PHLOX ROCKS

Sweet Kelly Smith just sent this suggestion: “So, I just got off the phone with the venerable Mike Thompson of Sticks & Stones who presented a solution to your problem. He first asked, “why” the rocks were there, was it for drainage, etc. and could something be planted there. IF so, his suggestion is Creeping Phlox, a low ground cover that flourishes in dry, arid conditions and when mature is a beautiful evergreen and appears to the eye as large mounds of clover. Creeping Phlox doesn’t have to be pruned or maintained much beyond water and fertilization.”

I love Phlox! Thanks! But guess what? For some unknown reason, Dad lined the two white rock gullies with plastic. No access to soil. Love is filling my heart as we speak.

MOSSY ROCKS

I love William Kolb, the Dallas rep for Sherle Wagner. He just sent me to this link, and though it involves yogurt, clay, and a blender, it just might be the trick I’m looking for. I’m definitely going to try it. Thanks!

SCHOOL OF ROCKS

Okay readers, I need some serious help. My father, as he is prone to do, likes to invade my front/back yard with his “design” (cough, cough) projects, and I’m left staring in disbelief at the fallout. There’s no use in arguing, it’s like an earthquake, you can’t argue with an earthquake. So my sweet daddy (he is very sweet, and he really means well) has done it again, and I need your help to figure out what the heck to do. (more…)

CALYPSO USHERS IN THAT CERTAIN SUMMER SMELL

Another summery buy: Calypso Candles. Shop Calypso online or at Highland Park Village for what Eugenie claims as the best smelling candles around. “In Jasmine, Gardenia, or Rose you can’t go wrong. I found Calypso years ago in St. Barth’s, and it is quickly becoming a mini-empire with more than five New York stores and now one in Dallas! Check them out for candles, fragrances, and beach-inspired apparel.”
42 HP Village. 214-559-4300.

GREAT GARAGE SALE

Julie and Company is holding a Demolition/Moving Sale this Friday and Saturday.

The address is: 4234 Williamsburg, Dallas, Texas 75220 (more…)

WILLIAM & WESLEY CELEBRATE A NEW HOME; MORE ON BUSH HOME

Thursday night is party night, and William & Wesley in the Dallas Design District served up a great party tonight to celebrate their grand opening. Who was there: every designer in town, Rosemary D’Agastino (who I promised to come back and talk to and didn’t, sorry); Barry and Lana Andrews and daughter Natalie McGuire; Seth Pariser, vice president of Christopher Hyland Incorporated; Shelley and Richard Stanzel, owners of Archiped Classics; Ali and Fara Talebi, owners of Abrash (where Anita Perry is shopping these days); and a host of other design-loving folks. Food by Doug Boster was excellent and served up as real food, not anorexic spoonfuls. Come 9 p.m., warm cherry chocolate chip cookies and milk were served…yum yum. As far the Bush plans…

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