Profile

Heloise, the woman whose one-word public name is synonymous with helping make life efficient and effective, welcomed Country Lifestyle into her suburban South Texas home for a visit and some holiday hints.

It all began with a John Wayne movie.

While she herself has an exotic background—born in Kirkuk, Iraq, to a British father and a Lebanese mother, Madeleine Pickens grew up in various locales around the world—it was America’s Wild West heritage that captured her imagination. After going to the then-British Bahamas in 1966, she arrived in the United States in 1969 on a green card, later becoming an American citizen and eventually a resident of Dallas.

It feels slightly ironic to meet Susan Wittig Albert at a busy book store coffee shop.

Kirk Feldman had his first brush with the business side of entertainment when he became the de facto manager of his college band. But he had no idea that the lessons he learned while trying to negotiate pay with fraternities and bar owners, coupled with his passion for performing, were paving the way for a successful career in theater.