Joanna England

Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.

We Are All #DallasStrong

By Joanna England / July 8, 2016 /

Today, the team of CandysDirt.com is trying to see the beauty in our city through teary eyes. Last night’s peaceful protest in downtown Dallas turned into an ugly, horrific scene, with gunmen taking their perverted sense of justice into their own hands and attacking the very Dallas Police Officers that were lining the streets, protecting…

Midcentury-Inspired Northwest Dallas Home is Fun at Any Angle

By Joanna England / July 6, 2016 /

There’s only a very limited pool of midcentury modern homes in Dallas, and those that do hit the market tend to go quickly and for a premium. There’s a certain obsession with the architectural style, with low-pitched roofs, clerestory windows, and quirky floor plans. Often times, truly vintage midcentury modern homes have two problems: they…

Lakewood Home Festival Has its Name in Lights

By Joanna England / July 5, 2016 /

  Lakewood Early Childhood PTA announced this year’s theme for the 40th annual Lakewood Home Festival at the neighborhood Fourth of July parade, and y’all better get ready for your closeups because it’s “Lights, Camera, Lakewood!” “Let’s go to the movies! Let’s go be the stars! We want everybody to party like the celebrities do,” said…

Happy Independence Day! Here are Our Favorite Dallas Fourth of July Fireworks Displays

By Joanna England / July 4, 2016 /

Happy Independence Day, CandysDirt.com readers! We are thrilled to live in a country where we are free to deliver the very best in real estate our region has to offer every day. To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of our favorite places to watch the best fireworks displays in town, and how we celebrate…

Your Chance to Live Like a Local at Watersound Origins

By Joanna England / July 1, 2016 /

Who’s ready for a three-day, fireworks-popping, America-celebrating, Fourth of July weekend? As Valerie Jarvie points out on SecondShelters.com today, Florida is a wonderful and picturesque place to visit during the long summer holiday weekends. The problem? Many of the great spots are full of people who want to do the same things you do, and…