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May 29, 2010

Staging: Make-up . . . for Homes

Making the Most of What’s Available A rose is a rose is a rose. –Gertrude Stein Question: When is a chair not a chair?Answer: When it’s a prop. Home stagers view furniture, framed pictures, rugs and various other objets d’art not as things in themselves — but in terms of what they do for the...
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Lake Calhoun Tableaus

Good & Evil at the Same Spot, Days Apart The Northwest corner of Lake Calhoun (pictured on this blog’s masthead, and at right) was the scene of two very different incidents this week. The first one occurred Monday night around 10 p.m., when a gang member was apparently ambushed and killed just off the lake’s...
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