- A California Essential - Talk about your Ode to an Oak, here's an interesting piece about LA's love affair with the stealthy heartbreaker.
- Walk-in? More like live-in - Are we crazy?! people are spening more than ever on re-doing their closets.
- The surfing decorator - Andrew Virtue is the ultimate LA contradiction in terms. one part Fancy antique collector and designer, one part surfer-dude.
- A city that awakened her senses - Barbara King reflects on her memories of New Orleans - observations that make the devastation that much more real and tragic.
- Whimsy finds a place to nest - Decorative products that showcase birds and fish are back in style.
- Let jumping dogs lie - This week's "Man of the House" deals with the power a bladder of a little pup can have over the house.
- THE SCOUT - The scout finds a few goodies:
- - A retail showroom in Pasadena focusing on groovy treatments for floors and walls called Space Bank Design. (346 S. Pasadena Ave., 626.396.6993)
- - An auction of architectural sculptor Oscar Bach's work (708.383.5234http://www.treadwaygallery.com)
- - Opening Friday, Fine-art photographer Grant Rusk turns construction sites into a thing of beauty. Michael Dawson Gallery in Larchmont Village.(323.469.2186, http://www.michaeldawsongallery.com)
- - "Nest. Plant. Cook. Go," commands the premiere issue of Living 101, which is loaded with easy-to-follow recipes and tips on decorating and gardening for California's cute and clueless...the under 30 set.
Wow! Great article on the surfing decorator. It's refreshing to read a piece on design that's contextualized with the subject's lifestyle.