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The Alameda Point Antiques Faire is a first-Sunday-of-the-month mainstay in the Bay Area. Located on the island of Alameda, I try to go...

Normally, repotting a house plant would be a nonevent. As it turns out, this time it was kinda fun. Since scoring my $50 Fiddle-leaf...

Every been in a restaurant when it turns "Happy Hour?" You notice the mood instantly changes as everyone is ready for fun. Whenever I'm...

Last year, we looked at the interior of the craftsman house of Tom and Kim in Portland, OR. Originally a one-story, 1913 craftsman, Tom...

Every been in a restaurant when it turns "Happy Hour?"  You notice the mood instantly changes as everyone is ready for fun.  Whenever I'm...

Two weeks ago, friends John and Jim and I headed to what I thought was a new furniture store at Pier 70 in San Francisco's historic ship...

Every been in a restaurant when it turns "Happy Hour?" You notice the mood instantly changes as everyone is ready for fun. Whenever I'm...

Remember my drama about selecting paint colors for my rooms? Even though I wrote that I had chosen White Dove by Benjamin Moore, I was a...

In my rooms, painting is underway. More on that later, but having painters here has made me look up. A few years ago, we had our...

This spring, Portland, OR was deluged with historic rains in April (5.73") and then near record-breaking inches in May (3.76"). As a...