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Evidence of New Ownership at Highland Park Village

Candy Evans — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:44:28 +0000

Nice marketing touch: cold water bottle in every car parked by valet now at Highland Park Village.

Man May Be Shooting Cats on Amherst

Candy Evans — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:41:27 +0000

A reader writes:

“I live on the border on UP and HP, there is a restaurant on Lovers called Mangos. For about a year now I go there every night to feed some wild cats that live in the alley. Over the last few months I have noticed some of the cats (some old and some kittens) and been walking funny and injured, tonight I met some woman out there who also stops by to feed them and was told that one of the guy who lives in the houses that backs up to the restaurant has been shooting the cats because he sees them as a nuisance. The woman have already contacted the police and so on but I was hoping to get some exposure for this situation. I don’t know if you are an animal lover like I am but even if you are not no animal deserves to get shot just for trying to survive. I was hoping you would have some advice on how I can get the word out on this guy.”

I am an ENORMOUS animal lover, three dogs and a parrot, have had as many as five dogs, but am sadly allergic to cats. Still, I am speechless with horror. I am in Santa Fe, New Mexico, practically a bedroom community of Dallas, where I toured the new New Mexico History Museum and was taken back by the recorded stories of atrocity – like one of the first Spanish explorers, Juan de Onate, circa early 1500′s, who to quell a Pueblo uprising, battled and captured natives as slaves and ordered that the left foot of every man over the age of 25 be chopped off.

I’m told a statue of him, north of Santa Fe on Highway 68 in Esplanola, was recently dessicrated – the foot was amputated.

No wonder our dirt just cries sometimes from all the pain that it has witnessed. On Amherst, no less.

West Dallas Flooding, Homes Affected?

Candy Evans — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:14:16 +0000

West Dallas residents are already evacuating, I don’t suppose anyone has had time to go out and buy flood insurance.

Pool Overflowing

Candy Evans — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:47 +0000

Update: Karen Lukin tells me that the pool at Preston Towers also over-flowed, flooding the parking garage.

Attention Dallas Newbies: Let Me Explain Something About Dallas, Houses and Hair

Candy Evans — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:08:15 +0000

Yes, this is a real estate blog, but I feel compelled to explain something to newcomers who might not get it (like I didn’t get it) when they first move here. Dallas is very serious about hair — women’s hair, men’s hair, kid’s hair, everyone’s hair. Like food is to Chicago, hair is to Dallas. That means you’d better make sure your hair looks good even when you are sitting around, cleaning house, moving in, moving out, painting, cooking. When painting, either protect your hair or use Latex paint that will wash out. This is the kind of info you won’t get from national RE web sites or EveryBlock. Inside stuff here, OK. We are a town where salon openings, like gallery openings with champagne, clipboard Nazi’s, and occasionally, fireworks, foster a sense of community. Dallas salons have publicists and send out press releases.

Guess what comes right under hair? Your home.

The Most Amazing Toilet In Dallas

Candy Evans — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04:17 +0000

The seat opens by itself, cleanses, dries, powders and sanitizes your bottom. Then it closes. Ladies, the days of the open toilet seat are behind us!

How To Make Folks Behave: Park A Police Car Wherever You Can

Candy Evans — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:23:31 +0000

Like this old Crown Victoria parked at the no parking curb entrance to the Dallas County Appraisal District. Ostensibly the presence of this police car will deter people from uncivil behavior. We probably shouldn’t tell you that it’s a decoy: no radio, no electronics, just a good way for the city to make use of old cars without relegating them to the junk yard.