More Proof That Homeowners Associations Are Dumb

It would probably be cheaper to move.

Ebby Halliday Awarded 79th Linz Award

The Linz Award is one of the oldest and most prestigious civic honors a Dallasite can receive, and today Ebby Halliday joined the ranks of Ray L. Hunt, Raymond Nasher, Robert L. Thornton III, H. Ross Perot, Ralph B. Rogers and 79 years of glittering civic-minded movers and shakers whose community and humanitarian efforts have provided the greatest benefit to our city. I was thrilled when Senator Florence Shapiro introduced Ebby and quoted from the D Magazine story I wrote about her last year, my day with Ebby Halliday that had me begging for a nap while the then 96 year old ran circles around me. Now Ebby is 97, still going more than strong, and today at the Fairmont Hotel wowed the crowd with her humor and punch. When she moved to Dallas in 1938, she said, the population was 285,000. The other day she made a phone call on behalf of one of her agents to a homeowner — the housekeeper answered the phone. Ebby asked to have the homeowner phone her back. When she left her name, the housekeeper exclaimed, “Ebby Halliday, Lordy is she still alive?”

A few other snippets that did not make it into the D story:

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Chicago House Porn

I had no idea Santiago Calatrava designed this gorgeous new tower in my former home town!

RE: Cutting Costs

The floodgates have opened with responses to my post on “Cutting Costs” — this is web journalism at its best! Here’s a telling bit of info:

“I did a search in our MLS of this discount brokerage. Until this week, they have only had one listing (priced under $500,000 and in far north Dallas). This listing is still pending sale and has not actually closed. MLS records show that this company has had no actual sales - ever.

They just picked up a new listing in Rowlett for $227,900. Not exactly moving and shaking things up in our area.”

Now let’s get ready to go see Ebby Halliday receive the Linz Award today at the Fairmont!