ROWENTA’S IRONING SURVEY

Rowenta has published a hilarious survey on ironing, with results from 15 major cities including Dallas.

In Big D, we admit to making grilled cheese sandwiches with our irons. We iron in the nude. 16 percent of us iron our socks. A shocking 22.6 percent of us iron our clothes while wearing them, which reminds me of a boyfriend who showed up on our first date with a scorch mark on his neck after attempting to press his collar, in situ.
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REDEFINING MODEL…

High-end home builders usually don’t have model homes available to the public. Not when they build 7,000-square-foot-plus homes at upwards of $350 a square foot. But drive by 5506 Walnut Hill Ln. and the home you see under construction–the mansion on the corner–is a model home for Sharif-Munir Builders. Scheduled completion: December 2007.
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BILL BARRETT

Former husband of Angie, the socialite turned actress who had a great garage sale (complete with fine art) last summer, and who let it all out to Skip Hollandsworth in Texas Monthly, has died, according to our brotherly pub’s blog, Frontburner.

Our condolences to the family.

RICHARD DAVIS…

Has just been tapped to design the Residences at the Grand Lodge at Craig Ranch, down the street from Dr. Ken Cooper’s way cool total fitness community, Cooper Life. We just keep hearing more and more exciting things about this McKinney community… jump for the release:
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CONSTRUKT GROUP OPENS

Construkt Group, a fledgling company that specializes in modernist design and architecture, is unveiling its new digs at a party tomorrow night, from 6-8:30. The new offices are clean and modernist, naturally, and located at 331 Cole St., in the Dallas Design District. The sketch shown above, is a rendering of two modernist, single family attached residences on Springbrook. One of them is still for sale, at $975,000. Designed by Clifford Welch, AIA, they have a great look, don’t you agree? Sort of Frank Lloyd Wright meets Richard Neutra.

COOLING MARKET?

A few more indications that our sizzling real estate market is cooling… Sales have declined, interest rates have crept up, and record foreclosures that have me house hunting for bargains…