My dog functions as climate control: On the bed in winter, off the bed in summer.

You do not have to write complete sentences. Be as short and concise as possible. Uh, no. Conciseness is one thing, but that bizarre, article-free language that pa...

For white wine, you might try using vermouth (which is white wine with some infusions).

My dad wasn't much of a cook, but sometimes he'd do the roll-your-own taco/burrito thing: Crisp fried corn tortillas, warmed-up flour tortillas, bowls of ground beef with chile seasoning, refried ...

As Martha Stewart once pointed out, using an outdoor shower is to keeping clean what eating fresh corn-on-the-cob is to eating your vegetables."

Peach pie, because my mom's birthday is in June, and that's what she likes in lieu of a cake. (Not that anyone asked, but peaches (among other fruits) exude lots of juice when ...

One more thing: get something nice to plant things in. I went with cheap white plastic window boxes, and always regretted it: they looked like Tupperware.

Here's my assumption: you want a place where you can sit on a summer afternoon with a glass of lemonade and a trashy novel, or a friend. That's one, maybe two chairs (possibly of a folding variety)...

I agree with Taureg--you don't want something that'll bite your quilt. My grandmother's quilts (about 5' x 6' each) are sandwiched along the top edge between a couple of strips of lath...

Surprised you didn't mention Aphrodisia, the best spice and herb store ever, a couple of doors west of Faicco's.

From my late mother-in-law: Put the leftovers in a bowl (preferably a clear one, so you can see what you've got), put a plate on top of the bowl, put the bowl in the fridge. Try to ge...

Or you might try this.