Plano

Plano is So Boring? Gal Sues a Fitness Center for "Sexually Suggestive" Exercises That Have Rendered Her Very Upset

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2013 /

We are always making fun of Plano for being so boring: the crime rate up there is so low Forbes named it the safest U.S. city two years ago, the schools are very decent, and the homes pretty and affordable. If you live in Plano your life expectancy is about 81 years, and if you…

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Plano is So Boring? Gal Sues a Fitness Center for “Sexually Suggestive” Exercises That Have Rendered Her Very Upset

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2013 /

We are always making fun of Plano for being so boring: the crime rate up there is so low Forbes named it the safest U.S. city two years ago, the schools are very decent, and the homes pretty and affordable. If you live in Plano your life expectancy is about 81 years, and if you…

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A Military Man, but He’s No General Petraeus: Tom and Gina Branch Make Real Estate Deals As Easy As Staying at the Hilton

By Cynthia Stine / November 13, 2012 /

The Branch Team was recently named as Top Residential Real Estate Producers in Dallas by D Magazine. The dynamic duo of Tom and Gina Branch were recognized for closing more than $15 million in sales in 2011. Tom and Gina go way back to DallasDirt days with Candy.  We chatted recently with Tom Branch for…

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Thursday Three Hundred: Need Space to Spread Out? The Burbs Have it, And For Cheap!

By Joanna England / September 20, 2012 /

Some days I imagine moving to the suburbs. But it’s my love for East Dallas and everything it has to offer (including being about 15 minutes from downtown, a lake, bike trails, great shopping, awesome neighborhoods, etc.) that keeps me urban instead of suburban.

Still, I look at some of the houses and how much home you can get for your money in a place like, oh, say, the Hickory Ridge subdivision of Plano, and I imagine my suburban home, with two SUVs parked in the garage and a golden retriever.

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We’re So Vain: Dallas is Probably Even Mad Plano is MORE Vain

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2012 /

Plano is so boring, people seldom get killed up there. Now, it turns out, Plano is boring and PRETTY. Yes, according to Men’s Health Mag, Plano is the number two (#2) top city for vanity — that is cosmetic procedures, Botox users, hair dye jobs, people who will spend anything to look younger, at-home hair…

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