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Fall Cure 2009: Discussion Board
South

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This is for local discussions in the Southern USA (see map below).

Please comment below and feel free to include links to pics or sites where you are documenting your Cure. Also, please remember that if you want us to post your progress you should email us directly at any time of night or day: click here for submissions.

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Big Chains, Hoarding Stories & Porch Drinking Etiquette
Washington DC Hot Posts for 5.31.09

Spring Cure 2009: Discussion Board I
Washington, DC

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This is for local discussions in the DC area.

Please comment below and feel free to include links to pics or sites where you are documenting your Cure. Also, please remember that if you want us to post your progress you should email us directly at any time of night or day: click here for submissions.

How To Save a Wood Floor
Heather's February Jumpstart Project 2009

Title: Saving the Bedroom Floor Project
Name: Heather Ellison/Awful Nice
Time: 6 Days
Cost: $173

We love painted floors and Heather did an even better job than we did! This is a great project. Click above for the pics and head below for all the instructions. Give Heather a THUMBS UP if you find this project helpful....

Moving Trucks at the White House Today

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Not using U-Haul. We grabbed this pic off of the ABC website a few hours ago. Today is THE day for both families to move, and this could be the Obama's trucks. It's a tight schedule! It all takes place in six hours apparently. But one story below says that the Bushes have already moved out days ago. Links and video below the jump...

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Win a Martha Stewart Framed Photograph!
Holiday Giveaway 2008

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ms-photo-fixed.jpgProduct: One of Three Exclusive Giclée Prints Photographed by Martha Stewart
Source: Martha Stewart Framed Photography
Value: $1200

Description: Win one of three Exclusive Signed Edition giclée prints embossed and personally signed by Martha Stewart. These photographs are printed on fine archival art paper using archival inks; framed using museum-quality patented Artcare™ conservation materials and processes, with hand-finished wood moldings. Photographed by Martha Stewart. Look at all three above, read about them below and then send us your submission form. Happy Holidays!

DRM's Father's Gift & Sharon's Christmas Tree
Holiday Stories 2008...

glass+&+pie.jpgHere are two new stories about "giving" that we're collecting from readers and publishing this week. To find out more or submit your own >> click here.

From DRM:

When I was a kid, my family would go visit my mothers family during the summertime. On one of those trips, my dad and I were in a corner store as a woman begged the shopkeep to lend her the bread she wanted to feed her kids. My dad put the money on the store counter, and didn't say anything about it. I was stunned. People actually did good deeds without looking for recognition, but just to make a positive, though minor, impact onto the world...

Collections: S. Joey's Clip on Ties

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Collection: Clip On Ties
Name: S. Joey B.
Location: Raleigh, NC
Size: 150 Ties
Value: $450

"Thrift stores are like therapy, you have to go in order to get results. I am always on the lookout for vintage clip on ties. Originally they were on display in my home office but grew to fill a wall..."

A Farmers Market Goes Online
Washington DC

MDOnlineFarmersMarket.jpgLaunched on July 15th by the University of Maryland, Food Trader is a new website that helps local consumers to buy directly from local farmers. There are already over 200 farmers on the site offering specialty cuts of meat, fruits, vegetables, flowers, honey, dairy products and even goat's milk soap. It's an online farmer's market!

Sha-Do Lamp by Peter Buning
Washington DC

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Why wallpaper when you can create fun and funky patterns on your walls with the click of a switch? The Sha-Do Lamp, designed by Peter Buning Fixtures, creates geometric shadow patterns on your ceilings and walls with its unique shade...

Outside Magazine Votes DC as best Town in America!
Washington DC

Charlie_and_theLincolnMemorial.jpgYes, we know, we rock! Finally other people are starting to realize this too! Outside Magazine's August issue ranks the top 20 Best Towns in America for 2008 and our fair city is at the top of the list! Washington DC beat out other towns like Chattanooga (2nd) and New Orleans (3rd)...