March 2009: Instant Decorator
Aside from its obvious conversation-piece quality, this coffee can clock is multipurpose. You could put a glass of water inside and use it as a vase. You could throw in […]
March 2009: Toolbox
A good paintbrush really is a good friend—if you treat it right, that is. Here’s what you need to know to care for your brushes as the long-term assets […]
March 2009: D.I.Y. Diary
When we bought our house, the steps to the front porch were a crumbling monolith of concrete. We didn’t want to keep them, but removing them would have been […]
March 2009: Community building
In a 61-year career practicing traditional building trades (like hewn-log cabins, blacksmithing and stonework) —and teaching workshops to keep those skills alive—Charles “Mac” McRaven has seen lots of long […]
Gelekhter is the best medicine
Gentlemen, there are two easy ways to impress me. The first is to do things I can do way better than I can do them, even though I can do […]
Cavalier Diner under new management
For the last four years, the husband and wife owners of the Cavalier Diner, which opened as of February 1 in the old Sam’s Kitchen spot
Is he just not that into you?
When I saw the movie He’s Just Not That Into You on opening weekend, I wasn’t prepared for the packs of women filling the theater. The best-selling book by Greg […]
The fact about sulphites
Every wine purchased in this country has a small warning on the label that the wine in question contains sulfites:
Bail of rotten
I will admit that even though my father gave my sister and me each a copy of Suze Orman’s The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke this past […]