NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT

Lost Creek tucked away in the western hills, with views

By Clayton Stromberger
SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Saying goodbye to the cosmopolitan bustle of Washington, D.C., was not easy for Nancy Vaden-Kiernan and her husband and young twin boys.

Headed back to Texas for family and work reasons, the four were leaving behind a classic, old two-story home down the street from the Washington National Cathedral and all the parks, museums, and cultural events a big city has to offer. Vaden-Kiernan knew they’d need a special new home to make the twins excited about the move.

“We wanted a view and a good school,” she says. Searching online, they found both — and a swimming pool — in a home in Lost Creek, just off Loop 360 in the Eanes Independent School District. They flew out for a visit, gazed at the hills and valleys of the Barton Creek greenbelt from the back deck and bought the house that weekend.

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