I just bought my first bunch of the season at Trader Joes's.
18 May 2010
the dirty dozen
Choosing Produce With Less Pesticide
As organic food begins to occupy more and more space in grocery stores, you may have found yourself standing in the produce aisle wondering whether organic produce is worth the price. And if you can’t get organic, or it’s not in your budget, how do you make produce choices that limit your pesticide exposure?
As organic food begins to occupy more and more space in grocery stores, you may have found yourself standing in the produce aisle wondering whether organic produce is worth the price. And if you can’t get organic, or it’s not in your budget, how do you make produce choices that limit your pesticide exposure?In short, when does organic matter the most?
The Environmental Working Group decided to answer that question by studying the pesticides present on 47 different fruits and vegetables. From that, they released what they called the “dirty dozen” - 12 foods that you should avoid or buy organic whenever possible.
The EWG estimates that you can lower your pesticide exposure by up to 80% by focusing on the low-pesticide foods and/or eating the “dirty dozen” in organic form.
The EWG estimates that you can lower your pesticide exposure by up to 80% by focusing on the low-pesticide foods and/or eating the “dirty dozen” in organic form.
miss usa
WASHINGTON — A Lebanese-American woman beat out 50 other contestants late Sunday 16 May to be crowned "Miss USA," the first woman of Arab descent to win the coveted beauty pageant title.
Rima Fakih, 24, a resident of the city of Dearborn, Michigan was selected by a panel of celebrity judges including real estate entrepreneur Donald Trump, who also is one of the organizers of the annual event, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
US news report said Fakih's family moved to the United States while she was a baby and that she was raised in New York City, where she attended a Catholic school, until 2003 when her family moved to Michigan.
She told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths.
Fakih, who earned a college degree in economics from the University of Michigan, said she hopes to become an attorney. Her favorite past times are travel, running, dancing and kickboxing, according to pageant officials.
Pageant officials said the pageant in which contestants competed in three categories -- swimsuit, evening gown and interview -- was seen by an estimated worldwide audience of more than 250 million television viewers.
Fakih nudged out first runner-up Miss Oklahoma to claim the Miss USA title, and now wins the chance to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant to be held in Las Vegas later this year.
She competed against contestants from all 50 US states and Washington DC.
Her package of prizes that go along with her custom diamond tiara include a one-year scholarship, a year-long lease on a New York apartment including living expenses, an undisclosed salary, a clothing and shoe wardrobe and various other health and beauty related perks and prizes.
The Detroit Free Press newspaper reported that a large crowd gathered at a restaurant in Dearborn, which is heavily Arab-American to watch the contest and cheering Fakih and dancing and singing late into the night Sunday 16 May.
"This is historic," the daily wrote, quoting Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, according to the Free Press.
"This shows the greatness of America, how everyone can have a chance to make it."
Another Dearborn resident, Zouheir Alawieh, 51, told the Free Press, "This is the real face of Arab Americans, not the stereotypes you hear about.
"We have culture. We have beauty. We have history, and today we made history. ... She believed in her dreams."
Rima Fakih, 24, a resident of the city of Dearborn, Michigan was selected by a panel of celebrity judges including real estate entrepreneur Donald Trump, who also is one of the organizers of the annual event, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada.US news report said Fakih's family moved to the United States while she was a baby and that she was raised in New York City, where she attended a Catholic school, until 2003 when her family moved to Michigan.
She told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths.
Fakih, who earned a college degree in economics from the University of Michigan, said she hopes to become an attorney. Her favorite past times are travel, running, dancing and kickboxing, according to pageant officials.
Pageant officials said the pageant in which contestants competed in three categories -- swimsuit, evening gown and interview -- was seen by an estimated worldwide audience of more than 250 million television viewers.
Fakih nudged out first runner-up Miss Oklahoma to claim the Miss USA title, and now wins the chance to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant to be held in Las Vegas later this year.
She competed against contestants from all 50 US states and Washington DC.
Her package of prizes that go along with her custom diamond tiara include a one-year scholarship, a year-long lease on a New York apartment including living expenses, an undisclosed salary, a clothing and shoe wardrobe and various other health and beauty related perks and prizes.
The Detroit Free Press newspaper reported that a large crowd gathered at a restaurant in Dearborn, which is heavily Arab-American to watch the contest and cheering Fakih and dancing and singing late into the night Sunday 16 May.
"This is historic," the daily wrote, quoting Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, according to the Free Press.
"This shows the greatness of America, how everyone can have a chance to make it."
Another Dearborn resident, Zouheir Alawieh, 51, told the Free Press, "This is the real face of Arab Americans, not the stereotypes you hear about.
"We have culture. We have beauty. We have history, and today we made history. ... She believed in her dreams."
17 May 2010
postcard from provence
Vieux Malaucene12cm x 17cm (4½"x6½"), oil on gessoed card
Today's painting will be sold by auction - auction starts today at 8pm GMT and ends on Tuesday 18th May at 8pm GMT (4pm EDT / 1pm PDT)
Starting price: $100
To register or login to the auction visit: http://auction.shiftinglight.com
why design now?
“Why Design Now?,” the new edition of the Cooper-Hewitt’s design triennial, is now on view.
Holland Cotter writes: “Design as defined here isn’t about how to make the House Beautiful more beautiful; it’s about how to keep the globe afloat and ensure that all its occupants have access to a healthy patch of it.”
“The exhibition, the fourth since the triennial was initiated in 2000, is the largest yet and the most international in its reach. It’s also hands down the most ecology-conscious version so far.”
A design for a botanical garden in Medellin, Colombia, by Plan B Architects.
A plug-in vehicle called the MIT CityCar, designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is intended for short-term urban use.
“This squat two-seater would be rentable by the hour with the swipe of a charge card, and is small enough to be stored in stacks when not in use.”
“Three elegant Swedish drinking glasses, which swell gently outward just below midpoint, couldn’t look more straightforward as to use, though they were conceived with a very specific function in mind. The swell was meant to serve as a stabilizing grip so that the glasses could be comfortably held by people afflicted with neural or muscular disorders that produce numbness or tremors.”
“A zany piece of furniture called a cabbage chair looks modishly high-end but is strictly D.I.Y.: You take an upright roll of tightly layered paper and peel back the sheets until you have the seat you want.”
“National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?” continues through Jan. 9 at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, Manhattan; (212) 849-8400, cooperhewitt.org.
Holland Cotter writes: “Design as defined here isn’t about how to make the House Beautiful more beautiful; it’s about how to keep the globe afloat and ensure that all its occupants have access to a healthy patch of it.”
“The exhibition, the fourth since the triennial was initiated in 2000, is the largest yet and the most international in its reach. It’s also hands down the most ecology-conscious version so far.”
A design for a botanical garden in Medellin, Colombia, by Plan B Architects.
A plug-in vehicle called the MIT CityCar, designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is intended for short-term urban use.“This squat two-seater would be rentable by the hour with the swipe of a charge card, and is small enough to be stored in stacks when not in use.”
“Three elegant Swedish drinking glasses, which swell gently outward just below midpoint, couldn’t look more straightforward as to use, though they were conceived with a very specific function in mind. The swell was meant to serve as a stabilizing grip so that the glasses could be comfortably held by people afflicted with neural or muscular disorders that produce numbness or tremors.”
“A zany piece of furniture called a cabbage chair looks modishly high-end but is strictly D.I.Y.: You take an upright roll of tightly layered paper and peel back the sheets until you have the seat you want.”
“National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?” continues through Jan. 9 at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, Manhattan; (212) 849-8400, cooperhewitt.org.denim as art
Re-denim by Canedicoda for Replay.it
The cooperation between Replay and the artist Canedicoda goes on. After working with Fondazione Claudio Buziol and after the successful ‘Re-denim by Canedicoda for Replay’ tour, the collaboration now has a wider international scope.
Canedicoda - a young fashion designer, artist and musician – has brought to Replay his love for colours, abstraction and the unconventional. After granting wishes around Europe by customizing their favourite pair of jeans live, he has now selected a female and a male spring/summer 2010 five-pocket regular fit style to customise in his studio, creating a limited edition set of hand-printed jeans. The range will only run to 40 pairs for women and 40 pairs for men.
In Canedicoda’s hands, Replay denim turns into an artist’s canvas and the result is a limited edition artwork to wear and to keep forever.
These specially designed jeans can be found exclusively at the Replay Online Shop at: www.shop.replay.it.
The cooperation between Replay and the artist Canedicoda goes on. After working with Fondazione Claudio Buziol and after the successful ‘Re-denim by Canedicoda for Replay’ tour, the collaboration now has a wider international scope.
Canedicoda - a young fashion designer, artist and musician – has brought to Replay his love for colours, abstraction and the unconventional. After granting wishes around Europe by customizing their favourite pair of jeans live, he has now selected a female and a male spring/summer 2010 five-pocket regular fit style to customise in his studio, creating a limited edition set of hand-printed jeans. The range will only run to 40 pairs for women and 40 pairs for men.In Canedicoda’s hands, Replay denim turns into an artist’s canvas and the result is a limited edition artwork to wear and to keep forever.
These specially designed jeans can be found exclusively at the Replay Online Shop at: www.shop.replay.it.
14 May 2010
postcard from provence
Clouds and shadows (view from my window)13cm x 12cm (5"x4½"), oil on gessoed card
Today's painting will be sold by auction - auction starts today at 8pm GMT and ends on Saturday 15th May at 8pm GMT (4pm EDT / 1pm PDT)
Starting price: $100
To register or login to the auction visit: http://auction.shiftinglight.com
now i've seen everything . . .
Rice bra supports Japan's farming fad
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Female urban farmers keen to keep their agricultural hobby close to their heart can now grow their own rice in a special bra designed by Japanese lingerie maker Triumph.
Trimuph, makers of other eccentric, gimmick bras that include one with a sushi set and another that comes with solar panels, said it came up with the "rice bra" because of the growing popularity of farming among city dwellers in Japan.
Growing concerns over food safety and the environment, and the ideal of a laid-back rural lifestyle, are attracting more urbanites to agriculture, once the mainstay of Japan's economy. Rice is also the nation's staple food.
"Over the last year, young Japanese women have taken a tremendous interest in agriculture. We wanted other women to experience farming as well," Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda told Reuters at a Wednesday 12 May event.
"Home kits that allow people to grow their own rice are very popular online. We thought that it would be fun if a bra could give people the same experience," said Masuda.
The bra, made of recyclable plastic, can be tied together to create pots that also double as the cups.
These are then filled with soil, and rice seedlings, that are watered through a hose that also doubles as a belt that goes around the wearer's waist.
The bra also comes with gardening gloves.
"The bra fits much better than it looks. Wearing it puts me in such a fun mood," said model Reiko Aoyama in the lingerie.
Like other Triumph concept bras, the rice bra will not go on sale, with the company saying it was another way to generate interest in its brand.
(Reporting by Akiko Fujita, editing by Miral Fahmy)
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Female urban farmers keen to keep their agricultural hobby close to their heart can now grow their own rice in a special bra designed by Japanese lingerie maker Triumph.
Trimuph, makers of other eccentric, gimmick bras that include one with a sushi set and another that comes with solar panels, said it came up with the "rice bra" because of the growing popularity of farming among city dwellers in Japan.
Growing concerns over food safety and the environment, and the ideal of a laid-back rural lifestyle, are attracting more urbanites to agriculture, once the mainstay of Japan's economy. Rice is also the nation's staple food.
"Over the last year, young Japanese women have taken a tremendous interest in agriculture. We wanted other women to experience farming as well," Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda told Reuters at a Wednesday 12 May event.
"Home kits that allow people to grow their own rice are very popular online. We thought that it would be fun if a bra could give people the same experience," said Masuda.
The bra, made of recyclable plastic, can be tied together to create pots that also double as the cups.
These are then filled with soil, and rice seedlings, that are watered through a hose that also doubles as a belt that goes around the wearer's waist.
The bra also comes with gardening gloves.
"The bra fits much better than it looks. Wearing it puts me in such a fun mood," said model Reiko Aoyama in the lingerie.
Like other Triumph concept bras, the rice bra will not go on sale, with the company saying it was another way to generate interest in its brand.
(Reporting by Akiko Fujita, editing by Miral Fahmy)
13 May 2010
the new first lady
Samantha Cameron: cool aristocrat is Britain's new 'First Lady'
LONDON, May 12, 2010 (AFP) - Conservative leader David Cameron's wife Samantha combines aristocratic roots with a cool dress sense -- and is almost certainly the first British prime minister's wife with a tattoo.
Dubbed "Sam Cam" by the media, the photogenic 39-year-old put aside her earlier reluctance to campaign with her husband and helped him in his bid to take the main opposition party back to power after a 13-year absence. Sporting a growing bump -- she is five months pregnant with the couple's fourth child -- Samantha was at her husband's side when he made his first speech as prime minister in Downing Street on Tuesday (11 May) evening.
The couple's clear delight at the pregnancy -- which was revealed before the campaign started -- masked the heartbreak at the sudden death in February last year of their first child, six-year-old Ivan, who had severe disabilities.
David Cameron has admitted he nearly gave up politics after Ivan's death and the enormous strain on Samantha was clear from the handful of photographs of the couple at the time.
They have two other children, six-year-old Nancy and Arthur, four.
Samantha combines motherhood with her role as creative director for luxury good brand Smythson, and has been credited with helping to modernise the company's once stuffy and traditional designs.
She says she has "no plans" to give up her job while her husband is prime minister.
Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield was born on April 18, 1971, the oldest daughter of Sir Reginald Sheffield, a wealthy landowner, and Annabel Jones, who owned an upmarket jeweller's.
Friends say she went out of her way to hide her aristocratic roots, going on from the private Marlborough College to study fine art at Bristol Polytechnic, now known as the University of the West of England.
There she mixed with a set far from her privileged background -- she regularly played pool with rap star Tricky, a former delinquent who has admitted he and Samantha were "unlikely mates".
Along the way, she acquired a small tattoo of a dolphin on her right ankle.
Samantha was still a teenager when she was introduced to David Cameron by her best friend Clare, his younger sister.
The couple dated while she was still a student, but he gave her early warning of his political ambitions.
"He was very upfront and said: 'I want to be an MP (Member of Parliament). If you think you would hate it, you have to say so.'. It certainly wasn't my natural inclination," she has said.
Samantha was undeterred and the couple married in 1996, when David was an advisor to then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont.
He became an MP in 2001 and Samantha is said to have played a major role in persuading him to enter the leadership race after Michael Howard stepped down in the wake of the Conservatives' defeat to Tony Blair's Labour in 2005.
Andrew Feldman, a friend of the Camerons, says Samantha acts as a "good barometer" of the public's taste for her husband.
"She has a good sense of what is important and what's not, but also of what's important to other people.
"She may be from very grand stock but she's tremendously grounded," he told David Cameron's biographers, Francis Elliott and James Hanning.by Elodie Mazein
LONDON, May 12, 2010 (AFP) - Conservative leader David Cameron's wife Samantha combines aristocratic roots with a cool dress sense -- and is almost certainly the first British prime minister's wife with a tattoo.
Photo: AFP
The couple's clear delight at the pregnancy -- which was revealed before the campaign started -- masked the heartbreak at the sudden death in February last year of their first child, six-year-old Ivan, who had severe disabilities.
David Cameron has admitted he nearly gave up politics after Ivan's death and the enormous strain on Samantha was clear from the handful of photographs of the couple at the time.
They have two other children, six-year-old Nancy and Arthur, four.
Samantha combines motherhood with her role as creative director for luxury good brand Smythson, and has been credited with helping to modernise the company's once stuffy and traditional designs.
She says she has "no plans" to give up her job while her husband is prime minister.
Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield was born on April 18, 1971, the oldest daughter of Sir Reginald Sheffield, a wealthy landowner, and Annabel Jones, who owned an upmarket jeweller's.
Friends say she went out of her way to hide her aristocratic roots, going on from the private Marlborough College to study fine art at Bristol Polytechnic, now known as the University of the West of England.
There she mixed with a set far from her privileged background -- she regularly played pool with rap star Tricky, a former delinquent who has admitted he and Samantha were "unlikely mates".
Along the way, she acquired a small tattoo of a dolphin on her right ankle.
Samantha was still a teenager when she was introduced to David Cameron by her best friend Clare, his younger sister.
The couple dated while she was still a student, but he gave her early warning of his political ambitions.
"He was very upfront and said: 'I want to be an MP (Member of Parliament). If you think you would hate it, you have to say so.'. It certainly wasn't my natural inclination," she has said.
Samantha was undeterred and the couple married in 1996, when David was an advisor to then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont.
He became an MP in 2001 and Samantha is said to have played a major role in persuading him to enter the leadership race after Michael Howard stepped down in the wake of the Conservatives' defeat to Tony Blair's Labour in 2005.
Andrew Feldman, a friend of the Camerons, says Samantha acts as a "good barometer" of the public's taste for her husband.
"She has a good sense of what is important and what's not, but also of what's important to other people.
"She may be from very grand stock but she's tremendously grounded," he told David Cameron's biographers, Francis Elliott and James Hanning.by Elodie Mazein
12 May 2010
your ideas in 3D
Autodesk Homestyler puts your ideas in 3D
Contemplating a kitchen remodel, wondering how a new sectional would fit in your living room, or simply can’t decide what color to paint the bathroom? A new Web-based program called Autodesk Homestyler might help.
“A big challenge in home remodeling is envisioning the finished product,” says Patrick Aragon, product manager of Homestyler. The free program addresses that problem by letting you drag and drop a room, adjust its dimensions, then add doors, windows, cabinets, furniture and even appliances. You can use generic furnishings or plug in specific products from Dacor, FLOR, Kohler, Corian, Merillat or Sherwin-Williams. (You can also add a pool or koi pond in the backyard using landscape features.)
Then, with one click of the mouse you can change views from a 2D plan to 3D to visualize your creation.
Homestyler was created for homeowners but also can be used by design professionals,or as a tool for a pre-design consultation, says Aragon. It “brings homeowners and professionals together instead of looking at a paper napkin."-- Roselle Curwen, LA Times
11 May 2010
awesome envelopes
Google map envelopes (conceptual only at this stage unfortunately) prints the address of the sender and the recipient and plots the distance between the two...
via searching for sporadic surprises
Pinpoint your address (or any other... like the Eiffel Tower perhaps?) on a DIY printable envelope interior...
via searching for sporadic surprises
modern cardboard cat scratcher
Kate from Moderncat recently launched Moderncat Studio, a modern cat product design studio. The first major project to come out of Moderncat Studio is the Wave modern door-hanging cardboard cat scratcher.
In addition to being stylish, Wave is also eco-friendly and cat-friendly. It’s held together with compression, not adhesives like glue, so you can easily replace the cardboard when it gets worn. The frame is made from anodized aluminum frame and can hang from all doorknobs and has a silicone doorknob protector so your handles doesn’t get scratched up.
Want one? The Wave is available for $45 in the Moderncat Studio Etsy shop.Via design milk
07 May 2010
mother's day
Last Chance - Send an eCard to Your Mom Today
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obsessively seeking original occupant
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY, NY Times
Published: May 5, 2010
Find out who lived there here.
Published: May 5, 2010
THIRTY-ODD years ago, when I was a young architectural historian moving into the Cornwall, at Broadway and 90th Street, I began wondering who had first slept in my apartment. Four years later, I had emptied my bag of tricks in researching the building.
A 1980s renovation at the Cornwall, shown in 1910, unearthed paper clues that led to a phone call that identified Dorothy Spencer, shown in a Smith College yearbook photo in 1914.
I had pretty much given up when two faded baby-blue tickets to the Smith College graduation of June 15, 1914, fluttered down from behind the old oak kitchen cabinets and landed at my feet.
Two baby-blue tickets to the Smith College graduation of June 15, 1914 were a clue to the apartment’s former occupant.
My wife, Erin, and I had been living as rental tenants in the Cornwall since 1978. As earnest young gentrifiers, we helped take the 1910 building co-op in 1981. That was also the year we moved from 3A to 11A, a four-bedroom apartment with a paneled dining room, an onyx fireplace, stained glass, a wall safe, figured tile in a bathroom — all the accouterments of top-of-the-middle-line apartment living of 1910.
The Cornwall, shown in 1910.
In the four years we lived in 3A, I had combed the earth looking for the original tenants.
06 May 2010
something to do - reminder
starts tomorrow
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10am - 5pm
Pre-Register and be entered in their drawing for Green Building & Design Products and Services.
For a full listing of exhibitors, programming and special features please visit their web site
there's an app for that
20 Smartphone Apps for the Home and Garden
A simulated layout in Eden Garden Designer, which helps you plan your landscape.
A map showing frost dates in the Vegetable Gardening Guide.
With the iHandy Carpenter, you make sure surfaces are straight with the bubble level tool.
A Benjamin Moore smartphone application matches the colors in a photograph to a paint chip.
And a whole lot more here.
the sartorialist
On the street.... Tokyo, April 2010
At the flea market
All of the photographs copyrighted by The Sartorialist.
At the flea market
All of the photographs copyrighted by The Sartorialist.
05 May 2010
cinco de mayo
Cinco de Mayo, now with 25% less to-kill-ya, ahem, tequila
It's common knowledge that Cinco de Mayo isn't actually Mexico's independence day; but if you're not careful it could become yours. Too many shots of bad tequila might result in your independence from not only the burrito you ate earlier, but also from your friends who will likely flee in the face of your resulting belligerence and obvious divorce from reality.
So let's keep it low-key this year, friend. Two margaritas will do nicely. And please, if you don't play in a Mariachi band, leave your sombrero at home. With those kindly words of caution, here are a few key Cinco de Mayo celebrations for your moderate party-day consumption:
It's common knowledge that Cinco de Mayo isn't actually Mexico's independence day; but if you're not careful it could become yours. Too many shots of bad tequila might result in your independence from not only the burrito you ate earlier, but also from your friends who will likely flee in the face of your resulting belligerence and obvious divorce from reality.
So let's keep it low-key this year, friend. Two margaritas will do nicely. And please, if you don't play in a Mariachi band, leave your sombrero at home. With those kindly words of caution, here are a few key Cinco de Mayo celebrations for your moderate party-day consumption:
El Conquistador: Although I have refused to set foot in this place since it repainted its exterior in Laker purple and gold, I never stopped loving it. It has incredible carrot soup, margaritas the size of menudobowls and a festive environment filled with colorful tissue paper flags, layered tablecloths, pinatas and all manner of Mexican knick-knacks. Cinco de Mayo inevitably brings a raucous crowd that often spills out into a line on the street. So come early if you want to snag a table. 3701 W. Sunset Blvd., (323) 666-5136; www.elconquistadorrestaurant.com.
Mexico Restaurante y Barra: This Acapulco-style hang has only been open for about a year, but it has already established itself as a fun-loving, party-centric kind of place. Two patios overlooking Santa Monica Boulevard., bright pink walls and a bevy of creative cocktails make its sudsy siren song that much sweeter. On Cinco de Mayo Mexico is offering $15 pitchers of Dos Equis and Tecate; $5 tamalesand taquitos; $8 cazadores margaritas; and a live Mariachi band. 8512 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood., (310) 289-0088; www.gogomexico.com.
Kiss My Bundt: Bundt kissing may not seem like a particularly Latin-flavored thing to do, but this charming 3rd Street bakery is offering a class on how to make Mexican-style cakes and frostings. Experiment with flavors and ingredients used in Mexico including beer, tequila, orange, lemon, lime, banana, chile, cinnamon and mint. As an added bonus, the class begins with a complimentary margarita, beer or tequila popper. The cost is $50. 8104 W. 3rd St., L.A., (323) 655-0559;http://kissmybundt.typepad.com.
04 May 2010
don't send flowers
Celebrate Mothers around the Globe
One of four e-cards to send with your own special letter: A 19-year-old Somali refugee holds her newborn infant in a health clinic at a camp in Kenya. © 2009 Reuters
Instead of sending flowers celebrate your mother this mother’s day by supporting women around the world.
Make a gift of any size on behalf of your mother, and Human Rights Watch will send her an e-card thanking her not only for being a great mother, but for making a difference in the lives of all mothers.
Your gift will help protect the rights of women and girls.
new at remodelista
Remodelista has just introduced the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, a listing of architects and interior designers chosen for their commitment to thoughtful, forward-thinking design. Firm listings are organized by geographic region, practice areas, and project type.
They're launching with a core group of architects and designers (they'll also be including landscape architects and lighting designers) and will be adding new entries on a regular basis. Take a look, whether you're seeking an architect or designer or just interested in browsing projects. If you are a professional looking for more information, please visit the Design Professionals page.
03 May 2010
housing awards
2010 AIA housing award winners include two L.A.-area multi-family projects
The American Institute of Architects officially announces winners of its national housing awards on Tuesday, but L.A. at Home has a sneak peek at the winners list.
The AIA received about 200 entries in four housing categories this year. From that pool, 18 winners were honored. See photos and jury comments for them all in an extended photo gallery.
Step Up on 5th facade detail
Step Up on 5th entry
Formosa 1140
02 May 2010
postcard from provence
Peony10cm x 11cm (4"x4½"), oil on gessoed card
Today's painting will be sold by auction - auction starts today at 8pm GMT and ends on Monday 3rd May at 8pm GMT (4pm EDT / 1pm PDT)
Starting price: $100
To register or login to the auction visit: http://auction.shiftinglight.com
01 May 2010
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