Wednesday WTF

Cake, Cookies, And Sweetness Abounds In This Indiana Kitchen

By Mimi Perez / March 13, 2024 /

Many, many, years ago I made my husband, Gus, an ice cream cake for his birthday. He had broken his knee cap and was feeling down. So I decided that an ice cream cake would do wonders for his spirits.  That is a fair representation of the Gusmeister, his love of cake and his love…

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Waste Away in Your Own a Piece of Margaritaville With This California Parrothead Paradise

By Mimi Perez / March 6, 2024 /

There have not been many times when I wanted to meet the people selling the homes I write about. I tend to make up little stories about them in my head and make up excuses as to why they felt the need, for instance, to put urinals in the kitchen. (If you are a new…

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Wisconsin Farmhouse Comes With Weathered Wood And Visible Duct Work

By Mimi Perez / February 28, 2024 /

Quick, someone flip on the Bat Signal or its equivalent because there is a farmhouse in desperate need of rescuing and only Chip and Joanna Gaines can swoop in and save the day. Or not. The farmhouse featured in this week’s column is, how shall I put it … one of a kind. If you…

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Overcompensating Much? This Kansas Home Has Dead Animals Hanging From Every Wall

By Mimi Perez / February 21, 2024 /

As a friend and I were walking through a parking lot the other day, we came across the biggest pickup truck we had ever seen. You know what I’m talking about. The tires were huge. You need a ladder equivalent to the ones firetrucks have in order to get into the stupid thing. It had…

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No Love Lost For This Art Deco-Esque Missouri Home That Got Me Shook

By Mimi Perez / February 14, 2024 /

So, the house featured in this week’s column got me, to quote today’s youth, shook. I believe that is correct usage. That house got me shook.  I love the way the younger generation uses particular words to get across just how nuts things can make them. This house has me in that category along with…

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