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Sports Writers Name Drop Greenberg’s Vaquero Home “Under Contract”

Josh Hixson — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:39:29 +0000

Seems that Westlake’s only toniest gated-golf community, Vaquero, is popping up in local ESPN and Dallas Morning News sports stories about Chuck Greenberg’s protracted procurement of one Texas Rangers Major League Basebol club.

Candy has been reporting on Vaquero’s celebrity resident population for ages and even I can attest to the appeal of the community’s picturesque golf course, but it’s interesting that the only-cover-what-happens-on-the-field-sports types are beginning to report Greenberg’s unconfirmed contract on a Vaquerian pad as a sure sign that a deal between Hicks/MLB/Greenberg has not yet flown the coop.

If I had Greenberg money, I’d buy a place in Vaquero just to play the course …

Got a Big Water Bill?

Josh Hixson — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:17:04 +0000

If you live in Preston Hollow and are paying an arm and a leg on your water bills, then send me an e-mail josh.hixson@peoplenewspapers.com. Do you think your paying too much or not enough? I’d like to hear from you.

Southern Accents Magazine Folds

Candy Evans — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:18:32 +0000

Time Inc. is shuttering Southern Accents Magazine, the 32-year-old publication that was published six times a year and focused on luxurious homes, entertaining, travel, fine arts and antiques. This is the second announcement in eight months that Time Inc., a unit of New York-based Time Warner Inc., has called it quits on a magazine put out by its Southern Progress subsidiary. Cottage Living magazine folded in January.

Sources tell me the SA editors found out just this morning. The announcement leads to speculation of the future of the Southern Accents Showhouse, located near Fort Worth Country Day School in Fort Worth, whose lead designer is Joseph A. Minton and Associates. According to preliminary reports, the showhouse will go on as planned with marketing coverage in Southern Living and Coastal Living Magazines, also published by Southern Progress.

The showhouse is scheduled to open in September — stay tuned to DallasDirt for more details.