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Going for Silver
Silver is the precious metal of choice. The obsession began in those wide eyed teen years when silver rings went electric on Hawaiian Tropic tanned skin. It then matured with shoes and ladylike...
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Who Is J. Peterman?
J. Peterman is many things. A character on a few Seinfeld episodes. The catalogue that competed with J. Crew and L.L. Bean for space in late 80s campus mailboxes. Something that will always be...
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Milk Bottle Style
I wish I had a milkman and not in that way–my family reads this. Every so often when I market at a specialty store I come across yogurt sold in glass jars. Forget the nutritional panel, cost or taste,...
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A Tad Awkward
A new home mentality is if it’s awkward gut it. That’s like saying if you have a weird toe cosmetically enhance it. A little back history, I grew up in a 1920s Normandy where we were only allotted a...
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Celebrate the Classics
The same amount of brainpower goes into planning a party as in designing a room. You create a mental checklist of the colors, patterns and accents that will compose your theme. The main difference with...
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Digging the Hot Dog
What makes a good frank? One simple technique, lightly poach first. Then slice along the middle and grill with the bun. It may be the warmer temps but I definitely have hot dogs on the brain. The...
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Take It Inside
For weeks I have been cleaning out yogurt jars and reintroducing my home with vintage vessels, all for showcasing the caprice of spring’s blooms. While the yard is at its most animated from the cherry...
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Gingham Style
Sometimes a checkered past is a good thing, if it’s filled with classic gingham naturally. Dorothy stepping into technicolor in her blue and white pinafore acquainted me with the look. Though to keep...
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Drop Shed Gorgeous
Our shed in the backyard with squatting gophers conflicts me. Shingles are falling off. The roof is in disrepair. Inside the stench of gasoline is so thick–light a match and it may very well blow up....
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Ultimate Guide to Bleached Red
There are some things you can never tire of–heated towels, the day after Christmas and red chambray. Every so often I will come across such a bleached red piece and it’s like a decades old favorite...
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