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.
Here’s some some behind the scenes CandysDirt.com dirt. At our staff meetings, we spend a lot of time talking about murder houses. No, not homes that kill people or homes that are so poorly decorated they would kill you from the shock to your sensibilities. I’m talking about homes where someone was killed. One of…
The plan sounds simple enough: reclaim 40 acres of privet-choked Bachman Greenbelt and replace it with wildflowers. But anyone who has seen this particular kind of “weed” — privet, a highly invasive woody shrub — take over a North Texas green space knows that’s not a weekend project. That’s what the Friends of Bachman Lake…
If the male loneliness epidemic were a house, it would be the one featured in this week’s column. Social isolation, single, lack of close friends, this house encompasses all of these attributes. In other words, it’s a scene, man. Milhouse is a perfect ambassador for this North Carolina home and for male loneliness. Don’t be…
For generations, the old real estate adage has been “location, location, location.” But for the younger generation trying to break into today’s housing market, the more appropriate adage might be “options, options, options.” With interest rates hovering around the mid-6% range and home prices showing no signs of abating, Gen Z is opting for “house…
The Oscars, that’s right, the granddaddy of all awards shows is coming up this Sunday. I love the Oscars. It is such a dramatic production. All these former theatre kids actually grew up to be actors and now there’s a chance to win an award. That is what I call a good time. Okay, so…
