In the Sort-of Ethnic Home: We've tried to get in her ourselves, but it looks like the NYTimes have scooped us. Calypso Home, over on Lafayette is a stunning and colorful shop for world style at reasonable prices.
Got 2 Extra Hours for Your E-Mail?: Our biggest new clutter problem, email, is sorted out by Lizette Alvarez, but we wish she would have told us what to do about it.
"Just a nice, clean modern phone. " They still make phones with cords? HA HA...
Chiasso is only ok, They used to have a retail location in Chicago at Watertower Place, and I still get their catalog in the mail. But, I find that they are often more expensive than I can buy locally (even before you factor in shipping), and they tend to mix a few nice design things with a lot of poor quality knock offs or cheap imports.
This makes it hard for the regular person to discern what is good and what is crap.
posted by Devyn
on 2005-11-14 18:22:11
...and they provide a (catalog and web) design alternative to those places not quite so blessed as is Chicago with retail alternatives...
posted by patrick (the other one)
on 2005-11-15 12:05:57
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"Just a nice, clean modern phone. " They still make phones with cords? HA HA...
Chiasso is only ok, They used to have a retail location in Chicago at Watertower Place, and I still get their catalog in the mail. But, I find that they are often more expensive than I can buy locally (even before you factor in shipping), and they tend to mix a few nice design things with a lot of poor quality knock offs or cheap imports.
This makes it hard for the regular person to discern what is good and what is crap.
...and they provide a (catalog and web) design alternative to those places not quite so blessed as is Chicago with retail alternatives...