HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE

Rebecca and I went to Joseph Minton’s birthday last night at his home on Windsor. Rebecca has long told me it’s the best house in Dallas. It is perfectly lovely, a paneled living room with just the right scale and an oval dining room with original painted wallpaper. Wilson McLure built it for himself. It’s not surprising that such a supreme gentleman as Joe Minton would have such a gracious home, but it is surprising (and gratifying) that it wasn’t torn down with an 8000-square-foot faux French villa built on the creek side lot. Thank you.