i’m on the board of an organization called Faith & Grief Ministries, Inc. it’s a ministry of compassion and connection. it is non-denominational because grief knows no denomination. it just hurts. during the holidays, it is especially harder than usual to work through the loss of a child,…
you’ve got to check out the bishop arts district of dallas. i can’t wait to go back and explore more. there have been so many changes since we moved away and back. i was there recently and just popped in to stock and barrel to have dinner with friends…
i’m starting a new series called… ROF’s restaurant reviews. we’ll explore some places all over the country and give you the scoop. up first is…. la comida. Overall – B+ ————————————————————- la comida 5100 belt line road addison, texas (north dallas) next to kenny’s italian kitchen…
ROF and i moved back to texas this past september. you may remember our 1928 craftman-style house we had in texas before we moved to detroit. now that we’re back, we bought a newer house – 1967, i believe. it was flipped so completely re-done. we still have…
my whole life, i’ve connected moving from city to city and moving forward in life. that’s how i was raised. because we moved around so much, my mom helped us think of it as an adventure. new house, new friends, new schools – everything new! moving was never a…
i guess everyone has their idea of someone they’d like to emulate. maybe a mother or father. a mentor. a rich tycoon. maybe it’s a well-curated mish mosh of personalities. the past week i haven’t been able to get ROF’s and my friend louie out of our mind….
if you’re ever in the big d, meaning dallas, check out some of our favorite places to eat. sure, you can peruse yelp.com in search of strangers reviews and taste bud preferences but why do that when you can see what we like. this by no means is…
last night we finally did an underground chef dat dinner in deep ellum. i say finally because i had heard about it from several people including suzanne and some friends of the glasses and always wanted to check it out but didn’t have the chance. until last night. what an…
it sure can! at least on april 21 from 7pm – 10pm it will be when the dallas event “accessible luxury” takes place at ‘park place premier collection’ benefiting the wonderful scottish rite hospital in dallas. do you know what scottish rite hospital does for children all over…
not a big post today/tonight. but so glad to be in the big nyc. nothing beats this city – nothing. the energy, the diversity – something i miss while in dallas. i loved sitting at dinner tonight and listening to the folks next to us speaking some language…
by ROF how old were you when you came to the big d? first time was the summer of 1992, i was 22 years old. why did you come here? i was a summer intern with fults companies – a bad ass commercial real estate firm. we were…