Wednesday WTF

Best of WTF: That Time That Reporter Was Totally Wrong About Food

By Bethany Erickson / May 29, 2019 /

Editor’s Note: Because of a big, breaking story yesterday, our Wednesday WTF writer is, well, behind. Very. But she thought you’d enjoy this dip into the archives from a time when a reporter was very wrong about food. Listen, this week’s Wednesday WTF was supposed to be about Oprah’s fancy new island but then something…

The One With the Man Cave — a Very Serious Man Cave

By Bethany Erickson / May 22, 2019 /

If you watch enough House Hunters on HGTV you can create a drinking game of it — take a shot every time someone says man cave. Chug a beer when someone says they hate the paint color. One kegstand when the couple announces they each want a style of house that is not at all…

We’re Neutral On This Listing Until We’re Totally Not

By Bethany Erickson / May 15, 2019 /

Two things about this house: One, click on the continued line of this column gingerly, dear readers; and two, can you go too neutral when decorating and staging your listing? We frequently tell people (or, when we say we, we mean Karen Eubank, our stager extraordinaire) that you should make sure you don’t have anything…

The One With the Piano-Playing Bunnies in Houston

By Bethany Erickson / May 8, 2019 /

Do you like rabbits? Like, lots of rabbits? Like all over your house with the bunnies? Have we got the Wednesday WTF for you. No, seriously. Yeah, yeah, I know that this house looks normal. But do you know me at all? Of course, there’s something else about this house. We. Do. Not. Do. Normal.…

Dirty Dancing Listing in Australia Both Hilarious and Awful

By Bethany Erickson / May 1, 2019 /

More than a few people sent me this week’s listing from Australia, which (in the grand tradition of the Wednesday WTF) is borderline NSFW but only if you work in like, a church or a kindergarten or maybe one of those towns where dancing is sinful. For the rest of us, it’s probably just ridiculous.…