Dallas

Guardian Angel: Jeannie Smith Knows That the Key to Success is Never Giving Up

By Candy Evans / October 20, 2014 /

We love Jeannie Smith and her “can-do” attitude. She’s the kind of woman that can inspire confidence after just a moment with her, and she is a dog lover, to boot! It’s no wonder that Jeannie, a mortgage professional that looks after her clients like family, is this week’s Guardian Angel. She takes time with…

Back to House Candy: Mediterranean Villa in Preston Hollow so Huge You Could Stowe Away… the Brady Bunch

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2014 /

An unknown builder built 6326 Lakehurst several years ago, and I went to see it when it was brand new. At the time I was editing DallasDirt for D Magazine, and I know I wrote about this house. He kind of went over the top and then. just. stopped. building. Well, that was a familiar…

Now There Are Two: Could Ebola in Dallas Hurt Our Hot Real Estate Market?

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2014 /

Let’s face it: the only news we care about today is the sickening news coming out of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, a Texas Healthcare Resource Hospital, that a second nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Duncan has now tested positive for the disease. I have been glued to Facebook this morning (where I am limited…

Pretty Soon You Will Be Able to Ski in Texas — Well, in Grand Prairie, at Least

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2014 /

When we visited Tokyo a few years ago and our hosts told me about the indoor ski resort there, outskirts of Tokyo, I did not believe it until I saw the dome for Zaos, as I think it was called. Sure enough the Japanese loved to ski indoors. The indoor ski resort was on the way…

Dallas is a Mess Today!

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2014 /

This big boy came down in yesterday’s storm, bringing down the tree lights. So I have to call Unique Electric first, then a tree man.  My front driveway is even worse. Judging from my drive home along Royal Lane, I am not alone. Are you all busy cleaning up today after the storm, too? Power…