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.
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…
The newly engaged couple was driving down the country road when the storm that had been threatening them all day broke loose. It was dark and hard to see. The rain was battering their car from all sides. They hit an unexpected log in the road and their car came to a rolling stop. On…
I have a funny story to share with you. When my husband was writing his dissertation, my daughter, our dog, and I left to go visit Grandma and Grandpa so he could work in peace. I asked my younger nephew, who was 16 at the time, to come along, and off we went to Gulf…
