bubbly q

Lots of people have been working hard to make this year's YTAC Bubby Q a great success!  Party is tonight... hope to see all of you locals at this wonderful event!

Be sure to check out items donated by J.McIntyre HOME for the silent auction....

TORTOISE SHELL TABLE LAMP ON CRYSTAL BASE

retail value, $395

BAMBOO 3-TIER SIDE TABLE, ANTIQUED GOLD

retail value, $495

coolest. client. ever.

JMI is THRILLED to officially announce the latest & greatest.  Meet Charlie Price, our coolest client ever.  Not only has Charlie been a wonderful friend for years, he has the magic touch when it comes to fabulous hair.  It is only fitting for the HOTTEST Dallas go-to hair guy to move his salon to the HOTTEST real estate around... LOL.  If you are unfamiliar, check out my recent blog on Lower Oak Lawn (Design District).

Hair By Charlie will relocate from it's current McKinney Avenue spot to a space adjacent to The Meddlesome Moth.  Design in progress.  Grand opening est. November.... stay tuned for design concept images, updates on progress, and the GRAND OPENING PARTY!

the deets...

J.McIntyre HOME is coming along!!!  We have finalized our location and are proud to announce that this August we will be moving into an awesome new development in Downtown Arlington.  This area of Arlington is booming with the Cowboys Stadium right down the street, and we are excited to be part of the growth!  This is a great central location for all of our clients in Fort Worth, Arlington, and Dallas, and will hopefully become home to new walk-in customers looking for unique home goods.

Dodson Development has taken an original 1950's retail building and transformed it into a charming new home for the Flying Fish restaurant, Twisted Root Burger Co, and the second location of BEE: Best Enchilada Ever (and believe me, they are!).  So come late summer we will be settled in our new location, surrounded by great restaurants, bars, and other small business owners... and we can't wait!

don't miss!

This weekend is Dallas' 6th Annual White Rock Home Tour.  This tour showcases modern architecture in the beautiful neighborhoods surrounding White Rock Lake.  Don't miss the area's only all-modern home tour, and if you are an architecture enthusiast... be sure to hit the meet-and-greets with the architects themselves!

round top round-up

What a GREAT trip!  Three generations headed down to Round Top and hit up the road-side tents filled with all sorts of interesting finds...

HIGHLIGHTS FROM MARBURGER FARMS

tortoise shells on stands, i love the albino!

wicker wine bottles...

fabulous art from this vendor...

collection of british stamps... beautiful!

an old favorite, marble bowls and indian chipote boards

something i had never seen before -

petrified wood sink basins!

and the tastiest highlight of the day.... FRESH KETTLECORN!

zaza-tastic!

As a board member of the Dallas IESNA (what's that you say?  why, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America of course), and the events chairperson, I am annually looking for a great venue to host the Illumination Awards.

The Illumination Awards event this year will be held at the super cool ZaZa Art House and Social Gallery.  This gallery/event space is located in the heart of the vibrant and fashionable Uptown neighborhood and collaborates with Turner Carroll Gallery and Art Advisors to bring internationally acclaimed art exhibitions to the space.  Not only does it have great scenery, but events are catered by the award-winning Hotel ZaZa restaurant, Dragonfly.

The 2011 IA event is sure to be a great success thanks to this chic new venue!

event | the front row

Tonight Neiman Marcus downtown teams up with online Dallas social site Pink Memo to host THE FRONT ROW event.

PinkMemo and Neiman Marcus Downtown invite you to celebrate spring, specifically, the sumptuous trends that we can’t wait to wear once the weather warms up! The Front Row Trend Event is hailing all things Boho Chic, carefully selected from the style-makers at Neiman Marcus.

Neiman Marcus Downtown will give away three fabulous gifts to three very lucky winners. The prizes? A Chanel Sevruga bag, Stuart Weitzman wedge, and a long necklace by Alexis Bittar – not too shabby, eh?

So join us for sips and sweets, peruse spring presentations with informal modeling, enjoy music + DJ, and get pampered at the beauty bars. Plus meet our talented team of contributors from The Front Row blog - Nadia Dabbakeh, Abby Gregory, Courtney and Allison Edwards, Shelly Rosenberg, and Laura Noble for a little, sip, shop and socializing!

What:
Neiman Marcus Downtown + PinkMemo present THE FRONT ROW Trend Event: Boho Chic

When:
Wednesday, February 16th, 6 to 8 pm

Where:
Neiman Marcus Downtown, 1618 Main Street. Complimentary valet on Commerce Street

winspear = winner

Last night I had the unforgettable experience of visiting The Winspear Opera House in the recently revved-up Dallas Arts District.  What an AMAZING piece of architecture.  The outer transparent layer of glass lets you see right through to the beautiful sweeping red shell of the performance hall.  Designed by the award-winning firm of Foster + Partners (big name architect Norman Foster), the performance hall seats 2,200 people and every seat in the house is a great one!

Add this to your list of 2011 Dallas-To-Do's, as it is a MUST for all locals and visitors to the Big D.