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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...
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 ...
Read more...