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Lowest Greenville gets festive

THEATER

Ensemble cast makes ‘Magnolia’ characters their own

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

Lowest Greenville Fall Festival

On Saturday, Oct. 13 the Lowest Greenville Fall Festival comes to Greenville Avenue. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. some of Dallas’s restaurants, bars and shops are coming together for a day of events and specials featuring food, drinks, music, art, local vendors and lots of free samples. A souvenir Mason jar, available for $10 at the table in front of the old Blind Butcher space, is your ticket to sampling beers, cocktails and wine at participating locations. – Ariana Hajibashi

Dallas PorchFest ready to swing Dallas PorchFest 2018 on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 1 to 7 p.m. on the 4300 block of Junius Street is a free, family-friendly event featuring music, art and food. Now in its third year, Dallas PorchFest DALLAS PORCHFEST is teaming with bands that play at Sons of Hermann Hall in nearby Deep Ellum for an extensive lineup of local music including Tyller Gummersall, a rising star Americana/Texana singer/songwriter, headlining the Campfire Circle Stage Tent. – Leigh Martin

“I’m not crazy. I’ve just been in a really bad mood for 40 years,” declared Sally Nystuen Vahle as the crabby Ouizer in “Steel Magnolias,” running through Sunday, Oct. 21 by the Dallas Theater Center (DTC) at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theater.

If you are a fan of the film “Steel Magnolias,” it might be hard to imagine that role minus Shirley MacLaine.

For that matter, with the cast of strong women of Hollywood including Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts and Daryl Hannah, the bar is set high. But DTC’s cast is more than capable of the challenge, and each makes the character her own and will be remembered for it.

They each present the best characteristics of the role, like Truvy Jones, played genuinely by Liz Mikel with her generous heart and loving spirit. Mikel is both direct and empathetic. You can tell she doesn’t have a selfish bone in her body, but rather is compassionate,

putting everyone else’s needs in front of her own.

Mikel, one of Dallas’ most sought-after talents, creates Truvy as sort of an earth mother to her friends. She’s the tough-as-nails backbone of the group, with a kindness that leads everyone to her side. According to Mikel, the show of warmth between the characters is just as apparent off-stage, where they support and care for each other like family.

In the opening scene, Truvy has hired Annelle Dupuy-Desoto, played realistically, and a little pathetically, by Ana Hagedorn to work in her beauty shop. The uncomfortable, apologetic and shy young woman feels like she’s hit rock bottom.

This was Daryl Hannah’s quirky role in the film. The audience watched Annelle mature and become more sophisticated as the show progressed.

Christie Vela as M’Lynn, Shelby’s mother, is a steady influence in the dynamics, but when tragedy strikes, she delivers a powerful speech THEATER cont'd on page 9

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Tiana Kaye Blair and Liz Mikel.

Fashion Sense

Fashion X brings South Asian couture to town

No steering clear of Ultra After hundreds of steers and hours of judging, 14-yearold Ashton Floyd of the Denver City FFA took home the grand prize for her winSTATE FAIR OF TEXAS ning steer, Ultra.

The preliminary amount raised for Texas youth in the steer auction was more than $1.3 million. The Youth Livestock Auction brings families and friends together for an occasion that benefits the community in addition to providing fairgoers with some good, old-fashioned fun. – Karissa Condoianis

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INSIDE

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Fashion X DFW

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Scenes from the 2016 Fashion X DFW show.

By Leah Frazier leahfarizer.com

Dallas is a style-driven city, a globally-recognized hub for luxury shopping (The Wall Street Journal), an international designer’s dream and the brainchild for some of the most innovative retailers and districts in the fashion industry.

But with the boom of new fashion startups, innovative technology, digital influencers and more — is Dallas truly on the map in

the bustling world of fashion?

The question looms year after year, from the mouths of experts, industry insiders and its players. Some say “yes,” while others say “never.” One man, however, Matt Swinney, is set on changing the trajectory for the international fashion scene — not just in Dallas, but also in Texas overall.

Inspired by his recent travels to Lahore, Pakistan, Swinney’s eyes were opened to a new world of glamour — one that he wants the

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whole world to see. This year, the Fashion X founder and Austin resident is highlighting South Asian designers for the first time, in honor of its fifth annual Fashion X DFW event being held at Sixty Five Hundred on Saturday, Oct. 13. In a highly publicized East Meets West theme, Fashion X will showcase many designers hailing from Pakistan and India, as well as designers native to the North Texas region.

One Indian designer, Varun Bahl, has graced

Vogue India and is considered to be the Versace of Indian couture design according to Silk Threads' Dallas-based designer, Ruby Bhandari.

“Dallas is such a unique and multi-cultural city,” Swinney said. “We felt that bringing an authentic international fashion event was a logical choice. Dallas is so supportive of the fashion industry, and we knew the market would be completely open to a new type of runway fashion cont'd on page 9

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

No pigging out at this BBQ

By David Mullen

best and uncomfortable looking at the worst …

Watching “Shark Tank” is a guilty pleasure. As the Does anybody really show enters its 10th seafollow the instructions on son on ABC, here are the a bottle of shampoo? Does most popular businesses anyone actually repeat after the lather and rinse David Mullen the sharks have invested in. Lori Greiner has hit two part? If you followed the legitimate home runs using QVC instructions, wouldn’t that mean your shampooing experience would as a platform. The two products are somewhat related. The Scrub never end? Reminds me of the old Daddy, a sponge that turns soft in bar sign “Free beer tomorrow!” … warm water and firm in cold water, Some quick sports notes. My sleep pattern has yet to fully recover from has more than $100 million in sales.

And the Squatty Potty, a stool pogetting up and watching the 2018 sition to the base of the bowl, has Ryder Cup golf matches from Paris been a huge hit with more than $30 on television at 2 a.m. And after million in 2017 sales. Daymond the way the U.S. played, now I am John invested in a company with experiencing nightmares … Went sock, er, socks. He invested in to the Dallas Stars opener on Oct. Bombas, which sells high-quality 4. With the light show, the music, socks and donates a pair to comthe energy, the Ice Girls, seeing old munity outlets and homeless orgafriends that you left last season and nizations for every pair sold. With a young team playing well, it made the company making $50 million for a wonderful evening of enterin 2017, John’s investment has yet tainment. The Stars provide the to hit a snag. And Shark Robert best live presentation of the four major sports in the area ... And why Herjavec's $100,000 investment in ugly sweater company Tipsy is it that the pre- and post-game Elves in 2013 has turned into more shows on MLB Network, ESPN, than $50 million total sales since.

NFL Network, Fox, etc. continue Amazing that something so ugly can to show retired players in suits and capture the attention of consumers. have them swing bats, run plays or The Shark Tank, including Mark throw footballs? It is an annoying Cuban, did pass on porch security trend that smacks of some consulproduct/app Ring, which is now tant coming in and saying this is valued as a $1 billion company … something fans want. It is corny at david@katytrailweekly.com

National Dessert Day is Sunday, Oct. 14. Area El Fenix restaurants are celebrating by offering a free mini Sopapilla with an adult entrée purchase.

Go to elfenix. com/offers to download the coupon ... Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, activist and author of the book And the Spirit Moved Them: The Lost Radical History of America’s First Feminists, chimed in recently to discuss an event her daughter Kathryn Rombs is hosting. The “Ball in the Ball. A Festive Gala Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae,” will be on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Cloud Nine at Reunion Tower. “My daughter is being very modest,” LaKelly Hunt said. “It belies the number of scholarships it will generate. But she is also promoting motherhood, values and cultures.” Co-sponsored by the Diocese of Dallas and the University of Dallas, tickets are $125 per person and $75 for guests. More

OPINION

Texas home for population growth

By Joe Ruzicka

joe.c.ruzicka@gmail.com If you haven’t been paying attention, we have had a population explosion over the last 25 years in North Texas. A city that barely Joe Ruzicka cracked the top 10 back in the 1980s is now a metropolitan area that continues to surge in population by leaps and bounds. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest population estimates, DFW had a 146,000-resident increase in 2017. That puts DFW as the fastest growing metro area in the U.S. At a little over 7 million people total, the DFW metro area ranks fourth in total population behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. It is expected that DFW will surpass Chicago in the next 10 years to take over third place. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, of the counties that ring Dallas-Fort Worth — Collin, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Hood, Hunt, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell and Wise — 74 percent of their growth came from migration.

Think about that for a moment. DFW will be larger than the Windy City or Houston, or pretty much any other place save two spots on opposite coasts called NYC and LA. Pretty astounding, if you ask me.

What is causing the inf lux of migration to the Lone Star State? Three simple things: jobs, jobs and jobs. Plenty of high wage, blue collar jobs abound here and that attracts lots of folks from places where the economy is simply not doing well.

Additionally, white collar jobs have also followed with the relocation of major companies like Toyota and Liberty Mutual, while local Fortune 500 staples such as Exxon and AT&T have also expanded.

But jobs are not the only thing that

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CRIME WATCH Oct. 5 – 3:06 p.m.

3300 Block, Lee Pkwy. (75219) Theft from Person: An unknown suspect grabbed the complainant’s wallet and phone from his/her hands.

Oct. 5 – 5:39 p.m.

3100 Block, Hudnall St. (75235) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s U-Haul while getting gas.

Oct. 5 – 9:24 p.m.

5500 Block, Greenville Ave. (75206) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect broke the passenger window and stole property.

Oct. 5 – 9:48 p.m.

400 Block, S. Market St.

has contributed to the population boom.

The oil and natural gas expansion has had a major impact on our f lourishing Texas economy, while low taxes and a family-friendly environment have also contributed to attracting thousands of people to Texas. DFW Airport, a major hub in the middle of the country, makes it easy to travel across the country in half the time that a bicoastal trip would take. The weather isn’t too bad either. The exception being those few weeks in the summer where it is over 100 degrees for a considerable stretch.

But maybe one of the biggest attractions to moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area is affordable housing. Average home prices in the Dallas area were ranked third most affordable according to the National Association of Realtors for 2018.

With a median home price of $268,200, most folks can get what they desire in terms of a roof over their heads and even a little more.

If you want a 4,000-square-foot McMansion in the former blackland cotton fields of Frisco, Plano or Prosper, we have a deal for you (minus any shade trees). Reasonable schools, plenty of chain restaurants and a few good places to shop have made those northern communities in Collin and Denton counties ground zero for growth. It’s a place to have a huge house and a wood-fired grill restaurant located only a few short miles from each other. Some refer to it as Suburbalicious!

So if you are one of the 146,000 who moved here over the past year, we would like to present you a laurel and a hearty welcome. But don’t forget that we reserve the right to give you a Bless Your Heart when you ask for beans in your chili or ketchup for your steak.

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.

(75202) Aggravated Robbery of an Individual: The unknown suspects struck the complainant in the face with a gun and stole property.

Oct. 6 – 6:31 a.m.

4400 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75219) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s business and stole property.

Oct. 6 – 9:30 p.m.

2600 Block, Allen St. (75204) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s residence and stole property.

Oct. 7 – 12:58 p.m.

900 Block, Texas St. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect broke the rear windshield and stole property from the complainant’s vehicle.

Oct. 7 – 1:40 p.m.

2500 Block, Cedar Springs Rd. (75219) Theft of Property: The suspect stole property out of the complainant’s purse.

Oct. 7 – 9:24 p.m.

2400 Block, Routh St. (75201) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle.

Oct. 8 – 6:22 p.m.

4600 Block, Insurance Ln. (75205) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect broke the complainant’s vehicle window and stole sunglasses.

Oct. 8 – 6:49 p.m.

5000 Block, Fuqua St. (75206) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s doorbell.

Oct. 8 – 6:59 p.m.

3400 Block, Knight St. (75219) Assault: An unknown suspect hit the complainant.

William "Bubba" Flint — Special Contributor

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Removing the Alamo? According to the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio city officials insist a historic monument must be relocated as part of the $450 million plan to redevelop the Alamo. The 1930s Cenotaph doesn't fit on-site and obscures views. They say the city isn't considering leaving the 60-foot (18-meter) structure in its current location. The monument honors Alamo defenders killed in the 1836 battle. I hope officials resist putting a Starbucks in the current, soon to be former, location

… This is a fun event that keeps getting bigger. The Fourth Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship fires up on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of Sunnyland Patio Furniture, at the corner of Spring Valley Road and Coit Road. The daylong festival brings together the National Cuisine of Texas and the Dietary Laws of the Bible. Texas Radio Hall of Famer Jody Dean, who has reduced his role at KVIL, returns to host the competition, which is sanctioned by the world-renowned Kansas City Barbecue Society.

UPTOWN GIRL

Confirmed: Let the battle begin

By Ryann Gordon

has risen as a result of this entire fiasco is To follow up on my a huge separaarticle last week, I’m divtion between ing back into the topic that Republicans has stirred the nation conand secutively for weeks and, Democrats more than likely, caused my Ryann Gordon (not to menreaders some discomfort. tion many It’s happened. The U.S. has women and officially confirmed its new the entire entity of our U.S. Supreme Court justice and, government). There has always boy, do I wish him luck. been ongoing disagreements Aside from Brett between the parties in our Kavanaugh, I’ve got to wish bicameral nation; however, the a lot of people a great deal of claws are bared now, ready to luck in this next phase in poldevour. Why did we have to itics. It’s not going to be an add more fuel to the flame? easy one. Justice Kavanaugh While Kavanaugh’s redisplays many of the qualities spect for women is still up for that could be considered most debate, despite him hiring an detestable when assessing the all-female group of four law desired demeanor and morale clerks, there is one group who of the highest judges in the we can 100 percent expect him land. He’s harsh, self defento judge unfairly, and that is sive, somewhat arrogant and his opposing party. Despite his an admitted heavy drinker. radically conservative views Congratulations, America! that have created a natural tenWhether Kavanaugh still sion with the left-wing, a much participates in acts of wild larger debate has risen on bedrinking, he has lost the privhalf of his confirmation. Some ilege to admit or deny his exmight call it war. tracurricular activities. And Throughout this entire when he perhaps lied about investigation, there has been his past on the stand? Despite an aggressive dissent toward that, there is one major issue the judge from the Democratic that overrides all of the judge’s Party. In turn, Kavanaugh’s character flaws — his bias. distaste for liberals has The main problem that grown from a traditional

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disagreement to a full-fledged crusade. And the battle begins.

Democratic leaders have relentlessly interrogated and challenged the Republican judge on both his political views and his character. Liberal activists have protested, provoked and essentially condemned Kavanaugh, storming the Capitol for weeks, harassing him on social media and chasing his supporters from restaurants and other public places.

The entire left-wing has poked and prodded the man to near insanity, as we saw in his confirmation. And we don’t expect them to stop anytime soon.

Thus my question returns, how much unbiasedness can we truly expect from our newest Supreme Court justice?

Perhaps Kavanaugh will strive to see through the eyes of his opposers, at least at times, and remain true to the system of justice that he vowed to uphold. The only advice I could give to those let down by this confirmation: Don’t give up hope. Who knows how Justice Kavanaugh’s reign will continue down the road, but as I’ve said before, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

The opinions expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Katy Trail Weekly.

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MULL IT OVER

Automobility

By David Mullen

By David Boldt

The American League and National League Championship Series are set, and starting this week it will be a battle of the best four teams in baseball.

The Milwaukee Brewers have the probable NL MVP in Christian Yelich. The Boston Red Sox, with 108 regular season wins and coming off a 3-1 ALDS victory over their rival New York Yankees, possesses a powerful lineup that includes AL MVP favorite Mookie Betts.

In March, 2018, I made my predictions for the NL and AL playoffs. I had the Brewers and Colorado Rockies playing in the Wild Card game with Colorado winning. Pretty close. The Brew Crew caught the Cubs on the 163rd game of the season, won the division and the Rockies beat the Cubs in the Wild Card. I had the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the Western Division, which they did in a playoff.

My only wrong pick was the Washington Nationals to represent the National League in the World Series. But as we have found out, Washington has been a major disappointment in more ways than one this year.

I predicted that the Los Angeles Angels would be facing the New York Yankees in the American League Wild Card game. Turned out it would be the upstart Oakland Athletics.

I had the Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Yankees as the final four in the AL. Those picks were spot on.

I still like the Astros going to the World Series one more time and winning its second straight World Championship. I think they will beat the Dodgers again. The Astros are good, young, deep and have a chip on their shoulder. The team just doesn’t feel that they get the credit they deserve. Playing Boston, they now hit the prime time and East Coast television audience.

The Red Sox will be tougher to beat than the Dodgers. Defending champion Houston is a model team for the future of baseball, and a team that the Texas Rangers should try to emulate.

••• It is the end of an era. For 25 years, Kevin Curley, 60, has run the Shamrock Shootout golf tournament, and what a run it has been.

What began as a fundraiser for the bygone downtown Dallas St. Patrick’s Day parade has become a resource vehicle for local charities,

Having worked at various dealerships throughout the ’80s and early ’90s, I opted to return to the showroom — a Volvo showroom — sometime around 2001. This was an interesting time for Volvo; the brand’s curvaceous S60 was attracting new customers, while exploding the brains of Volvo owners still liking their Swedish sedans upright and open. The new S60 was suddenly a viable alternative to the BMW 3 Series, an attribute not shared by previous Volvo sedans. And while almost 20 years later the Swedes would seem to have once again hit their product stride, it’s only with the intro of the XC40 that Volvo has an appropriate successor to its 245 wagon.

That 245, and the relatively upright 5-doors that both preceded and succeeded it, offered solid quality and voluminous utility. And while their spec didn’t deliver what you’d call precise handling, a Volvo wagon’s on-road behavior was vastly better than that offered

by Ford, Chevy or Buick.

The newly introduced, not-quite-compact XC40 crossover is exactly what you’d hope a Volvo crossover would be, with a footprint (174 inches in overall length on a wheelbase of 106 inches) that seems just right, comfortable seating for five and 20 cubic feet of stowage with the second-row seat up. And the impression for the

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Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers. the promoting of education and helping Irish causes.

During its tenure, the tournament has been played at Plantation Golf Course in Frisco, Gleneagles in Plano, Tour 18 in Flower Mound and Stephens Park in Dallas among others. Originally, it was a celebrity tournament. “We had celebrity entertainment in a cart barn,” said Curley, a graduate of Villanova University and owner of Curley Financial Group near Preston Center on Sherry Lane. He pulled back on the entertainment aspect because of high costs and focused on being able to provide a better golfing experience and more contributions to charities.

The tournament has raised more than $1.5 million, and is hoping to raise $75,000 this year. More than $500,000 has gone to numerous charities in Ireland and Northern Ireland including Autism for Ireland, Integrated Educational Fund and Cranmore Integrated School.

“Some of my great memories I can’t repeat,” Curley said with a laugh.”But really it is the amount of people that come in for the tournament. This year, we will have people from New York, people from Philly, Florida and we have people come in from Ireland every year. It has become a national event, and has been fun to hook up with those people.”

This year, the 25th and final Shamrock Shootout will be held on Thursday, Oct. 18 at The Tribute at 1000 Lebanon Road in The Colony. Registration begins at 11 a.m. (when the pub opens) and a shotgun start begins at 1 p.m. More information can be found at shamrockshootout.org.

And what about the luck of the Irish?

“We have only had one hole-in-one in all those years,” Curley said. “Maybe we will have one this year.”

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Mental FOCUS

Why I decided to study brain health

By Leigh Richardson leighrich55@yahoo.com

We decided to move forward with this neurofeedback for my son, and after 10 sessions, his self-confidence and self-esMy story starts when teem greatly improved. That’s when I my twin boys were in the decided to not only utilize this practice for second grade. One of them my son, but to invest myself in it, become a was crossing the street, master of it. while the other was nearby.

I went to the University of North My son, who was crossing Texas and did my didactic training, and the street, was hit by a car, then interned with the same neurologist and my other son saw it whom I had started with, Dr. Jonathan Leigh Richardson Walker, a pioneer in the field of neurofeedhappen before his eyes. My son, thankfully, was OK. back. After working for him for five years, It’s what happened later to I wanted to take neurofeedback even furwhich I attribute my midlife career change. ther and incorporate biofeedback and cognitive After recovering from a concussion and behavioral therapy into a whole-brain training other trauma as a result of the incident, my approach. son appeared to have healed fully. We were So, in 2009, I opened my own practice able to move on. But, when he entered the fifth with a medical director in a clinic, operating grade, he came to me one day and said, “I have under the basic medical model. When I realADHD.” I said, “You don’t even know what that ized it wasn’t going in the direction I foresaw, is.” He said, “Yes, I do. I can’t pay attention or I created my own standalone behavior center: remember anything. My brain’s just not workThe Brain Performance Center. It was my calling right.” ing. With all the technological advancements I visited my son’s school counselor because in the field, there was so much more I could be he wasn’t failing, and I figured if his grades doing. I couldn’t limit myself anymore. Rather, I are lowering, it could be because fifth grade is couldn’t limit others as to how much they could a hard year. She told me that my son may not heal. have ADHD, but he did in fact seem lazy. I In the end, I found more than a solution to wondered if that could be true, but when she my son’s problems. I found a passion. I found a gave me her advice, which was to “put him on way to help others, and I tapped into a potenRitalin,” I knew I would have to find a different tial within myself that has healed and will heal solution. other people’s sons and daughters, sisters and I spent hours in front of the computer brothers, and so on. And to all the parents out researching, and eventually I found a neurolthere, my message is don’t give up. Don’t stop ogist who used a treatment called neurofeedlooking. There are solutions out there. Never back — a form of biofeedback that relies on take the first thing that comes your way. Keep brainwave patterns, showing the brain’s activity searching and do your due diligence. It’ll pay off (or how a person’s brain is functioning) in real in more ways than one. time. Based on neuroscience, neurofeedback A Fox News Radio contributor, Richardson treatment helps people learn to improve and has spent her educational and professional career strengthen brain waves, which then improves learning human behavior. She holds a Master learning, focus and attentiveness, and by deof Science in Counseling from the University of fault, emotional and personal well-being.

North Texas and is working to integrate cognitive These were things my son was struggling behavioral therapy into the treatment programs with years after the accident. The symptoms for many clients. In April 2009, Richardson were so strong, they had appeared as ADHD. opened The Brain Performance Center.

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Oct. 12

300 Reunion Blvd.

Dallas, 75207 214-445-6398

Hyatt Regency Dallas – Dallas’ five most recent elected mayors, including current Mayor Mike Rawlings, will speak at the Dallas Friday Group’s 40th anniversary event. The panel topic will be “The History of Dallas: A Mayors’ Panel Discussion” and include Rawlings and former Dallas Mayors Steve Bartlett, Ron Kirk, Laura Miller and Tom Leppert. Moderating the panel will be Lee Cullum of KERA’s “CEO.” 11:30 a.m. $75-$90.

Oct. 12

1225 N. Riverfront Blvd.

Dallas, 75207 214-621-0448

The Empire Room – The 20th anniversary of The Ashford Rise School of Dallas & The TouchDown Club of Dallas Rise Roundup celebration will feature a performance by headliner Pat Green and opening act Five Islands, live and silent auctions, food from Ferris Wheelers, open bars, dancing and more. One hundred percent of the proceeds of Rise Roundup go directly to the children at The Ashford Rise School of Dallas. 7 p.m. $150-$250.

Oct. 13

3505 Maple Ave. Dallas, 75219 469-551-9100

Reverchon Park – The Liver Life Walk DFW, presented by The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas, is their fifth annual family and dog friendly fundraising walk. The event will feature a DJ, face painting, warm ups, local sports team mascots and more. All walkers who raise $100 or more will receive the National Walk Shirt. 8:30 a.m. FREE!

Oct. 13

2616 Olive St. Dallas, 75201 972-528-0067

Happiest Hour – Harwood International will present their second annual charity concert, “Hope Fest: Live from Harwood.”

Performers include Kyle Hutton, Cas Haley and a surprise notable country artist. Hope Fest benefits four charities: Connecting Point of Park Cities, Cornerstone Achievement Center, The Huckleberry Foundation and Majesty Outdoors. 4 p.m. $45-$200

Oct. 13

5900 Bishop Blvd.

Dallas, 75205 214-768-4189

The Meadows Museum – Its inaugural Masterpiece Gala, presented by Sewell Automotive, will launch an endowment fund for the Meadows Museum’s Director of Education position. The event will coincide with the much-anticipated exhibition, “Dalí: Poetics of the Small, 1929-1936,” on view now through Sunday, Dec. 9. This is a black tie event. 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 15

4847 W. Lawther Drive Dallas, 74214 214-841-2831

The Point at CC Young – “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” is a hands-on class for CPR basics and to get people of all ages educated on this life-saving technique. Open to the public. 10 a.m. FREE!

Oct. 16

2719 Routh St. Dallas, 75201 214-871-2440

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture – The Dallas Institute’s Louise and Donald Cowan Center for Education is hosting the first ever North Texas Humanities Consortium. Dr. Mark Bauerlein, author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, Professor of English at Emory University and Senior Editor of First Things will be the keynote speaker. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10.

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Charity

Sp tlight SEEDS OF AFRICA FOUNDATION

Providing education and economic independence to the families of Adama, Ethiopia. independence

By Sally Blanton

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?

A I founded Seeds of Africa (SOA) in Adama.

SOA has been providing free education and community development programs to Ethiopia since 2007. SOA focuses on two main program — Seeding Education and Sowing Community.

QW hy are you passionate about helping this

charity? Do you have a personal story to relate?

My commitment to SOA stems from being only one generation removed from living a life of poverty and the realization that education was the key to my family’s economic freedom.

Q A bout how many people are served each

year?

The Seeding Education program helps 210 students and Sowing Community has directly caused a 50 percent increase in household income for 150 women who have used their micro-loans and business skills to launch thriving local businesses such as souks, injera baking, animal herding and hair salons.

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QW hat is your facility like?

A Students study math, English, science, etc.

and are encouraged to work on creative projects that challenge their critical thinking. We have small classrooms and highly-qualified teachers because we believe in maintaining a low 10 to one student/teacher ratio.

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QW hat is the most important thing your

nonprofit does for that community?

SOA helps individuals with solutions that directly address the unique challenges found in poverty-stricken communities.

The Sowing Community program provides expanded economic access, creates jobs for women, and provides courses in adult literacy, small business literacy and micro-loans to empower women to start small businesses. The Seeding Education program operates a full-time school in Adama.

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QW hat is rewarding about your job?

A Seeing the way our education and com-

munity development programs cause individuals to creatively solve their own problems and to establish their own economic

QW hat sort of volunteer jobs are available?

A We welcome SOA donors and supporters to our campuses throughout the year and will launch our volunteer program in 2019.

QW hat are some goals, and what does the

future hold for your charity?

We want SOA to become a catalyst for changing the Ethiopian education system in order to spawn economic independence.

Our goal is to replicate the SOA model to become a countrywide community-centered education program.

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Atti Worku, founder and CEO, provided this information.

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recipe of the week

‘Chefs for Farmers’ continues to grow Slice into the gold standard

By Dotty Griffith

By Dotty Griffith

A little event that started eight years ago as a “long table” dinner for 125 has grown into a three-day celebration of farmers by chefs with a major party Dotty Griffith each day to accommodate an anticipated 3,000 participants. manageable “Chefs for Farmers” fesfor chefs tival happens Friday, Nov. 2 to and farmers.

Sunday, Nov. 4 this year, starting Participating out with a major soiree at the Ritzchefs recCarlton. The kick-off Fall Harvest CHEFS FOR FARMERS ommend and Backyard Fest sounds a lot The crowd at Chefs for Farmers' Main Event. the farmlike the cookout and hootenanny ers who are Chef Dean Fearing hosted at The Jeremie Robison, City Hall Bistro; showcased.

Mansion on Turtle Creek years ago John Franke, Sixty Vines; Josh Saturday’s Street Food Night before he moved to his eponymous Sutcliff, Mirador; Juan Rodriguez, Market at Victory Park features restaurant at the R-C. Other naMagdalena’s; Mark Daverio, local chefs Kent Rathbun of Shinsei The Ranch at Las Colinas; Matt tional culinary stars “cooking and and Imoto; Nikky Phinyawatana jamming” with Fearing (who plays Pittman, Meat Church; Misti of Asian Mint; Angela Hernandez a mean guitar) include Wolfgang Norris, Petra and the Beast; Nathan of Fine China at The Statler; Luis Puck, Robert del Grande and Tate, Rapscallion, Boulevardier, Olvera of Trompo in Oak Cliff; Norman Van Aken.

Hillside Tavern; Omar Flores, Matt Ford of Billy Can steakhouse Despite the focus, the organizWhistle Britches; Robert Lyford, in Victory Park; Jesus Carmona of ing vision and energy for the event Patina Green Home and Market; Tacos Mariachi, and Ryan Olmos isn’t a chef or a farmer. Iris Midler Sharon Van Meter and Thomas of Cibo Divino Marketplace, Sylvan Archer, 3015 at Trinity Groves. has been the guiding light and 30, West Dallas. impetus since she and now former The Main Event grand finale is husband, chef Matt McCallister, FEARING’S FALL HARVEST AND a Sunday afternoon picnic on the first brainstormed how to support BACKYARD FEST grounds of historic Dallas Heritage the burgeoning community of Fearing’s Restaurant Village at Old City Park. Admission Ritz-Carlton, Dallas farmers growing specialty produce includes tastes from chefs who use to provision Dallas restaurants.

2121 McKinney Ave. locally grown ingredients, dozens The festival “is a real feel-good Friday, Nov. 2, 7 to 10 p.m. of wineries, breweries, distilleries, event,” Midler said. “We still can’t $175 local food artisans, DJs and live accommodate all the chefs who music. Bring a blanket and sit on want to participate on Sunday,” STREET FOOD NIGHT MARKET the ground. the main event when chefs and Victory Park Sunday Main Event chefs infarmers partner in booths and pass Saturday, Nov. 3 clude: Abraham Salum, Salum out tastes of dishes made with the VIP $95; 6:30 to 10 p.m.

Restaurant; Alex Astranti, Uchi growers’ ingredients. This year’s General admission $75; 7 to 10 and Uchiba; Andrea Shackelford, proceeds will go toward building p.m.

Harvest Seasonal Kitchen; a greenhouse for youth offendChristopher Patrick, Abacus; ers as part of their work-training THE MAIN EVENT Dan Landsberg, Dragonfly at rehabilitation.

Dallas Heritage Village Hotel ZaZa; Doug Pickering, “Chefs for Farmers” can’t stop 1515 S. Harwood St. Ferris Wheelers Backyard and growing for several reasons. More Sunday, Nov. 4 chefs want to be part of it; the num- BBQ; Eric Freidline, Sevy’s Grill; VIP $150; 2 to 6 p.m. and VIP Jacob Williamson, Five Sixty by ber of farmers keeps increasing; Lounge access and popular demand has expanded Wolfgang Puck; Janice Provost, General admission $99; 2:30 to 6 Parigi; Jared Harms, Pyramid exponentially. The Main Event on p.m.

Restaurant and Bar at Fairmont Sunday is limited to 2,000 winers Dallas; Jeffery Hobbs, Slow Bone; and diners to keep the crowd size chefsforfarmers.com

Burrata cheese is a ball of fresh mozzarella filled with fresh cream, about the size of a tennis ball.

Delicate and creamy, burrata is the gold standard for salads with fresh tomatoes.

This recipe comes from Front Burner Corporate Chef John Franke. The dish is on the menu at Sixty Vines, a wine bar concept from the Front Burner restaurant group. There’s a new Sixty Vines in Uptown at the Crescent Court.

Sixty Vines is part of the Chefs for Farmers lineup.

In keeping with the mission of Chefs for Farmers, Franke recommends using locally grown produce and Texas olive oil for the salad.

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SIXTY VINES BURRATA WITH GRILLED TOMATOES AND BASIL PESTO 1 slice ciabatta bread, 1-inch thick 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons olive oil 3 local Campari tomatoes Kosher salt Fresh ground pepper, from a peppermill 1 tablespoon Basil Pesto (see

below) 1 burrata 1/2 teaspoon micro basil Brush the slice of bread with 1 tablespoon olive oil on both sides and place on a hot grill or griddle.

Grill for 1 minute on each side to create moderate grill marks or lightly toast.

Rinse and dry tomatoes. Toss the tomatoes with 1 teaspoon olive oil, dash of salt and 2 turns fresh ground pepper and place on a hot grill or griddle. Grill for 6 minutes total, rolling around to grill all sides, until skin is blistered On a plate, brush the basil pesto across, or just pool on the plate.

Place bread over pesto and top with grilled tomatoes and burrata. Sprinkle with dash of salt and 2 turns fresh ground pepper, 1 teaspoon olive oil and micro basil.

BASIL PESTO In a blender jar, combine 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 8 ounces basil leaves (no stems), 2 cups olive oil, 1 1/2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper and 4 teaspoons kosher salt. Blend on high for 5 minutes or until smooth.

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Burrata with grilled local tomatoes at Sixty Vines.

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Hammer and Nails

Issues inheriting property

By Stephan Sardone

stephan@sardoneconstruction.com

By Candy Evans

candace@candysdirt.com There’s a little neighborhood you’d be hard pressed to find unless you were looking for it. Nestled in a slim strip of nature that backs up to the Katy Trail at 2706 Turtle Creek Candace Evans Blvd., it is the most wonderful glass house you are ever going to find, anywhere in the world.

If you were a developer back in the 1980s, you’d have given this area a hard pass — unless you had vision. A gentle reminder that in 1979 one of the most incredible restaurants in the world was created in a private home, built in 1925, just across the street from this neighborhood. That restaurant, of course, is the venerable Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. So, imagine if you will for a moment that back in the 1920s, a homeowner had a vision that was enjoyed by the likes of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Tennessee Williams.

It took continued vision to create a restaurant out of this noble home because the neighborhood had grown a bit dodgy.

Just off Turtle Creek between Oak Lawn and what is now Uptown, one had to have not just foresight, but also funds, because from what we’ve been told, the banks were not on board with developing this area.

But, as people began to discover the Mansion in the 1980s, those with imagination also discovered that little strip across Turtle Creek Boulevard. I remember when Park Bridge Court was being built, and I could not imagine why, because this was not what Dallas was all about at the time. Back then, the general thought process was bigger and better. But slowly, on this narrow strip of land, some interesting things began to unfold, and one of the first was this incredible glass house built by architect Jonathan Bailey as his Dallas base.

Bailey is one of a handful of leading international architects in the hospital industry.

He builds big, beautiful, hightech medical centers all over the world with the same environmental empathy as he has built his own glass house. You are not likely to ever encounter this sort of construction because there is just one Jonathan Bailey and unless you score one of his homes in another country, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Bailey was living at Gillespie and Sale Streets in the early ‘90s and was attracted to a sore spot of land off Gillespie. He saw potential, a gem in the wilderness. It was not just wilderness, it was basically a garbage dump full of brick, trash and right next to a parking garage.

The city had no clue what to do with this area. Remember, this was years before The Katy Trail was even a germ of an idea. On the plus side, the site had been home to the original location of Lamberts Nursery, so there was an abundance of trees.

“The whole feel was garbage and concrete,” Bailey said.

“I thought what would be logical for me, is instead of doing concrete or asphalt, the house needed to be the opposite of what was here. So, I did a solid glass house.”

Bailey designed the house while he was living in London in 1995, in what he says was about 15 minutes. As a classically trained pianist, he designs to music. He’d seen the way the moonlight hit the landscape and designed his glass house to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Handing it off to his team to do the construction documents, he hired a friend who is a commercial contractor, and the result is a glass house that is absolutely stunning and almost imperceptible from its surroundings.

Briggs Freeman Sotheby

This one-of-a-kind glass house, located at 2706 Turtle Creek Blvd., is listed at $4.22 million.

“The house cantilevers off of what would normally have been columns in the corner,” Bailey said. “So, you don’t have a reference point with the house not having corners. There is nothing that keeps it from the trees. Most of the walls open up, and it throws people off when the doors are open, and the screens pulled back. You realize you are in a treehouse. You are literally standing on a huge balcony that is the entire second floor. It’s not big, but I do things to change the perspective. The second you move columns off the corner of the building, the perception is that the building is a lot bigger.”

Bailey has also installed a 29 x 45-foot mirror that reflects the entire three-story glass house and further plays with the perception of space.

The 2,900-square-foot three-bedroom, three-bathroom glass house was designed so you don’t have to turn on a light. The depth is only 17 and-a-half feet wide, so it allows sunlight throughout the space. It’s also incredibly quiet and secure as there is gated access to the street and the home is six feet off the ground! “Glass is the highest form of security you can provide in a piece of architecture,” Bailey said. “It’s a very secure property.”

Bailey told me people are drawn to lying down on the floor when they visit. “They come in, go upstairs, and they want to lay on the floor, Bailey said. “It’s great because,” for an architect, it’s an honor when someone gets it.

You lay on the floor, and you don’t see the ceiling, just the canopy of trees. When it is raining, or snowing, or lightning, you are one with nature. You forget you have glass around you. It’s very calming. You feel you are outside, but you are inside, surrounded by glass.”

Don’t be surprised, if you’re lucky enough to see this amazing glass house, to be greeted by a rather large and extremely friendly family of raccoons that live around the home. This house is a nature preserve in the heart of the city, so it’s not surprising to find that the squirrels and raccoons have gravitated to this glass house.

Bailey has trained them, they know their names, and they’ll expect a Cheeto or two—so come prepared!

“They come up to the house on their hind legs, like penguins,” Bailey said. “They knock on the door. Once you train one, they replicate the behavior. When I approach the glass, they all stand there, and they know they have to go in order. They can’t jump ahead in the line for their Cheetos! The moms keep their babies here because it’s safe. They consider us part of the family.”

“This glass house is a living piece of art,” Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s listing agent Pogir Pogir said. “Bailey has designed a sculpture to live in that is the most dramatic, spectacular, extraordinary and inspiring home you can imagine.”

I completely agree and am headed to get a bag of Cheetos right now so I can feed the raccoons and lay on the floor!

Pogir has this spectacular, one-of-a-kind glass house listed for $4.22 million.

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Suddenly, the time has come where you have inherited property from a parent or relative. As executor, this can be a thankless job. As a beneficiary, it can lead to some internal squabbles.

According to Texas law, probate is the official way that an estate gets settled under Stephan Sardone the supervision of the court. A person, usually a surviving spouse or an adult child, is appointed by the court if there is no will or nominated by the deceased person's will. Once appointed, this executor or personal representative has the legal authority to gather and value the assets owned by the estate, to pay bills and taxes, and, ultimately, to distribute the assets to the heirs or beneficiaries.

In all states, creditors have a right to make a claim against a probate estate for money that is owed to them by the decedent.

And creditors' claims have a priority over the beneficiaries' rights to distribution from the estate. The executor has to do three things in any probate: collect the estate's assets, pay the estate's debts and distribute the estate's remaining assets to the beneficiaries.

In a recent report, real estate broker and author of The Unexpected Sale: Guidance for the Executor/Administrator of an Estate Alex Lehr added some excellent perspective. “Inheriting a property can come as a shock and may feel like an insurmountable obstacle,” said Lehr, “especially in the wake of a family tragedy or death, being the executor of an estate can be challenging. And usually the biggest asset in an estate — and the most difficult to resolve — is a house.”

Lehr provides a list of important decisions the executor might face when a house is part of an inheritance: To keep, rent or sell. Competing interests among siblings can make the right decision difficult. “Caught in the middle, the executor has to ask the heirs to keep their emotions under control and put the rational facts on the table,” Lehr said. “Selling is often the best decision if medical bills, tax issues or other reasons require cashing out. And it produces a specific amount that can be divided equally.”

Can you manage a property investment? When considering keeping the property in the family, the executor needs to be objective about the beneficiaries’ dependability. “Would you choose the other beneficiaries to be your partners in any long-term investment?” Lehr asked. “Could they get divorced, go bankrupt or bring other entanglements?” And if you decide to rent the property, Lehr says there are issues to consider such as the local market for rentals and your ability to maintain the property.

Establishing value of the property. If one heir or beneficiary wants to buy the house, the estate must determine the market value and get a fair price for the heirs and beneficiaries. “One way is to get two appraisals and to look at estimates from a real estate website such as Zillow,” Lehr said. “Alternatively, the executor can put the property on the market with the expressed provision that one of the heirs has the right of first refusal to match the highest offer.”

Repair and renovate? The executor must make sure the house is maintained in good condition, necessary repairs are carried out and that it’s kept insured. “An executor can be personally liable for failure to maintain a property that results in losses for the heirs,” Lehr said. “But how much work is worthwhile before putting a home on the market? That’s a big question that depends on the property and circumstances.”

Furnished or unfurnished? It’s not unusual for an inherited home to be filled with a 30-year accumulation of stuff. “In most cases, when the property goes on the market, thinning out the furnishings will help it show better,” Lehr said. “Nine out of 10 buyers first see the home in online photographs.

“Being an executor is a high-responsibility, time-consuming and often thankless job that people often take on while grieving,” Lehr said. “It’s up to the executor to assess not only the physical assets of an estate, but also the people and emotions involved.” Let’s hope it is a situation you don’t have to face soon.

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THE GOOD WORD

Bring your brain to church

By The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata Rector, Saint Michael and All Angels

For many people who wish to participate in faith communities, one of the most significant stumbling blocks is often the lack of intellectual rigor. To be a part of many churches, faithful members often feel as though they have to check their brains at the door. This certainly does not mean that faith practices in those churches aren’t rigorous, but in conversations with those I meet around the city, many find that critical thought is ignored.

The Bible forms the foundation of my way of life. But I believe the Bible should be interpreted. A literal understanding of the Bible is problematic for many reasons. The Bible is a group of books gathered together to tell the story of humanity’s experience of God throughout centuries. Yet in recent history, the incredible, true story the Bible tells has been reduced to a litmus test of literalism for anyone wishing to find and follow God, and that misses the point. The Bible is the story of humanity’s experience of God and was never intended to be scientific or literal.

As a Christian, I choose to seek and follow Jesus Christ and to be transformed by God’s way of love. This way of life helps me answer the questions of why we are here and how we are to live. This goes hand-in-hand with the intellectual discoveries that help us know how the world works, the essence

of science. Both can be spiritual experiences, and both help us achieve our created purpose.

Churches should not ask you to ignore what you learn in the world, but allow our knowledge of the world to teach us more about God’s reality. It’s the rare person who hasn’t considered the fundamental conflicts between our intellectual experience of the world and the teachings of many religious groups. These stories of the Bible are true, but some are not historic. In other words, the stories communicate a deep truth about God, about us and about our world, but they are not meant to be a replacement for intellectualism. Yes, God is the creator who loves us and loves us enough to give us the gift of curiosity and discovery, including the scientific way our world functions.

Whenever I teach or preach, I often have the opportunity to place our sacred scriptures into historic and cultural context. Just as disciples have done since the very beginning, churches should take the old stories, in context, and apply them to our current day in ways that make sense and can be applied to our lives. Time and time again, as members and friends of Saint Michael and All Angels hear the sacred scriptures interpreted in context, they respond with such energy!

I believe in God’s continued participation in the world. Although the Bible is part of God’s story, this story continues to be revealed to us in and through our churches

by Stella Wilder

Those who go it alone this week, whether by choice or otherwise, will certainly have a harder time of it than those who have the advantage of working closely with trusted partners. The times do not favor solo efforts — though it is possible that a few may be successful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You’re going to have to do things according to the book today; any attempt at shortcuts will prove difficult and may be punished. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – You have what you need to move forward at a steady pace this week, but one piece of bureaucratic red tape may stand in your way. You can cut through it!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) Keep accurate records this week,

especially when things do not go entirely according to plan. You never know when you must defend yourself. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – An authority figure may confuse the primary issue this week by asking you and other underlings to do what has already been done.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) There is no wiggle-room when it comes to a key issue this week; right is right and wrong is wrong — and you know which side you’re on! (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You haven’t yet received something that you’ve been lacking for quite some time, and you’re going to have to make up for it in a way that is new and untried.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) A creative approach allows you to prevail where others only meet with disappointment and failure.

This week can be yours! (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – Your mind may turn to an idea that you know is not ideal, but it is one that you can work with to turn the odds in your favor.

Take the risk!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You’ll benefit all week by making an early start on as many days as you possibly can. Delay this week may prove disastrous. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You may be feeling very far away from one who usually provides you with inspiration and comfort. This week, you must do that for yourself whenever possible.

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and we need our hearts and minds to remain open to that revelation.

Our world has changed and continues to change, and so should our church. That Rev. Dr. Christopher change can D. Girata scare us, especially those who are grounded in specific traditions that seem fixed. Yet God is alive, God’s story is true and God wants us to be part of that story that continues to transform our world.

When we gather to worship, we should be reminded of our sacred opportunity to witness to the love that passes all understanding. We should be reminded that through our own transformation, we can help transform the world for good. God loves you, no exceptions. And if you don’t know that, or your church doesn’t believe that, then find a church that does. We need to be reminded of that truth every day, and reminding us of that truth is what a church should do best.

The Rev. Dr. Chris Girata was called to be the eighth Rector of Saint Michael and All Angels in Dallas and started his ministry at Saint Michael on Aug. 15, 2016. Chris is a native of Florida, a classically trained musician and an amateur cook. He and his wife, Nicole, have three children.

Your Stars this Week The coming week is likely to prove quite attractive at the outset, presenting all manner of opportunities and rewards — or seeming to. The truth, however, is that there is much work that must go into each endeavor if it is to fulfill the expectations that most have as the week opens. He or she who wishes to succeed this week must be willing and able to dig deeper than usual, and to stick with jobs that are hard and unpleasant far more faithfully than usual. This week, the adage will prove quite true: The harder one works, the more fun one can have.

But it’s not likely to be true in the reverse: Fun itself must not be mistaken for hard work!

46. Something to bat 49. Brown color 52. Silent dwarf 53. “Annabel —” 54. Goofballs 58. Ms. Thurman 59. Bakery goods 61. “M*A*S*H” clerk 63. Plenty 64. Drops behind 66. Implored 67. Sugar cane products 68. That fellow’s 70. More than serious 71. Less expensive items 73. Pine product 74. Cool 76. Pioneered 77. Cures, as cement 78. Online activity 79. Part of the eye 80. Is a party to 82. Sugary drink 83. Unskilled worker 84. Burlap fiber 85. Collected sayings 86. Lasso 89. Army vehicle 90. Grooves 91. Sea raiders 95. Search engine find 96. Raids 98. Learning 99. Pub furnishing 100. Han Solo’s love 102. Mauna — 103. Peeress 104. Sound in body 105. Painful 106. Make certain 108. Perjurers 110. Latest 112. Maiden-name

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may hear of things that are happening in the shadows that affect you in ways you hadn’t expected. This new knowledge makes a difference. (March 6-March 20) – You’re not about to allow someone to break the rules this week if you’re not able to break them yourself. It’s all one thing or the other.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) You are eager to take advantage of a new sense of independence, and yet it may only be illusory.

The truth is revealed this week.

(April 5-April 19) – Include others in your plans this week and you’ll find that you benefit in new ways from considering alternative perspectives. You’re not always right!

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You want to pass on certain duties to someone else at this time — but to whom? Study those around you; someone’s strengths will be revealed. (May 6-May 20) – You’re not going to smooth over a difficult situation the way you always have in the past. This week, there is more going on than you know at first.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You are eager to share both knowledge and skills with someone who you know can benefit from what you’ve learned recently. Don’t hesitate! (June

12. Census info 13. Londoner’s apartment 14. Computer guru 15. Support 16. Period of maturity 17. Not pickled 18. Remove chalk 19. Slow to learn 23. Horses’ digs 31. Cunning 33. Wall climber 35. Least messy 37. Contented sigh 38. Flocks 40. Bulrushes 45. Copied 47. Stadium cry 48. Junior 49. Weed preventer 50. Plains tribe 51. Basketball player 52. Hills and — 53. Hobbling 55. Duplicity 56. Marsh stalker 57. Molts 60. Conjecture 61. Undersized pup 62. German white wine 65. Anwar of Egypt 67. Horse color 69. No —, ands or buts 72. Ride a bike 73. Give a whack 74. Tennis court dividers 75. Tugs hard 78. So-so grades 79. Sitar kin 81. Worms and minnows 83. Flower part

84. Group of peers 85. Buenos — 86. Bylaws 87. Curie daughter 88. Top choices (hyph.)

89. Namath or Montana 90. Fishing gear 91. Hollows 92. Not a soul (2 wds.)

93. Skirt panels 94. Icy rain 97. “Nightwave” artist Georgia — 98. Singing bird 99. Cried noisily 101. Despots 103. Extols 104. Pay attention to 107. Ump’s cousin 109. — Holm of “Alien” 110. Irritation 111. Pinching 114. Gleams 116. Bouquet seller 118. Zodiac sign 120. Esoteric 121. —’wester 122. Name for a lion 123. Citation 124. One-celler (var.)

125. Brief review 128. — luego!

130. Appraised 131. Bring cheer 132. Hits the ceiling 133. Dane’s neighbor 135. Unbounded joy 136. Piccadilly statue 138. Cad’s rebuke 143. Almond or hickory 145. Yale alum 147. Curly’s tormentor

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CANCER (June 21-July 7) You mustn’t let any negative feelings carry over from last week to this. Try to approach everything at this time with a positive attitude. (July 8-July 22) – An old friend may express amazement when he or she realizes that you’re still making a success of an old and familiar endeavor. It’s not “tired,” surely!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Focus on what bothers you this week and address it directly when you can. Anything that lingers is likely to stand in your way at this time. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You’re eager to step in and protect a friend or loved one from himself, but you may have to wait a few days until the timing is just right. Don’t be premature!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) Instructions will be hard to follow this week no matter what the activity. You must be ready to improvise when necessary; trust your instincts. (Sept.

8-Sept. 22) — The stakes are likely to be unusually high this week, and yet you may feel comfortable doing what others consider dangerous or even foolhardy.

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Neil Armstrong portrayed as distant in ‘First Man’

By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood

“First Man" begins with Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) zipping through the clouds in the X-15 experimental aircraft. Armstrong looks up and sees the vastness of space, yet nearly every second of this intense, white-knuckled opening sequence feels claustrophobic.

It gets more unbearable as each second passes with the camera only holding still long enough to focus on Armstrong’s wide-open eyes.

That is how director Damien Chazelle chose to start “First Man” and it perfectly sets up the professional demeanor that Neil Armstrong held for his entire piloting career. However, once Armstrong is on the ground, his remote personality led to conflict with his wife, Janet (Claire Foy), and distance from his fellow pilots. Apparently, Chazelle and screenwriter Josh Singer applied Armstrong’s traits to their film as well, as it’s all procedure, grief and elbow grease with exactly zero moments of joy. It’s

shot beautifully by cinematographer Linus Sandgren, directed to technical perfection by Chazelle, and Gosling’s quiet, subdued performance drives the film, but it’s sorely lacking in any emotion other than sadness.

The majority of the movie takes place between Armstrong’s start with NASA in 1962 and the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. After a family tragedy, Neil, now-pregnant Janet, and their son move to Houston to work with the burgeoning space program.

The cast of actors portraying the various real-life people is literally a who’s who of male character actors, with Kyle Chandler, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll and Jason Clarke as the stand outs.

The training and a handful of the Gemini and Apollo missions are touched on with the Apollo 1 testing tragedy as a turning point.

By this point in the movie, “First Man” has hammered home that Armstrong does not handle human loss in a healthy way. Gosling does an excellent job conveying his inner turmoil and struggle simply with silence and the look on his

face. There can be no doubt that he’s in agony, but he never lets any of it show to anyone.

The problem with “First Man” is the choice to stay true to Armstrong’s actual persona. The main character only shows emotion once or twice and it keeps the entire movie at arm’s length. It’s a catch-22 that actually is a detriment to other characters and their development since we only see everything through Armstrong’s eyes.

That cold approach to the story absolutely neuters Foy’s performance as Janet. She becomes a one note moment of clarity for Neil and serves the movie only to scold him for not being present.

It’s a horribly written role and there’s literally nowhere for her to go with it.

That being said, once Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin (Stoll) and Michael Collins (Lukas Haas) climb into the Apollo 11 module, “First Man” is literally and figuratively out of this world. There have

been rocket launches in movies before, but none have made you feel part of it like this. The metal screams, fire and smoke shoots everywhere and the sound is so intense that it rumbles your seat.

“First Man” becomes almost a Kubrick-like experience once Armstrong and Aldrin are on the Moon. There is very little sound and when Justin Hurwitz’s score kicks in, it hits all the right notes and perfectly conveys the overwhelming scope of what these men have done.

But that’s it. “First Man” doesn’t celebrate it. A “rah-rah-go Team America” scene wouldn’t fit, but the movie makes the landing a “thank goodness that’s done” moment instead of a momentous one.

“First Man” is a very good movie that could have been great.

It gets you to the Moon, but never in to the puzzling persona of Neil Armstrong.

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Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in “First Man.”

Uncle barky's bites

The curious case of the missing news anchor

By Ed Bark

unclebarky@verizon.net We haven’t had a column of “Random Nibbles” in a while. So let’s do it.

First, a few words about Steve Martin and Martin Short. If their show gets anywhere near North Texas at some point in the future, you’ll thank yourself for being there.

Saturday night’s two-hour performance at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., was a case study of two old pros in perfect sync with each other. The official subtitle of the show is “An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life.”

Which is false advertising, because it was a night to remember from start to stop.

A shorter version of the show can be seen on Netf lix, where it’s been up since May. But the live show is the one to see, particularly since Martin’s banjo-picking collaborators, the Steep Canyon Rangers, gets a full chance to shine on their own instead of being one and done on Netf lix with Martin as the center point.

Some of the material is the same, most notably Short’s solo antics with an assist from pianist

Jeff Babko. But the Hollywood stories that Martin and Short regale each other with varied from Netf lix to Saturday night’s show at WinStar.

Some of their polished putdowns of one another also got something of Ed Bark a makeover.

Whatever show emerges, they seem to be having great fun with one another while mostly touring on weekends.

In the near future, the closest they’ll be getting to Dallas is a Friday, Nov. 30 engagement at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Ark. That’s roughly a fivehour drive. But if you go, you’ll be trippin’ all the way back.

••• People have been asking about what’s happened to WFAATV (Ch. 8) anchor Cynthia “Izzy” Izaguirre, who’s been off the air since early September. No, she’s not leaving the station. But she is taking an “adoption leave” to bond with her and her husband’s new child, which will be their third.

Izaguirre is also having surgery on Friday, Oct. 12 for undisclosed reasons. In an Oct. 1 post on her Twitter account, Izaguirre thanked fans for their concern and said she’ll “see you in a few months.” But in an

WFAA-TV

Cynthia Izaguirre. earlier Facebook post, Izaguirre said she will be back on the air

by Monday, Oct. 29. That timetable since has changed, she told your correspondent this week.

Izaguirre said she now “definitely” will miss the November ratings “sweeps” period, which starts on Thursday, Oct. 25.

WFAA remains “my home away from home!” Izaguirre said.

“I’ve been humbled by all of you inquiring about my whereabouts.”

••• CBS11 has a fair number of vacancies to fill. The station’s husband-and-wife team of weekend anchor Dan Haggerty and lead consumer reporter Cristin Severance has now officially left the building. Their new work home is Portland Ore.’s KGW-TV,

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where he’ll be the “main anchor” and Severance will join the investigative unit.

“We truly loved our time here, but the opportunity was too good to pass up,” Severance said.

They originally joined CBS11 on Sept. 21, 2015, and had their twin sons, Will and Miles, during the three years they spent at the station.

CBS11 is also still without a permanent replacement for former weekday 6 and 10 p.m. co-anchor Kaley O’Kelley, who left on May 23 in pursuit of a “better work/life balance.”

She soon found it at Phoenix’s KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate where O’Kelley is now a weekday morning anchor. She arrived at CBS11 in 2015 from a rival

Phoenix TV station, KTVK-TV. ••• NBC5 weekend anchor Cory Smith had planned to leave the station in December (when his contract expired) after his departure was announced by the station in early July. He didn’t know where he’d be going at the time, but is now already there.

Smith’s first day at NBCowned WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. was on Oct. 1. His replacement at NBC5, Laura Harris from WFTS-TV in Tampa Bay, Fla., was announced back in July.

His parents still live in Oak Cliff, where Smith was born.

The “family reasons” cited for his decision to leave are a little complex.

“My wife is from England,” Smith said. “So moving to the East Coast splits the geographic difference between the two sets of in-laws. If we have kids, the grandparents will both have to travel the same distance to see them ... My contract was up (at NBC5) at the same time my wife is finishing her PhD, so this allowed us to pick the next place we live together instead of her making the sacrifice and following me around.”

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Our Favorite Restaur ants American — Homestyle Beck’s Prime 5931 Forest Ln. 972-661-8681 Bubba’s Cooks Country 6617 Hillcrest 214-373-6527 Mama’s Daughters’ Diner 2014 Irving Blvd.

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214-748-2700 Asian — Japanese — Sushi Blue Sushi Sake Grill 7859 Walnut Hill, #100 972-677-7887 Sushi House 5619 W. Lovers Ln. 214-350-2100 Sushi Kyoto II 6429 Hillcrest Ave. 214-520-9991 Ten Ramen 1818 Sylvan Ave. 972-803-4400 WaiWai Kitchen — Sushi, Noodles 4315 Lemmon Ave. 214-520-8868 Bakery — Desserts — Ice Cream Celebrity Café & Bakery 10720 Preston Rd,#1016 214-373-0783 Crème de la Cookie 6025 Royal Ln. 214-363-4766 6706 Snider Plaza 214-265-5572 Einstein Bros. Bagels 3827 Lemmon Ave. 214-526-5221 6011 Royal Ln. 214-265-1435 6109 Berkshire Ln, #A 214-691-2445 Gigi’s Cupcakes 5450 W. Lovers, #130 214-352-2253 Highland Park Soda Fountain 3229 Knox St. 214-521-2126 Marble Slab Creamery 3001 Knox St., #103 214-219-0300 6130 Berkshire Ln. 214-369-5566

Mojo Donuts 6522 Lemmon Ave. Mustang Donuts 6601 Hillcrest Ave. The Original Cupcakery 2222 McKinney, #230 Paciugo 3699 McKinney Ave. Pokey O’s 3034 Mockingbird Top Pot Doughnuts 8611 Hillcrest, #195 Yummy Donuts 4355 Lovers Ln.

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Bar-B-Q Aloha Hawaiian Barbecue 5601 Lemmon, A-1 214-521-8868 Big Al’s Smokehouse Barbecue 3125 Inwood Rd. 214-350-9445 Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 2324 McKinney Ave. 469-248-3149 Katy Trail Ice House 3127 Routh St. 214-468-0600 Peggy Sue Bar-B-Q 6600 Snider Plaza 214-987-9188 Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que 1820 W. Mockingbird 214-352-2752 Bars, Pubs & Taverns 6th Street Bar / Uptown 3005 Routh St. 214-965-0962 Big Al’s McKinney Ave. Tavern 2907 McKinney Ave. 214-969-1984 British Beverage Co. 2800 Routh St., #115 214-922-8220 The Corner Bar & Grill 4830 McKinney 214-219-8002

The Ginger Man - Uptown 2718 Boll St. 214-754-8771 The Idle Rich Pub 2614 McKinney Ave. 214-965-9926 Nickel and Rye 2523 McKinney Ave. 214-389-2120 The Quarter Bar 3301 McKinney Ave. 214-754-0106 Time Out Tavern 5101 W. Lovers Ln. 214-956-9522 Uptown Pub & Grill 3605 McKinney 214-522-5100 Windmill Lounge 5320 Maple Ave. 214-443-7818 Breakfast and/or Lunch Bailey’s Cafe 2525 Inwood Rd., #123 214-350-9445 Original Pancake House 2900 Lemmon Ave. 214-528-7215 4343 W. NW Hwy,#375 214-351-2012 Two Sisters 3111-C Monticello 214-526-1118 Burgers, Deli & Sandwiches Blues Burgers 1820 W. Mockingbird 214-750-9100 BGR — The Burger Joint 3001 Knox St., #108 469-941-4471 Burger House 6913 Hillcrest 214-361-0370 Chip’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers 4530 W. Lovers Ln. 214-691-2447 East Hampton Sandwich Co. 6912 Snider Plaza 214-363-2888 Gazeebo Burgers 5950 Royal Ln. 214-368-3344 Goff’s Hamburgers 6401 Hillcrest 214-520-9133

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Great American Hero 4001 Lemmon Ave. 214-521-2070 Hunky’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers 3930 Cedar Springs 214-522-1212 Jake’s Hamburgers 2702 McKinney, #101 214-754-8001 Jersey Mike’s Subs 3001 Knox St. 214-520-7827 5301 W. Lovers Ln. 214-350-7611 8411 Preston Rd., #118 214-691-7827 Mooyah Burger 6713 W. N.W. Hwy. 214-987-2666 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 5921 Forest Ln., #100 972-392-7771 Smashburger 4235 W. NW Hwy, #100 972-220-1222 Snuffer’s 8411 Preston Rd, #112 214-265-9911 Subway — SMU area 6935 Hillcrest 214-444-9068 Village Burger — West Village 3699 McKinney 214-443-9998 Wild About Harry’s — Katy Trail Serving up Harry’s mother's recipe of creamy frozen custard in many flavors made daily, award-winning hot dogs & a friendly atmosphere, Harry's has become the place to eat and relax for everyone.

Open: 10 a.m. — 10 p.m., 7 days a week. www.wildaboutharrys.com 3113 Knox St. 214-520-3113 Chinese Howard Wang’s China Grill 3223 Lemmon Ave. 214-954-9558 4343 N.W. Hwy, #345 214-366-1606 Royal China

6025 Royal Ln., #201 Wang’s Chinese Café 6033 Luther Ln.

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Coffee & Specialties Drip Coffee Co. 4343 W. Lovers Ln. 214-599-7800 Oak Lawn Coffee 2720 Oak Lawn 214-219-5511 Sip Stir Cafe 3800 McKinney, #180 214-443-9100 Starbucks 2801 Allen St., #180 214-965-9696 3216 Knox St. 214-520-2273 4343 W. NW Hwy. 214-654-0704 Union Coffee Shop 5622 Dyer St. 214-242-9725 Eclectic Angela’s Cafe 7979 Inwood Rd. 214-904-8122 Black-Eyed Pea 3857 Cedar Springs 214-521-4580 Bread Winners Café & Bakery 3301 McKinney Ave. 214-754-4940 5560 W. Lovers, #260 214-351-3339 Buzzbrews 4334 Lemmon Ave. 972-521-4334 Café Brazil 3847 Cedar Springs.

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 Eden Rest. & Pastries

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Ethiopian Dallul 2515 Inwood Rd, #117 214-353-0805 French Rise No 1 Salon de Souffle 5360 W. Lovers, #220 214-366-9900 Toulouse Café & Bar 3314 Knox St. 214-520-8999 Whisk Crepes Café 1888 Sylvan Ave. 469-353-9718 German Kuby’s Sausage House 6601 Snider Plaza 214-363-2231 Greek Greek Isles 5934 Royal Ln. Little Greek 9665 N. Central Exwy.

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THEATER cont'd from page 1 with anger resonating from the bottom of her feet. She’s authentic enough to put the room on edge.

Dahlia Al-Habieli’s cozy beauty shop in a small Louisiana town is the only set and serves its purpose well as a trusted gathering place for six women to share their friendship. They know each other well, and share each other’s stories, both wonderful and brutal.

Sally Nystuen Vahle’s ornery Ouizer and Nance Williamson’s sophisticated Clairee have an ongoing tit-for-tat, abrasive on the surface, playful beneath. Ouizer to Clairee, “If you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me.” Nance Williamson’s Clairee to Ouiser, “Why you in such a good mood? Did you run over a small child or something?”

In 1987, Robert Harling wrote “Steel Magnolias” and it ran Off-Broadway for more than 30 years. When he wrote the play, the writer’s heart was with his sister, who had passed away at a young age. “All I wanted to do was have somebody remember her,” he said in an interview. The story was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1989.

Tiana Kaye Blair portrays Shelby, a bride-to-be

with a dark cloud hanging over her in the form of diabetes. But Shelby will not agree with her mother, M’Lynn, played authentically by Christie Vela, to slow down and take care of herself — but prefers to live life to its fullest, despite possible consequences.

When all is said and done, Truvy declared, “There’s a strict policy that I’ve stuck to for years … there’s no such thing as natural beauty.”

The Dallas Theater Center at Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is located at 2400 Flora St. For tickets and additional information, visit dallastheatercenter.org.

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show. After visiting Pakistan and becoming incredibly inspired by South Asian culture, I know the Fashion X audience will be blown away by the intricate details of the garments, jaw-dropping textiles and stellar craftsmanship of the South Asian fashion designers.”

Swinney and the Fashion X team are traveling to Houston and Austin with the South Asian-inspired runway spectacular, with its final stop being in Dallas. Other wonders include Austin-based Bridal Motif, Maryam Khizer, Rana Noman, the artistic Erum Khan and Dallas-based Silk Threads

by Ruby Bhandari. Other designers will also include Miles David, newcomer Valerie Garmino, Fashion X veteran Abi Ferrin, Shusi, House of Cynthia, House of Dasha and more.

“I think it will be impossible to NOT be inspired by this show. The fabrics truly are some of the most stunning I’ve ever personally seen,” Swinney mentioned.

“The hand beading, the feathers, the colors — it’s all just so incredibly beautiful. I hope attendees can see themselves in some of the pieces or at least Leah Frazier modified versions of them. I think they’ll also start to see some differences between Pakistani fashion and Indian fashion — most Americans probably don’t know the difference, but by the end of this show, they’ll start to see the subtleties. Anytime we can help educate the customer on unique cultural fashion is a huge opportunity and we take that very seriously.”

The Fashion X DFW 2018 show will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at Sixty Five Hundred, 6500 Cedar Springs Road.

Tickets begin at $35 and go up to $250 for VIP front row seating. Visit dallas.fashionx.co for more details.

Leah Frazier is an award-winning fashion entrepreneur based in Dallas with almost a decade of fashion and lifestyle reporting under her belt. Her continued coverage of Dallas fashion and events can be found at inspirenstyle.com.

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Travel

Toronto public transit needs improvement

By Michael Wald

wald.world@yahoo.com You’d think that a city the size of Toronto would have a good subway system, but think again. I recently visited as part of a large group convention there. The convention had several tables set up to answer questions about public transportation. I had what I thought was a simple question, which I posed at the transportation tables several times, and I never could get a straight answer: How do I buy a senior fare ticket? Finally, I got the answer at the tourist information center in the main train station, Union Station.

“It’s complicated,” the tourist specialist explained. And, indeed, it is.

Toronto has multiple systems of public transport. The Go system

takes people by trains and buses to suburbs and beyond. The UnionPearson (UP) train only goes to the Pearson International Airport.

Then there is a system of subways, buses and trolleys, all under the label TTC (Toronto Transit Commission). You can transfer between TTC modes of transit but not onto the Go or UP. I was staying near a trolley stop on the edge of the city. To get to the city, I’d have to change to the subway. The answer to my question was multi-faceted. First, you have to have exact change, as no change is given. So I asked what the exact fare is for seniors. I was given several different figures. Turns out the fare is $2.10. The newer trolleys have machines that do not function well. None of the ones I tried worked. And to get a transfer is a separate transaction from buying the ticket, also done at the machines that mostly don’t work.

You can buy tickets for a day pass or week pass. These, however, cannot be purchased onboard.

Only certain stations sell these, and there is no central list of which ones. At the

main station, due to extensive construction, the ticket booth was moved and hidden in a place that was impossible to find.

Unless your closest station sells these day and week passes, you have to pay a fare to get to a subway station that does, effectively increasing the cost of a pass by one ride. Now suppose I wanted to wake up and take the trolley into the city. If I bought a day pass the previous day, it would not work for the new day when I woke up. So, the day pass system is flawed unless you happen to be located at a station that sells them.

With a system so obviously not user-friendly and complicated, it’s no wonder that no one at the transportation desks at the convention was able to help me.

If you are planning on traveling in Toronto using public transportation, I suggest you consider a week pass if you will be in town a while to avoid these problems.

Toronto, if you are listening, in this one respect, you can do better.

This needs improvement.

Parenthetically, many downtown neighborhoods of Toronto are west and north of the subway lines, meaning that you use trolley lines to access them on public transit.

Visit Kensington Market, Little

MICHAEL WALD

Kensington Market (below left) and a trolley in downtown Toronto (above).

Italy, Koreatown, Little Portugal and Chinatown to see what I mean.

These are old, historical neighborhoods with beautiful row houses on connecting streets between the main streets of Queen, Dundas and College, starting a few blocks West of Yonge, the principal downtown shopping street, where Toronto’s biggest shopping center, Eaton Centre, is located, said to attract a half million visitors a year, more than Disney World and Disneyland combined.

While we’re talking about markets, the best market to see, by

far, is St. Lawrence Market, voted

by National Geographic twice as the nicest in the world, with good reason. Don’t miss the downstairs part and the adjoining market under a tent. Each part of this market has its own distinct character, and all are great. Hint: visit hungry.

Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel. He blogs about travel and other musings at www.UntraveledPlaces.com. Follow him @UntraveledPlace and see where he is off to next.

STATE FAIR OF TEXAS

Visionary sisters elevate women’s fashion and confidence

By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com

Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Grace Kelly each spent more than one ninemonth period of their lives sharing their bodies with another human in the making. As high-profile women, each had the challenge of looking beautiful during those precious times. Debbie Reynolds, Lucille Ball and Judy Garland had the same dilemma of how to “hide” their pregnancy. All those women would probably roll over in their graves today if they saw the popularity of proudly showing off or even emphasizing that baby bump, occasionally showing skin, like Demi Moore did on the cover of Vanity Fair in Aug. 1991.

Fortunately for those celebrities, three inventive sisters in Dallas had recognized a need and set out in 1938 to create the first maternity fashion line. Women everywhere wore maternity clothes from the first label in that market, Page Boy Maternity Fashions.

The 2018 State Fair of Texas “Celebrating Texas Innovations” exhibit in the Hall of State features a wide variety of innovative products created by Texans. The Page Boy Maternity line was groundbreaking in the late 1930s and had a reach far beyond its origin in Dallas.

If you’re a woman of an age to remember Page Boy’s label and retail stores, you may not realize that the first maternity fashion line was “born” in Dallas and set the fashion world on its ear. In fact, one of its flagship stores was in NorthPark Center.

Edna, Elsie and Louise Frankfurt were the pioneers behind the Page Boy brand and its impact on the fashion market. In 1937, Elsie told her sister, a pregnant Dallas secretary named Edna Frankfurt Ravkind, that she looked like “a beach ball in an unmade bed.”

Elsie had studied accounting and design at SMU. She cut up one of Edna’s pre-pregnancy suits and remade it as a maternity ensemble in the slim silhouette of the day.

The sisters opened their first boutique a few months

STATE FAIR OF TEXAS

Edna, Elsie and Louise Frankfurt of Dallas were the early pioneers behind Page Boy Maternity Fashion, the subject of an exhibit at Fair Park's Hall of State. later, strategically situated on ground floor of the office building occupied by most of the Ob-Gyns in Dallas.

The youngest sister, Louise, was a fashion design major who joined the family firm in 1941. With her she brought the engineering skills to beef up the line. According to Kay Goldman’s Dressing Modern Maternity: The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label (Costume Society of America Series), “The company’s name came from its logo of a page boy blowing a trumpet to announce the birth of an heir to the throne.”

The secret to Page Boy’s success was Elsie’s patented skirt design, which fit snugly around the hips without hiking up in front. A scoopedout window in the front accommodated the expanding abdomen; a long jacket covered the window. Ads promoted Page Boy’s skirts as “not wrap-around.” For the first time, maternity clothes resembled current fashion trends. As Elsie was fond of saying: “You can’t hide the fact that you’re expecting a child ... but you can detract

from it.”

Page Boy’s stylish designs and innovative business practices dominated the specialty lines for five decades. According to Gardner, Jackie Kennedy, one of the first victims of celebrity bump watch, was a Page Boy client. By 1950, Page Boy’s “unexpected fashions for expectant ladies” were available in five boutiques and 350 department stores nationwide.

The Page Boy maternity dress in the Hall of State’s Texas Innovations exhibit is from the Dallas Historical Society (DHS) collection.

In the 1930s the dress was surely considered quite chic.

Now eight decades later it might pass for a waitress uniform in an Interstate 30 diner. Fortunately, maternity wear has kept up with trends through the years.

DHS’s Toby Hazelip penned the information seen in the Page Boy exhibit. He wrote, “In Depression era Dallas Elsie Frankfurt and Edna Frankfurt Ravkind raised $500 and launched the daring new enterprise. Page Boy Maternity Clothing was the first to engineer Elegance

in Comfort when Louise Frankfurt Gardner joined the team. The sisters combined engineering, business and PR genius made Page Boy the foremost maternity

clothing manufacturer in the United States and Page Boy broke new ground in every direction. Innovative marketing and business strategy would make the Page Boy

label internationally known.

As a company, Page Boy would thrive till the end of the 20th century, having a rich legacy in fashion and business.”

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