Candy Evans

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

Romance Week Finale: Love is In The Air in Lakewood Hills, Formerly Known As Gaston/Coronado

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2014 /

Toni Brinker and T. Boone Pickens — that is, Mr. and Mrs. Pickens — may be saturating West Texas with romance, but we have a fair share of it in Lakewood. Love is in the air in the newly-renamed Lakewood Hills, or so Lakewood Realtor Scott Carlson tells me. He just closed 6929 Casa Loma Avenue for…

Romance Week: T. Boone Pickens Weds Toni Brinker at His Mesa Vista Ranch February 14

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2014 /

Mesa Vista -BP Capital These two have got to be the most romantic couple in the world. As you know, Toni Brinker and T. Boone Pickens have been dating, got engaged, and planned a most exclusive wedding for St. Valentine’s Day. The ceremony took place at T. Boone’s Mesa Vista Ranch, a 70,000 acre “Shangri-la”…

Romance Week Extraordinaire – Special Treat for The Contemporary-Loving Valentine: It's OK to Live North of LBJ

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

It is no secret that buyers are re-discovering the snazz and pizzazz of homes built in the 1980’s. With the dearth of inventory, they are also re-discovering Dallas north of LBJ. In fact, the newest slogan around is “It’s OK to be north of LBJ”. Many boomers who lived south of LBJ for schools — ESD,…

Romance Week Extraordinaire – Special Treat for The Contemporary-Loving Valentine: It’s OK to Live North of LBJ

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

It is no secret that buyers are re-discovering the snazz and pizzazz of homes built in the 1980’s. With the dearth of inventory, they are also re-discovering Dallas north of LBJ. In fact, the newest slogan around is “It’s OK to be north of LBJ”. Many boomers who lived south of LBJ for schools — ESD,…

Architects I Love (Heart Heart Heart): Gary Gene Olp

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

One of my favorite architects –and I have a few — is Gary Gene Olp, FAIA, LEED AP. Gary has been nominated for the Sustainable Leadership Award.  Voting ends today, on Valentines Day, which seems so appropriate, so I am posting this in case you haven’t heard the good word. If you agree that Gary…