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.
When I saw the house in this week’s column I immediately thought of Pigpen. You remember Pigpen from the Charlie Brown universe. He is the dirty little fellow who never took a shower. A cloud of dirt always followed him. His only redeeming quality was that he was not a major league jerk like Lucy…
One of my favorite animals is the monkey. They are quirky little beasts. Their chill, devil-may-care attitude is hysterical. They are where they are supposed to be and doing what they want to be doing. Oh to be a monkey. One minute they’re flopped out on a tree branch then out of nowhere they go…
I am getting straight to the point this week. If the characters from The Flintstones and Bonanza filmed a porn movie together it would be at the home featured in this week’s column. There you go. I have said it and it is out there now. I know what you are thinking, “Mimi, why do…
In 2012 my family took a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Washington is incredible, by the way. It just so happens our trip coincided shortly after the state legalized marijuana. As my daughter and I were waiting for my husband, the banner headline in the newspaper read, “Local Stores Sold Out of Pot.” Now what…
In the 1930s and 40s, Little Forest Hills was where you would go to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. The neighborhood consisted of little wood frame hunting cabins and recreational lake houses. It is the feeling of leaving the stresses of city living that makes the listing at 8631…
