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.
It was after admiring a beautiful golden statue of King Kamehameha on the Big Island of Hawai’i that I understood why female praying mantises eat their mates. We were driving around the island when we stopped to stretch our legs. The Gusman took our daughter, Carmen, into a shop, and I went to the ice…
It is more than apparent that the Gusman and I are no longer in our “spring chicken” phase of life. As we schedule our dueling colonoscopies, we have started discussing our retirement. I was still living at home when my parents started discussing their retirement. That led them to purchase a condo across from the…
If you have only read a handful of Wednesday WTF’s chances are you know of my deep-felt affection for the 1980s. The decade is known for shopping malls, bright colors, mindless music, and nutball decor. I love it so much. It is a part of my GenX soul and I will go to my grave…
If you build it, they will come. Or, in the case of the Reverchon Park Baseball Field, if you save it from private interests and renovate the park from top to bottom, then you will have the past, present, and future come and enjoy what is undoubtedly one of the true gems of the Dallas…
Much like the five stages of grief, there are the five stages of dealing with property tax appraisal grief. The stages of tax grief are: Anticipation, Denial, Anger (lots of anger), Action, and Bargaining. Acceptance is part of real grief, but for our purposes, we’re leaving it off. Do you have to accept your taxes…
