Clearly there are no alpha male kitties in the lives of the paper-towel-less - that is way too funky an emission to entrust to cloth! the residue would last forever. I just make sure it is a high p...

PS: Who are your movers?

Yes I have been doing this because it's so hot and I have other errands, like to do teh greenmarket before the crowds arrive, so use an old yogurt container or something like that in my bag - I eit...

I live on Roosevelt Island - not a kid any more - "Soviet era" architecture? Teh 70s era buildings were designed by Philip Johnson!!! and the apts are more spacious than average manhattan apts. man...

He is amazing - he also had a piece in MoMA's garden made completely of cardboard tubing. I love the church he built after the earthquake in Kobe, Japan which is still standing I think. He says its...

my mother's persian rug dealer had a big cement floor just for hosing his expensive wares for his loyal customers. She was big on Royal Kirmans and they do last for generations - her mother's persi...

You may have something there, lon/?/! You remind me that my mother kept plants in an unused bathtub. Maybe *that's* where to put an herb garden! That BR had a window (but with indirect light) I don...

Is it me or do too many of these comments seem kinda anal? Or is the word pretentious? This is a nice, clean, serene space and isn't that what we are going for? So what if there's a torchiere you d...

I agree mostly with Mr. Bittman - but the only thing about cast aluminum is that aluminum leeches into whatever it's cooking and it's not so good for you (every day French cooks won't touch it) - I...

I have nice, big windows and wear a sleep mask - easy to get used to though I went through many different airline ones till I bought a nice, cushiony silk one. I also have venetian blinds and curta...

hard surfaces are better for keeping your behind firm, you know

One thing that i try to do (with varying degrees of success) is compost and deliver bags of same to the people at the greenmarket who collect it - and buy compost back from tehm to feed my plants. ...

would a pillow or two on your italian couch in colors taken from the wall graphic unify the combination? That's not why i am posting. I love love love looking at apts that look like the one from th...

that looks great - now does anyone have any ideas about unsightly air conditioners projecting out from the middle of a wall? i just think screen with lighting behind it or something. thanks

I love traditional Japanese furniture and always wanted a step chest - mistly for my kitties to play on...

I went home and wrote a screenplay full of music and movement after I saw that movie (restored) at the film forum so many years ago. i listen to the soundtrack on my ipod. The talented, creative Ja...

This blog is the best!!! - thanks! really good help!!! (it's my bldg on the river with the little "flutes" where drywall seam meets drywall seam throughout the bldg.) Otherwise the design and layou...

I grew up in a big house with a kitchen my entire former 500 sf manhattan apt would fit into, with room to spare. In my late teens, I was an au pair in a chalet in the French alps which had a galle...

My mother always said "natural fibers love water" so I agree completely with Maxwell, and moreso because you can wash them.

brilliant! brilliant! love esp the bathroom with glass wall and sheer shower curtain! brilliant!