Wednesday WTF

Alas! A Florida Home That Can Save People From Spider Monkeys and Hot Flashes

By Mimi Perez / July 10, 2024 /

Summer is always a perilous time for my marriage. I am a 56-year-old menopausal woman who battles hot flashes like a ninja trained spider monkey. Spider monkeys are 3-foot-tall primates who often become violent toward humans who try to domesticate them. The only thing missing at the end of the definition is “or are going…

Fun Reading as You Fire Up the Grill and Celebrate July 4th

By Mimi Perez / July 3, 2024 /

The July 4th holiday is one that holds a lot of nice memories for me. My parents would hold barbecues at our house where our neighbors and just about all the Cubans that lived in Birmingham would come over. It was loud and it was fun. My Pops would squeeze every bit of lighter fluid…

’70s Decor in This Cali MCM Leads to a Tale of Disappointment

By Mimi Perez / June 26, 2024 /

Children can bring the greatest joy to our lives. They can also bring the greatest disappointment. Up until this last week I had only ever experienced joy with our daughter. After this week, though, I think I am simply going to write her out of the will, which is something because she is our heir…

Alabama Home Works Great For Jury Duty And as a Mausoleum

By Mimi Perez / June 19, 2024 /

I am writing my column as I sit for jury duty. I got my notice. I deferred. The post office actually delivered the second notice. They have issues delivering checks to me but not my jury duty postcards. So here I am, on a Monday, at jury duty.  It’s been a solid 20 years since…

Mission Impossible Becomes Possible In This Nevada Home

By Mimi Perez / June 12, 2024 /

So you are considering changing your career? The life of a luxury realtor leaves you longing for adventure, daring and espionage? Your new preferred career is that of an operative for a secret government agency where you get to dangle through ceilings or steal valuable jewels to save the world? Well Bubba, I have the…