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JAT’S DECORATIVE HARDWARE & PLUMBING

owned, JAT’S Hardware & Plumbing is made WATERMARK DESIGNS, an industry saving faucets & showers. Going “green”

WATERMARK DESIGNS and JAT’S Hardware Prospect Ave. # 1001 214.827.6648 jatshardware.com

CAMILLE’S CREATIONS

It’s camp time at Camille’s Creations! Bring us your camper’s trunk and we will paint it with their name and design of your choice - we also have pillowcases, laundry bags and much more!

4235 W. Lovers Lane 214.750.0073

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cakes for shower, wedding shower or any special occasion sculpted by professional bakers. Kids can learn to make cakes too at our KIDS Camp this summer (June, July and August) Check web site for more details.

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1002 N Central Exwy Ste 501 @Arapaho 972.690.4628

IS YOUR PET A COVER MODEL?

Find out — send your best pet photo to launch@advocatemag.com to enter the Advocate pet photo contest and for a chance to see your pet on the magazine cover.

Please include your name, phone number and zip code with the subject line: “pet photo contest”.

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“Everything here is a story,” Hedda Gioia Dowd says of her salon de soufflé Rise No. 1 in Inwood Village. That’s because everything inside this restaurant has had a former life, like the wine bottles repurposed as drinking glasses and the vintage linen on the tables. “Everything here from the mud on the walls to the flatware to the doors is recycled,” Dowd says. And everything is made with local ingredients, something inspired by her childhood summers in France, where she would spend time making soufflés with her grandmother, who always cooked with whatever was in season at the farmers market. “There’s a natural marriage between food and art when they blend, it adds to the overall sensory of your meal.” For that reason, Dowd serves her soufflés on works of art, literally: All of the plates used at Rise No. 1 are handmade, locally of course, by art students at Brookhaven Community College. “It gives [students] an opportunity to practice their expertise,” she explains. And in return, students are treated to a luncheon at Rise No. 1. Every semester, Dowd gives each art class a project based on the restaurant’s needs. Students spend the semester creating handmade bowls, creamers, bread plates and sauce dispensers — leaving their handprint or fingerprint on each piece they create. Most customers don’t know that all of Rise No. 1’s dishware is local art, but once they find out, Dowd says, it’s always deeply appreciated. “Visitors are absolutely moved.” So moved, in fact, that some even purchase a ceramic piece to take home, which retails at the store for about $40 to $100. “Everyone feels something when they come in and leave with something individual — it’s very meaningful.”

—NADIA

HILL

FOR MOREINFORMATION about Rise No. 1, visit risesouffle.com.

FOR MOREINFORMATION about Brookhaven Community College’s art program, visit brookhavencollege.edu/ instruction/bcsa/art.

Ron’s Organics is proud to sponsor and maintain the park for the Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home & Garden Tour. We will be spreading ALLNATURAL INSECT REPELLENT to all the homes and parks on tour, making it inviting to visit the homes and gardens.

WHAT GIVES?

Small ways that you can make a big difference for neighborhood nonprofits

THIS MONTH, BUY SOMETHING at The Family Place Resale Shop, 11722 Marsh. This volunteer-run shop offers discounts on clothes, furniture and household items. All sales proceeds benefit The Family Place, a nonprofit that helps victims of family violence. And if you’re doing some spring cleaning and have some items you’d like to give, shop volunteers will pick up your donations. Just call shop manager Carla Ochs at 214.358.0381 to schedule a pick up. Right now there is high demand for full and queen-sized sets of bed sheets. For more information, visit familyplace.org.

LACE UP for the third annual Hope for Batten Cure, on Saturday, May 15, at 9 a.m. at the corner of Northwest Highway and Lemmon. This 5k race around Bachman Lake will raise money to help find a cure for Batten disease, a rare degenerative brain disease that affects children. In addition to the 5k, there will also be a 2-mile walk, and a 1k fun run. Registration fees range from $10 to $30. Proceeds from the race will benefit the Batten Disease Support and Research Association. For more information, visit bdsra.leapserve.com.

KNOW OF WAYS that neighbors can spend time, attend an event, or purchase or donate something to benefit a neighborhood nonprofit? Email your suggestion to launch@advocatemag.com.