Mimi Perez
Mimi Perez is a freelance writer and photographer for CandysDirt.com who lives in the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood located in northwest Dallas.
My daughter has reintroduced me to the joy that is ABBA. She wanted to know why I had never played any of their music or mentioned them even in passing. “In 1970s Alabama,” I replied, “ABBA did not get a lot of play time on the radio. It was Lynyrd Skynyrd territory.” Her reply: “What’s…
Happy New Year my peoples. I hope everyone had a fun yet restful holiday break. Now it’s back to what some consider reality. The horror. Even worse are those perky people who are commited to making new year’s resolutions. What better way to ruin the holiday buzz than by making those ridiculous resolutions? Can I…
As a child, I always considered the first Sunday of the year the saddest day of the year. Christmas had come and gone and the naughty vs. nice accounting started over. The same with the New Year’s Eve parties my parents would throw with family and friends. The first Sunday of the year meant going…
Dallas has a lot of neighborhoods with a lot of different styles of homes. The uniting factor throughout the city is the Parks and Rec Department and the Office of Arts and Culture. Those two departments do not just give us a reason to like living in Dallas, they give us a reason to love…
When the year began, I thought this might be the time when I run out of crazy homes to write about. I mean, how many living rooms can there be with stripper poles so you can workout while you watch “The Price is Right”? Apparently there were enough that I have reached a point where…
