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.
My Pop was never happier than when he was in his workshop, with his tools, rebuilding a motor to a lawnmower. Our mowers, much like our cars, could outrun anything on wheels. The rule was that if we came across a mower being left out for heavy trash pick up, we had to pick it…
In the 1990s, the makers of Pace Picante Sauce came up with a brilliant advertising campaign. Cowboys sitting around a campfire asked Cookie for more picante sauce. Having run out of Pace Picante Sauce, Cookie hands them a jar of sauce made in New York City. The cowboys get upset and threaten to hang ol’…
As I was surfing the interwebs, I came across the trailers for the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling coming out July 21. Lord help me, I watched both of them. Those are five minutes of my life I will never get back. I am not completely sure if Barbie is geared…
I would be remiss if I did not give a shout-out to my gal pal Brenda Masse, a fellow CandysDirt.com columnist. She let me know that April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. When we think of distracted driving, we think of the dreaded cell phone. I am here to tell you that phones are…
Full disclosure here today my peoples, when I first saw the home featured in this week’s column I was awash in a sense of dread. Circular houses always seem to be a good idea but then something goes awry and my hands usually end up holding my shaking head. But then I read the description…
