by Miranda Wilson | Aug 19, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
Cities are very good at replacing things.A building becomes inconvenient. Its original purpose disappears. Repairs cost more than anyone expected. Eventually, somebody asks the obvious question: Wouldn’t it be easier to tear it down and start over?Often, the answer is...
by Miranda Wilson | Aug 12, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
For the better part of a decade, America appeared to reach a remarkably unanimous decision about kitchens: they should be white.White cabinets. White quartz. White subway tile. A stainless-steel appliance for contrast, perhaps a bowl of lemons on the island to prove...
by Miranda Wilson | Aug 5, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
Spend five minutes scrolling social media and it’s easy to believe that beautiful homes are built one purchase at a time. The perfect light fixture. The designer sofa. The marble countertops. The handmade tile. We’re constantly shown the finished product, as though a...
by Miranda Wilson | Jul 29, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
Sometimes I’ll pull up to a home for a showing a few minutes early, sit in my car, and wonder about the people who were there before. Not who owned it. Who lived there. Those are two very different things. Ownership can be found in public records. Living is something...
by Miranda Wilson | Jul 22, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
Have you ever noticed it?You’re driving. You’re in a hurry. Your mind is already on the next thing you have to do.Then the road bends around a lake. Or you catch a glimpse of the Yellowstone River. Without even thinking about it, you ease off the gas. Nobody tells you...
by Miranda Wilson | Jul 15, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
I walked into Target the other day for one thing. Five minutes later, I found myself standing in the school supply aisle wondering how backpacks had already made their annual appearance. Didn’t summer just start? It feels like we spend months looking forward to it,...
by Miranda Wilson | Jul 8, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
here’s something wonderfully inefficient about a festival. Nobody goes because it’s the fastest way to spend a Saturday. You walk farther than you planned. Stand in lines you didn’t expect. Stop every few feet because something catches your eye, or someone calls your...
by Miranda Wilson | Jul 1, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
Not everyone has a porch. Not everyone has a boat. Not everyone has a perfect backyard. But almost everyone has sat in one of those folding lawn chairs on the Fourth of July. It doesn’t matter if it’s faded. If one armrest is slightly crooked. If you have to sink into...
by Miranda Wilson | Jun 24, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
There are very few places left where a complete stranger can walk onto your property at 7:15 on a Saturday morning, pick up a ceramic goose, a fishing rod, and a waffle maker, then ask: “Would you take five bucks for all of it?” And somehow, everyone involved...
by Miranda Wilson | Jun 17, 2026 | What to Know Wednesday
Every friend group has a person who always brings the same dish. And honestly? They’re usually onto something. Because after enough backyard BBQs, potlucks, lake days, and last-minute cookouts, you learn that people don’t remember the complicated recipes. They...
