Month: November 2009
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Are you sure? Well after seeing a photo of his Chinese kitchen it got me thinking, "Wow, do I really know Danny Kaye?" Once I began reading I realized there's a lot I didn't know about him. For instance, he's an original owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball team. Before that he was a lifelong…
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We journeyed to Trinidad for the Thanksgiving holiday! No, not that Trinidad. The one in Humboldt County in Northern California. It's a spectacular drive passing through vineyards and small towns, farms and incredibly changeable landscapes — Avenue of the Giants takes you through massive redwoods, and you find golden hills with gentle oaks in the…
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I went on a hike yesterday in the open green space behind my house. It was simply magical. The recent rain we had gave the fields a phosphorescent glow and all the birds and bunnies were out. I decided to venture down some smaller animal paths that I hadn't been down before and that's where…
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I love the look of wide plank floorboards painted white. Everything floats on them. Of course the white walls here are part of what makes this look so ethereal. Brown wood pieces feel especially rich with this backdrop and colors just swim in it. Beautiful for the bed… Beautiful for the…
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So I watched Sundance Channel's new reality show about a buyer for Anthropologie called Man Shops Globe. More like Man Plunders Globe. How dare they?! How dare Anthropologie and the Sundance Channel (I thought Robert Redford was supposed to be some sort of eco-guy??) produce and air such filthy excess. In the midst of an…
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A new show airs tonight, Man Shops Globe, on the Sundance Channel, where Anthropologie buyer Keith Johnson cruises the world's flea markets. I'm going to check it out even though I have a personal gripe with Anthro as they refused to compensate me for a photo of mine that they used to market their drawer pulls, WTF?! …
So Sylvie 