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.
In the Clint Eastwood classic, Magnum Force, Dirty Harry Callahan’s last line of the movie is, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” Well, that expression is never truer than when you are a homeowner, and the idea of “Hey, we can do this ourselves” creeps into your mind. When my husband and I bought…
Imagine the sense of serenity you could feel while sitting in this 17th floor home in the Ritz Carlton residences, overlooking downtown Dallas and Uptown and taking in the sights and sounds of the city. That’s what you’ll get with this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home…
True confession time, folks. I love yard art. More specifically, animal yard art. I have, roughly, four-and-a-half pieces of yard art in my front yard. There’s the four-foot-tall, multi-colored rooster named Rodriguez. There’s also Jerry the giraffe riding a tricycle. There’s a flower basket on the back of his tricycle. Then there’s Rainbow the peacock,…
Bob “Videobob” Moseley says he “can sell ketchup popsicles to Eskimos in white gloves.” Moseley’s best sales job may be selling his “party house” located in South Oak Cliff. In a 40-minute video Moseley produced himself, he takes viewers on an in-depth tour of his home that he bought 10 years ago. “I bought this…
Every family has their little rituals. One of mine is to keep our DVR at a healthy 65 percent. It never fails that when I hit that sweet spot, our daughter comes home from school and the available space plummets down to 5 percent for the length of her visit. It is one of the…
