Articles for January 31st, 2008
More On Stoneleigh Hotel’s “Soft” Opening
Last night from D Magazine’s cute Sarah Eveans...
Richard Fisher Said No To Fed Cut
Overheard at tonight’s Stoneleigh party: Richard Fisher was the only advisor to Ben Bernacke who advised against another cut in the prime because he’s from Dallas where the economy is not looking as bad as it is elsewhere.
Stoneleigh Hotel Alive and Very, Very Well
It’s been quiet at The Stoneleigh lately — NOT. The place has been hoppin’, and Jeff Trigger told me tonight they were hanging light fixtures as guests were coming in the door to get the very first glimpse of the newly remodeled hotel for a Dallas Museum of Art party. OK, so some paint was missing. “Give us 30 days,” says Prescott’s Jud Pankey. But from what I saw, the Stoneleigh is going to be a knock-out — truly the perfect boutique hotel. The penthouse was draped off, and it was illegal but but I snuck onto the 10th floor to check out the hotel rooms in the dark: peach walls in the halls, and great big LARGE bathrooms with black and white octagon tiles, large black granite vanities and huge tubs. (Did I see a flat screen TV in the bathroom? Not sure, the lights are not yet installed.) The spa is to-die for and I was having wishful thinking about a nice massage in one of those crisply tiled rub-down rooms (there’s a his and hers!) with red throws — Stoneleigh bathrobes are soft, thick white chenille — when I get to my car to find a little goodie: one-half off a spa treatment at the new Stoneleigh Spa. Will post party photos so you can see the lobby — everyone was there! Nancy Dedman, Madeleine Pickens, Shelle Bagot Sills and Dr. Michael Sills, Benny Black, Brad Ellis, Stoneleigh hotel designer Deborah Forrest, Gretchen Darby, Linda and Steve Ivey, Michelle Nussbaumer, Sherry Hayslip, Cole Smith, Amy and Vance Detwiler, more Prescott and Apollo bigwhigs and Ellen Tuchman, whose commissioned work for the Stoneleigh was hanging right across from the bar over this delicious deep lipstick red-covered banquette.
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