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This issue is all about Local Love! At the heart of this community are our local businesses and the people who make Fort Worth everything it is, embodying the spirit and character that make our town unique. Supporting local businesses is not just a transaction; it’s an investment in the heartbeat of our town. These establishments are the dreams of our neighbors, the passion projects that add character to our streets. Let’s pledge to explore the gems in our own backyard, fostering growth and keeping the spirit of community alive. Amid the hustle and bustle, it’s easy to overlook the simple joys that life bestows upon us. Take a moment to savor the warmth of shared laughter, the comfort of a familiar face. Time spent with loved ones is a treasure, and it’s these moments that define the true wealth of our lives. So, dear readers, let’s embark on a journey of gratitude and connection. Support local, embrace loved ones, and let’s remember that in our shared stories lies the strength of our community.

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When the Shoe Fits: Maggie’s Sole Mission Is Helping Kids

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THE FORT WORTH NON-PROFIT HOPES TO REACH EVEN MORE SCHOOLS IN 2024

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Lisa Nichols’ mother, Maggie, knew what it felt like only to own handme-down clothes. Growing up in poverty, receiving something brandnew did not happen often, and her family often received donations from friends and classmates. “My mom

how much joy she had working with kids. It came to me in that moment. I wanted to bring her comfort and carry on her legacy. I said, ‘Mom, I’m going to start an annual shoe drive for students in your name; your mission will never be forgotten.’ She couldn’t talk at that

“I REMEMBER HOW MUCH JOY SHE HAD WORKING WITH KIDS.” grew up very differently than I did. She lived through childhood poverty and abuse, and I grew up hearing these stories,” recalls Nichols. As a child, Lisa remembers going with her mother, who had become an educator, to buy new shoes for students who couldn’t afford a pair. When asked, Maggie would say that kids often miss school because they don’t have shoes that fit, and if they miss school, they fall behind in their studies. She never told anyone she bought the shoes; she just wanted the kids in school. She was adamant about this because getting an education broke the cycle of poverty for her. Sadly, Lisa’s mother passed away from cancer in 2020. She was at the hospital when the idea for Maggie’s Sole Mission came to her, “I was trying to tell her stories about how she had made a positive impact. I remember

point, but she smiled, and I knew she understood,” says Nichols. That summer, Lisa hit the ground running, and it was very much a grassroots effort. She spread the word with friends and family and began a social media campaign. Quite a few people responded; they raised $1100 and were able to donate new shoes to Arlington ISD kids living with homelessness. Maggie’s Sole Mission was a registered non-profit organization in Texas by the second year. When I asked if she had recruited her mother’s former co-workers to help, she said they came to her. “It’s been very moving—several have reached out saying ‘I worked with your mom, I want to help,’—which is so touching for me.” When asked how Maggie’s Sole Mission selects recipients, Lisa explained that a school counselor or

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liaison works with the non-profit as they know which kids are in need. “They put together a list of genders and sizes. Then, we go to our donors and use their funds to match up the best we can with sizes and colors for specific children. The first year, we just delivered the shoes. Now it’s an event on Oct. 17th—my mom’s birthday. The kids come and try on shoes until they find a pair they like. We see that excitement, how sweet the kids are.” So, what does Maggie’s Sole Mission look like now? Nichols says volunteers have done very well connecting with different community partners. For example, in 2022, employees from Tyler Technologies collaborated with Keds and designed 160 pairs of shoes for kids in need and donated an additional $2500. H.F. Custom Solutions donated all the signage, and Brooke Macko is the non-profit’s photographer, free of charge. In addition, Academy Sports gives a 20% discount on all shoes purchased. All of it is needed. “In 2023, six different schools contacted us, and I want to say yes to everyone. That’s why, in 2024, we are

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“IN 2023, SIX DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CONTACTED US, AND I WANT TO SAY YES TO EVERYONE. THAT’S WHY, IN 2024, WE ARE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH CORPORATE SPONSORS TO LEVEL UP OUR EFFORTS.”

hoping to partner with corporate sponsors to level up our efforts,” says Nichols. There are plenty of opportunities for the community to get involved, too. You can donate year-round via Venmo, PayPal, or any other service. In summer 2024, they hope to set up a +1 Back to School drive, where donors can buy a pair of shoes for their kids and a pair for Maggie’s. They’ll also need more volunteers on Oct. 17th, when they head to the selected school with shoes. “We were outnumbered by the students on delivery day this year. That’s the fun and meaningful part of the mission,” says Nichols. To get more information, check out their website: maggiessolemission.org

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When my kids were little, we would address valentines to classmates, deliver flowers to neighbors and decorate the house with hearts and snowflakes (cut from white coffee filters). For dinner, I would make their favorite meal: dessert! Why not? I'd melt chocolate (the good stuff) and let them line up their dippers. They thought dessert for dinner was magical. Of course, I'd fed them a protein-packed after-school snack and served "dinner" early so they could get their sugar wiggles out before bed. Delightful! Happy Valentine's Day!

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Fort Worth knows how to bring the party. Between the entertainment and food, there’s always something to see, taste, or hear when the lights go down in Cowtown. But the city also knows how to keep the party going by creating a culture that values and makes space for its artists. For three local musicians navigating the industry today, there’s no right way to make a name for yourself in Fort Worth as long as it’s your way.

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Joseph Neville Joseph Neville’s love affair with music began on a school field trip to Bass Hall. “I saw the orchestra putting on this performance for the first time,” he says. “I remember being moved to tears and developing a fascination for whatever the heck that was and pursued music through any opportunity given to me.” Critics lovingly describe Neville’s style as “sad guitar guy music,” but he loves that. “I’m a really happy person,” he laughs. “I personally really like sad songs and think they do the best job of making people feel like they’re not alone.” Growing up in the church, Neville didn’t know if sad music had a place in the world, but he realized that a lot of healing and ministry could happen when he artistically expressed his feelings. Another sad guitar guy, John Mayer, influenced Neville’s sound and also helped motivate him as a musician. “It would be a dream to collaborate with either him or The Killers,” he says. “When I saw him play and saw that he sang and played the guitar, that inspired me to become a better guitar player.” Neville strives to connect with his audience lyrically, melodically, and instrumentally, using his guitar to express emotion. Besides playing in the school band, Neville’s first performance was in the high school talent show, where he belted out a 7-minute power ballad that was terrible by his own admission. But the rush he felt was addictive, and he loved connecting with an audience through music. “The best advice I’ve gotten in my career is that people want to be connected with more than they want to be impressed,” muses Neville. “When you can connect with someone, that is when something truly magically happens.” Four years ago, Neville wrote a song that he thinks connects him the most to his audience and is his favorite to perform called “Sometimes,” also airing on CBS 11 in the near future. Fans can catch Neville at his favorite place to perform, the Post at River East, because of its intimate setting. “I know the owner, and he is so great about honoring the musicians.” CONTINUED >

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Joshua Mather Joshua Mather started his career in high school singing for heavy metal garage bands, but when his group disbanded, he realized he needed to learn an instrument to keep performing. “It’s a little awkward to stand in the corner of a coffee shop and sing without a guitar in your hands,” he laughs, and the line: “I don’t know what to do with my hands” comes to mind. So, Mather learned some chords, more than a few, and the rest is history. Today, Mather doesn’t like to pigeonhole his genre too much, saying (under duress) that he identifies with alternative/rock music, but prefers to keep things open and ambiguous, like genre-bending singer Halsey or the band Linkin Park, both inspirations for the musician. “I like heavier stuff too like Bring Me the Horizon and Architects,” says Mather. “But also, lighter things, like older 90’s music.” His career has also run the gamut, starting with hard rock, transitioning to cover song coffee house gigs, and now, Mather says he wants to be loud again, giving birth to Therma, an anagram of his last name. The project rejuvenated Mather, allowing him to write songs again and reintroduce himself to Fort Worth with all original music after the pandemic. “In my personal life, none of this is possible without my support system,” says Mather. “My family, especially my mom, and cousin.” His cousin Brendan started the first band Mather joined, paving the way for his musical confidence with constant collaboration, and his mother never discouraged his dream all throughout high school and college. “I’m really lucky to have had so many supportive people in my life” says a grateful Mather.

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Zach Coffey Zach Coffey has nothing to prove after nearly a decade in playing 250 days a year as a professional musician. “Right now, I have my day job,” he says. “And then I mostly do Corporate and private events which is perfect for me. I love helping people have fun!” Today, Coffey is the head of Western Rewind Band, covering country throwback songs, and he enjoys balancing his singing career with family. “We’re playing a bunch of Cowboys games, big corporate events and festivals, so we stay busy.” Coffey grew up in the ‘90s listening to older country singers like The Eagles and Merle Haggard, and their sound influenced him. “I tried out for the Oklahoma Opry when I was 14 and made it,” he recalls. “So, that was my first experience with a band, but I also sang opera in college. I have a pretty diverse background but love what I play today.” Now, Coffey’s favorite song to perform is “Nobody Frames Bad Days,” an original piece and his most streamed song. His favorite venue is Filthy McNasty’s Saloon, where the owner, Don Cunningham, gave him a chance as a young musician and shared with him how to survive in the business. “Some of the best advice I ever got was, ‘Don’t rely on music for your full-time, sustainable income,’ because what happens is you start to make musical decisions based on finances instead of letting music be the music,” he says. “So, my advice is to work in addition to chasing music. Don’t force yourself into a corner.”

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A PIECE O F H E AV E N A Spanish-colonial boutique hotel near a popular staycation spot is now accepting visitors.

If you drive West on Highway 67 and cross the Brazos River via a small, reed-plagued bridge, there’s a sprawling hotel quaintly nestled in a clearing, surrounded by Pecan trees. The plot hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Glen Rose, a popular migratory spot for Fort Worthians looking for a river-side art district with surprising ties to Elvis Presley, killer antiques without the drive to Round Top, and fossilized dinosaur tracks leading to the most substantial biscuits in Texas. Retired FWPD officer and resident Mitchell Ellis and his wife, Kimmie, were two such nomadic Fort Worthians looking

to break into the rentable getaway market during the pandemic. The couple partnered with Fort Worth manufacturing company owner John Pastusek and his wife Anna to bring an Air BnB to life in Glen Rose, and it took off. Ellis describes Pastusek as a workout buddy who is good with details, although he laughs that they are both dreamers. “It was booked for two years solid,” Ellis said with a laugh. “It just did phenomenally. So, that’s how we got started.” TCU grad Daryl Stafford, a banker and the more serious “money man” in the group,

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partnered with the project next, along with his wife Andrea, after Ellis and Pastusek asked him to review their plan to expand their hospitality business into a boutique hotel in 2021, becoming La Palmilla. “By the end of the conversation he asked us, ‘Can I be in it?’” Ellis laughs again. Inside the 31 Spanish-colonial era-inspired rooms, guests will find soft-toned Turkish rugs and pillows, gold mirrors, and billowy drapes surrounding warm-wooded, four-poster beds. The kitchen tile is clean and bright, and Ellis makes a point to load the cabinets full of high-end dishes and cookware. In the living spaces, guests can fall into overstuffed couches and chairs from Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware in honey brown and tobacco hues. “We wanted everything to feel upscale,” says Ellis. “Not fake-nice.” Ellis certainly achieved the desired effect. The venue cantina, across from the Hendrick Arnold Bluff, showcases Spanish tile flooring, lively mosaic designs, imported Mexican furniture for lounging and dining, and hand-crafted Dalle de Verre stained glass by local artist Cody Stromberg that mimics the area sunsets, a well-known muse. “We really wanted this thick, dark stained glass,” says Ellis. “And a man named Cody Stromberg popped up when I researched artists near Fort Worth. So, I invited him to the property.” When Stromberg pulled up a week later, it was in a dirty pickup with dirtier overalls. “I don’t know what a stained-glass artist looks like, but this guy was not the picture I had in my mind, you know?” laughs Ellis. But he was the man for the job, uniquely qualified and invested in the project as if divinely instructed to do so. “He told us what we wanted no longer existed, but he was willing to work on something for us.” Stromberg’s efforts culminated in the chapel, Casa del Rey, or “The House of the King.” Using the same Dalle de Verre glass method as the cantina, here, Stromberg was inspired by Revelation IV in the Bible when John enters the Lord’s throne room and describes what scholars believe is the Rapture, or Jesus calling the Christians home to live in perpetuity with Him in Heaven. Stromberg’s vision of the scene starts above the chapel dais, where a glass sphere radiates red and emerald behind an iron cross.

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A multi-talented Stromberg fabricated one-of-a-kind tiles to border the glass. The effect is a ring of men bent in reverence to the cross, another wink to Revelation. The panels of colorful glass continue from the dais, lining the chapel walls and filling the room with emerald and ruby light. The crowns at the bottom of the panels symbolize the world’s kings throwing their symbols of authority at God’s feet. Ellis needed to fortify the walls around the windows to support the weighty sheets, and crews carried each installment in three to four pieces. After the tiles, Stromberg put on his carpenter hat and carved the chapel pews. “Some words that kept coming up during the building process were ‘excellence,’” says Ellis. “And ‘authenticity.’ We wanted everything to feel real and not like a themed resort.” To source authentic Spanish tile, furniture, and art, Ellis phoned friend and designer Sarah Summers, who assisted him with the venue decor. Ellis and Summers took some inspiration from the resort’s namesake, La Palmilla, a small tourist town near Los Cabo, Mexico. The locale is beautiful, for sure, a dotted landscape of spikey yucca and cactus, but more importantly for Ellis, it’s a memorable vacation spot for him and Kimmie. The couple’s marriage underwent a renaissance in recent years, and Ellis explains that sharing the memories with guests shares their love story. “This is also really special,” says Ellis. He walks over to the chapel doorway and points to a small brand. “This is the very first cattle brand registered in the state of Texas. The Queen of Spain sent it with Martin DeLeon, and you can verify that on his Wikipedia page. So we are very fortunate to have this.” Memories, love, labor, collaboration, and sacrifice dot the landscape of this venue, a place so new but seemingly nostalgic; you have to experience it to understand.

The venue cantina, across from the Hendrick Arnold Bluff, showcases...hand-crafted Dalle de Verre stained glass by local artist Cody Stromberg that mimics the area sunsets, a well-known muse. Stromberg’s efforts culminated in the chapel, Casa del Rey, or “The House of the King.” Stromberg’s vision of the scene starts above the chapel dais, where a glass sphere radiates red and emerald behind an iron cross. The panels of colorful glass continue from the dais, lining the chapel walls and filling the room with emerald and ruby light. The crowns at the bottom of the panels symbolize the world’s kings throwing their symbols of authority at God’s feet.

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When was the last time you did nothing? Sat alone with your thoughts, focusing on each moment as it’s happening—just being present. Not recently? Welcome to the club. Beginning a meditational journey is no easy feat, but research shows the practice has various life-improving benefits. Want to reduce stress in your life? Meditate. Want to increase your attention span? Meditate. Want to sleep like a baby? You guessed it, meditate. The list goes on, and with all the arrows pointing toward meditation as something we should embrace, why aren’t more people doing it?

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According to experts, 95% of choices a person makes daily are made as if on autopilot. Being mindful of our actions and making a conscious choice to train our minds to create new pathways and new habits can be daunting, and while some types of meditation involve breathing techniques, focusing on a mantra or sound, or even an image, another type of meditation is mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining awareness of every moment without making judgments of those moments. Yoga has been an essential aspect of mindfulness for thousands of years. We spoke with Nikela Gates of Connective Souls to gain insight into why yoga can be a critical practice for those hoping to improve their meditation journey. According to Gates, some people can be turned off from yoga because they think they have to chant. “Yoga offers you a toolset, you make it your own. You make it whatever you need at that moment. I have practiced next to someone who had a bible scripture. That was her focus, her form of meditation,” she says. Yoga is about being present, which is also the biggest aspect of meditation.”It’s tough for people to accept who they are at that moment. Things change from day to day, moment to moment. I focus on this when I share the practice of yoga. It’s about meeting yourself where you are right now. The process of slowing down—to be in the moment. Are we in the moment? Do we need the affirmations? With yoga, the inhale, the exhales, the breathing, that’s where the practice contributes to those who want to focus on meditation, says Gates.

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