Preston Hollow Advocate

Preston Hollow Advocate Preston Hollow Advocate Magazine promotes local living and covers neighborhood news and stories. pres

Parsons Paw Park officially opened with a “Rib-Bone” Cutting Ceremony on June 14. The Eagle Scout project was sponsored ...
09/27/2025

Parsons Paw Park officially opened with a “Rib-Bone” Cutting Ceremony on June 14. The Eagle Scout project was sponsored by Raising Cane’s and featured a dog adoption day in collaboration with Dallas Pets Alive! and the Humane Society of Dallas County.⁠

Boy Scout troop 838 member and Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas senior Mason Moore met with the director of marketing and communications at Parsons House, Lynn Clark Bergman. Bergman shared the story of a resident whose family had gifted him a dog to give him companionship after his wife passed away. She said that despite the family’s good intentions, it became stressful for him to care for and let the dog out, as he uses a walker. Moore was inspired to create his Eagle Scout project, the development of Parsons Paw Park, where residents can participate in activities such as making dog treats or attend events like the Wag & Wine in August.⁠

Parsons House resident Susan Shamburger, whose son visits weekly with his dog Bently, says even those residents whose families don’t have dogs have been able to benefit. With only 58 people living in the facility, the residents have gotten to know each other’s families, including their dogs.⁠

https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2025/09/05/parsons-paw-park/

The Plaza at Preston Center is getting ready to welcome three new tenants, all of which chose the shopping center for th...
09/25/2025

The Plaza at Preston Center is getting ready to welcome three new tenants, all of which chose the shopping center for their first Dallas locations.

The Plaza at Preston Center is getting ready to welcome three new tenants, all of which chose the shopping center for their first Dallas locations. The trio of new businesses come as the center is celebrating its 75th anniversary and undergoing a $5 million phased renovation.

The NorthPark Pumpkin Patch is returning to NorthPark Center this October, benefiting Community Partners of Dallas, a no...
09/25/2025

The NorthPark Pumpkin Patch is returning to NorthPark Center this October, benefiting Community Partners of Dallas, a nonprofit dedicated to helping abused and neglected children in Dallas.

The 2024 NorthPark Pumpkin Patch. Photo courtesy of NorthPark Center. The NorthPark Pumpkin Patch is returning to NorthPark Center this October, benefiting Community Partners of Dallas, a nonprofit dedicated to helping abused and neglected children in Dallas. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 2, shoppers will

🎉 The school year is off to an incredible start in DISD! From smiling faces on Day 1 to soaring academic ratings across ...
09/25/2025

🎉 The school year is off to an incredible start in DISD! From smiling faces on Day 1 to soaring academic ratings across the district, there’s so much to celebrate — including *double* the number of A-rated schools and major gains for students.

📚👏 See why Dallas ISD is now the **highest-rated large urban district in Texas!

👉 Read more about the wins, school highlights, and what’s ahead: https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2025/09/24/trustee-lance-currie-new-school-year-brings-big-wins-for-dallas-isd-students-and-schools/

Photo courtesy of Dallas ISD Welcome back, Dallas ISD students! Thousands of Dallas ISD teachers, administrators, and support staff welcomed students back to school in August. It was amazing to watch the smiling faces and anxious parents drop off their kids at Anne Frank Elementary

Filmmaker and recent Hockaday School graduate Emily McShane says, “It’s very important to me that, like, art is very pol...
09/25/2025

Filmmaker and recent Hockaday School graduate Emily McShane says, “It’s very important to me that, like, art is very political, and since I have this platform of making the film, it’s important to me that I use it to make a statement.” Since middle school, when her mom showed McShane a virtual gallery featuring works about the Black Lives Matter movement, the young artist has been intentional about showcasing underrepresented and diverse voices, especially in her most recent award-winning animated film. ⁠

"Crushed" took McShane six months overall to finish, working up 30-40 hours a week. To stay within the film’s budget, McShane did all of the writing, editing and directing herself. ⁠

For other aspects of the film, she tapped the talents of her friends also involved in the arts. After one friend helped her edit the script, others were cast as actors and met with McShane whenever they had free time during the school day to film their lines. A musically-inclined friend from elementary school composed the film’s original score. ⁠

“If you love something so much, there will always be time for it.”⁠

https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2025/09/03/emily-mcshane/

📷️: rae.overman_photos⁠

When Emily McShane’s fifth grade classmates were asked “Which college do you want to go to?” most answered with the expected “UT,” “A&M” or maybe “Harvard.” McShane, however, said she wanted to attend the Ringling College of Art and Design, where she could study at one of the count...

A technical failure led to a ground stop at Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Fort Worth Airport this weekend, causin...
09/24/2025

A technical failure led to a ground stop at Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Fort Worth Airport this weekend, causing hundreds of flight delays at DAL.

Photo courtesy of Getty Images. A technical failure led to a ground stop at Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Fort Worth Airport this weekend, causing hundreds of flight delays at DAL. According to DAL, the airport was alerted of the ground stop on Friday, Sept. 19 around

Ursuline Academy of Dallas has launched its first competitive cheer team. The new team marks a return to competition for...
09/23/2025

Ursuline Academy of Dallas has launched its first competitive cheer team. The new team marks a return to competition for the Ursuline cheer community after nearly two decades.

Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Ursuline Academy of Dallas has launched its first competitive cheer team. The new team marks a return to competition for the Ursuline cheer community after nearly two decades. The new team will be distinct from the Jesuit Dallas sideline cheer team, which comprises

If you’ve spent any time at Greenhill School, you’ve probably heard it before you’ve seen it: a piercing, unmistakable s...
09/22/2025

If you’ve spent any time at Greenhill School, you’ve probably heard it before you’ve seen it: a piercing, unmistakable screech. It’s not a student late to class or a new bell system. It’s one of eight peafowls (plus one chick) who call the campus home. The flock includes five males, three females and a baby. Elvis, Pedro and Luke all have the traditional blue and green plumage of the Indian peacock. They share the grounds with Shadow, who has dark grey feathers, and Piper, whose feathers are multicolored.⁠

More than pets but not quite mascots, these birds are full-fledged residents of Greenhill’s campus. The females and babies freely wander around, but the males each have their own “territories” on campus. Toby Row, who takes care of the birds, says the males will sometimes leave their areas to head down to the Lower School, where the younger students may drop their Goldfish or granola bars.⁠

According to English teacher and Associate Head of School Tom Perryman, who graduated from Greenhill in 1981, the peacocks joined the school shortly after its founding. When Greenhill moved from its original location in Preston Hollow to its current campus in 1959, the land was still entirely farmland, complete with horses and goats. In the mid ’60s, a faculty member overheard some construction workers mentioning they needed to rehome a group of peacocks. The faculty member offered to have the birds join the other animals already living on campus. “I’ve been here since the late ’60s, so these birds are just kind of part of my growing up,” Perryman says.⁠

https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2025/09/05/greenhill-school-peacocks/

📷️: ⁠

If you’ve spent any time at Greenhill School, you’ve probably heard it before you’ve seen it: a piercing, unmistakable screech. It’s not a student late to class or a new bell system. It’s one of eight peafowls (plus one chick) who call the campus home.

The PoBoy Shop announced that its Grand Opening Weekend will take place Oct. 3-5.
09/22/2025

The PoBoy Shop announced that its Grand Opening Weekend will take place Oct. 3-5.

Photography by Kathy Tran. The PoBoy Shop announced that its Grand Opening Weekend will take place Oct. 3-5. The restaurant, which serves Louisiana-style po'boys and Cajun sides, opened in July in The Plaza at Preston Center. The PoBoy Shop is the newest concept from Evan Meagher, who ran Evan's

In case you missed it: Dentists and Preston Hollow neighbors Erica and Fabricio Teixeira have joined Texas A&M Universit...
09/22/2025

In case you missed it: Dentists and Preston Hollow neighbors Erica and Fabricio Teixeira have joined Texas A&M University College of Dentistry in leadership roles, according to a statement from the college. Erica Teixeira will now lead the school’s comprehensive dentistry program while Fabricio Teixeira will serve as the dental college’s new head of endodontics.

Fabricio and Erica Teixeira. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. Dentists and Preston Hollow neighbors Erica and Fabricio Teixeira have joined Texas A&M University College of Dentistry in leadership roles, according to a statement from the college. Erica Teixeira will now le...

In case you missed it: Dallas Love Field Airport ranked third in the large airports category of the J.D. Power 2025 Nort...
09/22/2025

In case you missed it: Dallas Love Field Airport ranked third in the large airports category of the J.D. Power 2025 North America Airport Satisfaction Study, earning 705 points out of 1,000.

Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Dallas Love Field Airport ranked third in the large airports category of the J.D. Power 2025 North America Airport Satisfaction Study, earning 705 points out of 1,000. Now in its 20th year, the study used over 30,000 surveys of the departure and

Co-founder of Travis Street Hospitality, Stephan Courseau says, Frenchie is exactly the type of restaurant he has wanted...
09/20/2025

Co-founder of Travis Street Hospitality, Stephan Courseau says, Frenchie is exactly the type of restaurant he has wanted to build for years. ⁠

Courseau first got his start in the culinary scene as a waiter in Paris before moving to New York. After a couple of years in the restaurant industry there, Courseau moved to Dallas and opened a franchise of New York's French bistro Le Bilboquet. He then created the less intimidating, more laid-back, café-style restaurant with Knox Bistro, which pivoted to what he calls “something a little bit more established.”⁠

The idea of doing a Parisian-style café, however, stuck with Courseau. When The Plaza at Preston Center called and asked if he would be interested in opening a restaurant there, he saw it as the perfect opportunity.⁠

The Frenchie's menu is still very French, but has an American influence that Courseau gained from his time in the U.S. He is excited to bring a few dishes that American customers typically don’t see, which he says have been well received. One such dish is leeks vinaigrette, which Courseau says is a bistro staple in France. At Frenchie, the dish is called Leeks Dijonnaise ($14) and served with a chopped hard-boiled egg and hazelnut on top. ⁠

https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2025/09/08/frenchie/

📷️:

With The Plaza at Preston Center’s newest restaurant, Stephan Courseau is thinking outside of the Knox. Frenchie is the newest concept from Travis Street Hospitality, the group responsible for some of Dallas’ most popular French

Address

6301 Gaston Avenue Suite 820
Dallas, TX
75214

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Preston Hollow Advocate posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Preston Hollow Advocate:

Share