Candy Evans
We are just back from Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, one of the world’s most beautiful beaches in one of the world’s most wonderful countries. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful this area is. Unspoiled — did not see one Starbucks, McDonalds, or even a hotel chain save for the Westin and JW Marriot, both…
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I’ve heard about this place from my Chicago buds: Paradise 4 Paws, a resort for pooches located at O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago. Paradise 4 Paws DFW , which opened just ten days ago, is a state-of-the-art, cage-free, crate-free pet resort offering Pet Massage Therapy, Personal Cuddle Time, and Vanilla Paw Soaks. It is conveniently located near the airport…
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Housekeeping note: I now have two blogs. CandysDirt.com covers all the local real estate news in Dallas, reaching out to Fort Worth slowly but surely. SecondShelters.com is now your source for news on the second home market. We will also cover any local second home related events sponsored by SecondShelters, and offer guest posts from…
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I never leave home without my Duxiana travel pillow. I am in Costa Rica, a beautiful third world country with some of the poorest residents in the world. But it has some of the most beautiful second homes in the world! Today, en route to a nature preserve, we drove inland and I saw typical…
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Like my mother used to tell me, don’t ever give it away for free. Smart Texas Monthly. You have to buy an issue to read Jason Sheeler’s profile of super agent Erin Mathews, Give Me Shelter, in the current issue of Texas Monthly. I suggest you buy, read, and then read it again to capture the picture…
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Guest post by author, syndicated columnist and second home expert Tom Kelly Violent crime in most of Mexico is less of a problem than in the United States or Canada. You can feel much safer walking the streets in most of Mexico than in most other cities in North America. The larger cities such as…
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