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T here has been much too much foreplay, but reservation lines at Virgin Hotels Dallas are finally open and accepting stays beginning December 15. Developed in partnership with Sir Richard Branson's doppelgänger, Dunhill Partners' Bill Hutchinson, the hotel — located on Turtle Creek Boulevard in the Dallas Design District — soars with 268 guest rooms (including two penthouse suites). Multiple venues for sipping and supping include Commons Club, a modern social club located on the first floor near the main entrance, and Funny Library Coffee Shop — a communal workspace serving hot pours of Laughing Man, the coffee brand co-founded by actor Hugh Jackman. Top off your day with cocktails at the sexy outdoor Pool Club or a workout 34 at the state-of-the-art fitness center, open 24/7. Guest-room interiors are divided into two areas, separated by a sliding room panel with peephole: The Dressing Room with full vanity, makeup desk, and lighted mirror, and The Lounge, with an ergonomically designed lounge bed, red SMEG fridge, (stocked, of course), red plush sofa, and yoga mat. Interiors are designed by Dallas-based Swoon the Studio and Austin's Joel Mozersky Design. 5G Studio (Forty Five Ten at Hudson Yards, AC Hotel Dallas, Omni Dallas) served as architectural firm. Some say you can only be a virgin once, but seven additional Virgin Hotels are underway in Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Silicon Valley, and Edinburgh, Scotland. Virgin Hotels Dallas, 1445 Turtle Creek Blvd., virginhotels.com/ dallas. Lisa Collins Shaddock LIKE A VIRGIN B y day, Shannon Blount is a real estate agent, and Robyn Siegel is an art advisor. But together, they create works of plant art that serve as more than decoration. Made With Love and Intention is a company and passion project the duo quietly started this year, offering custom plant arrangements and crystal kits. A small cactus is potted with amethyst to promote serenity; a crystal kit of rose quartz and moonstone increases female intuition. The combination of living plants and energetic stones is all about creating positive energy. For now, the arrangements are by custom order, with creations sold at Knox-Henderson salon Songbird Society and V.O.D. loveandintention.co. Christina Geyer GOOD VIBES OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. F or the 30th anniversary of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala chairs Barbara and Don Daseke tapped superstar violinist Joshua Bell to perform during the black-tie fundraiser. Lauded as one of the world's greatest contemporary American violinists, Bell will perform Brahm's Violin Concerto. Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala, September 28, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, mydso.com. Christina Geyer BELL OF THE BALL ALLISON V. SMITH Joshua Bell