HP Falls Victim to Cliche-Ridden Column

If you’re an internet perusing Park Cities resident, perhaps you’ve already seen Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Mike Hunt’s little ditty about his trip to Highland Park High School’s indoor practice facility, if not, you’ll probably find this little nugget interesting:

“Highland Park would be the Beverly Hills of Dallas,” said Packers No. 3 quarterback Graham Harrell, who went to high school in a nice-enough Dallas suburb, just not Highland Park.

Actually, Highland Park High School is located in adjoining University Park, not far from oh-so chic SMU. At a nearby coffee shop just before the Packers arrived, a man complimented a woman on her fashion sense. With her fur-looking coat, she was wearing sandals in 20-degree weather.

“You have to have a good chauffer to pull this off,” she told him.

OK. Highland Park is the “Beverly Hills of Dallas”? Really? Also, the quote from the fur-ensconced woman in sandals seems a little off. I found this part interesting, too:

Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker and Bobby Layne, both of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played at Highland Park. So did current Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, whose donations partially went to the on-campus indoor facility the Packers borrowed.

“Hopefully, Mr. Stafford donated enough to the high school,” Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said.

Oh, he did.

By Joanna England Feb. 3, 2011 | 1:36 pm | 17 Comments | Comments RSS
17 comments to "HP Falls Victim to Cliche-Ridden Column"
  1. D @ February 3, 2011 at 3:10 pm
    I’ve heard that comment before (“Beverly Hills of Dallas”). In fact, Wilbur David Cook (amongst others) designed the master plans for both Beverly Hills and Highland Park. Other factors are similar enough that it is not a ridiculous comparison.

    As to the chauffeur comment, seems ridiculous to me as well, and yet I’ve seen and heard crazier things around here.

  2. Gringo Bling @ February 3, 2011 at 4:00 pm
    That chauffer comment has to be made up. Wearing sandals and a fur coat have absolutely nothing to do with a chauffer anyway.

  3. kmom @ February 3, 2011 at 4:31 pm
    Sure it does, you couldn’t run errands in sandals by yourself and be at the whim of parking space availability. With a chauffeur you can guarantee you only have to take a few steps outdoors between vehicle and destination. But I don’t believe it either, it sounds completely made up. We southern women know how to do some fabulous dressing apres ski and that’s what the ladies-who-lunch are looking like right now.

  4. laughing @ February 3, 2011 at 4:34 pm
    If I were wearing sandals in 20 degree weather and being driven around by a chauffer I would ask him to go stand in line and get my coffee.

  5. Rico @ February 3, 2011 at 5:32 pm
    Apparently someone from HP didn’t take kindly to the comments following the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.

  6. James Tucker @ February 3, 2011 at 6:25 pm
    Here is another comment by a Packer from an AP article published by ESPN:

    “That’s ridiculous,” Packers receiver James Jones said. “We barely had a football field at my high school in California. There’s too much money out here. They need to send some of that extra cash out to California.”

    Mr. Jones obviously doesn’t realize that we already give 2/3rds of the money raised in property taxes to less well off schools in Texas.

    I also question Mr. Jones judgment. Why would we throw good money after bad to a bankrupt state like California?

    Has Mr. Jones donated any money to the school that he went to in California. His comment might fall under the “You First” doctrine.

  7. Bill @ February 3, 2011 at 7:32 pm
    At least the story did not mention John Hinckley Jr. For years every story from out of town mentioned his name in the 80s.

    Comments are somewhat interesting in the original article.

  8. maryofdallas @ February 3, 2011 at 7:50 pm
    Don’t be so sensitive, HP. This is exactly what you look like to outsiders.

  9. zaner @ February 3, 2011 at 8:46 pm
    A ditty is a song. I don’t see how Hunt’s piece registers as a song, even metaphorically. Why was the word “ditty” used?

  10. grump @ February 3, 2011 at 9:18 pm
    I’m going to buy a case of Charles Woodson’s $150 bottle wine and send it to James Jones’ California high school.

  11. SDM @ February 3, 2011 at 10:16 pm
    HP is the BH of Dallas, you know, you love it, don’t act shocked by it.

  12. mainzer @ February 4, 2011 at 9:04 am
    Are we sure that Beverly HIlls isn’t the HP of LA?

  13. hmmm @ February 4, 2011 at 10:29 am
    mike hunt? what kind of name is that?

  14. TJ @ February 4, 2011 at 11:54 am
    We deserve our own TV series: Highland Park 75205

    hmmm @ February 4, 2011 at 10:29 am
    mike hunt? what kind of name is that?…

    Porky’s, lol

  15. Happymom @ February 4, 2011 at 12:44 pm
    Typically when I am talking about my chauffeur I mean my husband ….or a teen age relative.

  16. Happymom @ February 4, 2011 at 12:46 pm
    How much are they paying to use OUR facility?

  17. jc @ February 4, 2011 at 2:34 pm
    Perhaps the woman in the fur coat and sandals was on her way to/from a pedicure. Been there, done that.

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