Articles for July 25th, 2006
MAYBE THEY’LL HAVE MID-CENTURY MODERN…
A friend just e-mailed this news about a great contemporary estate sale….
STARBUCK’S NEWEST CAFE
This entry is for the benefit of Todd, who loves Starbucks as much as I do. Full disclosure: I own Starbucks stock. Not enough to allow me to retire on Nevis, or even on a sand bar on the Trinity River, but a bit. So when I walked into the Starbucks in downtown/Riverwalk San Antonio this weekend for java I was surprised to see everyone in headphones LISTENING. What is this, I asked, some kind of CIA outpost?
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A COMPUTER OF HER OWN
This summer I do not get a long vaca but rather a series of short weekend trips–and I was up to my neck in Sheetrock this weekend for Phase II of our San Antonio home: second bath. Third bedroom and laundry. (Details as soon as photos are in.) But I have a dilemma: I need a laptop. If I had a laptop I could be productive en route, while away from home, I could basically join the millions of others in this century who have become mobile employees, taking work on the road, traveling for business, enjoying productivity, telecommuting, saving forests and landfills. Yes sirree, all I need is a simple laptop.
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SHELL GAME
Add this under “decorative trend overkill”: sea shells. Last year it was coral. This year it’s all about barnacles, starfish, and all things conch. Personally, I don’t hate it. But I don’t love it either. And soon, I’m sure I’ll be sick of it. Shouldn’t you discover your own sea shells on some magical weekend trip to the shore? Do you really want to order them over the Internet? Dallas’ Wisteria has a whole section devoted to sea shells. But that’s okay–I still love Wisteria. However, when the spindle tibia hits Target–and you know it will–that’s the official start of shell hell. (And I love Target, too.)
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