Melissa Smrekar

4 days ago | papercitymag.com | Melissa Smrekar

Admittedly, the following story is not objective journalism. This is a story about Palm Beach, Florida, which just so happens to be one of my favorite places on the planet. Posh PaperCity readers in both Dallas and Houston equally love Palm Beach, and for good reason. Palm Beach oozes luxury. Palm Beach inspires a “make mine a double” joie de vivre that demands you say yes to the caviar. Palm Beach makes you ponder what custom color Rolls-Royce you’d select (even from the backseat of your Uber).

1 week ago | papercitymag.com | Melissa Smrekar

Here at PaperCity, we love to honor an icon. Who is getting their flowers today? Loewe’s “most symbolic creation,” the Puzzle bag, which just turned 10. In the world of fashion, it’s nearly impossible to sustain both relevance and reverence for a decade, yet the Spanish atelier has done just that with the simultaneously classic and cheeky Puzzle bag. The art of origami inspired the Puzzle bag, which is defined by its cuboid construction.

1 week ago | papercitymag.com | Melissa Smrekar

In late November, leadership at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas revealed their plans to reimagine the Moody Family Children’s Museum. At an intimate dinner party for the museum’s most steadfast supporters, they announced that the 6,529-square-foot museum would nearly double in size with the expansion and open in May 2025. Well, here we are in May, and guess what? The transformed Moody Family Children’s Museum is officially open.

1 week ago | papercitymag.com | Melissa Smrekar

Pause, an innovative Los Angeles-based wellness concept with studios in Venice, West Hollywood, Brentwood, Studio City, and Newport Beach, just opened its first Texas location in Southlake. Pause offers “an array of holistic services to nurture the mind and body to support a healthier well-being.” Those services, designed to stack and complement one another, include floatation therapy, infrared saunas, LED light therapy, IV therapy, contrast therapy, cryotherapy, and naturopathic medicine.

2 weeks ago | papercitymag.com | Melissa Smrekar

Commissioner Donna Igleheart, former First Lady Laura Bush, Gene Jones, and Major Dawn McFarland (Photo by The Salvation Army of North Texas) Brooke Shelby, Laura Downing, Katherine Coker, and Kim Hext (Photo by The Salvation Army of North Texas) "The Chic Boutique" sells new and gently used women's, men's, and children's clothing, as well as bags, shoes, and accessories. (Photo by The Salvation Army of North Texas) Guests enjoy the fashion show. (Photo by The Salvation Army of North Texas)...