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Ross Perot To Be Remembered In Dallas Tuesday

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Top Stories: ➊ – Ross Perot To Be Remembered In Dallas Tuesday (Monday), ➋ – Memorial Service Planned for H. Ross Perot Later This Week (Sunday), ➌ – Tex-Mex restaurant from James Beard nominee headed to Preston Center this fall (Monday), ➍ – New “modern Chinese” restaurant set to open in Dallas’ Preston Center (Monday), ➎ – A Glamorous French Chateau Overlooking Turtle Creek Hits the Market (Thursday)

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Healthy Living for Mind & Body

Town of Highland Park (News) 7/17 12:27P

The Highland Park Harvey R. “Bum” Bright Library wants to sharpen your mind.

Celebrating Suffrage

Town of Highland Park (News) 7/17 12:26P

The Highland Park Harvey R. “Bum” Bright Library commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Travel Tips to Japan II

Town of Highland Park (News) 7/17 12:19P

The Highland Park Harvey R. “Bum” Bright Library welcomes back Natsuyo of the Japan-America Society of Dallas-Fort Worth, to talk about business etiquette and attractions not...

Learn How to Avoid Financial Scams

Town of Highland Park (News) 7/17 12:15P

The Highland Park Harvey R. “Bum” Bright Library welcomes Steve Benton of the Elder Financial Safety Center/Senior Source, to talk about the many types of scams and how to...

Parks Department to Conduct Mosquito Ground Spraying, Friday, July 19th

Town of Highland Park (News) 7/17 10:31A

The Town of Highland Park Parks Department and Dallas County Health and Human Services monitors several mosquito traps within the town limits. Mosquito samples from each trap...

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KDC Joined The 2019 Parade Of Playhouses Into NorthPark Center With A “Mooving” Bison

My Sweet Charity 7/15 8:30A Jeanne Prejean

CASA Critter NorthPark Center was in the final stages of moving in the 2019 Parade of Playhouses this past Friday morning. And wouldn’t you know it, just when it seemed like the 17 mini-mansions were...

Gospel Hour and Pot-Luck: Church Welcomes Community and Celebrates Old and New

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 7/15 3:06A Shelia Huffman

Lord, lift me up, and let me stand, a higher plane than I have found, Lord, plant my feet on higher ground was the opening hymn at Sundays Gospel Hour at Central Christian Church in Dallas. The choir,...

MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2019 Parade Of Playhouses

My Sweet Charity 7/12 2:00P Jeanne Prejean

NorthPark morning moms workout Imaginasium Writing on Lemonade Stand chalkboard It was move-in day for the Dallas CASA’s 2019 Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center. While a group of moms with...

Crystal Charity Ball Former Chairs Dined Poolside At Gail Fischer’s Estate As The Sun Set

My Sweet Charity 7/11 12:30P Jeanne Prejean

Dinner tables poolside Some folks thought that the final rain showers had fallen on Thursday, May 23, and would leave pleasant weather conditions in their wake. Wrong. Instead, it was as if June s...

Ability Connection gets into patriotic spirit, courtesy of EnAble, a PepsiCo Employee Resource...

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 7/10 8:03A Kathy Beazley

On Thursday, June 26, members from Ability Connection celebrated Americas birthday with their friends from EnAble, a PepsiCo® Employee Resource Group that promotes different abilities to EnAble all...

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Comfort from Above: Filling and Flowing

Erin Schreyer's Leadership Life Legacy Blog 7/7 4:52A Erin Schreyer

My husband and I recently took advantage of the precious time we had to ourselves while our kids were having the times of their lives at summer camp (thank you, Pine Cove !) We headed to the Florida...

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Alcuin School Celebrates 100% IB Diploma Pass Rate for Second Consecutive Year

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 7/11 5:23A Alcuin School

Alcuin School , a leader in Montessori and International Baccalaureate® education, today announced that for the second consecutive year, our graduates have received a 100% pass rate for the 2018-2019...

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New “modern Chinese” restaurant set to open in Dallas’ Preston Center

EscapeHatchDallas 7/15 8:04A Mike Hiller

New owners will try to exorcise old demons from an ill-fated restaurant space this fall when experienced Dallas restaurant manager Jia Huang opens her first solo venture, Jia...

6 Amazing Ways To Get Chilled in Dallas

Crave DFW 7/13 7:34A Steven Doyle

by Steven Doyle Ice Cream has been a perennial favorite of Americans since the beginning of our history and beyond. Thomas Jefferson had an elaborate recipe for his ice cream that took hours and...

Celebrate the Power of Mindful Living and Plant-based Food with Mastermind and TS Wellness!

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 7/8 5:13A Shelia Huffman

Learn how to nurture your brain with mindfulness and plant-based food. Join Mastermind Chief Mindfulness Officer Dorsey Standish and TS Wellness Founder Patricia Thomson on July 27 at 10 a.m. The...

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Fun In Folly Beach With Two Waterfront Prizes Under $520K

Second Shelters 7/16 4:30A Amy Puchaty

Known by the locals as the “Edge of America,” Folly Beach has long been a haven for South Carolina residents and vacationers alike. See More...

Red Gate Farm, Jackie O’s Martha’s Vineyard Sanctuary, On the Market

Second Shelters 7/14 9:00A Bethany Erickson

By 1979 when Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought Red Gate Farm at the edge of Squibnocket Pond in Martha’s Vineyard, if anyone was in need of refuge from prying eyes, it was the former First Lady. See...

California Mediterranean Meets Modern in This Luxury Highland Park Home

Candy's Dirt 7/12 4:55A Shelby Skrhak

Modern meets Mediterranean in this beautifully-updated Highland Park home at 3424 Cornell Avenue listed for $2.7 million by Rogers Healy and Associates . See More...

A Glamorous French Chateau Overlooking Turtle Creek Hits the Market

Candy's Dirt 7/11 4:55A Candy's Dirt

If you find your mind drifting off to the French countryside—where wine, cheese, and picturesque landscapes abound—then this spectacular home in Highland Park is just right for you. See More...

A Beauty And Bargain In Bar Harbor, Maine

Second Shelters 7/11 4:30A Amy Puchaty

According to USA Today , Bar Harbor, Maine, is one of the best places to buy a second home in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. See More...

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Everything is bigger in Texas — and now so is HCA

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/5 4:49A Joel Stinnett

Sam Hazen said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call that he saw future opportunities for HCA Healthcare Inc. to make “sizable acquisitions.” On Monday, the company...

New pharmacy aims for equitable care in Dallas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/5 2:14A Rebecca Ayers

Prism Health North Texas and Ohio-based Equitas Health plan to jointly open a new pharmacy in Dallas in October. The partnership centers around using an integrated patient...

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Rogue GMO Wheat – Dangers and Costs

Food Renegade 7/16 11:41A Kristen Michaelis CNC

The USDA has now identified the unapproved rogue GMO wheat they found growing in a field in Washington State last month. MON 71800 is a strain of genetically-modified wheat...

Fill Up On Color: Eat the Rainbow

Life at the Table 7/16 2:45A Chef Sandra Lewis, Life At The T

Fill Up On Color: Eat the Rainbow “Somewhere over the rainbow way up high. There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby” What does a song about childhood dreams and...

Celebration Day! 27 Years Strong

The Making of a Home 7/11 3:51A Holly K. Ross

Today is our Anniversary! 27 years ago I made the best decision of my life! As I sit here and think about what had transpired over these years, I am in awe. There is a phrase I like to use about Tony...

A Maryland Grain Grower Takes Regenerative Agriculture to the Next Step

Civil Eats 7/9 11:00P Lisa Held

In his 20s, farmer Heinz Thomet recalls asking himself: “What do you want to do with your life? Are you going to purchase some mountain valley and live a hermit life or do you want to be in the world...