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Natalie Westbrook says that she can’t sit still for long. Whenever boredom creeps in, she has to create something. These days she is staying busy with her most ambitious creation, The Westbrook Real Estate Group, which started last September. “It’s scary jumping out into the water, but if you don’t jump, you’ll never learn to…
Swimming pool? Check. Golf community? Check. Perfect North Texas location? Check. This week’s Friday Five Hundred has it all! Everybody knows living in Las Colinas has its perks and Hackberry Creek is no exception. The 24-hour, guard gated golf community is family friendly, well-maintained, and close to all things Dallas – and we zeroed in…
Yesterday, the U.S. Census released their latest numbers tracking population growth and distribution. Surprise, surprise! Six of the top 10 largest-gaining counties were in Texas. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Four of those were in the Metroplex – Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant. Totted-up, from July 2016 to July 2017, the Metroplex added 146,238 new residents, the…
A thousand years ago, I was the founding editor of a weekly newspaper called Plano Insider, which covered features, society events, youth sports and an “around town” calendar of events. Of course, the best part was the “What We’re Drinking” column I wrote weekly, in which I visited Plano bars and restaurants sampling their signature or…
There are many open houses in North Texas every weekend — so much so that picking the perfect three can be difficult. But somehow we manage and bring you an insider’s look at hot properties with our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week. These are open houses in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time)…
Contemporary architecture takes on beautiful proportions in a sleek Shorecrest Terrace home built in 2016. This nearly new house feels spacious and expansive with soaring ceilings and spaces filled with natural light. Our Inwood Home of the Week at 8618 Glencrest Ln. has a strong connection between indoors and outdoors through walls of glass, as well as…
