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.
This April my husband and I will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. There should be a small parade thrown in our honor because, for 28 of those 30 years, we have had to share one bathroom. During our first two years of marriage, we lived in a 1,800-square-foot townhouse that had two-and-a-half bathrooms. There were…
We all enjoy getting the newest gadget or updating our wardrobe but recent surveys have shown that people get more long-lasting enjoyment and pleasure from experiences as opposed to material items. According to a study by Science Direct, when we spend for experiential purposes we not only enjoy being “in the moment” of a trip…
The Recreation Residence Program was launched in 1915 and is intended to give people unfettered access to the pristine wilderness at national forests. This program allows you to buy a cabin in a national forest while leasing the land it sits upon. Live John Muir’s Dream Known as the father of American conservation, Muir’s mission…
The house featured in this week’s column has been getting a lot of attention on the interwebs. Creepy, weird, bizarre are just some of the descriptors these home aficionados have used. They are all wrong. The accurate words to describe this house are: outlaw motorcycle club. It is not just any kind of home for…
Many, many years ago I interviewed a “bro” who “built” an underground shelter. We will call him Jimbo. He had plenty of canned food, bottled water, and jerky. So. Much. Jerky. His reasoning for building this underground shelter was so that when “the big one” happened he would have a place for him and his…
