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It’s rare that you find two people who have served one another and the community for more than a decade. Wilson, who serves as president and CEO for Cancer Care Services, first hired Martin more than 10 years ago. She has since co-labored alongside her at three nonprofits, including Martin’s current post as the director of special events and outreach for Cancer Care Services. Though Wilson boasts diverse duties, the bulk of her efforts help lighten the burden for patients and family members. It’s a task that exudes heroism, especially considering Wilson’s personal story. “I am a cancer survivor, my husband is a cancer survivor, and I lost my daughter to cancer,” Wilson said. “So I know firsthand how devastating a cancer diagnosis is to the entire family. ... Making a difference in the lives of our clients makes me feel like my cancer journey has been worth something.”
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Outside Voice 13 Wired In Staying connected with the latest local happenings 21 fwliving Your definitive guide to living well
22 Getaways Island Hopping Off the Coast of Greece by Kyle Whitecotton
26 Image Confidence After Chemo: Many places in Fort Worth provide customized free care to help women feel confident and beautiful while fighting cancer. by Jocelyn Tatum
30 Culture The latest book and music reviews as well as an in-depth look at local art exhibits and the 40th Anniversary of the Fort Worth Japanese Garden
38 Health Eating Healthy on the Go by Jessica Llanes
40 Cooking Hoppy Meals: Have your favorite brew and eat it too. by Judie Byrd
44 Style Triple Threat: One piece three different ways by Callie Johnston
169 History Revisited Douglas Jackson Jr.: Accounts from those tied to the 48 hours surrounding JFK’s assassination by Jocelyn Tatum
173 Goodwill Organizations that are changing lives for the better in our community
180 According to Heywood Past Players: Some of the old-time sports legends could have easily competed with today’s athletes.
184 A Dazed Life A (Not So) Bon Voyage by Alison Rich
188 For What It’s Worth … Halloween Tramps by Molly Forthright
193 Snapshots Behind the ropes and on the red carpet, the photos of the personalities and parties that have everyone talking
245 fwevents From the must-see live concert to the highly esteemed art exhibit, a month of events worth checking out
255 fwdish Culinary ventures in and around town
256 Now Open Red Door Bistro by Courtney Dabney
258 Restaurant Review J & J Oyster Bar by Courtney Dabney
262 Dish Listings
The most sought-after restaurant guide to navigate the area’s diverse dining options
272 fwflashback
The backstory behind the people and events that shaped our city
editor’sletter
Warm Welcomes
Ihave to admit that usually my first thought when i walk into a nearly 6,000-square-foot home is, “Wow…it would take a lot of work to keep this place clean.” But once i get past that, i can really appreciate the space.
this year’s Fort Worth, Texas magazine dream home is exceptional. Just two miles west of downtown in the monticello neighborhood, the 5,600-square-foot home features a French eclectic design. there are so many unique components that make this home stand out, such as the split-level master bedroom with an iron spiral staircase leading to an upstairs study. a nother of my favorite features is something never before featured in any of the magazine’s dream homes. a small room in the home is dedicated to a fully automated control system that sends audio and video signals through the house. the owner can control the system through computer or smart phone from anywhere.
touring of the home runs from Sept. 25-oct. 27, and proceeds go to benefit a Wish with Wings so that the foundation can continue its 31-year mission of granting wishes for children with life-threatening conditions. to find out more about this year’s dream home, turn to page 54.
the second annual Kitchens tour also benefits a Wish with Wings. the kitchen is the heart of the home, and that couldn’t be any truer for the River Crest homeowners on this year’s tour. in Kitchens for a Cause on page 138, writer a lison Rich peeks inside several over-the-top kitchen spaces that will go on tour on oct. 19. Guests will be treated to tastings and personal interactions with some of Fort Worth’s most popular chefs.
as the doors to some homes open in Fort Worth, another one closes for hangman’s house of horrors. after 25 years of transforming a tattered warehouse on Forest Park Boulevard into a spooky wonderland, hangman’s will no longer be in operation after this year. Recognized as one of the top 10 scariest halloween attractions in the country, the haunted house had become a Fort Worth tradition for many. Locals will have their last chance to visit from Sept. 13 – Nov. 2. as the top charitable haunted house in the nation, hangman’s has raised nearly $2 million for local charities over the years. Read more about the history of hangman’s house of horrors on page 148.
october presents the opportunity to visit many houses in town for a good cause. So go on in and make yourself at home.
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If you missed Trey Chapman’s story about 17-year-old Lakyn Davis, visit fwtx.com/ blogs/earnyourhat to catch up.
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Good Story about your faith restored. It’s hard to think it sometimes in this day and age to think that there are Lakyns out there, but there are many of them. It just
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Virtual Issues. If someone beat you to the last newsstand copy, don’t worry. The virtual editions of both current and previous issues are available on our website. Flip through the pages to read more about the great city of Fort Worth by visiting fwtx.com.
Bonus Recipe. This month online at fwtx.com, Judie Byrd shares her recipe for beer bread. This crusty bread is an ideal complement to autumn’s hearty comfort foods like stew, chili and soup.
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the Scenes. Check out fwtx.com for exclusive footage of community events, plus a look at life on the other side of the lens at Fort Worth, Texas magazine during the Fall Fashion shoot.
In Wired In, editorial intern Jared Lax caught up with Chris Johnson, a local entrepreneur who recently launched a pedicab service in West 7th. Read more on page 13.
Travel writer Kyle Whitecotton explores dreamy Greek islands on page 22. Every kind of world traveler–nightlife seekers, nature enthusiasts and culture connoisseurs––is sure to find an island that suits their style perfectly. Opa!
We kept writer Jocelyn Tatum very busy this month. In addition to sharing ways cancer patients are regaining confidence (page 26), she spoke with Hangman’s House of Horrors founder D’Ann Dagen at the end of this local haunt’s 25-year run (page 148). Jocelyn also provides a glimpse of what the 48 hours surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy was like for one Dallas police officer on page 169 and a sneak peek at the 2014 Fort Worth, Texas Modern Home (page 164).
Party Pics. To see who attended which event or to find pictures from events you have attended, visit our website. Go to Party Pics and then browse our many photo galleries.
Local historian Dr. Rick Selcer introduces the Swartz brothers and their historic Fort Worth photographs in an exhibit coming to the Haltom City Library and TCU Library this fall on page 30.
Noah Anderson reviews the latest bestsellers and new albums on page 34. He speaks to Whiskey Folk frontman Tyler Rougeux about their recent album on page 36.
TCU student and aspiring sports journalist Ryan Osborne contributed his first assignment for Fort Worth, Texas this month. He spotlights the best athletes in area history starting on page 124.
Frequent contributor Alison Rich gains entreé to five fabulous kitchens that will be open to foodies during the Second Annual Kitchens Tour benefiting a Wish with Wings Oct. 19. Get a taste of what the tour offers on page 138.
Kayla Mulliniks spoke with Goodwill Industries president and CEO David Cox to learn how this organization not only recycles old clothes and goods–but it is in the business of changing lives. Read more on page 173.
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Bottle It Up
Central MarketFort Worth has opened the taps for local beer loyalists to fill growlers from a selection of 19 microbrews. Growlers, often made from glass, stoneware or galvanized steel, are reusable containers made for takeout draft beer. Central Market is the first retail store in Tarrant County to sell beer in this format.
“After two huge successes recently with local craft brewers, Revolver Brewing and Martin House Brewing Company, we have decided to add a permanent feature to our Beer and Wine department that allows customers to purchase these unique beers from the tap,” said Austin Jourde, general manager of Central Market-Fort Worth.
The former wine room now features a 14-foot bar and desk area beautifully constructed of reclaimed oak. The back wall was finished out in stainless steel and contains the 19 beer taps. Customers may bring in their own growlers or purchase one of two sizes (32-ounce and 64-ounce) at Central Market. Popular breweries featured this season are Revolver Brewing, Martin House Brewing Company, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, Avery Brewing Company and Brooklyn Brewery. – FWTX Staff
Pedal Pushers
Chris Johnson lives, works and plays in West 7th. “I live on 7th Street and work in the Pour House, and I know what the parking situation has done to 7th and how business has dropped due to parking and towing in Montgomery Plaza,” says Johnson.
That is precisely why he launched 7w Pedi Cab Co. For the uninitiated, a pedicab is tricycle shuttle or taxi service, with a passenger cab attached to the bike. Since February, Johnson has worked to bring his idea to fruition. The application process mirrored applying to become a limousine or taxi driver with several hurdles to clear. A permit was required for the area, and every bar owner in West
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7th signed a petition to prove there was a want and need for this service. Johnson had to file as an LLC and receive approval from City Council.
Rides are free. Drivers depend on tips. Johnson’s take comes from advertisements on the pedicabs. He hopes that the project is viewed as a fun way to traverse West 7th. “Right now, I want my riders to make money and to keep people happy, and ultimately that will help the company grow,” Johnson explained. And as it grows, don’t be surprised to see people opt for these handy tricycles over walking or driving in West 7th. — Jared Lax
Del Frisco’s Al Fresco
The work home to 2013 Fort Worth, Texas magazine Top Chef Anthony Felli now offers outdoor dining with a New Orleans-style second story canopy level and patio seating at the street level on 8th and Main streets. Sister restaurant and more contemporary counterpart Del Frisco’s Grille was the first restaurant to sign a lease in the new plaza in Sundance Square and is expected to be open before the end of the year. ––FWTX staff
Glowing on the River
started with a belief that the best way to keep animals out of shelters was to keep them at home. five years, the Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Pantry has grown from a small initiative of the Tarrant Area Food Bank to an independent nonprofit organization serving owners from Keller to Mansfield. In 2012, volunteers collected and distributed more than 50 tons of pet food to families experiencing challenging financial situations. The organization’s birthday celebration, "Glowing on the River," is Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. This free community event will include live music by the Lone Star Rambler Band and Driver, games, food and birthday cake. Join festivities at 6 p.m. at the Pavilion at TrinPark at 7th Street and Stayton Way before glowing twilight walk along the Trinity River. Your four-legged friends are welcome, too. ––FWTX Staff
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Comings and Goings
Basketball fans will be fixated on Fort Worth in March 2014 when Sundance Square transforms into ESPN’s entertainment destination during the television coverage of the NCAA Men’s Final Four.
Save the date for the opening celebration of the new Sundance Square Plaza, Nov. 1–3. This 55,000-square-foot gathering space will host
a wide variety of special events while meeting the needs of workers, residents and tourists.
Dallas-based Cowboy Chicken Wood Fire Rotisserie recently opened its first Fort Worth location on Overton Ridge Boulevard near Hulen Mall.
The men behind new neighborhood tapas and wine concept Sera Dining & Wine know the space well. The former home of Sapristi! was revamped by John Marsh, who was general manager at Sapristi!, and Brandon Hudson, who was sous chef there.
Popular pizzeria Cane Rosso will soon have a permanent home in Fort Worth in the former Ryan’s Fine Grocer and Delicatessen. The Near Southside addition will be one of few Texas restaurants that serve certified thin-crust Neopolitan pizza just as soon as their oven arrives from Italy.
Drug dealers are footing the bill for new technology that will help reduce complaints against police officers caught in a hesaid-she-said situation. Video evidence is compelling, and the Taser Axon Flex On-Officer video camera provides what the product’s website indicates as “body armor for the courtroom.”
This small camera can be mounted on eyewear, caps, shirt collars or helmets to capture the officer’s perspective.
A recent study conducted by the International Chiefs of Police suggests 93 percent of officer complaints are dismissed when there is video evidence. There are dash cams on patrol vehicles, why not on the men and women sworn to serve and protect? It’s a question the Fort Worth Police Department is exploring. Their recent order of 145 units cost about $670,000, Sgt. Scott Sikes said in an interview with the Fort Worth StarTelegram The money to purchase these video cameras was seized from drug dealers. ––FWTX Staff
Everyone in Fort Worth was sad to hear about the unfortunate damage done by a fire at Lonesome Dove Western Bistro. Tim Love has promised to reopen the doors some time in October once renovations are finished.
PGA Tour caddie races will no longer be allowed at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial or the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale. The caddie race at Colonial’s par-3, 13th hole is considered the original.
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f you are wanting a getaway like none other, the greek islands offer crystal clear waters, gorgeous beaches, stunning architecture and plenty of history and culture. for the ultimate experience, we will help guide you through your greek island hopping adventure. sprinkled in different shapes and sizes across the aegean and ionian seas are more than 1,000 islands. e ach is wreathed with breathtaking landscapes and offers a different flavor of the greek experience from bustling cities to unhurried mountain villages. To learn more about this Greek paradise, turn the page. 22 getaways /
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Island Hopping
Off the coast of mainland Greece, sprinkled in assorted shapes and sizes across the crystal clear waters of the Aegean and Ionian Seas, are more than 1,000 islands, each wreathed in colorful beaches and blanketed by breathtaking landscapes. by Kyle
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Most of the islands are uninhabited, but more than a few are populated in varying densities and frequented by visitors from all over the world. t here are so many greek islands that every kind of world traveler—nightlife seekers, nature fanatics and culture connoisseurs—is sure to find the perfect island to explore. each island offers a different flavor of the greek experience from bustling cities to unhurried mountain villages, but all offer a side of greece, both historic and mod-
ern, you won’t soon forget.
it’s best to begin with one of the most popular and widespread amenities greece offers—beaches. w hat island vacation is complete without long hours strolling and lounging on sandy beaches, dancing across azure waters on boat or board, and diving through an underwater paradise that redefines the notion of brilliance? i n europe, there is no better place for such sunny adventure than the thousands of miles of coastline claimed by greece and its islands. t hey’re some of the cleanest in the world and are a top
attraction for even the locals.
the preeminent greek beach visit reaches its apex on the islands of skiathos and milos. a member of the sporades islands in the northwest aegean, skiathos offers 60 beautiful beaches like the famous Koukounaries, known for its golden sand, lush forest and lagoon of strofilia. volcanic activity gave milos a number of unique features including underwater caves for diving, thermal springs for relaxing and 80 beaches for sun-loving fun. topping the list of milos beaches is Kleftiko where rocky cliffs once made the perfect
The characteristic white and blue architecture sets a lovely backdrop to a lively Greek culture.
hideout for pirates. Today the crystal waters and massive rock formations here make for unforgettable sailing and perhaps some amateur treasure hunting.
The island of Santorini also boasts a large number of beaches; however, volcanic activity here has made for a colorful variety of sand and rock formations. Black sand and pebble beaches, like the family-friendly Monolithos and the cosmopolitan Kamari, occupy the south side of the island. Head to the east side of the island for seclusion and impressive rock formations, or head south for a short hike the island’s famous Red Beach where red rock formation offers stunning ambiance. But Santorini is more than just colorful beaches; this Greek island is also an active volcano whose caldera rests beneath the surface of the water. As you bask in Santorini’s rich culture and history in places like Fira, Santorini’s capital, know that you are simultaneously hanging out on the rim of this great volcano. Many towns like Oia, Imerovigli and Firostefani sit atop towering cliffs and give visitors a romantic perspective of a Greek sunset.
The largest of the Greek islands, Crete, offers nature enthusiasts the limestone peaks of White Mountains’ National Park that dominate the western region of the island. The valleys, canyons, rivers, and peaks around the remote city of Rethymno add to the medieval character of this unique settlement. Urban sightseeing comes alive in the Heraklion region where archaeological sites intermingle with quaint villages, olive groves, vineyards and more breathtaking geography. Pristine beaches and lavish resorts await your arrival at the eastern end of Crete and make a great launching
The crystal clear waters of the Aegean and Ionian Seas are among the many things that draw visitors.
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point for the smaller, uninhabited island of Spinalonga, formerly used as a leper colony with the structural remains to tell the story.
Another popular Greek island is Rhodes, the largest of the Aegean’s 12 Dodecanese Islands. Mixing medieval castles and natural wonders, Rhodes easily draws a large crowd throughout the year and likewise proclaims itself the most beautiful island in Greece. A
visit to the Valley of the Butterflies, a stroll through the green, lush nature of Seven Springs, or a day of sun at Ladiko’s Gulf are sure to persuade the harsh skeptics and captivate the worthy believers.
If your time in the Greek Isles is abbreviated and your choices limited, you can’t go wrong spending your days amidst a group of islands called the Cyclades. Here you will
bask in sandy beaches stretching out below characteristic white and blue architecture that adorn each island and backdrop a lively traditional Greek culture. The most popular of the Cyclades is Mykonos, a cosmopolitan center dotted with colorful fishing boats, historic churches, museums and shopping districts, 18th century mansions in “Little Venice” and a collection of beaches that battle for the most beautiful in all of Greece. From Mykonos, the Cyclades offer an abundance of island options. Collect yourself in the solitude of Folegandros and beauty of Anafi. Make the short pilgrimage to Tinos, the religious center of the country, or stop over at the picturesque island of Kea to visit a truly secluded Greek beach. And although uninhabited, the sacred island of Delos near the center of this circle of islands is heavily populated with archaeological sites that represent a striking account of Greek history.
Historic hiking trails and lively nightlife options make the Cyclade islands of Paros and Ios popular destinations for many young island hoppers. The Byzantine Léfkes-Pródromos trail on Paros is a cobblestone trail that winds through the island’s countryside, linking villages and natural scenery with a hiker’s quiet reverie that draws them back nearly 1,000 years when the trail was built. After a day of scaling the mountains of Íos, island hoppers can cut loose at some crowded venues along the streets and beaches of this Greek paradise.
Island hoppers will experience a different flavor of Greece at each new destination.
Stunning rock formations offer a sense of solitude.
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Many places in Fort Worth provide customized free care to help women feel confident and beautiful while fighting cancer.
by Jocelyn Tatum
During a photo shoot for breast cancer awareness, the 5-foot9-inch 39-year-old coqueace “Koco” powell stands tall in her six-inch stripper heels. her feet are still swollen and sensitive from chemotherapy, and stripper shoes come padded for women who spend hours on their feet. they make her feel slim, powerful and sexy. pink sparkly, ribbon-shaped earrings the size of an éclair donut frame her fearless facade to offset her nearly bald head. she purses her lips, squints through her dazzling makeup and peels her shoulders back bearing her chest proudly. i can see dark scars from her double mastectomy through her thin white t-shirt—after six surgeries she opted out of breast reconstruction because she was tired of it all. this decision left her with grisly scars that look like dark chocolate syrup on her milky chocolate skin, and slits where areolas used to be. she is beautiful.
the scars tell stories of the last three years—from when her lymph nodes were removed, one from the “chemo port,” another from the double mastectomy, and the last from the implants. soon she will have new scars from a total hysterectomy. she felt “numb, neutered and unfeminine” during treatment and jokes that she needs to carry around her passport to prove she is a woman. Koco was 36 when she was diagnosed, and like all woman fighting cancer, they want to look like themselves again— beautiful. now Koco provides beauty services for other cancer survivors.
Coqueace "Koco" Powell survived cancer, and she provides beauty services for other cancer survivors.
Twenty-first century technology means combining the skills of human surgeons with the precision of robotic instruments. Robot-assisted surgery at USMD gives your surgeon greater dexterity with smaller instruments – you’ll have smaller scars, less pain and a shorter recovery than with open surgery – so you can get back in the groove faster.
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Tall shoes, huge earrings and dramatic makeup are what KoCo calls her “armor” to fight the ugliness of cancer. But every woman is different. Some prefer headscarves, some prefer to show their bald head, some want to look natural but not sick.
Sherree Bennett, cancer survivor and director of the Joan Katz Breast Center at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, says, “It’s not that a woman with cancer would rather die than lose her hair and her breasts. It’s more like, OK… if I survive, will there be anything left of me after chemotherapy? Will I still be pretty? Will I scare my children? Will my husband still like me? Will I still be a woman?”
The Fort Worth American Cancer Society, the Joan Katz Breast Center’s Survivor Gals Boutique, and Harris Hospital’s Cancer Boutique in the Klabzuba Tower provide everything from scarves, wigs, hats, breast prosthesis, witty shirts, eyebrows, hats and more. They host two-hour “Look Good, Feel Better” courses provided by ACS that teach women how to make a
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“It is amazing to watch the women be transformed. Their faces light up and smile when they see what can be done,” says Joy Donovan, Fort Worth ACS communications manager.
Wig specialist Eliscia Herrera at Stylemakers Salon on Lancaster also offers free wig consultations in a private studio.
“I want to help people feel like themselves again. I want to let them know this is going to be the least of their worries…[and] a lot of times it ends up being really fun,” Herrera said. “I like to keep it upbeat and positive.”
Horrid side effects can make beauty difficult, but Fort Worth has many options to help cancer patients still feel like the person they always were, which Bennett said is important in the process of fighting cancer.
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Preserving Fort Worth History
One Frame at a Time
by Dr. Richard Selcer
The three Swartz brother S came to Fort worth unheralded, Starting with david, the oldeSt, in 1885. John, the second oldest, arrived later that same year, and little-brother Charles came in 1893. They left Mt. Jackson, Va., looking to make a name for themselves out West and found Fort
Worth, a booming town in the 1880s that would someday call itself the city “where the West begins.” David was already a professional photographer when he reached Fort Worth. He opened the Lone Star Copying House in Hell’s Half-Acre, but a few years later relocated to a nicer block uptown. When John joined him, they hung
out their sign that read: D.H. Swartz & Bro. David had a gift for promotion, and one of his touches was renaming the business, the “Cottage Gallery” as befit its quality product and well-heeled clientele.
John proved a quick study. after three years with david, he was ready to go out on his own, first in denison then back to Fort
The studio shot of the outlaw gang known as The Wild Bunch was taken by John Swartz on Nov. 21, 1900.
Worth in 1896 as a friendly competitor. While David always saw himself as an artist who could work in any medium, John was a wizard with a box camera. He entered his photos in contests and quite often walked away with the blue ribbon.
In the meantime, brother Charlie had come to Fort Worth in 1893 with a young wife and infant child. He too apprenticed under David before going out on his own as a view artist. His studio was at 700 Houston St., but he spent most of his time taking outside shots.
All three brothers were now working in the same town for the first time. But not for long.
Sometime before 1900, David closed his studio and moved to Dallas, where he reinvented himself as Dr. Swartz, manufacturer of “medicines and toilet preparations” for women. Back in Fort Worth on Oct. 6, 1905, Charlie was on a job south of town when he set up his camera on some railroad tracks to get a shot. The KATY Flyer came roaring down the track and took him out; he died at the scene. His wife was devastated by the tragedy and lost her mind. David settled the estate, and John became guardian of the two children. In 1912, John had to sell out his own studio to a professional rival, George Bryant, and go to work for him. A few years later, he tried to reopen his studio but finally gave up and moved back to Virginia.
With all three brothers dead or out of the business, their priceless collection of photographs was scattered to the four winds. Today, some are in the hands of private collectors, others in the hands of institutions like the Fort Worth Library and Tarrant County Archives. We are just now recognizing their amazing legacy of photographic images of people and places from our city’s past. Their most famous photograph is undoubtedly the studio shot of the outlaw gang known as The Wild Bunch taken by John on Nov. 21, 1900. Original copies of that photograph now sell for up to $85,000!
The exhibition of the Swartz photography will be at the Mary Couts Burnett Library at TCU from Oct. 28 - Nov. 30. It was at the Fort Worth Library in the spring of 2013 and is scheduled to be at the Haltom City Library in the months to come. We can never bring all the brothers’ pictures home, but at least we can shine a spotlight on their legacy.
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Painting the Past
local artist, JeFF cocanour, opened cocanour studio & Gallery at 207 s. JenninGs ave. in march. While the gallery is mostly appointment only, Jeff plans to host an exhibit of his work in a show entitled Paintingthe Town:HistoricFortWorth from Sept. 28 – Oct. 12. The show is open to the public. opening night will feature music and cocktails, and the last night of the exhibit falls on the same day as arts Goggle, which this year celebrates its 10-year anniversary as the near southside’s popular community arts event.
the mixed media pieces in Painting the Town are predominately oil paintings, but Jeff also utilized acrylic and car paint. the earliest photo he referenced for one of his pieces in the show was from the 1890s and featured a spring festival in front of the courthouse on main street. “the show is about celebrating the history of Fort Worth through nostalgic photographs,” Jeff says. his paintings depict the developments of Fort Worth from architecture and transportation to fashion. For more information about the artist and the gallery, visit cocanour.com. FWTX Staff
Fort Worth Japanese Garden Celebrates 40 Years
by Jocelyn Tatum
The Fort Worth Japanese Garden Was once a G ravel pit and a cavalry unit dump Filled With old plumbinG and stable contents. When the architect behind the original and ongoing construction of the gardens, Al Komatsu, was first brought on to this project, he found a “tremendous ecological disaster” before him. But on its 40th anniversary, the people behind the project stand proud—it is one of the top Japanese gardens in the country attracting visitors from all over the world.
building the Japanese Garden was a process. it started when the land was secured in 1963—a couple of lsu graduate students presented proposals along with landscaping architects. Kingsley Wu, a professor of environmental living at texas Women’s university, prepared the final plans. Finally in 1968, the “remains of two wars and the cavalry unit were moved” from what is now the Japanese Garden. Former city parks director charles campbell and former Garden director scott Fikes brought in Komatsu to help bring the plans to fruition. Komatsu said he was immediately drawn to this plot of land because of the unique topography. the garden officially opened in the spring of 1973 but fell into disrepair within a few years. it became a jungle of old hackberry trees and undergrowth that crawled up into the canopies. in 1983, scott brooks, now lead gardener, walked in and saw marvelous potential. like Komatsu, he found the varying elevations and arrangement of the natural features within the garden intriguing. once the old hackberries started to die and fall down, the canopy opened up, allowing sunlight into the garden. brooks has been reshaping and nurturing the plants beneath the forest canopy for 30 years.
the 40 years of vision, time, community interest and persistence has paid off. no longer a gravel pit, many find refuge from the fast life roaring outside the garden gates. the quarreling squirrels and world travelers amuse ticket taker margie madrid. a security guard finds food for the Koi fish while on break, stomps his feet to get their attention, and joyfully tosses the food into the water, watching the fish splash with child-like wonder. Fort Worth botanic Garden director henry painter steps out of his office to inspect and admire the beauty, serenity and history.
Komatsu even walks the winding pathways weekly, proud that this place has become a major attraction for the community and a cultural vehicle.
“nothing is static. it is an ever-changing scenery,” Komatsu said.
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I read Fort Worth, Texas magazine to keep up with all of my friends and neighbors while I’m away on location. It offers more than just a bunch of fluffy stories with no real content. The magazine has great in-depth articles about the interesting people, places and events in Fort Worth, and it lets me know about anything new happening in the city. From food and health to business and local issues, it really is “the city’s magazine!” Why do you read it?
between the lines an overview of our favorite best-sellers. by Noah Anderson the writer's block
MaddAddam: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood $17
Four years after her most recent release, Margaret Atwood finishes her highly acclaimed trilogy with MaddAddam Her previous installments include Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood Wellwritten and teaming with imagination, Atwood’s post-apocalyptic adventure chronicles the downfall of humanity and its slow, difficult rebirth. Set in the distant future, MaddAddam follows the events of her previous novel, The Year of the Flood, wherein a pandemic has decimated the majority of the human population.
The story is told through several people’s perspectives, most notably, Zeb and Toby – the hero/ heroine duo that serve as the novel’s primary protagonists. They are members of the MaddAddamites, a resistance group that previously fought against the corporate tyranny of the CorpsDeSacs.
MaddAddam is an intelligent novel that focuses both on events and the emotional toll it takes to be a survivor. Funny, terrifying, poignant and occasionally light-hearted, Atwood depicts each character in full dimension, never letting the terrible setting override their humanity. The world she creates mirrors our own in complexity and nuance, breathing life into every page of the novel. As such, however, it is difficult for first-time Atwood readers to understand the subtleties without reading the previous installments. Despite Atwood’s attempts to inform readers as to what happened in her earlier books, MaddAddam is not a stand-alone novel.
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vasquez $17
Our lives are delicate and easily thrown off course. Long forgotten memories lurking in the crevices of our mind can resurface at any time – often with detrimental consequences. Revisiting the past is dangerous. Juan Gabriel Vasquez’ new novel, The Sound of Things Falling, is a vivid tale of Colombia as it is ravaged by the Escobar drug trade. Set in the mid-90s, The Sound of Things Falling gives a unique outlook on drugs, focusing not on the glamour or extreme despondency, but rather small losses and individual heartaches.
The novel churns slowly, never explosive, but always tense. The Sound of Things Falling follows Antonin, a young legal professor living in Colombia. Early in the novel, Antonin befriends a man named Laverde at a billiards hall, and as they are leaving, Laverde is abruptly gunned down by two men on a motorcycle. Antonin is injured in the gunfire, but the real trauma he endures is mental.
Unable to sleep and wrought with fear, Antonin’s life begins to deteriorate. He is eventually contacted by Laverde’s daughter, Maya, and decides to pay her a visit. During his time away from the city, the novel transforms into a deeply meditative exposition on how to rebuild when everything seems lost. His time with Maya further elucidates the terrible power of memory, as they move from one dilapidated set to another – often metaphorically describing the decomposition of both their lives and Colombia as a country.
Vengeance Is Mine: The Scandalous Love Triangle That Triggered the Boyce-Sneed Feud
by Bill Neal $23
Sex, violence, wrongful incarcerations and a torrid love affair, Bill Neal’s Vengeance Is Mine: The Scandalous Love Affair That Triggered the Boyce-Sneed Feud has it all. Even better – it’s all true. Set in the early 1900s, the Boyce-Sneed feud is a well-known, yet previously little-understood affair that occurred in West Texas. As with many scandals, the specific details were hidden in mystery and family memories. It was not until the mid-90s that the whole truth was uncovered when the remaining family members called a truce and revealed their secrets.
The novel revolves around Lena Snyder Snead, her vindictive husband John Beal Snead, and her extramarital lover Albert Boyce Jr. After engaging in an affair for some time, Lena publicly asked John Snead for a divorce. Hung up on his Southern pride, John refused his wife’s pleas and eventually had her committed to an Arlington insane asylum under the diagnosis of moral insanity. Not simply content with destroying her life, John sets out to destroy her lover’s.
Neal does an excellent job unveiling the sordid events. His history as an attorney allows him to expertly recreate the many involved court cases – leading the reader to feel personally involved. Vengeance Is Mine is a historical non-fiction that carries the same entertainment, mystery, and excitement of the average mystery novel.
A UnfoldsHistory
Author Bill Neal discusses his past, the Boyce-Sneed feud and how very different the world is today.
by Noah Anderson
Can you tell me a little bit about your background?
I am a native of Texas. I graduated college in 1957 and then joined the Army. After I returned, I worked as a reporter for the Abilene Reporter News and the Amarillo Daily News for about three years. Then, from ’61 to ’64, I attended the University of Texas Law School and was soon appointed as a briefing attorney for the Texas Supreme Court for a year. Then, in ’69 I was elected as a District Attorney in a multi-country rural district west of Wichita Falls where is served for approximately 20 years. Afterwards I got into private practice where I mainly focused on criminal law.
How long have you been writing novels? Well, since I retired to Abilene with my wife, I have devoted most of my time to writing books. Mainly they are about the Western Frontier – particularly West Texas, Eastern New Mexico and Oklahoma Territory. My books are all non-fiction, and most of them involve crime – murder and murder trials. It is sort of how the justice system developed in this area, going from Winchester Law to Vigilante Law to, finally, Courtroom Law.
Can you tell me about the origins of the Boyce-Sneed feud? The three families that figured in this feud were three very prominent, well-to-do families: the Boyces, the Sneeds, and the Snyders. All three of the families migrated to Texas prior to statehood and happened to settle in the same area where they became close friends. So after the Civil War, John Beal Sneed married Lena Snyder and moved to Amarillo near the Boyce manor. By that time, they had been married for 10 years. Soon enough, Lena and Al Boyce rekindled their friendship, and in the Spring of 1911, their friendship turned into a torrid romance. John Beal Snead found out about it - and the mean, grim, vengeful Snead set out a plan of revenge and punishment.
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Paradise Valley
by John Mayer $11
Whether you know him as a soulful blues guitarist with “Crossroads” quality, a bubblegum-pop artist from the early 2000s, or a serial celebrity-dating tabloid goldmine, John Mayer has become both a household name and a polarizing figure. Since his career really kicked off in 2001, Mayer has proven himself to be a talented and eclectic musician. His work bounces across the aural spectrum from sappy love ballads and finger-picked acoustic songs to roaring distorted guitar passages and reggae-infused Bill Withers covers. His vocals, when audible, are lofty and sweet, and his lyrics are romantic in a youthful, summer fling sort of way. So perhaps it is because we know he can be so good, that Mayer’s new album, Paradise Valley, seems so bad.
Paradise Valley is a twangy 11-track album that offers almost no creativity. The album is brand new, yet you will feel certain that you have heard these songs before. The melodies are stagnant, the song structures are bland, and the lyrics feel hastily written. The lyrics mirror his personal relationships and highlight the playful romanticism of brief, punctuated love affairs – they are fun, but altogether forgettable. Paradise Valley is Mayer’s slowest album to date – even when it gets moving, Mayer’s whisper-like vocals tend to drag it back. Of course, following his recent vocal surgeries, it is impressive that he is even singing at all.
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Made Up Mind
by Tedeschi Trucks Band $11
Husband-and-wife team, Tedeschi and Trucks, are back in the spotlight with their new album, Made Up Mind Tedeschi and Trucks is composed of vocalist/ guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitar all-star Derek Trucks. Throughout the course of her 18-year career, Tedeschi has made a name for herself as a soulful performer steeped in blues, with a powerful, thundering voice. Her work has earned her several Grammy nominations as well as many other accolades. Cut from the same cloth, Derek Trucks is a blues man through and through. Quite possibly the greatest slide guitar player alive, he is currently ranked 16 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time and recently received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with the Allman Brothers. These two are impressive by themselves, but when together, they are more than a couple - they are a supergroup.
Made Up Mind is the group’s third and possibly best album. This is saying a lot, considering they won a Grammy for Best Blues Album only two years ago!
Made Up Mind is packed with creativity, maturity, and a reserved subtlety only demonstrated by the most talented, comfortable musicians. Despite the artists’ blues backgrounds, the album progresses through various genres including funk, jazz, soul, R&B, and even a little Motown. It is in these tonal leaps that the music really shines. Each song is met with a controlled force, and the result sounds effortless. Made Up Mind is a full package – it is expansive at times and reserved during others; the songs are put before the musicians and each member handles his/her part expertly.
The Lonesome Underground
by Whiskey Folk $14
It has been three long and difficult years since Whiskey Folk (previously Whiskey Folk Ramblers) released their last album, And There Are Devils During this time, they fought with everything from financial burdens and discarded recordings to the replacement of several important members. Bands are fickle; they can be killed by even the smallest amount of turmoil, yet, despite their troubles, Whiskey Folk has emerged more confident and more impressive than ever. Their new album, The Lonesome Underground, is a triumphant blend of Americana music that will keep you guessing, keep you dancing, and most importantly, keep you thoroughly entertained. After an uninspiring attempt to record at an actual studio, members of the band found themselves looking for something more personal. The answer came from within as guitarist, Mark Moncrieff, had been working on his recording skills with other bands in his apartment. Choosing a living room over a studio, Whiskey Folk finally had the right venue to make the music they wanted. What came out of those sessions is pure aural goldThe Lonesome Underground is a studio quality album with garage band purity. Like any good album, The Lonesome Underground dynamically transitions between a multitude of styles, demonstrating the versatility and musicianship of the band. Coupled with frontman, Tyler Rougeux’s guttural crooning, the mandolin and horn pieces in Mad Man’s Eyes will have you on your feet and twirling your finger in no time. It’s sexual and a bit mischievous with a flawless technicality.
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Up Close and Underground
Whiskey Folk lead singer, Tyler Rougeux, discusses new members, new sounds and a new studio.
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I know you have gone through several bassists; how did you find your current low end? Jack, our current bassist, was actually like a Whiskey Folk Ramblers fan. He would come to our shows and hang out with us, and we got to know him – we all got along and we became good friends. Well, we found out he played bass, so we talked him into joining the band, and he ended up being awesome. It was totally rad! He was at our second show ever, and he kept coming around so we made him be our bassist. His wife actually forced him to, because he didn’t want to at first! It was hilarious.
What was it like recording The Lonesome Underground? It was a whole lot of fun actually. It was a different recording experience than we had had with previous albums. It was all done in-house, from the band. We started recording it in 2011, and we have almost an entirely different band now, so we completely started over. We found out that our guitarist had been recording bands as another job, and we had no idea. We heard one of the bands he recorded and it sounded great, so we thought, “Well, let’s have you record it!” So we started doing that, and in the process, we changed drummers, and we found a new drummer that was ALSO a recording artist. So we recorded pretty much the entire album between their houses. It came out a lot more professional than the atmosphere surrounding the recording would seem to have allowed.
How do you drink your whiskey? Ice, water or neat? Well, the only time I put Cola in my whiskey is if I really need the caffeine... and the liquor. Normally, I don’t like to ruin my sodas though. I drink whiskey on the rocks with a bit of soda water, or lately I have been making Old Fashioneds at home.
Eating Healthy on the Go
Despite the fact that most Americans believe fast food isn’t good for you, eight out of 10 admit to eating it at least once a month, according to a recent Gallup poll.
by Jessica Llanes
Convenience foods may be to blame for the obesity epidemic, but diners show no signs of giving them up any time soon.
luckily, an occasional drive-through trip doesn’t have to compromise your diet. according to registered dietician and personal trainer Julie dubois, there are more healthy on-the-go options than ever before. places like chick-fil-a, mcdonald's and Wendy’s all have grilled items, and many offer fruit or a side salad as a substitute for calorie-laden fries.
the former ballerina, who now splits her time between cooks children’s and camp Gladiator, warns that not all menu items are as good as they seem. “salads aren’t always the healthiest choice,” she explains. “between the toppings and the dressing, they rack in more calories than a small junior burger would.”
if you do choose a salad, avoid highfat toppings like cheese and nuts and look for low-fat vinaigrettes. a half sandwich is another option for monitoring portion size. at places like chipotle, opt for a bowl not burrito, and avoid toppings like guacamole, sour cream and cheese.
“eating the whole bowl is probably over calories for most people,” dubois says. “but if do rice or lettuce and choose chicken, you are probably oK.”
diners should look for lean protein items and those high in fiber and low in calories, saturated fats and sodium. dubois recommends that women aim for 400 to 500 calories per meal, and men, 500 to 600 calories.
“pay attention to what you are drinking as well,” dubois suggests. “sodas add up. Water is always going to be the best choice or unsweet tea.”
*All calorie counts are estimated. Please reference specific restaurants for detailed nutritional information
dubois suggests her clients use a calorie-counting app, such as calorieKing or myfitnesspal, when ordering. many restaurants also provide nutritional information on their websites.
“our portions have gotten out of control,” explains dubois. “if you choose a healthier option and then halve it, you are probably right on target.”
Julie DuBois, registered dietician and personal trainer, gives tips on how to eat healthy while on-the-go.
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Hoppy Meals
Beer...It's
by Judie Byrd
At last! Beautiful, cool autumn and comfortfood season. a nd the perfect time of year to let beer add deep, warm flavor to any homey dish.
Beer’s smooth, malty flavors are reason enough to add it to recipes. But it also boasts inherent meat tendering qualities that give extra juiciness to fall’s slow-braised meats.
Pairing beer with bread is a natural win. Get a great Beer Bread recipe at fwtx.com.
Modelo Chili Beans
Yield: 6 servings
• 4 slices thick-cut bacon, slivered
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 pounds ground sirloin
• 2, 12-ounce bottles Negra Modelo beer
• 2, 14-ounce cans pinto beans, undrained
• 1, 28-ounce can fire-roasted
crushed tomatoes
• 1, 14-ounce can tomato sauce
• ¼ cup chili powder (or more to taste)
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 2 - 4 teaspoons cumin, or to taste
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 - 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, optional
• Salt and pepper to taste
1. in a dutch oven, cook bacon until almost crispy. add onion and garlic and cook until soft. add sirloin and cook, stirring and chopping, until done.
2. turn heat to medium-high and add beer, beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, chili powder, cocoa powder, cumin, oregano, red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper. simmer 30 – 45 minutes, stirring every so often.
Cheddar and Ale Dip
Yield: about 2 ½ cups
a lso called rarebit by the english, serve this cheesy concoction as a sauce over toast or noodles. thin with a little milk or more beer, and this delightful mix becomes a fabulous soup.
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 - 5 green onions, thinly sliced
• ½ red bell pepper, minced
• 2, 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• ½ bottle ale or as needed
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon dry oregano
• ½ - 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
Heat olive oil in medium skillet over mediumhigh heat. add onions and bell pepper and cook until onion is soft. add remaining ingredients, turn heat to very low, cover skillet, and heat to melt cream cheese, stirring every so often until smooth.
serve immediately or refrigerate up to 5 days. to reheat, place in a baking dish and heat in 350º oven, 20 minutes or until hot. or microwave in suitable dish.
serve with crackers or chips for dipping.
Beer-Braised Beef and Onions
Yield: 6 - 8 servings
i like to cook this roast 1 or 2 days ahead. refrigerate and then scrape off the layer of fat that rises
Modelo Chili Beans served alongside crusty beer bread make for a comforting autumn dish.
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to the top. To reheat, place over medium-low heat for 30 – 45 minutes.
Pat roast dry and sprinkle all sides with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot. Add roast and brown on all sides. Remove to platter. Add remaining oil and onions to the Dutch oven and cook until onions are beautifully browned; remove to a platter and set aside.
To the pot, add beer and beef stock and cook, deglazing the bottom of the pan. Add roast back to the pan, along with any juices in the platter. Add more beef stock or water, if needed, to bring liquid up to the top of the roast. Add thyme and bay leaves. Cover pot, turn heat to low, and simmer roast until very tender, about 3 hours. Add onions back to the pot for the last 30 minutes of cooking time.
Remove roast and onions to a serving platter and cover. Turn heat to medium-high and reduce juices by half.
To serve, pull roast apart into serving pieces. Skim fat off sauce in pan, remove bay leaves, and pour over roast.
Bratwurst and Sauerkraut with Beer and Mustard
Yield: 4 servings
Only four ingredients, this dish is perfect for a night when you need to throw together a quick supper. I used to double or triple it and leave it resting on the stovetop when I knew there would be stragglers wandering in from sports or music lessons. If it cooks long enough, some of the potatoes will disintegrate and deliciously thicken the sauce.
• 1 ½ pounds German bratwurst
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, if needed
• 2 pounds sauerkraut with juice
(The best is found in the meat counter at Central Market.)
• 4 – 6 medium new potatoes, cut into fourths
• 2 – 4 tablespoons brown, grainy mustard
• 1, 12-ounce beer
• Water if needed
Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat
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and brown bratwurst on all sides, adding a little vegetable oil if needed. When sausage is nicely browned, add sauerkraut, potatoes, mustard, and beer. Add water until level of cooking liquid almost covers bratwurst mixture. Turn heat to low and stir slightly to distribute mustard (when hot, the mixture will combine easily).
Simmer gently 20 – 30 minutes or longer.
Thanks to Central Market for our groceries. Judie Byrd is founder of The Culinary School of Fort Worth. For more information, go to judiebyrd.com.
When cooking seems out of the question, try Bratwurst and Sauerkraut with Beer and Mustard. Four ingredients with delicious results.
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You don’t have to load up on leather pieces this fall just because it’s trending. Whether you are headed to the office, meeting the girls for a cocktail or cozying up with a cup of coffee, these leather leggings are a must-have staple item for your fall and winter wardrobe.
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Breast Self Exams and Early Screenings Essential
Q: How often should women get screened, and at what age should screening start?
A: Generally, women should begin getting screening mammograms every one to two years starting at age 40. At age 50, screening mammograms should be done annually. Women younger then 40 should do monthly self-breast exams and clinical breast exams every three years beginning at age 20.
Q: How prevalent is breast cancer among women?
A: o ne in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. it is the most common cancer found in women.
Q: Are there any measures that can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer?
A: Unfortunately, the biggest risks of developing
breast cancer are being a woman and getting older. t here’s nothing we can do about that. However, the risk of breast cancer increases in women that are obese. Exercise has been shown to decrease the risk. Also, hormone replacement therapy has been linked with an increased risk of breast cancer if you take it for more than five years, so you should weigh the risks and benefits of taking hormones with your physician.
Q: Is surgery always required with a diagnosis of breast cancer?
A: Surgery is the first line of therapy in most cases. t he need for other treatments is usually determined by the findings in surgery. t here are multiple options for the removal of the cancer such as breast conservation surgery versus mastectomy, as well as options for reconstruction of the breast. in some advanced cancers, chemotherapy may be used first to decrease the size of the tumor prior to surgery. it is extremely rare that an operation is not required for breast cancer.
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Considerations for Breast Reconstruction
Q: What conditions might prompt a woman to undergo breast surgery?
A: in addition to losing a breast following mastectomy, any issue related to size, shape or position of the breasts can be addressed surgically. if breast volume is judged insufficient, augmentation with implants is an option. time, gravity and the effects of pregnancy can cause a condition called breast ptosis, which can be corrected with a breast lift (mastopexy). not uncommonly, a lift is done with an augmentation when there is a combination of volume, shape and position problems.
Q: When might a woman consider a breast reduction?
A: Breast reduction is for women with large, pendulous breasts who have problems related to the weight of their breasts. t hese problems can include neck and back pain, shoulder grooving due to bra strap binding, poor posture, rashes, inability to exercise and difficulty finding clothes that fit properly.
Q: What’s the time frame for reconstructive surgery after having a mastectomy?
A: if a patient decides she definitely wants a reconstruction and her cancer treatment will allow, immediate reconstruction is preferred
because it combines two procedures into one trip to the operating room. in addition, tissue used for the reconstruction is easier to work with prior to any scarring from the mastectomy developing. on occasion, however, delayed reconstruction is the best option. t his occurs when it is anticipated that radiation therapy to the breast site will be necessary post-mastectomy.
Q: What should a woman consider before undergoing breast reconstruction?
A: A woman considering breast reconstruction should know that there are basically two
categories of techniques for breast reconstruction. one uses devices called tissue expanders, which modify the soft tissue at the mastectomy site, creating a space large enough to place a permanent breast prosthesis. the other (called autologous tissue transfer) uses the patient’s own tissue to create the new breast.
Q: Why should someone consider having surgery at USMD Hospital at Arlington?
A: USmD Hospital at Arlington is a fully accredited, physician-led hospital that specializes in outpatient and short-stay inpatient surgery. i like the fact that for my cosmetic breast surgery patients, i can offer them the convenience of outpatient surgery in a beautiful facility with the technology and safety of a fully staffed surgical hospital.
Solis, all the way through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. t here is also a compassionate Cancer navigator to assist women with all aspects of this journey.
Kory Jones M.D.
Top-Notch Options for Low T Patients
Q: What is Low T?
A: Low t is low testosterone, a condition in men where there’s not enough testosterone or male hormone being produced. it is more com-
mon as men get older, but it can affect men before the age of 50. testosterone is produced by the testes, and testosterone production is controlled by the pituitary gland in the brain.
Q: What are the signs or symptoms I should be aware of?
A: Symptoms of Low t can include fatigue, lower sex drive, erectile dysfunction, loss of muscle mass, increase in body fat, infertility, irritability or mood changes, difficulty with focus or concentration, weak bones, difficulty sleeping and possible memory loss. Low t can also be an early warning sign of cardiovascular or heart disease.
Q: How do you diagnose a man with Low T?
A: to make the diagnosis, the patient would need a physical examination in the office as well as blood tests. Depending on those results, he may also require additional tests including X-rays.
Q: What treatment options are available for Low T?
A: Low testosterone can be caused by more than one condition, and treatment of the condition depends on the reason for the man’s low hormone levels. o ptions for treatment of Low t include topical gels and patches,
Reclaim Your Fertility at USMD
Q: How common is infertility in Americans?
A: About 10 million Americans suffer from infertility. in infertile couples, 50 percent of the time, a male factor is involved and 70 percent of the time, there’s a female factor involved. in 20 percent of cases, there’s both a male and
a female factor. t he testing for male infertility includes blood work to look at hormones, along with two semen samples. t his gives us a good assessment of the male’s status. if necessary, there are other tests that we can perform.
Q: What can I do to lower my risk of becoming infertile?
A: n o. 1 is don’t smoke. n o. 2 is don’t sit in a hot tub, Jacuzzi or hot bath. Beyond that, another common risk factor is testosterone use, which negatively affects sperm production.
Q: What medical conditions contribute to low sperm count?
A: Any time a male partner is sick—including something as common as a cold, fever or food poisoning—his sperm count may decrease. But this effect is reversible; about three months following the illness, normal sperm count will return.
Q: What treatment options are available to me?
injections, or pellets placed under the skin. Under the supervision of one of our trained physicians, m edicare and most commercial insurance companies will cover many of the treatments for Low t
Q: How does the USMD Men’s Health Center distinguish itself?
A: t he US m D m en’s Health Center is staffed by board-certified urologists who are highly trained in the effective and successful treatment of low testosterone. t he experienced physicians and staff at the USmD men’s Health Center are prepared to help patients with the evaluation for Low t, as well as answer questions about the numerous options available and find the most effective treatment for men with low testosterone.
Paul Chan M.D. Urology
USMD Men’s Health Center
811 W. Interstate 20 Ste. G-22 Arlington, TX 76017 usmd.com
888.444.USMD
Q: What makes the USMD Men’s Health Center stand out from the others?
A: We’re one of the few centers that offers a multi-disciplined approach to men’s health. t his involves looking at prostate health, testosterone replacement, erectile dysfunction and general urological issues, as well as infertility.
Weber Chuang M.D.
Urology
A: When i look at male infertility, i take a threepronged approach to try to improve sperm count: lifestyle modification, medication and/ or surgery. t here are medications that can improve sperm count depending on the semen analysis and blood-work results. Surgery follows the same lines. o ne of the most common surgical treatments is repair of a varicocele. A varicocele is a varicose vein on the testicle, which can damage the testicle and affect sperm count. Fixing the varicocele can show dramatic improvement in semen analysis parameters.
USMD Men’s Health Center 811 W. Interstate 20 Ste. G-22 Arlington, TX 76017 usmd.com 888.444.USMD
Surgery a ‘Permanent Fix’ for Peyronie’s
including curvature, shortening or other changes in shape.
Q: How prevalent is Peyronie’s, and who is most at risk?
A: While it was once thought to be rare, Peyronie’s is now estimated to be as prevalent as 9 percent of men. Any man is at risk. Peyronie’s tends to be more common in men aged 40 to 70, but it can occur in a man in his early teens.
Q: What are the first steps in treating Peyronie’s?
Q: How does someone get diagnosed with Peyronie’s disease? Are there symptoms to be aware of?
A: to be diagnosed with Peyronie’s disease, all the man needs is a history and physical exam by an experienced physician. His symptoms can vary from pain in the penis, erectile dysfunction and/or deformity of the penis
A: t he first, most important step is to seek a consultation with a urologist who is experienced and interested in treating Peyronie’s. t hat physician can make the diagnosis and have an in-depth discussion on the potential treatment options for each patient. Each patient can have different symptoms, and that can affect the treatment options that are offered for Peyronie’s.
Q: Does surgery offer a permanent fix for Peyronie’s?
A: Surgery is an option that can permanently correct erectile dysfunction and penile curvature. While there are no safe surgical options for lengthening the penis, there are other methods that can be offered. Your first step is to see a urologist for a consultation.
Q: Why do you prefer to send your patients to USMD Hospital?
A: m y patients are always impressed with the level of care they receive from top to bottom at US m D Hospital. US m D has an extensive team of physicians and other medical professionals who have expertise in the entire realm of men’s health conditions. US m D also has very high patient satisfaction scores that are measured by Press Ganey.
Jason Greenfield M.D. Urology
USMD Men’s Health Center 811 W. Interstate 20 Ste. G-22 Arlington, TX 76017 usmd.com 888.444.USMD
Enlarged Prostrate: A Treatable Condition
Q: What is the function of the prostate?
A: t he prostate is a gland found directly below the bladder in men that produces the vast majority of the seminal fluid during ejaculation.
Q: What are some of the signs of an enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)?
A: As the prostate enlarges, it can decrease or block the outflow of urine from the bladder. t his can cause bothersome symptoms such as a weak urinary stream, urinary frequency, a sense of incomplete bladder emptying and, in some cases, incontinence.
Q: Are there any proactive measures you can take to prevent or reduce the risk of prostate problems?
A: While many men will experience problems related to the benign enlargement of the prostate during their lifetime, treatment is not aimed at prevention but rather at alleviating symptoms of an enlarged prostate, which include a weak urinary stream, frequent urination, a sense of incomplete bladder emptying and incontinence.
Q: What treatments are available for an enlarged prostate?
A: treatments range from daily medication to minimally invasive procedures that can be performed either in the office or in the operating room. m edication is aimed at reducing
the size and muscular tone of the prostate. m inimally invasive procedures are aimed at eliminating the portions of the prostate that block or decrease the outflow of urine from the bladder.
Q: What sets the USMD Men’s Health Center apart from other clinics?
A: At the US m D m en’s Health Center, we focus on optimizing male health. We have specialists trained in all areas including infertility, erectile dysfunction, voiding dysfunction and low testosterone, making the US m D m en’s Health Center the only urology clinic in the DFW area primarily focused on male health. o ur team of expert doctors and staff strive to treat each patient individually, with respect and compassion.
Geoffrey Nuss M.D. Urology
USMD Men’s
Get Satisfaction with Penile Implants Post-Surgery
Q: How common is erectile dysfunction (ED) after a prostatectomy?
A: About 50 percent of men over the age of 50 have some degree of ED even before surgery. A large percentage of men will have ED postsurgery, but a large percentage of those will
to be totally spontaneous and ready for sexual activity at any time. He can retain the erection for as long as he desires. And the penile implant feels totally normal and does not interfere with orgasm.
Q: How do you know if you are a good candidate for penile implant surgery?
regain their potency after a year. t he important thing is that you’re doing the surgery to cure the prostate cancer, and of the 98 percent of the men who have ED after surgery, we can treat them successfully.
Q: What are the benefits of surgical treatment for ED?
A: Surgical treatment offers a long-term solution to men’s ED. it provides the ability to have a good erection at any time. i t allows a man
A: n o. 1, you have to be healthy enough to have an operation. n o. 2, we usually say if you don’t like or if you failed the more conservative modes of surgery—the oral medications, vacuum erectile device or penile injections— you’re a good candidate.
Q: What is the success rate for penile implants?
A: Basically, it’s 100 percent. there’s a 1 in 200 chance of infection. if the implant gets infected, we can take it out and replace it at the same sitting or replace it later. t here’s a 15 percent chance of a mechanical breakdown in the first 10 years the implant is in. i f it breaks down, we just take it out and replace it with another.
About 92 percent of the patients are totally satisfied with their penile implant, and about 92 percent of their partners are totally satisfied and would have it done again. o f all the treatments we do, penile implants have the highest satisfaction rate and the highest success rate.
Q: Why do you prefer to send your patients to USMD Hospital?
A: Since it’s a specialty hospital, we do more penile implants than any hospital in n orth texas. We have dedicated a large staff who are used to doing the surgery; therefore, it goes more smoothly and faster, which cuts down dramatically on our infection and complication rates. Also, US m D has one of the highest patient satisfaction rates of any hospital in north texas.
Gary Price M.D. Urology
USMD Men’s Health Center 811 W. Interstate 20 Ste. G-22 Arlington, TX 76017 usmdpcc.com 888.444.USMD
Get it back at our Men’s Health Center. Thousands of men trust us to help with their most sensitive health issues – from erectile dysfunction and infertility to low testosterone and incontinence. The only thing worse than talking about these conditions is living with them.
Call today for an appointment with one of the specialists featured in this article. Conveniently located on the USMD Hospital at Arlington campus.
Dream Home
Visions of France dominate a new house in the Monticello neighborhood both in construction and in the interior design.
by Paul K. Harral
photography by Jason Kindig
2013 Fort Worth, Texas Dream Home Partners
Building a great home is a team effort with many trades and suppliers involved. Adding to the complexity of normal construction are rigid deadlines with little flexibility. Our partners were up to the challenges — and we thank them.
Aaron Iron Works Inc. 3501 Locke Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76107
817.731.9281 aaronornamental.com
Acme Brick Co. P.O. Box 425 Fort Worth, TX 76101-0425
817.332.4101 brick.com
Advanced Cast Stone Inc.
115 Lee St. Fort Worth, TX 76140
817.572.0018 advancedcaststone.com
AG Builders
2200 W. Rosedale St. Fort Worth, TX 76110
817.207.8988 agbuilderscustomhomes.com
Ajax Glass and Mirror Co.
6200 Southwest Blvd. Fort Worth TX 76109
817.732.3359 ajaxglass.net
Barrington Custom Painting
6704 Mabell St. North Richland Hills, Texas 76182
817.680.7114
Choice Fabricated Stone 6308 Eden Drive Haltom City, TX 76117
Texas Electric 108 Kenshire Dr. Fort Worth, TX 76126
817.504.4373
Texas Tile Roofing 2616 Weaver St. Haltom City, TX 76117
817.838.6100 texastileroofing.com
That’s Haute
3700 Cheek Sparger, Ste. 140 Bedford, TX 76021
817.545.8600 thats-haute.com
The Kitchen Source 3116 W 6th St., Ste. 101 Fort Worth, TX 76107
817.731.4299 thekitchensource.net
Unique Door Designs 2345 Pecan Court
Fort Worth, TX 76117
817.831.7430 uniquedoordesigns.com
Vintage Floors 1112 Norwood St. Fort Worth, TX 76107
817.877.1564 bryansvintagefloors.com
Visualizing a Dream
Build for the neighborhood and for future needs
A house starts with an idea in someone’s mind, but it quickly turns to lines on paper for the blueprints that specify everything from the size of the rooms to the location of electrical outlets. For builders and subcontractors, the challenge is to turn those plans into the physical structure.
This design also includes plans to add a bath off the Media Room on the second floor that would make it an independent suite for extended family members should that need arise.
2013 Fort Worth, Texas Dream Home
4010 W. 4th St., Fort Worth
Benefiting a Wish with Wings
Tour Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 27
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FiRST FlOOR PlaN
World War I was fought “over there.” The war not only changed the world. It also changed American architecture. Soldiers who had served in Europe returned with a sense of French architecture, and that influence began showing up in the homes they were designing or building or buying. European influence was visible when development started in the Monticello neighborhood 10 years after the war ended. That was appropriate because soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division trained in that area at Camp Bowie in Fort Worth.
The 2013 Fort Worth, Texas Dream Home picks up on that old trend in the charming neighborhood just two miles west of downtown with a 5,600-square-foot home of French Eclectic design at 4010 W. 4th St.
Proceeds from the home tour go to support a Wish with Wings, a non-profit that strives to meet dreams of children with potentially terminal illnesses.
“The Dream Home truly is the ideal platform to share our mission and our message with the Fort Worth community, as we continue to celebrate our recent move to Fort Worth,” said Executive Director Judy Youngs. The organization granted a record 52 wishes in 2012 and is on track to equal or exceed that this year.
“Donations made through the Dream Home tours will enable us to grant even more Magical Wishes to Wish kids who live here in our own community, children who are treated locally at Cook Children’s Hospital, as well as those in surrounding communities,” she said.
The e n Trance From the curb, the Dream Home is obviously a new home in an older neighborhood, but it is not out of sync with the surrounding houses. Monticello from the start required brick, stone, stucco or a combination of the three.
This house replaces a smaller existing one. Builders Lisa and Gary Nussbaum stress that in older neighborhoods, they try to build to fit in. “We really enjoy preservation of architecture and design,” Lisa says. “We care about that. If we take a house down, we want to repeat it back.”
Architect Scott Watson of Flynn+Watson designed the home, and both the builders and the interior designer have tried to be faithful to his vision.
An example is the front door. Lisa Nussbaum and Mike Stekoll of Unique Door Designs worked on the custom-made mahogany door. “We got over there, and we just started brainstorming,” she says. It’s a French Eclectic house, she says. “What does a door like that look like?” Stekoll says Lisa had a very specific idea, and he offered a few options. “It’s an unusual door, but it really goes with the house,” Gary Nussbaum said.
The front door of the Dream Home is custom-made of mahogany. A small seating area is nestled to the right of the door.
As guests enter, the home opens up to a large twostory foyer with a curving staircase on the right. The sweeping space is decorated with oversized candlesticks and wooden wall tapestries.
Fort Worth, Texas: The City’s Magazine
Psychology and Construction
Blending psychology and homebuilding helps people achieve that sought-after sense of well being in their homes.
By Paul K. Harral
Lisa Nussbaum brings a unique set of skills to her partnership with husband Gary in AG Builders. He’s a lifelong builder, training in the Chicago suburb of Joliet under
his grandfather and father before moving to Texas in 1980. “The economy has really gone up there with construction,” says Gary. After a pause, he adds: “And the extreme cold weather.”
They’ve been involved in building together for 25 years.
Lisa graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design with a minor in marketing. She and Gary married in 1992, and she began working with him as a business partner and interior design-construction consultant.
“Then Gary decided he wanted to go on the road and build restaurants,”
Lisa said. “He built about 600 restaurants across the U.S. in about 15 years.” She traveled with him some, but decided to put design aside and go back to school. In December of 2006, she completed her Ph.D. in psychology and counseling.
“That’s why I don’t talk much,” Gary says dryly. He is quiet — until he starts talking about his work. Then he’s passionate.
Lisa went into practice in 1998 in marriage and family counseling and still does some of that, but when Gary decided he was tired of traveling, she rejoined him in the business.
“I like the psychology part of it because when we work with our clients, it’s nice to have an idea of how they want the space to perform and how they want to feel in it,” she said. Gary agrees. “The benefit that she brings with that psychology-slash-design is that she is able to listen to the client and express herself. It helps soften the atmosphere for communication. It invites them in when she is able to facilitate in that fashion.”
Lisa thinks blending psychology and design together is a coming trend.
“There actually are five people in the U.S. who do have degrees in design and psychology, and they’ve written some books,” she said. “They
come from an environmental psychology background.” But she sees a need for blending the disciplines in residential construction and thinks that will happen. “There’s a lot to be said for space and wellness,” she said, “as we have people retiring earlier and living longer. I’m interest ed in all of that people living in their houses for as long as they possibly can and healthcare coming to them.”
As for Gary, he’s a builder. “This is all I’ve ever done,” he says. “This is all I know.”
But his vast experience in the building trade makes it possible for him to understand fully all phases of it. He’s working on eight houses right now, and he is on the building sites a great deal of time. He does his own millwork on cabinets on site, and visitors to the Dream Home will be drawn to the elaborate millwork in the great room, the master bedroom and the study.
“I firmly believe that in constructing homes, there must be a respect for the process of building and the ability to have dialogue among the builder, engineer, architect, interior designer, landscape designer and the owner,” Nussbaum said. “This dynamic is essential to the success of the project. There must be a common goal of designing and producing an artful, functional and value-conscious home.”
It opens into a two-story foyer with a curving staircase to the right. “Normally, you’d put a table and a floral around a staircase, but we wanted to show how you can do unique things,” says Donna Moss of Donna Moss Designs/That’s Haute. “It’s all about the wow factor.” What she did was put three “ginormous” candlesticks at the base. The largest is around 7 feet tall.
“Being an interior designer, I don’t ever like to ever have anything that’s just normal,” she said. “Those are perfect for that spot.” The space is sweeping, so she also hung very large one-of-
Upon entrance into the family room, the fireplace, high-beamed ceilings and large windows leading out to the patio are attention grabbers. The ceiling treatments are milled out of cypress, and yellow/gold accents create a warm environment.
a-kind wooden wall tapestries up the staircase with a giant pair of angel wings on the opposite wall.
The Family Room Three items immediately grab attention in the family room — the door and windows leading to the patio, the fireplace and the beamed ceiling.
The fireplace and mantle dominate one wall of the room, and Moss added a large wall fixture over the mantle featuring a fleur-de-lis.
The seating and table fixtures in the room reflect the color palette throughout the house, but Moss put yellows and gold accents into the room with the modern plain-stitched pillows and continued that trend on the patio cushions.
“I like to add color when I can without it being overbearing,” she said.
“Yellows and golds will sell a home.”
Gary Nussbaum says he has two favorite rooms in the house. “I’m always going to go back to my work, so the two rooms I like are the family room and the master bedroom because they have that ceiling work in it,” he said. The ceiling treatments are milled out of cypress, a wood popular in Europe in antiquity and perhaps the wood used in the fourth century doors of St. Peter’s in Rome. “Cypress is really nice wood to work with,” he says.
Moss did her first show home back in 1994. “For the most part, they are much more complicated than a normal client project,” she said. “Because many of the items are not a part of what we normally carry at That’s Haute, we have to convince furniture manufacturers and showrooms to lend us their product for months at a time.”
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“The challenge for us in this home is blending a French Eclectic theme with a desire to show a variety of looks as well, and making it all flow seamlessly.”
Donna Moss
That’s not easy, she says, and some of the items in the house are custom. “The goal is to design dreams and give people great ideas that they can take home with them either visually or physically. But everything in the home is for sale and available to take home at the end of the show,” she said.
Dream Homes add an unusual element for builders and interior designers. Deadlines are tight and rigid for both because of the need for the magazine to get into the house for photography prior to publication. That’s true for subcontractors as well. Felix Martinez of Barrington Custom Painting says the only issue with his part of the project — his second Dream Home for the magazine — was the timeline. “Just hurry, hurry, hurry,” he said. He’s a fourth generation painter.
“To be real honest, I’ve never had to be in a situation quite like this where there was a deadline to meet so they could come and furnish a house. It was surprising to me how many venders and subcontractors responded to that situation and helped out,” Gary Nussbaum said. “On the majority of projects, the subcontractors or the venders will say I need a couple more days, but on this one, we can’t do that on this one.”
The family room is one of Gary’s two favorite rooms in the house.
The KiTchen and Brea K fasT nooK Cabinets in the kitchen are the only units in the house not supplied by the builder and come from The Kitchen Source, a longtime partner in the magazine’s Dream Home projects. The appliances are Viking.
The Dream Home Kitchen has the wow factor. Marble is mainly from Brazil and all custom cut, and the Viking Appliances are state-ofthe-art. Hair-on-Hide barstools slide under the island counter. The breakfast nook features a French farmhouse inspired pine table.
Choice Fabricated Stone cut the marble for the kitchen cabinets and islands and for the other surfaces throughout the house. The marble comes mainly from Brazil with some from China, says Wes Cooper. The countertops were custom cut at the company’s facility in Haltom City. “The material selection really goes well with the home,” Cooper said. “The details that were selected to go into the edges and all that are really unique.”
Moss wanted to tie the kitchen to the foyer. “We let the tiles in the entryway guide us on colors and things, so there’s a lot of black,” she said. “We wanted to pull the black to be dramatic.” That also shows in the hairon-hide stools and in the glassware selected for display. It’s called chalkboard china, with a finish that’ll remind you of your days in school.
The pine table in the breakfast nook matches the looks and finish of the dining room table and sideboard and picks up the French farmhouse look
Moss was striving for.
The wood appears unfinished, but Moss says both tables are painted and sealed so they should be able to withstand water marking from people who carelessly set wet glasses on wood surfaces.
“The challenge for us in this home is blending a French Eclectic theme with a desire to show a variety of looks as well, and making it all flow seamlessly,” Moss said. “So the goal is to give the home a touch of France with a modern twist and a taste of Old World.”
The Dining Room
The French theme of the house is picked up fullblown in the dining room with furnishings that could have come directly from a rural area in Europe.
“The furnishings are a very farmhouse, French-looking dining room table and sideboard,” Moss said. The pieces appear to be unfinished pine,
Dining room furnishings look as though they could have come directly from a rural area in Europe. The table appears to be unfinished pine but has a sealed finish. The chairs are meant to add a contrasting modern look.
Queen of Bling
Donna Moss is a whirlwind of activity and creative on-the-fly, assembling rooms that include surprise elements for Fort Worth, Texas magazine’s 2013 Dream Home.
By Paul K. Harral
Donna Moss likes crystals, hair-on-hide furnishings, animal prints and feathers. And you’ll see all of those in the 2013 Dream Home. Well, maybe not the feathers.
“I don’t think I have any feathers in this house,” she said on a recent day as the rooms for the house were coming together. But she’ll decide where and whether they can be included. She’ll be making decisions like that and moving things around on walls for as long as possible. It’s part of the creative process, adjusting the furnishings to match the tone of the house.
Moss is owner of Donna Moss Designs. She’s a former finalist from season one of Design Star on HGTV and for two years hosted her own show on the network called Donna Decorates Dallas HGTV referred to her as “The Queen of Bling.”
Five years ago, she and her daughters, Ashley Moss Black and Tiffany Moss Jenkins, opened a retail boutique called That’s Haute in The Shops at Cheek Sparger in Bedford. The daughters live in Fort Worth and Donna and husband Paul, a homebuilder himself, live in Arlington.
expanded from the original concept.
“It was more home accessories,” Moss says. “When we first decided to do the store, we had very little clothing. As we grew, we doubled the size of the store and doubled the amount of clothes. We sell a lot of clothes and a lot of jewelry. We just kind of found a niche and expanded with what was working.”
It wasn’t that much of a stretch for her.
“When I grew up, I thought I was going to be a fashion designer, so, to me, it’s kind of a big fit together,” Moss said.
She likes Old World themes mixed with more modern treatments.
“Each job is similar in the way you try to connect the interior with the exterior, but that is as similar as it gets,” Moss says. “That’s what is so exciting about interior design; with each home something new and unique is created.”
ings to their personalities. But Dream Homes are built for an unknown owner. That spells freedom for a designer.
“The inspiration came from the home itself, which is truly a masterpiece,” Moss says.
This house is a French Eclectic design and that requires adding Old World touches throughout.
but Moss says that these items and a similar one in the breakfast nook have a sealed finish. The side chairs add a contrasting modern look.
“What I’m trying to do here is get uniqueshaped furniture, mixing old with new, modern with vintage, and just making it all kind of work in your home,” Moss said.
Also a departure from the expected are the draperies. “I wanted to do some unique shaped draperies,” she says. “In a lot of model homes and dream homes, they just use straight panels everywhere. I wanted to add some custom treatment. We had the unique cornices made.” It is, she says, “an elegant look
Many of the furnishings in the Dream Home come from her store, which has
In a normal client relationship, the homeowners would be a major part of the decisions as Moss tries also to match the furnish-
“I have been interested in interior design my entire life,” Moss says. “It seems like I was born with a gift of creativity, and from an early age wanted to be a fashion designer. As a homebuilder’s wife, that desire was an easy transition into interior design.”
The house benefits a Wish with Wings, a nonprofit that seeks to make the wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening conditions come true.
“The reward in a project like this is the excitement of the challenge,” Moss said. “But the fact that it is all for such a great cause is the reward itself.”
to blend in everything else.”
She picks up the French connection throughout the house with fabrics with French language on them, prints of French scenes and with multiple items displaying the fleur-de-lis, the stylized lily flower traditionally used to represent French royalty.
The Wine Bar On the west side of the dining room is a wine bar area with a chiller as well as cabinet storage for wine bottles. But the centerpiece of this room is the backsplash.
It is a slab of translucent and backlit Black Cloud Onyx that provides a stunning focal point to the room and is visible from the entrance foyer.
“Being able to see it when you first walk in the door is really going to be exciting for a lot of people,” said Moss.
The millwork in the room is by the builder. Gary Nussbaum prefers not to sub-contract that out. “I was raised that way,” he says. “I’m a hands-on person. I grew up doing everything in the house, all phases of the house. That’s the way my dad was. That’s the way I am.”
It’s not so much of a control issue as much as it is a finishing detail issue. “I have a small crew that’s always working with me,” Nussbaum said. “Basically, I try to build everything on site that I can. That way, it’s all custom. The fits are really tight. It’s hard to take measurements from the project over to the shop.”
Out back is a partially covered patio featuring a fireplace, outdoor kitchen and water wall.
The PaTio Centered in the back of the house is a 22-foot by 15-foot partially covered patio that features an outdoor fireplace, an outdoor kitchen and a water-wall fountain.
It is accessed off the back hallway and through a floor-to-ceiling Millennium steel door in the family room. Equal-sized windows, incorporating the outdoor space with the indoor area, flank that door.
“I wanted to make the patio comfortable, so we selected a sectional that’s very comfy,” Moss
A two-story master bedroom features a spiral staircase leading up to an upstairs study. Cusom-cut white marble is a striking element in both the master bathroom and master closet.
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Eye in the Sky
Combining a love of radio-controlled flight, map-making and photography leads two locals into a new line of business.
By Paul K. Harral
Warning to women reading this article: You may want to destroy it before the men in your lives get a peek, because they are going to want one of these bad boys.
If you’ve been following the monthly articles leading up to the 2013 Fort Worth, Texas Dream Home, you’ve seen the aerial photography furnished by Christopher Jenseth and Roger Rose of QuadroPix LLC.
You can buy a remotecontrolled helicopter ranging from 8 inches to a couple of feet long at kiosks in local shopping malls.
“Those small copters in the mall are like tricycles,” says Rose. “We fly a Formula One race car.”
“I have put hundreds of hours into flight simulator and flight training to be at the level I am today,” Jenseth said. “Roger and I have also attended flight and ground control training in Montana.”
The camera platform is operated independently of the helicopter from its own control panel and the two men work as a
smoothly functioning team. Jenseth positions the helicopter and holds it in place while Rose shoots the still pictures or videos.
Jenseth had been working in thermal imaging before that. “I loved the science behind it and thought my dream job was to do aerial thermal imaging riding in full-size helicopters,” he said. Rose was laid off from Jacobs Engineering — formerly Carter and Burgess. “The last 24 years of my professional career has been in the field of mapping,” he said. “I have worked for electric companies, 9-11, gas and oil, and water/ waste water. I love creating maps and will always somehow be involved with making maps.”
He was doing consulting work when Jenseth approached him with the idea of forming QuadroPix. “I thought about it for awhile and decided to go for it. I did minor in art with an emphasis on photography in college and have a passion for taking photographs,”
Rose said. “So, I figured it would work for me as a career. So far it has been a great fit with my love of technology and passion for photography.”
It’s not a full-sized helicopter, but Jenseth doesn’t feel as if he settled for the next best thing.
“I just think it was the natural progression in the field and happens to be safer, greener and less expensive,” he says.
“Since childhood, I have always been a RC (radio control) enthusiast, and look forward to what the future holds.”
“This has been a very rewarding journey and we love what we do,” Jenseth said. One recent project was a real estate video production for a 75-acre property on Eagle Mountain Lake.
“The property itself is absolutely breath-taking with three homes, pool, pavilion, pond, barn, hiking trails and spectacular views of the lake from the higher elevation and it didn’t require much imagination to put together one of our best videos to date,” said Jenseth.
Watching the machine fly raises a couple of obvious questions.
What happens when it runs low on battery power? The helicopter sends the operator a signal warning of low battery levels while there is still plenty of power to return home.
What happens if the control signal is lost in flight? The helicopter works with GPS positioning, which means it knows where it is and where its take-off point was. If the control signal is lost, it will automatically return to the launch point.
“Roger and I talk everyday about new applications from multi-spectral imaging for crop yield analysis to search and rescue,” Jenseth says. “We are the forefront of this exciting field and want to be advocates for its safe and responsible use."
said. “With a TV over the fireplace, I assumed this would be another entertaining area, so we really wanted to make it livable.”
And because there is an outdoor kitchen, she added a dining table to the furnishings as well.
The MasTer BedrooM This is easily the most stunning room in the house because of the ceiling. It’s two-stories, and the second of Gary’s favorite rooms.
Gary says he’s pleased with the results of the
project. “It came out better than I had anticipated,” he said. “Overall the house just formulates itself together with the color coordination and the product that’s been put in. It really does look great.”
He’s proud of the cathedral ceiling with arched cypress beams fabricated in his millwork shop. “That was selected so the stain would come out properly in the finish,” Nussbaum said. The wood’s gray stain picks up the muted colors of the room. “Lisa basically gave me a sketch of what she wanted. I always formulate from there and then just add details to it, figuring out the materials that are best used.”
Because of the scope of the room, an ordinary headboard would have been dwarfed. “I had to have something custom-made to draw
your eyes up,” Moss said. The result is a 9-foot-tall “very French wing bed.” “I wanted this to be kind of romantic and very French feeling — soft grays, soft creams, whites. It’s really elegant,” Moss said. The bedspread is painted velvet.
Just off the entrance to the master bathroom suite is a narrow iron spiral staircase leading to the study above. It is one of three staircases in the house, and the contrast of the dark iron with silver touches with the romance of the bedroom is both startling and pleasing to the eye.
“You get that yin-yang feel throughout the entire house because there are unexpected pieces throughout,” Moss said. “You’ve got your modern, you’ve got your Old World, you’ve got your French. So we really have a nice
The owner's study looks downstairs to the master bedroom. To achieve the look on the walls and the door, Jill Hammonds of JR Designs aged the woodwork and applied a whitewash.
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This is a concept the Nussbaums push: Plan homes so there is an easy conversion to independent living space should there be a need for aging parents or someone else to move in.
marriage pretty much of everything I love and, I guess, the builders, too.”
The Owner’s Study The owner’s study overlooks the master bedroom, giving the visitor — and the ultimate owner — a close look at the beamed ceiling. It, too, is finished in cypress with a warm stain.
“We designed it,” Lisa Nussbaum said. “It’s called pecky cypress. That’s an expensive application, she says, but it was selected because of the architect’s vision of the house as French Eclectic, and the wood brought a provincial French look. “There were areas we were trying to justify the architect’s idea by constructing those things,” she said. “That particular study would be more of a country French — just a small hint of it.”
That was the objective of the interior designer as well. “We tried to take something in every room that had a flavor of France without it being stuffy Frenchy,” Moss said. “There are a lot of beautiful things mixed with a lot of aged things to give you a vintage feel but still have that modern stuff that we all loved.”
Faux painter Jill Hammonds of JR Designs aged the woodwork and doors and applied a whitewash. She also added the metal patina on the iron staircase. Her touches appear in virtually every room of the house. Note especially her treatments of the ceiling in this room and other rooms.
The Billiard rOOm The upstairs billiard room is nestled between the hallways leading to the bedrooms and the media room
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over the garage.
The room is dominated by the pool table — with a striking but unusual touch — two flat-screen television sets, a huge mirror which Moss says “weighs a ton” and a lighted movie-style marquee that leads into the media room. Seating is hair-on-hide finishes. The marquee features a poster from the 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, starring Audrey Hepburn.
Moss had the top of the billiard table painted with streaks of gold to add her desired bling factor. “I don’t know how practical that is,” she said. “We actually rolled a ball on it a few times, and it seems to roll pretty flawlessly.” But the table surface is replaceable once the Dream House tours are over.
A bar and an attached powder room complete the floor plan.
The Media RooM This is a room designed for one purpose but convertible to another. For now, it is the media room found in upscale homes
but without theater seating. The large and unique sofa has a bar attached along the back where people can sit and eat Movie Tavern style.
There’s a sizeable ottoman that can also provide seating but with a surprise. It opens up into a bed. “They’ve come a long way with sofa beds, because it used to be that they were so hard that they just weren’t comfortable. But now you can get sofa beds that are actually very comfortable,” Moss said.
The second floor is served by an elevator as well as the staircases, and the elevator is there for a very specific reason. The architectural plans make provision for future construction that would add a golf cart garage on the ground level and a bathroom on the second floor off the media room.
This is a concept the Nussbaums push: Plan homes so there is an easy conversion to independent living space should there be a need for aging
As it should, the pool table dominates the billiard room. To add a touch of bling, the designer had the top of the billiard table painted with streaks of gold. A bar, two flat-screen TVs and an attached powder room make this a perfect hangout space.
parents or someone else to move in. It ties to Lisa’s interest in living space being a function of wellness, but Gary has bought into it.
“It just seems like families seem to be everywhere except where they are supposed to be,” he said. People scatter and “the closeness that families once had is gone.” He said Lisa is always interested in floor plans that would reestablish family unity among parents, children, brothers and sisters and grandparents that was once the norm.
In a small attached room is something new to the magazine’s Dream Homes. It is a fully automated control system that distributes audio and video signals throughout the house and allows the owner complete control through computer and smart phone technology regardless of where they are in the world.
“With the Dream Home, we are showcasing what can be done to any home by basing all of the eyesore electronics to run the entire home in a
clean and organized equipment rack located in an upstairs’ closet,” says Brian Hugghins, owner of H. Customs Audio Video. “We are able to control any light switch, thermostat, television, background music, security cameras, security alarm system and even door locks and sprinkler systems in the house.”
Some builders shy away from fully automated house systems in spec homes because of their expense and also because of their complexity.
“There are different systems, but this one seems to be the most friendly,” Gary Nussbaum said. “It’s easy.”
The UpsTairs Bedrooms Three bedrooms, all with full bathrooms, stretch across the front of the home on the second floor, connected by a landing with hallways at each end.
On that sweeping expanse of hall, Moss has hung framed prints of
The central feature in the traditional guest bedroom is the dramatic black iron bed with a silver rub on it. Romantic but modern, this room is one of three upstairs bedrooms.
Donna Moss,
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European castles and other buildings in a nod to the French Eclectic style of the house. “We’re hoping most of them are French, but I can’t guarantee they all are,” she said.
The three bedrooms are decorated in distinctively different styles. “We really gear everything we’re doing in this home to what we love,” Moss said. “We wanted to showcase our design talent by doing a lot of different things. That’s why we chose to do a lot of different styles, but still keep that little bit of French flavor.”
For the bedrooms, she said she thought it would be fun for each room to tell a story, so she’s done a baby’s room, a room for a teenaged girl and a more traditional guest bedroom.
When she hosted a show on HGTV, the network referred to her as the “Queen of Bling,” and that shows in touches like crystal highlights that show up in everything from tufts on the furniture to framed prints.
The BaBy’s Room The room adds blacks and pinks to the home’s general neutral grays and creams.
“Since I’m the ‘Queen of Bling,’ I had to have some bling in most of the rooms, so we’ve got a crib that has tufted crystals,” she said. “You have a chaise here with some tufting on it. And there are pink velvet chairs with some crystals for a small table. It’s kind of an elegant, romantic baby’s room.”
Framed pictures and sketches feature cupids and babies. “It’ll be very unique. I didn’t want this home to be just run of the mill,” Moss said.
There’s a chaise lounger that picks up the color scheme. Be sure not to miss the pink poodle rocker.
The Teenage Room The décor in the room visualized a teenaged girl and is a shabby chic style. The headboard is custom built, using burlap
Designed in shabby chic style, this space was specifically designed with a teenage girl in mind. The custom-built headboard features tufted burlap and vintage buttons. A chest of drawers incorporates picture framing around the edges, and pops of teal were added to the bedding.
“The impact Country Day has had on my life can be summarized in one word: opportunity. I was president of two student organizations; recognized as top 10 percent in my class; lettered in two varsity sports; achieved several athletic awards; was offered a spot on lacrosse teams around the country; started a disc-jockey and music entertainment business; and acquired numerous jobs, internships and volunteer positions. FWCD granted me the opportunity to attend Columbia University. Where will FWCD take you?”
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tufted with vintage buttons.
“The whole house has a lot of grays in it, so we wanted to pop a color in here with the grays and the creams,” Moss said. So she added teal to the bedding. Pillows on the layered bedding pick up the French theme in antique letters tucked into pockets on the pillows.
The “wow” piece in the room is a chest of drawers that incorporates picture framing around the edges of the drawers.
The TradiTional GuesT room Moss describes the room as an almost transitional room that is romantic but modern.
The central feature is a tall black iron bed with a silver rub on it. “It’s somewhere between modern and Old World,” she says. “I love mixing things together to get that effect.”
Sometimes, she says, she really doesn’t know what the room is going
to be until she finishes that mixing and matching. And that’s one of the attractions about being involved in a Dream Home, where there is no specific client and “I can do pretty much whatever I want.”
Powder room and doG shower OK, it’s really a powder room and mudroom at the end of the hallway on the west side of the house. But it does have a dog sho are images of dogs everywhere in the room, along with a doggie bed.
“We love having fun. We kind of really played up the doggie shower here,” Moss said. “That’s why you see a lot of themes in the house. They’re themey, but they’re not so themey that you can’t live with it. This room had to be fun.”
That’s Haute sells doggie beds. The one in the Dream Home is a reasonable size, but some of them are huge, she says.
A crib in the baby's room has tufted crystals, and the pink theme is seen in the chaise lounge, velvet chairs and pink poodle rocker. Framed pictures in the space feature cupids and babies.
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To create our 2013 Dream Home, we relied on the skill and expertise of the best in their field. From the builders and decorators to the landscapers and those who helped kick off touring, the combination of their efforts resulted in a home of the highest quality. Whether you are looking to update your house or begin building, those featured on the following pages can help make the dreams for your home become a reality. The information in this section is provided by the advertisers and has not been independently verified by Fort Worth, Texas magazine.
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Durango Doors of DFW
CONCENTRATION: Our business model has evolved since we opened our doors in 2003. We now offer a variety of exterior products that are used to build the character of a home. We think of ourselves as an architectural products boutique, where one can go and get a level of personalized service that is not offered at the lumber yards or millwork companies. The newest addition to our product lines is Western Window Systems. Western offers storefront looking windows and doors that span floor to ceiling to accommodate today’s contemporary architecture. Other products we sell include decorative steel doors, wine gates, stair railings, gas and electric lanterns, bi-fold door systems, Loewen Wood Windows, and Millennium steel doors and windows. Durango products meet the need of today’s architecture, whether old world, transitional or contemporary. PHILOSOPHY: We always strive to exceed our customers’ expectations through personalized
service, creative design and industry knowledge. INNOVATIONS: Our Millennium line of steel doors and windows has become the product of choice for contemporary and transitional architecture. You will find Millennium throughout the 2013 Dream Home. The minimum stiles and rails maximize glass size to provide a sleek open look. This product competes with other architectural steel windows and doors except we provide turnkey installation including glazing of the glass. We now offer Millennium doors in bi-fold configurations.
PICTURED: Jill Dragonetti and Scott Pereth.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 4015 W. Vickery Blvd. • Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.368.5709 • Fax: 817.732.1690 durangodoorsdfw@sbcglobal.net • durangodoors.com
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Interceramic Marble Collection
FOCUS: IMC’s focus has always been to provide our customers with a vast array of beautiful, high-quality natural stone slabs and tile that will enhance their home and their environment. AWARDS/ RECOGNITIONS: Voted Best Slab Showroom by ASID Designers’ Choice Award in 2012. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Society of Interior Designers, National Kitchen and Bath Association, Dallas Builders Association, Fort Worth Builders Association, National Association of the Remodeling Industry, Marble
Institute of America, Hispanic Contractors Association, American Institute of Architects. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: IMC has been dedicated to providing the largest selection of natural stone, experienced sales team, and excellent customer service for almost 30 years to the DFW Metroplex and Southern U.S. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: Our philosophy is simple: Provide the largest product selection and highest quality material, build strong relationships with our customers and provide promotion
outstanding service. FREE ADVICE: Our best advice is to follow your heart. Don’t be hesitant to select a stone that is bold or unique. Natural stone is like a piece of artwork. If you love it now, you will love it forever. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Unfortunately, many times the natural stone slab is selected after all other decorative decisions have been made. Each slab is a one-of-akind piece of artwork that can add warmth, color and beauty to a room if selected earlier in the process as an integral part of the design plan.
PICTURED: (left to right) Vickey Ward, Cedric Hudson, Kerry Wines, Elliot Fischer, Juan Villagomez, Lela Alford, Leslie Wadle, Kenneth Wright, Kathy Tomkins, George Gonzales, Michael Liserio, John Sanders.
Aaron Iron Works, Inc.
HISTORY: After 28 years serving the Metroplex and all parts of Texas and the surrounding states, Aaron Iron has continued to flourish through the range of economies that they have faced in that time. A commitment to industry excellence, safety and quality has taken this company from a local supplier of homeowner driven products such as hand-forged driveway gates and railings to the increasingly demanding arena of commercial construction. This turn of events has grown us into not only a shop providing the decorative elements to complete a structure, but also a shop that erects the structure itself. WHAT SETS US APART: Our ability to design, engineer and create gives us the creative license to take and handle the full metal package on a new project from I-Beams to forged rails. This understanding of the metal aspect on any level gives Aaron the edge in information and perfor-
mance when considering your next project. And, we still value our local homeowner market! PICTURED: This hand-fabricated stair and railing system, designed by the project architects Architexas, involved the creation of hand formed I-Beams, a custom cast poured stair system and hand-forged railings. It is the centerpiece of the Grapevine Convention and Visitor Bureau’s new facility. The engineering, detail and craftsmanship of this project begs the question: “Why call anyone but Aaron Iron to handle our project?”
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Acme Brick Company
FOCUS: Helping homeowners find the perfect brick products for their new or remodeling projects. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: Good Housekeeping Seal. Acme residential products carry a 100-year guarantee. Acme is the only U.S. brick manufacturer that “brands” its brick with a logo. MEMBERSHIPS: Fort Worth Chamber and U.S. Green Building Council, Brick Industry Association. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Acme is now the largest U.S. brick company and has served Fort Worth for 122 years. MOTTO: Since 1891, the best thing to have around your house. FREE ADVICE: Use genuine hard-fired brick on your
home’s exterior for beauty, resale value and minimal maintenance. INNOVATIONS: Inside Acme’s 3,800-square-foot showroom, customers will find dozens of displays of sample brick walls and have access to its brick professionals who are ready to offer advice and support. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Choosing trendy and less durable siding materials.
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Advanced Cast Stone, Inc.
FOCUS: Advanced Cast Stone manufactures product for both commercial and custom residential projects. The company also does high-end remodel and renovation projects. Advanced Cast Stone teamed up with AG Builder to create this unique fireplace. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: Firms that work in the masonry industry receive craftsmanship and manufacturing excellence awards known as Golden Trowel Awards. Advanced Cast Stone has received Golden Trowel Awards every year for the past 6 years. Recently, we received awards for the renovation to the home originally owned by Byron Nelson. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Cast Stone Institute, the certifying organization for quality assurance; Texas Masonry Association, the organization of professional masons. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: The recognition from professional organizations received for consistency in quality, craftsmanship and manufacturing excellence over many
years. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: We want the owner of our projects to be satisfied with our products since they are permanent. FREE ADVICE: Spend your time and money planning your project to the last detail. A well thought out project should not be rushed. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: They need the help of professional architects and designers. They will make a big difference in the finished product. Experience does matter in home construction. PICTURED: Troy Schafer, Art Romero.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 115 Lee St. • Fort Worth, Texas 76140 817.509.1152 • Fax 817.568-2882 troy@advancedcaststone.com advancedcaststone.com
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AG Builders
FOCUS: AG Builders is a full-service “hands-on” building and design construction company specializing in residential custom home construction. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: National Home Builders Association, Texas Association of Interior Designers. GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS: Our firm, developed over the past 25 years, is proud to have worked with many types of clients in both the residential and commercial building. The largest home we have constructed was 60,000 square feet, and we just granted a wish for the Make a Wish Foundation for a 350-square-foot room makeover. AG Builders especially enjoyed building and designing the Dallas Symphony Show House on Lakeside Drive with Architect Frank Welch. The house celebrated the opening of the Morton Myerson Symphony Hall. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: AG Builders strives to be a
premier building and design firm who is involved in the process of constructing luxury homes from conception to completion and is driven by a spirit of excellence. ADVICE: We advise our clients to take their time in the planning stage and pay attention to detail. It is important to view the process of building a home as a collaborative dialogue between owner, builder, architect, and site coupled with an understanding that the common goal is to produce artful, sensible and value-conscious design. PICTURED: Gary Nussbaum and Lisa Nussbaum, Ph.D., RID. CONTACT INFORMATION:
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Ajax Glass – Mirrors – Builders Hardware
CONCENTRATION: Full-service glass company offering: mirrors, shower doors and tub enclosures, broken glass replacement, commercial storefronts, builders hardware, glass furniture and glass artwork. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: We are third generation family owned and operated. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Fort Worth Builders Association, Fort Worth/Tarrant County Better Business Bureau, Benbrook Chamber of Commerce. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: We have longevity and the “know-how” to provide service after the sale. Too many firms are unable to last in both strong and poor economic periods, and we are often asked to provide follow-up needs to finish another firm’s proj-
ects. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: “We Service What We Sell.” FREE ADVICE: Deal with established professional contractors. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE: Do you homework as much as possible to know what you want. Changing work after it has been installed can become unnecessarily costly. PICTURED: Owners: Arthur Moses and Buddy Moses.
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Choice Fabricated Stone
FOCUS: Residential and Commercial Granite and Marble Countertops and Wall Panels. WHAT SETS US APART: We are a fully insured company and carry both General Liability and Workman’s Compensation policies. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS: NTSFA, MIA, BBB. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Installation of the Presidential Marble Statutes at Liberty Hall-Greenwood Cemetery. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: We strive to provide a quality product and complete customer satisfaction. FREE ADVICE: If you are going to invest in using a stone product for your home or busi-
ness, choose a qualified fabricator to ensure the end result is what you expected and not substandard work. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Choosing cost over quality work. PICTURED: Wesley Cooper.
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6308 Eden Drive • Haltom City, Texas 76117 817.222.2201 • Fax 817.222.2209 choicestone.net choice@choicestone.net
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Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery
FOCUS: With friendly, knowledgeable product experts and the latest selection of bath, kitchen, appliance and lighting products, Ferguson helps make your dream home a reality. At Ferguson, you’ll find the largest medley of quality brands, a symphony of ideas and dedicated consultants to help coordinate your home project. AWARDS: National Kitchen & Bath Association President’s Award, 2011. MEMBERSHIPS: National Kitchen & Bath Association, National Association of the Remodeling Industry, American Society of Interior Designers. PHILOSOPHY: “Nobody expects more from us than we do” is more than just a tagline to the associates of Ferguson. It’s a cultural belief that is demonstrated every day through exceptional customer service, product selection and industry knowledge. Ferguson has been delivering on this promise for almost 60 years and has earned a strong reputation amongst homeowners, builders, designers, architects and
remodelers across the country. BIGGEST DESIGN MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Don’t overlook the importance of lighting in any space, especially in highly used areas of the home like the kitchen and bathrooms. Homeowners may spend hours choosing the perfect paint color, floor coverings, window dressings and accessories but overlook the power that impact lighting can have on the design of a room.
PICTURED: (left to right) Karsen Braccolino, consultant; Mallory Daleiden, consultant; Victor Hernandez, president general manager; Christie Montis, builder sales manager; Greg Haczynski, showroom manager; Missy West, outside sales; Allison Siegmund, consultant.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 3433 W. 7th St. • Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.348.8489 • ferguson.com
Flynn+Watson Architects, LLC
FOCUS: Flynn+Watson Architects combines the expertise of founding partners Lyn Flynn, AIA and Scott Watson. Our focus includes residential and light commercial design. AWARDS: In addition to various other magazine and show homes, we have been the selected architectural designer for four Fort Worth, Texas magazine Dream Home projects.
MEMBERSHIPS: American Institute of Architects, Fort Worth. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: We strive to bring the best possible design solutions to each client’s lifestyle needs. FREE ADVICE: A well-detailed set of plans and specifications are a must. Preparation is everything. PICTURED: (left to right) Merri Easterly, Pete Franco, Lyn Flynn, Scott Watson, Ashley Watson, Carmen Boudreau-Zak.
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3537 W. 7th St. • Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.882.8882 • fwarchitects.com
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H. Customs Audio Video
FOCUS: H. Customs Audio Video concentrates in Residential and Commercial Electronics installations with a focus on Home Automation. We install anything from hanging a single television to Complete Home Automation integrating Lighting, HVAC, Cameras, Security, Televisions, Home Theaters and Whole House Audio that can easily be controlled from an iPad, iPhone, Touchscreen or Remote Control. PHILOSOPHY: H. Customs strives to provide the best in high-performance audio and video with a dedicated personalized approach to meet each of our customers needs. ADVICE: Contact a custom integrator instead of going to the “big box” stores. We have a larger selection of products and know how to tailor them to fit your specific needs. Big retailers sell parts, we sell a quality working system. EXPERTISE: We have been in business for 10 years and have handled thousands of different types of jobs. Control4 Home Automation is a great area of expertise for
our company as advances in technology are allowing us to seamlessly automate lighting, HVAC, whole house audio and video distribution in more reliable ways than in the past. H. Customs performs all project interior design, systems design, sales, service, installations and most project construction in-house, thereby reducing the amount of other contractors needed to perform a project. This cuts down the project’s overhead, reducing installation costs and also project time frames.
PICTURED: Rick Hewitt, Brian Hugghins, my son Jax Hugghins, Jessica Hugghins, Ian Bush.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Mansfield, Texas 76063
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Interceramic Tile & Stone Gallery
CONCENTRATION: Tile, porcelain, marble, granite, travertine, limestone, decorative accents and setting related materials. Through our sister company, IMC, we also supply slab granite, marble, onyx, travertine and limestone. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: Green certifications; fourth year to receive recognition as a Socially Responsible Company; voted one of the Best Managed Companies in Latin America by Forbes. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Providing 4,200 great jobs, producing $500 million in sales, providing great financial stability even in difficult times, establishing a large franchised retail network in both Mexico and China, and having the best family-friendly environment for all employees to work in! MISSION STATEMENT: To provide our customers in North America with the most innovative, high-quality ceramic tile and related products, as well as world-class customer
service by employing a highly qualified team, innovative sales strategies, and an efficient technology-driven distribution network. FREE ADVICE: When buying or building a home, it’s wise to invest in good brands, to carefully review your options of what the best materials are when it comes to quality and design, and to find the most reputable place to buy them for good service and guarantees. It’s worth the investment in the long run! One more tip: replace all the carpet you can with Interceramic tile because of the low maintenance and durability. PICTURED: Bret McIntire, Don Scruggs.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 6318 Airport Freeway, Ste. A • Fort Worth, Texas 76117
817.834.8491 • Fax 817.834.3178 interceramic.com
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J&S Air, Inc.
FOCUS: J&S Air is a full-service air conditioning and heating company that specializes in the design, installation and service of residential and commercial systems. Impeccable service and quality for a competitive price is the main focus. J&S Air proudly services DFW, Austin and San Antonio markets. RECOGNITIONS: One of the top Trane dealers in North Texas, 2012 Pacesetter winner, achieved the elite Comfort Specialist status indicating that the highest level of customer service, volume and training have been met. J&S Air is an A+ Accredited Business with the BBB and a 10-time award winner for the top voice of the customer award through at-home services. GIVING BACK: J&S Air has donated funds, equipment and labor to: Habitat for Humanity Homes in North Texas, Santa Fe Youth Services, the ABC Extreme Makeover Home Edition, The Home Depot makeover projects, Toys for Tots, SafeHaven, the
Community Services “Beat the Heat” Program, as well as the YMCA. PHILOSOPHY: To provide our customers with the best indoor comfort possible through innovative design, quality installation and the highest level of service while maintaining integrity and providing our employees opportunities for success within our company. SPECIAL THANKS: A special thanks to TRANE and Standard Supply for partnering with J&S Air with their generous donations of equipment and materials needed to make the Dream Home project possible. PICTURED: Grant and Ashley Hall.
FOCUS: JR Designs specializes in special paint finishes and design for more than 21 years in both commercial and residential. From the smallest project to the largest, it is the uniqueness that creates the sanctuary each client seeks. Considering all aspects of the project is a must. Whether it is a fishing retreat in Key West or a vacation home in Laguna Beach, considering all the little details will make a huge overall impression. AWARDS: 2005/2008 Dream Home, Best of the Best 2006, Play It Forward, Fort Worth Homebuilders Association, Safari Designs. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: The happiness of our clients. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: Treat it as if it were your own! We take pride in all work done to create a superior space and hold each other accountable to go above and beyond. The
true gift comes back when the client is satisfied. That is priceless. ADVICE: Be passionate. God does not guarantee us tomorrow, so do not put off what you can make a difference doing today. Go the extra mile. BIGGEST DESIGN MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Throwing away the old. There is something to be said about recreating. Whether it is an old table, cabinet, mirror, etc., it is amazing what it can become. PICTURED: Jill Hammonds, owner (pictured right); Sheri
CONTACT INFORMATION: JR Designs 817.825.1731
Marrow.
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The Kitchen Source
FOCUS: Our team at The Kitchen Source is dedicated to providing the finest products and services for the kitchen and bath including Wood-Mode Fine Custom Cabinetry, Brookhaven by Wood-Mode, Subzero/Wolf and Miele appliances and many other extraordinary products. MEMBERSHIPS: NKBA, ASID, NARI, DBA. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Reaching our 22nd anniversary in 2013. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: The Kitchen Source has built a reputation for professionalism and quality work. Our goal is to give each of our clients an exceptional experience throughout their remodeling or building project. ADVICE: The most important thing to select a designer and/or contractor the way you would a doctor. Your home is the body of your family, and the kitchen is the heart of your home. BIGGEST DESIGN
MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: One of the biggest mistakes people make is committing to the cheapest bid they receive. Just because someone has come in with a lower bid does not mean that they have included all of the same work or materials that other bids have included. Make sure to compare “apples to apples” along with quality. PICTURED: Priscilla Valentine, Elizabeth Tranberg, Robert Johns, Amanda Ziehme, Amber Paulk.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 3116 W. 6th St., Ste. 101 • Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.731.4299 • Fax 817.731.3939 info@thekitchensource.net thekitchensource.net
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Nationwide Lifts of Texas RD
Baxter
COMPANY HISTORY: I started Baxter Residential Elevators in 2004. In 2006, I joined the Nationwide Lifts family, which has allowed us to expand our business and offer an excellent line of elevators and lifts, including our exclusive Vision 830 series (pictured). SPECIALTY: We primarily focus on the sale and installation and service of residential elevators, stair lifts and wheelchair lifts. We also provide attic lifts, dumbwaiters and have a new, exceptionally unique storm shelter we’ve been asked to represent. PHILOSOPHY: Our philosophy is to assist our clients in choosing the best elevator for their unique situation. Not all elevators or lifts are good candidates for every home or client. APPROACH: We need a properly designed elevator shaft to be included in the initial plans by the architect. Assuming that’s been done, we then work with the contractor to make sure they provide elevator-spe-
cific items such as the rail support blocking. Locating door centerlines properly and locating the proper electrical circuits are necessary steps needed for elevator installation. AWARDS: Savaria 5-Star Dealer, Nationwide Lifts Sales Awards. MEMBERSHIPS: Dallas Home Builders Association, Texas Association of Builders. ADVICE: If you are considering a lift in a new build and are not ready to install the lift at this time, plan ahead by prepping your home for the lift.
HISTORY: OmniView Window and Door was established in December of 2006 by Scott Huffman, Royce Huffman and Rudy Aramburu. We specialize in custom windows and doors both domestic and imported to serve the premier residential market. OmniView Window and Door delivers more than 35 years of experience in working with contractors, architects and homeowners. We provide professional sales, service and delivery throughout the greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. SPECIALTY: Our niche is really the technically complicated projects as it relates to custom windows and doors. APPROACH: When approaching a project, we pay special attention to the architect’s design and follow it as closely as possible to ensure the integrity of
design. The 2013 Dream Home project is different because it serves a special charity. We are committed do our very best to ensure that we have contributed as much as possible to this project and the charity that it represents. PICTURED: Rudy Arumburu, Royce Huffman, Leslie Gardner, Joel Tischauser, Scott Huffman.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
9657 Camp Bowie W. Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76116
817.334.0707 • Fax 817.334.0796 omniview.us
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Overhead Garage Door LLC
FOCUS: Overhead Garage Door LLC is an overhead and garage door sales, repair, installation and replacement company. We are a comprehensive company that provides all commercial and residential services, as well as a wide selection of products to suit any customer’s needs.
GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Overhead Garage Door LLC has become one of Texas’ premiere overhead and garage door companies. With only three years in existence, the company has more than 10 locations throughout Texas and Oklahoma. See our newest locations in Houston and Oklahoma City on our website, OGDLLC.com. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: The mission of Overhead Garage Door is to provide top-quality residential and commercial overhead and garage door services. The company will seek to provide these services in the most timely manner, with unparalleled professional-
ism and 100 percent customer satisfaction. APPROACH: Overhead Garage Door has teamed up with custom cedar door fabricator, Spencer Smith, to build beautiful and affordable custom doors. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Not considering the aesthetic value of a garage door on a new home. For a little extra, a custom door can drastically improve the appearance of a home.
PICTURED: (left to right) Brian Kirksey, Carter
Bret Westbrook, Preston
CONTACT INFORMATION: 1709 White Settlement Road • Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.713.5519
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Bechtel, Deana Massey,
Prine, Sean O’Daniel, Ross Elmore.
Partin Drywall
FOCUS: To work hard and give our customers a top-quality job every time. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: To go from a very small three-man company to a large drywall company that sends out more than 60 men daily and still present quality work for our customers for more than 23 years. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: Work hard, treat each job like it’s your own and work until the job is done right. FREE ADVICE: Always give back, never forget where you came from and always put God first. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Not doing a background check on their builder. PICTURED: Tracey Partin, Ernest Partin.
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Pierce Decorative Hardware & Plumbing
FOCUS: Architects, designers, contractors and homeowners all can be assured of quality personal service and ready product availability from Pierce’s professional staff. AWARDS/ RECOGNITIONS: Certified 3-Star Toto Showroom, Authorized Franke Showroom, Authorized Rohl Showroom. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS:
DPHA and Forte Buying Group, as well as our affiliations with ASID, NAWIC, Salesmanship Club. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Pierce brings together the finest selection of quality hardware and plumbing products in the Southwest. Those with an eye for quality and style will find their design solutions. Whether building a new home, remodeling or just updating a room, Pierce is the place for you. Exceeding your expectations is the goal
of Pierce’s professional staff, where you’ll find several decades of industry experience. PHILOSOPHY: Our goal is to establish a relationship between our clients and our professional showroom consultants. We create a level of comfort and offer ease and satisfaction as clients make their selections for their dream home. FREE ADVICE: Let Pierce’s professional staff help you find the plumbing and hardware that would be the perfect complement for your design. PICTURED: Paula
Roberts, Jim Wilcox, Karla Richardson, Keith Bell, Lenny Russo and Karen Visage (not pictured).
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Presidio Tile
FOCUS: Presidio Tile is a specialty cement tile manufacturer and decorative tile supplier based in the Dallas Design District. Their new cement tile collection is a culmination of several years of research into developing a process to recycle marble and limestone and create a line of luxury cement tiles. HISTORY: Owners Luke Gilcrease and Eduardo Lomas have been collaborating in the stone and tile industry since 2001. Together they sought to find a way to recycle the waste from their stone business based in Torreon, Mexico. Pulling from old-world manufacturing techniques based in southern Spain and Morocco, together they were able to develop a
uniquely superior cement tile that has all the look of a natural stone but with the durability of a cement tile. RECOGNITIONS: The Fort Worth, Texas magazine 2013 Dream Home is the first public exposition of Presidio Tile’s recycled cement tile collection. Presidio Tile is very proud to partner with everyone involved for such a good cause.
Proscapes Lawn and Tree Care, Inc.
FOCUS: Proscapes is a full-service landscaping company with a special emphasis on lawn and tree health. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: We are recognized when our clients receive “yard of the month” in their neighborhoods and the subsequent referrals to their friends. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Texas Nursery and Landscape Association (TNLA), Texas Turfgrass Association. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Saving lawns and trees and helping clients achieve the results they desire for the beautification of their landscape. Satisfied clients are our greatest achievement. PHILOSOPHY: We treat our clients the same way we like to be treated, giving them detailed information so that they are able to make well-informed decisions. FREE ADVICE: Always seek
professional assistance in the enhancement of your landscape. This is a long-term investment that will increase property values and should not be taken lightly. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Not budgeting enough for landscape, irrigation and lighting. PICTURED: Jim Noel, Lawncare Manager; Terri Loddick, Owner; Kathleen Reinhart, Landscape and Garden Designer; Carol Coulson, Office Manager; Creed Burchfield, Landscape Manager.
CONTACT INFORMATION: P.O. Box 822894 • North Richland Hills, Texas 76182 817.337.3336 • Fax 817.337.3318 proscapesterri@gmail.com • proscapes.biz
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The Sherwin-Williams Company
CONCENTRATION: Sherwin-Williams is the nation’s largest specialty retailer of paints, stains, supplies and coating solutions.
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: Sherwin-Williams received recognition from JD Powers and Associates as the “Highest Customer Satisfaction Paint Retailer of 2013.” PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS: Sherwin-Williams recently created a partnership with Pottery Barn to make color pairing and coordinating easier with multiple color pallets. We have a line of HGTV products and color schemes to help guide the do-it-yourselfer to create a beautiful space.
PHILOSOPHY: Our company is dedicated to supporting the consumer with exceptional products, resources to make confident color selections and expert personalized service that is focused on the do-it-yourselfer’s unique project needs. FREE ADVICE: Visit
your local Sherwin-Williams store before your next project. Our experts will give you the information you need to get your project done right.
PICTURED: Becca Morgan, Nick Goins, Galo Abril, Mat Thompson, Steve Clements, Steve Worsham, Jason Jones.
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Teague Lumber Company
FOCUS: To maintain our relationship with our current client base and, at the same time, strive to acquire new clients by consistently providing quality materials, service and pricing. AWARDS: Fort Worth Family Business Longevity Award; Lumberman of the Year (1983 and 1994); Small Business of the Year Finalist. MEMBERSHIPS: Lumberman’s Assoc. of Texas; Fort Worth Lumbermen’s Assoc.; National Lumber Dealers Assoc.; Greater Fort Worth Builder Assoc. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Being able to survive as an independent family business for 69 years through all of the highs and lows of the housing industry. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: Our philosophy is: Be kind to those who choose to do business with us – be trustworthy, honest, and operate our business with integrity and professionalism. FREE ADVICE: Hard work and perseverance will allow you to be successful in business – set your goals and stay the course. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Selecting the builder with the lowest price. PICTURED: Jim Teague, Paul Teague, Randy Stogsdill. CONTACT INFORMATION: Teague Lumber Company 2501
817.332.8393 • info@teaguelumber.net
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Texas Designer Flooring
SPECIALTY: Texas Designer Flooring specializes in custom hardwoods, unique tile and stone, and luxury carpeting. COMPANY
HISTORY: Masters Flooring Fort Worth re-branded as Texas Designer Flooring in January 2013 but is proud of its long history of serving the area. We’ve been part of the Dream Home project for more than 10 years. Jessie Boyd, owner of Texas Designer Flooring, is proud to provide top quality service from the design to installation of your new flooring. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: We’re proud to be part of something as prestigious as Fort Worth, Texas magazine’s Dream Home and always enjoy working on these unique projects. It’s a project we look forward to every year. This is a great
opportunity to showcase our quality craftsmanship to the people of Fort Worth. PROFESSIONAL APPROACH: On a project like Fort Worth, Texas magazine’s Dream Home, the devil is in the details. PICTURED: Jessie Boyd.
FOCUS: Our focus is to be the leading tile, slate and metal roofing company in North Texas concentrating on installing quality roofs with high standards. RECOGNITIONS: We have been given the Golden Hammer award 2008 and 2009. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: NTRCA, NRCA, FTW Home Builder’s Association, Dallas Home Builders Association and TRI (Tile Roofing Institute). PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Our greatest achievement has been our ability to grow with the market in the ups and downs that it has had in the last 10 years. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: Our philosophy is giving customer service long after the roof is installed. Also paying it forward. We are very blessed to have grown in this business when other companies in our industry have not fared as well. We pay it forward with donating to various
charities and organizations such as Soldiers Angels, veterans organizations, police officers and a few others when we can. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Not doing thorough research on their builders/contractors and also their sub-contractors. The cheapest bid is not always the best value. You pay peanuts, and you’re going to get monkeys. PICTURED: Larry Cremean, Renee Cremean, Kendra Rushing, Evencio Gaona, Javier Sosa, Lazaro Castillo and Elmer Campos Garcia.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 2616 Weaver St. • Haltom City, Texas 76117 817.838.6100 • Fax 817.838.6104 texastileroofing.com
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That’s Haute
Donna Moss Designs
SPECIALTY: Our design world consists of two businesses, That’s Haute and Donna Moss Designs. Having two separate businesses that flow together gives us a variety of focuses. We are a retail boutique that sells unique furniture, home decor and women’s fashion, as well as a full-service interior design firm. We have the best of both worlds.
Donna is considered the “Queen of Bling” and loves to put flashes of glamour in her homes. We are obsessed with design and believe all homes should have a personality. AWARDS/HONORS:
Donna was awarded the Fort Worth Business Press Great Women of Texas 2012 and Colleyville Woman’s Club’s 2011 Hope Award.
Her work is currently featured in the book Beautiful Bedroom & Baths PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Contestant on
HGTV Design Star season one and host of Donna Decorates Dallas on HGTV. FREE ADVICE: A few large-scale pieces make a room appear larger and grander. Also, don’t be afraid to use the reverse side of a fabric, sometimes it creates a unique look. Never compromise on quality when building your home. When decorating, don’t be afraid of bold colors and even deep shades of grey. Color is a great punctuation and is the least expensive way to add drama to a room.
FOCUS: Creating and selling production doors that have custom door appearance. RECOGNITIONS: Unique Door Designs is nationally recognized as a leader in innovative design and style. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: National Homebuilders Association. WHAT SETS THEM APART: They design everything they sell. Their products are truly unique. BUSINESS
PHILOSOPHY: The staff at Unique Door Designs shares a common goal of wanting to succeed. They have a nucleus group of employees that encompasses 100 years of cumulative experience and have worked together for such a long period of time that they know each others’ roles and strengths. FREE ADVICE:
Utilize the Builders Association as a resource for builders and products. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Not fully understanding what is available for their budget. PICTURED: David McCoy, Jose Gonzales, Mike Stekoll, Misty Stekoll, Rafael Ramirez. CONTACT INFORMATION: Unique Door Designs, LLC 2345
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Vintage Floors
FOCUS: We pride ourselves in providing our customers with quality products and outstanding service. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: We are members of the National Wood Flooring Association, Greater Fort Worth Builders Association, Custom Builders Association, Better Business Bureau, and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: We have experienced great success in our company by striving to provide the best quality products and service that we possibly can. This business philosophy has allowed us to achieve our No. 1 goal, which is a satisfied customer at the end of each and every job. MOTTO: Quality products, trusted service. FREE ADVICE: When building a new home or remodeling an existing home, the best piece of advice we would give is to be patient.
You can’t rush quality. So often, delays due to inclement weather or any number of things during a project affect the time allowed at the end to do the finish work. The finish details are what people see and should really be given the necessary time to complete so that quality and craftsmanship are not compromised. BIGGEST BUILDING MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: They get in a hurry to meet deadlines so they can finish the project and move in by a set date. Just know going in that inevitably there will be delays. Again, be patient and allow time for things to be done right.
Bob Lilly NFL Hall of Fame
Bob Lilly’s nickname came naturally.
“Mr. Cowboy.”
It made sense considering the TCU defensive tackle was the Dallas Cowboys’ first-ever draft pick in 1961.
Lilly, 74, lived up to his draft status, putting together a 14-year NFL Hall of Fame career with the Cowboys that included a Super Bowl win in 1971. He played before detailed defensive stats were kept, but he was named to the allNFL first team eight times and recovered 18 career fumbles.
Born in Throckmorton, Lilly spent his senior year in high school in Oregon before coming back to Texas and playing for TCU. He was a consensus allAmerican pick his senior year for the Horned Frogs.
Photo courtesy Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas
Best Athletes in Area History
From track stars to golfers to Super Bowl winners, the number of top-level athletes with area connections has grown in abundance over the years. Below is a narrowed list of some of the greatest living athletes with North Texas ties.
by Ryan Osborne
OME GREW UP HERE, toiling long hours at local high schools like Arlington Heights or Paschal in Fort Worth or Lamar in Arlington before breaking through at the Olympic level. Several passed through the area in college, earning allAmerican honors at TCU in football and golf on their way to long professional careers. And others were born elsewhere but found themselves at home in Fort Worth or surrounding suburbs after starring for the Dallas Cowboys or Texas Rangers. A common thread runs deep between them, though: They not only won at a high level but did so in a routinely dominant fashion, winning national championships, breaking world records and, in some cases, setting statistical marks that won’t be surpassed easily.
Oliver Miller
First Round Draft Pick
Oliver Miller went from Southwest High School in Fort Worth to the University of Arkansas to a first-round draft pick of the Phoenix Suns.
Miller, 43, played some seasons for Nolan Richardson’s Razorbacks, who made it to the Final Four, Miller’s sophomore year.
Miller played nine NBA seasons for six different teams. He finished his career averaging 7.4 points a game and 5.9 rebounds a game.
Miller has seen his share of troubles in recent years, though. In 2012, he was sentenced to one year in prison for pistol-whipping his girlfriend’s brother, according to the Baltimore Sun. Miller was living in the Baltimore area at the time.
Andy
Andy Dalton’s TCU career began with a win and ended with a win.
But his legacy was built on the 40 more scattered in between.
Dalton, 25, and now the starting quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, earned the starting job for the Horned Frogs before the 2007 season. TCU beat Baylor 27-0 in that year’s opener.
But by the time Dalton finished his college career, the Frogs had risen from a little-known – yet successful – mid-major team, to a Rose Bowl-winning program. Dalton completed 15-of-23 passes for 219 yards and a touchdown and led TCU to a 21-19 win over Wisconsin on Jan. 1, 2011, for its first BCS bowl win.
The Frogs finished 13-0 that season, and Dalton left for the NFL as the winningest quarterback in school history, going 42-7 as a starter.
He was drafted in the second round by Cincinnati, where he started immediately and was named to a Pro Bowl his rookie season.
Ty
Murray King of the Cowboys
It took less than three years into Ty Murray’s professional rodeo career before Sports Illustrated crowned him.
The headline on the magazine’s 1990 profile of Murray read: “At age 21, Ty Murray is the best danged rodeo cowboy of ’em all.”
At the time, Murray, 43, had already won two Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association all-around championships. He would go on to win five more, breaking the all-time record held by Larry Mahan.
Murray was a founding member of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR). His rodeo earnings are close to $3 million, according to his official website.
Murray’s hometown is Phoenix, but he has spent extensive time in the North Texas area and currently lives in Stephenville. He has garnered recent attention through his appearance on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars in 2009. And he’s married to Grammy-nominated singer Jewel.
“I don’t care about going down in history as a great bull rider or bronc rider,” Murray said on his website. “I hope people will remember me as a great cowboy.”
Dalton Winningest Quarterback in TCU History
Photo by Mark Cohen
J.J. Henry PGA Champion
Before J.J. Henry made three straight all-American teams and made a career on the PGA Tour, he was a TCU sophomore, struggling in 1996 for a spot on the Horned Frogs’ starting five.
Henry, like the rest of his teammates, struggled that fall through a windy tournament in Hawaii. Henry shot 93. A few days later, TCU coach Bill Montigel gathered his team and held a 10-player qualifier for one spot at the next tournament. Henry won.
Montigel remembers that moment as the turning point for Henry, who redshirted his first year on campus and wasn’t spectacular during his first year of competition.
“He won that qualifier, and he was a stud ever since,” Montigel said. “He went one day being like everybody else; then he was the best guy we had.”
Henry, 38, went on to earn co-national player of the year honors his senior season in 1998 and has earned more than $13 million since turning pro later that year. He has won two PGA Tour tournaments — the Buick Championship in 2006 and the Reno-Tahoe Open in 2012.
He still lives in Fort Worth and heads the Henry House Foundation, a non-profit organization he and his wife, Lee, founded in 2007. It benefits children in North Texas and Southern New England.
One of Montigel’s favorite memories of Henry came from the team’s conference tournament, Henry’s senior year. The Horned Frogs were trailing late in the last round. Henry, though, finished with a hole-in-one and a birdie to push TCU to the win.
“That was a pretty special moment,” Montigel said. “He’s the guy that’s kind of the marquee player for the (TCU) program.”
Linda Cornelius
Pentathlon World Record Setter
The track at Paschal High School in the early-1970s was a four-lane, cinder surface.
Linda Cornelius would train there as a teenager. She would dig holes in the track to simulate starting blocks. And she’d mostly practice in the dark, starting late in the evening when her father got home from his job at the GM plant in Arlington.
“Most track and field athletes today probably have never seen or stepped onto a cinder track,” Cornelius said. “You do the best with what you have, and often you’re better for it.”
Cornelius, 52, was a four-time allAmerican at Texas A&M, competing in the pentathlon. She qualified for the 1980 Olympics but never competed due the U.S. boycott that year of the Moscow games. But during the 1980 Olympic trials, she set a pentathlon world record.
“The road from the workouts in the dark on that old cinder track to competing on the track in Eugene, Ore. is truly a storybook adventure for me,” Cornelius said.
Cornelius today lives in Highland Village and works as the town’s director of parks and recreation.
Photo courtesy of the Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library
Rayfield Wright NFL Hall of
Fame
Kathy Whitworth was 15 and just wanted to play tennis. But when a group of friends decided to go to the golf course one day, Whitworth went along.
“I wasn’t thrilled about it, but you can’t play tennis by yourself,” Whitworth said. “I know I did, because I loved tennis, but I don’t remember playing tennis again. I was just consumed with golf.”
Whitworth, 73, turned pro in 1958 and ended up winning 88 LPGA tournaments. She was named LPGA Player of the Year seven times and became the first LPGA player to surpass $1 million in earnings. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1975.
The New Mexico native worked under the tutelage of the late Harvey Penick, the legend-
Kathy Whitworth World Golf Hall of Fame
ary Austin-based golf instructor whose Little Red Book has sold more than a million copies since its 1992 release.
“You just couldn’t help but love (Penick),” Whitworth said. “I don’t hardly go a day without thinking about him or talking about him. Every time I had a problem, I went back to him, and he’d straighten me out and off I’d go.”
Whitworth, who spent most of her career based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, lives in Flower Mound and hosts Kathy Whitworth Invitational, an annual junior tournament played at Fort Worth’s Mira Vista Golf Club.
Rayfield Wright and Bob Lilly played together with the Dallas Cowboys during the late 1960s and early 1970s. They both were linemen – Wright an offensive tackle and Lilly a defensive tackle. And both ended up in the NFL Hall of Fame.
But the difference between the two All-Pro’s careers – or at least how they began – is clear: Lilly was the Cowboys’ first draft pick ever, in 1960, while Wright, several years younger, was a seventh-round selection in 1967.
Wright, 68, and now living in Fort Worth, played at defensive end, tight end and offensive tackle his first two seasons. Then starting right tackle Ralph Neely got injured, so Tom Landry plugged the 6-foot-6, 255-pound Wright into the position, where he would have to face Deacon Jones the next game.
According to his Hall of Fame biography, a Cowboys’ assistant warned Wright of Jones. “The Deacon is big and strong and mean,” the coach told Wright. “Well, so am I,” Wright replied.
The Georgia native would go on to make six Pro Bowls from 19711976 and win two Super Bowls in 1971 and 1977.
“Some say that patience is a virtue,” Wright said during his 2006 Hall of Fame induction speech.
“After 22 years of eligibility, God knows that I’m not a saint, but I am a Dallas Cowboy.”
This would tell plenty about LaDainian Tomlinson: He rushed for more yards in one college football game than any other college football player ever.
But for a talent like Tomlinson, that just isn’t enough.
Yes, Tomlinson, 34, ran for 406 yards against UTEP in 1999. But he also was a Heisman finalist as a senior at TCU in 2000. That was after, of course, he broke the Horned Frogs’ all-time rushing list. And that was before an 11-year NFL career that will likely result in a Hall of Fame jacket.
Tomlinson was the fifth-overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft of the San Diego Chargers. He played nine seasons in San Diego and rushed for more than 1,000 yards in the first eight of those. He scored double-digit touchdowns in all of his NFL seasons except for two – his last two as a New York Jet.
Tomlinson, the 2006 NFL MVP, reflected on his years with the Chargers at his retirement press conference in 2012.
“Those were championship days, for not only myself and my teammates, but my family as well,” Tomlinson told the Associated Press. “So I’m OK with never winning a Super Bowl championship. I know we’ve got many memories that we can call championship days.”
Johnny Rutherford Motorsports Hall of Fame
There’s only eight other drivers who have done what Johnny Rutherford has done – win the Indianapolis 500 three times.
Rutherford, 75, was born in Kansas but lives in Fort Worth today and came up racing in Texas. He started his career racing stock cars but switched to Indy Cars in 1963.
“I had a great opportunity to stay in NASCAR with Smokey Yunick when I raced stock cars in 1963, but my passion was to go to Indianapolis, and that’s where I went and have been a part of ever since,” Rutherford said in his biography on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway website.
But his first nine starts at Indy didn’t result in finishes. He placed ninth in 1973 before winning his first Indy 500 title in 1974.
He would go on to win in 1976 and 1980.
Rutherford won 27 IndyCar Series races and retired in 1987. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993.
LaDainian Tomlinson 2006 NFL MVP
If you had to narrow Nolan Ryan’s career down to one statistic, it would be best to start with his most historic: Strikeouts.
No pitcher in major league history had more of them. And Ryan’s 5,714 were the most by nearly 1,000. Randy Johnson is second with 4,875.
Ryan, 66, was born in Refugio, raised in Alvin and over the course of his 27-year career played in New York, California and Houston. But his presence in Dallas-Fort Worth has been impactful.
He finished his career with the Texas Rangers in 1993 and was a volunteer assistant coach at TCU shortly after he retired. And currently, he serves as the Rangers president, a post he’s been in since 2008.
Ryan threw seven no-hitters in his career and won 324 games.
Yet, the tall, often publicly quiet Ryan is known for his understated manner. In 1980, Inside Sports’ Tony Kornheiser profiled Ryan, who was then with the Houston Astros. Ryan was modest with his ability to throw a baseball 100 miles per hour.
“I accept it,” Ryan told Kornheiser. “I’m not awed by it. I try to work as hard as I can so I know I did everything I could with it, because I don’t want to look back in 10 years and say ’well, you know, if I’d worked it, it’d been better,’ but I don’t spend time thinking about it.”
Turner Gill Heisman Trophy Finalist
Turner Gill played college football in Nebraska and has coached in New York, Kansas and Virginia. But his relationship with the game began in Fort Worth, his hometown.
Gill, 51, played quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, whom he led to three Orange Bowl appearances (and a win in 1983) and a 20-0 Big Eight record over that period. Gill was also a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1983.
He didn’t win a national championship as a player, but he was on a Nebraska coaching staff that won three national titles in the 1990s. Gill’s first head coaching job came in 2006 at Buffalo. He left for Kansas in 2010, but his stint was short. The Jayhawks went a combined 5-19 in two seasons before Gill was fired.
Gill currently coaches at Liberty University, a Football Championship Subdivision school in Lynchburg, Va. The Flames went 6-5 in 2012, Gill’s first year.
William Paulus
Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame
Swimmer William Paulus grew up in Fort Worth and went to high school in the 1970s. He was prevented from an Olympic medal run by the U.S. boycott in 1980.
Paulus was a standout in the pool for Arlington Heights and the University of Texas.
According to the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame (of which he is inducted to), his times during the Olympic trials that year would have won two gold medals at the games.
But Paulus wasn’t short on other achievements. He won two individual national championships at Texas and one team title in 1981. He was also an all-American four straight years. He held the 100-fly world record from 1981 to 1983.
Today, Paulus is a dentist in Fort Worth, working with his wife, Anita, who is also a dentist at Paulus Dental and Orthodontics. Paulus is a member of the University of Texas Men’s Athletics Hall of Fame.
Paulie Ayala’s mother figured her son had spent enough time in the ring – she was going to let the 5-year-old move on to something else. But Ayala, who started boxing at age 4, didn’t want to leave the sport.
“I guess I had that competitive drive at an early age,” the Fort Worth native said.
Ayala, 43, would go on to build a career around boxing, winning two world titles and being named Ring Magazine’s Fighter of the Year in 1999. Ayala lost his first professional fight in 1992,but compiled a 35-3 career record over his 13-year career.
Ayala said he obviously enjoyed winning a world title, then defending it. But earning fighter of the year was his most
memorable career moment.
“Winning that took me to a whole new level,” he said.
Today he runs the Paulie Ayala University of Hard Knocks gym in Fort Worth. He works one-on-one with competitive fighters, but he also has classes for those who simply play the sport for fun. He even offers a class for fighters with Parkinson’s disease.
Ayala wants to revive the boxing culture that produced him and other good fighters over the years.
“Fort Worth used to be a hotspot,” said Ayala, who was born and raised in the city and attended Trimble Tech High School. “Unfortunately, the sport has changed a lot.”
Paulie Ayala
World Title Holder and Fighter of the Year 1999
Jeremy Wariner likely isn’t the greatest track and field athlete in Baylor history – but his four Olympic medals still hold up well.
Wariner, 29, joined the Bears’ program in 2002, following in the path of another U.S. Track and Field great – Michael Johnson. Johnson won gold in the 200-meter and 400meter in 1996 at the Atlanta games, and gold in the 400-meter in 2000 at the Sydney games.
Four years later, Wariner made his Olympic debut in Athens, winning gold in the 400meter and gold in the 4x400-meter relay. He repeated gold in the relay in 2008 at Beijing and took silver in the 400-meter.
Wariner is from Arlington and graduated from Lamar High School. He’s still running, winning a USA Indoor championship this year.
Jeremy Wariner Four Olympic Medals
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Kitchens for a Cause
Whether you’re a diehard foodie, an amateur epicure or just someone craving a little weekend fun, this year’s Kitchens Tour is sure to hit the spot.
by Alison Rich
photography by Jason Kindig
Jay and Julie Herd, 4455 Crestline When they bought their Rivercrest home two years ago, Jay and Julie Herd commenced on a total remodel. But for Julie, a designer, it was the kitchen that most piqued her professional interest.
“It already had high vaulted ceilings and lots of windows that let in great natural light,” she said. “But I wanted a lighter scheme and was inspired by the vaulted ceilings and fireplace of an old English country farm kitchen.” With that in mind, she swathed the space in a softer palette. “To give the kitchen an updated twist, I chose polished nickel hardware and plumbing fixtures, which added a little sparkle to the scheme,” Julie said of the now modernized array, which also is her favorite spot in the house.
“It has a breakfast area, an eat-in breakfast bar and a family room all in one space, so this is where my three teenagers, my husband and I spend most of our time,” Julie continued. “We all love our kitchen because it is bright, light and open, but at the same time it feels very homey. … We probably entertain friends and family just as much, if not more, in the kitchen as we do in the dining room.”
Fort Worth, Texas: The City’s
If you’re anything like us, the idea of gaining entrée into some of Fort Worth’s most fabulous home-based culinary quarters is an intriguing one indeed. As it turns out, that idea will become reality this month, as six River Crest homeowners open their doors and their kitchens — to the public for the Second Annual Kitchens Tour, benefiting local children’s charity a Wish with Wings.
Besides enjoying a front-and-center look at an enticing kitchen quintet, guests also will be treated to gourmet tastings and personal interactions with some of Cowtown’s most popular chefs. And VIP Patrons are also in for a special treat when the tour officially kicks off at the historic Andrew Fuller House.
NBC 5 anchor Deborah Ferguson will serve as honorary chair, and all proceeds will help a Wish with Wings continue its 31-year mission of granting wishes for kids with life-threatening conditions.
To whet your appetites for the Oct. 19 fete, we’ve whipped up a visual sampler platter of sorts: Six short-but-sweet sound bites — with pictures— to give you, our readers, a tidbit or two on what’s cookin’ at this year’s official launch party and six-kitchen tour.
Chip and d ebby b rown, 4501
Crestline road It’s not every day that a writer’s first interview question is met with peels of laughter. But when queried about her comely kitchen, Debby Brown couldn’t help but giggle, as she confessed that she “never uses it.” (Well, except for the microwave, Debby merrily revealed, which whirs away quite regularly to reheat their daily repasts.)
Ironically, though, the Browns’ son Todd is a professionally trained chef who does cook — and very well, at that. He’s also the brainchild behind his parents’ kitchen, a remade space that he puts to great use on a regular basis. “It’s definitely minimal, but it has everything a cook could want — or, in my mom’s case, everything a ‘microwaveable person’ could want,” joked Todd, owner of TCB Catering.
Redone four years ago, the L-shaped space encompasses “every appliance you can think of” while retaining its original 1911 footprint. “We kept it tiny, but we updated everything and brought it up to the 21st century,” Todd said of the kitchen, which, like the rest of the house, resonates an Old World air. “It’s a very simple layout, but it’s very usable, so when someone comes in who is going to cook, they’ve got everything they need.”
Including, of course, that ever-popular microwave.
sam tallis and amy yudiski, 1709 Carleton ave. It’s a “cook’s dream” at 1709 Carleton, home of Shale Exploration prez Sam Tallis and fiancée Amy Yudiski. “Our kitchen is set up for cooking, so it’s very usable and has more than enough storage,” said Yudiski, Shale’s director of charities and resident PR guru. “Last year, we had Thanksgiving here for 15 people, and it was just perfect.”
Epic in proportion, the island is a fitting focal point for the sizeable space, which opens onto the breakfast area and living room. “There’s also a bar area where people can hang out, as well as a butler’s pantry,” Yudiski noted of the French-country-inspired kitchen, which is clad in relaxed earth tones.
Built-in hideaways cleverly stow the toaster oven, coffee maker and other small appliances from sight, freeing up counter space while granting a clutter-free feel. The all-Viking stainlesssteel appliance suite includes two dishwashers, a fridge/freezer combo, six-burner stove with griddle, double oven and warming drawer.
Yudiski’s favorite feature? “I like how much workspace I have because more than one person can cook, and they’re not all over each other,” she explained. “I also love my built-in cutting board.”
GeorGe and Maribeth Lebus, 4604 aLta drive “Family” is the operative word in George and Maribeth Lebus’ comfy cocina. Parents to four children — one in high school, one in college, one engaged and in med school and one married with two kiddos — the couple spends lots of time cooking and congregating with their troops. And, based on their kitchen’s brains-plus-beauty design premise, it’s no surprise why.
“Everyone in the family uses our kitchen. The kids love to hang out there doing anything from baking cookies to doing homework,” Maribeth said. “Sometimes I have to kick everyone out so I can actually cook!”
Referencing a traditional design, the Lebus’ kitchen comprises light, hand-painted wood cabinets and stainless-steel appliances. Sporting beamed ceilings and completely restored parquet flooring, the convivial room straddles the breakfast area and den and comes complete with an eat-in bar and oversized breakfast table. The adjacent outdoor living zone with sumptuous gardens and gorgeous pool ups the culinary currency and makes it all the more functional.
“My favorite part of the kitchen is the big island with barstools because it is conducive to the family spending time together,” Maribeth said. “Our little granddaughters enjoy sitting on the barstools eating or coloring.”
Jason and Christy s mith, 4714 alta drive We think it’s only fitting that our resident entertainment blogger’s culinary spaces are included in this year’s event. That’s right: “spaces” with an “s.” In addition to her main kitchen, Christy Smith also has a catering kitchen (located in her recently redone basement), which she’s officially debuting on tour day.
“We entertain — a lot,” Christy said. “We put in the catering kitchen because every time we entertained, everybody was gathered in the main kitchen, and there wasn’t enough room. It was driving me nuts! It was getting very complicated when we had events with 300 to 500 people, and the chefs were having to cook outside under the porte-cochère.”
Now when entertaining en masse, Christy will have plenty of elbow room in her spacious upstairs kitchen — and her chefs won’t have to brave the elements to prep the party fare. A union of French and Italian stylings, the main montage features commercial-grade Viking appliances, Calacatta marble countertops, an island topped with an antique Italian chandelier suspended from a dome ceiling and an Ann Sacks travertine floor, to name but a few standout amenities. (She’ll corral her entertainment-related cache — silver, crystal and such — in the catering kitchen, which, by the way, sports Carrara marble counters.)
“It’s the main heart of the house,” Christy said of her primary kitchen. “It’s where all the action is happening.”
Much to her delight, though, some of that action will now be diverted to the catering kitchen downstairs.
Reagan and Michelle hoRton, 1501 alta dRive Built in 2008 along with the rest of their sprawling abode, Reagan and Michelle Horton’s formal French country kitchen is the only alfresco cookery on the 2013 tour. But it might as well be the family’s main cuisine scene, for all the use it gets.
“When the weather is right—which would be fall, winter and spring—we enjoy sitting out here as a family, eating, watching TV and listening to music,” Michelle said of comfy area, which tidily sums the family’s personal style: hospitable and hassle-free. “It’s an extension of our family room. We have a lot of family and friend gatherings, and we all end up in this space. When it’s cold outside, we’ll close the drapes, and with the fireplace in full swing, it’s so cozy.”
Equipped with a grill, bar sink, warming drawer and under-mount mini fridge, it’s a cook’s nook that puts the “fun” in functional—including s’mores-making sessions headed by the Hortons’ two kiddos, a fourth-grader and a sixth-grader.
The most interesting design facet? Definitely the herringbone-patterned floor, Michelle says, which is composed of repurposed pavers from the original driveway. “They were stamped with a Thurber, Texas, logo, and we thought they were very interesting,” she said. “They mix a little bit of old with a little bit of new.”
Mike Jones, 4167 Charron Lane
It’s hard to imagine, but back in 2012, this 8,400-square-foot stunner — and site of this year’s VIP Party — had a date with the wrecking ball. Designed by world-famous Los Angeles architect A. Quincy Jones for Andrew and Geraldine Fuller in 1950 and built in 1953, the house originally stood sentry on 17 acres in the Ridglea area of Fort Worth. (The property eventually was whittled down to 2.5 acres.) Movers and shakers in Hollywood as well as here at home, the Fullers tapped famed mid-century interior designer William Haines to helm the inside array. In its heyday, the home played host to such luminaries as Jimmy Stewart and Joan Crawford, along with scores of local celebs.
But ownership eventually changed, and the Fort Worth home eventually fell into what seemed to be irreversible disrepair. (Preservation organization Historic Fort Worth even named it one of the city’s “most endangered” properties.) Vacant and dilapidating, the Fuller House was scheduled for demolition — that is, until its saving grace (aka, current owner Mike Jones) swooped in and scooped up the vintage abode.
And the rebirth began. “It’s been top-to-bottom refinished, refurbished and some rooms repurposed,” said local realtor Clay Brants, whose company, Brants Realtors, is one of this year’s Kitchens Tour presenters.
Tour sponsors will be treated to a “full-on, whole-house” expedition, Brants said, including a glimpse of the entire square footage (encompassing, of course, the kitchen) and a stroll around the grounds. All angles and curves, the Ridglea-area dwelling features numerous rooms of different geometric shapes and sizes — and definitely won’t be fending off a wrecking ball any time soon.
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Doors Close on Hangman’s House of Horrors
For 25 years, a nondescript tattered warehouse on Forest Park Boulevard transformed into a wonderland of magic, death and destruction by a staff made entirely of willing volunteers.
by Jocelyn Tatum
On a boiling Saturday afternoon in late August, they work tirelessly in teams to complete the project before it opens, rubbing elbows with people they would otherwise never meet. Most come back year after year, hooked after their first season. Hours of unpaid labor in this Texas heat, but why, you ask? The reason they’re hooked is what makes this place legendary, and a piece of each of them will die inside that old warehouse once the doors to Hangman’s House of Horrors close after 25 years of operation.
The real legend of this famous haunt isn’t obvious. At first I thought it was the scares it created for more than half a million people, or the national recognition as one of the top 10 scariest Halloween attractions in the country, or that it is a part of the very fabric of Fort Worth. Maybe it is the almost $2 million the haunted house has given to local charities, making it the top charity-producing haunted house in the country. All are true, so it could be all or any one of those things. But if you ask the founder and producer of the haunted house, it’s the lives changed through the production of the haunted house.
I went to my interview expecting to meet the “Queen of Macabre,” as she’s famously known in the haunted house industry, or Elvira, mistress of the dark. Instead, I met a hard working, Christian woman with a college degree in theater and an impressive history of working with nonprofits. She’s petite, blond and has piercing blue eyes—the kind that know something you do not. She doesn’t like scary movies, and she’s not a huge fan of “hell houses” where the fear of God strikes down the innocent thrill seeker. Meet D’Ann Dagen, the woman who created Hangman’s.
She believes that her haunted house, voted the scariest in the country by the Travel Channel and Yahoo!Travel, is a “conduit of love” for the thousands of volunteers that bring this place to life. And after talking to many of them, I believe her.
Fred Patterson has willingly volunteered more than 300 hours annually for 17 years. Better known as his actor persona—the straight-faced and barbaric hillbilly, Pa McDagen— Patterson first came to Hangman’s to indulge in his acting fantasy when he wasn’t polishing metal plates at his day job. Then D’Ann gave him the OK to create a character, a story and a room in the haunted house to bring it to life. Pa McDagen and the hillbillies were born.
“I guess she saw something in me—she was encouraging,” Patterson said.
Soon, Patterson made friends and developed a new sense of worth. It wasn’t long before everyone became family. “My son grew up
there [and] I say [to him], ‘Consider yourself lucky; you have over 200 aunts and uncles,’” he said. “D’Ann has created a great family. We keep in touch year around. We hang out every weekend. All of our kids grew up together.”
Now 50 years old, Patterson said he learned what it means to give back to the community and the impact each individual can have on another’s life. He found “a sense of belonging, togetherness, drive and determination.”
Volunteer Connie Jones said several years ago her husband died and she lost the will to live. Then she too found Hangman’s.
“You get a whole new lease on life. You put your own little world in there. That’s my happy place—I’ll do anything for them,” Jones said, willing to clean their bathrooms.
Hangman’s is a place she said she and others can forget about themselves, because everyone has problems, and some are worse. She not only gets to meet and hear stories of people’s lives of the local charities Hangman’s benefits, but also the lives of the people she works with at the haunted house. She said Dagen has taken a lot of people off the street and taught them they do belong somewhere. Most volunteers echoed this saying she sees something in everyone—making leaders out of blue-collar workers and unlikely teammates out of entrepreneurs.
“It’s not just a haunted house but a home that we haunt to find a home for others,” Jones said.
I found 25-year volunteer Dennis Farris carving a 20-foot impressive beanstalk out of Styrofoam blocks on that hot afternoon. In his other life, he is an oil painter of real landscapes, but in here he creates and builds other worlds born out of his childlike imagination like Jack and the Beanstalk. He wrote the Hangman Legend and creates the T-shirts and posters. He has been volunteering since the house opened.
“People come together and build something bigger than themselves—the whole is greater than the sum of the parts,” Farris said.
The reasons people come to Hangman’s to volunteer vary, but they all stay for the same reason—they become family.
So I would say the Hangman’s legend is the community D’Ann created behind the façade of the haunted house, the family and the hundreds or maybe thousands of lives she’s unwittingly made better. She never meant for it to unfold the way it did.
“Hangman's has never really been about the creative work for me, or the fun of scaring, or even the meaningful ways the funds impact our charities. It's always been first and foremost about loving and growing people—our volunteers. I believe that is what God called us all to do—to show His love by loving others.
D'Ann Dagen was the driving force behind Hangman's for all these years.
Steve Thomason and Scott Laughlin work together on creating the spooky atmosphere.
Volunteer Dennis Farris carving a beanstalk out of Styrofoam blocks
WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE 2013 THANKYOU
The Carroll Education Foundation Board of Directors wishes to thank the many people who participated in the 2013 Culinary Celebration. To our wonderful chefs, sponsors, donors, contributors, parents and volunteers... “We Thank You” for your overwhelming generosity and support. Through your generosity, the celebration was a record-breaking success again this year and proceeds will directly benefit the children and teachers of the Carroll Independent School District. We would also like to thank the Carroll ISD teachers, administrators, board of trustees and staff. We are very proud of you and appreciate all the hard work and special attention you give to each of our children.
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The Ultimate Tailgate Party
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Rough Waters
Tegan Broadwater, a white Fort Worth police officer, went undercover and infiltrated the Texas Crips. After putting away 51 of them, 41 federally, he now turns his attention to the innocent children left behind by incarcerated parents.
The “Fish Bowl” was a small neighborhood less than three miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth, also known as the Poly area, with only two entrances that were well guarded and were considered impenetrable to surprise raids by police. What once had been a block made up of working-class families had shifted into a dangerous area of gang killings and crack sales.
“Fish bowl was a common term that we all used in law enforcement for that area for some time. The way it was set up, there was one entrance and one exit with lookouts set up at both. Basically, if you were inside that perimeter, you were being seen,” Broadwater says.
“The problem in that area had garnered the attention of the City Council. They got the chief of police to approve an overtime detail that allowed the narcotics unit and gang unit to engage in a high-visibility detail where they did vehicle jump outs, ran search warrants and performed traffic stops when possible. None of it was succeeding. Ultimately, I found out there was a source inside the police department that was sharing information about our activity with those in that area. That is why I felt we weren’t having an effect.”
During Broadwater’s more than decade-long career, he had hoped to work a significant undercover assignment. He was inspired by the likes of Joseph Pistone (a.k.a. Donnie Brasco) and William Queen, who both infiltrated and helped take down major crime organizations.
Broadwater began his career in 1996 with the Fort Worth Police Department. During his time in law enforcement, he was assigned to three narcotics units, the gang unit, the homicide cold case unit and the F.B.I. Gang and Violent Crimes Task Force. He has received dozens of recognitions including a Certificate of Merit for going undercover to locate and seize C-4 explosives from a gang planning retaliation, two awards for his protection detail work at Ground Zero during the 9-11 tragedy and was nominated four times for the Fort Worth Police Department’s Officer of the Year.
Despite his impressive performance, it took four attempts for Broadwater to gain acceptance into the narcotics unit. “First
of all, I think it is understandable that it took that long. Narcotics is one of those units where they have a specific need for a specific demographic. It’s not a profiling issue. It’s based on nothing more than it’s easier to integrate someone with a similar demographic into a particular neighborhood that shares that demographic. I understood that I had less of a chance being a 6-foot-1-inch, 220-pound white guy,” Broadwater says.
Texas is the leading entry point for cocaine into the United States. The local kingpin in this case was buying and reselling $250,000 worth of cocaine per week. Broadwater’s focus during the operation was not on confiscating large amounts of dope or trying to eradicate drugs in Fort Worth. He admits that it is impossible to do that. His primary focus was to get inside the organization to solidify strong cases against the members of the gang and force them from the community and into prison.
In Broadwater’s book, Life in the Fish Bowl, about his experiences during the 18-month operation, he explains how shockingly organized the Crips had become. “From their home base in South Central LA, the Crips expanded like fast food franchises: test the market, develop a strategy to dominate the area, then bring in an effective branch manager.”
“I was inspired to make a difference. So many people in that neighborhood had grown up there and lived there for 50 years. They were being held captive within their homes because of the violence taking place. If everyone in the neighborhood was just ‘gang,’ then we probably would have just put a fence around it and left it alone,” Broadwater says. “The end goal of the operation was to get to the head of the snake. That was what I had to do.”
Going Under
Broadwater had to be creative. It wouldn’t be easy to infiltrate a nearly all-black crime organization as a white cop. He became known as “Tee” from the west side and said that he provided drugs for rich clientele at TCU and local country club folks. “White guys gotta buy dope too,” Broadwater says.
“I didn’t take a lot of time researching. I wanted to believe myself as much as I wanted them to believe me. I dressed comfortably enough to have an alter persona but not feel like I was acting in some play and had all these lines to memorize. My appearance wasn’t all that different than what it is now. None of it was predicated on trying to fit into some certain look. A lot of my undercover personality was my personality.”
Broadwater couldn’t just start at the top. He had to first approach street dealers who sold crack cocaine. In order to get the dealers to introduce Broadwater to their suppliers, he had to make requests for powder cocaine. In exchange for their help in meeting the suppliers, Broadwater would buy some crack and promised to help with moving a little among his clientele.
Once he started making those connections with the suppliers involved in the gang, they would vouch for him to others within the organization. That is how Broadwater was able to slowly work his way up to the highest ranks of the Texas Crips and ultimately take down the kingpin.
Broadwater admits that during the 18 months he spent undercover, he grew
The local kingpin in this case was buying and reselling $250,000 worth of cocaine per week.
to really like some of the guys he was spending time with (aside from the illegal activity of course). Under different circumstances, he even said that they may have been friends. “I could tell he really started to like these guys. One of the things that attracted me to Tegan was how he treated people when he was on duty… He treated everyone he came across (good or bad) with respect. He tried to help them and mentor them into wanting better for themselves,” says Broadwater’s wife, Holli.
As part of the undercover persona, Broadwater acquired from the police department a Mercedes E-Class that had been seized from a local meth dealer, arrested because he ran from the police in the car filled with meth and guns wearing nothing but a leopard Speedo.
To cover all bases, Broadwater had scoped out a wealthy neighborhood off Hulen Street and found a home that was for sale without the sign in the yard. There was an instance where Broadwater needed to spontaneously go by the home with someone in the car. He walked around to the back of the home, waited outside the back door for a few minutes and then went to get back in the vehicle with the person affiliated to the gang.
Broadwater credits the support of fellow officers and then supervisor, Sgt. David Wilson, for the success of the operation. “I would check in with him [Sgt. Wilson] regularly and let him know what was happening. He had my back within the department. When fellow officers wondered where I was and thought that maybe I was somewhere just screwin’ around, Wilson covered for me,” Broadwater says.
“I had become as close to deep cover as one could get in this modern-day finger-screw everybody-has-to-knoweverything world. Even my coworkers had absolutely no clue what I was doing on a daily basis by this point. So much of my time was off the books, no one would know the enormous amount of time that I had dumped into this except maybe my wife, Holli.”
“I was also making so many transactions that I was using more than the whole team would spend in a month, and I wasn’t making any arrests. I had the full trust of Sgt. Wilson.”
“I relied exclusively on my teammates. I may have been rogue in a lot of people’s eyes, but when I went out, I called guys that I had worked with before and trusted them wholly with my life. I could call them and not give them too much information, and they would be there for me,” Broadwater says. During the operation, Broadwater would have them listen to the transactions over cell phones. If they heard the distress signal, they were just a few streets over and could help. “I didn’t want to have some crazy signal. My key phrase was, ‘That’s what I’m talking about.’ ” Holli was comfortable with his decision to further his
goals within the police department.
There were times during the operation that it was challenging and put a strain on their relationship.
“He would be really stressed, which made him irritable and inattentive at times. He was so preoccupied and trying to juggle so many things that he would forget things. He forgot our anniversary, which made me very sad.”
“There were times he came home and had obviously been in a fight,” Holli says. “We made a pact early on that I would not ask a lot of questions. He knew that it would only
For his work in Operation Fish Bowl, Broadwater earned the Fort Worth Police Department's Officer of the Year award.
“I knew I could stop kids from going into prison. It’s easier to prepare than it is to repair,” Randle says. “Boys go into gangs because they want to belong. They want a relationship. Even if it is a negative relationship, it is still a relationship. Gangs are a perverted concept of family.”
make me worry more. He never told me about the dangerous things. I did not find those things out until I read the book,” she says.
Some moments of Broadwater’s assignment were scarier than others. Besides having a gun pulled on him and pointed in his face, he describes one of his most intense moments of panic. “I entered this house and looked around to see piles of crack cocaine and some guns. There was a television in the corner, and suddenly I recognized the voices on the TV. It was an episode of Cops that I had appeared in back when I was in patrol. I positioned myself in front of the TV and proceeded to filibuster to keep anyone from recognizing me. After the episode finished, I did the deal that I was there to do and left as quickly as I could. Nobody had noticed.”
There was another situation where a dealer put a jacket on him. A jacket means that you are labeled as a snitch and are put in danger of being killed by someone within the gang. Broadwater knew for the operation to move forward, he was going to have to take drastic action. He woke up early the next morning, had a bowl of cereal and kissed his sleeping wife before heading over to the house where the gang member who gave him the jacket collected his money in the mornings. He parked and waited patiently. When the guy arrived, Broadwater jumped out, charged the door and hit him square in the face. He then beat him
severely before asking that he take the jacket off him. It was effective because the jacket was removed.
There was only so far that Broadwater could go with the FWPD budget. He had been taking a roll of ones and wrapping them with a few $20 bills to look the part, but it couldn’t sustain the kind of business he needed to be doing to get closer to the kingpin.
He presented his case to the Drug Enforcement Administration, but he didn’t enlist their help because they wanted to take over and kick Broadwater off the case. In his book, Broadwater says, “Undercover operators rarely get credit. That’s okay with me; it’s just part of working under the radar. But some new entity moving forward on a huge case without utilizing the only guy who’d been directly involved in the inner workings of the conspiracy from the very beginning seemed irresponsible.”
Another supervisor at the time, President of the Fort Worth Police Officers’ Association and Sgt. Steve Hall, knew of Broadwater’s previous performance in the department and was comfortable with him handling such an operation due to his work in east Fort Worth, self-driven motivation and willingness to commit to a project. Sgt. Hall suggested that he call Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer with the F.B.I. Violent Crimes Task Force. “Tegan and I talked almost daily about different funding sources,” Sgt. Hall says.
In his book, Broadwater reflects on how important Sgt. Wilson’s support was in moving forward. “Not many supervisors in his position would have gone half this far out of their way to accommodate an old-school, long-term, undercover operation like this. Not to mention, after he’d battled upper management to this point, he would now miss the reward of seeing the project through to the end.”
Agent Coffindaffer was happy to allow Broadwater to continue as the sole undercover officer in the operation. With the F.B.I.’s involvement came perks. Within a few days, Broadwater was approved for government overtime pay, a Land Rover with audio/video surveillance equipment and access to thousands of dollars.
It would be several months undercover before Broadwater was presented with the perfect opportunity to take down the kingpin and end Operation Fish Bowl. On April 3, 2005, Broadwater attended the self-proclaimed “4x3 Day,” an annual party the Crips held in the park bordering the Fish Bowl. The plan was to force a deal during the party that would include the kingpin in the transaction process.
It worked. The kingpin pulled a small bag of cocaine out of his pocket and passed it off in front of Broadwater, which ultimately led to his demise. “It was surreal… slow motion and…confetti,” Broadwater says. “It was a culmination of so much work, and the emotional value of something like that is indescribable. It solidified the end of the entire process.”
In May of 2006, the Grand Jury indicted 38 federally charged suspects with three more remaining. May 17 was the round-up date, and the preparation was grueling. Time was of the essence for safety reasons because Broadwater’s true identity had been revealed.
Holli says that her husband did receive death threats, which made it scary to be home alone. “We got a PO Box when he started working undercover and used that as our address. We got permission to take our house off the county records, and we both changed our driver’s licenses to PO Box,” she says.
Precautions were taken to keep Broadwater and his wife and son safe during this time. On many occasions, they would all pile in the truck with sleeping bags and a DVD player while Broadwater did his routine police work.
Broadwater and Agent Coffindaffer were responsible for interviewing many of the arrestees to try to get cooperation, information or a plea. “Some of the guys
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were really cool, others refused to speak with me and some still thought of me as my undercover persona, Tee, asking for verification to some of their stories,” Broadwater says.
The series of events was covered in national and local news, including when the kingpin’s girlfriend attempted to take over shortly after he was sentenced. She was assassinated at an Arlington nightclub by a rival Blood gang member in late February of 2007.
Turning the Page
For his undercover work in Operation Fish Bowl, Broadwater earned the US Attorney Commendation Award and the Fort Worth Police Department’s Officer of the Year Award. The operation was nominated for the F.B.I.’s Overall Case of the Year.
For several months after Operation Fish Bowl, Broadwater worked undercover as a crook among the Mexican Mafia. He thought he had the formula worked out and had intentions of “blowing it up even bigger than Fish Bowl.” Unfortunately, the operation was heavily regulated by upper management at the police department and the FBI. “I knew that without the freedom I had before, it would never be successful.”
tegic security consultations, armed protection, training and investigation services to such clientele as high-profile executives, politicians, celebrities and professional athletes.
“Tegan came to me with this idea of starting a company that would provide the best security service for this community,” Holli says. “He has really flourished in his new role as CEO and president of his company.”
The department was sad to see him go. “Tegan was an outstanding police officer. I was disappointed when he chose a different path. I thought that he had several good years left in him, and I had looked forward to working with him,” Sgt. Hall says.
The decision to write the book was an easy one for Broadwater. He kept personal notes during the operation in the event that he ever chose to memorialize his experience.
"One common reaction from nearly everyone who has read the book has been: 'This is all happening in Fort Worth?' It's something that residents of Fort Worth need to be aware of," Broadwater says.
A total of 104 children were left without a parent resulting from Operation Fish Bowl.
A large portion of the proceeds from Broadwater’s book go to benefit H.O.P.E. Farm. The mission of the organization is to provide at-risk boys an opportunity to know Jesus Christ and develop life skills consistent with Biblical truths. “The purpose of the operation was to salvage the neighborhood and the community; the purpose of the book was to salvage the children and their future,” Broadwater says. Gary Randle, co-founder and executive director of H.O.P.E. Farm, served 15 years with the Fort Worth Police Department. It was his experience as a juvenile investigator, seeing first-hand the high level of minority children going into the criminal justice system, which made him want to do something significant.
“I told the Lord that I was available to be used. I knew I could stop kids from going into prison. It’s easier to prepare than it is to repair,” Randle says. “Boys go into gangs because they want to belong. They want a relationship. Even if it is a negative relationship, it is still a relationship. Gangs are a perverted concept of family. At H.O.P.E. Farm, we fill their cup. We fill that emotional need.”
A total of 104 children were left without a parent resulting from Operation Fish Bowl.
Broadwater left the police department in May of 2008. He founded Tactical Systems Network, LLC in Fort Worth, which is a security firm that provides high-level stra-
Broadwater first approached Randle and gave him a copy of his book. "I gave Tegan an overwhelming two thumbs up. When he came to me, completely unsolicited, and said he wanted to give a portion of the proceeds from the book to H.O.P.E. Farm, I couldn't believe it," Randle says. "It's great that he is bringing attention to the cycle that these young boys can fall into."
Randle says that only focusing efforts on the boys is not effective. “We have to develop the mothers. You can’t fill the glass if it doesn’t have a bottom.”
A year after the dust had settled and everyone had been convicted, Broadwater went back to the Fish Bowl. Posing as a reporter doing a follow-up on the police operation and raids, he interviewed the families that were now living in the neighborhood. “The area had changed for the better times 10. I noticed that houses were fixed up, flowers had been planted, fences repaired, fresh paint on siding. People either didn’t know about the operation or had only heard about what had happened. It took a massive transformation and remains a place that is much safer than it ever has been.”
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The symbiotic relationship between nature, light and architecture will soon be on display in a Mira Vista home sometime in 2014.
by Jocelyn Tatum
Architect Wail Majeed attempts to bring nature indoors with the construction of his dream home where floor-toceiling windows will create a glass wall on the south façade, allowing light to be nurtured and reflected in white walls throughout.
“White is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all of the colors of the rainbow. The whiteness of white is never just white; it is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing—the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon,” Majeed’s inspiration, architect Richard Meier once said.
This 8,000-square-foot museum-like home is designed entirely around one metaphorical “quantum point” 20 feet from the front entrance. Six interior walls radiate from that point toward the golf course, which allows each room to have panoramic views. The wall of floor-to-ceiling windows facing south overlook the verdant rolling hills of Mira Vista’s golf course, reminiscent of Bavaria—southern Germany—or Saint Andrews, Scotland.
“I feel very much like I’m in Europe,” Majeed said.
is light, light is energy and energy is life,” he said. He plans to cultivate these elements with a totally open floor plan on the main level so the energy of light flows in every room. A mere partition separates the bedrooms from the bathrooms to create openness while maintaining privacy on the top floor. All of the bedrooms are perched against the windows, which allows the seasons to dictate the atmosphere.
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Majeed said the biggest challenge is all of the radial walls are not straight, which creates unconventional angles in the home. Using contemporary innovations, he was able to create 90-degree angles within the rooms to make the spaces functional. For example, most bathroom sinks, dressers and desks have 90-degree corners, and symmetry is also more pleasing to the human eye.
He recruited colleague Ken Schaumburg of Schaumberg Architects to help put his ideas on paper. Plank by plank, the paper plans are coming to life—a wooden shell stands on the once empty lot.
To Majeed, white, light, energy and life are synonymous—“white
Architecture has the power to inspire, and Majeed’s home will definitely “elevate the spirit,” to use Meier’s words in a 2011 keynote speech.
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Remembering JFK's Assassination
Stories from those connected to the 48 hours surrounding that moment in history
by Jocelyn Tatum
Casa Mañana is presenting OswA ld: The AcTuA l InTerrOgATIOn by Dennis r ichar D froM nov. 9 –nov. 17. t his compelling performance examines the history and events surrounding the 48 hours that Lee harvey oswald was in the custody of the Dallas police Department after the assassination of president John f Kennedy and coincides with the 50th anniversary of the momentous event.
for the last few months leading up to the performance, we have been spotlighting individuals with a tie to those 48 hours in history.
Douglas “Doug” Jackson Jr. was dismissed from school early on that dreadful day. When his father came home a few hours later slightly disheveled, Doug didn’t realize his father had spent the day with president Kennedy and that the stains all over his father’s navy blue Dallas police uniform were of the deceased president’s blood.
“it wasn’t like a horror film, rather just messy,” Doug said.
however, the blood did tell of a horror story that happened hours earlier—Lee h oswald assassinat-
Accounts from those tied to that moment in history 50 years ago
ed president Kennedy while the president’s motorcade deliberately yet casually weaved through downtown Dallas.
Doug’s father, “L.D.” Douglas Jackson, had an important job nov. 22, 1963. he rode with three other “motor jockeys” along the right rear bumper of the limousine carrying president Kennedy, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, gov. John b connally Jr. of texas and wife, nellie. Doug, 9 years old at the time, didn’t have a clue until his father came home to tell his story.
“t he morning on nov. 22, 1963, turned out to be cold and raining—a dark day,” L.D. wrote in his journal as soon as his shift ended. he said the rain cleared just before the planes landed at 11:35 a.m. and wrote of thick crowds and secret service agents jumping out in front of people who attempted to touch the president. then the unthinkable happened.
“i heard what i thought was a car backfire, and i looked around and then [back] to the president’s car in time for the next explosion,” L.D. wrote in his journal.
only feet away, his eyes fell on president Kennedy just when the bullet hit him above his right ear. a n agent jumped on top of the president and first Lady, staying there until they got to the hospital.
When they arrived at parkland hospital, the agent opened the door to get the president, but Mrs. Kennedy told them to stop and said, “it’s no need,” according to L.D.’s journal entry. she knew it was too late. the agent began to sob. L.D. then helped lay the president’s body on the stretcher.
soon after, an agent asked L.D. to guard trauma room one while the doctors helplessly operated on the president. outside the operating room, L.D. paused and lit a cigarette.
“i noticed i had blood on my hands. i looked and i had blood on my left sleeve and down the left side of my riding breeches and on the outside of my left boot. i suppose i got this on me as i helped get Mr. Kennedy out of the car,” L.D. wrote.
Performance InformatIon: Oswald: The Actual Interrogation this compelling new play delves into the history and controversy surrounding the 48 hours Lee harvey oswald was in the custody of the Dallas police Department after the assassination of president John f Kennedy. Casa Mañana nov. 9 - 17 casamanana.org
Doug said his father never discussed his emotional reaction to that day, nor wrote about it in the seven pages of handwritten notes he left behind for his family to keep. Doug said policemen of that generation just didn’t talk about things like that.
but his father’s memory was fresh when he transcribed his observations onto paper, and even though this november marks the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination, that journal entry takes his son right back to that day just a few feet away from one of a merica’s most popular presidents.
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improving life for those in need
Goodwill i ndustries of f ort w orth stays true to founder e dgar J. h elms’ philosophy: “ g iving a hand up, not a hand out.” spanning far beyond the typical thrift store, goodwill branches out to help people with disadvantages or disabilities to obtain the skills they need to become independent. t he north texas institute, a proprietary school for the work force, currently offers steps to obtaining a ged and certifications in professional truck driving, communication connectivity, nurse aid training (Cna) and medical office assistants. they are expecting to add a physical therapy certification within the next year.
Kevin williams, director of north texas institute of goodwill fort worth, commends their program, as it graduates 70 percent of its students within a four to six month span, depending on the individual. “we’re breaking down barriers and providing opportunities for individuals who might not have the option of living an independent life,” said williams. Beyond this, g oodwill also provides job placement services, temporary employment services for surrounding busi-
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nesses, as well as in-house hiring for their students.
“we always say that we’re in the business of changing lives,” said president and Ceo david Cox. appointed this past march, Cox has always been involved in non-profit organizations.
one of these success stories is Jerri mcCade. “w hen i came to goodwill, i was a broken person, my life had taken a sharp left turn; it was scary to check the box saying i am an ex-felon,” mcCade says. “goodwill gave me hope, a second chance.” starting by unloading trucks, mcCade took the opportunity, and with hard work and dedication eventually became the assistant manager of transportation. “without goodwill, i don’t know where i’d be.” she strives to live up to goodwill’s philosophy. “ t here comes a time in your life when you realize you just can’t keep living a selfish life; that lifestyle is unacceptable to me now.” mcCade’s daughter is her greatest motivation.
goodwill takes donations and turns them into so much more Cox explains, “we are so much more than a retail store, we turn donations into jobs. it helps individuals and the community as a whole, and i love that.”
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Running for the Littlest Heroes
by Jennifer Retter
Kye’s hero is Batman. m any may remember the energetic 7-yearold as the young leukemia patient who dressed as Batman and helped the a rlington Police Department “fight crime” in april 2012. h is dream to become a hero made international news.
a year and a half later, Kye sketched superman for a group of people making the rounds of Cook Children’s, medical City Dallas and Children’s medical Center. t hey chose his design as the logo for this year’s honored hero run, along with a t-shirt design by cancer patient Gabriella, 5, and sponsor art by Xavier, 13.
Kye still loves his superheroes, but on oct. 20, approximately 1,500 people will run for a new group of heroes – children, like Kye, who are battling blood cancer.
Five years ago, a group of friends from the team in training (teamintraining.org) program with the Leukemia and Lymphoma society got together to do something more. they decided on holding a simple race to honor the greatest heroes: children beating cancer.
the first year, the team recruited 353 participants and wrote a $3,000 check to the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. the next few years, the numbers kept climbing – surpassing $10,000 and then $20,000. in total, the honored hero run gave $60,000 in its first four years.
a rmstrong said the family-friendly event caters to everyone from walkers to intense athletes with a variety of route options. the run will include fun events for children, including face painting, a kiddie run and plenty of food, but aims to keep the focus on the task at hand: donating funds to find a cure for leukemia and lymphoma.
Children currently going through treatment are invited out to the event, too.
“a lot of these kids are going through treatment or in the hospital,” armstrong said.
“it really tugs at your heartstrings,” board member Dianna Fuller Bryan said.
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the fifth annual honored hero run will take place on sunday, oct. 20, at staggered times throughout the morning. the race route hugs the trinity river, giving runners a skyline view on a fairly flat, bike- and runner-friendly trail to follow.
r ace routes range from the amateur's doable 5K and 10K up to the serious athlete's half marathon and 20-mile challenge. a 1K Kids' Fun run caters to younger supporters interested in helping child heroes. runners and walkers alike are invited to participate. Board member manuel rodriguez said the honored hero run is always looking for volunteers and encouraged everyone to sign up to be a bone marrow donor. For more information, to register or to volunteer, visit honoredherorun.com.
Approximately 1,500 people will run for children battling blood cancer on Oct. 20 during the fifth annual Honored Hero Run.
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One person dies every day resulting from complications of Cystic Fibrosis. One donor-supported nonprofit organization is making great strides to reduce that number to zero.
by FWTX Staff
Cystic Fibrosis (cF) is a rare and Fatal genetic disease. about 30,000 people in the U. s. and 70,000 people worldwide have cF, and 10 million a mericans are symptomless carriers of a defective cF gene. according to Melanie Hannah, executive director of the northeast c hapter of the cystic Fibrosis Foundation, “cF is the most fatal of all genetic diseases.”
t his gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs leading to lifethreatening respiratory infections and inhibits natural enzymes in the pancreas to properly break down and absorb nutrients. it’s not uncommon to find patients who take upwards of 45 pills daily in addition to four-hour breathing treatments. accredited cF care c enters like cook children’s Medical center in Fort Worth offer the best care, treatment and support for individuals with cF. treatment plans may include high-calorie, high-fat diets with therapies to unclog airways and mucus-thinning medication and antibiotics.
t he Foundation originated in 1955 by parents of a child with cF. it is the global leader in the search for a cure for cF and funds more cF research than any other organization. nearly every cF drug available today was made possible with the Foundation’s support. l ast February, the Fda approved a new medication funded by the Foundation called Kalydeco. “Kalydeco is a game changer. it is a medication that actually corrects the gene mutation in the molecule so that the cell does what it is supposed to do,” said Hannah.
i n the 1950s, many children diagnosed with cF did not live long enough to attend elementary school. today, the predicted median age
of survival for cF is in the mid-30s, according to the Foundation. However, people with the disease are increasingly living into their 30s, 40s and beyond thanks to advancements in research and medical treatments. e arly detection is key to extending and improving quality of life.
since 2010, legislation requires that newborns in each of the 50 states be screened for cF. t his test is done by taking a few drops of blood from a prick of the heel. Just five years earlier, only five states had added cF to the list of mandatory screening conditions.
supporters of t he cF Foundation will enjoy wine and food prepared by Fort Worth’s most celebrated chefs at l a Paloma r anch on oct. 16 when the northeast texas c hapter hosts their annual fundraising event, 65 roses. a s Hannah describes the event, “i n Fort Worth, we throw our best parties in a field. Where else can you get amazing wines, fantastic food, and support a great cause all in one place?”
cF chapters nationwide raise awareness of cF and essential financial support for the Foundation at 65 roses, which earned its name in 1965 when a volunteer’s son mispronounced his medical condition.
Mary Weiss’ three sons each had cF. Her son, r ichard, was 4 years old when he overheard his mother calling every civic club and service organization asking for donations for cystic fibrosis research. at the time, he didn’t know he had cF, only that his mother worked for “65 roses.” t he name stuck and the rose was adopted as a symbol of the c F Foundation.
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When i divorced five years ago, at first it seemed exciting - a new beginning, a second chance at love. i tend to be a true romantic, and although proudly more practical than Danielle s teele, my heart longed to flutter. My husband and i had had a long, comfortable relationship, which turned into more of a friendship as the years went on. i loved the constant adventure of change, and he loved the constant anything.
i began my new life with gusto, unaware that my enthusiasm was about to flat line. An acquaintance of mine shared the world of online dating with me. He claimed to have had terrific results and showed me some of his correspondence as proof. now you’d think the fact that he was getting these terrific results despite the fact that he was paunchy, deeply entrenched in the late 1980s, and had chronic halitosis would have been a red flag, but oh no. i figured, if he’s doing well, i should be just fine!
s o there i went. i t was weird, uncomfortable, intrusive and offensive. All of me broken down into a paragraph along with the only pseudo-recent photo of myself standing next to my 22-year-old daughter - sans daughter
– i cropped her out. ( s he already had a boyfriend, and i didn’t need the competition.) t hen i ran across Mr. Paunchy Halitosis’ online profile. i wouldn’t have recognized him by his photo, since it wasn’t his - at least not from this decade. He was trim and handsome and even by the photo i could tell his breath was minty fresh. What a scam. t his is what i had to look forward to? i had already had enough. A girlfriend of mine had warned me this would happen – misinformation, wasted time, disappointment. i guess i needed to see it for myself. Done.
n ow what? i decided to up the ante and look into a real dating service. As any good journalist would, i began to do some research. t hat’s when i came across Great e xpecta-
tions in fort Worth. t his was my turn to have fun, meet someone fantastic, and live happily ever after.
i called them up and spoke with sarah. she was really sweet and put me at ease almost immediately. s he explained that they were particular about their membership and that i would need to come in for an appointment. i liked that too. i didn’t want to have to weed through the schmucks, so why not let someone else do it? i set up an interview and liked my first impression.
After speaking with the center Director taylor, i learned a great deal about the company. t hey promised to take care of me. t hey promised to hold my hand through every step, and although they would make recommendations of men i might like to meet, i would have the final say. Because they did an extensive photo shoot, there wouldn’t be any blind dating or 10-year-old photos of shirtless men standing in front of their camaros. t hey did background checks - loved that! n o games, just straightforward professionals looking for actual, real relationships. i have to admit, my expectations were growing and i started to think it might be too good to be true. t he programs were pricier than online, but i took the plunge. What the heck, you only live once, right? s o there i went. i t felt a little like jumping off a cliff. i surprised myself by being a nervous wreck for the photo shoot. What had i done? Why don’t i just go to a bar and take my chances? t hen came j ulie, Member Photographer. t hank God. i needed someone to
calm me down and put me at ease, and she delivered the goods, just like they told me she would. n ot only did i feel relaxed while having a great conversation, but the photos were good. i would totally date me! With the tough stuff out of the way, i quickly realized behind the tough stuff was more tough
stuff. Actually dating. What had i done? t he bar started to sound appealing again. o nce again, the staff came to my rescue and taylor held my hand and showed me some men she recommended for me. s he asked me what i thought of each one. n ice. i didn’t want someone to tell me what i needed and then match me up with my u ncle George. ( u ncle George is a very nice man, but c looney he
isn’t.) i was happy with her choices for me and could see her 15 years of experience shining through. We decided on two of them. taylor called them on the spot. Because of the world of digital magic, the gentlemen were able to look up my information immediately. Bing, bang, boom – i had a date later that week. Yikes, an actual date! His name was Ken and what a great guy. And normal. And he looked just like his photos! Although there was no love connection, i soon became comfortable in my new dating life. My seventh date was with a man named j ohn. n ow we were talking! After four dates we “froze” our Great e xpectations memberships and after six months, we knew this was it. i had met the man of my dreams, and the adventure had begun.
l ook, i knew i loved being in a relationship. i knew i wanted to find my person, the one i could count on no matter what. i wanted someone who adored me as much as i adored him, someone i could respect and admire, who viewed life the same way i did. i knew i had my own great expectations for my future, and i knew i was done settling and compromising. Well i got exactly what i wanted, and i still never realized it could be this good. j ohn and i were married last year. s o here’s to you, Great e xpectations. You made me break my rule and write about myself. You exceeded my own great expectations – so to anyone who’ll listen …give ‘em a shot. Your happily ever after could be right around the corner.
An unabashedly humorous look at life / by Heywood
Past Players
Some of the old-time sports legends could have easily competed with today’s athletes.
WHILE YOU WERE FEVERISHLY THUMBINg YOUR WAY TO MY COLUMN THIS MONTH, you probably noticed that the magazine is doing a piece on the greatest athletes in Fort Worth history. The answers always vary,
depending on the era of your youth. Most people today will tell you that the stars of yesteryear couldn't even compete with today's athletes. Maybe. It's true that they are stronger, faster and much larger. Sixty years ago, about the only time you could see anyone who weighed more than 300 pounds was at a carnival. It's hard to believe that Mike Dean, one of the starting offensive linemen for the University of Texas when they won the national championship in 1969, weighed less than 200 pounds.
But I think that most of the size difference has to do with changes in training methods and diet. (And possibly some pharmaceuticals.) And although having a body that looks like a yield sign is nice, it isn't particularly necessary to be a great athlete. Look at Johnny Manziel. He has the build of an undernourished accountant, but few would argue that he might be one of the greatest college quarterbacks ever.
Because I grew up in Fort Worth back in the 50s and 60s, my recollection of great athletes was mostly football players, with a few exceptions. The first sporting event I ever attended was a TCU football game at Amon Carter Stadium when I was probably 6 or 7 years old and had been pestering my parents to take me. To keep from buying me a ticket, Dad would throw me over his shoulder as we walked through the gate. It worked every time, although it got pretty rough on his knees after I turned 21. Of course a player everyone remembers from back then was Jim Swink, who finished second in the Heisman voting to John David Crow of Texas A&M. But there were three other players I'll never forget.
You may have never heard of this first one, but he was one of my mother's favorites. His name was Virgil Miller, and he actually played behind Swink at halfback. He wasn't very big, but man, was he ever quick and fun to watch. Virgil didn't run, he darted. Every time they gave him the ball, my mother would jump to her feet and inadvertently elbow me in the head. I had to start keeping an eye on him just to protect myself.
Then there was Harry Moreland. I don't think Usain Bolt could have caught him on a football field. Darrell Royal might have agreed. In 1959, TCU beat Texas in Austin, thanks to a 56-yard touchdown dash by Harry in the fourth quarter. It happened so fast, some of the Texas linemen never got out of their stance.
TCU with their All-America end, Mike Ditka. During the game, things got a little heated, and Ditka decided to start a fight. Now, the next to last thing you do when you pick a fight on the football field is take off your helmet. The last thing you do is pick a fight with Bob Lilly. As you might have guessed, the final outcome didn't bode well for Mike. But it's still one of the best bench-emptying brawls I've ever seen. According to Dan Jenkins, Harry Moreland had one of the best quotes ever about his rugged teammate. "If I was as big as Lilly, I would charge people $10 a day to live.”
I really can't leave out a guy that became an instant legend while playing football at Kirkpatrick High School in Fort Worth during the mid-60s. His name was Margene Adkins, and he was phenomenal. His football coach had a very simple game plan. Just throw the ball anywhere and don't worry. Margene will be there. I was fortunate enough to see him once, and by the third quarter, I'd lost count of how many touchdowns he scored.
So what made players like this so talented? I think some of it had to do with the guys they practiced with every day. In fact, the real sports heroes on every team are the ones who know they're not going to play that much. They're the second and third teamers that never miss a practice and give it their all every day. The better they perform, the better they make the starters play. And because of their intensity and love of the game, some of them later excel in other areas of a sport, such as coaching. A guy at TCU comes to mind.
I definitely considered myself to be one of those guys. I can honestly say that whenever I played ball, I always made the starters better. Unfortunately, they played for the other team.
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The third player probably had one of the greatest careers ever in college and professional football. But that's not why I remember him. In the late 50s, Pittsburgh came to play
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The joyful yet sleep deprived role as Mom / by Alison
A (Not So) Bon Voyage
WELL, FRIENdS, OCTOBER IS UPON US, WHICH MEANS WE’vE OUTLASTEd YET ANOTHER SULTRY TEXAS SUMMER. And apart from the 31st of this month, which involves excessively candied kids running amok in cute but overpriced costumes (that, by the end of the night, appear spackled in a frightening mashup of Nestlé fun-size bars have fun getting those stains out), October is, for all intents and purposes, a pretty laid-back month.
It’s also an ideal time to shoehorn in a quick getaway because, excluding business travelers and the occasional adventure seeker, October isn’t a terribly crowded travel time. Nope, the majority of voyagers do so during the summer. Like I did. And, to be frank, it’s an experience that still haunts me. (Get it? Halloween? Haunts? Yeah, it’s a longshot, but just trying to be relevant.)
It was mid-July. I was all set to bid adieu to the Fort for a fun-filled trip to France, where I’d sample a mélange of délicieux meals and imbibe in a — ahem — sampling or two (or more) of amazing wines. My transatlantic flight would whisk me away to Paris, where I’d catch a connecting flight to France’s southernmost region and bask in its Basque country glory.
Right?
Wrong.
I think I’ve explained before that my life doesn’t always take the most trod path — and that’s not for lack of trying, trust me. You might recall that back in July (consequently, at the EXACT SAME TIME of my French retreat), a nasty bacteria contaminated our food supply and sickened a whole bunch of folks in several states, including ours.
You see where this is going, don’t you?
One day before crossing the pond, I felt it. You know — that unmistakable pang informing you immediately: Something is not right. (Mine, for the record, simply said, “Alison, you are sooo &#%$-ed!”)
“Oh, honey,” my buds chirped as my belly churned. “It’s your first flight across the ocean; it’s just nerves.” One well-meaning pal suggested I load up on Immodium to quiet my tummy. (Um, without being too graphic here, let’s just say I might as well have popped M&Ms for all the good that did.) Honestly though, I figured I had your basic 24-hour bug. Here one day, gone the next.
Wrong again.
But being the soldier I am, I Boeing 777’d my way to the land of Francophiles on a wing
and a prayer. Upon landing, my formerly grumbly belly broke out in a full-on war, and by day three, it was raging. Long story short: After sprinting to nearly every toilette along the French-Spain border, I needed to call a truce.
Or, in my case, a doctor, whom I called on a Sunday morning. (Well, actually my sweet beau did, while I lay prostrate in bed, wincing in pain and bemoaning my untimely demise.) The good doc assessed my condition and announced that, yes, I had food poisoning but that, if I took the drugs he prescribed, I’d be right as rain.
And that dude didn’t lie. Within two doses, I was already on the mend! And I still had a few days of vacation left, where I was able to nosh on extraordinary cuisine and behold some of the most gorgeous scenery on earth. (Sadly, though, no vino. My battered abdomen just couldn’t stomach it.)
So besides snapping beaucoup photos and, of course, stockpiling tons of unforgettable memories, I now have this, well, gut-wrenching story to share. (Lucky for you, dear readers, space constraints have limited me to the condensed version.)
I think my stepdad summed it up best: “Most people get stomach problems after they land overseas. But, Alison, you’re the only person I’ve ever known who brought one with her.”
Yep, that would be moi.
C'est la vie.
Rich
Alison Rich is a divorced mother of four. She is a serious writer who doesn't take herself too seriously and has been writing for our magazine since 2006.
Straightforward advice on anything and everything / by Molly Forthright
Q:I got invited to a Halloween party at a friend’s apartment. When I went to the store to try and find a costume, I was shocked at the selection. I’m physically fit and in my late 20s, and I would never wear some of the things I saw. My choices were slutty cheerleader, slutty nurse, slutty witch or slutty maid. The costumes for little girls were almost as bad. What are some fun options for women that don’t want to look like a tramp at Halloween, and where can I find them?
A: In my barhopping days, I used to get a kick out of what girls would wear on Halloween. It’s almost as if the holiday presents women a pass to dress like a prostitute without judgment. Even the most demure of women squeeze themselves into costumes fitting for the strip club.
One of the scariest costumes I ever saw was nearly a decade ago at a club where a 5-foot, heavy-set girl danced to party music dressed as a scantly clad pirate. Wait, I take that back. I am still recovering from Miley Cyrus’ MTV VMA performance in the nude PVC bikini with little twisted knots on top of her head. Yikes.
In my younger days before my child was born, I always opted for the witty, albeit often dorky, costume that most people never understood. Like the time I wrote “The Second Amendment” across an old T-shirt and wore a pair of furry bear arms.
Now that the holiday is more about my daughter, I seldom dust off the old costume trunk.
For some inspiration, utilize Pinterest. It’s an excellent spot to find creative costumes that you can throw together
with very little time or money. Almost everyone has some basic craft supplies, old sheets and a hot glue gun laying around.
If you aren’t one for making your own costume, you can find a great, off-the-wall selection at Magic Etc., Fort Worth Costume located on North Forest Park Boulevard.
illustration by Charles Marsh
FRIDAY WHITES NIGHT
7th Annual White Hot Night Gala • October 25, 2013
The Henry House Foundation and our partner The Ben Hogan Foundation are pleased to announce Friday, October 25th as the date for our 7 th Annual White Hot Night Gala.
Hosted at Mira Vista Country Club, the evening will include speciality cocktails, live and silent auctions, exciting live headliner entertainment and famed PaintJam artist Dan Dunn. Complimentary valet provided by Rent a Frog.
White Hot Attire
The Ben Hogan Foundation will kick off the day on Friday morning with a shotgun start of The Ben Hogan Invitational at Mr. Hogan’s home course of Shady Oaks Country Club. This special ProAm will include a full breakfast with a celebrity speaker, lunch, cocktails, and great competition for the stunning crystal “Hands of the Hawk” trophies, a trophy unlike any other and made exclusively for this event.
Proceeds from the events bene t The Ben Hogan Foundation and The Henry House Foundation as we continue to support local youth through speci c projects.
presented by proceeds benefit tickets, teams and sponsorship information
Please inquire within for Gala tables or individual tickets, Invitational team and playing spots, or packages for the entire day; space is limited. 817.263.3291 or LMoses@HenryHouseFoundation.com or Robert.Stennett@BenHoganFoundation.org
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Top Chef
Fort Worth, Texas magazine held its Top Chef finals at Cendera Center on Aug. 15. Chef Anthony Felli of Del Frisco’s was the Top Chef this year. The head judge/host was Chef Tim Love, and Scott Murray was the MC for the event.
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Boxing in the Ballroom
Boxing in the Ballroom featured a lavish steak dinner, fine wine and spirits, as well as exciting professional boxing provided by Paulie Ayala productions. Guests also enjoyed live and silent auctions. The event benefited the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Worth.
(1) Lindsay & Chris Greer (2) Jarrett & Harriet Shields, Veronica Merrill & Ken Morgan (3) Vidal & Stephanie Quevedo(4) Jeannie & Ron Buford, Daphne Barlow Stigliano (5) Steve Fleiner, Kevin Jackson, Scott Price, Ashley Tinsley, Danny Still, Marga Max (6) Randall & Jeannetta Schmidt, David Lassiter, Neely Fortinberry, Bridgette & Bric Shelton
The Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha cordially invites you to attend our 19th Annual Pink Ribbon Luncheon benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Greater Fort Worth
ZTA Foundation
Patsy Ellis Roach Memorial Scholarship
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
10:00 am Reception, Raffle and Boutique Shopping
11:30 am Luncheon Seating
Ridglea Country Club Fort Worth, Texas
Style Show featured by Leddy’s Ranch at Sundance
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Girls Inc.
The Girls Inc. of Tarrant County held the Second Annual College Shower honoring National Girls Inc. Scholarship winners, Selena Ponce and Cynthia Gomez. The event, chaired by Ellen Ray and graciously hosted by Joe T. Garcia's also raises scholarship money for local Girls Inc. seniors. Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be “strong, smart and bold!”
FrogChic
The TCU Alumni Association and Neiman Marcus presented Fort Worth FrogChic on Aug. 21 for TCU Premier Frogs (alumni in their 30s and 40s). Guests saw a preview of the newest fall fashions at Neiman Marcus at Ridgmar Mall and enjoyed drinks, appetizers and swag bags.
(1) Tobi Jackson, Alice Puente, Barbara Williams (2) Molly Snyder, Kathy Wolfe, Robin Ponitz (3) Melanie Reiter, Jennifer Carpenter, Lisa Salinas (4) Selena Ponce, Ellen Ray, Cynthia Gomez
(1) Lori Radke, JenniferCampell, Liz Carlton (2) Kara Morey, Lauren Johnson (3) Carrie Kemmer, Krista Gordon, Virginia Durnil, Maricarol Anderson (4) Celestina Blok, Crystal Vastine
• The Children’s Tumor Foundation - Ending Neurofibromatosis through research (CTF)
• Basal Cell Carcinoma Nevus Syndrome (BCCNS)
• Methodist Justice Ministry - Protecting women and children from abuse and violence For more information please visit us: hmcpresents.org or email hmcpresentsfw@gmail.com
Big Guns
The second annual Big Guns in Cowtown benefiting Fort Worth’s Finest took place Aug. 29 at Cendera Center. The event featured hand-rolled cigars from Silver Leaf Bar, premium wine and beer, hors D’ oeuvres and a live auction. Special guests including Walt Garrison.
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The Careity Foundation event benefiting the Pediatric Palliative Care Center at Cook Children’s Medical Center was held at Cendera Center. The evening featured dinner and dancing with live entertainment and an upscale Western style show featuring top designers. Live and silent auctions were followed by charity casino fun. Photos by Megan Parks Photography
(1) Glen Hahn, Jeff Bryan, Charlie Powell (2) Matt Blevins, Betsy Price (3) Paul & Harriet Harral, Gina Wigginton, Tom Law, Jr.
(1) Haden Head (2) Mary, Mark & Nancy Dambro (3) Kirk Manuel, Cory & Carly Chesnut, Ronda Manuel (4) Neil Ingle, Lyn Walsh, Joanne Ingle, Beverly Branch
Designers & Decorators Worth KnoWing
nothing should be more unique than the space in which you live or work. A home or office should be comfortable and at the same time reflect your personality. Knowing how to pull those elements together can be a daunting task, but you don’t have to do it alone. The interior designers* and decorators on the following pages want to tell you how their services can help make your space comfortable and attractive.
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portfolio Designers & Decorators Worth Knowing
Stacy Furniture & Design
FOCUS: Our focus is to provide our clients with the best service and selection. We carry a wide range of moderate to upper end, leading name brands along with accent rugs, lighting and accessories. We also offer a full-service design department that can help you with one room or your entire home. Our design expertise includes custom draperies and bedding, custom furniture and re-upholstery.
Stacy Furniture & Design provides both residential and commercial design services. AWARDS: People’s Choice award for the 2011 Kaleidoscope of Homes; Chosen to design the 2011 and 2010 Fort Worth, Texas magazine Dream Homes. MEMBERSHIPS: Stacy
Furniture & Design’s senior designers are registered by the State of Texas. Many of their designers are members of the American Society of Interior Designers as well. WHAT SETS THEM APART: Their ability to create beautiful, livable rooms to delight their clients and make their home or office the space they envisioned in their dreams. Stacy Furniture & Design is a local, family business, founded by Rick Stacy more than 20 years ago in Southlake. The company is still run by the Stacy family, and the “family” extends to the employees, vendor partners and customers. Stacy Furniture & Design believes that The Golden Rule was a good one, and they set out to “treat
customers as they would want to be treated” and in their case, that’s just like family. ADVICE: Mix it up! Old with new, blends of styles and finishes. Bright colors are continuing to work into home décor and Stacy’s is excited as manufacturers continue to revamp classic patterns into new color palettes on fabrics for the home. Mix that with your Grandmother’s antique dining room and you might just fall in love. BIGGEST DESIGN MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: Selecting the wrong size furniture for your space. Designers can save you so much time and money by helping you select the best fit for your room and your style. Designers aren’t expensive, they save you
money and time in the long run by working with you in the beginning and selecting right the first time. PICTURED: Dorian Stacy Sims, Nancy Williams, Bonnie Sorensen, Cynthia Christov, Cynthia Lawrence, Donna Winburn, Judy Gerhard, Kathy King, Mark Grigsby, Kim Mills and Taylor Lumby.
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portfolio Designers & Decorators Worth Knowing
The ARTEC Group, Inc.
SPECIALTY: Interior Design and Remodeling services in the DFW Metroplex. Debbie Chirillo and her staff provide unparalleled interior design services for residential and commercial interiors. Work ranges from new construction selections to remodels and the creative use of existing spaces. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: The ARTEC Group was featured in Beautiful Homes of Texas, an exclusive collection of the finest designers of Texas. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: Great design combines comfort, function and balance into an aesthetically pleasing environment. We believe it is essential that our client’s personality
be reflected in the design whether the look is traditional, transitional or contemporary. As one of Fort Worth’s leading interior design firms, we provide outstanding designs for every client. Please visit us on Houzz. PICTUREd: Debbie Chirillo, Designer.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 777 Main St., Ste. 600 • Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817.528.1027 artecgroupinc.com Five star rated - HOUZZ
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ClubDesign Associates
FOCUS: Interior Design, Purchasing, Project Management and Construction of Country Clubs, Golf Clubs and Hospitality Interior Design Projects based all over the United States. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Golf Inc. Magazine; Club & Resort Business Magazine ; Avid Golfer Magazine PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS: IIDA (International Interior Design Association); TBAE (Texas Board of Architectural Examiners).
GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: We’ve been fortunate to work on more than 200 clubs and resorts all over the United States: Colonial Country Club, Barton Creek Resort, La Quinta Resort, PGA West, Ridglea Country Club, Sun City Palm Desert, Black Diamond Ranch Country Club, Country Club of the North and Gainey Ranch Country Club. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: “Service your client to the best of your ability.” FREE ADVICE: Member-
owned clubs should select knowledgeable members to sit on house committees, if not they’re setting themselves up for problems and bad decisions. BIGGEST DESIGNING MISTAKE: Scale. With the large spaces that we work with, scale is important. Small furniture, accessories, artwork, etc. will look like you cut corners, and the membership is educated enough to know the difference. PICTURED: John R. Cochran, Lori Calder, Kendall Kalldin, Danna Presbaugh.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 1314 Lake St., Ste. 101 • Fort Worth, Texas 76102
FOCUS: Grandeur Design’s focus is to produce results that our clients desire by achieving the extraordinary quality and service that our clients deserve. AWARDS: Grandeur Design has been awarded achievements throughout the years. Most recently, Fort Worth, Texas magazine awarded Best of 2013 Design to Grandeur Design. Grandeur Design received a national award and a 12-page article written in American Dream Home National Magazine about the original artistic creations of our work. Grandeur Design has been recognized as a superior manufacturer of our one-of-a-kind products. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: The perfect vision gives the perfect outcome. We believe in order to transform your home, you have to make it fit not only your budget but also your lifestyle in order to be happy and completely satisfied with the result. FREE ADVICE: Take what you
have and create a look by implementing new items and preserving the old. You don’t have to completely start over in order to have a current look, just an open mind to new concepts with what you already have.
BIGGEST DESIGN MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE: People make concessions of what they specifically want for a price they want to pay versus creating a look they love for the budget in which they have. PICTURED: Brenda Blaylock and Susan Semmelmann.
With 40 years in business, Fashion Glass & Mirror has built a reputation as the premier glass and mirror company in texas. our customer service, quality and dependability are primary reasons why people rely on Fashion Glass & Mirror more than any other glass and mirror company. We have locations in the Fort Worth, Dallas, houston, austin and san antonio markets to serve your glass and mirror needs.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Food Tasting Stations by Fort Worth Favorites
Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine · Cafe Modern
Campisi’s · Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop · Nothing Bundt Cakes
Enjoy cocktails to the music of Marcus Rockwell Trio Attire: Business Casual and Don’t Forget Your Hat
Please join us as we say “Hats Off” to all the organizations in the catalog for their dedication to helping others in the community. Show your spirit and sport your best look. From the fantastic to the sublime, there are no rules or limits to the style of the hat you choose to adorn. For more information about tickets and sponsorship,please contact Molly Snyder at molly.snyder@ymail.com or 817-247-7324 or visit our website at www.TheGreatestGiftCatalogEver.org/LaunchParty
Medical Facilities Directory
Tarrant County area hospitals, rehab and cancer centers
Hospitals
Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth
1400 Eighth Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.926.2544
baylorhealth.com/AllSaints
574 beds, 668 physicians
Baylor All Saints is a full-service hospital dedicated to providing for the health care needs of the community. It is among Tarrant County’s oldest not-for-profit hospitals and celebrated 100 years of service in 2006. The medical center offers services including programs of excellence in cardiology, transplantation, neurosciences, oncology and women’s services. It has been recognized as “Best Local Medical Center” and “Best Place to Have a Baby” by Fort Worth Star-Telegram readers; named a Texas Award for Performance Excellence Honoree; and recognized by U.S. News & World Report for high performance in Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Urology.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine
1650 W. College St.
Grapevine, Texas 76051
817.481.1588
BaylorHealth.com/Grapevine
314 beds, 824 physicians
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine is a full-service, fully accredited not-for-profit hospital offering advanced medical services for cardiovascular services, women’s services, diagnostic imaging, orthopedics, spine, oncology, neurology, intensive and emergency care and a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In 2013, Baylor Grapevine opened a new four-story patient tower to serve the growing needs of the community.
Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth
750 12th Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.334.5050
mcsh-hospital.com
34 beds, 183 physicians
Baylor Surgical Hospital is an affiliate of United Surgical Partners International, an international company partnered with 60 local physicians with specialty areas of orthopedics, pain medicine, urology, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, podiatry, oral surgery and ear, nose and throat surgery.
Cook Children’s Medical Center
801 Seventh Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
682.885.4000
cookchildrens.org
457 beds, 682 medical staff
Cook Children’s Health Care System is a notfor-profit, nationally recognized pediatric health care organization comprised of eight entities — a Medical Center, Physician Network, Home Health company, Northeast Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Center, Health Plan, Health Services Inc., and Health Foundation. The integrated system has more than 60 primary and specialty care offices throughout North Texas. Its service region includes Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties, with an additional referral area encompassing nearly half the state. Cook Children’s traces its roots back to 1918, but throughout its continual change and robust growth, it still embraces an inspiring promise — to improve the health of every child in its region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.
JPS Health Network
1500 S. Main St.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.702.3431
jpshealthnet.org
537 beds, 600 providers
JPS Health Network has served Tarrant County for more than a century. JPS is one of the largest employers in Tarrant County with more than 4,700 employees. Patients can receive services at more than 50 locations including John Peter Smith Hospital, a state-of-the-art Patient Care Pavilion, JPS Surgical Center-Arlington, 30 primary and specialty care health centers, 19 school-based health centers, a dedicated cancer center and Trinity Springs Pavilion inpatient behavioral health facility. A highly regarded teaching hospital, JPS is home to 12 residency programs. JPS is the only Level I Trauma Center in Tarrant County. For a full list of locations and services, see: jpshealthnet.org.
Kindred Hospital Fort Worth
815 8th Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.332.4812
kindredfortworth.com
67 licensed beds, 155 physicians
Kindred Hospital Fort Worth is a long-term, acute-care facility that specializes in ventilator dependency, chronic cardiac conditions and neuromuscular or neurovascular, complex orthopedic conditions, wound care complications, multi-system organ failure, dysphasia management, postoperative complications/trauma care, multiple intravenous therapies, chemotherapy, preoperative and postoperative organ transplant
care, chronic nutritional management and total parental nutrition.
Kindred Hospital Mansfield
1802 Hwy 157
Mansfield, Texas 76063
817.473.6101
kindredmansfield.com
55 beds, 107 physicians
Kindred Hospital Mansfield is a long-term, acute-care facility that specializes in ventilator dependency, wound care complications, chronic cardiac conditions, multi-system organ failure, complex orthopedic conditions, dysphasia management, postoperative complications/trauma care, multiple intravenous therapies, chemotherapy, preoperative and postoperative organ transplant care, chronic nutritional management and total parental nutrition.
Kindred Hospital is a long-term acute care hospital that specializes in the treatment and rehabilitation of medically complex patients who require an extended stay in a hospital setting. Kindred Southwest patients often need an array of services provided through an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, rehabilitation and respiratory therapists and other support staff. Kindred has experience and expertise in a wide variety of care including: pulmonary care (ventilator management and weaning), complex wound care, rehabilitation, dialysis, IV antibiotic therapy, neurotransition and pain management.
LifeCare Hospital of Fort Worth
6201 Overton Ridge Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.222.8342
lifecare-hospitals.com
72 beds, 160 physicians
At LifeCare Hospital of Fort Worth, the team is directed by the physician and includes nursing, case management, pharmacy, nutritional services, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, hyperbaric therapy and wound care, recreational therapy, social services and psychological services.
Medical Center Arlington
3301 Matlock Road Arlington, Texas 76015
817.465.3241
medicalcenterarlington.com
342 beds, 600 physicians
MCA is Arlington’s first certified Chest Pain Center, Tarrant County’s first designated Primary Stroke Center, Arlington’s only trauma designated hospital (Level III), is Primary Cancer Center certified and is the official hospital of the Texas Rangers. Medical Center Arlington is an acute-care and fullservice hospital that offers diagnostics, emergency care, therapy, surgery, women’s services, neonatal ICU, neurology, cardiology, rehabilitation services, open-heart surgery, robotic surgery, cardiovascular ICU and orthopedics.
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center is a modern acute care hospital that has served the thriving community since 2006. The hospital is proud to offer some of the latest in medical technology and innovative treatments. It is among the top performers nationwide in both patient satisfaction and quality care. Methodist Mansfield Medical Center is part of the nonprofit Methodist Health System.
North Hills Hospital
4401 Booth Calloway Road
North Richland Hills, Texas 76180
817.255.1000
northhillshospital.com
176 beds, 490 physicians
North Hills Hospital is an acute-care hospital that offers emergency services, 24-hour chest pain emergency care, ICU, PCU, a cardiac program, senior health clinic, orthopedic joint replacement and sports medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, women’s services, labor/delivery suites, a digital mammography and sonogram suite, obstetrics, nursery, an outpatient imaging center, physical therapy, dialysis, lithotripsy, advanced diagnostics/radiology, diabetes education, robotassisted surgery, an electrophysiology lab, and a pediatric outpatient surgery center.
Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth
900 8th Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.336.2100
plazamedicalcenter.com
320 beds, 469 physicians
Plaza Medical Center specializes in tertiary care, teaching and research. Plaza has been certified by The Joint Commission for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Stroke, Joint Replacement–Hip and Joint Replacement–Knee. Plaza is a Magnet® designation for Excellence in Nursing Services by ANCC, Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, Bariatric Center of Excellence and an Accredited Oncology Program by ACoS. Plaza is a 2012 recipient of the Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center Gold Performance award by AHA and Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement award by AHA. Plaza has become the first and only Comprehensive Stroke Center in North Texas.
Regency Hospital of Fort Worth
6801 Oakmont Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.840.2500 regencyhospital.com
44 beds, 190 + physicians
Regency Hospitals treat patients who have a need for longer hospital stays due to their illness, multiple injuries, pulmonary or medical complications. These unique medical needs require more intensive, focused, hospital care combined with more aggressive therapy than a traditional hospital may be able to provide. Part of Select Medical’s national network of more than 100 specialty hospitals.
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
800 W. Randol Mill Road
Arlington, Texas 76012
817.960.6100
TexasHealth.org/Arlington
369 beds, 630 physicians
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital is a full-service medical center services include neurosurgery and neurology, women’s services, orthopedics, an advanced imaging center, cancer care, diabetes education, emergency and rehabilitation services for adults and children.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance
10864 Texas Health Trail
Fort Worth, Texas 76244
682.212.2000
TexasHealth.org/Alliance
50 beds, 239 physicians
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance offers emergency medicine, women and infant services, neonatal intensive care, imaging, physical therapy, surgery, cardiac rehabilitation, and occupational health and wellness programs.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle
108 Denver Trail Azle, Texas 76020
1.877.847.9355
TexasHealth.org/Azle
36 beds, 108 physicians
Texas Health Harris Methodist Azle is a community-based hospital that offers 24-hour emergency services, an intensive care unit, cardiovascular services, diagnostic imaging, surgery/outpatient procedures, rehabilitation, a pain management program, laboratory, endoscopy services and community services.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne
201 Walls Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033
1.817.641.2551
TexasHealth.org/Cleburne
137 beds, 70 physicians
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne is a full-service, acute care hospital offering orthopedic services, outpatient surgery, rehabilitation services, pulmonology, respiratory therapy, women’s and infant’s services, digestive health services that include gastroenterology and endoscopy suites.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
1301 Pennsylvania Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.250.2000
TexasHealth.org/FortWorth
726 beds, 1,165 physicians
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital opened in 1930. It is a Magnet-designated hospital, and Tarrant County’s largest hospital and regional referral center. The hospital provides the following services: cardiovascular, high-risk and routine obstetrics and gynecology, neurosciences, orthopedics and sports medicine, rehabilitation, adult critical care and neonatal intensive care, trauma and emergency medicine, cancer care, medical/surgical, occupational health and more.
Texas Health Fort Worth is a Level II Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, Cycle III Chest Pain Center, Heart Failure Center, Emergency Center of Excellence, NICHE accredited, and holds a Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission in advanced palliative care, hip and knee joint replacement, hip fracture treatment and spine surgery.
Texas Health HEB is the first hospital in Northeast Tarrant County with a Level III Trauma Center designation and accreditation with commendation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Serving Northeast Tarrant County since 1973, Texas Health HEB also is accredited as a Cycle IV Chest Pain Center and Heart Failure Center, certified as a Primary Stroke Center and designated as a “Baby Friendly” facility by WHO and UNICEF. Services include women’s services, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a dedicated oncology unit, comprehensive cardiac services (including cardiac rehabilitation), an open-to-thepublic fitness center, and behavioral health services through Texas Health Springwood Hospital.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Fort Worth 6100 Harris Parkway Fort Worth, Texas 76132 817.433.5000
Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Fort Worth opened in 1987 and offers the following comprehensive services: 24-hour emergency service, surgical and imaging services, breast health services, orthopedics and sports therapy, a level 3a neonatal ICU, adult critical care, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiovascular services, cancer care and physical rehabilitation.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville
411 N. Belknap St.
Stephenville, Texas 76401
1.254.965.1500
TexasHealth.org/Stephenville
98 beds, 70 physicians
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville is a full-service acute care facility that offers surgical services, women’s and infants’ services,
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3000 South Hulen Street, Suite 180 Fort Worth, TX 76109
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3400 Texas Sage Trail, Suite 148 Fort Worth, TX 76177
Pediatric Urgent Care Centers of Fort Worth provide comprehensive care to help your child recover quickly. Our family-friendly clinic is staffed with experienced Pediatricians and health care clinicians whose focus is on the wellness of your child. We are a trusted community resource here to compliment your primary physician. No appointment is necessary but we do offer limited appointments for your convenience. We strive to minimize pain and create a positive environment for children and young adults ranging from birth to 21 years.
Dr. Michael Cowan is the Owner and Medical Director of Pediatric Urgent Care Centers of Fort Worth. He is doubleboarded in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
advanced diagnostic imaging, a sleep lab and wound care services. Texas Health Stephenville has received national accreditation as a Level IV Trauma Center and Cycle III Chest Pain Center and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. The hospital was named a Baby-Friendly Hospital by the World Health Organization and received Pathway to Excellence® designation for a work environment that supports nurses.
Texas Health Heart and Vascular
Hospital Arlington
811 Wright St. Arlington, Texas 76012
817.960.3500
texashealthheartandvascular.org
48 beds, 300 physicians
Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital Arlington is a joint venture by Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital and participating physicians on the campus of Texas Health Arlington Memorial. Services include interventional and diagnostic cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery, pacemakers, Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (AICDs) and lung procedures. The EP lab features the Hansen Robotic System that allows for minimally invasive treatment for heart arrhythmia.
Texas Health Huguley Hospital
Fort Worth South 11801 S. Freeway
Fort Worth, Texas 76028
817.293.9110
huguley.org
223 beds, 350 physicians
Now operated as a joint venture of Texas Health Resources and Adventist Health System, Huguley includes an acute care hospital, two intensive care units, a bone and joint center, an open heart surgery center, a behavioral health center, a topranked wound care center, women’s services, an emergency department, an outpatient imaging and surgery center, hospice, a nursing home and a fitness center.
USMD Hospital at Arlington
801 W. I-20 at Matlock Road Arlington, Texas 76107
817.472.3400
usmdarlington.com
28 inpatient suites, 16-bed day surgery, 4-bed SICU, 418 physicians
USMD Hospital at Arlington is physician-owned, which means that executive decisions for the hospital are made by people who practice medicine. It has a comfortable, non-hospital atmosphere and compassionate professionals equipped with the latest technology that allows them to perform leading-edge spinal procedures, gastric sleeve and bypass surgery for obesity, and robot-assisted prostate and gynecology procedures that are less invasive for a quicker recovery.
USMD Hospital at Fort Worth
5900 Altamesa Blvd
Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.433.9100
usmdfortworth.com
8 inpatient Suites, 6 operating rooms, more than 100 physicians
USMD at Fort Worth is part of a growing network of physician-owned hospitals and serves both pediatric and adult patients with separate entrances, separate preoperative and separate
recovery areas for each group. The hospital has diagnostic imaging and an emergency department.
Victory Medical Center Fort Worth
South Main and Pennsylvania
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
281.863.2100
victory-healthcare.com/fortworth 25 beds
Victory Medical Center Fort Worth, currently under construction and scheduled for completion in 2014, is a surgical hospital that will include 25 private rooms with family quarters, four stateof-the-art intensive care rooms, eight operating rooms and four special procedure rooms. The surgical hospital will perform specialty procedures including spinal, orthopedic and general surgery as well as podiatry, gynecology, urology, bariatric, reconstructive plastics, ENT and pain management procedures. Patients will receive first-class care including one-to-one nurse to patient staffing and a five-star concierge experience.
Diagnostics
Free Pregnancy Testing Center
1115 E. Pioneer Parkway, Ste. 143 Arlington, Texas 76010
817.460.1147
freepregtestcenter.com
Medical Center Arlington offers a free and easy way to determine if you are pregnant. The center offers free pregnancy testing with no appointment necessary, free physician referrals, free Medicaid application assistance, as well as free childbirth education.
Mansfield Imaging Center
1670 E. Broad St., Ste. 104 Mansfield, Texas 76063
817.473.3901
medicalcenterarlington.com
As an outpatient center for Medical Center Arlington, Mansfield Imaging Center can provide individuals with anything from a CT or Ultrasound to routine X-rays. The center is accredited through the American College of Radiology and is completely digital.
Touchstone Imaging
Southwest Fort Worth 6001 Harris Parkway Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.294.1131
touchstoneimaging.com
Touchstone Medical Imaging LLC is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging services in the United States. Diagnostics include High field 1.5T MRI, Open MRI, CT, Ultrasound, digital mammography, bone density and walk in X-ray.
Additional Locations:
BTDI - Baylor All Saints Outpatient Diagnostic Center 1701 W. Rosedale Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.922.7780
BTDI - Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center - Grand Prairie
2740 N. State Highway 350, Ste. 200 Grand Prairie, Texas 75050
817.424.4600
BTDI - Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center - Grapevine 2020 W. Highway 114, Ste. 100 Grapevine, Texas 76051
817.424.4600
BTDI - Baylor Diagnostic Imagine Center - Keller
601 S. Main St., Ste. 100 Keller, Texas 76248 817.424.4600
Touchstone Imaging of Arlington 601 W. Arbrook Blvd. Arlington, Texas 76104 817.472.0801
Touchstone Imaging of Fossil Creek 5455 Basswood Blvd., Ste. 550 Fort Worth, Texas 76137 817.428.5002
Touchstone Imaging of Hurst 1717 Precinct Line Road, Ste. 103 Hurst, Texas 76054 817.498.6575
Cancer Centers
Arlington Cancer Center 906 W. Randol Mill Road Arlington, Texas 76012
817.261.4906
arlingtoncancercenter.com
Arlington Cancer Center is a comprehensive outpatient treatment facility providing innovative and personalized diagnosis, treatment, research, education and support services to adult cancer patients from around the world.
Additional Location: Trophy Club
2800 E. Highway 114, Ste. 200 Trophy Club, Texas 76262
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Fort Worth – Oncology Services
1400 Eighth Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.926.2544
baylorhealth.com/AllSaintsCancer
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Fort Worth is nationally accredited by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) established by the American College of Surgeons as a “Community Hospital Comprehensive Care Program.” Baylor Fort Worth provides patients with a breast and gynecologic health nurse navigator through the nationally accredited Joan Katz Breast Center. Baylor Fort
At Kindred we understand that when a patient is discharged from a traditional hospital they often need continued care to recover completely. Whether it’s in one of our transitional care hospitals, nursing and rehabilitation centers, or care in your own home, Kindred has the clinical knowledge, technology and experience to return people back to their lives.
Discharged isn’t the last word on your healthcare journey. Recovery is. Come see how Kindred continues the care every day at continuethecare.com
Worth’s oncology program consists of site specific cancer clinics and a general tumor board, lymphedema services, clinical research, inpatient hospice care, stroboscopy and speech therapy, palliative care, chronic pain management and stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of brain tumors.
JPS Center for Cancer Care
601 W. Terrell St. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.852.8300
jpshealthnet.org
The JPS Center for Cancer Care provides medical oncology/hematology, including chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, clinical research, pain palliation, hospice care and radiation therapy for Tarrant County residents. JPS recently achieved accreditation, with six commendations, from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer for its care and research practices. ACOS accreditation is a distinction achieved by a mere 25 percent of cancer centers across the U.S.
Moncrief Cancer Institute
400 W. Magnolia Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.288.9800
moncrief.com
Moncrief Cancer Institute is a non-profit support center focusing on cancer prevention, survivorship and research. Moncrief is affiliated with UT Southwestern Medical Center and partners with Fort Worth physicians and hospitals. Its new facility features a Survivorship Program fitness area free for all cancer patients, even those diagnosed years ago. Moncrief also offers genetic testing and risk assessment, psychological counseling, free nutrition classes and fully funded breast screening for the uninsured.
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Oncology Care Unit
800 W. Randol Mill Road Arlington, Texas 76012
817.960.6100
TexasHealth.org/Arlington
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Oncology Care Unit provides surgical care, chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy, biotherapy, pain management, blood transfusions, neutropenic support and radiation therapy.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Klabzuba Cancer Center
1300 W. Terrell St. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.820.4848
texashealth.org
The Klabzuba Cancer Center is recognized by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons as an approved comprehensive community cancer program, ranking it among the best cancer treatment facilities in the country. The program is among 79 nationwide that have received the CoC’s Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Bedford-Euless Oncology Care Unit
1600 Hospital Parkway Bedford, Texas 76022
817.848.4700
TexasHealth.org/HEB
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HurstBedford-Euless Hospital Oncology Care Unit is the only hospital in Northeast Tarrant County with a three-year accreditation with commendation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. The OCU offers inpatient and outpatient services to patients who require all aspects of cancer care.
Texas Oncology - Fort Worth
1001 12th Ave., Ste. 200 Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.850.2000
TexasOncology.com
Texas Oncology’s comprehensive cancer centers provide diagnostics, medical oncology, radiation oncology, labs and pharmacies in convenient, community-based facilities. Texas Oncology participates with the largest network of clinical research trials nationally to provide high quality care in communities throughout the state. Texas Oncology is united with The US Oncology Network.
2800 E. Broad St., Ste. 218 Mansfield, Texas 76063
817.276.3300
Texas Oncology-North Richland Hills
4351 Booth Calloway Road, Ste. 208 North Richland Hills, Texas 76180
817.284.4994
Texas Oncology-Southwest Fort Worth
6500 Harris Parkway Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.263.2600
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders - Central Campus 800 W. Magnolia Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.759.7000
thecentertx.com
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders provides patients with services that include medical oncology, radiation oncology, cyberknife, hematology, and a wide array of patient support services.
Additional Locations:
The Center at Arlington 300 W. Arbrook, Ste. A Arlington, Texas 76014 817.333.3300
The Center at Burleson (Inside Texas Health Resources Huguley Fort Worth South Hospital) 11805 S. I-35 W., Ste. 201 Burleson, Texas 76028 817.551.5312
The Center at Cleburne 141 S. Westmeadow Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033 1.817.641.1700
The Center at Fort Worth Southwest (Inside THR Harris Southwest) 6100 Harris Parkway, Ste. 260 John Ryan Building Fort Worth, Texas 76132 817.333.3282
The Center at Granbury 1205 Medical Plaza Court Granbury, Texas 76048 1.817.573.7338
The Center at Mineral Wells Palo Pinto General Hospital 400 SW 25th Ave. Mineral Wells, Texas 76067 1.940.325.0627
The Center at Stephenville 150 River North Blvd. Stephenville, Texas 76401 1.866.454.6560
The Center at Weatherford 920 Santa Fe Weatherford, Texas 76086 1.866.454.6560
USMD Breast Cancer Center
801 W. Interstate 20 Arlington, Texas 76017 888.444.USMD
USMD Breast Cancer Center offers a uniquely comprehensive approach to cancer treatment and management with all the necessary screenings and procedures for the patient to take control of breast health. If you are diagnosed with breast cancer, you might not be sure how to identify physician specialists who meet your needs and what
appointments you should schedule. That’s why USMD started the complimentary Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator program. The goal is to make sure you have the support, guidance and resources you need to navigate the health care system.
USMD Prostate Cancer Center
801 W. Interstate 20, Ste. 1 Arlington, Texas 76017
1.888.PROSTATE
usmdpcc.com
USMD Prostate Cancer Center offers a uniquely comprehensive approach to prostate cancer treatment and management — an all-inclusive facility for prevention tactics and diagnostic procedures in addition to a wide variety of treatment options.
Rehabilitation Centers
Baylor All Saints Medical Center Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1400 8th Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.927.6190
baylorhealth.com/AllSaintsFitness
Baylor Health Care System offers rehabilitation services throughout the Metroplex. Outpatient facilities include orthopedic and neurological rehab, aquatic therapy, pelvic floor dysfunction therapy, a sports medicine program and occupational and speech therapy.
Cityview Care Center
5801 Bryant Irvin Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.346.3030
cityviewcare.com
Cityview Care Center provides 24-hour skilled nursing care in an advanced facility with innovative programs. It also boasts the Express Recovery Unit with 36 beds offering rehabilitation geared toward average stays of two weeks or less.
Emerald Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
5600 Davis Blvd.
North Richland Hills, Texas 76180
817.503.4700
emeraldhillsrehabhcc.com
Emerald Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center with its partner Rehab Pro, offers physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation in a patient-centric approach.
Fort Worth Center of Rehabilitation
850 12th Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.882.8289
fortworthcenterofrehabilitation.com
Fort Worth Center of Rehabilitation offers state-of-the-art facilities for a wide array of comprehensive rehabilitation and long-term care services. A 4,000-square-foot gym is the base of operations for the rehab services provided such as multiple trauma, pulmonary, oncology, respiratory, orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation.
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth
1212 W. Lancaster Ave.
When precious time is ticking by, few respond faster to saving a heart than Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. As a fully accredited Cycle III Chest Pain Center, Methodist Mansfield provides a comprehensive range of cardiology services from sophisticated cardiology imaging to minimally invasive open heart surgery, and everything in between. Best of all, our team of experts is available around the clock so that whenever chest pain strikes, you’re met with swift, precise care. In a cardiac emergency, your heart’s in the right place at Methodist Mansfield.
Back row: Matthew Cavey, M.D., Bibas Reddy, D.O., Mary Ann Skiba, D.O., Nicole Bartosh, D.O., Siobhan Lynch, M.D., Lance Mandell, M.D., Ray Page, D.O., Ph.D.
Middle row: Michael Ross, M.D., Carlos Hernandez, M.D., Henry Xiong, M.D.,Ph.D., Gus Gonzalez, M.D., Greg Friess, D.O.
HealthSouth is the nation’s largest provider of rehabilitation services. The therapists, medical staff and physicians strive to return patients to the community at their optimal level of independence as quickly as possible by using every available technology. Services include acute inpatient rehabilitation and pain management. The hospital holds the Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification in Amputee Rehabilitation and Stroke Rehabilitation.
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HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Cityview 6701 Oakmont Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76132
817.370.4700
The hospital holds the Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification in Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Stroke Rehabilitation.
Kindred Rehabilitation
Hospital Arlington
2601 W. Randol Mill Road, No. 101 Arlington, Texas 76012
817.804.4400
khrehabarlington.com
24 beds, 65 physicians
Kindred Rehabilitation Hospital Arlington is a state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation hospital providing quality, innovative rehabilitation to patients who have experienced a stroke, brain injury, neurological illness or injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, fracture or other disabling impairment. The hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.
Southwest Nursing & Rehab Center
5300 Altamesa Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas 76133
817.346.1800
southwestnursingandrehab.com
Southwest Nursing & Rehab Center specializes in individualized treatment programs with a team of occupational therapists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and speech language pathologists.
Additional Location:
West Side Campus of Care
1950 Las Vegas Trail S. Fort Worth, Texas 76108
817.246.4995
Sports Rehab Specialists
1901 Cooper St. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.877.8977
sportsrehabspecialists.net
Sports Rehab Specialists is a privately owned outpatient physical therapy clinic. Programs and services include general orthopedic and post-surgical rehab, spine stabilization, manual therapy, return to work programs, custom shoe orthotics, vertigo/vestibular rehab, pelvic floor dysfunction/women’s health and fall prevention programs.
Care as only women can
Women’s Health Services is one of Tarrant County’s few all-female Ob/Gyn practices. Our highly qualified physicians deliver optimum obstetric and gynecological care in a casual, friendly and professional environment. Conveniently located in North Arlington, just minutes from I-30 and adjacent to top-rated Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Women’s Health Services and its team offer a range of specialties and years of experience to provide the very best care.
1001 N. Waldrop Drive, Suite 505 Arlington, Texas 76012
From left: Sheri Puffer, M.D.; Joan Bergstrom, M.D., MBA; Kiran Nangrani, D.O.; Angela Watson, M.D.; Dawnette Peppler, M.D.
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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Mabee Rehabilitation Center 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76104 817.250.2760
TexasHealth.org/FortWorth
With the professional staff and spacious facilities at the Mabee Rehabilitation Center and Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Therapy Center, patients can expect personalized and effective treatment to get them back to their lives.
Programs center on education and progressive exercise designed to help those who have chronic lung disease to return to an active and enjoyable lifestyle.
Cardiac rehabilitation is based on a three-phase program to guide patients to a healthier lifestyle with the help of one-on-one consulting, classroom sessions and exercise.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth 6100 Harris Parkway Fort Worth, Texas 76132 817.433.1600
TexasHealth.org/Southwest
A team of physical and occupational therapists and speech pathologists provide patients comprehensive therapy in a 7,000-square-foot facility. Services include orthopedic services, occupational and physical therapy, speech therapy, sports rehab, certified hand therapy and vestibular and balance therapy.
Teas Health Harris Methodist Outpatient Center Burleson 2750 Southwest Wilshire Boulevard Burleson, Texas 76028
817.782.8000
Services include comprehensive outpatient physical therapy, sports therapy, hand therapy and cardiac rehabilitation. The center features advanced technology and equipment for patient evaluation and treatment coupled with a team of professionals who oversee a patient’s rehabilitation.
Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth 425 Alabama Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
817.820.3400
texasrehabhospital.com
Texas Rehabilitation is designed for patients recovering from major illnesses, traumas or surgeries. It opened in May 2011 and is a joint venture between Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and Centerre Healthcare Corp.
Providing Conprehensive Foot & Ankle Care for the Entire Family
Podiatry Services and Procedures in Fort Worth
About the Doctor
Dr. Carpenter currently serves as Director of The Podiatric Residency Program at John Peter Smith Hospital, in Fort Worth’s only level one trauma center. He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
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HealtH Care Professionals Worth KnoWing
the partnership between you and your doctor is one of the most vital pairings for a happy and fit lifestyle. In matters of health, you should never settle. Selecting the right practitioner can make all the difference. To aid in choosing the perfect person for your medical needs, a few local physicians have purchased space to tell you more about themselves, their practices and how partnering with them will improve your quality of life.
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Spine Team Texas
SPECIALTY: A multidisciplinary, spine-specialized center. Neurosurgeons and an orthopedic spine surgeon trained in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, physiatrists specialized in acute spine pain management and diagnostics, anesthesiologists fellowship-trained in spine pain management, and spine-focused physical therapists all in one location. AWARDS: Dallas Business Journal, “Healthcare Heroes – Physician Award;” Becker’s Spine Leadership Award; Becker’s “104 Spine Surgery Centers to Know;” Fort Worth, Texas magazine “Top Docs;” U.S. News & World Report “Top Docs.” AFFILIATIONS: Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, Arlington Memorial Hospital, and
Presbyterian Hospital of Rockwall. INNOVATIONS: In 2013, Spine Team Texas was the first in North Texas to implant a unique second-generation spinal cord stimulator implant, the Precision Spectra™. It is able to control spine pain in multiple areas unlike earlier versions that only controlled pain in one location. We are trained and certified to offer the MILD ® procedure as an alternative to traditional lumbar fusion. BEDSIDE MANNER: We treat our patients as we would our own family members. We engage all of our staff in a customized employee customer service training module to instill the mission of “delivering the best patient experience through clinical excellence and superior customer service.” We utilize a third-party, health care patient satisfaction
survey company, Press Ganey, to assess the patient’s satisfaction with their patient experience. The philosophy of care at Spine Team Texas is unique in that we believe surgery should be utilized only as a last resort and only when non-surgical measures have failed to provide long-term relief. When surgery is the last option, we believe minimally invasive spine surgery techniques should be incorporated whenever possible. Spine Team Texas expanded the model to open a full-time clinic in Fort Worth-Alliance. With this expansion, the group added Thurston McMillen, M.D., a physical medicine and rehab physician, to dedicate his non-surgical approach to spine treatment full-time at the new location this September. PICTURED: (back, left to right) Michael Garcia, M.D.; Heather
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Spine Team Texas 10840 Texas Health Trail, Ste. 240 • Fort Worth, Texas 76244 1545 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 100 • Southlake, Texas 76092 3142 Horizon, Ste. 100 • Rockwall, Texas 75032
Kibuule, M.D.; Amit Darnule, M.D.; Cortland Miller, M.D.; Thurston McMillen, M.D.; Jennifer DonnellyStraach, M.D.; Ryan Reeves (front, left to right) David Rothbart, M.D.; Juan Bartolomei, M.D.
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UNT Health Bone & Joint Institute
SPECIALTY: We are award-winning specialists caring for all your bone and joint health needs. Our subspecialties include: General Orthopaedics, Adult Reconstruction/Joints, Electrodiagnostics/EMGs, Trauma Reconstruction, Sports Medicine, Hand/Upper Extremity, Oncological Surgery, Foot and Ankle, Spine. TRAINING: Our providers include MDs, DOs, DPMs and PAs who are all part of the teaching faculty at the UNT Health Science Center and John Peter Smith Hospital, which means they stay current on the latest innovations in patient care. AWARDS: Our physicians and specialists are recognized by their peers as the best in their field and have been honored with the fol-
lowing awards: Rising Stars: Drs. Reddix, Sanchez and Webb; Super Doctors: Drs. Lichtman, Nana, Wagner and Wroten; Top Docs: Podiatry: Drs. Carpenter, Garrett, Motley; Sports Medicine: Drs. Clearfield and Stockard. AFFILIATIONS: Our physicians are credentialed at most Fort Worth area hospitals. INNOVATIONS: Comprehensive care provided from diagnosis to rehabilitation – we provide all phases of bone and joint care from our office. We offer many patient conveniences: same and next day appointments; after-hours clinic; free, validated parking directly across the street from our office; availability to every orthopaedic subspecialty in one location; the latest technol-
ogy including musculoskeletal ultrasound, electrodiagnostics (EMGs), concussion testing and management; access to durable medical equipment such as splints and braces. PATIENT CARE: All major insurance plans and worker’s compensation accepted. ADVICE: This team of surgeons and staff collaborates to provide comprehensive care of all musculoskeletal problems in a caring environment while utilizing modern surgical techniques and technologies. PICTURED: Brian Carpenter, D.P.M.; Daniel Clearfield, D.O., M.S.; Thad Dean, D.O.; Alan Garrett, D.P.M; Hank Lemke, PA-C; David M. Lichtman, M.D.; Arvind Nana, M.D.; Hugo Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D.;
Russell Wagner, M.D.; Brian Webb, M.D.; Michael Wimmer, M.D. NOT PICTURED: Douglas Dickson, M.D.; Mayme Richie-Gillespie, M.D.; Elizabeth Hulsey, PA-C; Victor Kosmopoulos, Ph.D.; Travis Motley, D.P.M; Timothy Niacaris, M.D., Ph.D.; Robert Reddix, M.D.; Alan Stockard, D.O.; Bobby Wroten, M.D.
SPECIALTY: Plastic Surgery. EDUCATION: B.A., UT Austin; M.D., UTMB, Galveston; Intern resident and general surgery, LSU School of Medicine, Charity Hospital New Orleans; Plastic Surgery resident, UTMB, Galveston. CERTIFICATION: Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Texas Medical Association, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dallas Society of Plastic Surgeons, Fort Worth Society of Plastic Surgeons. WHAT SETS US APART: Our fully accredited on-site facility utilizes the most advanced surgical methods and technology, allowing me to provide you with optimal results in a caring and safe environment. In addition, our full-service medi spa and laser center offers injectables and non-surgical correction, as well as traditional spa procedures. COSMETIC SURGERY CENTER SERVICES:
Breast Enlargement, Breast Lift, Tummy Tuck, Lipo Selection Lipo Suction, Facial Rejuvenation. MEDI SPA SERVICES: High Speed Laser Hair Removal, Restylane/Perlane/Juvederm, Sculptra, Botox/ Dysport, Medical Facials/Peels, IPL Photorejuvenation, Microdermabrasion/Microdermapeel, Active FX, Cool Sculpting. FREE ADVICE:
“Check your surgeon’s credentials, and make sure your doctor is certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Medical Specialties.” AFFILIATIONS: Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, Medical Center of Arlington. CHARITABLE WORK: GRACE.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 3030 S. Cooper St. • Arlington, Texas 76015 817.417.7200 • Fax 817.417.7300 accentonyou.com
William C. Moore, M.D.
SPECIALTY: Interventional pain management specializing in minimally invasive treatment for the spine. EDUCATION: B.S., Trinity University; The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. MEMBERSHIPS: North American Spine Society, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, International Spine Intervention Society. AFFILIATIONS: Texas Health Southwest. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT: Providing minimally invasive alternatives to traditional spinal surgery. INNOVATIONS: First doctor in Fort Worth to provide minimally invasive lumbar decompression and minimally invasive transforaminal discectomy. PATIENT CARE:
817.292.8585 • Fax 817.916.5346 capstonepain.com Capstone Pain & Spine Center
We use a variety of different treatments to attack the source of our patients’ neck and back pain. We review a patient’s MRI with them and provide them with a detailed explanation of the problem, and then provide them with the least invasive treatment that will provide them relief. FREE ADVICE: Stop looking down at your cell phone, your neck will thank you later.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 7273 Hawkins View Drive • Fort Worth, Texas
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William F. Cothern,
Skin Laser Care
SPECIALTY: Dermatology, dermatological surgery and laser surgery. EDUCATION: B.A., University of North Texas; D.O., University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. CERTIFICATION: Board certified in Dermatology.
HONORS: Cothern has been named a Top Doc by Fort Worth, Texas magazine for the past five years and a Super Doc by Texas Monthly. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Academy of Dermatology, American Osteopathic Association, Texas Dermatological Society, Fort Worth Dermatological Society, University of North Texas Health Science Center (Clinical Assistant Professor).
AFFILIATIONS: Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth. INNOVATIONS: Cothern features CoolSculpting™ by ZELTIQ™, a procedure that delivers effective noninvasive fat reduction, allowing patients to truly sculpt their bodies. Based on the proven science of Cryolipoly-
sis™, the procedure reduces fat cells in treated areas by an average of 22-25 percent in just one treatment. BEDSIDE MANNER: Cothern is caring, friendly and willing to discuss treatment options with his patients. OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE: You’ll find Cothern traveling, golfing or enjoying antique auctions. SPECIAL INTERESTS: Cothern makes medical mission trips to Haiti, Mexico and Guatemala. Locally, he volunteers his time to the Convoy of Hope and serves on the Cancer Care Center’s medical advisory board. BEST ADVICE: “Be selective in whom and where you obtain professional care for your skin.”
CONTACT INFORMATION: 4201 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste. A • Fort Worth, Texas 76107 817.377.1243 • wcothern@skinlasercare.com skinlasercare.com
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Paul R. Senter, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Jason W. Allen, M.D.
Texas Health Care PLLC
SPECIALTY: Colon and Rectal Surgery. EDUCATION: Senter
– B.S., University of Dallas; M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Residency in General Surgery and Residency in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas; Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Allen - B.S., Davidson College; M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; General Surgery Residency, Baylor University Medical Center; Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Cook County Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Training Program; Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery. AFFILIATIONS: THR Harris Methodist Fort Worth, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Baylor Surgicare at Oakmont, Southwest Fort Worth Endoscopy Center, John Peter Smith Hospital. INNOVATIONS: Minimally invasive laparoscopic and
robotic surgery to lessen post-operative pain and shorten hospital stays. Screening and diagnostic colonoscopy at an efficient and convenient outpatient endoscopy center. Novel Interstim ® therapy for the treatment of bowel continence issues. PATIENT CARE: We spend time getting to know our patients. We are committed to our patients’ care. FREE ADVICE: Follow your doctor’s health maintenance recommendations including screening colonoscopy for colon polyps and cancer. PICTURED: Paul R. Senter, M.D.; Jason W. Allen, M.D.
MEDICAL SPECIALTY: The James L. West Alzheimer’s Center specializes in compassionate and life-enhancing care for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia disorders. EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATIONS: Pictured are: Vice President of Sales and Marketing Sherrain Myles; Director of Senior Adult Day Services Mark Washburn, MA; President and Executive Director Susan Farris, Fellow American College of Healthcare Administrators, LNFA; Family and Community Education Director and Certified Dementia Practitioner Jaime Cobb; Vice President of Operations and Healthcare Administrator Joseph Berck, LNFA, LVN. INNOVATIONS: Celebrating its 20th year, the James L. West Center team offers the area’s most specialized and comprehensive care and services to families battling Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia disorders. In addition to residential and adult day services, the not-for-profit Center offers free comprehensive dementia care training for family caregivers, the Virtual Dementia Tour®, and classroom education and clinical rotation programs for medical professionals.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 1111 Summit Ave. • Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817.877.1199 jameslwest.org James L. West
Kelly R. Kunkel, M.D., P.A.
SPECIALTY: Cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery; body contour surgery. EDUCATION: Undergraduate, Notre Dame; M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch; Plastic Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University. AWARDS/HONORS: Kunkel has been selected by Fort Worth, Texas magazine as one of the area’s Top Docs for 13 years and by Texas Monthly magazine as a Texas Super Doctor 10 times. He was also named a Health Care Hero by the Fort Worth Business Press PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Medical Association, Tarrant County Medical Society. AFFILIATIONS: Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital, USMD Fort Worth Hospital. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVE-
MENT: We have created a remarkable culture of compassion, care, education and service in our office. BEDSIDE MANNER: “In our practice, we treat you like you are a person who has desires and needs; you’re not just another surgical procedure.” OFF HOURS: Kunkel enjoys landscaping and playing golf. FREE ADVICE: “In cosmetic surgery, experience matters. Find someone who not only understands your needs but can demonstrate experience with a variety of techniques.”
Robert Myles, M.D., FAAOS Institute of Spinal Disorders (formerly Texas Orthopedic and Spine Associates)
SPECIALTY: Board certified orthopedic spinal surgeon. EDUCATION: Undergraduate, University of California, Riverside; M.D., Medical School at University of California, Irvine; Internship and Residency, Tulane University; Spine Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine at Houston. PATIENT CARE: Dr. Myles treats his patients like family. More than 90 percent of Myles’ patients never need surgery, but for those who do, he has created and patented a surgical device that helps to improve minimally invasive surgery (MIS). MIS decreases blood loss, muscle damage, infection rate, recovery time and overall pain. AFFILIATIONS: Founder of the Institute of Spinal Disorders. INNOVATIONS: With his pioneering spirit and genuine sincerity to find a better way for spine patients to receive the right mix of treatment
solutions, Myles is developing an integrated delivery system for stateof-the-art operative and non-operative spine care. By bringing together a comprehensive approach to spine care for the community, Myles can make patient’s back and neck pain history. FREE ADVICE: Living with pain is not living. If a patient will seek treatment in the first few critical weeks after back problems begin, they can often avoid a cycle of pain and have more choices for treatment without the need for surgery.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 2008 L. Don Dodson Drive, Ste. 110 • Bedford, Texas 76021 817.288.0084 instituteofspinaldisorders.com
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Ricardo Cristobal, M.D., Ph.D. Texas Ear Clinic
SPECIALTY: Otology and Neurotology. Skull Base Surgery. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. EDUCATION: M.D., University of Navarra School of Medicine, Spain; Ph. D., Neurobiology, UCLA School of Medicine; General Surgery Internship, UCLA Department of Surgery; Residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences; Fellowship in Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine; Certification in Stereotactic Radiosurgery-Gamma Knife, University of Pittsburgh; Board Certification in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Board Certification in Neurotology. AFFILIATIONS: Cook Children’s Hospital, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Harris Methodist Medical Center, Baylor Outpatient Surgical Center, Plaza Day Surgery, John Peter Smith hospital, Baylor University Medical Center. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Founded a comprehensive, highly specialized ear center with additional expertise in managing
tumors of the lateral skull base (acoustic neuroma, glomus tumors, etc.) while focusing on preservation of function. INNOVATIONS: Fully implantable hearing aids (Envoy Esteem), cochlear implantation, bone conduction hearing aids, endoscopic middle ear surgery, and tinnitus management. Advanced audiological and vestibular (balance) and facial nerve electrophysiological testing and disease management. State-of-the art hearing aid fitting. BEDSIDE MANNER: I enjoy spending time with patients and learning about their goals and needs. I provide detailed patient education about their disease process and management options so that patients can participate fully in their care decisions. PICTURED: Ricardo Cristobal, M.D., Ph.D.
SPECIALTY: General and Cosmetic Dentistry. EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree from Texas Tech University; DDS from Baylor College of Dentistry; Invisalign Certified. MEMBERSHIPS: American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, and Fort Worth District Dental Society. INNOVATIONS: All digital X-rays; metal-free crowns and fillings; Invisalign; ZOOM teeth whitening; intraoral camera; ultrasonic scaler used on each adult cleaning; televisions in each treatment room; headphones to listen to the television or radio while getting treatment. PATIENT CARE: Patient comfort is a must. Dr. Murrey wants to ensure her patients are comfortable in all aspects of their treatment. Physical comfort is provided through pillows, blankets, headphones and sunglasses. She also ensures a deeper
sense of comfort by being an attentive listener to the patients’ concerns and a presenting a detailed explanation of a treatment plan that is custom to each individual’s needs. Murrey knows firsthand how important a person’s smile is for his or her self-confidence, and that is what drives her to help patients achieve a smile that restores and exudes that confidence. ADVICE: Floss every day. PICTURED: Dr. Ashley Murrey.
Each year, fairgoers flood fair park in dallas to try new fried offerings, ride the ferris wheel and say "howdy" to big tex. a nd speaking of big tex, the highlight of this year's event is the return of the new-and-improved tex after an unfortunate electrical fire caused extensive damage to the fair icon last year. guests should plan to visit between sept. 27 and oct. 20 this year and save room for the 2013 best taste winner, deep-fried cuban roll, or Most creative winner, fried t hanksgiving dinner. For more fun events this month, turn the page.
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museums
CURIOUS GEORGE: LET’S GET CURIOUS!, OPENS OCT 5 / Letting curiosity and inquiry be their guides, visitors explore familiar buildings and locales from the Curious George book series and television show. $0–$14. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. 1600 Gendy St. fwmuseum.org. 817.255.9300.
COLOR! AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY TRANSFORMED, OPENS OCT 5 / Featuring 75 key works, this is the first survey of American color photography from the medium’s earliest days to the present. Free. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. cartermuseum.org. 817.738.1933.
THE AGE OF PICASSO AND MATISSE: MODERN MASTERS FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, OPENS OCT 6 / Nearly 100 of the Art Institute’s most outstanding masterpieces will be on view to tell the story of European art in the first half of the 20th century through the collection of one of the world’s best encyclopedic museums. $0–$18. Kimbell Art Museum. 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd. kimbellart.org. 817.332.8451.
SISTERS ON THE FLY, OCT 10 / Sisters on the Fly, an organization committed to empowering women through outdoor activities, began in 1999 by two sisters, Maurrie Sussman and Becky Clarke. The “Sisters” hail from all parts of the U.S. and as far away as Australia. Their trademark is traveling in vintage and colorful trailers, which they are bringing to Fort Worth for this event. Free. National Cowgirl
Museum and Hall of Fame. 1720 Gendy St. cowgirl. net. 817.336.4475.
HOTEL TEXAS: AN ART EXHIBIT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. JOHN F. KENNEDY, OPENS OCT 12 / In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Amon Carter will exhibit the works of art installed in the president’s suite at the Hotel Texas during his fateful trip in 1963. Free. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. cartermuseum.org. 817.738.1933.
HOMBRE! PRINTS BY JOSE GUADALUPE
POSADA, OPENS OCT 19 / This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of José Guadalupe Posada, one of the key figures in the development of modern Mexican printmaking. Free. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. cartermuseum.org. 817.738.1933.
MÉXICO INSIDE OUT: THEMES IN ART SINCE 1990, THROUGH JAN 5 / This is one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions in more than 10 years to examine contemporary art of central Mexico and Mexico City from the 1990s to today. $0-$10. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 3200 Darnell St. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
JOHN ALBOK’S NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH FEB 23 / John Albok (1894–1982) emigrated from Hungary to New York City in 1921 and was a tailor by trade. This exhibit features stunning photographs Albok captured of his neighborhood and surrounding areas. Free. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. cartermuseum.org. 817.738.1933.
stage and theater
DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE!, OCT 11–27 / Dora, her best buddy Boots the Monkey, and the rest of their friends embark on an exciting trip to Treasure Island. Along the way, the audience will use their map-reading, counting, musical and language skills to successfully help Dora reach the treasure. See website for ticket prices. Casa Manaña. 3101 W. Lancaster. casamanana.org. 817.332.2272.
DEATH TAX BY LUCAS HNATH, OCT 17–NOV 10 / A darkly comic play about death and taxes and how we live with both. Thursdays–Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets: $15-$30. Amphibian Stage Productions, 120 South Main St. amphibianproductions.org. 817.923.3012.
TOO MANY COOKS BY DOUGLAS E. HUGHES AND MARCIA KASH, OCT 17–NOV 16 / The year is 1932. Irving and his daughter, Honey, are preparing for the opening of their gourmet restaurant in Niagara Falls, Canada. Their plan to feature a famous French chef turns into a recipe for disaster when he fails to appear. Things go from bad to worse in this comedic performance. See website for show times and ticket prices. Circle Theatre, 230 West 4th St. circletheatre. com. 817.877.3040.
FUZZBUG FOLLIES, OCT 18–27 / Written and directed by Johnny Simons, this play offers something special and unique for children and adults of all ages. 8:15 p.m. Fri.–Sun. Tickets: $5-$15. Hip Pocket Theatre, 1950 Silver Creek Road, hippocket.org. 817.246.9775.
TONY N’ TINA’S WEDDING, OCT 18–20 / One of the longest-running shows in Off-Broadway history, Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding engages audiences through the common threads all people share. Your ticket includes the ceremony, reception, Italian baked ziti dinner, champagne toast, wedding cake, music and more. See website for show times and subscription prices. Presented by Performing Arts Fort Worth. McDavid Studio, 301 E. 5th St. basshall.com. 817.212.4300.
ROMEO AND JULIET, OCT 18–20 / Ben Stevenson’s choreography features exuberant costumes striking sets, passionate dancing and dramatic action scenes enhanced by Prokofiev’s beautiful score. See website for performance times. Tickets: $36–$264. Presented by Texas Ballet Theater. Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St. basshall.com. 817.212.4300.
Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding is showing Oct. 18 - 20 at McDavid Studio.
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Billed as a “Tournament of Excellence,” the Goodwill Classic benefits Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth, an organization that has served greater Fort Worth since 1949. Goodwill not only recycles donated household items and clothing, it helps rebuild countless lives through its job training and placement programs, providing “a hand up, not a hand out.” All proceeds from the tournament go to support the Moncrief-Ryan Goodwill Scholarship Fund, and thousands of individuals will be served this year because of the Goodwill Classic.
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ORQUESTRA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, OCT 2 / More than 15 years after the release of its critically acclaimed 1997 album, Buena Vista Social Club remains a powerhouse live act, bringing together elements of Cuban music, folk, rock, country and soul. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $27.50–$82.50. Performing Arts Fort Worth. Bass Performance Hall. 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall. com. 817.212.4280.
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY BLUEGRASS BAND WITH DAVE WALSER OF BEATLEGRAS, OCT 4 / 8 p.m. Tickets: $22. Performing Arts Fort Worth. McDavid Studio, 301 E. 5th St. basshall.com. 817.212.4300.
THE “SCOTTISH” SYMPHONY, OCT 4–6 / Travel east with the orchestra and Fort Worth favorite Mei-Ann Chen as she conducts An-Lun Huang’s Saibei Dance, a buoyant fusion of Chinese and Western music. Mendelssohn’s delightful “Scottish” Symphony closes the program. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. See website for season subcription prices. Fort Worth Symphony. Bass Performance Hall. 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
HUNGARIAN STATE FOLK ENSEMBLE, OCT 10 / Enjoy authentic folk music, dance and traditional costumes of Hungary. This rich and colorful repertoire entitles is regarded as one of the top touring groups in the world. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $22–$44. Performing Arts Fort Worth. Bass Performance Hall. 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, OCT 11–13 / The beloved film takes center stage, paired with a backdrop of beautiful orchestration by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. See website for showtimes and ticket prices. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Bass Performance Hall. 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
MIRO STRING QUARTET, OCT 19 / The 26th season of the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth opens with the Austin-based group hailed by the New York Times as possessing “explosive vigor and technical finesse.” Fort Worth Chamber Music Society. 2 p.m. See website for season ticket subscription prices. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 3200 Darnell St. 4th and Calhoun streets. chambermusicFW.org. 817.877.3003.
BILLY BOB’S TEXAS / Fort Worth Stockyards. 2520 Rodeo Plaza billybobstexas.com. 817.624.7117. (Ticket prices general admission/ reserved.) Friday and Saturday concerts at 10:30 p.m. unless noted otherwise.
OCT 4 / Restless Heart, $12/$18
OCT 5 / Billy Currington, $20/$35
OCT 11 / 38 Special, $16/$28
OCT 12 / Chris Young, $18/$35/$40
OCT 18 / Roger Creager, $12/$18
OCT 19 / Jerry Jeff Walker, $15/$25
other attractions and events
MUSICARTE DE FORT WORTH, OCT 5 / An exciting and colorful celebration of Latino cultures featuring entertainment, dance, art, food and fun. This year’s headliners include Ozomatli and AB Quintanilla y Kumbia King All Starz. Quintanilla is brother of the late music icon Selena. Noon–11:30 p.m. $5 for anyone 13 and older. Panther Island Pavilion. musicartefw.com.
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, THROUGH OCT 20 / Since 1886, the State Fair of Texas has been a major source of entertainment for millions. Ride the TRE to the Fair and give the iconic host Big Tex® a wave before enjoying midway rides and fried delights. See website for hours and ticket prices. Fair Park, Dallas. bigtex.com. 214.565.9931.
FRIDAY ON THE GREEN, OCT 11 / Families and friends show up with blankets, chairs and pets to enjoy a lineup local bands, food and drinks in an
OCT 25 / Blues Traveler, $15/$35
OCT 26 / Jamey Johnson, $15/$25
VERIZON THEATRE / Verizon Theatre, 1001 Performance Pl. Grand Prairie, Texas 972.854.5050
OCT 5 / Queens of the Stone Age, 8 p.m. Tickets: $42.50–$49.50
OCT 10 / Vampire Weekend, 8 p.m. Tickets: $40 and up
OCT 12 / Sarah Brightman, 8 p.m. Tickets: $39.50–$250
OCT 16 / Kid Cudi, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35–$45
OCT 18 / John Fogerty, 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $39.50–$69.50
OCT 20 / J. Cole featuring Wale, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: See website.
OCT 26 / Live Nation The Self-Titled Tour, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $39.50–$48.50
atmosphere that feels like a neighborhood picnic. Free. 7 p.m. Magnolia Green Park, 1100 Lipscomb St. 817.923.4113.
FLYING SAUCER BEERFEAST, OCT 12 / This annual featival will feature dozens of breweries and different craft beers selected by Flying Saucer resident beer gurus. Tickets: $30. 1–7 p.m. 111 E. 3rd St. beerfeast2013.com.
POP-UP MARKET, OCT 12 / The premiere outdoor shopping destination in the Near Southside. Shop handmade jewelry, art, collectibles and more. Find that kitsch item for your home, or that one of-a-kind gift at Pop-Up Market. Dozens of artists, collectors, and crafters will setup once a month at Magnolia Green. 9:30 a.m. Magnolia Green Park, 1100 Lipscomb St. popupmarket.wordpress.com. 214.886.6339.
FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIR SHOW, OCT 19–20 / The Black Diamond Jet Team will be joined by a lineup stacked with world-class performers like aerobatic superstar and former Red Bull Air Race Champion Kirby Chambliss and the Red Bull Air
Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club
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Force along with the Fort Worth Thunderbirds Radio Control Association. Free. Fort Worth Alliance Airport, 2221 Alliance Blvd. allianceairshow.com.
BOO AT THE ZOO, OCT 25–27 / This not-tooscary family event offers live entertainment, games, costumed characters and trick-or-treating inside the award-winning Fort Worth Zoo. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $9–$12. 1989 Colonial Parkway. fortworthzoo.org. 817.759.7555.
SOUTHSIDE URBAN MARKET, SATURDAYS / 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Their mission is to foster relations among a diverse group of people, promote local artisans, encourage eco-friendly food production, and promote healthy living. Southside Fort Worth on the corner of S. Main and E. Daggett. southsideurbanmarket.com.
FORT WORTH ZOO, ONGOING / Open daily at 10 a.m. The oldest zoo in Texas, the Fort Worth Zoo was founded in 1909 and has grown into a nationally ranked facility, housing nearly 7,000 native and exotic animals. Tickets: Adults (13+), $12; Children (3-12), $9 (2 and under free); Seniors (65+), $9. Wednesdays: half-price. 1989 Colonial Parkway. fortworthzoo.org. 817.759.7555.
MARTIN HOUSE BREWERY TOUR, SATURDAYS / Admission includes a souvenir pint glass, guided brewery tour and three complimentary pints. $10. 2-5 p.m. Martin House Brewery, 220 S Sylvania, Ste. 209. 817.222.0177.
RAHR & SONS BREWERY TOUR, ONGOING / Wednesdays, 5-7:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 1-3 p.m. There is a $10 tour admission fee for anyone over 18, but a tour of the brewery and a Rahr & Sons pint glass that holds up to three free beer samples are no charge. Rahr Brewery, 701 Galveston Ave. rahrbrewing.com. 817.810.9266.
REVOLVER BREWERY TOUR, SATURDAYS / Noon–3 p.m. Great beer, fresh country air, picnic tables, a band, barbecue or fajitas, corn bag toss and an informative tour of the brewery. Admission is $10 and includes a Revolver Brewing pint glass. Food vendors will be on site. Revolver Brewery, 5650 Matlock Road, Granbury, Texas 76049. revolverbrewing.com. 817.736.8034.
FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN, ONGOING / Open daily from dawn until dusk. A peaceful haven nestled in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District; the Garden is home to over 2,500 species of native and exotic plants that flourish in its 23 specialty gardens. Free. *Admission fees apply to Conservatory and Japanese Gardens. 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd. fwbg.org. 817.871.7686.
galleries
SHELLY HAMILL, OPENS OCT 4 / Hamill’s mosaic dress sculptures celebrate the complex feminine mystique, covering a strong concrete base with delicate and beautiful china. A portion of all art sold will be donated to the Baylor Health Foundation and Joan Katz Breast Cancer Center in honor of the artist’s grandmother who is a breast cancer survivor. Free. Fort Worth Community Arts Center. 1300 Gendy St. fwcac.org. 817.738.1938.
ANN EKSTROM, THROUGH OCT 12 / Ann Ekstrom is a Fort Worth painter from a family of artists whose interests and versatility range from printmaking to watercolor painting to large-scale oils. Her 72-foot painting, Hints of a Life, is permanently installed at Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus. Her paintings are included in corporate and private collections across North Texas. Artspace111. 111 Hampton St. artspace111.com. 817.692.3228.
KEN DICKSON, OPENS OCT 19 / Dixon creates visually complex and thought provoking “puzzle pieces.” His multi-panel constructions combining acrylic on wood and wood engraving are part of a series he began in 1987 titled Order and Disorder. He lives in Lubbock where he is Professor of Art at Texas Tech University. Free. William Campbell Contemporary Art. 4935 Byers Ave. williamcampbellcontemporaryart.com. 817.737.9566.
sports
DALLAS COWBOYS / dallascowboys.com. See website for ticket prices.
OCT 6 / Denver Broncos, 3:25 p.m.
OCT 13 / Washington Redskins, 7:30 p.m.
TCU FOOTBALL / gofrogs.cstv.com. See website for ticket prices.
OCT 12 / Kansas, TBA
OCT 26 / Texas, TBA
DALLAS STARS / stars.nhl.com. See website for ticket prices.
OCT 3 / Florida Panthers, 7:30 p.m.
OCT 5 / Washington Capitals, 7 p.m.
OCT 17 / San Jose Sharks, 7:30 p.m.
OCT 24 / Calgary Flames, 7:30 p.m.
OCT 26 / Winnipeg Jets, 6 p.m.
comedy
GEORGE LOPEZ, OCT 11 / Lopez’s career encompasses television, film, stand-up comedy, and now, late-night television. He is the host of his own late night talk show, Lopez Tonight, which airs Monday through Thursday nights on TBS. Tickets: $39.50–$59.50. Verizon Theatre. 1001 Performance Pl. Grand Prairie, Texas. verizontheatre.com. 972.854.5050.
FOUR DAY WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, ONGOING / This popular improvisational comedy troupe performs skits and songs based on audience suggestions. 18 and up, $20. 312 Houston St., Fort Worth, Texas. fourdayweekend.com. 817.226.4329.
HYENA’S COMEDY NIGHT CLUB, ONGOING / Various performances each week ranging from local to national stars. 425 Commerce St., Fort Worth, Texas. hyenascomedynightclub.com. 817.877.5233.
ARLINGTON IMPROV AND RESTAURANT, ONGOING / Different performers weekly. 309 Curtis Mathes Way, Ste. 147, Arlington. improv.com. 817.635.5555.
films
FIRST SUNDAY FILM CLUB, OCT 6 / This series showcases the Fort Worth Library’s large and vibrant media collection. This date: The Lodger (1944). 108 min. 2 p.m. Free. Fort Worth Central Library, Tandy Hall. 500 W. 3rd St. fortworthlibrary.org. 817.392.7323.
CHRIS KELLY’S MODERN CINEMA FESTIVAL, OCT 3–6 / Film critic Christopher Kelly presents the ninth edition of Modern Cinema, an annual, weekend-long film festival that showcases some of the year’s most exciting new movies. See website for screening times and ticket prices. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 3200 Darnell St. themodern. org. 817.738.9215.
THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI, OCT 11–13 / This powerful documentary explores Ali’s toughest bout: his battle to overturn a five-year prison sentence for refusing U.S. military service in Vietnam. Presented by Magnolia at the Modern. See website for screening times. Tickets: $8.50. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 3200 Darnell St. themodern. org. 817.738.9215.
FAMILY FILM SERIES, OCT 12 / Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004): This film tells the thrilling adventure of the Baudelaire children’s journey to finding a place to call home. Rated PG; 108 min. 1 p.m. Free. Fort Worth Central Fort Worth Central Library. Tandy Hall, 500 W. 3rd St. fortworthlibrary.org. 817.392.7323.
Join us for an evening of gospel music featuring Benita Arterberry and the Gospel Voices of Light Choir with emcee Hal Jay from WBAP
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Worthington Hotel Ballroom • Fort Worth, Texas
Registration 6:30-7:00 p.m. with entertainment from the H.O.P.E. Farm Boys Choir
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. • Closing 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $100 per person or $1,000 per table of 10.
Benefitting Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County
RSVP by October 11, 2013 to Lucy Ryan at 817-338-8406 or email event@ugm-tc.org. Tickets are also available online at www.godshealthyplace.org. Complimentary valet parking
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Culinary ventures in and around town
South hulen street is rife with chain restaurant after chain restaurant. local restaurateur Donna a lbanese, who co-owns Monticello favorite Piola with husband/chef Bobby, opened red Door Bistro to fill the void of creative, family-owned, dining establishments south of interstate 20. tucked away in a strip mall, the restaurant’s exterior pales in comparison to the artfully arranged, eclectic menu offerings inside. take, for example, this delicate lemon sole and vegetable risotto. this is just what south fort worth needed. For more delicious offerings, turn the page.
256 now open: Red Door Bistro / 258 review: J & J Oyster Bar / 262 listings
Fort Worth, Texas:
Bistro on the Boulevard
A true bistro is hard to find ’round these parts. Like the ones in nearly every block of Greenwich Village or the Paris neighborhoods surrounding the Seine, they are typically intimate family-run eateries with limited menus and moderate pricing. Red Door Bistro is just like that.
by Courtney Dabney
It is the latest foray of BoBBy and donna a lBanese, who are also the owners of Piola italian restaurant and Garden. i guess i was expecting a mostly Mediterranean menu since that is what they have proven themselves to be so adept at for years. But this menu can only be described as eclectic. Most dishes feature unique flavor combinations from france, italy and spain — many
with a slightly texas twist. they are not only refreshingly different, but also well executed. here are a few examples of what i mean by eclectic: Baked salmon Paillard over french lentils with champagne glaze for $19 (singularly french), Catfish sandwich on a Kaiser roll, lightly fried with a spicy slaw and fries for $11 (simply southern), or farfalle Pasta with grilled chicken, a light pesto cream sauce
and walnuts for $14 (strictly Mediterranean). a s you can see, it’s tough to pigeonhole this bistro.
our appetizer of savory Beignets served with feta cheese, olives and a side of honey ($8) was an inventive mix of flavors. traditional beignets are of course a new orleans’ classic and usually made from a pâte à choux dough. t his version was denser and more biscuit-like than the Café du Monde variety, served without a dusting of powdered sugar. t hey were golden brown and intended for dipping in honey instead and were a fun snack along with salty black olives and long slices of fresh feta cheese. this was a classy start to the meal, enjoyed alongside a glass of wine, and it was a pretty presentation as well.
While red door occupies a space in a nondescript strip center across overton r idge Boulevard from Bed Bath & Beyond, the space is well-planned and comfortable inside. simple cream striped curtains shade you from the setting sun.
t he modern feeling is layered with concrete flooring, cream-colored leather banquettes running down the main wall with ebony-colored chairs and tables. a frosted glass half-wall screens your view of the small kitchen. drum shades wrapped in ivory linen hang overhead as well as a few mustardcolored glass pendants. Classical details like heavy moldings and sandy-toned walls, an entry table, and the namesake red door complete the space.
i would suggest the Crepes stuffed with black beans, shredded chicken, picante, and poblano cream sauce ($14). t his was not a huge portion, yet filling. two airy crepes with cilantro mixed into the batter were filled with ingredients often found in enchiladas and draped with a simple cream sauce. the recipe was flavorful, but the plating could have used a punch of color. i couldn’t taste the poblano in the sauce, but we enjoyed the mild dish.
We also sampled one of the nightly specials. a delicate lemon sole ($24) was lightly floured and pan-fried. the stacked presentation was expertly prepared atop creamy vegetable risotto, featuring carrot and zucchini, with micro greens for garnish. the plate was enhanced with a spoonful of sweet, aged balsamic vinegar on one side and a lemon buerre blanc sauce on the other.
The Catfish Sandwich served on a Kaiser roll with slaw and fries offers a Southern staple to an otherwise eclectic menu.
FYI
Located at: 4938 Overton Ridge Blvd. For reservations call: 817.292.0000 $-$$
For dessert, the unique Lemoncello Lady Finger Cake ($6) is the perfect ending. This house specialty is a light layering of tender lady fingers and a creamy (not-too-sweet, nor too tart) lemon filling. It is decorated with powdered sugar and a lemon twist.
If you are in the neighborhood around lunchtime, stop in for soup and salad in style. The Tomato Florentine soup ($7) with pasta and vegetables, or the Potato and Artichoke Cream ($7) are menu staples. Salads range from the simple like the Arugula Salad ($8) with citrus dressing, walnuts and Parmigiano shavings, to the extravagant like the Mixed Green Salad ($12) with grilled chicken, tomatoes, sultanas, blue cheese crumbles, and apples with a strawberry vinaigrette.
In the area surrounding Hulen Mall, which is dominated by chain restaurants and fastfood formats, opening a neighborhood bistro was a calculated risk. With so much traffic and competition in the area, it could be easily overlooked. But fans of the Albaneses are making the drive down Hulen to enjoy their newest offering. We were impressed by the creative variety, well-trained staff and relaxing atmosphere.
CHEF’S WEEKLY SPECIALS
Available Monday – Friday until 3 pm
Begin your meal with Savory Beignets served with honey, briny olives and Feta. Fort
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Here it is — October! We are smack dab in the middle of the prime oyster-eating months. Today you have many options around town to savor these briny mollusks. But, once upon a time...J & J Oyster Bar was your only hope of enjoying such bivalve delicacies this far from the coast.
by Courtney Dabney
The first time i ever tasted a fresh Gulf oyster was at J & J oyster Bar. it was resting on top of a saltine cracker with just a dash of tabasco sauce. that’s the way my father taught me to eat them.
this is the kind of place Jimmy Buffett would feel right at home. flip-flops and hawai-
ian shirts abound. there was a full table of wanna-be Parrotheads seated right next to us on the friday night we visited. they were busily peeling and eating boiled shrimp, slurping down dozens of oysters on the half shell, and chasing all of it with ice-cold beer.
hearty Clam Chowder or lobster Bisque ($6.29 for a bowl or $4.59 for a cup) make for a winning lunch in colder months. Both are house specialties. the hushpuppies ($3.79) come with a mild hint of jalapeño. Butter is served alongside for dipping the freshly fried cornmeal nibbles. soon after the feeding frenzy dies down, you’ll wonder where they went and order another basket.
i had never sampled the o yster rockafella ($9.99 for six). a nd, they are frankly not as tasty as the raw oysters themselves. six huge Gulf oysters are baked with a topping of butter, Parmesan cheese, spinach and crumbled bacon. they were nice, meaty oysters, but the chopped spinach was canned instead of fresh, and that changed the flavor that i was anticipating.
likewise, the maryland style Crab Cakes ($14.99) were not the best dish on the menu. two hefty, round cakes were served with your choice of two side dishes. we chose a dinner salad and french fries. the flavor of the fresh crabmeat was lost by the crusty cornmeal coating, and they were too bready for my liking. But those selections were more like the deep cuts on side B of your favorite album, just there for filler anyway.
shrimp and oysters are the proven winners from my years of experience. the Grilled Gulf shrimp ($9.99 for six) were lovely. these huge butterflied beauties were simply seasoned and well cooked. the shrimp Po Boy ($9.99) consisted of the same large shrimp and was a manly portion served on a buttered and grilled french-style roll.
with cooler temperatures just around the corner, patio seating will be highly coveted. a mixture of high-top tables, booths and bar seating can be found inside. Neon beachthemed beer memorabilia lights the night, and repurposed Corona bottle salt shakers remind you of where you are. little shacks like this one dot our texas coastline.
Located at: 612 University Drive For reservations call: 817.335.2756 $-$$
J & J oyster Bar opened in 1978 and has become a local institution. it is comforting to find that so little has changed in all these years. with its laid-back beach-bum atmosphere, you might lose track of time and begin to hear the distant sound of waves splashing on the shoreline or seagulls squawking overhead.
Grilled Gulf shrimp are simply seasoned and well cooked. Two side dishes of your choice accompany this delicious crustaceans.
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restaurant guide
The Listings section is a readers service compiled by the Fort Worth, Texas magazine editorial staff. The magazine does not accept advertising or other compensation in exchange for the listings. Listings are updated regularly. To correct a listing or request a restaurant be considered for the list, contact Jennifer Casseday-Blair at jcasseday@fwtexas.com.
pricing: $ Entrees up to $10, $$ Entrees $10-$20, $$$ Entrees $20-$25, $$$$ Entrees $25 and over
american
Arlington/Mid-Cities
BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE / 230 N. Center St., 817.801.0300. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Fri; All Day 11am-9pm Sat. and Sun. $
Burleson BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE / 120 S. Main St., 817.447.3400. 11am-9pm daily $
DAltON'S BAR & GRIll / 200 S. Main St., 817.295.5456. 11am-midnight Mon.-Wed. and Sun.; 11am-2am Thu.-Sat. $$ tHE PORCH / 140 S. Wilson St., 817.426.9900. 6:30am8pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $$
DIxIE HOUSE CAFE / 3701 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0883. Other locations: 6200 E. Lancaster, 817.451.6180; 5401 S. Hulen St., 817.361.8500; 5401 Blue Mound Rd., 817.625.4115, Dinner Friday Nights. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Thu. & Sat.; 6:30am-8:30pm Fri. $ DREw’S Pl ACE / 5701 Curzon Ave., 817.735.4408. 10:30am-7pm Tue.-Thu.; 10:30am-8pm Fri.; 10:30am6pm Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $-$$ EllERBE FINE FOODS / 1501 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth, 817.926.3663. Closed Sun.-Mon.; 11am-2pm and 5:30pm-9pm, Tues.-Thu.; 11am-2pm and 5:30-10pm, Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm, Sat. $$-$$$ FRED’S tEx AS CAFE / 915 Currie St., 817.332.0083. 10:30am-midnight Tue.-Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. Closed Mon. 2730 Western Center, 817.232.0111. Mon.-Sat. 10:30am-midnight Mon.-Sat.; Noon-9pm, Sun. $$ lUCIlE’S StAtESIDE BIStRO / 4700 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.4761. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 9am-11pm Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$ lUNCH BOx / 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.2181. 10:30am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 10:30am-2:30pm Sat.-Sun. $ mONtGOmERy StREEt CAFé / 2000 Montgomery St., 817.731.8033. 6am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-noon Sat. $ OlD NEIGHBORHOOD GRIll / 1633 Park Place Ave., 817.923.2282. 7am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $ Ol’ SOUtH PANCAKE HOUSE / 1509 S. University Dr., 817.336.0311. Open 24 hours. $ PARIS COFFEE SHOP / 700 W. Magnolia, 817.335.2041. 6am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Breakfast Only 6am-11am Sat. $ PARK HIll CAFE / 2974 Park Hill Dr., 817.921.5660. Lunch Hours 10am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner Hours 6pm-9pm; Brunch 10am-1pm Sun. $-$$ POP’S SAFARI ROOm / 2929 Morton St., 817.877.0916. 9am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 9am-midnight Fri.-Sat.; closed Sun. $$-$$$ RISE & SHINE / 3636 Altamesa Blvd., 817.423.3555. 6am-2pm daily. $ SECREt GARDEN tEAROOm / 2601 Montgomery St., 817.763.9787. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-4pm Sat.; noon-4pm Sun. $ tHE lIvE OAK mUSIC HAll & lOUNGE / 1311 Lipscomb St., 817.926.0968. 4pm-2am Mon.-Fri.; 11am2am Sat.-Sun. Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm. $$ tHE ROSE GARDEN tEA ROOm / 7200 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.7673. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon-Sat.; 12pm3:30pm Sun. $ t wIN CREEKS CAFé / 3400 W. Loop 820 S. (inside Frank Kent Honda), 817.696.4360. 7:30am-4pm Mon.Fri.; 8am-4pm, Sat.; Closed Sun.$ vIDAlIAS SOUtHERN CUISINE / 200 Main St., 817.210.2222. 6am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 10am-2pm Sun. $$
wEStSIDE CAFé / 7950 W. Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.560.1996. 6am-10pm daily. $ tHE zODIAC ROOm At NEImAN mARCUS / 2100 Green Oaks Blvd., 817.738.3581. 10am-7pm Mon.-Sat.; 1pm-6pm Sun. $$ Grapevine
INtO tHE Gl ASS / 322 S. Main St. 817.442.1969. 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$ tOlBERt'S REStAURANt / 423 S. Main St. 817.421.4888. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu. 7 Sun.; 11am9:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ wINEwOOD GRIll / 1265 S. Main St., Grapevine, 76051 817.421.0200. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-4pm Sun. $$-$$$
Keller/Lake Country FnG EAtS / 201 Town Center Blvd. 817.741.5200 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 10am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $$ HARBOR ONE / 9315 Boat Club Rd., 817.236.8150. 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. $
Roanoke
BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE / 104 N. Oak, 817.491.2900. 11am-9pm daily $ BlUE HANGAR CAFE / 700 Boeing Way, 817.491.8283. 10:30am-2pm Mon.-Thu.; 10am-3pm Fri.; 7am-3pm Sun. $
Cl ASSIC CAFE / 504 N. Oak St., 817.430.8185. Lunch Hours 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri. & Sat.$$-$$$ DOvE CREEK CAFé / 204 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4973. 6am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-3pm Sat. & Sun. $ RENO RED'S FRONtIER COOKING / 304 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4855. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.' 11am-10pm Fri.Sat. $-$$
SHAW'S PATIO BAR AND GRILL / 1051 W. Magnolia Ave. 817.926.2116. Mon. 11am-2:30pm; Tue.-Thu. 11am9pm; Fri.-Sat. 11am-10pm; Sun. 10:30am-9pm. $-$$ THE POUR HOUSE SPORTS GRILL / 2725 W. 7th St., 817.335.2575. 11am-2am daily. $ TOmmy’S HAmBURGERS / 2701 Green Oaks Rd., 817.735.9651. Other locations: 5228 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.569.1111. 3431 W. 7th St., 817.885.7500. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-8pm Sun. $ WOODSHED SmOKEHOUSE / 3201 Riverfront Drive, 817.877.4545. 10am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 10am-11pm Fri.; 8am-11pm Sat.; 8am-10pm Sun. $-$$ Z’S CAFÉ / 1116 Pennsylvania Ave. 817.348.9000. 10am-3pm Mon.-Fri. $
Southlake
jOHNNy B’S BURGERS & SHAKES / 2704 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.749.0000. 10:30am-8:30pm Mon.Thu.; 10:30am-9pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-3pm Sun. $
continental
Arlington
CAFÉ AT DAIREDS / 2400 W. I-20 (Temporarily Closed for Remodeling), 817.465.9797. Other Location: 15 Skyline Dr., Arlington, 817.465.9797. 12pm-6pm Sun.; 9am-6pm Mon.; 9am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 9am-6pm Fri.; 8:30am-5:30pm Sat. $-$$
Fort Worth 610 GRIllE / 610 Main St., 817.332.0100. 6:30am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$$
delis & bakeries
Arlington IRIS BAGEl AND COFFEE HOUSE / 5801 W. Interstate 20, 817.561.9989. 5:30am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-2pm Sun. $
Fort Worth
ARTISAN BAKING COMPANY / 4900 White Settlement Rd., 817.821.3124. 7am-1pm Fri.; by appointment Mon.-Fri.; 8am-noon Wed. & Sat. at the Cowtown Farmers' Market. $
BAKER BROS. AMERICAN DElI / 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste. 244, 817.989.1400. Other Location: 501 Carroll St., Ste. 658., 817.332.0500. 11am-9pm daily. $ Bl ACK ROOSTER BAKERY / 2430 Forest Park Blvd., 817.924.1600. 7am-4pm Tue.-Fri., 8am-4pm Sat. $ BlUEBONNET BAKERY / 4705 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.4233. 7am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-4pm Sat. $ BOOPA’S BAGEl DElI / 6513 N. Beach St., 817.232.4771. 5:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 6:30am-2pm Sat.; 6:30am-1pm Sun. $ CARSHON’S DElICATESSEN / 3133 Cleburne Rd., 817.923.1907. 9am-3pm Mon.-Sat. $ CORNER STREET BAKERY / 3010S. Hulen St., 817.665.9949. 6:30am-7pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-7pm Sat.; 7am-5pm Sun. $ THE CUPCAKE COTTAGE / 5015 El Campo Ave., 817.732.5670. 10am-4pm Tues.-Fri.; 10am-2pm Sat. $ ESPERANZA’S MEXICAN CAFÉ & BAKERY / 2122 N. Main St., 817.626.5770. Other location: 1109 Hemphill St., 817.332.3848. 6:30am-7pm daily. $ j. RAE'S / 935 Foch St., 817.332.0090. 9 am-9pm Mon.Sat. $ jASON'S DElI / jasonsdeli.com. Hours vary. $-$$ KOl ACHE SHOPPE / 6724 Brentwood Stair Rd., 817.457.0071. 6am-noon Tue.-Sat.; 7am-noon Sun. $ MCKINlEY’S FINE BAKERY & CAFE / 1616 S. University Dr., 817.332.3242. 8am-6:30pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-5pm Sun. $ PANERA BREAD / 1700 S. University Dr., 817.870.1959. Other location: 1804 Precinct Line Rd., 817.605.0766; 1409 N. Collins, Arlington, 817.548.8726; 2140 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. S. 817.416.5566 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-8pm Sun. $ RYAN'S FINE GROCER & DElICATESSEN / 815 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.945.2770. Deli hours 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 10am-6pm Sun.; Sunday Brunch $$ SwEET SAMMIES / 825 Currie St., 817.332.0022. 10am-9pm Sun.-Wed.; 11am-10pm Thu.-Sat. $ SwISS PASTRY SHOP / 3936 W. Vickery, 817.732.5661. 6am-5:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 7am-4pm Sat. $ THE SNOOTY PIG / 2401 Westport Pkwy., Ste. 120, 817.837.1077. Other locations: 1540 Keller Pkwy, Ste. 107, Keller,817.431.0064.7am-2pmMon.-Sat.;8am-2pmSun. $ YOFE CAFE / 817 Currie St., 817.332.5888. 6 am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-10pm Sat.-Sun. $ YOGI’S BAGEl CAFE / 2710 S. Hulen St., 817.921.4500. 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-9pm Sat.; 7:30am-3pm Sun. $ Grapevine
BREADHAUS / 700 W. Dallas Rd., 817.488.5223. 9am6pm Tues.-Fri.; 9am-4pm Sat. $$ MAIN STREET BREAD BAKING COMPANY / 316 Main St., 817.424.4333. 6:30am-6:30pm daily. $ THE SNOOTY PIG / 4010 William D. Tate, 817.283.3800. 7am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 8am-2pm Sun. $
wEINBURGER’S DElI / 3 Village Circle, Westlake, 817.491.9119. Other location: 611 Main St., Grapevine, 817.416.5574. 8:30am-7pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $
eclectic
Arlington
THE MElTING POT / 4000 Five Points Blvd., Ste. 119, 817.469.1444. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.; 3:30pm-11pm Sat.; 3pm-9pm Sun. $$-$$$ Burleson wINE DOwN / 124 S. Scott Street. 817.447.9122. 11am9pm Wed-Sat. $$ Fort Worth
CAFÉ MODERN / 3200 Darnell, 817.738.9215. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 11am-3pm Sat & Sun. $$
KIMBEll ART MUSEUM / 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.332.8451, ext. 251. For reservations call 817.332.8541 ext. 277. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Thu. & Sat.; noon-2pm Fri. & Sun.; Dinner 5:30pm-7:30pm Fri. $$
JOE T. GARCIA’S / 2201 N. Commerce, 817.626.4356. Cash only. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-10pm Sun. $$ l A FAMIlIA / 841 Foch St., 817.870.2002. 11am-10pm Tues.-Fri.; 8am-10pm Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $ l A Pl AYA MAYA / 6209 Sunset Dr., 817.738.3329. Other locations: 1540 N. Main St., 817.624.8411. 3200 Hemphill St., 817.924.0698. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $ lOS MOlCAJETES / 4320 Western Center Blvd., 817.306.9000. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; 8am-10pm Sat.; 8am-9pm Sun. $ lOS VAqUEROS / 2629 N. Main St., 817.624.1511. Other Location: 3105 Cockrell Ave., 817.769.3070.11am9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11 am-10pm, Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. Other location: Crown Valley Golf Club, 29 Crown Road, Weatherford. 817.441.2300 $ MAMBO’S / 1010 Houston St. in the Park Central Hotel, 817.336.3124. 11am- 2pm Tues.-Fri.; 4pm-10pm Wed.Sat. $
MI COCInA / 509 Main St., 817.877.3600. Other location: 4601 W. Freeway (I-30 and Hulen), 817.569.1444. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ THE ORIGInAl / 4713 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.6226. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ PACO & JOHn / 1116 8th Ave., 817.810.0032. 7:30am10:30am & 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-2pm Sat. $$ PAPPASITO’S CAnTInA / 2704 W. Freeway, 817.877.5546. Other location: 321 W. Road to Six Flags, Arlington, 817.795.3535. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ all locations PUlIDOS / 2900 Pulido St., 817.732.7571. Other location: 5051 Hwy. 377 S., 817.732.7871. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ RED CACTUS RESTAURAnT / 3005 S. University Dr., 817.927.2933. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $ REVOlVER TACO lOUnGE / 2822 W. 7th St., 817.820.0122. 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat.; closed Sun.-Mon. $$ RIO MAMBO / 6125 SW Loop 820, 817.423.3124. 1302 S. Main St., Weatherford. 817.598.5944. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ SAlSA FUEGO / 3520 Alta Mere Drive, 817.560.7888. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; closed Sun. $ TORCHY'S TACOS / 928 Northton St. 817.289.8226. 7am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 7am-11pm Fri.; 8am-11pm Sat.; 8am-10pm Sun. $ TRES JOSES COCInA MEXICAnA / 4004 White Settlement Rd., 817.763.0456. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun.; Closed Mon. $$
EDDIE V’S / 3100 W. 7th St. 817.336.8000. 4pm-11pm Sun.-Thu.; 4pm-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$$$
J&J OYSTER BAR / 612 N. University Dr., 817.335.2756. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
lOnE STAR OYSTER BAR / 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.370.0030. 11am-2am Tue.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun.-Mon. $ PAPPADEAUX / 2708 W. Freeway, 817.877.8843. Other location: 1304 E. Copeland Rd., Arlington, 817.543.0544. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
RAZZOO’S / 318 Main St. in Sundance Square, 817.429.7009. Other location: 4700 Bryant Irvin Rd. in Cityview, 817.292.8584. 11am-11pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am2am Fri.-Sat. $$
FISH CITY GRIll / 2750 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.748.0456. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
TRUlUCK’S SEAFOOD, STEAK & CRAB HOUSE / 1420 Plaza Pl., 817.912.0500. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
Willow Park
FISH CREEK / 4899 E. I-20., 817.441.1746. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; noon-10pm Sat. $$
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Fort Worth
BlUE MESA BAR & GRIll / 1600 S. University Dr., 817.332.6372. Other Location: 1586 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, 817.416.0055. Fort Worth: 11am-10pm Mon.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$
BUFFAlO WEST / 7101 Camp Bowie W. 817.732.2370. mo.-wed. 4pm-11pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-11pm Sat.; 11am9pm Sun. $-$$$ l AnnY’S AlTA COCInA MEXICAnA / 3405 W. 7th St., 817.850.9996. Lunch: 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $$$
lOnESOME DOVE WESTERn BISTRO / 2406 N. Main St., 817.740.8810. 11:30am-2:30pm Tue.-Sat.; 5pm10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$ MICHAElS RESTAURAnT & AnCHO CHIlE BAR / 3413 W. 7th St., 817.877.3413. 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 5:30pm-11pm Thu.-Sat. Chile Bar hours: 11am-11pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-1am
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People and events that shaped our city
Fort Worth’s First Library Oct. 17, 1901
Philanthropist andrew Carnegie left his mark on Fort worth’s urban landscape when he contributed $50,000 to build the city’s first library, which opened oct. 17, 1901. he was contacted by a group of 20 women who formed the Fort worth public library association. president teddy roosevelt visited the library in 1905 and planted an elm tree on the east side of the building. the Carnegie public library of Fort worth was originally located at 9th and throckmorton streets offering slightly fewer than 7,000 volumes. their collection now boasts more than 2 million books, dVds, Cds, magazines and more.
Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas
ExcEptional ExpEriEncE
Whether by day or at play, John and Kathy Bowers live life full throttle. Married nearly four decades, they’ve worked side-by-side for 25 years as owners of Dynamic Color Graphics, a large-format digital printer in the DFW area. But when their workday finally wraps, the fun-seeking spouses love taking to the open road in their Mercedes-Benz SUVs. John drives a 2013 G550; Kathy tools around in a 2012 ML350. Their affection for the automobiles, they say, runs in equal measures.
“The G550 is a uniquely designed vehicle and is very cool to drive — you don’t see too many on the road,” Kathy says. “We also love our ML350 for the comfortable drive and safety that comes with all Mercedes-Benz.”
Of course, what also comes with every Mercedes-Benz you buy — and it comes in spades at Park Place Motorcars Grapevine — is incomparable customer service. The Bowers, in fact, are first in line to trumpet its merits.
“We’ve been customers of Park Place since 1995 and have always enjoyed doing business with their dealerships. The salespeople are exceptional and have always been very friendly and accommodating,” says Kathy, who gives big props to their sales rep, Mindy Hrebin. “She has made our experiences enjoyable and is always going out of her way to take care of us.”
