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Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:15:48 -0000
A growing number of “eco-kids,” steeped in environmentalism, are holding their parents accountable.
Away: Satisfying Their Own Judgment
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:20:53 -0000
When Tim and Nina Zagat, owners of the global restaurant and leisure guide company, couldn’t find the perfect second home, they decided to make their own.
Home Work: As Housing Slows, What of Décor-Speak?
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:23:56 -0000
In today’s market, what’s to become of the upscale glossary of home glam — palettes and focal points, inspiration objects and gloriously “ensuite” bathrooms?
Making It Home
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:08:26 -0000
Can the design of a home improve the lives of severely wounded veterans and their families?
At Home With Wayne Coyne: Not Exactly Domesticated
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:07:41 -0000
Wayne Coyne, the rock singer, guitarist and guiding force of the Flaming Lips, lives on an ever-expanding property known in certain circles as the compound.
Move Up? Move Out? Families Squeeze In
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:41:00 -0000
A growing number of well-off families are choosing to live in small apartments in Manhattan because they cannot afford to upgrade and do not want to move to the suburbs.
L.A. Times - Home & Garden
Wildflower seeding in the fall can pay off later
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Buying good seeds and sowing now could lead to a spring outburst. But this breed is different from garden varieties, so watch the watering and the weeds. IN NO INSTANCE is the California gardener more richly rewarded than with the autumn planting of wildflower seeds. Buy them now, sow them between Halloween and Christmas, and spring will be marked by a tumbling succession of grace notes.
A cooling-off
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The number of bidders dropped 50% at the Modern Design event at the Wright auction house in Chicago last week. ON A DAY when the Dow lost 508 points and consumer confidence plummeted with the stock market, one might consider the sale of $2.13 million in home furnishings to be a respectable haul. But Richard Wright, director of the Chicago auction house Wright , couldn't help but wonder whether his Modern Design event on Tuesday signaled the beginning of the end for a seven-year run of record prices on 20th century furniture and other design collectibles.
Fingerprint-scan deadbolt can eliminate need for keys
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
You enter your home after the high-tech gizmo reads your fingerprints. In other words, you can never lock yourself out again, in theory anyway. YOU KNOW, people don't take enough time to sit outside alone and just think. Listen to the birds. Feel the wind on their faces. Wonder when their spouses are coming home to unlock the door.
Christopher Lloyd lists Montecito home at $3.6 million
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The 'Back to the Future' actor's 2,514-square-foot home is near the city's lower village and has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Actor Christopher Lloyd is just one of those guys who you know would be a hoot to meet at a cocktail party. The three-time Emmy-winning Lloyd has tons of movie, TV and stage credits -- typically playing oddball characters. You likely know him as the eccentric Emmett "Doc" Brown in the "Back to the Future" franchise, but to me, he'll always be Taber in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975). (Gee, was Jack Nicholson in that movie too?)
Design Within Reach adds Tools for Living store
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
After a long emphasis on designer furniture, Design Within Reach has launched Tools for Living, a 1,500-square-foot store adjacent to the Santa Monica DWR with about 900 accessories for the home and office. Tools for Living will focus on "finding contemporary designs that are easy to use and have an honesty of materials, made by undiscovered names from around the world," says buyer Kari Woldum, right, with co-worker Sally Yang. The sleek shop opened last week with standout items that include unembellished linen towels for kitchen and bath by the Japanese firm Fog, and modern ice cream scoops, bottom right. Wool poufs from Holland look as if they must have been made with baseball bat-sized knitting needles. The Tools for Living concept has already sparked an online parody by Rob Price and Kathy Park of the New York firm Thwart Design , www.thwartdesign.com . " Tools for Dying plays on the idea of extending the reach of design even further -- 6 feet under," says Price, who created the popular Web page (including a satirical take on George Nelson's midcentury clocks, left) as a sequel to his 2005 send-up, Design Without Reach . Says Tools for Living's Woldum: "They didn't really research what we would be carrying in the store, but imitation is flattering, and we loved the spoof." 332 Santa Monica Blvd.; (310) 458-0543; www.dwr.com .
A Culver City community carves out its place
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Starting in the '50s, the vocal enclave pushed for parks, schools and a better life. IT WAS the 1950s, and developer Stone & Stone began building the first homes in an area that had been an oil field. At the nearby ranch of Will Rogers Jr., actors and actresses learned to rope and ride for the many westerns that Culver City studios were churning out. Racial integration, a fight for schools and park space and the desire for a better life played out in newly established Blair Hills, as it did in many other communities across the country.
Christian Science Monitor | The Home Forum
Redemption
A poem
'Jingle-belling' in China
Chinese students learning English catch the Christmas spirit as they sing carols to college classmates and staff.
Where did that Christmas song come from?
For kids: The stories behind three popular Christmas songs.
Today's Article on Christian Science: 'Meekness will receive him'
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
Denver Post: Lifestyle
Pasta time
kbrowning@denverpost.com (By Kristen Browning-Blas / The Denver Post) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:33:10 -0600
Over dinner at Luca d'Italia here in Denver a few years ago, I confessed to visiting Italian cooking expert Giuliano Bugialli that I'd never made fresh pasta. The look on his face was priceless — shock, disbelief and pity.
"Damnation" is a terrific fall offering
editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:48:18 -0600
Drink Up: With the economy taking the proverbial handbasket ride, what better beer with which to salve the wounds than Damnation?
Save your dough: Make your own bread crumbs
editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:46:47 -0600
Home Ec: Somewhere along the way, it seems that we all lost our collective minds and started paying for bread crumbs.
Arab Culture and Identity - Suite101.com - Find articles and links relating to Arab culture and the Arab people, from history, language and pop culture to art, music and literature. In the articles, there will be some emphasis on the Arab-American experience and Palestinian culture.
Meta Description: [ Arabs and Arab-Americans remain a misrepresented and misunderstood cultural group. What is portrayed on Arabs is often stereotypical and negative. Since there are about 3-4 million Arabs living in the United States alone, it is important to educate people on the Arab culture, Arab contributions ... ]
Dreaming in Black and White - An essay written by a couple and their adoption of a baby of a different race.
Ethnic Families in America - A book reflecting the social and political dynamics in the United States, offering an inclusive look at multicultural diversity in the U.S. with extensive coverage of the family life styles, traditions and values of seventeen American ethnic groups.
Eyes of Glory - Family genealogy of a Jewish/African American family as well as pages on Colonial Jewish History of Newport, African American History of Newport, and a photo gallery of artifacts and photos.
Finding Family Stories - A three-year Arts Partnership Project initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995, art exhibits are about family and diversity.
Growing Up in Multicultural Families - Offers a Ohio State University Extension fact sheet on multicultural and interracial families.
Meta Description: [ no official Census category exists for people of mixed parentage. Even on official documents, such as birth certificates, no classification is ]
Interfaith Connection - A program of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco offering events, classes and workshops for interfaith couples in which one partner is Jewish, and their families.
Meta Description: [ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, JCCSF, Home Page! An online catalog of classes, sports, after-school, and summer camp programs provided by the JCCSF. ]
Interfaith Discussion Group - A Yahoo/egroups discussion group for Jewish/Christian couples, their families, and friends.
Meta Description: [ Yahoo! Groups offers free mailing lists, photo & file sharing, group calendars and more. Discuss hot topics, share interests, join online communities. ]
Interfaith Family - Information and networking for Jewish interfaith families. Includes articles, discussion boards and support resources to help families dealing with contemporary interfaith issues.
International Couples' Website - A Resource for those who are married or planning to marry a person of a different nationality. Share experiences, difficulties, anecdotes, merits and joys of sharing your life with someone coming from a different culture.
Meta Description: [ This page is for those of you who are married (or planning to marry) with a person of a different nationality. Let's share our experiences, difficulties, anecdotes, merits and joys of sharing your life with someone coming from a different culture! ]
Interracial Family Circle - Washington DC-based group providing events, online library resources, book listings and community outreach opportunities for multiracial families.
Meta Description: [ The Interracial Family Circle is an organization comprised of interracial couples, biracial/multiracial individuals, and families who have adopted transracially that sponsors events that express and reinforce caring, and love for individuals or all races and creeds. ]
Is Biracial Enough? - An article discussing a persons venture of identity with a multicultrual background.
Jewish Family and Life - Reflects the strong family traditions of Jewish culture in the language of the 90's. Includes information on travel, health, and food.
Jewish Path - Discussion of marriage conflict issues, conflict management, intermarriage issues, separation issues, separation agreements, divorce, conflict tools and how to avoid difficulties.
Meta Description: [ Dr. Akiva G. Belk, Director of JewishPath explores the perfect Torah, the Laws, Commands, Hebrew meanings, and Gematria which refute Christian / Messianic views. ]
Love Makes a Family - A book and exhibit about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families.
Meta Description: [ Family Diversity Projects (FDP) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization in Amherst, MA creates family diversity exhibits you can bring to your community ]
Multicultural Family - Site offers articles, links, discussion, polls and contests pertaining to multicultural families.
Meta Description: [ The Joys and Trials of a Multicultural Family ]
Multiracial Resources - Resources authored by multiracial individiuals to help others, who arent necessarily multiracial.
Meta Description: [ Title page with links to tables, essays, and support ]
Parent Soup Message Board - Multi-Lingual or -Cultural Families board. Community leaders are here to help you and your family deal with issues relevant to your life.
Meta Description: [ New Board Format ]
Partner Violence in Ethnic Minority Families - Partner violence violence is a serious problem that cuts across all backgrounds. However, research on violence in intimate relationships has historically neglected the experiences of many groups, including ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. Written by Carolyn M. West, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.
Shohar-Khaleh - Foreign Husbands of Iranian Women - Discussion forum for foreign (non-native Iranian) husbands of Iranian women and the fathers of half-Iranian children.
Meta Description: [ American Husbands of Iranian Women, European Husbandsof Iranian Women, Iranian Wives, Married to an Iranian, Shohar-Khaleh: FOREIGN HUSBANDS OF IRANIAN WOMEN - MARRIED TO AN IRANIAN WOMAN ]
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Slate: First Class - Is it possible to raise rich kids who don't have a sense of entitlement? By Debra Dickerson - Debra Dickerson, mother of biracial children, says that her kids have been born on second base in terms of their coloration and family fortunes, and she wants them to not feel entitled to it.
Meta Description: [ Very often, when black people see me alone with my white-looking biracial children, they demand to know that I'm going to teach them that they're black. They do this with great seriousness, usually glaring into my eyes as if they caught me about to steal c ]
ZanAmu - Foreign Wives of Iranians - Discussion forum for foreign (non-native Iranian) wives of Iranian men and the mothers of half-Iranian children.
Meta Description: [ ZANAMU: FOREIGN WIVES OF IRANIANS - Issues & Experiences ]
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