Kitchen antiques (The Springfield News-Leader)
Hoosier cabinets, butter churns and ice chests are perennial favorites with kitchen antique lovers. But some of today's hottest culinary collectibles -- especially for those with less space (and cash) -- lean to whimsy and nostalgia, such as red-handled egg beaters, polka-dotted mixing bowls and cutting boards shaped like pigs and rabbits....more...Prostitutes testify in trial of Duke's former associate (North County Times)
SAN DIEGO -- A trial about power, bribery and a dirty politician took another tawdry turn Wednesday, as a hooker from Hawaii testified that Poway businessman Brent Wilkes argued with former North County Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham over who would get the prettier of two prostitutes....more... Hot kitchen collectibles (Asbury Park Press)
Hoosier cabinets, butter churns and ice chests are perennial favorites with kitchen antique lovers....more... Home of Week: Cherokee Triangle treasure (Louisville Courier-Journal)
In 1996 Deirdre and Steve Seim purchased their Cherokee Triangle home because of the neighborhood's charm, its proximity to downtown and Cherokee Park, and their belief that the house was a treasure waiting to be rediscovered. But restoration presented arduous challenges and a few startling surprises. Ten years later, the couple's appreciation of historic preservation seems perfectly at home ......more... In S.F. this weekend, wealth of activities, poverty of parking (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fast airplanes and fast banjo pickers will flood San Francisco on this jam-packed weekend, along with gray Navy ships, multicolored Castro Street flags and bright red Chinese dragons. It will be a fine time for San Franciscans to stay put in San Francisco,... ...more... Shine on! Metallics for every room in the house (The Buffalo News)
Metallics are moving in. Antiqued bronze, lustrous gold, brushed nickel, polished silver ? if it?s technically possible, almost any item in the home can be made to sparkle this fall....more... A crisis of confidence? (The Norman Transcript)
Oklahoma likes to say it never beats its chest and it doesn?t. But those chests are usually stuck out a little bit in a show of pride. Winning, and winning big, has that effect. But how is the Sooners? psyche after last Saturday?s 27-24 loss to Colorado?...more... Ay, Booty Lovers (Washington City Paper)
The Straight Dope Just read one of Neil Gaiman?s Sandman volumes titled The Kindly Ones. I was taken aback when one character relates a disturbing variant of ?Sleeping......more... Bargain hunt for kitchen kitsch (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Some of today's hottest culinary collectibles -- especially for those with less space (and cash) -- lean to whimsy and nostalgia....more... |