Dallas real estate

Brandon McCarthy’s Uptown Loft Will Give You a 360 Degree View of Friday’s Fireworks Display

By Candy Evans / July 2, 2014 /

Whoa, this is one of those units that deserves the “O” word. Or maybe I should say, the “A” word. This is the Uptown loft of Arizona Diamondback right-handed pitcher Brandon McCarthy and his wife, Amanda. And the agent, darling Nancy Dunning at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s, is not using broker babble when she says “one…

Occupy Texas: This Lakewood Tuscan Villa Gets Top Billing in Film Now Shooting in Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 2, 2014 /

Remember the Lakewood Home Festival? One of the coolest homes on the tour belonged to Shannon Kincaid and Allen Stringer, she being the artist whose paintings have been snapped up by Oprah Winfrey, among others. Her husband, Allen, is an ObGyn at Baylor. We told you how much we loved that home back when we…

Water, Water … Nowhere? Texas is Nearing Critical Conditions For Water, But Will We Reach California-Level Drought?

By Joanna England / June 30, 2014 /

The latest issue of Governing magazine has a story that all Texans should read, and then read again. The story’s title is self-explanatory — “Drought-Plagued Regions Struggle to Conserve Water and Make Money” — an issue with which much of North and West Texas are intimately familiar.

Sad News: Oak Lawn’s Landmark Monument & Cathedral of Hope, Defaced

By Candy Evans / June 29, 2014 /

Photo courtesy of Brenda Marks Update: Let the power be with you! Brandon Meeks of OSME Power Washing Services donated his time to power wash off those nasty numbers. All gone! Anyone need a great power washer for a patio or home? Call Brandon Meeks: he has a big heart, too! [email protected] You’ve got to…

Highland House Rezoning Tabled ‘Til October, Pending Land Use Study for Preston Center, Laura Miller Theatrics

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2014 /

Last Thursday, the Dallas Plan Commission voted to postpone a decision on rezoning for 6215 Westchester, proposed site of the Highland House luxury apartments a Dallas developer wants to build in the center of Preston Center. The reason: to provide time for a land-use study of the area. Laura Miller was there in full theatrics, trying…