POOR COPPER LAMP

It still smelled of smoke just standing near the door!

A LEMONIA FOR CHRISTMAS

I just hung up with Ike Isenhour, who’s on his way to the airport to spend the holidays with Brenda Schoenfeld in Florence. She just bought a lemonia there, which is an ancient stone building where lemon trees are stored for the winter. He says it’s filled with lemon trees now, and can you imagine the smell! Ike will be renovating and decorating her lemonia-cum-villa there. It’s never been used as a house before, and Ike says converting it will be a challenge he’s excited about.

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Ike has also been hired to renovate the glorious, Spanish style house on Turtle Creek with the blue tile and cupola, which belongs to Brenda’s Ex husband, Robert Edsel, who no doubt will fill it full of his collection of Italian old masters. If that’s not enough, Ike tells me he’s recently moved into a new apartment, which just happens to be the very same apartment he helped design for Brenda years ago…..

SHOPPING FUN???

Here’s an idea for a fun, stress-free, shopping frenzy– even with your husband. Check into the Westin–special holiday rates, and free parking if you have a Lexus–we don’t, so I should have borrowed Christine’s. The Galleria has a sparkling new face-lift with skylights, very chic, comfortable seating everywhere, and the biggest tree outside Rockefeller Center in New York. Plus, we in Dallas are smart–our tree is inside, and those little ant people skating around aren’t freezing to death.

Lot’s of new stores, go to dallasgalleria.com for a complete list. My favorites are Zara, honestly affordable runway fashion from Spain, and Teavana, for tasting teas and listening to Zen-like world music.
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TRENCHES

Um Todd, I don’t about Christine, but I’m in my Missoni sweater trench today….

FIRE DESTROYS COPPER LAMP

Our precious Copper Lamp, Creative Stitches and Gifts, Preston Royal Barbers, the National Council of Jewish Women and a host of small businesses in the Preston Royal Shopping Center suffered severe fire damage last night when a car plunged through a store window, exploded and burned. The driver, an elderly man, had suffered a heart attack while driving in the parking lot of the shopping center, located on the north east corner of Preston and Royal Lanes. He lost control of his car, accidentally hit the accelerator and the car just rammed the front windows of the Copper Lamp — going all the way through the building where the car exploded. This all happened about 8:30 p.m. last night. I have just returned from the scene — spoke to a few proprietors who tell me that Copper Lamp is just gone. (However, the Blackman Mooring rep who was just arriving on the scene said “we can do miracles”.) The elderly man — age 77 I was told — died in the explosion. We are friends with the proprietor of the Radio Shack adjacent to these stores, and they are in the process of clearing and cleaning severe smoke damage.
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MICHAEL TAYLOR’S MUSE

Rebecca, I too am looking forward to Salny’s book on Michael Taylor. I had the opportunity to work with Ivy Rosequist who worked with and considers herself the late Michael Taylor’s muse. She works with the current owner of Michael Taylor Designs in designing his new showrooms. She must be a good guy because she wears all white. From her spiky white hair to white keds she sports round white glasses and a white jumpsuit. Her eyeshadow and lipstick are also white. As she ponders the furniture placement, her eyes close and she channels Michael Taylor from the dead. He directs her white Lee press-on nails as her hands hover over the plans. Ya gotta love this business!!

RE: COPPER LAMP

No, I can’t confirm or deny, but I can report that our intrepid Candy Evans is investigating as we speak…er, type…oh, whatever. Anyhow, she’s got her nose to the ground; details to come…

COPPER LAMP

I live very close to Preston Royal and heard no sirens, but I will check it out. We have these great insulated windows that keep out cold and most sirens…but I LOVE the Copper lamp and actually had a silver tray over there on layaway…back with you in a jiffy!

FIRE!

Does anyone know anything about a fire at The Copper Lamp last night? I’ve checked several news outlets and haven’t seen anything. But a concerned D Home reader emailed me this morning asking about it. Christine, can you don your Brenda Star trenchcoat? If the story is true, Dallas will have lost a true shopping treasure.