Ken Holmes makes a living shining a light on the seedier side of Dallas history. The 1971 Kimball High School graduate was in middle school when John F. Kennedy was shot Downtown, and he was a teenager when “Bonnie and Clyde,” the movie about our neighborhood’s most notorious couple, made … more

The local food movement has gained so much steam that the practice has coined a new term — “locavores” are people who go out of their way to eat food locally grown or locally produced. One widely publicized example is California residents Alisa Smith and James Mackinnon, who in 2005 … more

Edwin Cabaniss is reinventing the old Kessler Theater on Davis as a gallery space, performance venue, and retail and office center. But his wife Lisa’s dance studio is the catalyst for the whole project. Lisa Cabaniss started teaching dance to children in Oak Cliff about 10 years ago, at the … more

In May 2007, Pam and Dan Williams bought their 1935 home with New Orleans French Quarter influences — dark brick, low-sloped roof, fussy wrought-iron details — after a fire had damaged most of it.

After/ Pam Williams describes her personal taste in interior design and home remodeling as, “if you … more

Kelly Wiley spends her days endlessly running around, smiling and laughing with customers at her Davis Street thrift store, the Rose Garden. Opened to fund Wiley’s non-profit organization 2000 Roses, the Rose Garden offers everyday items such as clothing and home décor, but it’s not your typical neighborhood thrift store. … more

Beckley Club Estates
“We turn on our street and see this tree canopy and the creek to one side. Even though we’re in an urban setting, it just feels like we’re in this secluded natural environment. I work mostly in the residential realm of architecture. I find that people are … more

Organic fruits and veggies are spendy. That’s why neighborhood resident Sarrah Bolin wanted to join Health Source Co-op, a group that buys organic, in-season produce from local farms at wholesale prices and splits it, beating grocery store prices by eliminating the overhead. Bolin and her husband divide a truckload of … more

Chas Fitzgerald and his business partner Jack Hammack, an architecturally trained builder and aficionado of historic homes and neighborhoods, found a dilapidated 1925, 1,400-square-foot cottage in Kessler Highlands.

After: The buyer closed on the home this spring, confirming Fitzgerald’s instinct. When the buyer started looking, the buyer wanted a smaller … more

The life-size plywood cows that adorn Lynne Merlino’s East Kessler front lawn are nothing special, she says — “it’s the stories that have happened along the way.” Peggy and Dennis Victor purchased the first one at the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA auction nearly a decade ago, and the neighborhood children … more

Dropping by a friend’s house, you spot the most fabulous new piece of furniture. When asked where it was purchased, the response is a casual, “Oh, I picked it up at a thrift store.” If such a statement makes you green with envy, wishing you had the same eye for … more