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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/30/2009

Tales of the Tombstones

Alexa Fornoff

Tombstone Sewell 2719 Hyperion, an all-things-Disney blog, digs up what is behind (under?) the tombstones that line the entrance of the Haunted Mansion at Disney. Who exactly was this Master Sewell, you ask?
Bob Sewell came on board at WED Enterprises shortly after the opening of Disneyland in 1955. A model shop veteran, Sewell was often in charge of show installations at the park. He was involved in the  . . . Continue Reading

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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/30/2009

Friday Find: Urban Casita

Andrew Wagner

After taking a Friday afternoon stroll through internet land I am shutting down my computer on a happy note after coming across Chicagoan Megan Jeyifo's blog Urban Casita. This is a little site that packs a powerful visual punch accompanied by some good writing to boot.  Being that I'm an architecture junkie, Fela Kuti fan, and always interested in how people live I was particularly drawn to the "Continue Reading

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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/30/2009

The Highly Pleasing Result of Dousing a Pumpkin or Two in Glitter

Amy Palanjian

09-10 GlitteredPumpkins4 Yes, these are somewhat Martha-esque, but they further support something we say in reference to embellishing store-bought holiday decorations in our Dec/Jan issue: covering something in glitter equals instant glam. And it makes you look like you know what you're doing, even if you're all thumbs around a glue gun. (Though, for the record, Livy at A Field Journal, who made these, definitely knows her stuff.)

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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/30/2009

Light a Jack o’ Lantern Without Pain

Katherine Sharpe

Halloween, as we all know, is a scary time. Until now, that scariness has been at least in part caused by anticipating the inevitable finger-singeing pain of trying to drop a lit tea light through a round hole into a big gourd. Drop the candle, and it inevitably goes out. Lower it slowly, and you're bound to burn your hand.

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Well, the reign of terror is over, because Make subscriber Michael Williams has shared with the world a better way to carve a pumpkin.

[via Lifehacker]

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Blog: Feast   10/29/2009

3 Ways to Eat Even More Sugar This Weekend

Amy Palanjian

Here are three of my favorite Halloween dessert recipes from around the web, sure to hit the spot if all of the candy you're stealing from the trick or treat basket isn't.

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Monster Eyeballs via Epicurious and Ghoulish Goodies

Yield: Makes about 48 eyeballs

1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/29/2009

It’s a Pommel Horse

Alexa Fornoff

zur-schoenen-linde-sportgeraete-2 Repurposed pommel horses make a grand statement. Bench, bar, chair...the gymnastic icon has left the arena and found loft living. (From Stilsucht via Dude Craft) zur-schoenen-linde-sportgeraete-3

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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/29/2009

Still Dreaming of an Interior Stoop…

Andrew Wagner

Two days ago Core 77 wrote on designer Josh Owens' new portable outdoor stoop seating made entirely of Corian.
 
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Core 77's headline was "Gotta Love It" and you know what, they are absolutely right. I love this idea and in fact have been obsessing over it for many years. My one quip with Owens would be that there are plenty of stoops outside but frankly not enough inside. Stoops  . . . Continue Reading

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Blog: Editors's Notes   10/29/2009

Food Blog of the Week: Nectar & Light, Food & Love

Amy Palanjian

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Jenifer Altman is one of my favorite bloggers/photographers (she's behind Fireyeyed on Etsy) and her food coverage is just lovely. 
 
Today, as it's pouring rain outside of our office, it's feeling like comfort food for the eyes.
Specializing in lifestyle, children, food, travel and still life photography, Jenifer's vision of the world - a soft hazy dream of love -  . . . Continue Reading

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Blog: Media Diet   10/29/2009

Guinea Pig Halloween

Katherine Sharpe

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Just a sampling of the weirdness, wildness, and occasional over-the-top cuteness that awaits at the Halloween Pets pool on Flickr.

[Photo from piggelicious, via Flickr]

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Blog: Feast   10/29/2009

More Halloween Grotesquerie: The Meat Hand!

Katherine Sharpe

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Is this "meat hand" the grossest Halloween-themed food item I have ever seen? Why, yes! Hands down!! And of course, I suppose I mean that as a compliment. I'm sure it's delicious, but I'm not sure I could bite in to find out. Many more pictures and full instructions on the meatloaf masterpiece at  Not Martha .

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