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.

We Are Going on a Field Trip to Check Out UK Crazy for a Change

By Mimi Perez / April 8, 2026 /

Hellooooo there poppets, get your passport and pack a bag because this week we are going on a field trip to the UK. We’ve seen a lot of rather questionable nutball homes right here in the ‘ol U. S. of A. How about we go look at some UK crazy? Perhaps we will have a…

The $26M Manhattan Penthouse Where Wile E. Coyote Would Finally Catch the Roadrunner

By Mimi Perez / April 1, 2026 /

I dare say that if Wile E. Coyote lived in this week’s featured penthouse, he’d — perhaps, just perhaps — have gotten enough practice that the next time he battled against the Roadrunner, he would have been triumphant. You see, their battles always came down to reality versus fiction. Was the coyote’s scheme to capture…

Murals and Retail Transform Former Inwood Design Center Into Inwood Design District

By Mimi Perez / March 31, 2026 /

If art heals the soul and serves as inspiration for design and beauty, then your soul needs to look no further than the Inwood Design District. This past week, M2G Ventures unveiled months of work that have gone into the launch of The Art Docks, a large-scale mural installation that is part of the ongoing…

Snakeskin Vinyl or Shag Carpet: Choose Your Own Misadventure in This Pennsylvania Home

By Mimi Perez / March 25, 2026 /

Here’s some some behind the scenes CandysDirt.com dirt. At our staff meetings, we spend a lot of time talking about murder houses. No, not homes that kill people or homes that are so poorly decorated they would kill you from the shock to your sensibilities. I’m talking about homes where someone was killed. One of…

You Can See the Trails Again: Bachman Greenbelt Is Transforming After Invasive Privet Removal

By Mimi Perez / March 24, 2026 /

The plan sounds simple enough: reclaim 40 acres of privet-choked Bachman Greenbelt and replace it with wildflowers. But anyone who has seen this particular kind of “weed” — privet, a highly invasive woody shrub — take over a North Texas green space knows that’s not a weekend project. That’s what the Friends of Bachman Lake…