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Airbnb Summer 2022 Launch: Find Epic Stays in Unexpected Places

By Mary Cate Long / May 24, 2022 /

Airbnb just launched several new features just in time for what is predicted to be one of the busiest travel seasons ever this summer. There is no doubt that the pandemic has drastically changed society’s relationship to work and travel, and Airbnb has been quick to facilitate this shift. With a dramatically increased number of…

For D-FW Parrotheads 55-Plus, You Won’t Be ‘Wastin’ Away’ in This Kind of Margaritaville

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / April 17, 2022 /

Margaritaville and Tampa, Fla.-based Minto Communities USA announced that Latitude Margaritaville is expanding into the Dallas, Austin, and Houston markets.

Lubbock’s Most Interesting House May Soon Be an Airbnb

By Mary Cate Long / January 20, 2022 /

Lubbock, Texas, was the unlikely scene where one man spent over nearly 35 years creating a house that was intended far more to be sculpture than livable. Robert Bruno built the entire thing himself out of Corten steel.  The house is all organic shape and rusty, red metal, defying gravity on four comparatively thin legs.…

Texas Gains 100K New Residents From Other States, According to Report

By Tommy Cummings / February 12, 2021 /

According to Census estimates, Texas added 537,000 to 582,000 incoming residents in 2019. The Census estimated outgoing residents numbering between 435,000 to 471,000, yielding the 100K net gain. Texas also gained 192K to 220K residents from outside the U.S. in 2019.

Honey + Hank Has the Best Looking Patterns with a Surprise When You Look Closely

By Karen Eubank / December 20, 2020 /

If you are stressed about last-minute gift-giving, I’ve got a humdinger of a solution. Honey + Hank is a local company that began with a desire to create products that celebrate meaningful places and pastimes.  Jenny Smiley is the CEO and designer of Honey + Hank — a name derived from what her children call…