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Friday Four Hundred: The Not So Rocky Feel of 1963, Dallas Real Estate Fit for the Fam

Look at this home, what do you see? I see 1963: President Kennedy was still in the White House, Camelot ruled. The press didn’t let you know about every little presidential transgression – TWITTER? Yeah, twitter your thumbs. Never mind that JFK had his fling with 19 year old Mimi Beardsley Alford who went to the same college Ron Corning and I went to, we didn’t hear about it, so we didn’t know. Life was happy. We loved Jackie, Caroline and — oh my God, I am going to cry — John John! Remember how cute it was when JohnJohn played in the Oval office? Life was so dang good then. We hung the wash out to dry on the clothesline, well my mom did. We kids played outside ’till the lightening bugs glowed. And wonderful homes like 7217 Briarmeadow Drive in The Meadows were just being born.

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Hot Monday Morning House Porn: Don’t Judge a Book by The Cover — Even at $500K

From the outside, this house at 7136 Aberdeen in the way cool Meadows is kind of blah. And I’d appreciate any suggestions on how to improve that exterior — I am not fond of that paint color on the stucco, and is it me or is that door too dark and heavy and well, Plano, for the mid-century vibe?

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