Wednesday WTF

Go Down The Rabbit Hole: A Wonderland of Color in Wisconsin

By Mimi Perez / November 10, 2021 /

I have always been a sucker for fairy tales.  Cinderella, Snow White, and Bambi were my jam when I was little. Yes, there was always someone dying in those tales but there were also little people or woodland creatures to help with the housework. There are days when I consider that a really fair trade.…

NJ Beach House Slides Down The Tube With a Splash

By Mimi Perez / November 3, 2021 /

Water slides are awesome.  The person who came up with the concept of pushing a ton of water down a tube and then throwing themselves down said tube should win a major award of some sort. You start out kind of slow. You build momentum with every twist and curve. You pick up even more…

SoCal Home Takes The Halloween Fright Out of Freddy

By Mimi Perez / October 27, 2021 /

It is Halloween week, my people. Yea! What a fun week awaits with costumes, pranks, and scary movies. Being a part of Gen X, I can honestly say we grew up with some of the greatest scary movies.  One of the all-time best was A Nightmare on Elm Street. Good ol’ Freddy Krueger terrorizing innocent…

Gargoyles Are Great For Staging a Scare

By Mimi Perez / October 20, 2021 /

Funny story. As I was going through the listing for this week’s column I was reminded of the imagery in the movie Carrie which is pretty intense. I am talking about the original movie with Sissy Spacek. Anyway, when I was done looking at the listing I took my dog out one last time before…

A Pimped Out Home That’s Perfect for Vampires

By Mimi Perez / October 13, 2021 /

My family has always enjoyed Halloween. When my daughter was really young she insisted on dressing up as a different animal associated with Halloween. The vampire bat costume was easy to make but I still find feathers from when we made her owl costume. It was great but oy vey, all the feathers. It was…