North Texas

Southlake Interior Designer Goes from Volunteer to Award Winner, With a Little Push from Friends

By Joy Donovan / December 10, 2024 /

From full-time volunteer to professional designer, a Southlake interior designer has surprised herself finding herself at the top of her game, recognized by her peers. Marlene Small of Heritage Interiors recently won two first-place awards in the 2024 American Society of Interior Designers Celebrating Design Texas awards competition. And though she says she got a…

Arlington Home Updated Plenty, But Retains Its Special Post-Modern Style

By Joy Donovan / August 6, 2024 /

Cute bungalows, charming cottages, sleek condos, and stylish townhomes are the usual subjects for our standing feature of Tuesday Three Hundreds. Shall we veer off that route today? Let’s. In the spotlight this week will be 2119 Valleydale Drive in West Arlington. It was built in 1972, and is an example of Post-Modern architecture, according…

Light Up the Sky at One of These Fourth of July Celebrations

By CandysDirt / June 29, 2024 /

Staff Reports The team at CandysDirt.com rounded up some of our favorite fireworks festivities in North Texas. Scroll down to find an event in the community closest to you and let the fun begin. Fair Park Fourth Celebrate the Fourth of July at Fair Park Fourth, presented by Regions Bank, on Thursday, July 4, starting at…

Study Shows Snowbirds and Winter Texans Have a Choice in One North Texas Suburb

By Tommy Cummings / January 31, 2021 /

We’re not kidding ourselves when it comes to North Texas’ ranking for snowbird destinations. We know that the Dallas-Fort Worth area doesn’t necessarily work for the snowbirding lifestyle. It can be uncomfortably hot. It’s vast. No ocean. It’s not Florida. So, when STORAGECafé released its list of best 2021 snowbird destinations, Texas, as a state,…

Tourists Versus Locals, Mapping Who Visits Where in Dallas

By CandysDirt / July 9, 2019 /

From staff reports Early this week, an interesting article popped up in our inbox — a post in Arch Daily that highlighted the data-driven map artwork of Eric Fischer, who has created maps that show where the locals go in any given city, versus where the tourists go. “Artist Eric Fischer has developed a project that explores precisely…