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Oh man, I've been wanting a card catalog since I started library school several years ago. *crosses fingers*

I store asparagus standing up in a cup or small bowl with a little bit of water at the bottom in my fridge. I manage to keep stems stored like that for a week without any of them going wilty.

I've had less success with plastic bags, personally.

From the actual study:

"Unless we are vigilant, high-density zealots will do their best to reverse centuries of gains and drive us back towards a Dickensian gloom. Revealing information sources such as the Survey are an invaluable resource to counter attempts to herd us backwards into an archaic past. "

Ha! Apparently living in cities is the "archaic past". Suburbs are so futuristic!

This would be totally awesome in my office. Work coffee is terrible and I really, really need a cup in the afternoons.

Wow. I love globes, and this one is esp. pretty.

Lordy. Madeleines. I'm not much of a cook but I really like baking and I bought a madeleine pan on a whim one day. I spent every weekend for the next several months making the damned things, trying to figure out why they were never right. Now I can give away some truly awesome cookies as gifts.

I have a feeling that if I ever try my hand at pie crust, it'll be all quiche and pie for weeks.

I got a sourdough starter as a gift a little over a year ago. i was making tiny loaves every other day for months. I still make a loaf every week or so.

Comfortable is one of my favorite compliments. Mostly because before I moved into the place I'm in now, I tended to be crap at decorating so the idea that I'd put a studio together in a way that makes you want to come over and hang out is makes me really happy. I also get variations on 'awesome' a lot, which is partly me and partly the fact that my apartment itself is in, in fact, awesome. The other thing that I've been told is that my apartment reflects me really well. Which I think is pretty much the most important thing to get out of your space.

Oh man. I go back and forth between wanting to live in a tumbleweed tiny house and wanting a 2 bedroom house all to myself.

A map room/library & a darkroom are what I really want.

Not cheap, but the Barbara Anderson Galley does amazing work.
http://www.barbaraandersongallery.com/

There's also the Framer's Workshop in Brkly. I haven't been, but I've seen it recommended in the comments on this very site in the past.
http://www.framersworkshop.com/

I really loved this house tour.

Those silhouettes over the chair are awesome.