As a child of the ’70s, I never had a chance to see Don Meredith play. I knew him when he'd reached a different sort of fame as a pitch man for Lipton Iced Tea, as an occasional actor and, most importantly, as the color man for the greatest team of sports announcers ever put together the 1970-1984 years of Monday Night Football.

Oh sure, that 550-square-foot, 200-year-old adobe casita you live in is chock full of character. The floors feature the familiar glow of ancient-looking orange tile. Vigas wheel across the ceiling like wooden baking pins.

Too bad it’s so damn cold.