LIFE/TRAVEL

08/27/2008

Alan Peppard on Tony Romo, Jessica Simpson, 'Divorce Party' and more
Thanks to the Internet, where a right to privacy is sooo 2006, we can all look inside the home that Tony Romo just purchased in Cottonwood Valley. It is a shagadelic pad where one presumes he will entertain Jessica Simpson .

08/25/2008

Alan Peppard: Fred Baron, Rielle Hunter, Ronnie Dio, others
Ever since my colleague Gromer Jeffers broke the news that Fred Baron paid to relocate John Edwards ' mistress, Rielle Hunter , the Dallas attorney has probably heard from every major news outlet in the country.

08/24/2008

Alan Peppard: T. Boone Pickens, Nastia Liukin, Doris Kearns Goodwin
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center didn't have to go far afield to find the star for its Conversation With a Living Legend event at the Anatole.

08/22/2008

Alan Peppard: Angie Harmon, the Kardashians, Dee and Charles Wyly
Highland Park-reared actress Angie Harmon will soon bring more of her impressive bone structure into the world. This week, her publicist confirmed that she and her husband, former NFL cornerback Jason Sehorn , are expecting child No. 3.

08/20/2008

Alan Peppard on John Travolta, Fergie, Lea Thompson and others
Out at Love Field, the big boy Gulfstreams and Falcon 900s of billionaires Harold Simmons, Kenny Troutt and others make it easy to ignore the tiny Eclipse 500 VLJ (Very Light Jet) that has been buzzing in and out of Love this week.

08/18/2008

Alan Peppard on Georgina Chapman, Harvey Weinstein and more
Buying front-row seats to the upcoming Fashion at the Park at NorthPark could mean your shot at a movie deal.

08/17/2008

Alan Peppard: Laura Bush, Paul Coggins, Jerry Jeff Walker
Fresh from her visit to the Beijing Olympics, first lady Laura Bush popped up in Dallas on Thursday night at a small event on Swiss Avenue for the Texas Book Festival.

08/15/2008

Alan Peppard on Miles Fisher, Kevin Sorbo, Floyd Dakil
Can there be any doubt that Dallas-raised actor and Harvard grad Miles Fisher got his matinee idol looks from his mom, Nancy Fisher , a member of the national board of the American Film Institute? His dad is Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO Richard Fisher , a member of the Federal Open Market Committee. The only person who thinks those wonks are hot is Andrea Mitchell .

08/13/2008

Alan Peppard on A-Rod, Kabbalah and hitting
From the Six Degrees of Separation file: Dallas-raised actors Andrew, Owen and Luke Wilson are second cousins of New Yorker writer Ben McGrath . (Their fathers, Dallas author Robert A. Wilson and former New York Times Book Review editor Charles McGrath, are first cousins.)

07/30/2008

Alan Peppard on Kelly Gray, Joel Madden, Blake Andrews and others
Once upon a time, you couldn't open a magazine without seeing Kelly Gray , the face of St. John, a fashion firm owned by her dad. But the former St. John swan is now a heavy-metal chick. She's the business partner of Nikki Sixx , bassist for Mötley Crüe.

07/27/2008

Alan Peppard: Fall will be cooler and more fashionable
Dallas aristos are currently waiting out the high-heat summer society doldrums. But plans are afoot for the beginning of the fall social season, when fashion-design lion Oscar de la Renta will roar into town for the Sept. 11 Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon at the downtown Neiman Marcus.

07/25/2008

Alan Peppard on George Michael, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Dave Navarro, others
His Dallas home has been a refuge this summer for British entertainer George Michael as he storms North American stages with his 25 Live Tour. But few locals ever see the naturally reclusive superstar.

07/23/2008

Alan Peppard on Laura Bush, Lil Wayne, Michael Irvin and Dale Hansen
The guessing game of precisely where in Dallas President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura , will settle goes on. But one thing is pretty clear: Regular patrons of Goff's Hamburgers on Hillcrest will see plenty of the first lady.

07/09/2008

Alan Peppard on: Braden Power, Robert Edsel, Alberto Lombardi and others
Just north of the Dallas Theater Center, there is a hidden street called Turtle Creek Drive where some beautiful homes are perched on a hill above the banks of Turtle Creek. The only problem for the few homes actually on the bank is that once every five years or so, a rainstorm right out of Genesis will make the creek swell to biblical proportions.

07/04/2008

Alan Peppard on Molly Ivins, Bill Minutaglio, Roger Horchow and others

06/30/2008

Alan Peppard on Ron Chapman, Farid Suleman, Larry Dixon and others
An icon of local radio was scheduled to be in the booth at 5:30 this morning when FM station 96.7 switched formats from country to classic rock 'n' roll with a cheeky playing of the Beatles song "Hello Goodbye."

06/29/2008

Alan Peppard: Glamour on parade at revamped Stoneleigh Hotel
The open-bar, open-house parties Wednesday and Thursday at the Stoneleigh Hotel were supposed to be for hospitality professionals (party planners, corporate concierges) to come see what a $36 million redo has done for the historic gem.

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