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.

Here’s the Real Tragedy of Losing the Rose Lloyd Mansion

By Karen Eubank / September 5, 2024 /

I can’t shake the loss of the Rose Lloyd/ Edwin Cox mansion. Some deep introspection and a few heartfelt discussions with the best minds on preservation brought me enlightenment.  It’s not simply the loss of a magnificent Beaux-Arts mansion. It’s the inevitable loss of a story that impacts our history, culture, architecture, and the very…

Bedding Down on Princeton Avenue with Valerie Dillon, George Bass, and Hästens 

By Karen Eubank / September 2, 2024 /

Rogers Healy and Associates listing agent Valerie Dillon has created quite a buzz with her Princeton Avenue listing, a luxurious Highland Park traditional home.  That buzz began with engaging George Bass to stage the 7,329-square-foot home because the George Bass Stage & Design team’s work is always buzzworthy.  We all know Dallas is really a…

A Charming Cochran Heights Dilbeck Cottage Awaits!

By Karen Eubank / August 31, 2024 /

Finding a Charles Dilbeck cottage in the East Dallas neighborhood of Cochran Heights is akin to finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. They seldom come up for sale. But you are in luck today! Cochran Heights is one of our oldest neighborhoods, with only about 240 homes. Its Walk Score is a whopping 88, meaning…

Come Fly With Me to The Braniff International History and Architecture Conference

By Karen Eubank / August 29, 2024 /

Once upon a time, flying was a glamorous event, and flying on Braniff International Airlines was the pinnacle of stylish travel. If you never experienced the glam years of travel, don’t know anything about Braniff, or simply want to relive the glory days, you’ll want to attend their upcoming conference on September 14. No other…

This Rock Cliff Place Midcentury Modern By Architect Byron Simonson Can Finally Be Yours

By Karen Eubank / August 26, 2024 /

Rock Cliff Place is one of those streets you think cannot possibly exist in Dallas. After all, most people have a mental image of luxury real estate in our fair city. It’s seldom an architecturally significant Midcentury Modern home surrounded by so many trees you’d think you were in the middle of Connecticut, but here…