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.
As we were remodeling our home in 2007, one of the funniest experiences was shopping for light fixtures. It was a complete remodel down to the studs, and we needed new everything. The Gusman was able to redesign our kitchen so we could get more space, which is wonderful. He insisted on keeping the original…
Defenders of cool have a park to call their own as the Bachman Lake Skatepark opened this past Saturday. Before city officials delivered any speeches, the overwhelming review of the new statepark was in: “This is so gnarl man” a skater said as he came out of the bowl. The $4 million facility is the…
Mr. T is one of the most underrated actors of the ‘80s. Spoiler alert: He got his break in Hollywood as Clubber Lang, a rogue, tough street fighter who propositioned Rocky Balboa’s wife, took the championship away from Rocky and ultimately, lost the title to Rocky after Rocky did some soul searching and took a…
The Lemmon Avenue Streetscape Project, a City of Dallas project to bring more trees, landscaping, and trails to the neighboring communities around Dallas Love Field, has really taken shape in the past month, and the end result will be a transformation of the road that separates the airport from residential neighborhoods such as Bluffview and…
Okay property owners, get your dukes up. The deadline to fight your property tax appraisal is next week, May 15. Fighting your property tax technically means filing an intent to protest the value your county appraisal district has assessed. That is how much the appraisal district proposes you would receive for your home if you…
