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.
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…
One of the reasons I became a journalist was to meet people from different walks of life and learn what makes them tick, what inspires them, what are their aspirations. Truly, people are fascinating if you take the time to listen when they tell you their stories. I got to do a lot of that…
