A nostalgic Noel - Herald News

21 Nov 2008 at 4:00pm  It?s in the hundreds of lights reflecting in the mirrors. It?s in the tinsel and the glitter. It?s in the smell of pine needles. It?s in the happy smile on a doll?s porcelain face. It?s even in the wind that whinnies at the street corner ...

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New era for Renovators Supply: Building supplier looks to team up ... - Reco...

18 Nov 2008 at 3:47am  ERVING -- A lot has changed since 1978 when Claude Jeanloz started making reproduction antique hardware, plumbing and lighting fixtures in his home. At its peak, his company, Renovators Supply, was making 85 percent of its line of plumbing fixtures ...

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Live in Your Art - Egypt Today

16 Nov 2008 at 3:56am  A friend of mine always suffers at art galleries. Don?t be mistaken ? she genuinely appreciates the art and loves looking at painting after painting. She even goes as far as trying incredibly hard to actually buy the work on display, but she ...

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School for the blind starts visionary newsroom - Newark Star-Ledger

15 Nov 2008 at 4:58pm  Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger Judy Ortman, interim executive director of the Concordia Learning Center, is interviewed by student Indigo Estevez from Newark for the school paper. Theres a buzz in the newsroom of a New Jersey start-up newspaper, and not ...

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Kaplan: Never mind the merchandise, how about that shelving? - Pioneer Press

13 Nov 2008 at 4:53pm  You already figured retailers were manipulating you with their promotional offers. You wondered about the possibility of deceptive mirrors and unusually flattering lights. Theres nothing random about a store routing you through electronics on the ...

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Some old gems decorate Herkners new location - Grand Rapids Press

19 Oct 2008 at 6:58pm  The store, located for 141 years on Monroe Center in downtown Grand Rapids, left that site in September and reopened in a new retail center at 1600 East Beltline Ave. NE. But owners Randy and Lydia Dice took the antique store fixtures with them and ...

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NEW! Lightening up a Spanish Revival bungalow - Los Angeles Times

17 Oct 2008 at 6:53pm  WHEN Alan Smart was a kid, he discovered an old trunk in an antique store and begged his mother to buy it. She refused (after all, he was 10). So young Alan spent $45 from his allowance to purchase the trunk himself. I like old-timey things, Smart ...

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Wong takes helm of EO Trading Co. - San Francisco Gate

14 Oct 2008 at 1:13pm  Arnold Eric Wong , the founding chef and former co-owner of Bacar and of Eos , both in San Francisco, will become the executive chef of EO Trading Co. starting next month. The popular Southeast Asian grill, with locations in San Francisco, Larkspur ...

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OLDE SCHOOL - New York Post

19 Aug 2008 at 2:34pm  O ne mans trash is another mans treasure. For New Yorkers especially, this old saying is true. The quantity and quality of architectural salvage available in and around the city is a veritable playground for treasure hunters, whether youre a ...

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PUT ME IN COACH - New York Post

18 Aug 2008 at 2:42pm  Coach has a brand-new bag - and you can find it at the Legacy Boutique. Thats the name of the brands new store on Bleecker Street. The new digs are completely different from any other Coach store and will have product not available anywhere else ...

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