• The Bulb Hunter: Interesting story about Chris Wiesinger, who - at 25 - is a young entrepeneur who specializes in finding, propagating and selling American heirloom bulbs in Texas. His company: Southern Bulb.
  
  
  
  
• At Home With Donald Hall - For a Poet, the Farmhouse as Muse: Our nation's poet laureate lives the old fashioned way...simply.

• A Kitchen Garden Arranged by an Artist's Eye: Anne Raver summers in the Hamptons and we happily tag along.....
  
  
  
  
• Personal Shopper: Outdoor stool roundup in which we like the ones above from DDC best...

Currents

• Pelícano Inc. (furniture) just opened in the Starrett-Lehigh Building on West 26th Street with space designed by Enrique Norten
  
  
  
  
• The Clearinghouse in Southhampton is a great source for high end second hand furniture
  
  
  
  
• The Modern Dog is HOT dog shop in LA
  
  
  
  
• "The World of Ornament" (Taschen, $200) is coming out next month - a definitive compilation of two 19th century books on historical ornament