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Fresh off celebrating its first anniversary in Dallas, NWD BRIDAL looking ahead to its next chapter

DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Fresh off celebrating its first anniversary in Dallas this spring, NWD BRIDAL, the luxury bridal boutique founded by Saskatchewan, Canada native Nadia Williamson, is looking ahead to its next chapter while continuing to bring internationally celebrated bridal fashion and a distinctly personal experience to brides in Dallas and beyond.

For Williamson, choosing Dallas and specifically Snider Plaza was intentional.

Growing up on the Canadian Prairies, Williamson was drawn to Dallas for its sophistication, style, warmth and tradition. She envisioned a bridal destination where international couture could meet an intimate, highly personalized experience.

“I wanted to create the kind of bridal experience I always believed should exist, beautiful and elevated, but also incredibly personal,” says Williamson. “Dallas felt like the right city for that vision.”

Snider Plaza became the natural home for the boutique. Williamson was inspired by its romantic atmosphere, beautiful fountain, walkable streets and timeless architecture.

“I fell in love with Snider Plaza because it has such a romantic charm,” says Williamson. “It feels removed from the typical retail experience. You arrive here for something special, and that was exactly the feeling I wanted a bride to have when she came to NWD BRIDAL.”

The boutique offers an exclusive selection of internationally celebrated designers, including Vivienne Westwood, Zuhair Murad, Dana Harel, Enaura and Lihi Hod, alongside other carefully curated couture collections.

For Samantha Levis, NWD BRIDAL partner and celebrity stylist who grew up in Oklahoma, the boutique reflects both Dallas sophistication and a global approach to bridal fashion.

“Dallas women have an incredible sense of personal style, and they know the difference between something that is simply beautiful and something that feels truly special,” says Levis. “We have created a boutique that brings extraordinary international design together with a level of intimacy and personal attention that feels very Dallas.”

Williamson’s Saskatchewan roots continue to influence her approach to luxury, with an emphasis on craftsmanship, authenticity and personal connection.

“The greatest part of this first year has been the brides,” Williamson says. “You become a small part of an incredibly important moment in someone’s life. To have women trust us with that experience is something I never take for granted.”

From Saskatchewan to Dallas, NWD BRIDAL is creating a bridal destination that is international in its fashion perspective, personal in its approach and distinctly at home in Dallas.

One year behind us. A lifetime of bridal dreams ahead.

About NWD BRIDAL

NWD BRIDAL is a luxury bridal boutique located in Snider Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Founded by Saskatchewan native Nadia Williamson, the boutique offers a curated selection of international bridal designers, couture craftsmanship and personalized styling in an intimate appointment experience.

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After serving for six years as chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, Bryan Daniel was tapped to lead the New York Stock Exchange’s newest trading venue: NYSE Texas. Based at Old Parkland, the market debuted in the spring of 2025 and quickly attracted more than 100 dual listings—among the first to sign on were AT&T, D.R. Horton, Texas Pacific Land Corp., and Vistra Corp. “Texas is still on the upward slope for success in the financial sector,” Daniel says. Away from the office, he enjoys photography and occasionally ventures off the beaten path to do so. “The biggest risk I ever took was mountain trail photography,” he says. “Spoiler: You will see bears.”

Education: Texas Tech University (MS, BS)

First Job: “In high school, I was a farm hand for a local farmer. The two most significant things I learned were work ethic and problem-solving. You’re alone much of the time, and you have to get your work done. Nothing ever goes according to plan.”

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First Car: “It was a 1975 GMC High Sierra 2500. It was a great starter vehicle that didn’t always start.”

A Better DFW: “Let’s encourage more companies to focus on the trades. We’re going to need more skilled tradespeople if we are going to continue to grow.”

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Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell of 2819 Church is bringing ACCESS, a massive one-hour prayer gathering, to AT&T Stadium in North Texas. Ahead of the event and the release of his new book, *Contend*, Mitchell spoke with The Dallas Weekly about why young people are searching for authenticity in the church, his passion for reaching young Black men, and why he believes complacency has become one of the greatest challenges facing Christianity today.

By Patrick Washington | The Dallas Weekly

When 80,000 people claim seats at AT&T Stadium for a night of prayer, something more than a typical church service is taking place.

For Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell, however, the size of the crowd gathering in North Texas is not the story he wants people to focus on.

“I feel like God is doing something very supernatural, and He deserves the glory for that,” Mitchell told The Dallas Weekly. “I think it is a revival that’s being birthed in the country and spreading around the world.”

Mitchell, lead pastor of 2819 Church, will bring that movement to AT&T Stadium on Oct. 10 for ACCESS, a one-hour gathering centered on prayer. Three days later, his new book, Contend, is scheduled for release.

Together, the gathering and the book offer a window into the message that has helped Mitchell develop an enormous following, particularly among younger Christians.

According to Mitchell, part of that appeal comes from a growing dissatisfaction with what some people have encountered in organized Christianity.

“There is an emerging demographic that is fed up with all of the foolishness in the church world,” Mitchell said. “They’re fed up with all of the corruption. They’re fed up with the grifting. They’re fed up with the inauthenticity.”

What they are searching for instead, he said, is “something that is real, something that is authentic, something that they can believe in.”

The presentation surrounding Mitchell and 2819 Church may feel decidedly contemporary, but Mitchell describes the foundation of his preaching in much more traditional terms.

“I’m an expository preacher and teacher,” he said. “What I’m giving people right now is not fluff nor my opinions. I am preaching the Word of God to them.”

Mitchell also rejects the idea that his approach requires presenting himself as infallible. He acknowledged making mistakes from the pulpit and having to apologize for them.

That willingness to acknowledge his own imperfections appears connected to the larger theme running throughout his ministry: authenticity.

It is particularly significant as Mitchell’s visibility continues to grow. Thousands come to hear him preach, while millions encounter his ministry online. That kind of attention can create its own challenge in a religious culture where charismatic pastors can sometimes become as important to followers as the message they preach.

Mitchell makes a distinction between admiration and idolization.

“I’m just a man,” he said. “I say this publicly from the pulpit. And I’ll do a lot of confessing of my own sins. And I talk about my own struggles so people can see I’m a man like everybody else.”

Mitchell says he views himself not as the owner of the movement growing around him, but as its steward.

“This is not centered around a man,” Mitchell said. “It’s centered around a movement. I’m just a face at the center of the movement. But it’s all about the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Even the name 2819 points away from Mitchell himself, referencing Matthew 28:19 and the Great Commission’s instruction to make disciples.

Mitchell’s message carries particular weight when he talks about young Black men.

His own journey stretches from Queens, New York, and Rikers Island to the pulpit of a rapidly growing church. Mitchell said that history shapes the compassion he feels for young Black men growing up in difficult urban environments, particularly those who struggle to see educational or economic opportunities ahead of them.

“I want my life to be a testimony to them that God could do anything with a surrendered life,” he said. “It does not matter where you start. It matters who you surrender to and where you end up.”

Mitchell recalled that as a young man in Queens during the 1990s, he had neither a clear ambition nor a vision for his future.

“I really never thought about my life beyond the day I was in,” he said.

Today, he hopes that transformation provides an example to young Black men who may see something of themselves in his beginnings.

“There is nothing that God cannot do with a fully surrendered life,” Mitchell said. “All He needs is a yes.”

That idea of surrender also sits at the center of Contend.

Mitchell describes the book as a response to what he sees as a growing divide between biblical Christianity and a Western version of the faith increasingly shaped by culture.

He wants Christians, he said, to “contend earnestly for the faith” rather than devoting their energy exclusively to the political, racial and cultural battles surrounding them.

Among the internal struggles addressed in Contend are fear, pride, distraction and complacency. Mitchell considers complacency the most dangerous.

“I feel like we are comfortable in Western Christianity,” he said. “I feel like we’re being lulled to sleep by perverted preaching.”

His diagnosis becomes even more pointed when discussing responsibility within church leadership.

“The greatest threat to the American church, it is the American pulpit,” Mitchell said. “It is false doctrine. It is the softening of the biblical message, the softening of the gospel that is also fueling that complacency.”

It is a forceful critique coming from a pastor whose own reach continues to expand. But Mitchell argues that growth is not the objective. Transformation is.

That distinction may ultimately be the measure Mitchell uses to judge ACCESS. The question is not simply whether 80,000 people fill AT&T Stadium. It is what happens to them afterward.

Mitchell said he hopes the night becomes one of those rare moments in a person’s spiritual life that permanently alters its trajectory.

“If the 80,000 people that show up at AT&T Stadium and those who show up in the streets around the stadium and those who pray with us from anywhere around the country—if that night marks them in such a way that they will never be the same after that night,” he said, then ACCESS will have accomplished its purpose.

He hopes attendees leave with a deeper relationship with Christ, moved away from what he describes as “complacency and lukewarm Christianity” and toward becoming more committed disciples.

Mitchell is also extending the invitation beyond Arlington. Christians around the country are being asked to devote the same hour to prayer, creating what he describes as a national call to prayer.

Ultimately, Mitchell said, the success of the gathering will not be measured by attendance but by the stories that emerge afterward—changed lives, restored relationships and, according to Mitchell’s faith expectations, physical healing and miracles.

That makes the timing of Contend particularly deliberate.

ACCESS takes place Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Central at AT&T Stadium. Three days later, Contend will be released Oct. 13 and, according to Mitchell, will be available wherever books are sold in person and online.

The stadium will eventually empty. The crowd will go home. The social media attention surrounding 80,000 people gathering in one place will inevitably move on to something else.

For Mitchell, what remains after that moment is precisely the point.

If those who participate leave more committed to their faith than when they arrived, then the size of the crowd becomes secondary to what the gathering produced.

“I believe there are moments in the Christian life in which we may be marked,” Mitchell said. “These are critical moments where I could look back over my shoulder and know that God sovereignly met me in a moment and changed the trajectory of my life.”

On Oct. 10, Mitchell is hoping 80,000 people experience one of those moments together.

The city of Dallas approved $12.55 million dollars to reconstruct 22 traffic signals along major Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus routes.

Crews will replace outdated hardware and infrastructure while adding technology intended to improve bus travel times, traffic flow and pedestrian safety. According to the city, about one-third of the signals are complete, a second one-third are close to installation and the last one-third are still in the works.

The 22 existing signals were built before 1980 and do not meet current technological, safety or Americans with Disabilities Act standards, according to the city’s Transportation and Public Works department.

The new signals will include features such as Audible Pedestrian Signals, which counts down how much time is left to cross, and vehicle detection to help with traffic flow.

They also allow for DART buses to be recognized sooner for faster travel, improving arrival and departure times.

The partnership between the city of Dallas and DART features funding from the transit authority’s Public Transportation Improvement fund, which was set up after the pandemic using leftover federal relief funds, and construction from the city’s Transportation and Public Works department.

The department said the following intersections will have new signals and be fully operational by mid-2027:

The changes will impact DART bus routes 1, 3, 9, 15, 25, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45, 47, 57, 108, 232 and 237, according to the city.

“There will be limited, if any, impact to riders during the construction, but upon completion, riders and drivers will experience better traffic flow and safer roadways which lead to better on-time performance for our buses,” said Erin Myers, vice president of public relations for DART.

The city has spent $8.4 million on the project so far, and plans to spend about another $3.6 million, leaving over $500,000 uncommitted to be spent on hardware purchases, according to a memo from Dev Rastogi, Dallas assistant city manager.

Today at 8:30 a.m. Dallas time, the Michelin Guide Texas will release its list of best restaurants, one of the biggest culinary announcements in Dallas-Fort Worth in a year. At stake is the chance for Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants to win 1, 2 or 3 Michelin stars, the gold standard for gastronomic achievement across the world.

The company will also award Bib Gourmands, an honor for value-driven food, as well as Recommended statuses, which signify restaurants worthy of a visit but not quite star quality, according to Michelin’s anonymous inspectors.

Michelin has awarded stars for 100 years, yet it released its first Guide of best bets for Texas’ five major cities just two years ago, in 2024.

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Michelin’s 2025 Guide didn’t add or subtract many restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth, leaving many chefs and investors frustrated. To date, just two restaurants in Dallas have a Michelin star. Neither are guaranteed to keep the stars after today’s announcement.

No Fort Worth restaurant has received a Michelin star so far.

Stay tuned for the 2026 results, which will be released on this page. After The Dallas Morning News reports the list of winners, we will analyze whether Michelin got its picks right.

Find all coverage, including our predictions, at dallasnews.com/michelin.

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Does Michelin matter to Texas?

Michelin has not spotlighted every foodie’s favorite spot — far from it. Still, Michelin’s presence in Texas legitimizes Dallas-Fort Worth’s culinary scene, said Mark Thompson, senior vice president of tourism and operations of Visit Dallas, the city’s not-for-profit tourism group.

Thompson spent more than 10 years talking with Michelin executives, trying to entice them to a city where dining, shopping and sports are our biggest pleasures.

After years of closed-door conversations, Travel Texas and five visitors’ bureaus in the state’s biggest cities agreed to pay Michelin $2.7 million over three years. It's a model Michelin has used in other states across the country as well.

Tourism groups do not have control over which restaurants are included in Michelin’s Guide, and the company is famously secretive about its review processes.

As the contract expires at the three-year mark, is paying for Michelin worth it, I asked Thompson?

He thinks about that often. “Because we are funded by hotel taxes,” he said of Visit Dallas, “we constantly have to ask and answer, ‘Is this a good use of funds?’”

The answer is an easy yes, Thompson said. Michelin’s maps now include Dallas, which means tourists find hotels and restaurants they may never have been looking for before. Michelin helps “cut through the clutter” among D-FW’s 16,000 restaurants, Thompson said.

“Michelin is top of the list for me. I can’t think of a better way to spend our money.”