While Milan prepared to host Olympic curling events, Preston Hollow’s Amy and Dahlem Dodson were already brooming, sweeping, and sliding across Dallas ice like seasoned pros.
“My husband and I have always been fascinated with curling — so much so that he froze a couple of bowls of water, used naturally shed deer antlers for handles, and we hit our frozen street,” Amy said.
They were among many neighbors who got down to the serious business of making the most of the snow and ice when schools and offices closed in the last week of January.
“School’s canceled! School’s canceled!” 10-year-old Molly Lloyd chanted happily around her family’s fire pit.
It was her third day of making s’mores with her brother and their friends — so many that they’d needed multiple Target runs.
When the marshmallows ran out, the children got creative. They burned graham crackers, tested how long it took chocolate to melt, and competed to see who could carve the deepest designs in the snow with their hot sticks. With school closed again the next day, they planned to restock and resume.
Other residents didn’t need slopes to test their outdoor gear. Sixth-grader Elliot Feinstein tried cross-country skiing, while Jan and Greg Crespi used the poles they take to Sedona, Santa Fe, and New Zealand to navigate icy sidewalks.
“They work well on really sandy beaches and rugged mountain paths,” Greg said.
Not to be left out, neighborhood pups joined the winter fun, darting through the snow and scattering paw prints across the fresh blanket of powder.
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