Well, he rode, but yes. He took the same route too, every day! Lincoln Cottage is definitely worth the trek up and just gorgeous.

You can just order them from the Library of Congress store, too :)

Oh! The house I grew up in had one of these -- even though we had windows on either side of the door! -- and I couldn't get enough of it. We had ripply amber glass in it, and it looked so pretty w...

I bought that print as well! ...and I was wondering how to frame it! :) Hooray.

ebrown has a good point -- my bed's under a window now, but that's because I no longer live in earthquake country... :)

@bakek -- Hah! I was just going to say, "You know, these look like plumerias..."

Arg! Mis-type. http://calfire.blogspot.com/

As a fellow Northridgeian/Porter Ranch kid, I've been on edge today too. I recommend the blog at calfires.blogspot.com and going to the #lafires tag on twitter search --

Actually, ReadyMade had a whole thing on it... which inspired me to make café curtains (but less cutesy). Love the fabric they used in the tension rod ones...

I don't know, I'm agreeing with kimg924... what makes Spade's books unique? I've poked through them, and I liked the illustrations, but what does the meat say -- especially since you now own them!...

Check out rent-o-meter -- you plug in monthly rent, location, bedrooms, and it does a comparative study of other places in the area, and spits out a result.

Having just gotten back from Moab (hiking trip through Utah), I can highly recommend Arches as well as the Sorrel River Ranch in the article. Beautiful setting - right on the Colorado River, nestl...

Yes, they're deck chairs, but on a bit of a side note --forgive the historian in me!-- the actual deck chairs on the Titanic's were full reclining chairs, made of teak & rattan. Gorgeous, incident...

Of course, I read this after I complete a move...! But I must say, I'm absolutely keeping that clothes-on-hangars idea close to my heart!

I've got a 4x4 (love, love love!) and as for the "unpleasant" side of books... the shelves are wide enough, at least for most of my books, to store two sets. One row of books faces o...

I was wandering / admiring those old victorians in haight-ashbury (fulton / stanyon technically) and got invited inside by someone renovating -- it looks almost *exactly* like this (same moulding, ...

There's one in my parents' house -- weirded us all out at first, but now we've gotten used to it. Of course, it's more sleek, and automatically flushes (which surprises you when you happen to walk...

80s... based on the dishwasher, coffeemaker, and what looks like flourescent "recessed" lighting under the shelves... awesome! :)