Wednesday WTF
Visceral is the word of the day when talking about the house featured in this week’s column. Now, I know what you are thinking: “Mimi, where is the funny little story that leads us to the point of the column? We are not getting any dialogue this week? What, no reference to the 1980s?” No.…
During the last six months of my tenure at CandysDirt.com, I have slowly learned the many different styles of homes. Tudors are my favorite. They remind me of the woodland cottages in Sleeping Beauty or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. They have a distinctive style that makes them stand out. This week’s home has…
Marie Antoinette was the original girl-boss. She was the last queen of France before the revolution. She was maligned by haters and blamed for the start of the French revolution. She responded by looking good and dressing well. Girl-boss. That entire “let them eat cake” line that gets attributed to Marie Antoinette is a good…
A sage piece of advice I received when starting out as a reporter was to make sure all the photos I took had people in them. When people first pick up their newspaper, my editor told me, they always look to see if there is a picture of them in that edition. That little bit…
One of the most popular shows in the ’80s was Murder, She Wrote. Angela Lansbury starred as Jessica Fletcher, a retired English teacher, mystery novelist, and amateur sleuth. One of the running jokes about Murder, She Wrote was that Jessica Fletcher was the kiss of death. Wherever she went, murder was sure to follow. Assuming…
