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.
Yesterday, I told you about the roof we needed — and the months of bids, no-shows, and dead ends that followed. The right roofer came through an unexpected recommendation from my hairstylist: her friend April, a professional makeup artist who founded her own roofing company. The first week of January, April Santiago with Bootstrap Roofing…
So this year the Gusman and I had a conservative Christmas because unless Santa delivered us a new roof, we were going to have to break our piggy bank to pay for a new one. So I reached out to my wonderful Editor Shelby Skrhak and asked her if she would be interested in me…
“Welcome to the most whimsical, dreamy and ultra-moody home near Hannibal’s Historic Downtown District!” That is the first line of the description of this week’s featured home. I have seen Realtors use the words whimsical and dreamy to describe a home, but ultra-moody? That’s a first. Ultra-moody makes the house sound like a mean teenager…
Quick, somebody go check on Idaho. They have gone a little cray cray and need some help. I know. Idaho and cray cray are not words you would not expect to see in a sentence together. I mean, it’s Idaho. Idahoans are the most sensible people on earth. I will say it again, it is…
So the “home” featured in this week’s column took the train to Crazy Town. Before it got there, however, it pulled the emergency cord and came to a screeching halt. It jumped off the train, ran 300 yards, and then took a hard left to the city of Whuuuttttt. The “home” then went full speed…
