DrePacific's Profile

It's not espresso (pressure needed), and that blade grinder gives me hives. But as a bona fide coffee/espresso addict and hobbiest, I love videos showing different brewing techniques! Keep 'em coming!

Ditto @travtastic. My grandfather used to catch squirrels and release them in the park for eating his sunflowers. It was more of a competitive sport between him and the squirrels, which, we're pretty sure, just came back hours later. Drown them and eat them? WTF?

I had the luck to see these in person... and maybe that's what it takes. If you're in NYC, you must go! They're truly breathtaking.

Really interesting post! I'm afraid of color in my wardrobe (mostly black) and in my home (mostly white), but both would be 100% Anthropologie if I had my wish.

I LOVE the fold out sewing kit with legs... what's it called and/or where did it come from?

LOVE it... I strive for that level of preparedness. And I also love the key-tracing idea from hessilou and the password suggestion from Briony.

I'm a renter, so I can't weigh in on selling your home, but I have plenty of advice for out of state moves.

I've moved myself in a U-Haul from Chicago to Seattle, helped a friend move in a Penske from Oakland to Chicago, and then hired movers for my move from Seattle to San Francisco, all in the past three years.

Number one, I would highly recommend against North Star Movers/Moishes. They lost a box of mine, then found it after I threatened legal action, but it came back smashed to pieces, opened, and missing three cell phones. Super. Having done the U-Haul thing and hired movers, I have sworn up and down that I would NEVER hire movers again after that experience. When I moved myself, I took two weeks and turned it into a road trip, stopping at four national parks. That trip is a fantastic memory, as opposed to the living nightmare of damaged and missing stuff from North Star. Also, they made me get rid of all my plants (I had an extensive garden) because they wouldn't transport them across state lines. In the end, with the total of damaged and missing items, a Penske move plus storage would have been about the same price. Just hire folks to load and unload the truck so you don't slip a disc. That's the actual hard part, right?

If you DO hire movers, I cannot stress this enough, get moving insurance. I got $0.60/lb from North Star for my damaged and missing stuff. That's right, $900 of missing cell phones = $1.80. Get insurance!

I (majestic singular) use an old picture frame and an antique window frame with wire mesh (like a screen door) stapled to the back. I use little bent nails to hang my necklaces, and the earrings just hook right on. It looks totally gorgeous in my bedroom. I make jewelry, so it's art to me.

Here's a lovely one with lace from Etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=mt&listing_id=29194251

I like (but question validity of) this infograph from Good Magazine, which visualizes virtual and direct water consumption:

http://www.good.is/post/transparency-how-much-water-do-you-use/

It claims that hand washing uses about 20 gallons of water, whereas Energy Star dishwashers use about 4 gallons. This of course doesn't take into account electricity use or practicing better hand washing techniques (which I would love to hear, as I don't have a dishwasher in my apartment).

I love my electric blanket. It keeps me from hiking up the electric radiators to heat the whole apartment just so I'm warm in bed. Mine even has a pre-heat function that is perfect pre-bedtime.

I *think* it's not so harmful... compared to cell phones in the room, or off-gassing Ikea furniture butted up to the radiator. Now that I think about it... YIKES.