Archive for October, 2008

Bright baking accessories from John Lewis

NEW Get cooking with stylish kitchenware Put on your pinny, switch on the oven and transform your kitchen into a baking heaven with these new baking essentials from John Lewis. In irresistible red and vanilla, John Lewis’ latest bakeware selection has

Spring clean your garden

Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, and gardening is where the action is. Now’s the time to get your garden ready for summer, and what could be better in the hot summer sun than the scent of lavender wafting in the breeze and reed grasses rustling

Ribbonerie can add French flair to gifts

Actually, Knight is prepared year-round to help seamstresses, brides, crafters, costume designers, interior decorators, milliners and schoolgirls who delight in finding a beautiful bit of ribbon. The Ribbonerie in San Francisco may be one of a kind.

Cost Plus’ 5 decades worth of home decor

‘People have different memories of it,’ said publicist Jill Osaka. ‘There was so much stuff down every aisle, you could be entertained for hours.’ Now called Cost Plus World Market, the store is celebrating its 50th anniversary, secure in the knowledge

The Environment Report - Thursday, October 30th

Kids fight for their right to walk to school! And new research ties a popular farm chemical to frog deformities. Also, we’ll see if drilling in our backyard will lead to lower gas prices

Ribbonerie can add French flair to gifts

Actually, Knight is prepared year-round to help seamstresses, brides, crafters, costume designers, interior decorators, milliners and schoolgirls who delight in finding a beautiful bit of ribbon. The Ribbonerie in San Francisco may be one of a kind.

Visitors time-travel at Ancient Plant Garden

More than the name has changed. The garden, dedicated a couple of weeks ago, has been restructured as a stroll through deep time. You enter at the Devonian Period, when pond scum was the major form of plant life. A boardwalk leads through the

Garden update: Fall

As the cold creeps in, its time for a garden check up. Heres PointClickHome.com’s guide on what to remove, keep, plant, cut back, and how to read and care for your garden during this transitional time. With a few quick fixes, youll not only have some

Astrology.com Daily Home and Garden Horoscopes - Tuesday October 28, 2008

DT Aries (March 21 - April 19) Don’t trip yourself up literally or figuratively today. Storing things on stairs can be dangerous to the person walking up or down … unless they are paper cutout rats against the back of the stair for Halloween. Today’s

‘CSI: Miami’s’ Khandi Alexander lists Hollywood Hills home at $2,995,000

When you’re channel-surfing some evenings, doesn’t it seem like there’s a ‘CSI’ show on every station? And while all those gory dissection scenes sort of blur together after awhile, few could wield a scalpel with the savoir-faire of Miami chief medical