Most homes on the market are devoid of much personality. And then sometimes there is one luxurious unit at the Ritz with a motorcycle in the living room! Other hints like the image of 50’s cars and pops of aqua and oragne lead me to believe this home seller might be just as comfortable at Peggy Sue’s Diner.

$1,590,000, Boise, ID,  3 bed, 4 bath, 3,935 sq ft, listed by Windermere/Sun Valley

I was in Boise once. Well the airport anyway. Sitting on a concrete block outside of the terminal waiting for my favorite uncle to pick me up and take me to his house about two hours away in a little place we’ll call the middle of nowhere.

I waited alone, I mean ALONE. Not a car, not another person, not a bird. It was weird especially since I just arrived from SFO where I had to bob-and-weave my way through the airport. Then a little old car pulls up, not my uncle but a young woman with long dark hair. I wonder to myself what kind of help she wants. Directions? Money?  She asks, “Do you need a ride?”

Enjoy the charming countryside…

$15,900,000, Park City, UT, 8 bed, 11 bath, 13,000 sq ft, listed by Talisker Mountain Realty

This getaway would make a perfect place to relax after a chilly day on the slopes. The fireplace can easily warm snow chilled toes and the bar is perfect to warm up everything else.

$8,000,000, Kailua, Oahu, HI,  6 bed, 4 bath, 3,801 sq ft, listed by Choi International

Let me start by addressing the elephant in the room or in this case the men. The ones standing in the alcoves above the living room. See them? I appreciate them, I get it, but I’m not taking a nap here. Clowns don’t scare me so I guess something had to.

Now on to what makes this new listing absolutely wonderful. For your reading pleasure presented as bullets.

• the view
• the fact that it feels nothing like a tropical hotel room. You know, the one with a bamboo headboard and that bedspread that is white underneath and Hawaiian shirt pattern on top?
• the colors – ocean blue happens to look perfect with the ocean
• the kitchen, and those jewel-like pendant lights
• the absence of any fabric with green palm fronds and red flowers (thank you)
• blue tile roof

$2,295,000, Denver, CO, 2 bed, 3 bath, 5,304 sq ft, built in 1902, listed by Keller Williams Downtown

Safe to say this is an unorthodox condo conversion. Notice the windows, 35’ ceilings, floors, lighting, fireplace…the architectural details go on and on. And even if I lived here I would never know what’s at the top of those stairs.