Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed In this episode of The Frisco Podcast, Portrait Photographer Me Ra Koh, Professional Organizer Sue Yaghi, and Howard “The Dirt Doctor” Garrett join us in the studio to give a sneak peek of what you can expect to see at the upcoming 2020 Greater Frisco Home and Garden Show. SHOW NOTES: [00:20] Introductions [02:30] KonMari Method explained [08:15] “The Dirt Doctor” discusses organic gardening [14:21] The experience of photographing family portraits [20:10] Where you can find Me Ra Koh, Sue Yaghi, and Howard Garrett online LINKS & RESOURCES: 2020 Greater Frisco Home and Garden Show Website Me Ra Koh: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Sue Yaghi: Website | Facebook | Instagram| LinkedIn Howard Garrett: Website | Facebook |Instagram | Twitter Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco Podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And in this episode we’re talking about the Home and Garden Show that’s coming to Frisco on March 20th through 22nd I have a number of guests in the studio with me today. So, uh, I tell you what, instead of me introducing you guys, why don’t we go around the room and you guys can introduce yourselves and I’m gonna start with Sue. Hi, my name is Sue Yaghi. I am going to be the home and garden show and I am going to talk about the basic methods of the KonMari organizing. So you’re gonna be doing, talking to you have a booth there as well. I do not have a booth. I’ll be talking on Saturday. I have two sessions at 11 and two and then on Sunday at one o’clock. Perfect. Okay. Howard. Well, I’m the dirt doctor. I’m been, I’ve been in the landscape business all my life. I’m currently doing the radio talk show weekly that’s nationally syndicated. I’ve written 15 books on organic gardening, various specific subjects. And I, uh, just teach people how to go organic and stop using synthetic fertilizers and toxic chemical pesticides. We’ll be speaking three times at the event. Okay. Very good. I’m sure we’ll have a number of questions for you. And last but not least, mirror. Hi, my name is Me Ra Koh and I was a photo mom on Disney for several years, which is a show called capture your story. And I love empowering people with photo tips on how to capture their family. We’re going to have a booth there as well. We um, just came here from Seattle and have a local studio now in Frisco. So I’ll be on the stage giving tips on how to look thinner in photos, how to get high energy kids to like calm down for the photo. Just all kinds of tips that, you know, we just want when we’re working with kids, um, as well as have some of our fine artwork of families on display there. Well, we’re going to have a lot of questions for you guys as well. So we’re gonna have some fun here today. And again, the Home and Garden Show is happening. It’s at the Star in Frisco. So if you didn’t get to go last year, uh, this is the second year at the star and it is March 20th through 22nd. So it’s coming up pretty fast. So, uh, let’s go ahead and dig in with a little bit of organizing talk here because you know that that’s a topic that comes up frequently, um, with some of our writers and other people that we work with at lifestyle Frisco. There’s so many families moving into Frisco, you know, kind of clean slate, new house, all that kind of stuff. So tell us a little bit about the KonMari method. What exactly does that mean? And we’ll go from there, Right? The KonMari method really has three rules, uh, three basic rules. And the first rule is be honest with yourself and visualize your ideal life. What is your ideal life and why do you want to tidy? It’s not just about tidying or houses. Why do you want to do it? And trust me, once you are done, you will find out that your life is just a little more and less, more stress, fee free. And therefore you have a better life. So that’s number one. Number two are the rule number two is tidy in one go. Do not tidy. One room, do not tidy. One closet tidy in one go. Um, so you basically pile everything up. There are certain categories to go by, but basically you pile everything up so you see the magnitude of what you have. And the third and last rule is tidy by category. So you tidy. There are five categories in the KonMari method, clothes, books, papers, um, komono komono means miscellaneous, which is kitchen, bathroom, everything else. And the last one is sentimental. Sentimental meaning your albums, you know, the closets of albums and pictures, the pictures on the walls, sentimental item, psych, wedding dresses, um, maybe little trinkets, maybe the thousand Christmas cards that we’ve saved over the years. And we have, we don’t have the heart to throw those away. So that is sentimental. So once you go by these three rules, you will really understand that once you’re done, Oh my gosh, my life is stress free. So you, if you start with clothes, you basically take all the clothes you personally have not talking about your partner. I’m not talking about your kids, I’m talking about you personally. You, whoever wants to start it has to do it, has to go through the experience themselves. Throw all your clothes on the bed, socks, underwear, jackets, coats, um, anything you have, um, scarves. Throw them all on the bed in a huge pile and take a look at it and say, why do I have all of this? …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   In this week’s episode, plastic surgeon Dr. Sean Hill sits down to discuss his journey becoming a medical doctor, his involvement in the community and why he chose to open his own practice right here in Frisco. SHOW NOTES: [00:33] Differences between a plastic surgeon versus a cosmetic surgeon [02:23] Lone Star Plastic Surgery [05:40] Where to find Lone Star Plastic Surgery on social media [06:20] Why Dr. Hill chose to start his practice in Frisco [08:30]Dr. Hill’s involvement in the community [13:25] Most common questions patients ask and questions Dr. Hill wishes patients ask more [19:45] What age is appropriate to consult with a plastic surgeon [21:20] Patient Education [23:30] What makes Lone Star Plastic Surgery unique LINKS & RESOURCES: Lone Star Plastic on Lifestyle Frisco Lone Star Plastic Surgery Website Lone Star Plastic Surgery Facebook Lone Star Plastic Surgery Instagram Lone Star Plastic Surgery Youtube Melanie Nance Instagram Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And in this episode we are joined by Dr. Sean Hill. Dr. Hill, welcome to the show. Sir. Thanks so much. As always. Glad to have you here. And we’re going to talk about all kinds of fun doctory things today. It’s you are a plastic surgeon if you prefer a cosmetic surgeon or does it really matter? Oh, it does matter actually. Yeah, that’s what I mean. I’ll jump into that topic since you led me into that one. So, uh, I am a plastic surgeon. I also do cosmetic surgery, but I’m not a cosmetic surgeon. And the question you may ask then is, well, what is the difference between plastic surgeon and cosmetic surgeon and why would I have maybe taken offense to that? Well, so, uh, plastic surgeons, um, are trained in a full plastic surgery residency and then a will then they will be boarded by the governing body, the American board of medical specialties, which is a body that does board certification. Okay. And so that as part of that you have to do a board exam and then do continuing medical education throughout your entire lifetime. A cosmetic surgeon is anyone that’s completed some medical residency, whether that is emergency medicine, family medicine, OB, GYN, internal medicine or anything. And then they do a short, maybe six month or one year fellowship in cosmetic surgery surgery. And lo and behold, there are cosmetic surgeon out there hanging a shingle and doing scary things like breast augs and whatnot. Okay. That is, first of all, let me dive back in here for a minute. That’s great information because I never knew there was actually a difference. I always just assume those two things were synonymous. So that’s really good to know if somebody is looking for someone to do a procedure or maybe has needs a procedure of some kind. Um, it sounds to me, and I don’t want to offend anyone else, but it sounds to me like what I’m looking for is a plastic surgeon.Ideally. Yeah. I mean as, as we always tell people, do your homework. I mean, obviously, you know, cosmetic medicine and aesthetic medicine is a very lucrative thing. So it, you know, and when, when there is revenue in something, everyone wants to be doing it. So thus if you’re going, even if you’re going in for something as simple as simple, seemingly simple as Botox or fillers, you should do your homework because, you know, I mean, I don’t just let anyone with a pair of scissors cut my hair. Um, I want someone that’s actually been trained to cut hair to cut my hair and that’s just my hair, which will grow back and well, I mean for me, Oh, a long time. But for the most, for average people, three weeks. Yeah. Okay. So that makes a lot of sense. I’m thank you for clarifying that for us. Now that we understand. So you are a plastic surgeon and your practice is called Lone Star Plastic Surgery? Yes, sir. A plastic surgeon. The plaque, the practices here in Frisco called Lone Star Plastic Surgery. I have done way too much training to be injecting poison in people’s faces. I’m, I, uh, I’m from Illinois, originally. Did, um, general sir, I’m sorry. I did med school in the full general surgery residency there. And then I moved down to DFW to train at Parkland and UT Southwestern, uh, in plastic surgery, which is renowned as the top training program in the entire world actually. Um, and then did an extra year fellowship down in Austin, Texas doing cranial facial plastic surgery as well. So nine years of postgraduate training and three fellowships and boy am I exhausted. Wow. Yeah. You’ve been in school for a long time. We’re training of some sort for a long time. Yeah, I know some, some, yeah. Longer than some people have been alive. They’re probably listening to this. So, um, when, when did you start your practice here in Frisco? Oh, we’ve been open for about a year and a half now. Um, and, uh, it’s, it’s been an adventure, you know, we’ve seen growth every month as you can imagine, but it’s been, it’s kinda been fun getting to know everybody in town and then building up the, the Lone Star family. Very good. Are there particular things that you specialize in? Besides being awesome? Um, I, you know, I, I’ve done, like I said, I’ve done all of that training. So ultimately where I want the practice to grow as to, you know, be doing facial aesthetics. So facelift eyelids, a rhinoplasty especially. Um, but being an in Frisco, kind of the, the largest segment of the population here is probably the 35, 30 to 50 year old young family. And so up until …

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In this week’s episode, plastic surgeon Dr. Sean Hill sits down to discuss his journey becoming a medical doctor, his involvement in the community and why he chose to open his own practice right here in Frisco.

SHOW NOTES:

[00:33] Differences between a plastic surgeon versus a cosmetic surgeon

[02:23] Lone Star Plastic Surgery

[05:40] Where to find Lone Star Plastic Surgery on social media

[06:20] Why Dr. Hill chose to start his practice in Frisco

[08:30]Dr. Hill’s involvement in the community

[13:25] Most common questions patients ask and questions Dr. Hill wishes patients ask more

[19:45] What age is appropriate to consult with a plastic surgeon

[21:20] Patient Education

[23:30] What makes Lone Star Plastic Surgery unique

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Lone Star Plastic on Lifestyle Frisco

Lone Star Plastic Surgery Website

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Lone Star Plastic Surgery Instagram

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Melanie Nance Instagram

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Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And in this episode we are joined by Dr. Sean Hill. Dr. Hill, welcome to the show.

Sir. Thanks so much. As always.

Glad to have you here. And we’re going to talk about all kinds of fun doctory things today. It’s you are a plastic surgeon if you prefer a cosmetic surgeon or does it really matter?

Oh, it does matter actually. Yeah, that’s what I mean. I’ll jump into that topic since you led me into that one. So, uh, I am a plastic surgeon. I also do cosmetic surgery, but I’m not a cosmetic surgeon. And the question you may ask then is, well, what is the difference between plastic surgeon and cosmetic surgeon and why would I have maybe taken offense to that? Well, so, uh, plastic surgeons, um, are trained in a full plastic surgery residency and then a will then they will be boarded by the governing body, the American board of medical specialties, which is a body that does board certification. Okay. And so that as part of that you have to do a board exam and then do continuing medical education throughout your entire lifetime. A cosmetic surgeon is anyone that’s completed some medical residency, whether that is emergency medicine, family medicine, OB, GYN, internal medicine or anything. And then they do a short, maybe six month or one year fellowship in cosmetic surgery surgery. And lo and behold, there are cosmetic surgeon out there hanging a shingle and doing scary things like breast augs and whatnot.

Okay. That is, first of all, let me dive back in here for a minute. That’s great information because I never knew there was actually a difference. I always just assume those two things were synonymous. So that’s really good to know if somebody is looking for someone to do a procedure or maybe has needs a procedure of some kind. Um, it sounds to me, and I don’t want to offend anyone else, but it sounds to me like what I’m looking for is a plastic surgeon.Ideally.

Yeah. I mean as, as we always tell people, do your homework. I mean, obviously, you know, cosmetic medicine and aesthetic medicine is a very lucrative thing. So it, you know, and when, when there is revenue in something, everyone wants to be doing it. So thus if you’re going, even if you’re going in for something as simple as simple, seemingly simple as Botox or fillers, you should do your homework because, you know, I mean, I don’t just let anyone with a pair of scissors cut my hair. Um, I want someone that’s actually been trained to cut hair to cut my hair and that’s just my hair, which will grow back and well, I mean for me, Oh, a long time. But for the most, for average people, three weeks.

Yeah. Okay. So that makes a lot of sense. I’m thank you for clarifying that for us. Now tha

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   In this week’s episode, Code Authority CEO Jason Taylor delves into how his team helps business owners by creating custom software developments and digital marketing services, as well as his involvement in the North Texas nonprofit, Mankind. SHOW NOTES: [00:15] Introduction [00:45] Give For Frisco [02:15] Mankind [03:45] How men get connected with Mankind [04:30] Where Mankind is based [05:14] How Mankind raises funds [05:30] 10th Annual Mankind Charity Classic [07:33] Code Launch [09:24] Process of Code Launch [11:26] Code Authority [12:40] Give for Frisco LINKS & RESOURCES: Mankind on Lifestyle Frisco Code Authority on Lifestyle Frisco Mankind Website Code Authority Website Code Launch Website Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And this episode we are joined by Jason Taylor from Code Authority and Jason is the president and founder of Code Authority. You started that about 18 years ago. Welcome to the show. Glad to have you here today. Thank you Scott. And we’re going to talk about Code Authority a little bit, but we’re going to start off with Give for Frisco and you guys, Code Authority is the sponsor of Give for Frisco this year. Decided to get involved in stuff behind it, Give for Frisco’s something we’re hugely, hugely passionate about. Um, but what made you want to get involved in and sponsor the Give for Frisco initiative? Well, um, like you mentioned, I did start Code Authority, um, 18 years ago and um, you know, that’s a technology services business, um, software development, digital marketing. Um, but also 10 years ago I was asked to help get a charity started. And so a close friend of mine asked me to help him, um, everything from legal to forming a board to forming bylaws and try to get the structure going to create a charity that was designed to help men, um, in a way that we hadn’t seen that had been done before. Um, so, um, my last 10 years of, of that effort, which has been all volunteer effort, I’ve learned and surprised to learn that was much more difficult to get a successful charity off the ground that was able to raise money and then distribute money, then, uh, it never was to get a traditional fee for service business off the ground and running healthily. So, um, when I found out about this, I thought, well, I can, uh, I know there’s other small charities here in Frisco that are run by people out of their homes from the passion of their heart and, uh, you know, their desire to help and in some cause it’s important to them. And so I thought, well, I want to support, you know, bringing light to those charities as well as mankind, um, as much as I can. Okay. Talk a little bit about Mankind, especially for those that are not familiar with, with that organization. What does Mankind do? Um, Mankind was created to help men who are facing a health crisis. So it’s a, a, a needs based giving, a model where we basically are essentially helping people that are economically challenged and at the same time they’re facing a tremendous uphill battle in some sort of medical crisis. So, um, specifically men, cause we felt like men are less likely to ask for help. Um, when they get in trouble, they usually take an inverse approach. Uh, they, they keep to themselves. Um, and that is they also tend to not take medical news as serious. They try to, they’re, they’re more likely to be in denial for a long time and even avoid medical care to avoid finding out something that they’re afraid might be true. And so oftentimes men finally get face to face with something when it’s taken too long for them to get to that point.And they could have been more proactive. So we try to encourage men to break those kind of patterns of behavior. Um, and then we also get directly involved with financial support for families, uh, of men that are facing some kind of health crisis. So if, and I completely agree and believe you, when you say that man, we tend to put things off or live in a state of denial about something or not want to get the bad news, but how do you get connected with the men that need your service if they’re not actively looking for it? Well, that was one of the challenges that we found right off the bat that was very difficult. Um, but in the most recent a few years, we’ve made a lot of progress in the area by introducing ourselves and our cause to case caseworkers at institutions that are helping people like this. So, um, cancer treatment centers, um, other charities that are designed to help people in need that will encounter, uh, men like the ones that we’re looking for, we’ll bring them to us and say, Hey, you should talk to these mankind people. And so, um, we have a nice funnel of potential beneficiaries coming at us pretty often. Okay, well that’s good to know. And it sounds like a great organization. Is that based here in Frisco or is it nearby? So a, it’s a collection of volunteer board members. Um, I would say about half of us actually live in Frisco proper. The founder has moved a few times since he started it and now he lives in Murphy. Um, and then a couple of other guys are from here and there around North Texas and it’s mostly Collin County. And, um, the people that we help are from all over North Texas.So we’ve helped people better, um, actually outside of DFW proper. But somewhere in our North Texas, our community. And um, yeah, like this last year, …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   Dr. Trillion Small is bringing the famed TEDx to Frisco, Texas on January 11th. She has an impressive lineup of speakers, and plans for future TEDxYouth and TEDxWomen events later this year. SHOW NOTES: [00:28] Introducing Dr. Trillion Small [04:33] Overcoming the stigma for seeking help for mental health issues [09:16] TEDxFrisco Coming January 11 [12:53] The difference between a TED Talk and TEDx event [15:55] TEDxFrisco Details – Event, Watch Party, and More [16:57] TEDxFrisco Women & Youth [19:00] TEDxFrisco Speakers [24:25] TEDxFrisco 2020 is sold out but here’s how to see the speakers LINKS & RESOURCES: TEDxFrisco on Lifestyle Frisco TEDxFrisco Speaker Lineup TEDxFrisco Website Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And today we are chatting with Dr. Trillion Small, who was the organizer of the upcoming TEDx Frisco. Dr. Small, welcome to the show. Thank you Scott for having me. It’s such a pleasure to be here. Great to have you on. We are looking forward to having our first TEDx and Frisco. But before we get into that, I want to, I want to learn a little bit more about you. What kind of a doctor are you? So I have a PhD in clinical counseling, so I’m passionate about all things. Mental, emotional wellness. Do you, do you have a, so, okay, so you’re in the, the mental health field. Do you have your own practice? Do you work inside of another practice? How does, what do you, how do you operate? I do, yes. So I’ve been working with clients individually for about eight years now. Um, I’m transitioning a little bit from just doing the one-on-one to working with, um, athletes who are working on their mental performance. I love also working with companies who just are passionate about helping their staff take their performance to the next level as well. And so I’m finding different ways to really take my psychology degree and really apply it to different areas now. That’s interesting. So usually when you talk to somebody about a mental health professional, you think about them treating things like depression or other mental health issues that that may come up. I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody that focuses on the performance side aspect of mental health. What made you get, how did you get into that? That’s very, that’s interesting. Yes. So I do, I do work with those with anxiety and depression and PTSD. The majority of my clients have experienced trauma of some sort. So when I say trauma, trauma is very subjective. Trauma for one person can be, I witnessed domestic violence while trauma for someone can be, my father never showed up to my basketball games and that affected them right. In a negative way. And so I still, I work with those. Your, your typical mental health issues. But I, I realized that if we have anxiety and depression, it affects our performance as, as it does with athletes. If they’re, if they’re at the free throw line and they’re anxious, right? Their heart rate is increasing, their, their mind is all over the place that’s going to affect their performance. And so just being the creative that I am and loving to be diverse as possible, I said, in what ways can I expand myself and what ways can I take my knowledge and help as many people as possible? And I realized that it wasn’t just limited to people who were cutting themselves and they were suicidal. It literally is the top CEO who says, our company is doing well, but I have this roadblock and I have a difficult time overcoming it. How do I, and it’s really just working through cognitive distortions. It’s working through those, those mental barriers that we, we know that they’re there, but we don’t realize we can actually overcome them. And so that’s what I do. I love working with people, providing them with tools and techniques to really live a fulfilled life. And I don’t believe that we have to live a life that is bound by our insecurities. It’s just a matter of once you become aware of them, like, Hey, let’s become aware of them and now let’s do something about them. Very interesting. I can imagine that would take you into all kinds of fascinating places and meeting with a lot of interesting people. Soit has, it has, it has opened up so many different doors. I would have never thought, right? Like working with, uh, attorneys, right? They’re like one of the top, um, careers that are known for suicide, but, but we don’t think about it that way. We just think, Oh, these are top attorneys. But you don’t realize that the stress that they’re under. And so it’s just if you’re helping person, if you, if you’re a social person that loves social enterprise, if you will, you find a problem. That’s what I do. I love finding problems. Not because I like problems, but because I like solutions. So when I see a problem, I say, Ooh, this is an awesome opportunity to make an impact in this area. That’s interesting. The, uh, you know, I think for a lot of folks, and just for the sake of disclaimer on the podcast, um, I have a bachelor’s in psychology and I worked in a clinical environment for a couple of years. I am not the professional that you are and I know, pretend to be, although it is funny, as soon as you tell people you have a degree in psychology, the first thing they always want to know is if you’re summing up, even assessing everything they say. And no, I’m not, I’m not analyzing you, but yes I am. But no, no, I’m not. I’m curious how …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   Mochas & Javas is a Texas original and they’re tapping in to seasonal specials to help you warm your spirits. Get the rundown on food and drinks, how to earn your nickname (hint: choose your drink wisely), giving back, and how they’re tapping in to Texas culture. SHOW NOTES: [00:29] Seasonal samples at Mochas & Javas [03:20] Mochas & Javas Locations [04:00] Outcome of the marketing study with Wakeland High School [05:40] Mochas & Javas expansion plans for Frisco [06:00] Things to be on the lookout for from Mochas & Javas [07:27] Tapping into Texas Culture [08:46] More seasonal specialties [10:15] The warm and welcoming environment [11:20] Get to know the coffee & Frisco staff [17:21] Crossover business in Frisco LINKS & RESOURCES: Mochas & Javas on Lifestyle Frisco Mochas & Javas Website Mochas & Javas on Instagram Mochas & Javas on Facebook Tumbleweed TexStyles Jungle Joe’s Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And today we have Kevin Carswell from Mochas and Javas back in the studio. Kevin, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. I really enjoy coming up to Frisco. I always love talking to you because we get to talk about yummy stuff, coffee, food, all kinds of good things going on at Mochas and Javas. And you brought us some, some snacks today and we’re going to dig into those in a little bit. But uh, tell us what are some of the, let’s just talk about some of the seasonal stuff that’s going on. Cause TIS the season for the coffee shop rate. Definitely the season for coffee shop. Um, Christmas time. We’ve had some, I always do some features for that are one of the samples that I brought today was our maple pecan scone made with real pecans of course, and a real maple syrup. It has a maypole delays on top. It’s got my name all over it. Oh that’s fantastic. We started doing scones in San Marcus about two months ago and they’re flying off the shelves. Prod you a few other sweets and then all smart use of our savior Adam’s that have done really well here in Frisco. One of those you said is a, um, it’s a gluten free blueberry muffin that is a gluten free. It looks like pumpkin. Okay. So we have, we do one different, we do a different flavor and gluten free. Um, as we sell them, we do about six to 10 a day. Um, the gluten free muffins have sold really well and then just picking up steam cause they’re so good. If you don’t tell people they’re gluten free, they’ll eat it without even knowing it’s gluten free. You guys are so good form that recipe over several years and it does really well. So we change out that flavor, um, almost daily. Okay. Good to know. And then there was also a vegan zucchini bread, is that what that and zucchini bread. So it has no egg or dairy in it. Okay. So does really well. It has really good, it’s really good flavor. Very Nice. There are some good items you can add to vegan items to make it for the eggs. Okay. Well, it all smells and looks delicious, so I can’t wait to dig in a little bit, but I’m not going to be chewing it, you know, chewing and everybody’s here right now, so we’ll have to wait. But you guys, that’s something that you guys pay a lot of attention to, I’ve noticed over the years is you’re always refining and perfecting your recipes for different things. So kind of what does that process look like for you guys? How do you go about figuring out what things to either keep around or take the next step with? So menu mix wise, we do, we do have a menu mix, but as far as ingredients go, we’re always looking at ingredients and trying to make sure we keep the best ingredients and we make as many items and almost everything in house from scratch. So we know what we’re putting into everything. And we’re not 100% but most everything you have in our stores we make from scratch. Um, and by doing that, there’s five or six ingredients there. You can read the name of all of them. It just makes me feel good. And I prepare food at our stores the way I eat too. So, uh, my ended our stores all the time. And you’re still nice and lean. I still look fit. And Iceland lane, yes. Always say the coffee helps too. Coffee probably does help and, and I just have to give a plug for the chicken salad sandwich cause my wife is a fiend for chicken salad. She absolutely loves it. And yours is hands down her favorite. So yeah, it’s it, it does really well here. It’s been really picked up. Wells people are trying it. And then the San Marcus is one of our staples in San Marcus. Okay. So right now, um, what locations do you guys still have? We still have all four in San Marcus and then we have the one here in Frisco. We have five currently. Um, we’ve been in Frisco two years, August, so those past two years. Congratulations. Thank you very much. So we’ll actually celebrate our 17 years in business in February. Wow, that’s awesome. Well you guys are hitting some milestones and we love having you here in Frisco. So if anybody doesn’t know, it’s right on the Southeast corner of Eldorado and legacy. So can’t miss it. Great location, super targets there in the parking lot. So most lot of people seem to shop at target. That’s a part of their destination too. Sure is. So one of the …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   Through comprehensive programs for kids and adults Vogel Alcove is committed to ending the cycle of poverty and homelessness for families in the DFW metroplex. Their annual fundraiser “Day 1 Dallas” is coming to Roughriders stadium in Frisco on January 1st and promises a host of fun activities for families for just $5. SHOW NOTES: [00:29] Meet Karen Hughes, President & CEO of Vogel Alcove [01:30] Meet Sammy Gonzalez, VP of Marketing for Vogel Alcove [03:30] Volgle Alcove programs, and breaking the cycle of poverty [08:56] The history of Vogel Alcove [11:58] Day 1 Dallas event at Roughriders stadium [17:30] The geography that Vogel Alcove serves [18:20] How you can help Vogel Alcove LINKS & RESOURCES: Day 1 Dallas Event Vogel Alcove’s Website Vogel Alcove on Lifestyle Frisco Vogel Alcove on Instagram Vogel Alcove on Facebook Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco Podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And this week we are joined by Sammy Gonzales and Karen Hughes from Vogel Alcove. And we’re going to be talking a little bit about what their organization does and an upcoming event called day one Dallas. That’s happening on January 1st, 2020 first and foremost, guys, welcome to the show. Cool, thank you. Thank you. And I feel, I think I introduced you in the wrong order because Karen is the president and CEO of Vogel Alcove. And tell us a little bit about yourself and your background and how you came to be involved with this organization. Well, early childhood has always been my background. I started at Baylor and with elementary ed and then went to Houston and taught school and own my own school at one point and then got my masters degree and then went to Houston community college and started their onsite lab school and taught early childhood classes and then left the great state of Texas and moved to DC. And so I was in DC for about 10 years working for the national association for the education of young children. And then another nonprofit called the companion center. My husband and I adopted a little boy from Ethiopia when we were up there. And once we got Noah, we wanted to move back and the Vogel Alcove did a national search and found me there and I was ready to come home. So that’s how I got back here. Well, based on what little I know about Vogel Alcove, it sounds like you have exactly the right background to be leading this organization. So we’ll talk some more about that in a little bit. And Sammy, how about you? Yeah, after the designer out of college, um, started here in Dallas and started working with the American heart association, uh, was in their brand advertising and design department. So I’ve really learned more about marketing back when marketing was still pretty new as far as like the blogs and, and you know, getting more content creation out and everything. And I found an organization that had a great role as the director of marketing it’s called. And it was called Vogle Alcove. And so learned all about it and learned that there was homeless children in Dallas. Very naive to that subject. And then, um, and went through one of the toughest interviews I ever had in my entire life, um, sat here with Karen and uh, but really prepared me for the day to day operations of Vogel Alcove and that was going on about seven years ago. Um, and so really to see the organization change so much, um, about using all my whole background, social media marketing, graphic design, um, really leaving that stamp on the organization and helping communicate to the public about what we do and how we serve the homeless children and families in Dallas. So, uh, that’s a great segue into talking about Vogel Alcove and what that organization does. So prior to the, the podcast interview this morning, I was doing some additional research and reading about it and watching some of the video that you guys have produced. And, um, for whatever reason, homeless, the, the, the topic of homelessness is always something that’s been a little bit close to my heart because I’ve always felt like for somebody that wants to get their life back on track, if they, if you don’t even have a place to live, it’s very hard to do. Right? You don’t even really have the basics covered. And I know there are organizations and a lot of help and support out there for homeless adults, but you guys are taking it a step further and not only are the adults getting what they need, but you guys are helping the kids and putting a lot of focus on that and trying to break that cycle, which I think is a phenomenal idea. So talk to us a little bit about, in a little more detail about what Vogel Alcove does and how you’re helping the children that are part of homeless families. Well, the children who come to us, um, every day are [inaudible] when they first come to us, they’re living in a emergency shelter, a transitional housing program or a domestic violence shelter. Um, once they arrive and we work with them for awhile then and if their pant family gets housing, they can still stay. So right now it’s about 50% of people are housed and 50% are still in shelter with the children that we have. I like to say in terms of our programs that what Vogel does is we, um, rewire brains. We repair hearts and we restore families. So the rewiring the brain part comes with the fact that our children are zero to three. So we work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. And brain research will tell you that …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   If you want to prepare your children to be the leaders of tomorrow look no further than Leadership Prep School in Frisco. A free charter school in its 9th year serving our community, Leadership Prep offers personalized attention to their students and the flexibility to innovate and develop their leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and so much more. The staff at Leadership Prep School is passionate about what they do and it shows in this episode of The Frisco Podcast. SHOW NOTES: [00:58] This is what sets Leadership Prep apart [07:42] LPS Enrollment [08:32] Extracurricular activities at LPS (including sports) [09:45] Opportunities for the public to get to know LPS [11:15] Applying to Leadership Prep [12:30] The future of LPS and their first graduating class [14:28] Favorite things about working at LPS LINKS & RESOURCES: Leadership Prep Website Leadership Prep on Lifestyle Frisco Leadership Prep on Twitter Leadership Prep on Facebook Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to The Frisco Podcast. This is Nicole Barron, editor in chief of Lifestyle Frisco. And today I have the privilege of sitting with representatives from Leadership Prep School in Frisco off Teel Parkway. There’s a lot of great things you need to learn and know about this fantastic charter school in Frisco. But first I want my guests to introduce themselves. Please. We’ll begin right here with our superintendent. Please. Hi, my name is Stacy Alton. I’m the superintendent at Leadership Prep School. Hi, my name is Audra Floyd. I’m the principal at the secondary campus. And my name is Michelle Creamer, and I’m the elementary principal. It is a pleasure to have you because I think I, I’m as I say, I’m assuming, but I’ve been, I’m a first go parent. I live very near the school and I know that many of my friends we drive past. I’m familiar because I work, you know, you all are clients of ours, but many of my friends drive past and they don’t understand the difference. What sets you all apart, why you exist, uh, what your goals are as a school for the students you serve. So let’s just start at the top. For anyone listening that isn’t familiar with Leadership Prep . Stacy, can you please share a little bit about the school? Absolutely. Um, Leadership Prep is a public school. It is free. It’s open to all and offering opportunities for every student to be future ready. Uh, our focus is to offer personalized attention to our students and we have the freedom to continuously innovate and give students the hands on experience they need to become the thinkers and leaders of tomorrow with one of the most robust and fastest growing job markets in the country. We need the workers of tomorrow to be highly skilled and ready to rise to the challenge. Employers are asking for a workforce with leadership set skill sets and to prepare students to be future ready, they must have opportunities to lead today. So our mission at Leadership Prep School is to inspire students to learn, grow and lead for a lifetime. And I’ll let one of our principals talk a little bit about our leadership model and what sets us apart. Good. Because I really would like to know all of that incredible messaging that you just delivered about leadership. That was what I got the most that I, that you seem to be emphasizing. I would love to know what that looks like day to day, both at the elementary and secondary level. I’m Andrea, anything you want to share about your experience and what you see day to day that sets you all apart? Yeah, absolutely. So at the secondary campus we are really focused on graduating all of our students into leadership. And what that means is that we have some strategic partnerships with Franklin Covey, Microsoft, a new tech network and code to the future that helps us to grow our students leadership, critical thinking and communication and collaboration skills. And they all get to learn from and hear from our partners from places like Toyota, a Nokia, Scottish Rite at and The Frisco Arts. And we also get to have our students solve some real world problems. And they also get to serve in the community with, um, some amazing projects that they’ve done through project based learning. So project based learning, you, you gave some fantastic examples of how you all are partnering the community and programs that you have. What does a, give me an example, if you don’t mind, if a project based activity going on this year at the school, what would be something that a child would experience? Right now we have a student that is working with, um, she’s started in the, the first goal. Entrepreneurial leader or gang entrepreneurial programs. Yes. And so part of that partnering, uh, she needs a logo for her business. And so our, um, our graphic design company or, uh, classes are designing and have gone through, you know, multiple reiterations of, of what they might look like and people are voting and the community’s voting on which one they liked the best. And so that’s one of the, we’ve gotten to do that for lots of different companies have brought that project to us. Um, they’re organizing a Ted talk right now where all of our students are going to be presenting it that, um, we do lots of planning for, uh, community outreach things that we do. Um, just to get out in the community and serve. It sounds like some of these activities could be resume items really, right. When they begin to apply for college, they have this actual hands on experience already in something that they might want to do in the future. Absolutely. That’s really amazing. Yeah. With, especially with the graphic …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   Whether it’s movie time in the media room, a creative gift for someone you know, or a trip down memory lane, POParella’s is THE place to go in Frisco. With dozens of creative flavors like Dr Pepper, Mango Margarita, and Dill Pickle, your taste buds are in for a treat they never knew was possible! Pay them a visit in Frisco Square and indulge your inner child. SHOW NOTES: [00:32] New owners of POParella’s [02:07] Where did the name POParella’s come from? [02:45] Get to know the popcorn (including the “Frisco Blend”) and treats [07:00] Seasonal flavors [08:08] Gifting ideas from POParella’s [10:30] Celebrating the events in Frisco Square (and when to get free samples) [14:03] How to get free popcorn LINKS & RESOURCES: POParella’s Website POParella’s on Lifestyle Frisco  POParella’s on Instagram POParella’s on Facebook Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Nicole Barron editor in chief of lifestyle Frisco. And today I have the privilege of sitting with the owners of POParella’s Gourmet Popcorn and Treats in Frisco Square. I’m a name and a business you’ve known for a long time. There may be some new things that we get to share with you that you weren’t familiar with about POParella’s. So I’m going to go ahead and let our guests introduce themselves. Hi, I’m Gina Johnson. I am the cone co owner of POParella’s Gourmet Popcorn and Treats and I’m Robert Johnson also Kona gourmet pepper rolls going my popcorn and treats. Fantastic. I’m so happy you’re both here because what a fun business to get to talk about. So we all know Frisco square as I sort of walkable, you know, area. Lots of events happen on down there all year long, which I want to talk about how that impacts you and what that’s like for you all. Um, when did you purchase POParella’s? Because although it’s been around a long time and you can tell me exactly how long, when did you enter the scene? So we entered the scene back in July of 2018 so it’s been a little over what, 16 months or so. Wow. Okay. How long has POParella’s has actually been there before you took over? We just had a birthday. You did? 11 years. 11 years? Yep. Yep. 11 years. So what has this last year and a half nearly been like for you? I bet learning so much. Um, I had a little bit of background around popcorn because I, uh, kinda did it out of my house. I had a cottage food store out of my house and sold it by word of mouth and that’s how Gary, the previous owner found me. So I didn’t go in totally blind, but there was so much to learn. Um, different types of seed. I only used one kind of seed. We use two different kinds of seed in the store. Um, flavoring machines, uh, cash register personnel, HR, your everything. When you step into that role. Wow. What a great opportunity though. I can’t imagine what that’s been like for you. So do you happen to know, this is like a way background question, where does the name proper Relas come from? So Gary, um, initially opened the store with a name called love, peace, popcorn, but he found out pretty quickly that he had to change the name because that name was already taken by the trademark association. So, um, he had to come up with the name quickly to name the store. And his last name’s pepper Ella. So they took the a between the P a P and put an O there. And so it’s pop. So it’s a name after his last name. That’s a fun bit of history. Yeah, it is. It is. Yeah. So interesting. All right, so tell us about the popcorn. We need to know, I mean, this is not just your basic popcorn. This is super fun and where, and so tasty. Um, he, he has these recipes down to the T. um, so when we bought the store, we bought the name, but we also bought the recipes. Nothing’s changed. The name hasn’t changed in the recipes, haven’t changed, which in my opinion are the two most important things in the store. Um, the recipes, uh, he, over the 10 years that he owned the store, uh, he refined them to where they are just perfect. Uh, majority of the people that come in and like them 99.9% of the people that come in, like the flavors say they are true to the flavor that they’re, they’ve asked for. So, um, now we’re up to a little over 60 flavors. 60, 60 flavors. Yup. Four different categories. Um, savory kettles, caramels, Candide and specialties. So what’s the, and Robert, maybe you have an opinion about this. What’s the like craziest, I mean that’s, you know, a relative term, but what’s the craziest flavor? Like something people just would not think of or believe could be done? I heard there’s one called a Frisco blend. What’s that first go blend is a cheese and caramel mix. Probably like dr pepper maybe or a dill pickle. Oh my gosh. Those must surprise me a lot. Dr pepper. That’s big around here. It is huge. How cool is that? Yeah. And we compliment it with dr pepper, cotton candy and dr pepper gummies. And occasionally I’ll make some dr pepper fudge to go with it. Oh my gosh. So we specialize in a basket that has all dr pepper flavored items in it that can be purchased on our website. We need to partner with dr pepper ballpark if you haven’t yet. Oh, we have a little bit of work. You’d be surprised at all of it here that okay. Awesome. So, and then you mentioned …

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed   After more than 50 years in business Gold Medal Pools has racked up an impressive list of projects including the Lazy River at Dr Pepper Ballpark (home of the Frisco RoughRiders), the Rooftop Pool at the Omni Frisco Hotel, the pool at Twelve Cowboys Way, and the Crystal Lagoon at Windsong Ranch. But there’s more to Gold Medal than just pools. They’re still a family run business that cares about the community they serve. They have a proud tradition of giving back, including serving as a drop off location for Toys for Tots this holiday season! SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Notable Frisco pool projects [01:31] Why Toys for Tots and where to drop off toys [02:42] How to donate a toy if you can’t get by the showroom [03:29] Gold Medal Pools Project Types (they do more than pools) [05:14] The difference between building a rooftop pool vs a backyard pool [06:11] The biggest “pool” Gold Medal has built so far [07:14] The demand for backyard pools [08:32] The things to think about before you put in a pool [09:43] 50 years of doing business in North Texas [10:51] Notable project outside of North Texas LINKS & RESOURCES: Gold Medal Pools Website Donate to Toys For Tots (Amazon Wishlist) Gold Medal Pools on Lifestyle Frisco  Gold Medal Pools on Instagram (great inspiration!) Gold Medal Pools on Facebook Connect with Lifestyle Frisco on:  YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Transcript Machine-generated. Welcome to the Frisco podcast. I’m your host, Scott Ellis. And this morning we are joined by Josh Sandler, the president and CEO of Gold Medal Pools. Josh, welcome to the show. Thank you. Pleasure to be here, Scott. Yeah, it’s good to have you on. I, I’ve been interested to chat with you for a while because as I understand it, some of the more interesting and fun kind of cool, uh, Frisco pool projects or Gold Medal Pools projects. Can you tell us a little bit about a couple of those love to, um, you know, obviously we’ve built, uh, my family’s built residential swimming pools in this market for over five decades. And, um, you know, over the past several decades, we’ve grown our presence in the commercial space and we’ve been fortunate enough to work with the city and some other great partners on, uh, some pretty unique projects. One of them being the lazy river and the rough riders park. Uh, we built a pool on the roof of the Omni at the star. We’re building the pool on the roof of 12 Cowboys way. Um, we’re, we’re doing a several large found and hardscape projects at, uh, grand scapes. They’re connected in Nebraska furniture Mart. So, uh, we’ve found a niche for ourselves doing, uh, uh, doing some pretty unique projects and we’re super proud of them. Very cool. I definitely want to dive into a couple of those. Uh, just cause I have some key questions. I’ve been curious about how rooftop pools get built for awhile without, you know, caving in and causing any problems. I’m sure there’s an art to that, but before we dive into all of that, uh, it is the holiday season. It is a time of year forgiving and you guys are big supporters of and a drop off point for the toys for tots and drive that is happening right now. So first of all, is there any particular background? Is this just something you guys have done for a long time or is it, why is that important to Gold Medal Pools? Our company and family is focused on giving, you know, this cause, uh, really resonates with us, you know, for a number of reasons. One, um, you know, having the Marines and armed forces involved. Um, we’re just so thankful for everything they do for the daily freedoms that we can have. And then being able to help, uh, children that aren’t as fortunate as some of our children here, uh, during, during the holiday times is, is just something that, uh, holds a special place in our heart. So for those that would like to come by the show, is it the showroom where people can drop things off? Yes, sir. Okay. So if people want to come by the showroom, drop off toys, where, where is that located? We’re at 43, 26 Preston road. Okay. Um, if you know where the new Tinder barbecue is, we’re just up from the Hacienda. You can’t miss us. We’re right on Preston road. We’ve got several show pools and uh, and displays built for our clients to see. In addition to coming by. And we definitely want to get people to come over to the showroom and see all the cool projects. But if they want to donate a toy for the toy drive but don’t have an opportunity to get by for whatever reason. Uh, I understand you guys have another way for people to uh, to contribute to the cause. We do and thank goodness for technology. We actually have an Amazon registry. Uh, you can go to Gold Medal Pools, toys for tots if you’re unable to make it by our location and still donate a toy to the cause. Okay, very good. Yeah, so you guys will definitely link that up in the show notes. If you want to make a donation a contribute, I strongly recommend go by the show room if you can, especially if you’re in the area. But if for whatever reason you cannot make it by, there is another opportunity there. And again, look at the show notes for the link. Do you guys go beyond just the pools? I assume you do like the whole backyard thing and all that stuff as well or no? We, we do a really how we’ve grown this is by listening to our clients and you know, where it …