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Destination San Antonio: Girls’ Trips Are Good For the Soul
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t need to wear matching shirts to have a great girls’ trip. Nor do you have to be celebrating an impending marriage or birthday.
Friends Bring Love of Art, Fashion, Design to Ancient Game of Mahjong
Four friends from Preston Hollow and the Park Cities gathered to play mahjong on a new automatic table one day in September 2023. They loved the automation — the plain green mat on the tabletop, not so much.
‘Liberty & Laughter’ Exhibit Explores White House Punchlines
A visit to the George W. Bush Presidential Center could make you wonder whether you voted for an overachieving class clown.
Breakfast In Bed Helps Mom Feel Loved
When was the last time Mom enjoyed a luxurious breakfast in bed, served on a tray by loved ones, embellished with a thoughtfully selected card or sweet ones handmade by the kids?
‘This is Dallas’ Explores Histories, Contributions of the Disenfranchised
The late Marcellus Clayton “M.C.” Cooper is Dallas.
French Châteaus For Beginners
De Vouge brings tales of Vaux-le-Vicomte to Woman’s Club, Aldredge House
Hardware 101: Choosing Styles, Shapes, and Finishes
Hardware is something that you’ll be looking at and putting your hands on every day, so it needs to be both stylish and comfortable to use.
Overnight Camps in The Time of Covid
Are you looking to send your child to an overnight camp this summer but concerned about COVID?
Starting Spring Off Fresh With Soft Hues And Braid Breads
Each year, I embrace April with unrestricted optimism. The temperature swings of North Texas’ late winter and early spring are but a memory, and a new season is here to stay.
Tributes
SMU Community, Colleagues Remember Slain Journalist
Brent Renaud, known as a kind, compassionate mentor, killed in Ukraine. Renaud's family is working to establish the Brent Renaud Journalism Foundation.
‘Don’t Tell Me To Calm Down!’
It’s an all-too-common situation in a short-tempered, COVID-weary world.
Auction Offers Glimpse of Edwin L. Cox’s Taste in Art, Antiques
Many will remember the late Edwin L. Cox, who died last year at 99, for the oilman’s contributions to the petroleum industry and SMU, where the business school bears his name.
Luck of the Irish: From Cottage Meal to Grand Tradition
I love the month of March when daffodils bloom and pansies become prolific as temperatures warm, but it’s also unpredictable.
Camps
Camping Best Practices: What to Bring, Reuse, and How-to Toss
Camping under towering pine trees and reminiscing around a warm fire at night are two things that should be at the top of every nature lover’s to-do list.
Meet One of the Teens Behind Perot’s Remote Field Trips
Sofia Reyes’ acting skills took her behind the scenes at the museum.
Voices
Want A ‘Uniquely Yours’ Trip to Remember? Try This Tea Room
There’s nothing that soothes the soul like a day spent with friends.
Mother, Daughter Share Appetite for Adventure
Leya and Denise Glazer celebrate their second cookbook, ‘The Worldly Vegetarian’
Feeling Very Peri
Pantone’s Color of the Year could leave you blue, but in a good way.
‘Be Happy’ And Huge
See mural-sized reproduction of Jina Lee’s winning painting.
Romcom Screenwriter Got Her Filmmaking Start at Parish
Young filmmaker Alex Yonks, whose new holiday romcom Candy Coated Christmas features Ree Drummond of The Food Network’s Pioneer Woman, got her ambitious start at Parish Episcopal High School.