Christine Perez

1 week ago | dmagazine.com | Christine Perez

His dad never made it past sixth grade. But Jim Keyes credits his father with teaching him to learn as much as he could about as many things that piqued his interest. “He was a very simple man who didn’t have aspirations to be wealthy, but he had aspirations to be free,” Keyes says. “He knew that freedom came from being able to learn.”Growing up in central Massachusetts as the youngest of six children, Keyes didn’t have an easy time of things.

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Christine Perez

Last year, my boyfriend and I skied the Alps in western Switzerland, with stops at nearby resorts in France and Italy. This year, we ventured a little further and visited Lech and St. Anton in western Austria and Klosters and Davos in eastern Switzerland. The Arlberg region of Austria is home to the country’s largest connected ski resort, with cable cars linking peaks that offer nearly 200 miles of groomed trails and about 125 miles of off-piste terrain.

4 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Christine Perez

Sports and fashion celebrities and other notables streamed into the Hilton Anatole last week to support the Children’s Cancer Fund’s annual gala. But the real stars of the show were pediatric cancer patients, aged 5-15, who modeled fashions from Dillard’s, accompanied by some of their heroes and cheered on by a sold-out crowd. It was the 35th year for the gala, chaired for 2025 by Lori Jones and Meredith Land, with longtime supporters Troy Aikman and Dak Prescott serving as honorary chairs.

1 month ago | dmagazine.com | Christine Perez

For nearly a decade, Dallas developer Mike Hoque has been assembling land to develop a mixed-use district on the southern side of the city’s downtown. Now, he has secured an important final piece of the puzzle: 711 S. St. Paul St.The 17,000-square-foot property his Hoque Global acquired from the City of Dallas squares up a city block now fully under its control.

1 month ago | dmagazine.com | Victor Sánchez |Christine Perez

Common Cents Dallas, a student-led philanthropy program founded in 1998 by the late Louise “Tootsie” Gartner, has reached a milestone that once seemed like a dream: $1 million raised for local nonprofits. At the heart of this achievement is Gigi Gartner, Tootsie’s daughter, who has carried her mother’s vision forward with an unwavering dedication to instilling leadership and generosity in Dallas ISD students. “A million dollars—that’s a lot of pennies,” Gigi says with a laugh.