vacation homes

Where Do Dallas Folks Buy Vacation Homes?

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2016 /

Right about now is when people usually start thinking about getting away from the heat with a vacation home somewhere that is cooler. Its not that we don’t love Dallas — sometimes this heat is a bear to bear. Our pool is perfect for me right about now: 88 degrees. Come August it inches up…

Two Things You Have to Do Today: Vote and Visit Us at Anteks Curated with the 505 Ranch and Villas at Cortina

By Candy Evans / March 1, 2016 /

Join us at this evening at Anteks Curated (Preston Center East) when we’ll host the Villas at Cortina (Telluride) and 505 Ranch (at Cedar Creek). Time is 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Yours truly will  speak on housing trends, particularly vacation home properties, and my beloved True Food will share hors d’oeuvres alongside Stoli cocktails. I cannot…

Tom Leppert Endorses Donald Trump for President, Because Leppert’s Auctioning His Park City Ski House Today at 2pm MT?

By Candy Evans / March 1, 2016 /

  Update 11:33 am: Grabbed a quick chat with Nate Shar with Heritage Auctions who tells me that at least eight people are registered to bid for Leppert’s ski crib, but they expect a few more showing at the actual auction on site. It happens at 2 p.m. No reserve. Mountain Time. Wish you were…

Tastemakers From Around The Nation Fall in Love With Boot Ranch

By Joanna England / November 13, 2014 /

Boot Ranch, the private golf and family community just north of Fredericksburg, hosted about 45 guests including some 25 members of the lifestyle and sports media October 29 and 30. This included representatives from Sports Illustrated, The Dallas Morning News, Forbes, Texas Golfer, KLBJ Austin, NBC Sports Radio, Texas Traveler, Avid Golfer, Fredericksburg Standard, Austin…

Don’t Miss The Latest ‘Grand Vie’ With a Column on Boot Ranch From Candy!

By Joanna England / October 3, 2014 /

The newest issue of the luxury home publication of Ebby Halliday, Realtors and Dave Perry-Miller & Associates is out, and includes a fantastic column from Candy herself on life in Boot Ranch. The fall/winter 2014 edition of the direct-mailed glossy went out to 30,000 of North Texas’ most tony abodes, and is chock-full of the most…