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SecondShelters: Find a Sweet Cape Escape with a Charming Home in Cape Cod

By Leah Shafer | July 4, 2016 |

Every June, my family and I rent a cottage in Orleans, Mass., for a week, which is in the heart of Cape Cod. Our place is right on the bay, and we watch the tide ebb and flow from our large front porch. We just returned last week and the temperature was never above 80°. Last summer,…

Happy Fourth of July From Fort Worth

By Candy Evans | July 3, 2016 |

If you are missing your Fort Worth Friday, we are too, but we gave our Fort Worth writer, Eric Prokesh, the weekend off because it’s the Fourth of July AND his birthday. To feed your fix, you can always drool over John Goff’s Eagle Mountain retreat which is truly spectacular and just west of town.…

Cape Cod Style in Kessler Park Has a Sense of History

By Karen Eubank | July 2, 2016 |

Who would have thought you could find Cape Cod style in Kessler Park? Dallas is certainly filled with a wide variety of unique homes, but finding one with that Eastern Seaboard vibe is like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. So we’re beyond excited that Kay Wood with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International has just…

Your Chance to Live Like a Local at Watersound Origins

By Joanna England | July 1, 2016 |

Who’s ready for a three-day, fireworks-popping, America-celebrating, Fourth of July weekend? As Valerie Jarvie points out on SecondShelters.com today, Florida is a wonderful and picturesque place to visit during the long summer holiday weekends. The problem? Many of the great spots are full of people who want to do the same things you do, and…

Charming Greenland Crest Tudor With Coveted Architectural Details

By Joanna England | July 1, 2016 |

There are plenty of reasons why the M Streets are one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in all of Dallas. A lot of it has to do with one of the primary rules of real estate attraction: location. The M Streets is actually a general name for an area that comprises several smaller East Dallas…

Forget the Village: It Takes a Barbecue to Understand the Neighborhood Vibe at The Jordan

By Jon Anderson | July 1, 2016 |

The most pleasantly surprising moments at last evening’s event at The Jordan apartments were not when the the wine flowed out of bottles named “Jordan,” or when we oohed and ahhed over the cove-lit ceilings in the penthouse units. No, it was when we spied residents using the outdoor barbecues.  I’ve lived in many an…