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.
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…
“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…
