Do you think I’m too codependent? When I write, call or email a company to stop already with the junk mail, I feel for the person at the other end, who might get a little deflated feeling that I don’t want their goods, coupons, flyers, catalogs and basic crap. But while that little negative feeling…
On my walks lately, I keeping coming across the type of plants you see in this photo. They are in bloom right now and so gorgeous I can hardly stand it. So you might wonder, as I have: why don’t I have any of these in my garden? It got me thinking that certain plants…
• The stackable patio chair has grown up [San Francisco Chronicle]• Would Frank Lloyd Wright approve? [L.A. Times]• Cooling off with smaller carbon footprint [Washington Post]• The $99,000 house competition [Jetson Green]• 2008 Editors’ Choice Awards [Tools of the Trade]• The lowdown on sandpaper [L.A. Times]• Offices that feel like home [Chicago Tribune]• California’s new…
How did I get so lucky? In this photo, you see how I spent part of last weekend in L.A., notebook and camera in hand, checking out a kid’s bathroom remodel. It’s for my 11-year-long Pardon Our Dust series in the Real Estate section. (You’ll get to read the whole story soon!) You’d think after…
APRIL Now through May 18: Philharmonic House of Design, tour new house with interiors and outdoor rooms designed by the American Society of Interior Designers, Orange County, open Tuesdays through Sundays, $30 to $35 25-26: Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo, free admission, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 25-27: Home Remodeling…
Fri. (11): Spring Plant Sale, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, Horticulture Garden Nursery, on the western edge of the campus, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fri.-Sun. (11-13): Home Remodeling & Decorating Show, Pasadena Conference Center, Pasadena Sat. (12): April Showers of Flowers, plant sale, U.C. Irvine Arboretum, near the corner of Jamboree Road and Campus…
• Is an “eco brat” judging your household? [San Francisco Chronicle]• Seven energy-saving eco-gadgets [Smart Money]• Green hotels LEEDing the way? [Los Angeles Times]• Four state buildings earn LEED Gold ratings [Business Wire]• Building green is getting cheaper [Sacramento Bee]• Photo Gallery: 24 Years of Hot Property: The Ruth Ryon era [Los Angeles Times] QUOTED:…
4-6: 21st Annual Palm Springs Home Expo, Palm Springs Convention Center 5-6: Central Coast Spring Home Show, Santa Maria Fairpark, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 11-13: Home Remodeling & Decorating Show, Pasadena Conference Center, Pasadena 12-13: California Native Garden Tour, sponsored by Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, self-guided and includes nearly 40…
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