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.
Anybody can have a lake house as their getaway spot when city living gets too hectic. It takes someone who understands the essence of what it is to be cool to have their second home be the Rathskeller building in the charming little town of Comfort, Texas. A throwback to what could easily be considered…
“Art is the distilled essence of the human soul. Some merely sip at the intoxicating brew of creativity, others merely sate their thirst, but for a few, creativity flows like an unending stream, painting the canvas of our world with strokes of brilliance that endure on walls and canvases, across wood and stone, upon floors…
Yeah baby! Californiaaa. The land of milk and honey. Whoooo! I love California. The beaches, the California cool lifestyle. Yeah, baby! I am down for all of it. And let me tell you, I have found my little slice of heaven in Bombay Beach. So what if Bombay Beach is 223 feet below sea level?…
Words matter. They can soften bad news or make mediocre news seem wonderful. Words are incredibly powerful. Take the description of the home featured in this week’s column. The listing agent encourages us to “Check out this artistic, creative, and museum-like historic home.” My mind automatically thought we were going to see some incredible paintings…
My fellow Gen X’ers, do I have a story for you. Somebody, quick, go ring the Gen X alarm. Remember our after-school ritual? We would get home, let ourselves in, grab a snack, and turn on the TV until a parent got home at which point we were banished to our rooms to do homework.…
