Wednesday WTF

This New Jersey Home Is the Mercedes Benz of Bells and Whistles

By Mimi Perez / September 4, 2024 /

“I’d like to do a song of great social and political import. It goes something like this: Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?I drive a Subaru and I must make amendsWorked hard all my life, and drive an unbelievably uncomfortable carOh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?” Okay, okay, I…

Mowgli, Baloo and the Whole “Jungle Book” Crew Would Love This House

By Mimi Perez / August 28, 2024 /

One of my favorite childhood movies was Disney’s The Jungle Book. To live in the jungle with Baloo and Bagheera seemed like a dream. That was until I got older and I realized that I was truly more of a Snow White kind of gal. What I wouldn’t give to have woodland creatures come to…

‘Giant’ Home Gives Texas a Run for its Money, Oil Money That Is

By Mimi Perez / August 21, 2024 /

One of the most exaggerated and accurate representations of the State of Texas and Texans in general is in the movie Giant. Giant is a 1956 flick that starred Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. The movie lasts no less than 16 hours and revolves around a big ‘ol Texas man, played by Hudson,…

Admit One: Modern Ohio Home Has Us Wondering This Blockbuster’s Back Story

By Mimi Perez / August 7, 2024 /

Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, who hurt you? Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Neil Armstrong, and Cincinnati Chili, who would think that a state that produced such utterly cool people, diversions, and deliciousness would have a home like the one featured in this week’s column. So I ask again Ohio, who hurt you…

Hey Dummy! This Ohio Home Is The Perfect Refuge From Insulted, Armed Neighbors

By Mimi Perez / July 24, 2024 /

“The strangest and greatest potential I have ever seen.” How is that for an opening line to a listing? It is a real grabber, isn’t it, dummy? You read that right. I said dummy. That is how safe and secure the house featured in this week’s Wednesday WTF column is making me feel. I can…