Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Do you know Meals on Wheels? Each weekday, more than 4,000 hot lunches are cooked and delivered to homebound seniors and disabled persons throughout Dallas County. Volunteers do the delivering. It is a great volunteer opportunity for Realtors, especially, since they are chained to a car. Meals on Wheels is a project of the Visiting Nurses Association, and Peggy Millheiser happens to be on the board of VNA/Meals on Wheels. The VNA started the very first hospice program in Dallas, and continues the work today. They also offer private care and companionship.
Golfing great Hal Sutton found himself in the Texas Hill Country about 12 years ago, with a stop in Fredericksburg. He might have thought he was in Tuscany, not Texas, because the terrain was so similar he wondered where the olive trees were. The idyllic German-esque community of about 11,000 in Gillespie County rests about…
Last night I attended an unprecedented party right down the street. Which was super great, because they served Mojitos and I walked home! And if you know me, you know that I get really fun after a Mojito (or two). (Maybe three.) The event was the unveiling of a very unique and gorgeous home that…
I am hot on Fairview. I have always been hot on Fairview because the homes are gorgeous and the topography has a bit of Hill Country to it. I stop at Watters Creek whenever I am in the area, and friends who live up there LOVE the schools, love the community. But just yesterday I…
Update: One of our wonderful readers alerts me to the fact that this is golfer Lanny Watkins residence. Hence, the putting green. Quest: if the agents had promoted that the home had a high profile owner, could it have sold faster? So this puppy was listed as far back as August, 2011 with Kevin Laszlo of…
