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we are avoiding plastic toys (of course we still have some lying about), as well as those made in china - especially after reading alan weisman's "the world without us," which has a chilling chapte...

well, overrated might be too harsh. it's not for me. it's very very car-centric, though there are a couple of sort of walkable neighborhoods. the summers are long and miserably hot and humid. i...

from Blogging 7x7: Bringing Up Baby on July 30, 2007 02:27PM

another Former Bay Area Person Who's Dying to Move Back here (grew up in Berkeley) - we are tryingg like hell to figure out how to move back to the city from Austin (an overrated town if there ever...

from Blogging 7x7: Bringing Up Baby on July 29, 2007 06:13PM

it seems fair enough if this person has recently moved from a smaller place with no built-in shelving. i limit my book collection for this reason. empty shelves *are* weird to look ...

i like it, but i so love the tradition of scribbled marks on a door. we recently visited my husband's childhood home - it has since been converted into a restaurant, but the height marks were stil...

from Measurement Shelf by Boom Design on July 16, 2007 06:18PM

note that this is from awhile back, not the current issue - from the march issue. tho i suppose it's online.

from Blogging Domino... The 2007 Green List on July 12, 2007 01:57PM

graduate - no, but that was my exact first thought, too!

from Nama Rococo Wallpaper Panels on June 29, 2007 07:09PM

i do this inthe bathroom, for diapers. the diaper genie things were way too big and still stinky, and i don't want to put them in the more open wastebasket. this way i can empty it frequently out...

a lot of restaurants do this in austin for their outdoor patios, and it does work. i'm not sure whether it works for mosquitos though - which is the problem at our place.

from Outdoor Dining on June 22, 2007 07:11PM

i like the idea, but practically local furniture translated into used furniture - of which i have lots (also have lots of decidedly non-local). if i really did local here in austin, tx, i would ha...

from AT on: Local Water, Local Furniture? on June 7, 2007 05:58PM

I absolutely welcome more green at AT! I have kind of been withing, though, that the greening would be incorporated throughout the content of the site, not just in one section. I know you guys tr...

from Editor Search: GreenTherapist? on June 2, 2007 03:34PM

Just a reminder that items which are biodegradeable in principle, often will not actually decompose in a landfill, because no air is present. I suppose it would be compostable, though.