Candace Taylor
@candaceetaylor.bsky.social
Reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, covering luxury real estate. Obsessed with historic architecture and especially the Gilded Age.
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Instagram: @homesimobsessedwth
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Least Christmassy thing ever? #epsteinfiles
December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Least Christmassy thing ever? #epsteinfiles
A letter from Epstein to fellow sex offender Larry Nassar claimed the president shared “our love of young nubile girls.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Takeaways From the FBI’s Second Batch of Epstein Files
The Justice Department released thousands more Epstein documents, including a fake passport and fake suicide clip.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A letter from Epstein to fellow sex offender Larry Nassar claimed the president shared “our love of young nubile girls.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
There’s evidence that our society’s disdain for mothers is affecting them emotionally, a kind of embodiment of the motherhood penalty. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’
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December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s evidence that our society’s disdain for mothers is affecting them emotionally, a kind of embodiment of the motherhood penalty. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Why would we do this to ourselves?? And Now, Please Welcome Back: Wall-to-Wall Carpeting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/r...
And Now, Please Welcome Back: Wall-to-Wall Carpeting
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December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why would we do this to ourselves?? And Now, Please Welcome Back: Wall-to-Wall Carpeting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/r...
Today in rich people news: Palantir CEO Alex Karp, an avid skier, has paid $120 million for 3,700-acre monastery outside Aspen, which he plans to use as a home. Because of course he did. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Exclusive | Palantir CEO Alex Karp Pays Record $120 Million for Colorado Monastery
An avid skier, the tech co-founder plans to use the 3,700-acre ranch outside Aspen as a home
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December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today in rich people news: Palantir CEO Alex Karp, an avid skier, has paid $120 million for 3,700-acre monastery outside Aspen, which he plans to use as a home. Because of course he did. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Overall, less than 10% of mammals are monogamous, a new study finds. www.wsj.com/science/biol...
A Scientist Produced a Monogamy Ranking of Dozens of Mammals, Including Us
Humans are less monogamous than some mice but rank higher than one breed of sheep, says a new study.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Overall, less than 10% of mammals are monogamous, a new study finds. www.wsj.com/science/biol...
I think the Elf on the Shelf was invented to torture parents during the holidays.
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I think the Elf on the Shelf was invented to torture parents during the holidays.
Having an 11-year-old son is discovering for the first time that Sean Connery was in some Indiana Jones movies.
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Having an 11-year-old son is discovering for the first time that Sean Connery was in some Indiana Jones movies.
Lost another great. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank Gehry, the Disrupter, Opened Their Imaginations
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December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lost another great. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Overheard in the newsroom today: "Is that an issue, that he's rotated the carrots?" #journalism
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Overheard in the newsroom today: "Is that an issue, that he's rotated the carrots?" #journalism
For the first time in decades, more children are projected to die this year than last. A 2-year old in Somalia is one of them.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For the first time in decades, more children are projected to die this year than last. A 2-year old in Somalia is one of them.
This $26.4 million Florida home has a mural based on a fresco from ancient Pompeii. In homage to the family’s dogs, the goats in the image were replaced with Labrador retrievers. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This $26.4 million Florida home has a mural based on a fresco from ancient Pompeii. In homage to the family’s dogs, the goats in the image were replaced with Labrador retrievers. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
This $26.4 million Florida home has a mural based on a fresco from ancient Pompeii. In homage to the family’s dogs, the goats in the image were replaced with Labrador retrievers.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This $26.4 million Florida home has a mural based on a fresco from ancient Pompeii. In homage to the family’s dogs, the goats in the image were replaced with Labrador retrievers.
The Biggest Problem With Air Travel: Pajamas? - The Atlantic
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Biggest Problem With Air Travel: Pajamas? - The Atlantic
Just putting it out there now that i don't need Thanksgiving greetings from your business sent to my inbox, and they are getting immediately deleted...
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just putting it out there now that i don't need Thanksgiving greetings from your business sent to my inbox, and they are getting immediately deleted...
Illinois joins a number of regions that have seen record-breaking home sales in the last few months. therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...
Walton Street Capital exec sets state home sale record with $33M Winnetka deal
The off-market sale of a lakefront North Shore home sets a new bar for the largest price ever, at 609 Sheridan Road.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Illinois joins a number of regions that have seen record-breaking home sales in the last few months. therealdeal.com/chicago/2025...
I really just didn't have "felching" on my bingo card as a part of the political news cycle for this week. nypost.com/2025/11/22/u...
The raunchy sex-act RFK Jr. texted about with Olivia Nuzzi, according to her ex Ryan Lizza
Not ‘health’ — but, certainly, a ‘human service.’
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November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I really just didn't have "felching" on my bingo card as a part of the political news cycle for this week. nypost.com/2025/11/22/u...
Nuzzigate continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nuzzigate continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
For luxury real estate, $200 million is the new $100 million. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Is $200 Million the New $100 Million in Luxury Real Estate?
A surge of ultrarich buyers has pushed asking prices to new extremes, yet many headline-grabbing megamansions languish on the market or trade for a fraction of their debut numbers.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For luxury real estate, $200 million is the new $100 million. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Meanwhile, billionaires quietly continuing to billionaire. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Exclusive | Silicon Valley Estate Sells for $56 Million
Sold by Bandel Carano of Oak Investments Partners, the Italian-style home in Portola Valley set a record for the town.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Meanwhile, billionaires quietly continuing to billionaire. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
This is the second story we've done in the past week about a Palm Beach home with a massive price tag-- and two outdoor swimming pools. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Exclusive | An Oceanfront Compound in Palm Beach Lists for $205 Million
The roughly 23,000-square-foot home is the latest South Florida property to hit the market with an uber-expensive price tag.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the second story we've done in the past week about a Palm Beach home with a massive price tag-- and two outdoor swimming pools. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
i love halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
i love halloween.
Actually I revise my earlier estimate. Millions of kids will be dressed as Kpop Demon Hunters, starting approximately now.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Actually I revise my earlier estimate. Millions of kids will be dressed as Kpop Demon Hunters, starting approximately now.