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.

Which Came First, The Wallpaper or The Creepy Dolls For This Victorian?

By Mimi Perez / August 18, 2021 /

It was the summer of 1979 or thereabouts. I was 11 years of age and the beginning of the school year was still weeks away. It was a peaceful existence until one weekend in July when my Mom and Dad decided to put up wallpaper. They hung molding at the midpoint of the long hallway…

This Virginia House Goes With The Grain (Again And Again)

By Mimi Perez / August 11, 2021 /

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Remember that old nursery rhyme from elementary school? The kids who could nail that tongue twister would be flexing on those poor souls who would end up just babbling “chuck, chuck, chuck, wood, chuck.” Well, the house featured in this week’s column…