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Penelope, TX · Lifestyle
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Frisco Gets a Build-Your-Own Chinese Hot Pot Spot With YGF Malatang
A new build-your-own hot pot spot opened its doors in Frisco on Wednesday, bringing customizable Chinese malatang to a shopping center off Prestmont Place. The restaurant lets diners pick their own proteins, vegetables and broth before each bowl is weighed and cooked to order, a format that has built a following across Asia and is now spreading through North Texas.
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Book Lovers Could Get Lost For Hours In This Sprawling Texas Bookstore
There are bookstores, and then there’s Half Price Books in Dallas, Texas, a place that operates on a scale that makes you reconsider how you’ve been spending your weekends. Sitting at 5803 E NW Hwy, this store holds over 500,000 books under one roof, and that’s before you...
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CBS Miami reporter says goodbye to hometown, lands at Texas TV station
Her reporting career has spanned four states in seven years.
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Southern Methodist University to Host Dallas Art Fair in 2027
For its 2027 edition, the Dallas Art Fair will move from its longtime home at the Fashion Industry Gallery to the 67,000-square-foot Armstrong Fieldhouse at Southern Methodist University (SMU). In what organizers are advertising as a “first-of-its-kind” international contemporary art fair on a university campus, the move will allow the fair to expand its scale, programming, and community engagement.
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MiYa Chinese to Open Frisco Spot With $900K Build-Out, Rooftop Patio
MiYa Chinese, the dumpling-and-noodle spot that opened in East Dallas's Casa Linda Plaza in late 2024, is planning a second Dallas-Fort Worth location inside Frisco's The Mix development, with plans for a $900,000 renovation and a 2,800-square-foot rooftop patio. The restaurant is locally owned and led by co-founder David Romano and business partner Jia Huang.
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Plano's Firebirds Wood Fired Grill Shuts Its Doors After Nearly Three Years
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill has closed its Plano restaurant at 5400 State Hwy 121, shutting the doors for good on Oct. 24 after nearly three years in business. The upscale steakhouse, known for hand-cut aged steaks, fresh seafood, burgers and salads, served its last guests there that Saturday, bringing a quiet end to a Plano run that began in 2023.
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Department of History revives medieval ghost stories at Harvest House
With firepits lit, quietness swept over the audience waiting for the tales of ghosts and knights from the past. The stage floorboards creaked as university professor Kathryne Beebe reached the stage, ready to begin. Beebe, a professor of medieval history, organized Medieval Ghost Stories in collaboration with Harvest House at...
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John Tesar named corporate executive chef of Palladino’s Steak & Seafood
Dallas-based chef John Tesar has taken the position of corporate executive chef of Palladino’s Steak & Seafood, replacing its opening chef, Sam Hazen, who recently left. The steakhouse concept operates two locations, one in Dallas near Preston Hollow, and another at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Though...
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A Writer’s Garden Reveals Honorary Co-Chairs And A “Meet The Author” The Night Before Party
As if the Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden‘s 20th Annual A Writer’s Garden Literary Symposium And Luncheon‘s “Garden Bliss Magical Abundance” on Tuesday, November 10, didn’t have enough in its game plan, there are even more developments. In addition...
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Lake Ray Hubbard Texas Guide: Rockwall Harbor, Boat Ramps, and Fishing
Lake Ray Hubbard sits just 17 miles east of downtown Dallas along Interstate 30, delivering more than 20,900 surface acres of powerboating, sailing, hybrid striped bass fishing, and west-facing boardwalk dining. Spanning four North Texas counties, the reservoir gives metroplex visitors open-water scale within a 25-minute drive of central city neighborhoods.
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Star Grazers: Goats and Sheep Return to Northaven Trail
Last fall, “Northaven Tails” welcomed 400 goats and sheep to Preston Hollow’s collective backyard. Organized and supported by the Friends of Northaven Trail and tended by the eco-friendly land clearing specialists at Open Space, the herd munched its way through over two dozen of the trail’s “no-mow zones.” Many adoring fans gathered along the way.
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Best Dressed Mark Last Event at Downtown Neiman Marcus
The last Crystal Charity Ball fashion show and luncheon held at the more-than-century-old Neiman Marcus Downtown Dallas flagship store drew a sold-out crowd that included everyone from Carolina Herrera’s creative director to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and family. The 52nd annual event, honoring the 10 most fashionable and...
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Hotel Vin Plants a Champagne Greenhouse on Its Grapevine Patio for the Holidays
Grapevine's Hotel Vin is putting a glass-walled Champagne bar on its patio this holiday season. The Mumm Napa Champagne Bar will be an outdoor greenhouse with around 22 seats, serving mixed drinks, beer and wine from November until February. It is slated for the hotel's northeast dining patio and, for now, is planned for the 2026 holiday season only.
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Porsche Design Concours: The Ultimate Car Collector’s Club
For dedicated car collectors, the experience of ownership can extend well beyond the vehicle itself. Porsche Design and Newgard Development Group are developing a new concept that brings private automobile ownership, architectural design, and a members’ lifestyle environment together under one roof. Named Porsche Design Concours, the project will...
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Black Business: The Neighborhood Kitchen
Visit The Neighborhood Kitchen in the heart of Joppa, aka Sunny South Dallas. What makes them special? They serve a rotating menu of your favorite soul food classics, so every visit brings comfort, flavor, and tradition. Come with friends, bring the family, or come solo; you’ll leave full and happy. Dallas, it’s time you experience some of the best soul food this city has to offer.