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Been to Pier 1 lately? The look has changed
Special to The Morning CallIf you haven't been to Pier 1 Imports lately, you won't recognize the place. The aisles are less cluttered and easier to navigate. The furniture is no longer stacked. Vignettes show how a room can be put together. The look is contemporary with global...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Consumer Goods Industries, Entertainment, Kirstie Alley, Advertising
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Architect/author Sarah Susanka and her not-so-big North Carolina home
![Big—or, in Sarah Susanka's case, not so big—matters. But just as important, says the architect/author famous for her "build better, not bigger" philosophy: Beauty matters.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/43730523-29123355.jpg "Big—or, in Sarah Susanka's case, not so big—matters. But just as important, says the architect/author famous for her "build better, not bigger\" philosophy: Beauty matters.")
Tribune reporterBig—or, in Sarah Susanka's case, not so big—matters. But just as important, says the architect/author famous for her "build better, not bigger" philosophy: Beauty matters. Beauty? "If something is beautiful," she told us in a recent phone...Tags: Apple iPod, North Carolina, Poetry
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Getting the lead out
Tribune staff reporterIn a year filled with recalls and substandard or tainted consumer products (toys, cribs, children's jewelry, pet food, seafood, toothpaste), the notion that dinnerware was somehow safe seemed naive. Historically, lead has been used in dinnerware's...Tags: Standards, Sports, Oranges, Richard Jacobs, Painting
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Pure folly? Precisely
![Richard SHAPIRO'S folly began, as many great things do, with the smallest of ambitions. Though the modern art collector and antiques dealer already had seven fireplaces in his 1920s Holmby Hills villa, he wanted an outdoor hearth. A place, he recalls, where "I could sit in front of a roaring fire during a rainstorm or on a cold winter night."](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/photo/2005-06/18251787.jpg "Richard SHAPIRO'S folly began, as many great things do, with the smallest of ambitions. Though the modern art collector and antiques dealer already had seven fireplaces in his 1920s Holmby Hills villa, he wanted an outdoor hearth. A place, he recalls, where "I could sit in front of a roaring fire during a rainstorm or on a cold winter night.\"")
Times Staff WriterRichard SHAPIRO'S folly began, as many great things do, with the smallest of ambitions. Though the modern art collector and antiques dealer already had seven fireplaces in his 1920s Holmby Hills villa, he wanted an outdoor hearth. A place, he recalls,...Tags: Design and Engineering, House and Home, Andrea Palladio, Tim Burton, Los Angeles
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Party Time! (On A Dime)
![Ten guests, $100. That was our challenge, to put on a holiday dinner party for at least 10 people and keep the food bill under $100. We did it with $5.52 to spare - and although we had only eight invited guests at the table, we had enough leftovers to feed the "backstage" crew who came to style the table, cook the food and photograph the party.](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2002-12/5694421.jpg "Ten guests, $100. That was our challenge, to put on a holiday dinner party for at least 10 people and keep the food bill under $100. We did it with $5.52 to spare - and although we had only eight invited guests at the table, we had enough leftovers to feed the "backstage\" crew who came to style the table, cook the food and photograph the party.")
The Hartford CourantTen guests, $100. That was our challenge, to put on a holiday dinner party for at least 10 people and keep the food bill under $100. We did it with $5.52 to spare - and although we had only eight invited guests at the table, we had enough leftovers to...Tags: Shrimp, Kohl's Illinois, Inc., Recipes, Holidays
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Upscale community is like 'coming back to the farm'
Special to The SunCooke's Hope, once an early American settlement, aims to offer those seeking refuge on the Eastern Shore an upscale neighborhood with an old-fashioned flair. A stone marker in front of the 15-year-old community shows that Lord Baron of Baltimore gave...Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Talbot County, Fishing, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Rivers
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Catching a new wave
Special to The TimesForty years ago, when he was all of 23, Miller Fong sketched a chair on an envelope and mailed it to his father in Hong Kong, where the family manufactured rattan and wicker furniture for its Los Angeles company, Tropi-Cal. The finished product —...Tags: Entertainment, Design and Engineering, Sports, Jimmy Buffett, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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In search of Buffalo, N.Y.
Sun StaffTalk about a place with low self-esteem. The city of Buffalo, whose name suggests oxen and whose dominant winter accessory is the snowbank, isn't big on promotion. Grab a taxi outside the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and ask the driver, "Say,...Tags: Football, Sports, Ice Skating, Air Transportation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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