Eric Nicholson

Messing With the US Flag: Do These Plano Teens Need a Good, Sound Spanking?

By Candy Evans / October 22, 2013 /

Also wanted to alert you to a story by Eric Nicholson of the Dallas Observer, that gives us some insight into how bratty SOME kids in Plano are. Not all the kids in Plano — there are many fine teens out there, of course, but these young hoodlums need a good kick in the rear,…

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North Dallas Hoarders: With 46 Animals Trapped in a Feces-Filled Home, How Could Neighbors Not Notice?

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

Stories like this give my gag reflex a workout. We at CandysDirt.com are big fans of animals, so when we hear about this kind of thing our hearts just break.

Word comes from crackerjack reporter Eric Nicholson that Dallas Animal Services have seized 46 dogs and cats from a feces-filled North Dallas home. The animals were in various states of distress. Sounds like a classic case of animal hoarding to me.

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Awful Lot of Sex (and Other Big Things) Going On in Some Dallas Neighborhoods…

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2013 /

Sometimes you need to know interesting things about the neighborhoods you choose to live in. Let’s take The Park Cities and Preston Hollow, and what goes on behind closed doors in Preston Center, where both communities ah, shall we say, shop. We get this hysterical story from Eric Nicholson at The Dallas Observer. In one…

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North Dallas Residents Say Walmart at Arapaho And Coit Would Flood Streets With Traffic, Hurt Property Values, And Bring More Crime

By Joanna England / March 28, 2013 /

Great piece by Eric Nicholson on Unfair Park today about residents fighting a proposed Walmart at Coit and Arapaho roads. The area has seen a pretty steady decline in recent years, with retailers leaving and the shopping center at Coit and Campbell roads growing. But the owners have plans to add a 90,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter…

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Wishlist Wednesday: Give Dad the Gift of Pong this Father’s Day

By Amy Curry / June 6, 2012 /

Eleven Ravens’ table tennis tables are a thing of beauty. Their hand-crafted, American-made works of art allow you to liven up your gatherings without making your home look like a frat house.

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