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Here's a tip I got from Kitchen Tigress' blog - steaming the rice instead of using boiled day-old cold rice. I tried it and it immediately made the texture of my fried rice so much better. Check it out, she explains the whys and wherefores there.

http://kitchentigress.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-good-fried-rice.html

These drawers don't go all the way to the headboard, but they look pretty shallow.

Chadhaus Loft Bed with Storage
http://store.chadhaus.com/products/loft-bed

Wow, what a beautiful blog! Thank you so much for the link!

I just discovered Pete Miser via this video clip. THANK YOU! Great idea to point out the music details. :)

Hi Julie and Jesper,
The huge gilt mirror over the fireplace is quite perfect. Do you have the source for it? Or did it come with the apartment?

Thanks,
Jasmine

Will you do a series on Sherlock? I'd drink a Benedict cocktail :) Lets the puns begin!

Aeonium arboreum 'Schwartzkopf' - a beautiful dark purple, almost black succulent. Bonus - it's hard to kill! :)

Eating Asia has a few posts on some delicious things and places to eat in Istanbul.

http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/turkey/

My husband works at the computer at home 12-14 hours a day. He used the Raynor Ergohuman High-back Mesh Chair ME7ERG for about 2.5 years. The chair felt very comfortable at first, but slowly over the course of the years, he felt that the chair seat was cutting the blood circulation from his legs - the back of his thighs especially would get numb and painful after a while. He is 5' 9" and 150 lbs so he wasn’t overweight for the chair.

2 months ago, he switched to the Gaiam Balance Ball chair. His masseuse had a Gaiam chair in his salon, and he tested it out there. He liked it almost immediately upon sitting on it and said it was such a relief sitting in that chair. You can bounce on it and move on it, and I suppose those little movements help the circulation. When you assemble the chair, you have to be careful to fit the back portion of the chair the correct way, or it may feel like it leans back and doesn't give any support. We did not realize we had fitted it incorrectly at first cos it looks the same from both sides (I’m explaining this very badly, I know).

We also bought a frame-only version of the GeekDesk and an Ikea Numerar countertop (birch, 73 1/4" x 39 3/8") which we fixed onto the frame and use as the desk top. We both like the GeekDesk very much – having the flexibility to work on the computer while standing feels great.

I have a Raynor Ergohuman High-back Leather Chair LE9ERG that I’m still using and I prefer it to the Balance Ball chair. The Raynor chair still feels ok for me because I don’t sit long hours continuously on it - I get up and cook and garden etc. I understand 2 months is too short a period to give an accurate picture of the Gaiam chair, especially since with the GeekDesk, he is sitting less and standing up more when he is working, but I thought I'd just share our experience using it.

Elise from Simply Recipes (http://simplyrecipes.com/) has a few recipes on canned salmon that I remember reading about - salmon mousse, salmon macaroni, salmon patties. I've not tried them but the photos look good!