Graeme Black's little black book (Daily Telegraph)
Secret addresses from stylish people. This week: fashion designer Graeme Black reveals his favourite galleries boutiques and shops....more...Shop and learn: Woman's Club of Wilmette holds 67th annual antique show (Vernon Hills Review)
A beautiful Japanese fishing float now rests atop the fireplace mantle in the home of Rosanne Barrett's grandson, who is an artist. She believed it was an ideal Christmas gift because of the item's aesthetics and its usefulness as a model for drawing round objects....more... Happenings in Northern Hunterdon (Hunterdon Review)
FRIDAY, Nov. 28, will take place in downtown Clinton. The all day entertainment includes horse-drawn carriage rides, strolling carolers and Father Christmas. There also will be performances by the North Hunterdon Brass Band and Broadway Rhythms Dance Company. Franklin Theatre Works will perform scenes from ?A Christmas Carol? and ?It?s a Wonderful Life.? The traditional Tree Lighting will take ......more... Walnut plans antique Christmas Walk (Southwest Iowa News)
Staff photo/Josh White - Bob Hilligas, advertising director for Walnut?s Annual Antique Christmas Walk, hangs a few ornaments within The Victorian Rose Tuesday afternoon. Hilligas and his wife, Linda, have owned the antique shop since 2004....more... Art calendar (Honolulu Advertiser)
Dec. 5 is the first Friday of December and the last First Friday of 2008. If you're headed to the Honolulu Arts District with shopping on your mind, don't think that you need to spend $100-$100,000 to carry away a piece of art (although you can do that, too)....more... Myriad ways to go green at home (Courier-Post)
According to the Green Building Council in Washington, D.C., here are 45 ways to make an older home green-friendly. One $ sign means the cost is low to none; $$ is moderate ($50-$500) and $$$ is high ($500-plus)....more... Valley business briefs for Nov. 29 (The Desert Sun)
O'Donnell House guided public tours start today, Solar workshop Tuesday, and more......more... Ruby Lane Helps Online Shoppers Gear-up for Cyber Monday (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----If you feared the post-Thanksgiving Day sales at the mall on "Black Friday," or didn't find what you were looking for, then your big shopping day might be "Cyber Monday."...more... Shen family turns love of antiques into business venture (Shenandoah Valley News Today)
A love of antiques has led Mark and Eva Zimmerman into a prosperous business adventure, Country Crow Primitives, but the Zimmermans don't buy and sell antiques- they make reproductions that look like the real thing....more... |