Did 3525 Turtle Creek ever obtain Landmark Status?

What about that multi million dollar assessment to improve the interiors and exteriors?

What is the total number of units in the building?

What physical changes are proposed for the exterior elevation?

Has anyone agreed on anything?

Update: An earlier version of this post, and my interview on WRR, contained information that I had been given from a knowledgeable source who told me one reason why the Bushes bought their new home on Daria Place was that their neighbor, Tom Hicks, had agreed to give them access to his helipad. A spokesperson for Mr. Hicks tells me he does not have a helipad on his property.  While Mr. Hicks occasionally obtains a day permit to land a helicopter on his land, I’m now told there was never any official discussion about letting the President and Mrs. Bush “borrow the landing space”.

Or get me shot.

I thought the black Maybach outside was his, but was told it belongs to Gene Jones, also dining at CP.

My husband likes Scotch whiskey. My future son-in-law also likes Scotch whiskey. We were in Mexico this weekend, and Dr. V was intrigued by the value of the Scotch at the duty-free shops. (Get the connection? He’s part Scottish; not only does he like bargains on his liquor, he saves ketchup packets and will squirt them into the fridge ketchup container annually.) Told we could legally take home 4 liters of Scotch whiskey, he snagged 4 liters at the duty-free store in Cabo and hauled ‘em home on the plane. Imagine our surprise when we passed through customs, our purchases clearly marked on the travel forms, to learn that the state of Texas will not allow more than 2 liters of liquor into this state from Mexico — one liter per person. As the customs agent told us, if we were connecting on to another flight to another state, we would have paid a small tariff and gone on our merry. The agents further told me that TABC recently cracked down on them for not being tough enough on Texas liquor law violations. “Do you see any TABC officials here?” asked the customs agent. His message: Texas was asking the feds to do their work, and they did not like it. Well yes, I agreed, I’d certainly rather have you guys checking for drugs and bombs, the really bad stuff, not two liters of Glen Livet.  (So, um, can I have my booze and go home now?) Frustrated as they were, no shirking their jobs: $100 worth of Glen Livet was confiscated and poured down a sink at DFW. And we were not the only alcoholics dumb dumbs. Walking into the “serious” customs area, I saw piles of neatly packaged liquor bottles and knew we were in for it.

So I ask: why is Texas so weird about limiting liters of liquor? Why isn’t TABC policing throngs of tourists bringing home bargain booze from Mexico? Why force the U.S. Customs agents to diddle with dumping confiscated liquor down the drain at DFW and let them focus on TRUE contraband. And where do the drain lines at D/FW end up?

My best line during the fiasco: could you at least give it to a homeless person?

“Regarding volume of moves at the city level there are notable inbound numbers for Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Charlotte and Raleigh.”

National Moving Report Notes Continued Trend Away From Northeast

Nationwide Moving Service Releases Annual Moving Trends Report

(FORT SMITH, Arkansas, January 2, 2009) – An annual report released by ABF U-Pack Moving^® indicates that more people moved to Texas from within the U.S. than any other state in the union. Northeastern states, particularly in the Rust Belt, continue to lose residents to other states.

When looking at volume of moves, New York, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania represented significant outbound activity. Southern states continue to see a higher influx of interstate moves, particularly North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.

Each year ABF U-Pack Moving, a nationwide moving service specializing in out-of-state moves, reports on trends for those who moved with the company. “Moving long distance is a major ordeal for most people,” says Jim Ingram, ABF Vice President of Market Development. “It is interesting to pause and think about where people are moving from, where they are moving to and why.” Ingram notes several big events in 2008 which are discussed in the report and could potentially affect moving trends over the next year.  Headline events such as the housing foreclosure crisis and the struggling American automotive industry could have an affect on long distance moving. Ingram points out that these trends are socially significant. “Population shifts can have a ripple effect, determining things like the tax base for cities, thriving economies or how many Electoral College votes and representatives a state receives,” Ingram adds.

Regarding volume of moves at the city level there are notable inbound numbers for Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Charlotte and Raleigh. Heavy outbound cities include Oakland, Orlando, Las Vegas and Miami.

The report also looks at percentage of inbound to outbound moves. Once again several Southern states reveal high percentages of people moving in from other states. Hawaii, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Montana, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana make up the “Top Ten” list of cities with high inbound percentages.

Northeastern states top the lists for high percentages of outbound interstate moves including New Jersey in the top spot. In addition to “The Garden State” the top ten include Delaware, Rhode Island, Nevada, Michigan, California, Alaska, Connecticut, New York and Florida.

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Neal contacted me when he read about the Bush home purchase on this blog, and made plans to fly to Dallas and check out the President’s home turf. He asked me if I would spend some time with him, show him the new Bush digs, and Dallas homes in general. If you know anything about me, I jumped at the chance and spent about two delightful hours showing off Dallas homes December 20. His documentary will run January 19, Bush’s last day in office, and we hope to have a link on Dallas Dirt. It will be translated into 30 languages and beamed just about everywhere. I about choked on my peach mango iced tea with Neal this morning at Celebrity Cafe at Preston Royal when I learned of the world dignitaries he’s canvassed for reflections: the Dalai Lama, Hamid Karzie, Jacob Zuma, Desmond Tutu, Sherry Blair, Gordon Brown. He asked producers at all BBC bureaus to tack on questions about the Bush legacy on all interviews with high profile leaders.

His colleague, Justin Webb, BBC Washington correspondent, interviewed former Bush chief of staff Andrew Card. But Neal wanted to come to Dallas to poke Bush roots for himself, kick the tires in Crawford as well as get an inkling of where the President will soon be putting up his boots. Neal spent Sunday in Crawford, then returned to Dallas to interview future Bush neighbors on Daria Place. It’s always fun to interview a journalist, give us a taste of our own poison pen — or in this case, microphone. So I had to ask…

What has been the response from all those world leaders? Mixed, says Neal. He was particularly surprised that even African leaders did not focus on the President’s pouring billions of dollars into Aids research — instead, the first thing that came to every one’s mind: the Iraq war.

“For better or worse,” says Neal, “It seems that’s the first thing he will be remembered for.”

911 happened when he was in office, says Neal, Iraq was a choice — for better or worse. Bush and his supporters claim it’s way too early to judge if Iraq will be his crowned thorn legacy. But being in Dallas helped Neal understand the President has a lot of fiercely loyal friends here immensely proud of the leadership he showed post 9/11 despite the “I” word.

Then I had to gauge his reaction to Dallas real estate as a Brit, home of the world’s priciest real estate. Neal and his wife, a political theorist at the University of London, live in a 50 square meter flat — equivalent to about 500 square feet. In late 2006, as the world real estate market burned “white hot”, Neal and his wife attempted to qualify to buy a bit of London real estate north of the Thames. Like our Trinity River once red lined “good” and inferior neighborhoods, in London the Thames is the dividing line between prime and less choice properties. All Neal and he wife could qualify for north of the Thames was a parking spot in Chelsea.

Not that being north of the Thames insures any greater safety — London is quite the crime-ridden metropolis, regardless of where you live.

“When I am giving someone directions to our flat from the tube, I say we are three muggings south of Elephant and Castle.”

So it was very interesting to stroll this man through Highland Park, show him 3500 Beverly, the corner of Euclid and Highland where everyone thought Bush was building a fortress, meander up Preston Road (”this was where they drove the cattle?”) past Ralph Lauren and settle down the dusty country roads of Preston Hollow.

“Where are the sidewalks?” Neal asked me.

They don’t want them, I explained; it adds to the gentrified ambiance, as if we were about to go on a fox hunt. Oh and if you have one acre in Preston Hollow you can still have a horse — one horse per acre. Which mean yes, the Bushes may have one horse at 10141 Daria Place if they so desire.

Neal felt homes in Dallas were very generous. What I described as a water feature would be a natural park in Britain, he said. Do the British live very differently, I teased?

I don’t think Texans could possibly understand how small places are in London, he replied.

(Most London flats, he explained, are three and four bedroom Victorian homes turned to apartments – we figured the Bushes could get a good ten flats out of Daria Place.)

As for the Bush home, he believes it was a sensible purchase and quite understated compared to the neighboring homes. Dallas, he said, is lovely and loaded with warm, extraordinary people. However, coming from London, staying at the Adolphus, he could not believe how dead downtown Dallas was despite the construction.

“I wanted to go to a regular bookstore, but it was more than two miles away, and then it was a Christian bookstore,” says Neal. No lunch is served downtown after two p.m. because the restaurants are not busy enough to stay open all afternoon — face it: Dallas is not a 24/7 metrapolis like Chicago or New York. Nowhere near yet, anyhow.

“I felt I was a lonely pilgrim walking around.”

Well, nothing like a trip to Preston Hollow, Celebrity Cafe and Borders to get a pilgrim ming fellow journalist settled for his long voyage home. Looking forward to the report, Neal, and safest travels!

Update: We just finished the interview, and I love Karen, love Stewart! What a great interview — we wanted 15 minutes, we talked for 25. Am very excited about what they are doing and you will be, too! And as a housewarming gift, I am going to give Ribbit Wick’s Candy, Say It Ain’t So Joe, Heeeeere’s Johnny, Orange You On Vacation, Dooner and a host of commenters from the Dallas Dirt Comments Hall of Fame.  

Industry veterans pioneer new media about North Texas real estate

RealEstateRIBBIT.com targets booming Internet news readers

(DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX – Nov. 3, 2008) – Four North Texas industry journalists are introducing a ‘New Media’ Web site focused on residential real estate news and features for Dallas/Fort Worth’s $6 billion home-buying and homebuilding industry.

The Internet site – RealEstateRibbit.com – is slated to go on-line Friday, Nov. 21. It provides viewers comprehensive insight into the residential real estate market with daily news stories and features. It also offers a blog – called Frog Blog – to promote on-line discussions on the important issues of the market.

The name Ribbit, in honor of the esteemed frog, seemed appropriate in the Internet world populated by great companies with names like Google, Yahoo and now Ribbit, says partner Stewart Lytle. “Our target audience is the home-buying public and industry leaders – builders, Realtors, developers, mortgage lenders and suppliers. Anyone who lives in a home, builds,  sells, mortgages, designs or offers products and services for homes will find valuable news and information.”

Partners Karen Taylor, Beverly Smirnis, Steve Smirnis and Mr. Lytle are veteran observers and writers with extensive experience in regional real estate media. “We hope homebuilders, Realtors and their customers will turn to Ribbit every day for information about North Texas’ dynamic residential market,” Ms. Taylor said. “Interviews focus on a wide variety of news makers and it will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week on RealEstateRibbit.com.”

Ribbit will link to other industry Web sites and provide news and features in an industry estimated at $6.6 billion by Residential Strategies. The site will provide in-depth information and analysis on trends, green building, new home construction, sales and marketing of pre-owned homes, remodeling, lifestyle issues, new products and services. It also will report on charitable activities by Realtors, homebuilders and others.

“An estimated 90 percent of buyers start their home search on the Internet. Ribbit will serve that North Texas market with independent news and features for consumers and industry leaders. It also is timely for the millions of people who get much of their news on the Web today,” Ms. Smirnis said.

Mr. Smirnis concurred:  “A recent study by Bridge Ratings, a resource for tracing radio and new media audiences, projects that by 2009 monthly Internet radio listening will reach 38 percent of the U.S. population. The Internet and the Web have revolutionized the way the global population accesses information.”

Partners are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas as well as members of the Texas Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.

Stewart Lytle is a long-time writer and broadcaster on home buying and selling, building, land development and innovative home products. He has interviewed and written about hundreds of D/FW industry leaders in print media including Scripps-Howard Newspapers in Washington, D.C., The Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News.

Ms. Taylor has written about the real estate industry and business in the Southwest for more than 30 years.  She was on the team that launched The Dallas Morning News’ Home section and has won numerous awards for writing, reporting and editing. She owns Southwest Ink Public Relations, a leading public relations firm specializing in the real estate industry.

Beverly and Steve Smirnis have published magazines for the D/FW homebuilding industry for more than 17 years.  They currently publish Building SAVVY Magazine® covering new and pending legislation, financial and legal issues, and sales and marketing tips for home builders and remodelers.

For more information, call 972.889.2800 or visit www.RealEstateRibbit.com.

Who cares about my memories, click here to connect to theStoneleigh memories Contest and give us yours. Help a great hotel take a walk down Memory Lane. Comments are on, especially if you have something to say about that Mistress Tunnel… 

But alas, unless I sold a few dozen of my own eggs and an ovary or two, a $1.5 mil second home condo is not in the cards. That’s why I am fascinated by the option of Fractional Ownership, which would net me 21 days per year at the Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, SF, plus the ability to exchange with other Ritz-Carlton properties around the globe.

A fractional ownership is a deeded title/ownership to a property for a certain percentage of time use in the property. Don’t confuse with timeshare ownership — fractional ownership has fewer owners, better resale rates and appreciation, says Daniel G. Morton, Founder and CEO of Fractional Retreats, L.L.C. At The Ritz-Carlton Club SF, a 1/12th one-bedroom Club Residence fractional sells for $239,000. You own the right to 4 weeks out of the year in that unit. (That’s $239,000 versus $1.5 million for total ownership of the same size unit.) The home is about 1300 square feet, comes with a gourmet loaded kitchen despite the fact you’ll probably only eat your morning yogurt in there, dining area, laundry closet, two baths, and living room which could accommodate two overnight guests. The master bath is huge and Ritz-luxurious, oceans of white carrera marble, soaking tub, separate shower, discreet potty. Acres of closet space. Of course the condos come fully furnished with Silicon Valley spoils such as entertainment center, at least two flat screen TVs, all the stereo and DVD gadgets, and special soundproofing so you won’t hear your neighbors. If it’s a larger unit you want, the three-bedroom residence can be yours for $399,000 for almost 4 weeks a year.

Not kidding.

As if the residences themselves are not perfect, the Ritz-Carlton staff is beyond amazing. They will fetch you from the airport in a beautiful BMW limo, email you for food preferences so your fridge is stocked upon your arrival, and greet you at the door every time you enter or leave the building. Need a rental car or nail appointment? Done. It is really like having a personal assistant. Fresh baked cookies fatten you up in the lobby (ask them for a route to run uphill in the city) and if you don’t want to take breakfast in your condo, pop up to the rooftop terrace for a lovely continental breakfast as well as evening cocktails. You can even store items in the building to lighten your luggage schlep.

If you are going to live the jet-setting lifestyle, chances are you’ll be in Dallas, then Santa Fe, then off to Europe for a week or two, then at a beach or ranch somewhere. Go visit some relatives. Then back to home to work. This is my thinking: will I really spend more than 4 weeks a year in one vacation home? Fractional ownership means I will share property-related expenses such as maintenance fees and insurance with other fractional owners. Talk about green, fractional ownership shares resources — how wasteful is it to have a home and let it sit empty week upon week? Why buy the whole cow if you just want a little fillet?

Why, said one skeptic, don’t you just go get a hotel room whenever you want to visit a city and forget this fractional ownership deal? Good point. But I’m getting weird about the beds I sleep in and where I land my tootsies when not in my own self-sanitized baino. As I snooped the halls of this Ritz-Carlton property, I actually saw how compulsively each unit was cleaned between guests: carpets steamed, draperies changed, even the air was exchanged and freshened. We’ve all seen the Sixty Minutes stories on how some maids “clean” hotel rooms — yuck. I take Lysol wipes to the Four Seasons.

Mrs. McDill’s tender story reminded me to remind my family that all I want for Christmas is a fractional ownership at the Ritz-Carlton Club in San Francisco. Many moons from now, they can leave me there to enjoy my final days and… if they are really nice to mama… I may just leave them that deed in my will!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  CONTACT:  Janet Howe

              September 23, 2008                                                      Howe Associates

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JURORS SALUTE DALLAS ARCHITECTS FOR ‘HUMANISM, SIMPLICITY

AND ELEGANCE’ AT 41^st ANNUAL AIA DESIGN AWARDS

Entries include upsurge in international engagements

            DALLAS—Ten Dallas architectural firms, plus a student design studio from The University of Texas-Arlington, earned top honors Sept. 18 at AIA Dallas’ 2008 Design Awards presented in an open-air ceremony on AT&T Plaza at Victory Park.

  World-renowned jurors from New York, Los Angeles and Chicago cited

the Dallas architectural community for its attention to sustainability, outreach to global markets and “the immense elegance of simple, humanist design.”

            Ron Wommack, FAIA, earned both Best of Show and the AIA Dallas Honor Award for his resistance to overdesign in his 2401 Douglas Ave. residence.  “His disciplined use of simple materials creates a poetic series of spaces that could serve as a museum as easily as a house,” jurors said.

            Attention to environmental sustainability was reflected in a number of award-winning entries from a field of 115 local submissions.  Merit Awards were presented to:

• Cunningham Architects for the House on Cedar Hill, a lakeside residence recalling  contemporary design of the 1960s reinterpreted with state-of-the-art materials and natural stone
• Susan Appleton Architect for a contemporary Pilates Studio created in an existing residential carport space
• ARCHITEXAS for adaptive reuse design for the White Rock Filter Building and Basin Boathouse at White Rock Lake
• Laguarda.Low Architects for Light & Sie Gallery, an adaptive reuse design for a warehouse space in the Dallas Design District

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Also receiving Merit Awards were two yet-to-be-built structures in Braga, Portugal, designed by the Dallas office of the international architectural firm HDR Inc.:

• The Tube Dwelling and Campus Gateway Dwelling, both innovative housing for students and researchers at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Judges noted that at least one-third of the entries were designed for

international clients in countries including China, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Dubai, Spain, and Portugal.

Another Merit Award went to:

• Courthouse in Madrid, Spain, by the Dallas firm of Fernando Teruya Architects-FTA Design Studio, Inc.

The final Merit Award was presented to Morrison Seifert Murphy for the firm’s design of One Arts Plaza, the mixed-use highrise in the Dallas Arts District.

Giving Back to Dallas

            Brent Brown, AIA, his colleagues at Buildingcommunity WORKSHOP, and a group of architecture students from The University of Texas-Arlington won both the Community Design Award and the Urban Edge Excellence in Sustainable Design Award for their 698-square foot Holding House on South Dallas’ Congo Street.  The simple structure is designed to provide temporary shelter for one family at a time in a neighborhood where every house is being renovated.  This winner also achieved LEED™ Gold status from the U.S. Green Building Council.

            The final two awards were presented to a Dallas firm long known for its historic preservation work and to the Dallas office of RTKL Associates.  The Jurors’ Choice Award was presented to ARCHITEXAS for The Joule Hotel in Downtown Dallas, which judges cited for the polished restraint of the building’s historic exterior topped by the clear, cantilevered rooftop pool overlooking

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downtown pedestrian traffic.  The futuristic Gateway to L.A. parks and bridges system won the Citation Award in the unbuilt design category.

Acclaimed Jurors

            Jurors for the 41^st annual AIA Dallas Design Awards, some of whom were seeing Dallas for the first time, included:

• Thom Mayne, FAIA, 2005 winner of the Pritzker Prize, the world’s highest professional honor for architects, and designer of Dallas’ Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Dr. Andres Lepik, Museum of Modern Art curator of architecture and design
• Victoria Meyers, AIA, New York-based architect and designer of Dallas’ “See-Thru House” in Urban Reserve
• Edward Keegan, AIA, editor-at-large for Architect magazine and a contributing editor for Chicago Architect
• Richard Clarke, AIA—Award-winning architect for Dallas’ Federal Reserve Bank

Clarke noted that jurors responded to authenticity in evaluating the range of projects submitted for this year’s awards.  “Preferring simplicity, minimalism and visceral heart to ‘more design’, we discovered a surprisingly classic modern theme among the strongest work in this year’s submissions,” Clarke said.  The jurors called attention to their findings that there were more “small” (under 50,000 square feet of finished space) projects than large and that the more refined work was generally found in the smaller projects.  “We noted,” Clarke added, “that there was little conceptually oriented work; rather, we found more of a focus on the craft of building, especially in a modern tradition.”

            Awards were presented by AIA Dallas President J. Mark Wolf, AIA, of James, Harwick + Partners and Awards Director Thom Powell, AIA, of Good, Fulton & Farrell. Shannon Kraus, AIA, of HKS, Inc. chaired the annual event.

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Paula Clements is executive director of AIA Dallas, the professional organization serving architects and allied professions in the Dallas area.

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Amarillo

• 284 homes sold (9.8 percent decrease from previous year)
• Median price of $129,500 (2.7 percent decrease)
• 5.7-month inventory

Austin

• 2,221 homes sold (20.8 percent decrease)
• Median price of $194,000 (1.8 percent increase)
• 6-month inventory

Brownsville

• 90 homes sold (19.6 percent decrease)
• Median price of $102,500 (22 percent decrease)
• Inventory not available

Bryan–College Station

• 293 homes sold (7.9 percent decrease)
• Median price of $150,700 (4.1 percent increase)
• 5.4-month inventory

Corpus Christi

• 377 homes sold (11.3 percent decrease)
• Median price of $135,800 (7.2 percent decrease)
• 9.3-month inventory

Dallas

• 4,702 homes sold (19.5 percent decrease)
• Median price of $162,100 (3.3 percent decrease)
• 6.7-month inventory

El Paso

• 433 homes sold (21.8 percent decrease)
• Median price of $133,300 (4 percent decrease)
• 12.7-month inventory

Fort Worth

• 861 homes sold (26.3 percent decrease)
• Median price of $117,700 (3.7 percent decrease)
• 6.2-month inventory

Houston

• 6,464 homes sold (17.7 percent decrease)
• Median price of $158,900 (1 percent increase)
• 6.7-month inventory

Laredo

• 75 homes sold (26.5 percent decrease)
• Median price of $130,000 (3.7 percent decrease)
• 9.8-month inventory

Longview-Marshall

• 216 homes sold (19.1 percent decrease)
• Median price of $123,800 (3.4 percent increase)
• 7.7-month inventory

Lubbock

• 342 homes sold (3.1 percent decrease)
• Median price of $116,800 (11.3 percent increase)
• 5.4-month inventory

San Antonio

• 1,775 homes sold (26.3 percent decrease)
• Median price of $152,000 (0.3 percent increase)
• 8-month inventory

Texarkana

• 95 homes sold (14.5 percent increase)
• Median price of $88,800 (21.3 percent decrease)
• 7.6-month inventory

Victoria

• 86 homes sold (6.5 percent decrease)
• Median price of $125,700 (0.2 percent increase)
• 6-month inventory

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Caroline Summers (Real Estate, of course, even though she is no longer with Staubach) and Betty (Dave Perry-Miller) and John Crawford. Down in the ballroom we saw Nick and Kevin Jonas, though I honestly thought they were junior high kids, Claire and Dwight Emmanuelson, Angie Barrett, Don and Ana Carty, he the former AAL CEO now with Dell, also the guy who designed the joint, Transylvanian-born Adam D. Tihany (THEE best hospitality designer, think Le Cirque, Osteria del Circo, basically every top restaurant in the world), Graham King, Mark Cuban, Terrell Owens (as Sarah mentioned, and I will tattle he stayed rather late) Nicholas Varney, the jewelry designer and son of my pal Stoneleigh penthouse designer Carlton Varney, Mike Modano and Willa Ford whose home is featured in D Home, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Lisa and John Runyon, John is curator of the $100 million Joule art collection, and of course the fabulous Charlie Palmer, and the oil man who’s footing the bill for all this (and single), Tim Headington, number 163 on the Forbes 400 List. We also caught up with several neighbors and a few physicians. That burlesque show down in the glam PM Bar (another Todd Fiscus venture) was short, my husband reported, but this from the man who fell asleep the one time a friend took him to The Dallas Gentlemen’s Club. I hear they will be offering more Vegas-style shows from time to time in PM, which, with the beaded see-through curtains did remind me of Vegas, with a strong 1930’s Hollywood a la Fiscus twist.

1930’s — how very appropriate.