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.
People have always told me that I need to have a life goal. After meeting her this past September, I have discovered that when I grow up I want to be like Jan McFarlane. When Jan celebrated her birthday in September she threw herself a birthday bash that has to go down in the record…
Whew, what a Halloween. The decorating, the costume making, the baking — they all take a toll. Ask any witch. Halloween is their peak season. Oftentimes witches get a bad rap. The Celts saw the really smart and wise women as healers and would go to them for counsel. When the Romans took over they…
Horror movies have changed. Having grown up with the classics like John Carpenter’s Halloween or Friday the 13th, we knew the formula going into the theater. Dopey teenagers drink, do drugs, have sex, and are killed by a psycho with the exception of the lone virgin who did not drink or do drugs. The sober…
Have a strategy in place before visiting all the vendors at the State Fair of Texas. It just may keep you from breaking the bank.
“The pleasure isn’t in doing the thing, the pleasure is in planning it,” so says author John Green. As I was putting up our fall decorations, I could not help but think of our summer vacation to Alaska. We spent six months planning what we would see and where we would eat. Anticipation is a…
