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Juicy news: Luxury lifestyle guru Brian Bolke is taking over Highland ParkVillage

Number One/Le Jus owner Brian Bolke at Forty Five Ten, his first store, forFashion's Night Out.
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Le Jus juices are also available for delivery.
Among the luxury goods at Number One: Jeanine Payer's simple, earthy designs.

UPDATE: Number One/Le Jus is opening Thursday, November 15. The hours will be 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Saturday, and 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday.

Stylemaker Brian Bolke is at it again. Less than a year after he opened Five and Ten in Highland Park Village, he’s got another one on the way: Number One/Le Jus.

Bolke’s latest lifestyle concept, like his first shop, Forty Five Ten, is a happy marriage of luxury retailer and cafe — only this time the cafe’s focus is organic, fresh-pressed juice. Bolke’s partner is nutritionist and juicing enthusiast Dana Card.

When Bolke tried her cleanse in 2011, he realized there was room in the Dallas market for a feel-good lifestyle store. With Card equally as eager to share her Zen-like philosophy and all-organic juices, the concept was born.

“Number One/Le Jus appeals to a new customer — one that doesn’t necessarily shop at Forty Five Ten,” says owner Brian Bolke.

The space wasn’t too difficult to find, either, so the dream has come to fruition faster than anticipated. When Centennial liquor store closed at Highland Park Village, managing director Stephen Summers called Bolke, who had turned around the space now occupied by Five and Ten in just three short weeks.

Bolke says Number One/Le Jus will be a place where people can walk in and feel good. The front will be filled with clothing, candles, jewelry and other must-haves that support a luxury-meets-organic lifestyle. All of the brands sold at Number One are new for Bolke, except for Diptyque Paris.

In addition to outdoor dining in the front, Le Jus Cafe Organic will have 30 communal seats in the back of the house. Card calls Le Jus “the couture of juicing.”

All juices are made with high-quality, organic, slow-pressed ingredients. With an eight-day cleanse full of nutrient-dense ingredients like almond milk (made with organic, unpasteurized and fermented nuts) and seasonal greens promising to renew strength and energy, c’est tout parfait.

If you’re not into juicing, don’t fret, mon ami. Le Jus will have a cafe organique with French teas, soups, salads, desserts (all grain-free) and seasonal organic berry lemonade.

Number One/Le Jus, once home to the Highland Park Soda Fountain, is more multifaceted than Bolke’s other shops. “It appeals to a new customer — one that doesn’t necessarily shop at Forty Five Ten,” he says. We imagine the clientele will be a mix of yogis, organic advocates and luxury shoppers who will soon have a place to gather, together.

Bolke says the name has a couple of meanings. First, it reflects the address of the store, like its sibling Forty Five Ten. But it also expresses the idea that people should put themselves first.

“The store and juicery are going to be an amazing success,” Summers says. “We’re filling the gaps with this niche.”

Number One/Le Jus opens October 27 at 7 am. We’ll be the first in line — in our yoga pants.

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Jobs report

Texas ranks among 10 best states to find a job, says new report

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You have a better chance of landing a job in Texas than in most other states.

If you’re hunting for a job in Texas amid a tough employment market, you stand a better chance of landing it here than you might in other states.

A new ranking by personal finance website WalletHub of the best states for jobs puts Texas at No. 7. The Lone Star State lands at No. 2 in the economic environment category and No. 18 in the job market category.

Massachusetts tops the list, and West Virginia appears at the bottom.

To determine the most attractive states for employment, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 34 key indicators of economic health and job market strength. Ranking factors included employment growth, median annual income, and average commute time.

“Living in one of the best states for jobs can provide stable conditions for the long term, helping you ride out the fluctuations that the economy will experience in the future,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says.

In September, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas led the U.S. in job creation with the addition of 195,600 jobs over the past 12 months.

While Abbott proclaimed Texas is “America’s jobs leader,” the state’s level of job creation has recently slowed. In June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas noted that the state’s year-to-date job growth rate had dipped to 1.8 percent, and that even slower job growth was expected in the second half of this year.

The August unemployment rate in Texas stood at 4.1 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Throughout 2025, the monthly rate in Texas has been either four percent or 4.1 percent.

By comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate in August was 4.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2025, the monthly rate for the U.S. has ranged from 4 percent to 4.3 percent.

Here’s a rundown of the August unemployment rates in Texas’ four biggest metro areas:

Austin — 3.9 percent
Dallas-Fort Worth — 4.4 percent
San Antonio — 4.4 percent
Houston — 5 percent

Unemployment rates have remained steady this year despite layoffs and hiring freezes driven by economic uncertainty. However, the number of U.S. workers who’ve been without a job for at least 27 weeks has risen by 385,000 this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August. That month, long-term unemployed workers accounted for about one-fourth of all unemployed workers.

An August survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed a record-low 44.9 percent of Americans were confident about finding a job if they lost their current one.

This story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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