We admit to being so swamped that we haven't kept up with blogging H&H this week. Nevertheless, we read it and it's a good one. We're putting down the links before they get lost tonight in the shift.

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• The Coffin Was Too Confining: Anne Rice's new home in La Jolla, CA. NOT like the houses in the next article.
  
  
  
  
• Afloat in the Flood Zone: Dutch designers are working on innovative new floating houses to keep ahead of rising waters.
  
  
  
  
• Formal Portraits Dress Down: Not our style, baby. Our kids will sit up straight and wear Paul Smith.
  
  
  
  
• Q. What's hot in the gray world of concrete?: Concrete counter roundup.
  
  
  
  
• Preserving the Favorites of a Fall Crop: Anne Raver's delicious prose and fried green tomatoes.
  
  
  
  
• At Furniture Fair, Quiet Reflections and Slowing Sales: The review of the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, NC. Apparently it was a little slow.
  
  
  
  
• CURRENTS: Los Angeles: Awesome slideshow.