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October 24, 2023
What the Succulents Say
Legacy gardens tell vast stories. Features of the landscape describe in hills, valleys, soil, rocks, boulders, wetlands, streams and ponds a location’s geographic history. The trees, plants, grasses, flowers, vegetables, fruits, insects and other biological forms of...
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July 7, 2021
Quarantine Fatigue Gets Grilled
The numbers behind outdoor cooking
Eager for a change of pace during the pandemic, many consumers made outdoor cooking their go-to activity, extending the art form beyond traditional grilling, or even the traditional grilling season. Consumers spent more...
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July 7, 2021
Hardware for the Handy: What DIY dreams are made of
Some of us realized during the stay-at-home lockdowns the real reason why we can’t croon any DIY home improvement theme songs or figure out which end is up on a hammer. It’s not because we’re too busy...
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July 7, 2021
Design for Living
An interview with Brook Bradbury of Lincoln Park Design
During a phone call to arrange this interview, Lincoln Park Design’s Jennifer Walker and Brook Bradbury are quick to remind that their firm’s name is spelled like the 16th...
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July 7, 2021
Permanence
The East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Director Noni Session is rarely asked to describe her dream landscape for Oakland and the broader Bay Area. Having demonstrated housing crisis foresight by founding,...
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July 7, 2021
Haute Decor on a Dime
Tips for budget interior decorating
I’d just finished introducing a coworker to the pleasure of dancing in formal dress at one of the Gaskell’s Balls held at the Scottish Rites Temple on Lake Merritt. At the stroke of...
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July 7, 2021
Renovation Revelations
How much does it cost to renovate a house in the Bay Area?
It seems the inner monologue of a lot of locals might sound like the Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” on repeat. Is...