DEMISE OF THE McMANSION?

Two faithful readers have alerted me to recent stories on gluttonous homes and the possible demise of the McMansion. One, in today’s Wall Street Journal, talks about a 31 percent drop in home sales in zip code 75206. You bet I will be on the phone tomorrow getting to the bottom of this… and another reader from Tulsa alerted me to this month’s Vanity Fair, which, aside from the usual “Bush bashing” from its Canadian-born editor, Graydon Carter, I adore. The piece is on the homes–no, I cannot call them homes–the monuments being built in Greenwich, Conn.
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SAD, SAD NEWS

Tom Robertson, of the Tom and Agness Robertson society reporting team, passed away Friday evening, surrounded by family, peacefully in his sleep. He was 91 years old. Agness and Tom were married for 65 years and lived on Royalton Drive in Dallas.

Many of you know Tom and Agness from their heyday as society reporter (Agness) and society photographer (Tom) for People Newspapers for many, many years. I can’t even think of how many–they have certainly been at it ever since we moved to Dallas in 1979. I recall that Agness told me one time how she saved PR folders to give to underprivileged children to use for school work folders–it pained her to toss those nice, glossy folders away. Sweet, honest, and good-hearted people, and my heart goes out to Agness…Tom will be missed by many, loved by hundreds.