Shelby Skrhak

Shelby Skrhak is executive editor of CandysDirt.com and producer of the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.

Just Take Meandering Way Alllll the Way to This Gated North Dallas Home

By Shelby Skrhak / October 4, 2023 /

If you’re ever around Richardson and Far North Dallas, you’ve seen a street sign for Meandering Way. In fact, I’m positive you’ve seen it a thousand times, but how can one street be in so many places at one time? For this week’s Highlight Home sponsored by Dallas mortgage expert Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial,…

This Opulent Museum Tower Condo Has a Surprising Nod to Old World New York Inside

By Shelby Skrhak / October 2, 2023 /

There’s no denying the name recognition of Museum Tower. Mention the iconic residential skyscraper in conversation and you’ll instantly get a light bulb nod of recognition from whomever you’re speaking to. Museum Tower, of course, is the iconic 42-story residential highrise located in the Dallas Arts District. And while I can’t believe it’s already been…

Live Oak Condos Put You Close to Everything Dallas, and We Have a Map to Prove It

By Shelby Skrhak / September 27, 2023 /

When Courtney Tauriac of Compass RE Texas says the new Live Oak Condos she is listing are close to everything, I can fact-check that for this week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial, and report back with a big affirmative checkmark. In fact, Tauriac has a…

Kessler West Event Gives Guests View of the Dallas Skyline They’ve Probably Never Seen

By Shelby Skrhak / September 26, 2023 /

A recent CandysDirt.com event at Kessler West became as much about the luxury townhome community as it did the disappearing and reappearing Dallas skyline. With heavy rain moving across the Metroplex that Sept. 14 evening, attendees couldn’t help but draw their attention to the changing Dallas sky, and actually, that was kind of the point.…

Timeless Charm Meets Modern Living: Experience It All for Under $500k in Lochwood

By Shelby Skrhak / September 24, 2023 /

When the home at 11628 Sahara Way was advertised in the Dallas Morning News classifieds in March 1966, one Collin D. Skinner highlighted the choice location of walking distance to what he called Turner Elementary and Lochwood shopping. When Mr. Billy Sanders described it in January 1973, he highlighted the three bedrooms and two full…