September 2010
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Internet Rant: Change is in the Air...
     At first I didn’t have a Comments feature on the blog.  Then I added it.  Then I deleted it because I couldn’t change the settings.  Then I regretted that I deleted it.  Then I added the Comments feature again.       I’ve had an extremely non-committal relationship with the Comments feature.   Most of it comes from my reluctance to contribute to this Brave New World where...
Sep 28th
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The Critic: Shopping (Restoration Hardware Redux)
     The Fall Restoration Hardware catalog just came my way.  Just so’s you know, I didn’t actually seek it out; it was given to me - hidden, really - in a pile of highly-desirable reading material (The Sunday New York Times, National Enquirer, etc.) so of course I checked it out as I made my way through the stack.      Holy Cow.  Didn’t think Restoration Hardware could...
Sep 15th
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Sep 13th
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Magazine Talk: The Late Edition
     Before I get down to the business of free-associating about the soon-to-be non-current issues of Elle Decor & House Beautiful, I have to give a shout-out to Emily Henderson a.k.a. The Steel Magnolia  The Brass Petal, the blogger/stylist/ex-Mormon/reality show contestant who creamed the field on HGTV’s Design Star.  Something for which we should all be grateful, as she might have a...
Sep 2nd