Preston Hollow Living

Chateau With Grand Piano Kitchen Hosts Our French-Inspired June 9 Event Featuring HGTV’s Adrian Leeds

By Jon Anderson / May 20, 2016 /

It would not be out of place for this home to host a ball-full of high-haired, masked, and gown-garbed courtesans. On June 9, we’ll dispense with the masks and gowns when CandysDirt.com staff and guests enjoy a French-inspired evening featuring HGTV hostess Adrian Leeds (details here) in this magnificent custom estate home by Sam Elchami…

Lee Kleinman Has Called Another Neighborhood Meeting for Neighborhood Input on the Transwestern Project

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2015 /

See this room? On Thursday night it will be Dallas City Councilman Lee Kleinman up at the podium, leading yet another neighborhood discussion on the proposal that Transwestern has made for 3 acres Behind the Pink Wall, aka the northeast intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. This comes because and because and because. I…

This Preston Hollow Mediterranean Features Many a Secret Surprise Inside

By Candy Evans / August 6, 2015 /

From the exterior, 6047 Woodland looks like an elegant, Beverly Hills-style stucco Mediterranean of smooth beige with cream accents. The yard is beautifully manicured with an an occasional palm. Typical Preston Hollow manse, right? Yawn. But walk inside, and that’s where the “typical Preston Hollow home” look ends. Right out the door it goes. The…

Is This Patio Snake Real or a Fake?

By Candy Evans / April 7, 2015 /

Update 10:04 am: Yikes! Now there are two snakes on the patio! New listing here, and this big fat snake shows up in the photo of the back patio. Is that a real snake or a fake serpent? I had one for years — kept it outside on the lawn chairs to keep birds and…

Like We Told Ya: Preston Hollow Village Nabs Some Food Firsts for Dallas Eaters at Central & Walnut Hill

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2014 /

You know we are bullish on Preston Hollow Village at Central and Walnut Hill. Hec, Leon Backes, CEO of developer Provident Realty Advisors, is my neighbor! We told you who all the players were in August. Now, everyone else is chiming in on some of the stores and restaurants that will populate this Village, which…