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Building With the Boys: The First Big Huge Hairy Decision — Who Is Going to BUILD This Sucker?

By Candy Evans / July 9, 2012 /

When we first met Candy in 2009, our address was on undeniably emasculating Princess Lane. (She loved it!) The place had just sold, and we were excited about the endless opportunities for the upcoming mid-century modern project under contract on Bobbitt Drive. (We also suffered her endless jokes about Lorena. Bobbit. As in cut off…

Second Shelters Has a Sister Blog: DallasDirt Returns as CandysDirt.com

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

SecondShelters was created as a blog for the second home house addict — for those who, like me and Martha Stewart, could just be happy house-hopping for the rest of our lives. Yes, we fret over the vines and get mad when the gardners are sloppy, but we love love love homes so much that…

Second Shelters is About to Have a Sibling: Real Gutsy Dallas Real Estate News Coming Up

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2011 /

Counting the Braxton-Hicks contractions over here at SecondShelters.com where we are about to launch a sibling blog called… CandysDirt.com. After much soul-searching, a few wine-laden focus groups, and a whole bunch of email, we have decided to do some organizing. (Ha! Then you get knocked up!) Vacation home news will rule on SecondShelters.com as it…

Val Kilmer’s Santa Fe Getaway: Perfect Dallas Second Home

By Candy Evans / November 15, 2010 /

You know that Santa Fe is practically a bedroom community of Dallas. Well, here’s your chance to own a bedroom on the Pecos River minutes from downtown Santa Fe. Actor Val Kilmer — as in Batman Returns, etc. — wanted to use his 6,000 acre Pecos River Ranch in New Mexico as a sustainable, green…