One sign of true talent, whatever the medium, is the ability to make something spectacular from practically nothing. One…
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Eco Tech: Top 10 Planet-Friendly iPhone Covers
Since you splurged on the new iPhone, you’ve downloaded the best green apps and researched fun things you use it f…
Butler Rolls Out Red Carpet and Other Hot Summer Rugs
She’s pushing petals again, that Amy Butler, introducing fabulously feminine and bold wool carpets that are bloomi…
Re-Wrap
While we generally avoid traditional paper gift wrap these days, a Berkeley MBA and mom has developed a line of more res…
The Letter as Decor: No Font of Creativity
Dear Reader: for a long time a large, silver S hung in an alcove in my former Pacific Palisades apartment, surrounded by…
Your Ass Is Grass
Sit on the grass; look out at the trees; wake up in the field; float on the water. These four frolics in nature are wove…
Making Room for Wine Bottles in the Classroom
Wine bottles littering the classroom floor: not an image most parents and teachers would want to hear about, but at a li…
Oh, the Places I Will Plunk!
Nobody does stools like VivaTerra. I didn’t even know I had a thing for stools until recently, but as I’ve l…