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.

Are Ya Friggin’ Kidding Me? There Is No Way This Townhome Isn’t in New Jersey

By Mimi Perez / May 27, 2026 /

Chapter 58 of the book “You Never Really Know What’s Going on Inside a House” takes us to Yardley, Pennsylvania. Yardley sits right on the border with New Jersey. During the American Civil War, Yardley was a station on the Underground Railroad, and now that we know those two little tidbits of information, the interior…

Dallas Love Field Warns of Major FIFA Traffic Delays Next Month

By Mimi Perez / May 26, 2026 /

The largest sporting event in the world is barreling toward Dallas, and residents have two weeks to make their necessary preparations before soccer players and their fans touch down at Dallas Love Field. “If you can, rent your house out. Go away. Come back,” Arnold Watkins, airport superintendent with the City of Dallas, said facetiously…

This Florida Foam Dome Looks Like a Fluffernutter Sandwich Gone Wrong

By Mimi Perez / May 20, 2026 /

One of the grossest sandwiches from childhood was a fluffernutter. It’s a sandwich that encompasses peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. You mash those two ingredients in between two pieces of white break and voila, you have a fluffernutter sandwich. Yeah, I didn’t eat that crap. I always found it hurl-worthy. Mark Boackle was always eating…

This $135M California Home Looks Like a Fancy Hampton Inn — and I Cannot Unsee It

By Mimi Perez / May 13, 2026 /

If you have only sporadically read anything I have written, it has probably entailed my love for the State of California. It is a beautiful state with so much to see and to do. I long for the day when the Gusman and I can move there. The National Parks are fabulous and, if you…

King of Pop or Prince? This VA Homeowner Made His Favorite Obvious

By Mimi Perez / May 6, 2026 /

This weekend I attended a Las Vegas show called MJ Live. MJ, of course, stands for Michael Jackson. Now I am a GenX’er through and through. Needless to say, Michael Jackson was my jam in high school along with Prince, Pat Benatar, the GoGo’s, and so on. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. My friend who attended…