Dallas Real Estate News

A Facelift for CandysDirt.com: We’ve Taken This Blog Down to the Studs!

By Candy Evans / March 31, 2014 /

BlankSlate Headquarters photo courtesy of dumbonyc.com, Dumbo’s neighborhood blog HAVE YOU NOTICED? WE GOT GUSSIED UP! Blogs are just like houses because they can be remodeled and redecorated as often as you like. Well, or as long as your wallet holds out. We have not just been redecorating here, we took CandysDirt.com down to the studs,…

New Belk Store Open, Still Time to Win Free Tickets to Belk Charity Gala April 3

By Candy Evans / March 31, 2014 /

We’re living in high cotton now! Well, I got to tour Belk Friday, the new, hip, and oh so southern department store at the old Marshall Fields/Saks Fifth Avenue store at the Dallas Galleria. You recall how we interviewed the store’s (hot) manager, Salem Boohaker, he’s finer than frog hair split four ways. We helped him find…

Lisa Blue Baron Lists Her Mammoth Preston Hollow Mansion with Erin Mathews

By Candy Evans / March 28, 2014 /

Good one, Alan Peppard: this morning Alan helped me figure out a major piece of the Battle Behind the Pink Wall. I was pretty sure that Lisa Blue Baron, Dallas attorney extraordinaire and widow of Fred Baron, was the generous individual who hired attorney Michael Jung to represent the homeowners of the Preston Hollow East…

Friday Four Hundred: This House Will Definitely Keep Little Forest Hills Funky

By Joanna England / March 28, 2014 /

I’m sure you’ve seen the signs in the front yard of homes sandwiched between Old Gate and Lakeland, sporting green lettering admonishing passersby to “Keep Little Forest Hills Funky!” Still, over the years as investors and newcomers have bought up the little cottages that line the hilly streets of this neighborhood, many of the homes…

BREAKING: Couple Uses Facebook Yard Sale Group to List University Park Home on McFarlin

By Joanna England / March 28, 2014 /

I got a rather urgent text from our lovely Candace Tharp just moments ago, directing me to the Park Cities Online Yard Sale Facebook Group. Sandwiched between posts selling some designer jean cutoffs and an antique chest was this post from a member: