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French Country Living In Alamo, California

By Deidre Woollard | February 9, 2015 |

Alamo, California is one of the richest towns in the Bay Area where multi-million dollar estates aren’t uncommon. However, even by the high standards of the area, today’s estate is a stunner. Jump to see more!

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Baja California Sur: La Paz is Perfect for Boomers, Families and Retirees

By Candy Evans | October 26, 2011 |

Guest Post By Tom Kelly, author of “Cashing In On A Second Home In Mexico” As we headed out for a special day of snorkeling—sharing the water with a group of baby sea lions off Esperitu Santo Island in southern portion of the Sea of Cortes—I thought about the intriguing place that had drawn this…

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The Week Ahead on CandysDirt and SecondShelters: Calistoga, California Here I come

By Candy Evans | October 3, 2011 |

My second home this weekend! As I have told you, I launched CandysDirt.com on July 1, 2011, my very own version of the super duper popular DallasDirt blog I created for D Magazine and kept going, growing for almost four years. CandysDirt (no apostrophe) is ALSO growing by leaps and bounds — please check it out…

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Trulia CEO Pete Flint House Hunting On Line, in Northern California

By Candy Evans | August 3, 2011 |

I spent a delightful hour last Thursday in San Francisco with Pete Flint, CEO and co-founder of Trulia.com. Please note it was 68 degrees! Every Texan needs a second home here to survive summer! Trulia probably needs no introduction to most of you, but for the uninitiated it is a popular real estate site for searching real…

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Second Home Hot Spot Getting Hotter: Palm Springs, California

By Candy Evans | February 8, 2011 |

Cary Grant’s home in Palm Springs, California is on the market for $2,995,000, and I think I am in love. In fact, I think the best cure for any depression might be a second home in Palm Springs. (It’s almost like having a fling!) Yes, I know it’s hotter than hell, and by that I…

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California’s Death Wish: Texas Says, Here’s a Knife

By Candy Evans | November 17, 2010 | Comments Off on California’s Death Wish: Texas Says, Here’s a Knife

More beating on surfin’ dudesville. Joel Kotkin, who was in Dallas last Friday, is on his Texas kick again and I just love it. In fact, I’ve offered to help him find a house in Texas and just move in. This time he’s talking about the political and social and plain insane suicide Californians dealt…

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