The Colony

Tom Leppert’s Park City Utah Ski Chalet Going, Going, Gone to Auction March 1!

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2016 /

UPDATE, 10:09 a.m: Nate Schar tells me there is no minimum at all, and this home was last listed for $6.2 million. I mean, can you spell DEAL? Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and his wife, Laura, like most of us Baby Boomers, have been trying to shed some properties. First it was their home…

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Newly Engaged, Need Better Furniture: My Nebraska Furniture Mart Wish List

By Leah Shafer / March 9, 2015 /

This weekend, my wonderful boyfriend became my fabulous fiancé (!!!), and when I am able to look up from the shiny new ring on my left hand, I’ve been glancing at our hodgepodge assortment of furniture and thinking, “Maybe we should get some new things together.” When I moved into his place in 2013, my bachelorette…

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Wishing For Spring: My Nebraska Furniture Mart Wish List

By Joanna England / March 5, 2015 /

We’ve been waiting until this spring to replace some of the furniture in our home. We were thrilled to find out that, when Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas opens this month, we’ll be able to get pretty much everything we need all under one very, very, very big roof. Our style is modern with some…

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Yes, It’s Really Big: Get a Sneak Peek at the Only Nebraska Furniture Mart in Texas

By Joanna England / January 16, 2015 /

When the CandysDirt.com team got an invitation to do a early tour of the yet-to-be-completed Nebraska Furniture Mart Texas, we absolutely had to jump at the chance. There’s nothing that we love more than looking at pretty things, and besides, Nebraska Furniture Mart is a pretty interesting spot. The new Texas location of the brand…

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Illegal Tomfoolery, or rather JOHNfoolery, in The Colony, Texas ?

By Cassie Evans, J.D. / July 24, 2014 /

I’ve been know to make jokes about what Highland Park police do all day. It’s always in jest, as they were very quick to respond when I saw a dog left of on hot tar concrete and its paws were so hot it was shifting weight every two seconds. (Yes, that happened in Snider Plaza).…

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