Living

 Things may be looking up for Elliewood Avenue. After a string of closings—Biltmore Grill (which reopened last summer), Buddhist Biker Bar and Cantina—the Corner street is filling up again.  Chris […]

Fair play Strap on your bicycle helmets and shake out your reusable canvas totes: It’s time for Eco-Fair 2010! With plenty of activities for children (Bike Rodeo, anyone?!) and more […]

What’s black and white and green all over? Answer: the new column called Green Living. It’ll have much in common with the Green Scene blog I’ve been writing for a […]

  Flights of fancy What is home sweet home when you’re a feathered descendent of the dinosaurs? Well, if there are friendly humans in the neighborhood, it might mean one […]

Mustard greens: The brassiest brassica  The mustard plant is a member of the brassica family—that’s right, brother to broccoli, cousin to cauliflower—and may be the brassiest vegetable that finds its […]

The fashion underground Problem: Finding space and privacy for a maturing teen  When Mary Casell renovated her Woolen Mills home, she bucked the advice of others by making a significant […]

 From the unfinished great room on the main floor, built on piers to lend an illusion of floating in mid-air, John Forasté points out a far-off hillside filled with orderly […]

 Buyers know they hold the cards in the current lackluster housing market, but there’s one obstacle they might be wary of: misrepresentations by home sellers.  Nationwide, there have been reports […]

No matter how nice the rest of your house is, guests will gather and even force themselves into your kitchen during parties. The kitchen, being such an integral part of […]

  Traditionally, a sawhorse—a trestle with two A-frames for legs—is used to support a piece of wood for sawing or cutting, but there’s so much more to this toolshed beast […]