Cooking Etcetera (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Now, we’re getting to the most interesting part. Door prizes and the guest jury for this event. Since this is a FUN event with capital letters, which is why I hate to call it a “competition”, we are going to raffle the prizes to four participants showing the most talented, artistic, creative, appealing and drool-worthy [...]
Design Hole (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
I have to say, the stylists and buyers at William Sonoma Home do a great job. Did I mention that they’re part of the Pottery Barn family? Whatever you think of them, they know their market and do a pretty good job of catering to them. You don’t see any puffy micro-fiber sofas here. But I [...]
Great Cooking Videos (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Table of contents for Food 411 for One: Holiday Gift Guide (Alton Brown parody)Food 411 for One: Holiday Gift Guide (Alton Brown parody)Food 411 for One: Holiday Gift Guide (Alton Brown parody) Pt. Welcome to food 411 the cooking show for the people who live alone in the apartment. The holiday shopping season is a [...]
Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Have you been missing the scavenger posts these last couple of days like we have? Here's a double dose to get you through the weekend. Start with these awesome 50s yellow and white kitchen chairs (s
Design Hole (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
I fell in love with this home featured in this month’s Metropolitan Home Magazine. The house is actually located in Tuscon, Arizona, but designer Ronald Bricke chose a Moroccan theme to invigorate an otherwise blah house with little architectural excitement. I love the results. Bricke made sure that all his deeply saturated colors worked together as [...]
Don Chavez (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
One of my buddies sent me an email this morning that read “check this out, it’s pretty cool”. I opened it up and followed the link to Williams Sonoma and found the Beer Tender. Since then, I have told my friend that he is shunned until he commits an act to prove his masculinity. [...]
Blog d'Elisson (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Lemon Rose Cake with Rum Glaze. Couple of weekends ago, we were out visiting Richard (of Shadowscope fame) and Holder , his bride of (nearly) 20 years...the occasion was a Wedding Anniversary Barbecue celebrating the impending Double Decade Event. By way of a Culinary Gift, I prepared the Lemon Rose Cake pictured above. It's a nice enough looking cake, and it has a lemony-rummy taste that is both elegant...
dispatches from TJICistan (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
PermaJered recommended Shun knives. So, when a credit card gave me a bunch of “credits” that could be exchanged at something like 1,000:1 for psuedo-dollars, in the form of various things, including William Sonoma gift cards, I picked up a 10″ Santoku. I love it. I am now even angrier at my bread knife [...]
American Venture Magazine (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Portland, OR.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Portland office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today that it arranged $74 million in financing for Trolley Square, a four-building upscale...
Tea Leaves (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
You have to give the Japanese credit for two things. They know about knives, and they know about rice. After spending more time than is actually healthy for an responsible adult lurking in the insane asylum we call the knife forums, I finally gave in and picked up the relatively pedestrian Shun Chef’s Knife. You [...]
Behind the Curtains (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Less is more -- especially in today's over-inundated market of pillows, vases, and elaborate home decor. A simple piece of well-crafted furniture may be all you need to fill a room with life, style, and a sense of being. That is why Pure Contemporary has quickly become a fan of Brastilo, a company specializing in Brazilian-inspired home furnishings, carefully designed...
