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Vacation Home Fever: Check This Sexy Log Cabin Retreat in Alpine

By Candy Evans | July 8, 2014 |

It’s that time of the year where I want a second home so much I could scream! After being in Albany last weekend, now I have Alpine to drool over: Dallas-based designer extraordinaire Dan Nelson has created an oh so comfy retreat inside a real log cabin in Alpine for a Dallas family. I honestly…

Dallas Family Finds Second Home Nirvana in Alpine, Texas Log Cabin

By Candy Evans | July 8, 2014 |

Last week, on CandysDirt.com,  we told you about Albany, Texas, kind of the new Marfa clone only a couple hours west of Fort Worth. Well, many Dallasites still love the trek to West Texas. Take Tex Gross, Chairman of Commerce Street Capital in Dallas, and his wife, Vaughn. They had been looking for a vacation home…

The Flea Days of Summer? Cassie Evans Takes On Pests With Earth Friendly Company

By Cassie Evans, J.D. | July 8, 2014 |

I know we have more dogs than most (fostering…not hoarding), but this summer has been particularly awful for fleas at our house in Hollywood Heights/East Dallas. I have never had an issue before and we foster dogs all the time, but this summer I found fleas on ALL of the dogs, including our little old…

Cleveland! Pretty Sure the Republicans Have Gone Bonkers

By Candy Evans | July 8, 2014 |

Word comes that Dallas has lost the GOP Convention in 2016 to Cleveland, Ohio. The reasons are that Ohio is a swing state, and apparently Dallas could not accommodate the GOP’s preferred June, 2016 start date. Seems we have too many other things going on at American Airlines Center,  like the the NBA and NHL playoffs.…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Cool Cedars Penthouse Loft Will Be Within Walking Distance of New Alamo Drafthouse

By Joanna England | July 8, 2014 |

Here’s a fun property in a neighborhood that is growing like unchecked bamboo! The Cedars, one of the last still-wild urban neighborhoods in Dallas has so many cool condo and loft properties, including this amazing penthouse unit in the Coombs Creek Condos building. What’s even better is that this unit will be within walking distance…

Angie Barrett’s One Arts Condo Sells to Former Denton Mayor, Now Legal Battles Going On

By Candy Evans | July 8, 2014 |

Well I failed to tell you when Angie Barrett sold her 3200 ish square foot penthouse condo at One Arts Plaza last December 13. (Spank me!) The condo, which was beautifully decked out in a stunning contemporary style by Droese and Raney Architecture Inc. was listed for $2,575,000. It had been on the market for a…