Heavy duty outdoors. If you're thinking about getting some nice folding chairs this fall to place outside, spiff up your apartment and/or provide alternate seating inside, check out these that we saw yesterday at Cafe Fanny in Berkeley (yes, we're visiting the West)...

Based on the classic French park chair design, these are much more solid and durable, with heavier gauge metal and nice thick wood slats. Leave it to Alice Waters to find really nice cafe furniture.

Looking up Venika, we found their website at Venika.com, but this is wholesale only. We're not going looking for the retail solution.....

We think we've found it!

• Round Teak Table
• Folding Teak Chairs

All at TeakGardens.com and on sale.