Dallas Real Estate News

Don’t Be Caught in The Cold: Be Prepared For The Next Icepocalypse With This Handy Emergency Checklist

By Joanna England / December 9, 2013 /

  OK, so you might not need the snow shovel, but nothing makes you feel quite so unprepared like having a four-day power outage that practically evicts you from your home. I asked a friend who is an expert in emergency preparedness what other items we should have on hand for the next winter storm.…

Monday Morning Millionaire: A Home With Nine Fireplaces is Looking Pretty Cozy Right About Now

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2013 /

You know how some folks make fun of those who build build huge homes with multiple fireplaces? Why do you need multiple fireplaces in Dallas, they jeer, it never gets cold here. Yeah, right, and we never are without heat, are we? There’s a reason for fireplaces, and the folks in these homes know that…

An Icemaggedon Timeline: How East Dallas Is Managing To Survive The Ice-Pocalypse With The Help of Facebook and Neighborhood Associations

By Joanna England / December 9, 2013 /

We’ve been displaced from our home in Casa View Haven for going on four days now. Our little corner of East Dallas lost power around 4 a.m. on Friday, and while we thought we could tough it out that evening, we ended up doing a white-knuckle commute to Forney, where our in-laws live. A trip…

There Are Still People In Dallas Without Power & Heat, and Icepocalypse is Getting Very Old…

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2013 /

The latest estimates put it at 20,000 plus in Dallas and Collin Counties. That would include our Executive Editor, Joanna England, and frequent contributor Karen Eubank, both of whom live in East Dallas. Jo has been texting me since her house went cold Friday. She says “this photo is two streets over from me. We…

Did the Crystal Charity Ball Bring the Ice Storm to Dallas as the Ultimate Way to Celebrate Magnificent Manhattan?

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2013 /

Of course they did not, but the complete transformation of the Hilton Anatole Hotel into the Big Apple Saturday night was very, very real as more than 1500 attendees slogged and slid through icy Dallas roads, braving freezing temperatures, to attend the most highly anticipated Dallas social event of the year. The 2013 Crystal Charity Ball was…