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.
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…
When my daughter was little, I got the bright idea that I would learn to sew. I would make her clothes or stuffed animals or clothes for her stuffed animals. All excited, I bought my sewing machine, material that she liked and some patterns. The level of self-induced brain pain I inflicted upon myself was…
The goats! The goats have arrived at the Bachman Greenbelt and they will play a big role in reclaiming more than 40 acres of green space, much of which has been overrun with invasive privet. “Operation Goat,” as I have dubbed this endeavor, commenced on Friday, April 18, when 200-250 goats were dropped off at…
From the Nextdoor app to workplace message boards, the level of collective grumbling throughout Dallas-Fort Worth peaked on April 15 when not only were federal income taxes due, but county appraisal districts mailed out their annual property tax appraisals to homeowners. That means we’re all receiving our updated property tax appraisals for 2025 this month,…
