Scott’s Picks

Book : The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Steven Chbosky’s work of contemporary fiction, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, explores many teenage topics such as experimentation with drugs and alcohol, sexuality, making friends, family relationships, and loss. The main character, Charlie, writes to an anonymous stranger, talking about his family, his friends, and his complicated, often overwhelming, feelings about growing up. While [...]

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Restaurant : The Mecca

The rich history of The Mecca began with two sisters in 1938 and has been “waking up Dallas” ever since. The classic diner revered for buttery cinnamon rolls, buttermilk pancakes, and blue plate specials at lunch is now in our neighborhood at Skillman and Live Oak! The best part is they now serve dinner. Besides [...]

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Fashion : Ermenegildo Zegna at Stanley Korshak

Made to measure is the art of personal elegance. Order exclusive fabrics from the Anteprima book of suits, sport coats, trousers, dress shirts, neckwear and special outerwear pieces available. Ermenegildo Zegna promises to deliver perfectly tailored apparel designed for your individual character from an unparalleled collection of Zegna fabrics. From personalized suits to entire wardrobes, [...]

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Movie : Arbitrage

The feature directorial debut of writer Nicholas Jarecki, Arbitrage, is a taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty, and high finance. We first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) on the eve of his 60th birthday. He appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life, but behind [...]

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Book : The Light Between Oceans

After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom [...]

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Store : Timothy Oulton

Wow..TIMOTHY OULTON DALLAS Furnishings / The London Cafe / Flowers…and more! The brand’s first stand-alone store in the US… is a coup d’état for DALLAS! The showroom is located in the fourth-generation-owned metal Potter studios on Henderson, which did the metalwork on many historic homes in the Lakewood neighborhood, as well as light fixtures at [...]

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Book : Quest for the Best

Who better to know what is “The Best” than the man who made Neiman Marcus synonymous with excellence for more than 50 years? Quest for the Best outlines Marcus’s philosophy of what constitutes the best in goods and services and how to receive it. Marcus describes how increased labor costs and the disappearance of family-owned [...]

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Movie : Trishna

Trishna lives with her family in a village in Rajasthan, India’s largest state. As the eldest daughter, she works in a nearby resort to help pay the bills. Jay (Riz Ahmed) is the wealthy son of a property developer. When he takes up managing a resort at his father’s request, he meets Trishna at a [...]

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Restaurant : Smoke

Located in the Belmont Hotel in Dallas, the Smoke restaurant serves up regional southen food described as “honest, genuine, and real.” Smoke provides its customers with superb Texas cooking, creating tasty dishes from the Foie Gras & Chicken Liver Pate, to the Texas BBQ Coffee Cured Beef Brisket, to the Pulled All Natural Whole Hog. [...]

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Restaurant : Mi Cocina Lakewood

Move over, Matt’s! Mi Cocina, a Dallas staple for years, opened its first restaurant in 1991 in the Preston Forest neighborhood. With nearly 20 Mi Cocina restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma, the newest location is coming to a new Lakewood location, and we couldn’t be more excited! According to Advocate Magazine, Luis Sottil, an artist [...]

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