Candy Evans

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

Memorial Day House Candy to Last All Week: 4001 Turtle Creek, The Blue-Roofed Show Stopper, Goes on the Market

By Candy Evans / May 30, 2012 /

You know this home, you’ve probably almost crashed your S65 into the Porsch at the corner of Turtle Creek and Avondale as you ooohhed and aaahhed over 4001 Turtle Creek. That is the shockingly white, exquisitely redone 1920’s Mediterranean beauty with the blue-tiled roof. And yep, it’s on the market! But NOT in MLS. Just…

In Case You’d Rather Leave the Cooking to Someone Else, Meet Home Chef Jedediah Strong Smith

By Candy Evans / May 29, 2012 /

Go ahead, take that kitchen for a test drive! Meet Jedediah Strong Smith of 33Northtx.com and his darling yoga instructing wife, Jessica Jane Smith. Oh yes, you can call him Jed for short. Formerly of Bozeman, Montana, where he created delectable meals of health and fabu taste for the Bozeman jet set — we are talking folks in Spanish Peaks, Yellowstone Club — Jed and Jess are now in Dallas and ready to cook for you in your home.

In Case You Like to Cook in That Gourmet Kitchen, Maybe Even Turn on that Wolf Stove: Katie Workman’s Mom 100

By Candy Evans / May 29, 2012 /

Meet Katie Workman. She was in town last week promoting her fun and wonderfully informative new cookbook, “MOM 100”, which I totally wish had existed when my kids were growing up.

The Deal is Going Down in Georgia: The Gambler’s Estate Hits The Auction Block June 26

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2012 /

By Joanna England If you’re auction savvy, you know that when it comes to getting the price you want can be a gamble. You’ve got to know when to hold them, and know when to fold them … Those who are eyeing the former estate of country music icon Kenny Rogers will be making bids…

Thursday Three Hundred: Inside Amy Vanderoef’s Kessler Park Doll House

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2012 /

Look, just look at this adorable home: 1034 Windomere in Kessler Park, minutes to the hopping Bishop Arts District and within skyline sight of downtown Dallas. Built in 1926, the home has not just three bedrooms but three baths, a two car garage, Park Cities sized 50 by 150 lot, 1995 square feet, character out…