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Display Name: jems
Member Since: 8/1/07

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For tubes I just roll a rolling pin or metal pipe to roll/squeeze the substance to the top.


Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | How To: Get Every Last Drop from a Tube or Bottle
4/1/09 3:32 PM

LOL! You almost got me.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Look! New Frozen Food Line from Alice Waters
4/1/09 10:59 AM

I thought they're hiring Michael Smith as their interior designer? If that's the case, they're going to have to dig deep into their pockets because this guy doesn't come cheap.


Apartment Therapy DC | White House Decor Update: The Obamas to Personally Pay for White House Renovations
3/30/09 4:40 PM

I love the layout and how you were able to fit a washer and dryer into the design. You managed to fit a lot of storage into a modest space.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Kitchen Tour: Virginia and Mateo's Just-in-Time-for-Baby Brooklyn Renovation
3/25/09 3:48 PM

My mother always makes black chicken soup for me after my monthly friend visits. Chinese consider black chicken to be more nutritious than white chicken but I am not sure if that is an actual fact or one of those things that we have accepted as a fact but nobody ever really tested to see if it is true.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | What's the Deal With Black Chickens?
3/25/09 3:42 PM

Is it just me or has there been a barrage of Hable Construction news lately? Not just on AT...I think HC was featured on Oprah Magazine or O at Home this month.


Apartment Therapy New York | AT Offline: Katherine Susan of Hable Construction NYC 3.4.09
3/6/09 3:36 PM

I didn't know 7 and 10 year old kids still played with swing sets. Or maybe I've had a deprived childhood.


Apartment Therapy DC | Look! A Green Swing Set for the Obama First Daughters
3/6/09 3:26 PM

I don't understand this sentence: "Fed up at "babysitting" my potential housemate, he called out his mother, shredded the legal documents in front of her, and threatened to call the police on her if she didn't leave immediately."

Is your potential housemate his mother? What?

If you're renting month-to-month, he can legally evict you for no reason provided. If you have a yearly lease, he cannot evict you without clause. If you're rent stabilized or rent controlled, it would be very difficult for you to be evicted.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Good Questions: Housemate Eviction...Get Out Now or Else?
3/3/09 2:22 PM

As long as someone is well mannered, I don't care what they eat on public transit. I have issues with people chewing loudly with their mouths open, licking their fingers and wiping their hands on their pants, putting drinks on the floor and conveniently forgetting to pick them up when they exit the bus or subway car.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Do's and Don'ts: Eating on Public Transit
2/3/09 3:28 PM

I would like to subscribe to Living Etc. but it costs around $150/yr. I just go to Barnes and Noble, buy a cup of coffee, and read the magazine there.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Goodbye, Domino: Which Magazine Will Replace It ? Conde Nast Closing Domino Magazine
1/28/09 10:04 PM

Where can I find a similar sofa? I've never seen a slipcovered sofa where the slipcover drapes like the one in the top picture.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | An Eclectic French Family Home Vivre Côté Paris
1/28/09 2:53 PM

I'm 25 and I read Pippi Longstocking in school! I hated when my teacher would make me read out loud because at that time I had recently immigrated and had a strong Chinese accent and always read "Pee pee Longstocking" instead of Pippi. Everyone would snicker.


Apartment Therapy New York | Swedish Home Inspired by Pippi Longstocking Sköna Hem 12.28.08
1/27/09 5:35 PM

I don't mind the self-checkout lines. What I hate are bag-your-own lines with cashiers. What's the point of having cashiers if they don't bag your groceries?


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Hot or Not: Self-Checkout Stations at the Grocery Store
1/16/09 7:50 PM

^ Me neither.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Lena's Family Home Montreal
1/15/09 1:16 PM

I've never had a canopied bed but I'd like to know how easy are they to remove, clean, and put back on the posters? I'd imagine they get dusty pretty easily.


Apartment Therapy DC | And The White House First-Decorator is ... Michael S. Smith!
1/14/09 2:41 PM

The interiors are very middle America...I expected something worthy of Living Etc. or at least Domino from a renovated London row house.


Apartment Therapy New York | Renovated London Row House The New York Times 1.14.09
1/14/09 2:34 PM

Humans are omnivores and our breast milk is supposedly delicious. Is it just that pigs are omnivores or that they eat slop? I would imagine that the slop's taste does not translate into their milk since grass isn't particularly tasty to humans yet grass-fed cows give the best milk.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Why Don't Pigs Make Cheese?
1/13/09 1:31 AM

I like "This Old House" but I suppose it's not a "design" show.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | AT Survey: Best of the Home Makeover Shows?
1/12/09 9:35 PM

Can we get a picture of the pendant when the light is off?


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Look! Pendant Lamp Makeover For Under $12
1/6/09 8:28 PM

I like the CB2 desk more simply because it's 10 inches wider and there's more room for my legs.


Apartment Therapy New York | High Low Desk Herman Miller CB2
1/5/09 7:00 PM