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.
While looking at the pictures of the house this week, the one person who kept coming to mind was RuPaul. During her show, RuPaul’s Drag Race, she will use the expression “Eleganza Extravaganza” to describe a curated blend of elegance and opulence in design. There is little doubt that the people who decorated this house…
Despite a weeklong delay after January’s ice storm, many infrastructure projects around Dallas Love Field Airport are on target for completion in Spring 2026 —just in time for the FIFA World Cup 2026 which will bring liens of thousands visitors to Dallas throughout the summer. “From a business perspective, Dallas Love Field is excited,” said…
There are times when I make up stories about the people who live in the homes I write about. It is the only way I can make their choices make sense to me. I absolutely had to do that this week because there were some things that were a little much, and then there were…
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…
