Alert!  A new business called Richardson Mercantile has opened in Richardson.  Richardson Mercantile has various small shops in booths that sell a vast variety of items – antiques, crafts, clothes, decorator items, jewelry, paint, and collectibles.  Honestly you can find a little bit of this and that in this mall. Occasionally I have enjoyed shopping at the Frisco Mercantile, but […]

Next door to Gecko Hardware is one off my favorite stores called The Store in Lake Highlands.  Stanley Marcus’ book about Neiman Marcus was, “Minding The Store.”  Some people who graduate from a major university in Austin refer to their alma mater as “The University” –  And in Lake Highlands, they have The Store in […]

I remember when Castle Gap Jewelry Company was in Lake Highlands.  For years and years and year and years, I have said I wanted to visit the store at Preston Center, but I never did.  The Mrs. (my dear sweet friend who has the cabin in New Mexico), had often mentioned that Castle Gap had […]