Candy Evans

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

Keeping It Classy: Yard "Art" May be Why the Good Lord Invented HOA's…

By Candy Evans / November 21, 2013 /

The horsie above is in front of a home in McKinney, Texas, and — not sure what you call the gorilla in Santa suit — is in front of a lovely home in Waco, Texas. I really don’t know what to say… Toast to John Shore and Bill Young for great real estate sleuthing…

Abraham Zapruder Lived at 3909 Marquette in University Park in 1963: JFK Week and Dallas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / November 20, 2013 /

These are notes shown in the issue of LIFE: 50 Years Later that is on newsstands with the incredible gut-wrenching story of how Life editor Dick Stolley obtained the video of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas 50 years ago. It was shot carefully with a Bell & Howell Zoomatic Director Series Model 414 PD camera,…

Utility Concierge: You Make the Selections, They Make the Connections Now Easy as Watching a Cartoon!

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2013 /

  You know Utility Concierge, right? It’s my favorite company when it comes to moving. It like DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU! When I first met Gabe Abshire, UC’s CEO, I told him he’d be the next Bill Gates. Why? Because he has figured out a way to give consumers the power of choice, for ABsolutely…

Design, 1963: What They Were Sitting In — Gio Ponti's Continuum Chair

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2013 /

This is the Continuum chair — a work of Italian art by Mr. Gio Ponti  50 years ago. The chair is made of rattan bent entirely by hand, then fastened with leather bindings. The chairs were made by Bonacini Pierantonio in the Como province, and vintage Continuums rarely pop up at auction. Scott+Cooner had them…

Monday Morning Millionaire JFK Week: Sunken Living Rooms. What They Were Building in Dallas in 1963

By Candy Evans / November 18, 2013 /

It’s hard to imagine, but in 1963 Walnut Hill Lane was the new frontier of building in Dallas. Nothing typifies the period more than 5333 Walnut Hill Lane. Built in 1963, this sprawling ranch has all the ingredients that consumers were groovin’ back in 1963: port-cocheres with pebble aggregate driveways and patios; brick walls in…