Second Shelters

50% of all New York City Buildings Are Infested With Bedbugs, and Now Disney?

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2010 /

I used to pine for a getaway in New York City, a place to crash after partaking of all the cultural wealth and allure that city has to offer. Then came the bedbugs. Roaches were bad enough when I lived there, but now I travel with a flashlight and trepidation. How can you trust a…

California’s Death Wish: Texas Says, Here’s a Knife

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

More beating on surfin’ dudesville. Joel Kotkin, who was in Dallas last Friday, is on his Texas kick again and I just love it. In fact, I’ve offered to help him find a house in Texas and just move in. This time he’s talking about the political and social and plain insane suicide Californians dealt…

Dallas House Porn: Still So Friggin’ In Love With This House

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

And I see that 3601 Euclid is still on the market. $4,995,000. Dang, didn’t I write about it last year or early spring? I am so in love with this house. I would have and hold it forever and tiptoe on those glass floors with a bottle of Windex by my side. Becky, holler at…

Dallas Real Estate News: A Sam’s Club or West Village at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway?

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

Kidding. Sort of. The folks who live near those 42 vacant acres at Central and Walnut Hill are going to be tripping over ‘dozers and cement trucks now that a Missouri investor has snapped up the land and created a new chapter for Dallas real estate. But the question is, how much did he pay…

HOUSE PORN: $795K, 1.5 Miles From the Beach

By Candy Evans / November 16, 2010 /

You’ve gotta love this: the house is advertised at $795K. The blurb says “owner will take between $795,000 and $875,000.” OK, somebody slap me — who is really going to come in at $875,000 when they print that? Santa Clause? This is Carlsbad West, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2738 square feet, re-done, 1.5 mile walk…