Celebrity Homes

The Man Who Paid $16 for a House: The Texas Squatter Story

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

Leslie Minora over at The Dallas Observer has done what I wanted to do — written a great, in-depth story about Ken Robinson, the Flower Mound Squatter who filed an affadavit, paid $16 and then proceeded to squat in a $350,000 Flower Mound McMansion. It’s the Dallas real estate, no wait, the Texas real estate,…

The Sunday Times of London Is Sneaking Up On Rick Perry. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

  “In London, you’re only a somebody if your phone’s been hacked.” There was a fund raiser for Rick Perry last night at The Fairmont, and a darling Brit snuck in from The Sunday Times of London. Her name is Christina Lamb, she’s the Washington Bureau Chief of The Sunday Times, and a brilliant, seasoned, dynamo reporter…

Winter Spring Summer and Fall, All You Have To Do is Call — Carole King’s Idaho Ranch Now a Blue Light Special

By Candy Evans / August 30, 2011 /

The price has been slashed from $16 million to just $11.5 for this amazing ranch spread one hour and a half north of the sleepy Ketchum/Sun Valley ski community of Hemingway fame. Located in the tiny town of Stanley, Idaho, and how cute is that name? (Not to be Debbie Downer, but Hemingway did commit suicide…

What’s That Big Huge Thingee Going Up on Inwood Road Near Royal? Dallas Real Estate News, ‘Nother Lucky Sperm Club Member

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2011 /

It’s 20,000 square feet under one roof, about 13,000 to 14,000 of living space, a highly contemporary mega mega manse under construction by builder to the stars Simmie Cooper, interior design by my dear friend Joanie Wyll. But to give you a little preview, consider this: Simmie was the *speculative builder on this 12,220 square foot home at 4512…

Arnold the Sperminator at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance: Maybe My Second Home WILL Be a Car

By Candy Evans / August 25, 2011 /

Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance is like a SuperBowl for car enthusiasts. Me, I love vintage and collectible cars: love the lines, love the (revving) engines, love the interiors. Concours is a show and tell of whose collecting what and strutting the best. The grounds of the venerable Pebble Beach Golf Resort– the 18th hole of…