As weather turns crisp and stores roll out red-and-green décor (even though it’s not quite Halloween), many people look not only at their holiday shopping, but at their annual community giving plans, as well.
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Foundation prompts local giving (The Dalles Chronicle)
WHEN FERDINAND “Ferdie” Ong started his business of selling top-of-the-line European home furniture about eight years ago, many didn’t think his venture would make it.
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Rolls Royce of home décor rolls into RP (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
To mark the start of the Biennial Art Nouveau Event in Brussels, we take in some of the city’s most impressive buildings Brussels is rightly famed for its Art Nouveau architecture – this was the home of architects Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, after all, who are credited with designing the two first Art Nouveau buildings in the world: Horta’s Hotel Tassel and Hankar’s own house. More than 1,000 …
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Ten architectural gems in Brussels (Guardian Unlimited)
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What’s new in business books, magazines, television in October.
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What’s new in business books, magazines, TV in October (USA Today)
Yard-art is alive and well in the Toledo area and yard-art creator Steve Loch says he’s been making and selling it for the past 20 years and the popularity of the folk art shows no sign of decline.
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We put our coffee cups on them and heap them with magazines, but we basically ignore the decorative possibilities of the lowly end table. If you need an end table, you can inexpensively design one that will enhance your decor, if you’re willing to scrounge and use your creativity.
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(ARA) – Champagne, roses and chocolate-covered strawberries spell romance, but all can fade fast. A more innovative and enduring (not to mention budget-conscious) method for adding romance is to bring it outdoors. In fact, your own backyard can be a much more cost-effective and intimate date night.
More here: Romance on a budget – enjoy the great outdoors (Purcell Register)
This summer I hit my four-year (and four-apartment) mark living in New York City, yet I admittedly feel no less wide-eyed about the city’s pop-culture offerings than I did when I arrived. With that in mind, I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight a handful of worthwhile hot spots for pop-culture buffs, both visitors and residents alike:
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Guest blogger: A few pop-culture hot spots in NYC (USA Today)
Glistening girls and the misty outlines of regal gardens effervesce in Silke Otto-Knapp’s watercolours. On show at Modern Art Oxford , her paintings’ muted grey wash is powdered down with silver, so that foreground and background glide together.
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Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this week (Guardian Unlimited)