LET’S ALL WRITE BOOKS TOGETHER

Whoa, whoa, whoa. One of the Bush twins is getting a $300K book deal?

That’s it. Everyone can write a book these days. Take Dr. Phil’s wife’s book Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose where, and I quote from Amazon,

“You’ve seen her on television with her husband, Dr. Phil. But now it’s time for a heart-to-heart conversation with Robin McGraw. In Inside My Heart, Robin speaks woman to woman, inspiring you to embrace and celebrate the many roles you play and encouraging you to make deliberate choices that lead to a richer, happier, and more meaningful life.”

I think her son Jay took that advice for sure. You know, since he married a Playboy bunny triplet he met on the set of a Fox reality show and all. Just sayin’.

RE: GIRLS FOR HIRE

Maybe I could get Kuby’s to pay me (and my friends) to have our coffee each morning, since we’re already there. I’m sure that we are the ones bringing in all of their business. If we left…the old men might not come in anymore???

SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER: 3600 DARTMOUTH

A rare real estate situation happened today in Highland Park. Ann Oliver, a Realtor with Allie Beth Allman, was the listing agent for a home at 3600 Dartmouth. The homeowner, listed on DCAD as Mary Kathryn Hancock, passed away about a year ago and since she had no children, she passed on her estate on to charity– three charities, to be exact; Scottish Rite, EasterSeals, and Highland Park Presbyterian Church.

Now, given the usual situation of three charities spliting the proceeds from the sale of the woman’s home, and given the fact that the home was one of the last cottages left in HP on a huge (and hugely expensive) 70×150 lot (DCAD put the tax value at $970,750), the decision was made to allow bids to come in over a period of two weeks, up until 9AM today. At 10AM, Oliver, the executor of the estate, and reps from the 3 charities all reviewed the bids and accepted the highest offer. (Oliver declined to name the winner. I’m curious about the price!).

Interesting sidenote: Oliver said she had contacted all the builders she could who might be interested and “a lot of them wouldn’t participate because of the way it was being handled.” Seems they like to operate on a first-come, first-serve basis and were put off by 2 weeks worth of higher bidders.

Anyway, no matter who bought it or how much they paid, it’s pretty safe to say au revoir to one of the last cottages in HP.