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Meet Our Persons of the Year
Over the weekend, we announced our Park Cities, Preston Hollow, and Readers’ Choice Persons of the Year with a quiet little sneak peek of the covers of our January issues on social media.
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Preston Hollow Person of the Year: ‘I Just Count it All a Joy’
Cindy Brinker Simmons’ passion for philanthropy is pretty much genetic. But her desire to contribute to finding a cure for cancer came while she sat on a church pew, mourning the loss of her mother.
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Park Cities Person of the Year: ‘Science Is the Answer’
One of Lyda Hill’s guiding philosophies in her philanthropic efforts is “science is the answer.”
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Readers’ Choice Person of the Year: ‘One of the Best People I Have Ever Met’
Izzy Martin may be fighting cancer, but her care for others earned her more than 900 votes in our Readers’ Choice Person of the Year for 2021.
Meet Izzy.
Light Up Your Holidays
Is one of your holiday traditions a trip to check out amazing light displays and never leave your car? Want to plan your route?
We have a map for you.
Mistletoe Stands in 10th Year of Supporting North Texas Food Bank
A group of teenagers is in their 10th year of selling mistletoe to support the North Texas Food Bank.
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Audubon Dallas Plans to Count Birds Saturday
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush, but don’t expect to use such crazy math if you join Audubon Dallas and other bird watchers in the 122nd annual Christmas Bird Count Saturday, Dec. 18.
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Early Lights
I have been doing lunges to prepare for the marathon of trips up and down our stairs to haul Christmas decorations from the attic.
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Monkees’ (and Thomas Jefferson Grad) Michael Nesmith Dead at 78
Michael Nesmith, singer and songwriter for the 60s group The Monkees (and co-star of the show with the same name) died Friday. He was 78.
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For the Bird: Cockatoo Loses His Family
Lose your bird? One veterinary clinic says they may have your feathered friend.
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An ICU Doctor’s Tales From the COVID-19 Front Lines
Zachary Dreyfuss tackles the difficult conversations with patients’ relatives.
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