Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
This in Kiest Park. Just caught this on Roy Appleton’s blog: A loud noise reminiscent of a car wreck awoke Judy and Charlie Brooks about 4 a.m. Friday. Checking around, they were shocked to see their mighty red oak tree — perhaps uprooted by the weight of ice — had crashed into their backyard garage.…
You know how some folks make fun of those who build build huge homes with multiple fireplaces? Why do you need multiple fireplaces in Dallas, they jeer, it never gets cold here. Yeah, right, and we never are without heat, are we? There’s a reason for fireplaces, and the folks in these homes know that…
The latest estimates put it at 20,000 plus in Dallas and Collin Counties. That would include our Executive Editor, Joanna England, and frequent contributor Karen Eubank, both of whom live in East Dallas. Jo has been texting me since her house went cold Friday. She says “this photo is two streets over from me. We…
Of course they did not, but the complete transformation of the Hilton Anatole Hotel into the Big Apple Saturday night was very, very real as more than 1500 attendees slogged and slid through icy Dallas roads, braving freezing temperatures, to attend the most highly anticipated Dallas social event of the year. The 2013 Crystal Charity Ball was…
This is the sad news about trees during a Texas ice storm: some of them cannot handle the weight of the ice. I went out to try and save this little Weeping Willow tree, thinking maybe I could plug in a hairdryer and melt the ice, but I think I would need one the size…
