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.
I am one of those lucky people where every week is like Christmas. At least once a week for this past year, the great people of this fair land have put their crazy homes on the market and I have had a blast finding the best ones of the bunch to write about for Wednesday…
We are T-minus three days to when the Big Man, Father Christmas, Saint Nick, ‘ol Kris Kringle, the Jolly Old Man himself makes his whirlwind trip around the globe dropping gifts off at the homes of everyone who has been good this year. What has always been my saving grace is that Santa Claus has…
What I enjoy the most during this time of year are the Christmas songs. My all-time favorite, much to the chagrin of most of my friends, is “Santa Baby” sung by Eartha Kitt. As it turns out, according to a 2020 YouGov poll, my beloved song is the most hated of all Christmas songs. That…
Years ago mancaves started to be a thing in homes. A retreat where the men of the house could go to laugh at their farts and scratch their butts without any of the women folk bothering them. Even Captain Picard finds farts funny and he is British. Now the house featured in this week’s column…
I love disco. Now I know a great majority of you cringed when you read that but I do not care. Unlike other disco aficionados, I am willing to be persecuted for my devotion to the most rhythmic and tribal of music genres. “Death to Disco!” was the chant of the many not so long…