Northaven United Methodist Church pastor Eric Folkerth spoke at City Hall yesterday in support of immigration reform and tomorrow’s Mega March. Members of Northaven will march tomorrow with members of sister church Christ’s Foundry United Methodist, a Hispanic congregation in Northwest Dallas.

Among the attendees will be Jan Sanders (pictured), a Northaven member and widow of federal judge Barefoot Sanders, who was instrumental in desegregating Dallas schools. In December, I wrote about her efforts to put her husband’s neck ties to good use, giving them to impoverished Latin American women to incorporate into purses and handbags, which were then sold at Northaven.

Attendees will be meeting at Mockingbird Station to take the DART train downtown. More information is available on the church’s blog.

Every Monday in May, the Plaza at Preston Center (@plazaatpreston) will be tweeting special deals, promotions, and items for you or your mama. The tweets will feature gift ideas, exclusive discounts, and prizes. They’ll also give away gift cards to Plaza stores when they reach 300 followers, and again when they reach more than 500. All you have to do is follow @plazaatpreston. With Mother’s Day about a week away, this might be help you find that perfect gift!

When thumbing through our 2007 archives a couple of days ago, I found an article telling of the imminent redevelopment of the old  Dallas Baha’i Center on Northwest Highway just west of Midway Road, into a 15,000-foot retail development. For those of you who haven’tnoticed the dilapidated building, the sign noting the Baha’i’s relocation, and the fact that the religious organization still owns the property, that project apparently fell through. Which is why I called the center’s new location in Lake Highlands. It was an intersting conversation. (For the record, the guy wasn’t yelling, just speaking loudly.)

Guy on who picks up the phone: HELLOOO

Me: Hi, this is Eric Nicholson with Preston Hollow People newspaper, and I was looking for someone to speak with about plans for your old property on Northwest Highway.

Guy: WHO ARE YOU?

Me: My name’s Eric, I write for Preston Hollow People…

Guy: WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Me: Your old building at Midway and Northwest Highway. I’m trying to figure out if there are any plans for the property.

[uncomfortably long silence]

Guy: WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Me: Um, is there someone there I can talk to about the old building on Northwest Highway?

[another long pause]

Guy: WHO ARE YOU?

Me: Um, never mind. I’ll try back later. [hang-up]

My wife suggests the man was being metaphysical in the style of a Buddhist koan. “Who are you really?” “What do you want from the universe?” Both excellent questions, but I’m not convinced that’s what he was going for.

Photo: Chris Moseley

Margaret Harriet Munson and Joseph Patrick McGonigle, both of Dallas, were married April 10 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. The Rev. James Bradley Bowden, former pastor of Waples United Methodist Church of Denison, Texas, officiated. A reception and seated dinner followed the ceremony at Mar-a-Lago, the historic home of the late Marjorie Merriweather Post.

The bride chose a custom-designed, signed gown by couture bridal gown designer Anne Barge. The light ivory silk, strapless, shaped bodice was adorned with tiny pleats at the neckline, with alternating bands of vertical pin tuck stitching and very intricate pearl and crystal beadwork covering the gown from the neckline to the knee. The skirt was a beautiful cloud of silk that gently flowed to a bubble hem surrounding the bride and extended to the chapel-length train. To complete her ensemble, the bride wore a chapel-length mantilla veil that was encrusted with hand-beaded pearls, silver lace, and crystals along the entire edge in an intricate, wide band pattern. She carried an antique, inlaid mother-of-pearl Bible which had belonged to her grandmother, Harriet Weber.

The bride is the daughter of former state representative and mayor of Denison, William Benjamin Munson IV, and his wife, Susie Weber Munson. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Ross Weber of Highland Park, and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Benjamin Munson III of Denison. She is the great- granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Olmsted of Highland Park.

The groom is the son of Ms. Marianne Nadler McGonigle and Mr. Joseph Oliver McGonigle of Dallas. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gustav Nadler of Colonia, N.J., and the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Joseph McGonigle of South Amboy, N.J.

The matrons of honor were the bride’s sisters, Merry Munson Wyatt of Dallas and Kathryn Munson Beach of New York City. Bridesmaids wore custom-made coral and gold gowns by Nicolas Villalba Couture. Bridesmaids were Allison Hazlewood Olson, Jordan Lankford Freytag, Kylie George Calvert, Holly Stephens Brown, and Kathryn Field Atherton, all of Austin; Ina Kuehnhoefer-Riley of New Canaan, Conn.; Lauren Roemer Morgan of Houston; Dr. Jessica Tucker Pierce of Seattle; and Lindsay Selke Akhtar, Ashley Holder Ohrt, and Brook Michelle McGonigle, all of Dallas.

The groom’s best man was his brother, Edward Oliver McGonigle of Dallas. Groomsmen were Adam L. Blumenfeld, Christopher Inslee Clark, Richard Martin Ellman, Philip Llewellen Kelton III, Marc Anthony Marrocco, Michael Lawrence Baum, Saul Marvin Meyer, and Brady Thomas Wyatt III, all of Dallas; Gentry Thomas Beach of New York City; Max Alan Kleinman of Seattle; and Matthew Michael Keys of Boston.

The bride attended the Hockaday School and is a graduate of Denison High School. She received a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member and social vice president of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was an Idlewild debutante and a Waco Cotton Palace duchess. She is a member of the Junior League of Dallas, the Hockaday School Alumnae Board, the Junior Group of the Dallas Garden Club, and Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club. She is employed by Crow Holdings.

The groom is a graduate of the Greenhill School. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., and a Masters of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business at SMU. He is chairman of the Avante-Garde Society of the Nasher Sculpture Center. He is a partner with South Bay Partners.

After a honeymoon in Turks and Caicos, London, Monte Carlo, and the Amalfi Coast, the couple will reside in Dallas.

I admit, I was skeptical at first. Fifteen-year-old Preston Hollowite Michael Perkins sent us a link to this video of one of his faster Rubik’s Cube solves, clocking in at a shade under 15 seconds. But then all you see is a pair of hands. They could be anybody’s. Does this kid really expect me to believe this? Needless to say, I went to check it out for myself.

Michael, consider this an apology. I never should have doubted you. No longer will I blaspheme against your Rubik’s Cube skills. I believe.

See for yourself. And read more about Michael and “speedsolving” in the April 30 issue of Preston Hollow People.

I was flipping through my latest Sports Illustrated, the one with the New York Yankees’ “core four” on the cover [vomit], and spotted Jesuit soccer goalie Ryan Aubrey. He was the most prominent face in the magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” feature because he led the Rangers to a state championship — the school’s first as a UIL member — and was the game’s MVP. Of course, if you read Preston Hollow People, you already knew all that.

Elevation Burger isn’t the only business that will be opening at Hillcrest Crossing by the end of the summer. PK’s Fine Wine & Spirits will move into about 2,600 square feet and Bella Lifestyles Nail Spa will take up about 3,500 square feet in the years-in-the-making office and retail development. Sushi Awaji, one of the original tenants to sign a lease, will start building any day, says leasing agent David Thomas of the Retail Connection. They will join Equinox Fitness, Insight Eye Care, Eco Cleaners, and Toni & Guy at the development. Exact opening dates will depend on construction schedules and a liquour license (for PK’s), but they should all be open by the end of August, Thomas said. All told, that means more than 3/4 of the 27,000+ square feet of retail space will be filled.

Preston Forest Shopping Center, already home to Whole Foods Market, will welcome Whole Earth Provision Co. come August or September, says leasing agent Bob Ginsburg. It will be the Austin-based (where else?) outdoor equipment retailer’s (I read it described as a high-end REI) second Dallas location. The store on Mockingbird will stay put.

Pictured above, the newest addition to the Hockaday uniform. The fashion-forward private school has partnered with TOMS Shoes, the eco- and socially-conscious footwear company that donates a pair of shoes to shoeless children for every pair sold, to design the white-and-green shoes specifically for Hockaday.

You’re probably thinking right now “Hey, those shoes are nice and all, but I prefer my left and right feet to match.” How quaint. But you’re in luck becuase the company actually designed two styles of shoe for Hockaday after a discussion between dean of students Meshea Matthews and TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie when the latter spoke at the school in 2008. It is the only school TOMS has partnered with. The saddle oxfords–the one with the lace holes, for those who know as much about footwear as I do–are an approved part of the uniform.

I recommend buying a pair of both so you can mix and match. Plus, you’ll double the number of shoeless children you help get shoes. It’s win-win.

In the past month, there have been a rash of tailgate thefts along the western edge of Preston Hollow. Officer Greg Fanucci, who runs Dallas Police’s Extended Neighborhood Patrol program for Midway Hollow, said he’s seen more in the past couple of months than in his entire career.

“As of late, it’s really caught fire,” Fanucci said. “It’s crazy.”

Thieves are targeting newer model trucks, but they’re taking just about any make and model. And with no identification number or distinctive markings, they’re untraceable once off a truck. Long story short, they’re easy to steal, hard to trace, and can be sold for $1,500, Fanucci heard.

I’ve seen four in the course of doing police reports, clustered in the Midway-Walnut Hill area, but I’m working on getting better numbers. In the meantime, Fanucci says there’s a simple solution.

“Buy a lock.”

After all, an ounce of prevention is better than a $1,500 cure.