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T he second annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas is September 23 through October 24, 2021, and May 15 is the deadline to apply to design a room or garden. Nazira Handal, director of special events and corporate sponsorships for Kips Bay, is your go-to contact. Submit your L ike most of us, our favorite mistress of the turntables, DJ Lucy Wrubel, had a tumultuous 2020. Her usual back-to-back bookings vanished when the order came to shelter in place. She was no longer hopping a flight to Cabo to spin tracks at a wedding or jumping in her pop-up DJ booth to pump up a crowd at Neiman Marcus. But one of the many reasons we love Miss Wrubel is her endless optimism— her champagne coupe is always half-full. When we met over coffee (actually, she had her usual Red Bull), she showed up in red Gucci heels, denim dress, and a Gucci bucket hat, under which her COVID-long, still streaked tresses were blown about by the spring wind. She ticked off her 2020 bookings one finger at a time: "One. Two. Three. And then that was it. Nothing." To quote an '80s song, she proceeded "destination unknown" throughout the remaining months. "I used that time to reflect," she says. "I spent so SPIN, SPIN, LU CY entry at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse. org/dallassubmission. Selected designers will be notified soon after the May 15 deadline, concerning the room lottery process and other relevant information. Opening-night reception is Thursday, September 23, and the show house opens to the public Friday, September 24, through October 24, benefiting Kips Bay Boys & Girls Clubs, NYC, along with Dallas nonprofits The Crystal Charity Ball and Dwell with Dignity. Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas ticket and event information: Opening-night tickets, Thursday, September 23, $250, and show house tickets, September 24 – October 24, $40, at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse. org. Information, 718.893.8600, ext. 11236. For requirements to apply to the selection committee to decorate a room, go to kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse. org/dallassubmission. Questions, nazira.handal@kipsbay.org. KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE DALLAS LAST CALL FOR DESIGNERS TO APPLY OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. Doniphan Moore, Kips Bay Dallas 2020 Chad Dorsey, Kips Bay Dallas 2020 (Continued on page 24) Lucy Wrubel's new podcast 22