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.

Arizona Home Makes Wonderful Getaway if You Are Yosemite Sam

By Mimi Perez / June 18, 2025 /

During my Psych 101 class in college, we all had to pick a person from history and do a psych eval to present to the class. The presentation I remember most vividly was on Yosemite Sam. Yes, that Yosemite Sam. He is the angry little motor scooter who really needs to sit down with a…

Faith, Family, Friends, Fun and the Annual Juneteenth Celebration Are Tenets of Elm Thicket

By Mimi Perez / June 17, 2025 /

Faith, family, friends and fun are the four tenets of the Elm Thicket/Northpark (ETNP) neighborhood. In other words, if there is an opportunity for a celebration the ETNP neighborhood has no qualms about everyone pulling out their grills, baking some of the most delicious treats to ever come out of an oven, and sharing it…

The Real Estate Gods Designed a New York Home Worthy of Praising the Heavens

By Mimi Perez / June 11, 2025 /

There are times when the real estate gods look upon me with their benevolent eyes and grant me a gift. It does not happen often but when angels sing and the real estate gods reach down their boney hands and design a house that truly fits the epitome of WTF then I have no choice but…

New Park Honors South Dallas Trailblazer and Signals the City’s Green Commitment

By Mimi Perez / June 10, 2025 /

The late Judge Charles R. Rose left a legacy of serving his beloved Highland Hills neighborhood as a justice of the peace, a Wilmer-Hutchins School Board Trustee, and as an advocate for his South Dallas neighborhood. When he passed in 2019, the community felt that loss.  This past weekend, however, the Highland Hills neighborhood paid…

Don’t Forget to Take Your Muscle Relaxers Before Eyeing This Branson, Missouri Mansion

By Mimi Perez / June 4, 2025 /

Hello, my lovelies. Welcome to another month of Wednesday WTF’s. I have been procrastinating writing about the house featured in this week’s column because I just did not know what to say about this old girl. Well, let me tell you, I have found the secret to my writer’s block: muscle relaxers. Yeeesssssss, you read…