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.

Get Ready to Have Your Timbers Shivered on This Houseboat Fit For a Swashbuckler

By Mimi Perez / September 1, 2022 /

Virginia is for lovers but it is also for scallywags, saucy serving wenches, and pirate ships. If the pirate’s life has ever called to you, then you need to reach out to Capt. Dan Corder. “Capt. Dan” has refurbished 33 ships in a pirate theme and his latest creation is on the market right now for $49K…

Dog Crate House Asks ‘What The Shih Tzu?’

By Mimi Perez / August 31, 2022 /

In January 2020 we adopted a rescue dog. He had just turned one. He is half Corgi, half Chihuahua, half shepherd, half Lord knows what else. (No, we didn’t major in math.) He is a side-sitter. He has a long, tubular body with exceptionally stubby legs. We named him Hazel.  Do I need to say…

Pirate Ship May Float Your Vacation Boat

By Mimi Perez / August 25, 2022 /

Virginia is for lovers but it is also for scallywags, saucy serving wenches and pirate ships. If the pirate’s life has ever called to you, then you need to reach out to Capt. Dan Corder. “Capt. Dan” has refurbished 33 ships in a pirate theme and his latest creation is on the market right now…

Storybook Gnome Home is Unique House Porn

By Mimi Perez / August 24, 2022 /

“Storybook home coming to life” is the perfect description for the home featured in this week’s column. I have lost track of the number of times I have mentioned my never ending desire to have magical woodland creatures come to my home to clean my bathroom, wash my floors and cook a couple of meals. …

Double-Wide Trailer Equals Double Disaster

By Mimi Perez / August 17, 2022 /

My husband made for the perfect source for this week’s column. In his early years his dad worked in the oil industry and that required a lot of moving. Their solution to housing was to simply have their home hitched up and moved from town to town. Yeah, my husband and his siblings were the…