There’s an art to making a sugar rose and my sausage fingers lack the delicate touch required to fashion scarlet-red icing into a pretty cluster of petals.
Continue here: Stay the night: Harrop Fold Farm, Cheshire (Independent)
It’s been a while since my last visit to the North Bay council chambers. Nice chairs, twin flat-screen televisions and state-of-the-art podium for presentations combines with the fresh decor to create a modern environment for public discourse.
Continue here: Nothing changes in council chambers — SOAPBOXING WITH DAVE DALE (The North Bay Nugget)
Question: We have always spent a lot of time in the kitchen of any home we’ve owned. Now that we’re about to renovate our next house, I’m puzzled over the floor. Someone suggested using cork. I haven’t heard of cork in years! Is it a good idea?
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Decor Score: For an all-natural solution to a flooring dilemma, consider cork (The Palm Beach Post)
Cheap Mexican food is not a God-given right.
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Fonda San Miguel (Austin American-Statesman)
A new art show entitled The Artful Hands Show and Sale takes place Sept 11, 12, and 13. The event is a new (and “first annual”) juried show of fine art and craft featuring Kincardine and District artists and artisans.
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Although the decor is interesting and the service friendly, the food is average at best.
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Ararat, 2.5 stars (The Arizona Republic)
There have been a lot of TV Drama adaptations of manga in the news recently in the weeks leading up to the fall season. While the titles I’ve seen listed for adaptation have been good (for the most part), I’m still hoping that someone will have the balls to turn Saint Young Men , the Morning 2 manga about Jesus and Buddha sharing an apartment in Tokyo, into a drama.
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Peter Chan (Anime News Network)
Slicing and dicing the popular culture: Quentin Tarantino Consider the magpie and, in particular, its habit of flitting hither and thither, boldly collecting what things it requires to feed and house itself: a bit of string here, a tick or…
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Art from the sum of all parts: Quentin Tarantino and the magpie aesthetic (The Oregonian)
Question: We have a lot of family photos with four siblings and 14 children between us. I used to keep our photos on a large round table in the living room, but we’ve outgrown it.
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Decor Score: Tips for creating a picture-perfect gallery of family photographs (The Palm Beach Post)
Daniel Saldaña with a new “amusement.” You can have your picture taken on it at Blue Star for a few bucks and proceeds will support Blue Star’s Art Smart program.
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Extraordinary machine (San Antonio Current)