Karen Eubank
Karen is a senior columnist at Candy’s Media and has been writing stories since she could hold a crayon. She is a globe-trotting, history-loving eternal optimist who would find it impossible to live well without dogs, Tex-Mex, and dark chocolate. She covers luxury properties and historic preservation for Candys Dirt.
What’s the first thing you do when moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area? You start to research neighborhoods. If you’re digging, you may come across a great online review like this one on the Avignon Windhaven neighborhood. Avignon is a nice, quiet neighborhood in the far northwest area of Plano. The HOA for this neighborhood…
I didn’t think this Modern Mediterranean could get any better. I was wrong. When I wrote about this home in 2017, I thought it was one of the prettiest I’d seen in years. It was fresh on the market and did not linger very long because the dream team of Danes Custom Homes, architect Don Caperton…
This University Park Charles Dilbeck ranch duplex is a rare opportunity to have it all. It’s a completely updated historic home designed by one of the most important Dallas architects of the 20th century and in one of our most sought-after neighborhoods. Willis Winters is the national authority on Dilbeck and the founder of The…
“There is lovely natural light falling through beautifully proportioned spaces that reframe your appreciation of nature.” These are the words architect Max Levy used to describe this secret sanctuary overlooking a spring-fed creek. When Levy was asked to build a custom home for a doctor, dancer, and their small child years ago, he embraced the…
When the historic Longhorn Ballroom reopened with a show from Asleep at the Wheel at the end of March, it was a trip down memory lane for many of us who learned to two-step at this iconic dance hall. Owner Edwin Cabaniss, known for saving The Kessler Theater, did it again, preserving and reinventing another…
