Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Cole Smith is a True Renaissance Man: Architect, Artisan, and Painter

By Candy Evans / November 4, 2014 /

The beautiful new home of Joyce and Larry Lacerte was the scene Saturday evening for a private showing of the prolific and quite talented works of architect Cole Smith. He designed and recently completed this house for the Lacertes, even as he designed and helped them built their former $20 plus million estate at 5323 Park…

Most Amazing Condo You Will Ever Experience: Laura Hunt Lists Her Azure Penthouse of Architectural Wonders

By Candy Evans / November 3, 2014 /

Laura Hunt is a child of Dallas, a native whose design name strikes passion in the veins of the editors of Architectural Digest and design connoisseurs everywhere. She is a constant on the AD 100, that venerable list of the best our world has to offer. Did I say world? Yes. Since 1990, the bible…

Check Out Our New CandysDirt.com Page in The November Issue of Modern Luxury Dallas!

By Candy Evans / November 3, 2014 /

We love all our special media friends in Dallas, and we are downright crazy about the folks at Modern Luxury Dallas, the most upscale magazine in town, who invited us to create a CandysDirt.com page of fabulous real estate finds. Think of it as going on a treasure hunt for really great houses. Where will be…

Master Plan Meeting I for Preston Center: Mark Cuban Has Half of Preston Hollow on Prozac

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2014 /

True confessions here: I did not get to Thursday’s meeting at six, since I thought it started at seven and had a commitment. Thankfully, Eric Nicholson from the Dallas Observer was there, and I am going to turn most of this post over to him to tell us what went down. I saw Laura Miller…

Mike Modano Sold His Home on Epping Lane!

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2014 /

We told you all about this honey pie not too long ago, and now she has a happy new owner. The Modanos, meantime, are very busy with the twins in Scotsdale. Sold for $3.4 straight up, with the expertise and help of Ms. Joan Eleazer at Briggs Freeman Sothebys. Ryan Streiff at Dave Perry-Miller brought…