November 2009: Get Real
As a potential homebuyer, it’s only natural to assume that the gorgeous four-board fence surrounding the property you want to buy is what demarcates it from the neighbor’s, right? Wrong. […]
November 2009: How Amanda Welch’s house makes a bridge to the past
From left, Amanda, Diana, Dan, and Liz Welch. The day before we met, Amanda Welch had returned from a run of events to promote a memoir she co-wrote with her […]
November 2009: D.I.Y. Diary
Sunny side The home of Spackled Egg receives a sunnier, satin-finish outlook. We’d been wanting to paint our house for a long time—ever since we painted the roof red, which […]
November 2009: Toolbox
Charming the snake Think of the plumbing snake not only as a cool, money-saving D.I.Y. tool, but also as an investment in foregoing many future embarrassing moments. Because if you […]
November 2009: Instant Decorator
Put your stamp on it Kind of like a buffet table on Thanksgiving, we here at Instant Decorator like to give you options. This month’s project does just that: Use […]
One couple goes the distance, with plenty of fun along the way
From the moment Martha Milne was introduced to Bram Willets by a mutual friend five years ago, something just clicked.
D’yer Mak’er? What about Dyer and Millner?
Jamie Dyer said he’d be at Miller’s early—at least an hour or so before the Hogwaller Rambler’s Tuesday night gig with guitarist Jamal Millner. When I got there, Dyer was […]
Goodbye, Wild Greens
After nine years in the North Wing of Barracks Road Shopping Center, Wild Greens is scheduled to close for good on Halloween.
Romeo and Juliet's house red
There are many wines out there that have suffered the slings and arrows of overplanting and overproduction and come out nobler in the end.
Shuffle at Boar's Head, Siips and Zynodoa
When Restaurantarama learned that The Boar’s Head Inn’s new pastry chef started in his position six months ago, we thought we were terribly derelict in getting the news, but Kes […]