet of tion skills and break back blended fruits and vegeinto that summer bod tables. This diet is a great through the psyche first. way to kickstart your new, Detox. Become a detoxified lifestyle because lighter being, literally, and it’s more practical for keepdetox your body. Fasting, ing you full and contains juice cleanses and other foods with many vitamins forms of detoxes have been and minerals. However, used historically for weight the best advice you can loss and to battle health take to detox your body issues like inflammation, and make your way toward diabetes, arthritis and prime health is to change colds. Fasting specifically the way you eat overall. has also been shown to Slow down on soda, cut reduce the risk of cancer out empty-calories, soand Alzheimer’s and can dium-soaked snacks and even add years to your processed meat. Forgo fast life. Studies have found food and (attempt to) say that short-term, intermitgoodbye to fried foods tent fasting increases your for a while. And most metabolic rate by three to importantly — don’t set a 16 percent so, if that hasn’t timeline. sold you, I don’t know what will.

You can also detox your body through cleanses, and Dallas is loaded with places to find the most delicious juices to get you through a three-day Photo courtesy of Pinterest cleanse like Buda Juice, Get your head into organizing.

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April 13

3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.

Dallas, 75219 214-219-2718

Kalita Humphreys Theater — Second Thought Theatre presents “Straight White Men,” a play about three brothers and their father, in an examination of what it means to be straight, white and male in the 21st century. Runs through May 6. 7:30 p.m. $25.

April 14

2400 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-880-0202

Wyly Theatre — Prism Movement Co. presents their aesthetic choreography and movement in “Medea Myth: Love’s Beginning.” PrismCo seeks to engage audiences, using a variety of mediums, through movement-theater focused on ensemble-based work. Runs through April 23. 8 p.m. $20.

April 15

1717 N. Harwood St. Dallas, 75201 214-922-1200

Dallas Museum of Art — The Fine Arts Chamber Players announces the Cliburn in Concert, featuring Erik Korngold’s “Suite for Piano (Left Hand), Two Violins and Cello.” Performers include Claire Huangci, a 2013 Cliburn Competition semi-finalist, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra violin and cello players. 3 p.m. FREE!

April 15-16

1010 S. Pearl Expressway Dallas, 75201 214-664-9110

Dallas Farmers Market — Celebrate Easter with natural egg dying using fresh items from the market on Saturday, and partake in an egg hunt for children ages 3-8 on Sunday. 10 a.m. to noon. FREE!

April 16

4711 Westside Drive Dallas, 75209 214-526-7291

Central Christian Church - Bring your dog to church Easter morning for a special Easter service in the dog park located just behind the church. Coffee and assorted pastries from Bread Winners Bakery will be served. Plenty of parking and seating. 9 a.m. FREE!

April 18

2001 Flora St. Dallas, 75201 214-242-5100

Nasher Sculpture Center — EARTHxFilm presents a sneak peek of clips from “WHERE’S THE FOOD?!” and a panel discussion with Dallas-based filmmakers and subjects from the film. The documentary focuses on creating awareness and sustainable outcomes to food deserts in Dallas. 6-8 p.m. FREE!

April 20

2600 Live Oak St. Dallas, 75204 214-671-0045

Latino Cultural Center — Come through the patio and experience music of the three cultures co-habiting in Medieval Spain - Christian, Arabic and Sephardic. The Orchestra of New Spain performs in “La Convivencia,” followed by Moroccan tea. 7:30 p.m. $10-$25.

Fri 4/14

Picture of the Week Recently, more than $450,000 was raised at the SPCA’s Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center benefiting the Mary Spencer Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic at Village Fair and the South Dallas Pet Initiative.

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Photo by Thomas Garza Photography.

Good Friday John Gielgud, b. 1904 Loretta Lynn, b. 1935 Julie Christie, b. 1941 Adrien Brody, b. 1973 Sarah Michelle Gellar, b. 1977 1902 – James Cash (J.C.) Penney opened his 1st store.

1939 – Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” 1st published.

Sat 4/15

For the Love of the Lake – Shoreline Spruce-Up Leonardo da Vinci, b. 1452 Roy Clark, b. 1933 Emma Thompson, b. 1959 Emma Watson, b. 1990 1865 – Abraham Lincoln died after being assassinated.

Sun 4/16

Easter Charlie Chaplin, b. 1889 Henry Mancini, b. 1924 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, b. 1947 Jon Cryer, b. 1965 Selena Quintanilla, b. 1971 1900 – 1st book of postage stamps issued.

Mon 4/17

Wm. Holden, b. 1918 Harry Reasoner, b. 1923 Liz Phair, b. 1967 Jennifer Garner, b. 1972 Victoria Beckham, b. 1974.

1964 – Jerrie Mock became 1st woman to fly solo around the world.

Tue 4/18

Clarence Darrow, b. 1857 Conan O’Brien, b. 1963 Melissa Joan Hart, b. 1976 America Ferrera, b. 1984 1775 – Paul Revere & Wm. Dawes warned “The British are coming.”

1923 – Yankee Stadium opened.

Wed 4/19

Eliot Ness, b. 1903 Tim Curry, b. 1946 Ashley Judd, b. 1968 James Franco, b. 1978 Kate Hudson, b. 1979 Hayden Christensen, b. 1981 1775 – American Revolution began at Lexington, MA 1897 – 1st annual Boston Marathon – 1st in the U.S.

Thu 4/20

Tito Puente, b. 1923 George Takei, b. 1937 Jessica Lange, b. 1949 Luther Vandross, b. 1951 Carmen Electra, b. 1972 1832 – Hot Springs, AK established as U.S. nat’l park.

1989 – High-def TV successfully tested for 1st time.

Charity

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SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Sustaining a great medical center for the southwestern U.S. for 75 years.

Easter Sunday, April 16 • 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Live Music • Easter Egg Hunt • Photos with the Easter Bunny Pet Adoption • Food Trucks Bring your blanket, picnic basket and come spend the afternoon with family, friends and neighbors!

By Sally Blanton

the need to maintain excellence in academic medicine for our community.

sallyblanton455@gmail.com Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.

QW hat is your mission or highest purpose?

QW hat do you think is the most important thing you do for the community?

A Help to improve public health in the

southwestern U.S. through support of excellent research and education, which helps solve the mysteries that remain in the treatment and cure of illness and injury. Our community is healthier — literally and economically — due to the outstanding advances being made at UT Southwestern, our academic medical center.

A Southwestern Medical Foundation (SMF)

was formed to build and sustain a great medical center to serve the people of this region. In 1943, the foundation established Southwestern Medical College. Today, UT Southwestern Medical Center enjoys an international reputation for discovering the basis for disease through research, applying these discoveries to the clinical care of patients and educating the next generation of health care professionals.

QW hat is rewarding about your job?

A Seeing the impact of those who have had

the vision over many years “to plant trees, the shade under which they may never enjoy,” and spending time learning from such visionaries.

Q H ow many clients are served each year?

A UT Southwestern has conferred more

than 19,000 degrees. The medical center trains approximately 3,600 professionals each year and conducts more than 5,800 research protocols. Care is provided to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients and 600,000 emergency room cases. There are 2.2 million outpatient visits annually.

QW hat percentage amount actually reaches those in need?

A Over many years, SMF has averaged 85

percent of its expenses spent on program support.

QW hat events are held for SMF?

A The Sprague Award, our foundation’s

Garrett Holloway Enter the

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highest community distinction, was presented on February 7 to the Hoblitzelle Foundation at Old Parkland. It was a lovely place to honor a key Founder and the farsighted leader of Hoblitzelle Foundation on the location of the original school they helped to start.

QW hat sort of volunteer jobs are available?

A The Cary Council is a group of young

community leaders who also work to advance our mission and bring awareness of

Q S uppose your nonprofit received a

$20,000 check in the mail today … where would it immediately be put to good use?

If not otherwise specified by the donor, we would apply such generous philanthropy to the top priorities of the Medical Center in medical education, research or clinical care. A top priority today is the work of the Peter O’Donnell Brain Institute at UT Southwestern. Its funding will allow us to more rapidly advance our knowledge and treatment of brain illness and injury of all types.

A

QW hat does the future hold for your nonprofit?

A Limitless opportunities to rally our com-

munity in support of the advancement of public health, where we live and raise our families.

Kathleen M. Gibson, president and CEO, answered this week’s questions.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

Pera on uneven paradigm

Saint Michael and All Angels

By Sara Newberry

Dessert was a flan topped with crumbled I always make cookies, which I had at least two trips to a to share, unfortunaterestaurant when I’m ly. It was a lovely end reviewing it. For one, to a lovely meal.

I like to try a wide seOn the second lection of dishes from visit, the other table the menu so I can had bread and yogurt, get a more complete and I eyed it enviouspicture of what the ly while waiting for kitchen creates. And I ours to arrive. Sadly, like to visit more than it never did. We tried once to get a better to order the Pachanga idea of the service and borek (fried pastries atmosphere. Usually filled with pastrami, both visits are very mozzarella and red Photo courtesy of Sara Newberry peppers) and the calsimilar, with a few differences that can amari salad to start, Beef Carpaccio Salad. be explained by outbut were informed side circumstances, that the kitchen was like different days of the week or a large party out of both of them until the next day. Salmon that’s throwing off the wait staff. in grape leaves, potatoes bravas, same thing.

Sometimes, though, one visit can be flaw- While we tried to choose something that was less and the next one is disappointing. And available, our server brought us a hummus while every restaurant can have an off night, plate on the house. We appreciated the gesthere are issues that make it clear that the ture, and the hummus was tasty. (It’s served place needs to work on a few things. with tortilla chips, which we thought was a I recently had such an experience at Pera little odd at a Turkish restaurant.) on Henderson Avenue. During my first meal A beef carpaccio salad was available, and there, every element was on point: the servwas excellent. The beef was paper-thin and the er was attentive but respectful and each dish salad of arugula, tomatoes and capers paired was delicious and beautifully presented. On a perfectly with it. return visit the quality of the food remained Lucky for us the larger plate that they consistent, but the rest of the experience was didn’t have was not one we were interested a letdown. Our server was mostly absent (we in. We chose the lamb chops and the Shrimp had to ask the food runner to relay messages Kadayif, or shrimp wrapped in shredded to him several times, even though we were phyllo. The lamb chops were tender, but a litone of two occupied tables in the place) and tle overcooked, and the vegetables were perthe kitchen was out of four dishes that we fectly cooked. Bright green pea puree tempted ordered. (They were out of six dishes total, as me to lick the plate. it turned out.)

According to the menu, the shrimp is But back to that outstanding meal. Our served with avocado and sujuk, but ours had server brought us a plate of warm crusty bread sujuk and white beans on the plate, as well as with a scoop of creamy Turkish yogurt that what I think was a yellow pepper coulis. The resembled a tangy soft cheese. We moved on shrimp was well cooked and seasoned and the to a couple of the tapas, choosing the Sujuk phyllo shreds added an excellent texture. lollipops and stuffed dates. Sujuk is a spicy We didn’t plan to order dessert, but our dry sausage similar to Spanish chorizo; here server brought us baklava on the house. I am slices of it are served atop a salad of baby spin- a huge fan of baklava, and this one was warm ach, tomato, and feta. Stuffed dates are filled and loaded with honey and cinnamon, rewith pastrami and goat cheese and drizzled sembling an apple pie. (A scoop of vanilla ice with a spicy yogurt; they are also sitting on cream didn’t hurt.) a bed of baby spinach dressed with the same When Pera delivers, they do everything vinaigrette as the salad under the lollipops. right. When they don’t, they really don’t. And It’s also on the arugula salad that’s topped there are too many restaurants in Dallas that with grilled halloumi and grapefruit, which nail it every time to take a chance on a disapwe had next. (Good thing it’s well-balanced pointing night out. and flavorful.)

We followed the salad with the filet miPERA gnon, served with a creamy, smoky eggplant 2405 N Henderson Ave., Dallas, 75206 puree and “market vegetables,” which is usu214-484-5194 ally code for overcooked zucchini and brocperahenderson.com coli. Here it actually meant a couple of carTuesday - Friday 4 p.m. to midnight rots and green beans. The steak was cooked a Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. perfect medium-rare.

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Easter Sunday April 16, 2017 6:30 A.M.

Sunrise Service Garden Cloister 7:30 A.M.

Holy Communion – Rite I Saint Michael Chapel 9:00 A.M. Holy Communion – Rite II Church (with incense)

Discovery Mass Saint Michael Chapel (Elementary Children & Families)

9:15 A.M.

Joy Mass Parish Hall (Young Children & Families)

11:00 A.M. Holy Communion – Rite I Church (with incense) 11:11 A.M.

The Celebration Parish Hall (Contemporary)

5:30 P.M. Evening Prayer & Holy Communion Saint Michael Chapel

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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE

Clam chowder for the soul

By Dotty Griffith

dotty.griffith@yahoo.com Just the idea of a creamy bowl of New England style clam chowder nurtures the soul. This version from Water Grill cossets as gently as flannel sheets.

Enjoy some before the Texas heat ratchets up.

Whole clams in the shell are a wonderful option but not required.

WATER GRILL CLAM CHOWDER

Certified Pre-Owned.

Photo courtesy of Water Grill

Water Grill Clam Chowder.

16 whole clams in shell, steamed (see below) 1/2 cup chopped slab bacon 1/2 cup finely chopped white onion 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot 1/2 cup finely chopped celery 1 teaspoon salt or to taste 4 cups clam juice or fish stock 2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup soft butter 1 cup cooked clam meat 1 cup cooked, sliced fingerling potatoes 4 teaspoons chopped chives Freshly ground black pepper to taste In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook the bacon until it is golden brown. Pour off bacon

grease.

Add onion, carrot, celery and salt to drained bacon. Stir occasionally Dotty Griffith and cook until vegetables are soft, 7 to 8 minutes, but not brown.

Add the clam juice and cream; bring to a slow boil.

Mix the butter and flour together to create a smooth paste.

When the liquid boils, whisk in the paste, stirring until smooth. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.

When mixture is thickened and smooth, stir in clam meat and potatoes.

Adjust seasoning to taste.

Ladle chowder into bowls.

Garnish each bowl with 4 steamed clams, chopped chives and a twist of freshly ground black pepper.

Makes 4 servings.

To steam clams in the shell, scrub clams well and place in a medium saucepan with 1 inch of water over medium high heat.

When water boils, cover pan with lid and cook for 5 to 8 minutes until clams open.

Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer clams to a shallow bowl. Discard any clams that are unopened after 8 minutes and reserve cooking liquid. Carefully pour reserved cooking liquid through a fine sieve into a small bowl, leaving any grit in pan. Use steaming liquid as part of the clam juice.

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HAMMER AND NAILS

Dallas scores in decor stores

By Stephan Sardone

stephan@sardoneconstruction.com Dallas is a creative hub, whether it’s for design, visual art, music or food. I’m fortunate to be so close to the best design venues and stores I could ask for. To do something a little different this week, I wanted to break down some of the most popular (and my favorite) design stores in the Dallas area.

First on the list is Nest, a highly eclectic shop that

Photo courtesy of Wisteria stocks trendy, edgy and stylish furniture and home Dallas offers many options for sprucing up your home. decor accessories. Today, handbags, jewelry, apothbeautiful as its name. the store is located on ecary (candles, fragrances, Created by couple Andrew McKinney Avenue in midbath and body), and other and Shannon Newsom, this town Dallas and is owned uncommon and exclusive shop is a collection hub for

by Scott Alexander and items.

This shop is for the unique and grand pieces Heather Wiese Alexander. eye-catching pieces you’d from all over the world. It’s The shop is a combined want in a powder room, a designer’s dream to be able modern-classic destination entryway or extravagant to walk into a store and find for anyone seeking gifts or dining area, and I’m always things from Spain, Germany home furnishings. In my on the hunt for those focal or Egypt all in one place — design work, it’s valuable to points. and all authentic. The store’s have a place like Nest, which Dallas-based vintage outlet in Farmers Branch houses incredible original home decor shop Again gives the public opportunipieces and gives any project & Again is a rare ties to save on Wisteria furits own signature. find that has some niture and decor, with new Next on the passion behind pieces being added daily. list is Grange it.

Owner Leslie The main shop on Lovers Hall, which rePritchard takes Lane is full of antiques, acminds me of a what is considered cessories and furniture that shop you’d find “old” or “dilapidatyou wouldn’t find anywhere on Diagon Alley ed” and repurposes else. in Harry Potter. it to be a polished Lastly, I want to highIt’s mysterious, vintage masterpiece. light the modern home rich in beauty The shop, locatdesign showroom SMINK and extremely Stephan Sardone ed on Riverfront Inc., located on Dragon unique. The comBoulevard in the Street in the Dallas Design bination of what Design District, hosts modDistrict.

The Smink sisthe store offers creates a type ernized pieces from the ters — Autumn, Dawn and of retail cocktail that anypast, taking something that Jennifer — merged contemone with warm and quality was once cast aside and porary and classic design taste would be attracted to. making it useful and even under one roof, creating a Located on Travis Street in sought-after. warehouse full of the most Dallas and owned by Rajan The next store on my elegant fine art, furniture, Patel and Jeffrey Lee, the list, Wisteria, is as whimpaintings, photographs and luxury retailer displays its sical, adventurous and collectibles. With the best collection of home decor, designers and manufacturers all involved, the shop is a hot spot for Dallas artists and remodelers. If anyone desires to be an innovative renovator, they’ll stop by SMINK for that iconic piece their instincts have been searching for.

Stephan Sardone is owner of Sardone Construction and has been helping people improve their life by remodeling their home around their life.

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The house now has 6,875 square feet, six bedrooms, five bathrooms and two powder baths.

Despite a significant remodel, the owners kept plenty of details intact, including original parquet floors and crown molding in the living room.

“It’s hard to pick a favorite spot in the house,” Cerullo said. "The kitchen and family room open onto the pool. The whole back of the house is where everyone will congregate, and you can have the best parties here. It’s a very livable house and a really a great house for entertaining.”

The kitchen was remodeled with cutting-edge products, including Neolith Sintered Stone. Neolith is the hottest new engineered stone product for kitchens and bathrooms and a lot more durable than marble. The extraordinary vent hood is a custom creation of Venetian Murano glass.

Newell and Snyder hit the mark. “People are shocked when they walk in,” Cerullo said. “I think they’re a bit shocked by how cool it is.”

It’s a nice change of pace to see a home preserved and renovated in a manner that honors the origins. It’s become too easy to tear down, so our hats are off to anyone that puts preservation first.

Cerullo has the home listed for $2.85 million. We can’t imagine this one-of-a-kind property lasting long!

The 1950s brought us a lot of cool things.

TelePrompTers, zippered storage bags, leaf blowers, and the artificial heart were Candace Evans all invented during the decade. The era was rife with innovation and architecture was no exception. This Preston Hollow midcentury traditional is a good example of how architects began to take license with style. Clients that were hesitant to go full bore midcentury modern could still enjoy elements of the look in a more traditional design.

A real find from the 1950s is 6231 Desco Drive, because it’s stood the test of time and been impeccably updated. It is the kind of house you will find over at CandysDirt.com, which we hope you are reading daily.

It’s a tribute to the original architect and builder that the home maintains a strong visual relevance. Our lifestyles have changed, CandysDirt.com is the only blog in Dallas but a solid build can easily be adapted if you for the truly real estate obsessed! Named by have the right team that understands how National Association of Real Estate Editors as to bring a 1955 house into this century with the BEST Real Estate Blog in the country. grace. The present owners knew just how to make that happen. They hired Susan Newell Custom Homes and Will Snyder, principal with Boerder Snyder Architects.

“The owners wanted to keep the integrity of the house,” said Dave Perry-Miller listing agent Gianna Cerullo. “They did not want a cookie-cutter house.”

Downstairs, the family room was extended into the backyard, and a guest room and hunting closet were added. Upstairs, a second master suite and a game room became the ultimate retreat for the owner’s teenage daughter.

Photos courtesy of Dave Perry-Miller

This home, located at 6231 Desco Drive, is listed at $2.85 million. local Dallas/Fort Worth residents, many traveled from abroad. This year, a school in topics from agriculture, politics, activism, from Nicaragua will be attending. “We’re local Dallas issues, habitat restoration, gartrying to become this destination event, to dening, investing and be this platform or megaphone or accelerator more. The schedule is for this discussion,” said Earth Day Texas still being finalized CEO Ryan Brown. and can be found on With this incredible list of activities the Earth Day Texas over the weekend, the international enviApp or online at ronmental discussion takes center stage in a earthdaytx.org. city known for oil, gas and not the best enviStop by the Music ronmental record. Hosting the largest event Hall to see a live 36dedicated to environmental awareness in the hour “hack-a-thon” world right here in Dallas is an opportunity termed EARTHACK. Naïma Jeannette for our local communities to learn, discover This hack-a-thon is and take environmental action. centered around solvThe list of events goes on including a ing real environmental issues in our world solar car challenge, debate tournament, seed today. Students and technology professionals ball making, Lego build challenge and a will be presented with real-life challenges Lung Force walk. Residents are encouraged and given 36 hours to explore ideas and deto get up, get out and bring something back sign solutions. Forty percent of this group is to their local community, and take a DART from out of town. train to get there.

Over $41,000 in prize money will be awarded in EarthxPitch, a four-division Naïma Jeannette is a freelance writer, competition that rewards winning pitches in teacher and conservationist. Email her at recognition of important projects and efforts naimajeannette@gmail.com or Tweet her @ toward conservation, sustainability and ennaimajeannette. vironmental education.

Earth Day Texas is also collaborating with several Make a donation groups to host conferences on site. There will be a Legal during April at Symposium called “People, any Whole Earth Planet, and Profit” that store and help brings together leading legal scholars and subject-matter support our experts from environmental Texas State Parks. organizations, business, academia and the government discussing sustainability and environmental law. An international conversation on the future of plastics, called “Plasticity,” will bring manDonations of any amount are gratefully ufacturing and industry toaccepted. Donate $20 or more and gether to discuss efforts to receive a $5 Texas State Parks Gift start using plastics in a senCard. For a $50 donation or more sible way. E-Capital Summit dedicated to growing the donation, receive a limited edition community of mission-drivWhole Earth branded en investors in Texas and beBuff ® headwear, yond. Smart Texas Revolution and the Gift Card. conference focused on educaWHILE SUPPLIES LAST. tion, collaboration and creating an aligned smart city strategy across Texas.

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TRAIL TO GOOD HEALTH

Navigate healthy brunch

By Megan Lyons

megan@thelyonsshare.org As we settle into the warm temperatures and sunny skies of spring, Dallas’ patio restaurants will be teeming with people celebrating the weekend and diving headfirst into giant plates of brunch food. Brunch is fun (who Megan Lyons doesn’t love a chance to enjoy a leisurely meal with great company and beautiful weather?), but we don’t need to throw in the towel on our health just because we’re wrapping breakfast and lunch into one sitting.

Here are my top seven tips to navigate brunch healthily: 1. Survey your options first. Studies show that at buffets, those who take time to walk through the line and survey options first choose healthier plates overall. The same goes for those who look through the menu seeking healthy options, rather than automatically choosing what they regularly enjoy at a given restaurant. Seeing all of the options helps you prioritize where you really want to splurge, rather than piling on anything that looks good, regardless of the lack of space remaining on a food-filled plate.

2. Put your salad on your regular plate. If we’re trying to eat healthily, it doesn’t make sense to put our salad, vegetables, and fruit on a smaller side plate and fill our dinner plate with all of the lesshealthy items from the buffet line, but that is what we commonly do!

I choose to forgo etiquette and prioritize health by putting the salad on my main plate along with everything else. I save the salad plate for treat items for which I want to control my portions, because serving sizes of single food items on a white plate are more obvious. Or, I may forgo this plate all together.

3. Fill half your plate with vegetables. Given that brunch items tend to be calorie-dense (and nutrient-poor), I load up on salad and any other vegetables available, aiming for that to fill half my plate.

If I am ordering off of a menu, I’ll order double sides of vegetables

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Words will not be enough, as many will discover or rediscover. Just as it is said that actions speak louder than words, i.e., behavior can carry messages that no lexicon could possibly encompass, so those who behave according to their beliefs will enjoy all manner of personal gains. Love may, indeed, conquer all!

ARIES (March 21-April 4) A little courage goes a long way and serves you well when the time comes to reveal yourself to an unsuspecting someone.

(April 5-April 19) – You mustn't let anyone tell you that your desires have no value. To you, they

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You may be struggling with some physical symptoms, but they will never dampen the enthusiasm you feel for a new interaction. (May 6-May 20) – You will want to examine your history for any indication that where you are headed is unsafe or unhealthy for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) It's all about moving forward, not back – about looking up, not down. Progress depends on your willingness to make it. (June 7-June 20) – You mustn't let anyone tell you that the contest you are now engaged in is not worth the trouble. You may lose the battle, but the war is still being waged.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) You can score a major personal victory, but you will also be carrying a major burden. It may be time to gamble. (July 8-July 22) – Someone else's “wait and see” attitude isn't for you; you want to be far more proactive and effect change wherever you can.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Pride of self, together with pride of family, can serve you quite well. Don't make the mistake of overvaluing mere baseline

DOWN 1. Mover and shaker 2. Sight for a psychic 3. — -a-brac 4. Lopsided 5. Unrumples 6. Grow fond of (2 wds.)

7. Tail ends 8. Non-creepy creeper 9. Pedro's coin 10. Ms. Witherspoon 11. Incan treasure

Megan Lyons is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, owner of The Lyons’ Share Wellness and author of “Start Here: 7 Easy, Diet-Free Steps to Achieve Your Ultimate Health and Happiness,” available on Amazon. To learn more, contact her at megan@thelyonsshare.org, or visit her website, thelyonsshare.org.

by Stella Wilder

are a guiding light — if, indeed, they have sprung from a positive place.

122. Count tree rings 123. Royal order 124. Hide 128. — tai (rum drink) 129. Sister of Helios 130. Garden-pond fish 131. Pause fillers 132. Playwright James — 133. Solo of “Star Wars” 135. Family mems.

137. Blocky heel 139. Dot in the Seine 140. Grouchy Muppet 142. Give alms 144. Supremacy 148. Lady's honorific 150. The Arctic, for one 153. German white wine 155. Survey finding 156. Comic-strip queen 157. Breaks out 158. More skillful 159. Mouse target?

160. Advocate Ralph — 161. Apply more asphalt 162. Dutch colonists 163. k.d. — of music

(rather than a vegetable and a starch or grain), so they will fill approximately half of the plate. The other half should have a good source of protein (generally a lean meat, egg whites, or beans), as well as a good source of healthy fat (olives, avocado, nuts, seeds, egg yolks, olive oil, or fish are good options).

4. Follow the Bread-Drink-Dessert rule to choose your indulgences. On a regular day, I will choose only one option between bread (including sandwich bread, rolls, pasta, or anything breaded), drink (including alcohol, soda, or anything sweetened) and dessert.

On a special occasion, I will choose two, and on a once-a-year holiday, I may choose three. Being intentional about where to splurge helps keep my overall meal balanced.

5. Drink water! Not only does being hydrated have plenty of health benefits, but it will also help you feel fuller and not overindulge. And with an already heavier-than-normal meal, a soda or juice adds unnecessary calories and sugar. If you choose to drink alcohol, stick to one lower-sugar beverage, and alternate any subsequent drinks with water.

6. Take a break before seconds or dessert. Believe it or not, brunch is not an all-you-can-eat competition. Eating until you are satisfied and your body is nourished is great; eating until you are uncomfortable, stuffed and need a nap is not. Pausing for 10 minutes before returning to the buffet for seconds or following your meal with dessert can help you heed your body’s true hunger signals.

7. Enjoy the experience! Rather than feeling deprived about anything you choose not to have (“that third donut just looks so good!”), celebrate the fact that you are making choices that best support your health, and focus on the experience of having brunch, the great company and the beautiful weather. A month or a year from now, you’ll remember the great conversations far more than you remember whether or not you served yourself seconds at the buffet.

Enjoy your brunch! I’ll see you out there!

YOUR STARS THIS WEEK The coming week will see many individuals make realizations and enjoy epiphanies for which they have been waiting a long time.

In many cases, these will involve family members, lovers, friends and other dear ones with whom one has been connected for immeasurable amounts of time.

It's a good week for reaffirming connections of all kinds, but especially for reminding oneself and others of the limitless power of love in all its forms — especially friendship. Friends will prove to have all the advantages, and they are likely to progress in ways both planned and unplanned, as extra gains often occur in tandem with consciously attempted goals. This week there is magic in the air for those who wish to see it, feel it, and experience it.

48. Hushed, as a voice 50. Winners' cries 52. Traps 54. The “Elephant Boy” 55. Overall feeling 57. Gaze at 58. — on (incited) 59. Brand for Bowser 60. Steel- — boots 62. Ankle opposite 66. Nothing, in Nice 67. Edible lizard 69. Salon offering (2 wds.)

71. — spumante 72. Like couch potatoes 74. Wk. day 76. Hindu queen (var.)

78. Grab some rays 79. Duffel filler 80. Detains 83. Prominent 85. Kids around 88. About, datewise 89. Goes over proofs 90. Rubber band 93. What nature abhors 95. Undersized 97. Mae West role 98. Take potshots at 100. Ques. opposite 101. Shunned (2 wds.)

106. — it on thick 108. Ripped off 110. Like hen's teeth 112. “The Bridge of San — Rey” 113. More peculiar 115. Warn loudly 116. Quaint hotels 117. Mooring posts 118. Ms. Hagen of films 120. A whole lot

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numbers. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You're after some guarantees, and you may have them if you approach the powers that be with the right attitude and tone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) Your interaction with someone who knows you very well may develop into something that takes you wholly by surprise.

(Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – You may wonder why you've never done this or that before, and simply exploring the possibilities has you in a rare state of excitement.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You've been experimenting with different versions of yourself, but you may want to get back to the real you. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – Questions you ask as the week opens may remain unanswered until the eleventh hour. Even so, you will be able to use those answers to your advantage.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) What you have planned is not likely to win the support of everyone around you, but those who do support you will prove to be quite helpful. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – When the opportunity for personal growth presents itself, you'll want to be ready. This requires looking at yourself openly and honestly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) Others will give you the

Copyright 2017 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. encouragement you need, but success isn't assured! You must be ready to work harder than usual. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You'll receive what you have asked for, but you will also have to pay for something you thought would be free of charge. It's a trade-off.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) Money matters may have you thinking that you've been on the wrong track lately. At the very least, you'll want to slow down a bit. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – You may not be as actively involved as you had hoped, but if you continue to pay attention, you'll have the chance to do more very soon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) Rather than listening to the conversation, you can steer it, but you'll be required to work longer hours than you had planned.

(Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – Pay attention to the numbers, and you'll understand how you got where you currently are — and how you can move forward when the time comes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may have trouble keeping up with a competitor until you realize that he or she is actually bending the rules. (March 6-March 20) – Others will react to you in ways that may have you wondering why you haven't been doing the same things all along. It's a good week for making personal plans.

12. XXI times C 13. Dappled 14. Indifference 15. Intensely 16. Parts of ovals 17. Sine — non 18. Unit of current 19. Crocheted item 20. “Gunsmoke” star 30. Privacy-protected 32. Diner's list 34. Yale grads 38. Eur. airline 39. Like a chimney 41. “Phantom of the —” 42. Software buyers 43. Actress — Dickinson 44. Conducted (a war) 46. Tropical melon 47. Poet's black 49. Beaux 51. Seat on the aisle 53. Breaks a promise 54. Put-down 56. — vu 59. Thickening agent 61. Wears 63. Japanese immigrant 64. Movie double's job 65. Faint colors 67. Give — — rest!

68. Kind of violet 69. Talk about 70. Ms. Arthur 73. Cozy dwellings 75. Sitcom afterlife 77. Ms. Verdugo 81. VCR maker 82. Beret cousin 84. Utopian 85. Wiggly treat (hyph.)

86. Homer's tale

87. Legally binding 91. Connections 92. — slicker 93. Parchment 94. Leans 95. Promoted GIs 96. All-purpose truck 99. Haiku or limerick 102. Urn homophone 103. Shocking 104. Saltpeter 105. Hairpin curves 107. Poker card 109. Dana of “MacGyver” 111. Luigi's farewell 114. Motorist no.

117. Neutral color 119. Contented murmurs 121. Speed off 122. Hubby of Lucy 123. Former Brooklyn nine 124. Alligator 125. Red Cloud's tribe 126. Had to have 127. More frilly 130. Not as dull 134. Mother-of-pearl 136. Slip back 137. As long as 138. Inbox filler 140. Gen. — Bradley 141. Enlist again (hyph.)

143. Grayish 145. Whale like Shamu 146. Flashy sign 147. Masculine principle 149. Consumed 151. IRS employee 152. Dune buggy kin 154. Cable network

OFF THE MARK

Representatives’ Jason Villalba made remarks, followed by the Seder, which was orchestrated by Rabbi Debra Robbins and Cantor Vicky Glikin of Temple Emanu-El and Reverend Dr. Janet DeVries of Grace Presbytery. The day’s featured speaker was Reverend Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church.

Each year, JCRC has adapted the sanctioned Passover dinner prayer book — the “Haggadah” — to today’s nomenclature. Some highlights in the “Haggadah” resonated with the state of our country and the world with its unrest, divisiveness and doubt. It emphasizes that we are all “strangers” until we meet and talk, and take time to know each other. The Seder is an opportunity to practice transforming “strangers” into “friends.”

For the Interfaith Community Seder, Rabbi Robbins, cantor Glikin and Dr. DeVries all served as the leader, who orchestrates the Seder. They said: “Seder means ‘order’ in Hebrew. The rituals and symbols of the Passover Seder help tell the story of the Jewish people’s exodus from slavery in Egypt. Throughout the reading of the “Pesach Haggadah” (the text of the traditional Seder), we are consistently reminded that the Jewish people were once strangers in a strange land, and are therefore compelled to treat others with the kindness and respect that was not given to them as prisoners under Pharaoh.

“During the traditional Seder, we join together and drink four cups of wine: a cup for each of the promises of freedom God made to the Israelites as God led us out from slavery in Egypt.” The leader continued: “Today we join together and make four new promises, not about breaking the shackles of Egyptian slavery but about our obligations as peoples of faith to break the shackles of discrimination, alienation and hatred for those who are different from us. We do so standing together and calling for a better tomorrow, one in which all are blessed to live freely as equal members of our community.”

All congregants read in unison: “We will recognize that each of us is influenced by a complex history which includes some stories of prejudice and intolerance,” “We will challenge ourselves to recognize our biases and the humanity that lies within each of us,” “We will strive to treat the stranger with the respect with which we ourselves would like to be treated,” and “We will encourage others to welcome the stranger, so that our communities reflect the wide diversity of our world.” This is only one excerpt from the traditional “Haggadah” revised to resonate with today’s cultures.

Dr. Haynes shared his interpretation of Psalm 113.3: “How good and how pleasant, how deeply satisfying and meaningful it is when Brother and Sister sit together.” The rabbi and cantor led one of the traditional Hebrew songs shared at the Seder, with its similar message.

Event chair Marlene Cohen concluded the formal segment of the event, and 400 strangers mingled among new friends. For additional information, visit tedallas.org, gracepresbytery.org or jewishdallas.org.

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MOVIE TRAILER

UNCLE BARKY’S BITES

‘The Fate of the Furious’ puts Rock in hard place

Without sports and awards, ratings suffer

By Ed Bark

(14.4 million after being in reruns the previous week); CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” (12.8 Where have all the viewers million after a basketball pregone? emption in the week of March Well, they’ve scattered.

20-26); “Dancing with the Stars” This really hit home while (11.1 million); CBS’ “Bull” (10.9 paging through million) and again complimentary NBC’s two editions of copies of USA “The Voice” (10.6 and Today available in 10.2 million). “The the budget-friendWalking Dead” repeatly inns that accomed as cable’s only qualmodated us on a ifier with 11.3 million recent road trip to viewers. the Midwest. The It’s true that viewEd Bark ers increasingly are newspaper still offers its Wednesday finding other ways to compendium of weekly show watch their favorite programs, rankings and audience levels for via On Demand, network webprime-time programming on sites, DVR-ing, etc. For some the Big Four broadcast networks shows, this can add up to several (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) plus the CW. The top 10 cable shows also are charted.

I was immediately struck by how few shows are drawing even 10 million viewers, according to data from Nielsen Media Research.

For the week of March 2026, just six broadcast network programs hit that mark. But one Photo courtesy of NBC of them was the NCAA basketball tournament’s KentuckyBlake Shelton of "The Voice."

UCLA game on CBS. That left CBS’ “60 Minutes” (ranked No. million more viewers over time.

1 for the week with 14.7 milStill, look at the final lion viewers); ABC’s “Dancing Nielsen rankings for just two with the Stars” (12.1 million); seasons ago. In the 2014-15 ratCBS’ “NCIS: Los Angeles” (11.2 ings race, 42 broadcast network million); and both editions of series ended up averaging 10 NBC’s “The Voice” (10.8 and million viewers or more. That 10.7 million). In the cable uninumber decreases to 37 million verse, AMC’s “The Walking if seasonal prime-time football Dead” was the only show to packages and pre-game/postbreak through with 10.5 million game shows are subtracted. viewers.

The viewer falloffs for some During the following shows are remarkable if you’re week (March 27 to April 2), a fan and rather nightmarish if nine broadcast network proyou’re a network programmer. grams made the cut. But two of ***Fox’s “Empire” currently them were NCAA basketball is averaging 10 million viewers games on CBS and another was for the ongoing season, but is country music’s annual ACM down-trending and won’t be Awards, also on CBS. Otherwise able to maintain that average. In it looked like this: CBS’ “NCIS” the 2014-15 season, it averaged unclebarky@verizon.net

Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures

Dwayne “Rock” Johnson and Vin Diesel star in “The Fate of the Furious.”

By Chic DiCiccio

does the trick. It features a preposterous use of self-driven cars that should send shivers down the spine of Uber execs, but truly is a blast to By the time a car driven by Vin Diesel’s watch and is fantastically shot by cinematograanti-hero Dom jumps over a submarine, “The pher Stephen Windon.

Fate of the Furious” will have turned most peoNobody goes to see these movies expectple into a new conspiracy group best described ing an intricate, character driven story. That’s as “Anti-Gravity Truthers.” Laws, both legal understood by pretty much the entire movieand physical, are disregarded for the entire 136 going public. However, the dialogue and plot minutes of this loud, overblown, overdramatic twists are so easily telegraphed that if anyone is soap opera disguised as an action movie. surprised by them, it calls into question if they “The Fate of the Furious” is the eighth inhave ever seen a movie before. stallment of this franchise and it has become a The banter and overall performances currency printing press for Universal Pictures from Johnson and Jason Statham make one and producer/star Diesel. A quick glance at wish they were the stars of this franchise and Diesel’s box office success shows that his films not the stiff, dramatically challenged Diesel. don’t register with the public unless the words Johnson’s screen presence and overall charisma “fast” or “furious” are associated with them so is so great that he consistently makes chicken it’s tough to blame him for continuing to go salad out of chicken-you-know-what. back to the well.

Statham has fully embraced the comedic The movie opens with Dom and his now side to his acting and has become much more wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) honeymoonthan chiseled abs. An action sequence set on ing in Cuba (as one does). Based on the footan airplane is so cleverly staged, shot and acted age that director

by Statham that it F. Gary Gray almost redeems provides, Cuba the entire ridicu“THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS” DARES is apparently a lous affair. Again TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, SUCH happy-go-lucky … almost.

AS “HOW MANY TIMES CAN A MOVIE country filled All the heavy SHOW A CAR TIRE SPINNING IN SLOW moments fall on with scantily MOTION?” APPARENTLY, THE ANSWER Diesel and he’s just clad men and women who IS “ALL OF THE TIMES.” not able to handle have no qualms them. He rarely with street racers so much as smiles going 200 miles an hour down crowded streets and waxes poetic about family and fate like a in broad daylight. beefed up Confucius. The entire movie hinges Dom’s vacation is interrupted by Cipher on his relationship with Rodriguez’ Letty and (Charlize Theron), who blackmails him into neither of them can make it work. betraying his pals and working on her villainIt seems like this film franchise has grown ous scheme of world conquest. After his team to be too large for the original cast. What was is brought in to help Hobbs (Dwayne “Rock” once a small action film based on the plot Johnson) steal an EMP weapon, Dom turns from “Point Break” has gotten too big for its the tables on them and goes (insert dramatic britches, as if the success of them surprised sounder here) rogue. everyone involved. Instead of developing If there is something that “F8” (get it?) characters, a necessity for sequels, these have does well, it’s incorporate a lot of characters become nothing more than withdrawal trips to into the story. The comic relief from Chris an ATM. Morgan’s script is well done and the frat boy“The Fate of the Furious” dares to ask the like sniping between Tyrese Gibson’s Roman tough questions, such as “How many times and Ludacris’ Tej Parker briefly pulls the movie can a movie show a car tire spinning in slow out of a daytime TV-type story. motion?” Apparently, the answer is “all of the Now that there have been eight of these times.” The action this franchise so desperatemovies, the need to crank up the action is ly clings to has become tedious and the only evident. Director Gray aims to top every sinway to make the original characters interesting gle car action sequence ever made, and the is, well, by adding more characters portrayed piece set on the streets of Manhattan actually by actors better than Diesel. @chiccywood

THEATER

‘The Gospel’ performed by three brilliant actors

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

Wasn’t there a method used at one time to quit smoking, and it involved locking someone into a closet or small room and telling them to chain smoke for hours? Personally, I preferred cold turkey, but that may be the same kind of “discord” one might expect if these three brilliant gentlemen were locked up to debate the gospel.

That is what WaterTower Theatre brings to the debate table in its next offering Friday, April 14 through Sunday, May 7 with the regional premiere of Scott Carter’s “The Gospel according to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord.” One of Dallas’ favorites, Emily Scott Banks directs the show.

Ian Ferguson, JohnMichael Marrs and Jeremy Schwartz play, respectively Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy. As a refresher if needed (and not to hurt anyone’s feelings), Jefferson was a founding father; Dickens was the

Photo by Kelsey Leigh Ervi

(Left ro right) Ian Ferguson, John-Michael Marrs and Jeremy Schwartz perform in "The Gospel . . . " at WaterTower Theatre.

Victorian novelist behind A Christmas Carol, while Tolstoy penned War and Peace. Witnessing this team of high-level thinkers hash out their views of scripture and the true meaning of existence has to be, well, heady.

Carter apparently has the gift of comedy, as shows up in his executive producer role of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

The creative team includes Scott Banks as director, as well as stage manager, Caron Grant; assistant stage manager, Joe Heike; set designer, Bradley Gray; costume designer, Sylvia

Fuhrken Marrs; lighting designer, JoJo Percy; sound designer, Kellen Voss; dialect coach, Anne Schilling; and dramaturge, Kyle Eric Bradford.

Scott Banks is known as both a director and performer, while serving as theatre director at WaterTower Theatre and actor/director at Stage West in Fort Worth.

For ticket sales and additional information, visit boxoffice@watertowertheatre.org or call 972-4506232. WaterTower Theatre is located at the Addison Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Road.

17.3 million viewers. ***ABC’s “Scandal” has dropped from 12.7 million to 8.3 million viewers in two years time. And the network’s “Modern Family” has fallen from 11.9 million to 9.1 million. ***CBS’ “Madam Secretary” averaged 14.3 million viewers in the 2014-15 season, but currently is down to 11.2 million. ***And NBC’s “The Blacklist” has taken the biggest plunge of all, from an average of 13.8 million viewers two seasons ago to 5.5 million in the current season.

To be fair, some broadcast network series have inched up slightly in two years’ time. Most of them are on CBS, where “The Big Bang Theory,” “NCIS” and “Blue Bloods” all are drawing marginally bigger crowds based on viewing over a seven-day period (Nielsen’s so-called Live+7 measurement).

Still, the overall erosion continues, with streamers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu all taking increasingly bigger bites with their onslaughts of new series while a wide variety of cable networks, led by FX, also take the play away from the once dominant broadcast networks.

Audiences are all over the place now, with more choices than ever — and on their own time rather than at appointed hours. We now live in times when Fox’s “The Mick” has been renewed despite averaging just 3.9 million viewers (in the Live+7 Nielsens) during its ongoing first season.

Two or three TV seasons from now, 3.9 million viewers just might make you a top 20 show.

Ed Bark, who runs the TV website unclebarky.com, is a current board member of the Press Club of Dallas.

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214-461-8762 Café Express 5600 W. Lovers, #109 214-352-2211 Denny’s 2030 Market Ctr. Blvd. 214-749-6215 Dick’s Last Resort 2211 N. Lamar, #100 214-747-0001

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What you should know about photofacial

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Your face is one of the main areas of the body that immediately gives away your age. Years of unprotected sun and environmental exposure, harsh cleansers and the process of aging can do a number on your skin, making it look dull, wrinkled and splotchy.

The term “photofacial” is fairly well known and is synonymous with Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), but not all IPLs are created equal.

BroadBand Light (BBL) is simDr. Jay Burns is a nationally recognized Dr. Jay Burns ilar, but yet, a unique treatment board-certified plastic surgeon that has practiced that is used to treat a multitude of innovative plastic surgery procedures and treatments skin concerns. It works by directing short pulses of in the Park Cities area of Dallas for over 30 years. He high-energy, broadband light through complex high continues to speak nationally and internationally on tech filters over the skin’s surface. optimizing skin health. Dr. Burns can be reached at This procedure increases collagen long-term 214-823-1978, drjayburnsinfo@dpsi.org, or by visiting while shrinking enlarged blood vessels below the drjayburns.com. epidermis, which decreases redness. Other imperfections such as age spots, broken capillaries, spider This week's KEN KEN is dedicated to Hollon Meaders veins, freckles, fine lines, rosacea and other pigmentation irregularities caused by too much sun exposure are also targeted and diminished.

There are other lasers and treatments that focus on these concerns separately. However, we believe BBL is the best option to address all these concerns simultaneously. Here are a few ways BBL is different than other treatments, such as dermabrasion and chemical peels: • There is much less risk to the epidermis with this treatment because the light energy is used at a level that works more safely and does not create an open wound.

• Areas to be treated are precisely targeted, so only those areas receive the treatment, and the other areas of the skin are left untouched.

• The cooling effect that is generated upon contact ensures that your skin is not only comfortable, but also safely protected.

Many people mistakenly assume that a BBL treatment is only for the face, but this is not the case. Besides the entire face area, this treatment can also be used to address skin concerns on hands, arms, neck and any sun-exposed area of the body.

BBL is the only IPL-like device that has been proven to turn the youthful genes in the skin back on and turn off the aging skin genes. In a study from Stanford, experts showed that if patients are treated three times per year for three consecutive years, their skin genes began to outlined boxes, called cages, must look more “youthful.” Most im● Each row and each column must combine using the given operation contain the numbers 1 through 4 portantly, their simple before and (in any order) to produce the target (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) numbers in the top-left corners. after photographs improved as without repeating. ● Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with well. ● The numbers within the heavily the number in the top-left corner.

There is more good news.

4-16-17 Each BBL treatment is conveniently quick, averaging 15 to 20 minutes from start to finish.

For this reason, many patients seamlessly integrate their BBL treatment into their lunch hour.

BBL treatments are well tolerated, with short downtime, usually consisting of only an hour of flushing and redness.

Strasbourg (Alsece region) at the Château du Haut, a centuries-old castle on the Rhine at the German border. He was the only member of Mexican heritage in the entire cooking school. “They asked me if I knew how to make tortillas,” Jaime said. “I said ‘No!’” He would learn French cuisine one week and then work in a restaurant the following week.

He returned to Monterrey and worked at the prestigious Camino Real hotel. Later, he followed his father on assignment in Washington D.C. He honed his craft at the world renown L’Auberge Chez François in Great Falls, Va., about a 20-minute drive from Washington, DC, where presidents and dignitaries dine. A table reservation is typically three months out, unless you live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Jaime cooked for the Bushes (George H. and George W.) and Bill Clinton. But one of his favorite memories is cooking for Barack Obama.

“They do a background check on everyone, and if you get clearance you can cook for the presidents,” he said. “Obama likes three eggs on a plate. Organic. Everything organic.

He brought his eggs from the White House. He eats them sunnyside up from the same pan. The Secret Service comes into the kitchen every day for a week before and checks your routine.”

His father was transferred to Florida, so Jaime moved with him and began working in the French village at Epcot Center at Walt Disney World.

Later, he worked at Marriott and Hilton properties in the DFW area, including an executive chef post at the Magnolia Hotel downtown.

An old friend, who was then executive chef at Edgemere, asked

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him to join the kitchen. “He said ‘Come over here, we need some new ideas and some new people,’” Jaime said. He was content where he was. A year later, his friend approached him again. “He said ‘I really need your help here. You are going to love it.

Come work with us. You can go home at eight o’clock at night.’”

After joining Edgemere, the gregarious Jaime has not looked back. “I love it,” Jaime said. “Our menu changes every day.” He oversees 27 people and prepares meals for the restaurants Medici and Portabella Bistro, and for the health care area on the property. “It is like a family here. We know everybody [residents] by name. We know that [she] wants low sodium, no sugar or gluten-free. We know [she] only likes corn tortillas.”

He often reaches back into his international upbringing to provide the residents culturally diverse fare, not customary retirement community dinners. He offers special regional cuisine dinners every other week like Mexican, Italian, Japanese and French specialties. For the recent beginning of baseball season, he offered hot dogs, burgers and nachos. “They all love it. It was nice. The residents remember it very well,” Jaime said.

His offering for Easter Sunday includes deviled eggs, English peas and leek soup, a salad of Boston Bibb, romaine, spinach and arugula and an entrée of lamb chops with Lyonnaise potatoes and roasted beets. His dessert — in keeping with the fun — features Easter cakes and chocolate eggs.

None of his children want to follow in his footsteps as a fine dining specialist. But when Jaime was watching “Cinderella” with his family recently, he pointed out “See that castle.

I lived there.” Fitting for a chef that has become the Prince Charming of Edgemere.

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TRAVEL

Visit to Iceland reveals new superpower

By Michael Wald

is that they also generate hot water for the entire country this way so there Imagine if the U.S. is never a need to use a didn’t need to concern water heater in a builditself with oil supplies ing. And many of the from the Middle East. roads are also heated to Well, in Iceland, when Michael Wald avoid the need to plow in the oil crisis of the snow and ice. The water 1970s hit, they decided is sent by pipe throughto do something about it. Today, out the country in a grid that is Iceland generates 100 percent of similar to an electric grid, and it its energy needs from renewable only loses about two degrees of resources. Why can’t we? They temperature from the source to the have a combination of hydroelecdestination due to technically entric power, wind power and geogineered insulated aluminum-covthermal power. What I found most ered piping. interesting was the geothermal I had the fascinating experipower generation. ence of visiting one of the seven Like Yellowstone National geothermal plants in Iceland Park’s Old Faithful, Icelanders during a recent trip. The plant were also able to see geysers in generates enough electricity for the their country. In some places, they city of Reykjavik and only takes could see steam seeping to the two people to operate. It can be surface. They knew that there were monitored remotely. It was super super-hot places below the surface. beautiful in design and very clean.

Today, Icelandic scientists are the It looked nothing like the energy leaders in harnessing this power. plants I have visited in the U.S. Where we have nuclear power Maybe we can learn something heating water to turn a turbine to from our friends in Iceland. generate electricity, in Iceland they Pipes emanated from the use the natural heat underground power plant over the snow-covto do this. They drill (as you would ered tundra that surrounded it. for oil) to where the water is natAs you enter the power plant set urally hot, and they use this minat the base of a dormant, but aceral-filled water to heat pure water tive, volcano, you find a colorful that then drives a turbine engine. gift shop selling Icelandic heavy From there the system is pretwoolens and natural salts across ty much the same as our electric from a reception desk. No emgeneration system. One difference ployees needed. Should you want

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to buy something, the receptionist is there. Pass further and find a coffee shop stocked with delicious pastries. Again, only one lonely employee there. Up a flight of stairs you find a museum-like exhibit with dioramas and easy-to-understand graphical explanations of how geothermal power is generated — all in perfectly written English.

Soon we are joined by a guide.

It is evident that he has a scientific background by the way he explains geothermal energy to us and by Photos by Michael Wald how he is able to answer questions Above, hot water pipes run over snowy terrain in Iceland.

Below, a cutaway with detailed facts and statistics. of a geothermal pipe.

He knows, for example, how hot the water is at every stage and can verbally compare different energy generation systems. He runs through a set of required safety rules, such as where the emergency exits are, before he invites us to look at the “factory” floor itself.

From the second story glass-enclosed room overlooking the floor below you see a brightly colored yellow turbine generator that barely reaches our level and fills most of the space below with pipes everywhere. The pipes and the generator look like they’ve Michael Wald is a travel been cleaned recently as they glim- feel you are looking at the future.

Iceland is an amazingly technolog- specialist with special expertise mer in the sunlight. And there is ical place, not only in its energy in Panama adventure travel. He barely any noise. The generator is policy, but in almost every part of blogs about travel and other obviously running very smoothly musings at untroddenla.com. without knocking at all, like a fine- its society. Grab a winter coat in the cold or visit during the short Follow him @Adventourist and see tuned car. summer, and see it for yourself. where he is off to next.

When you look at this, you

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FJ company rebuilds Toyota icon

By David Boldt

djboldt@sbcglobal.net This week, Toyota is debuting of an off-road concept at the New York David Boldt Auto Show. That Toyota is once again contemplating a continuation of the FJ brand (its FJ Cruiser departed the U.S. market in 2014) speaks to the ongoing interest in the off-road/adventure category, as well as the almost inborn affection thousands of enthusiasts have for Toyota’s venerable FJ40. We weren’t slow to recognize it, and neither was the Miami-based FJ Company, which is in the process of opening a sales outlet in Dallas.

Within its temporary location on Maple Avenue, the FJ Company’s general manager, Joey Pomerenke, can outline for prospects the process by which they take delivery of what is essentially a remanufactured FJ Toyota. The company, in the business for five years, has what sounds like an exquisite business model in sourcing old FJs in Columbia, where the Toyota 4X4 remains a reliable go-to vehicle for almost anything on road or off. They have the requisite number of craftsmen (and 50,000 square feet) to disassemble, restore and reassemble the FJ and implement a stateside sales channel to get the rebuilt Toyotas into the hands of moneyed enthusiasts. And thankfully, at least for my ability to process all this, ‘moneyed’ needn’t be the 1/10 of 1 percent. At roughly $55K to start, even Bernie Sanders can afford one.

In a walk around provided by Pomerenke, we had a chance to examine a restored FJ roughly four years ago. Back from an off-road get-together in Central Texas, the FJ had just the right amount of dirt and dust to seem credible. The dark green exterior and black interior looked perfect for getting the FJ muddy and keeping it that way, and it has the patina of a genuine tool. And just as women get more interesting with age, so does a 40-year-old Toyota as it approaches its fifth decade.

The FJ Company’s process isn’t rocket science, but they have a demonstrated capability of dismantling the rocket, replacing and/or rebuilding everything in need of replacing or rebuilding and then reassembling those pieces into a mechanism you could drive or take anywhere. And in “Classic” form, we’ll assure you it doesn’t drive like a rocket.

This is a basic, carbureted power plant with no pretense at anything beyond getting you out there and getting you back.

To the FJ Toyota FJ California.

Company’s credit,

even the most basic FJ is upgraded to ARB’s Old Man Emu suspension, supplying a tad more ground clearance and considerably improved composure. Front disc brakes bring the slow pace to a halt, and the addition of power steering should provide a semblance of steering, something original-spec FJs delivered only at a standstill.

Of course, given the low volume and personal approach of the FJ Company, you can plan for virtually any budget. No mention of gold plating, ostrich seating or V12 swaps, but within the three additional categories beyond Classic, the company’s California, Sport and Custom should meet any perceived need this side of Trump Tower. Modifications start with the swap from a four-speed to five-speed manual transmission and escalate from there, and while more power sounds absolutely wonderful, it’s worth remembering that this is essentially a Kennedy-era platform.

You can buy one heck of a lot of Jeep Wrangler for the $50K-plus the FJ Company is asking for their Toyota. But when you do spend that money on the Wrangler, you’ll have invested in a depreciating asset. Jeeps don’t depreciate much, and a Wrangler doesn’t depreciate quickly, but that doesn’t change one irrevocable fact: when the Jeep dealer sells yours they’ll get another and another. There is a finite number of classic FJ Toyotas cruising the land, and eventually they’ll all be either rebuilt or scrapped.

If comparing your $55,000 outlay to the cost of doing an actual restoration independent of the FJ Company, know that the frustration of assembling the parts, talent and process is probably a six figure job. Time is money, and Pomerenke’s team is saving you time and, in all probability, saving you money. A bunch of money.

For more info on the product and process, visit the FJ Company’s website at fj.co or call Pomerenke at 214-550-2853.

Somewhere in their production cycle at the FJ Company, one has your name on it.

David Boldt brings years of experience in automotive retail sales and public relations to his automotive reporting. More can be found at txGarage.com.

Photo courtesy of FJ Company

Go Gruene! Historic District thrives

By Jo Ann Holt

homemade fudge, since we discovered tubing and fancy peanut butter the “world’s best waterpark” and Texas jams and (schlitterbahn.com). Booking salsas. a river cabin at The Resort at A lovely spring For my next Schlitterbahn was a summer weekend invited me Gruene shopping trip, tradition. Upon leaving the and my husband to I’ll take a female comwaterpark, we could tube back drive south from Jo Ann Holt panion. We can stay at down the Comal River to our Dallas, 243 miles on the Gruene Mansion cabin door.

I-35 to New Braunfels.

Inn — conveniently situated The first Friday of We didn’t really need any inNovember brings Wurstfest, a centive to take the test vehicle, a in the middle of restaurants and shops — and spend all day popular New Braunfels event 2017 Lexus RC 350 F-Sport, on with more adult appeal. The a road trip. Driving the F-Sport browsing. This historic house “Ten Day Salute to Sausage” inis an exhilarating experience on was built by Henry Gruene, second son of pioneer German cludes costumed revelers, polka its own. settler Ernst Gruene. After music, bratwurst and many, Thanks to Lady Bird and buying land by the Guadalupe many kegs of beer. recent rains, our drive down River in the 1840s, Ernst plantWith “Wurstfest” still a was unusually picturesque. We few months off, we satisfied our were mesmerized by a stunning ed cotton and opened a gristurge for bratwurst with dinner display of wildflowers along the mill, now the site of Gristmill River Restaurant & Bar. at Friesenhaus, an authentic road, stopping several times to We had lunch at the German restaurant. While take photos.

Gristmill (gristmillrestaurant. numerous restaurants specialNew Braunfels welcomed com) where we relished the ized in German food and beer, throngs of visitors like us Guadalupe River view from friends in New Braunfels called to Gruene Historic District the deck as much as the food.

Friesenhaus their favorite. (gruenetexas.com).

My husband pronounced his We hoped to stop by The While the district is filled gravy-laden chicken fried steak Buttermilk Café on our way with historic buildings and “a definite contender,” high out of town, since friends plaques about its early German praise from a man who knows raved about Chef Carol Irwin’s settlers, it is now a bustling his chicken fried steak. My scrumptious breakfasts. A twomarketplace. Walking around tortilla soup and club sandwich hour wait for a table made it the district, visitors can buy were also good. However, all impossible to try this time, but all kinds of merchandise. that food didn’t stop us from we’ll be back.

Antiques, boots, CDs, chileying our neighbor’s giant dren’s toys, jams and jellies, onion rings, a specialty of the Jo Ann Holt is a longtime men or women’s clothes, pickjournalist, now writing about les, salsas or Texas souvenirs all Gristmill.

During the 1920s cars, entertainment and travel. beg to go home with you.

Depression Most shops are small boutiques, each catering to a special era, the Gruene faminiche customer. Some names ly’s businesses are slightly misleading, such as all went under Gruene Eggs and Ham — not except for a breakfast café but a children’s boutique. Gruene Olive Tasting Gruene Hall (gruenehall.

Room has every kind of olive com). The oil imaginable, plus a few you never thought of, but few olives. dance hall and Besides olive oil, there’s vinegar, saloon had become the comgourmet chocolates, pesto and sauces. It’s hard to resist buying munity’s social center and one of each. never closed.

Gruene With Envy, an Gruene Hall upscale boutique owned by still draws Debbie Bell, was my favorite. big name It featured unique women’s clothes, boots and silver jewelry performers like Willie by well-known designer Dian Nelson, Lyle Malouf. If my husband hadn’t Loving and kept tapping his feet, lookHollywood’s ing at his watch and sighing Kevin Costner. loudly, I would have stayed all New afternoon.

Braunfels with My impatient spouse was its two rivers eager to go to Gruene General (Guadalupe Store, listed as “one of the 40 and Comal) best places to visit in Texas.”

Housed in a tin building, it was has been a favorite deselbow-room only with mostly Photos by Jo Ann Holt tination for male customers enjoying the my family old-fashioned soda fountain, The Lexus RC 350 got author to Gruene in style. joannholt@gmail.com

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Fashion Stars Suicide and Crisis Center Dallas Country Club

Pam and Jason Crouch, Director Margie Wright

“It’s Their Time” Alzheimer Charity Kick-Off Plaza at Turtle Creek

Paula Feinberg, Founder Leslie Ann Crozier, Dr. Roger Rosenberg, Carol Hall

Steve and Angie Crozier, Michael Hayes, Kara Crozier Kirkby

Art of Hope National Breast Cancer Foundation Dallas Museum of Art

Former First Lady Laura Bush

Emmitt Smith Charities Golf Tournament and Gala Omni Hotel

Carolyn Tillery, Event Founder Yvonne Crum, Emcee Terry Bentley Hill

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