• Food & Drink

    Coal Vines Opens in Plano

    Did you know that Americans eat 350 slices of pizza every second? Pizza is a $30 billion-a-year industry. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that pie? Today, Coal Vines, a coal-fired pizza bistro from restaurateurs Joe Palladino and Phil Romano, opens at The Shops of Legacy in Plano. The original Uptown restaurant and wine bar opened in 2006. Executive Chef of the original Coal Vines as well as Nick and Sam’s Steakhouse and Nick and Sam’s Grill Samir Dhuradhar developed and oversaw the menu.The menu offers a Smoked Salmon Tartar, a gorgeous and delicious tower of ruby salmon cubes layered with goat cheese, fresh avocado and splashed with a pomegranate vinaigrette. Other starters and appetizers include prosciutto-stuffed Mozzarella Sticks (which…

  • Food & Drink

    Healthy Habits Help!

    Today about 1 in 3 children (ages 2-19) in the United States are already overweight or obese.  Obese & overweight children are at risk for serious health problems like type 2 diabetes, asthma and heart failure. Extra weight can make it harder to breathe and can inflame the respiratory tract. Also, being overweight or out of shape makes the heart work harder. This breaks my heart to hear that children are suffering, and WE can do something to change this. How can reverse this trend?  Health and nutrition starts at home. Make sure your children are eating five or more servings of fruit and green vegetables. There are great cookbooks…

  • Food & Drink

    Cupcakes Are A Smashing Success!

    With Cupcake Camp Dallas less than a week away, I think it’s fitting for me to share my top 5 cupcake bakeries found courtesy of Bizzy, a local business recommendation website & mobile app based on the favorite places of people like you. To test the strength, accuracy and reliability of Bizzy recommendations, they created “Top Secret Mission #1: Cupcakes.”Mission: Use Bizzy to identify your Top 5 recommendations for cupcakes. Further identify the best recommendation based on the quality of the cupcakes available at those five venues. Details: Cupcake quality is to be determined by this specific methodology. Obtain one “specialty of the house” cupcake from each bakery. Observe and document the aesthetic beauty of each cupcake.…

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    Ways to Meet New People

    No one said making friends was easy, but the first step in meeting people is getting out there. Go to meetings, church and other sorts of gatherings. You’d be surprise how many people are like you – feeling self conscience and awkward, but once you strike up a conversation, you will find that you have some other things in common. Next, attend a dinner party, bible study or other small group activity. This allows you to engage in conversation in a more intimate setting usually with people who have similar interests and knowledge.  Unfortunately, these types of gatherings can be hard to find. Volunteer! I have found that you meet…

  • Entertainment,  Texas,  Theater & The Arts

    Art from the Heart

    Come enjoy “Art from the Heart” Celebrity Art Auction & Benefit on Friday, April 29, 7 PM – 10 PM at MARC Events in the Dallas Design District. It will feature a competitive auction of the artwork of prominent local and national celebrities, along with hot dishes from Dallas chef Marc DePetris, cool beverages and a hopping dance floor with music spun by DJ Jennifer Miller with Paul Parades.  Celebrity artists include the following:   ·  Drew Waters, Friday Night Lights ·  David Kunkle, mayoral candidate ·  Flozell Adams, former Dallas Cowboy ·  Gloria Campos, WFAA-TV news anchor ·  Gina Miller, CBS11/TXA21 news anchor ·  Jody Dean, radio personality ·  Stephan Pyles, celebrity chef ·  Jason Castro, musician ·  Any many more…