Many people visit Indian restaurants, discover they love food from India, but then have no way to re-create this experience at home. It€™s always nice to enjoy a good restaurant meal, but it€™s much better to enjoy these complex dishes in your own dining room. Thankfully, there are a host of online resources to help the [...]

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One of the things that distinguishes amateur woodworking from serious projects is sanding. If you’re willing to spend some time smoothing the edges, a do-it-yourselfer can make decent looking bookshelves without getting into any fancy joinery tricks. Sanding is also a prerequisite if you want to paint your project and have it not look like yard sale junk. [...]

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Summer is a wonderful time for swims in the ocean, dips in the pool and playing in the sun. Unfortunately chlorinated water, salt water and too much sun can wreak havoc on your hair, causing split ends, dullness and dryness. The beauty industry, aware of summer€™s disastrous effects on hair, has created lots of products to protect, repair [...]

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These kids today: They think all the world’s music should flow freely onto their computers and that musicians should work for the fun of it €” don’t they? Well, maybe not. A new survey conducted in England (and given credibility by digi-savvy sites like Boing Boing) found that the majority of music fans between 14 [...]

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Michelle Smith (right) is the design force behind Milly, the women€™s clothing line she launched in 2000. At 18, Michelle€™s passion for fashion brought her to the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC where she also worked part time at Hermes. After graduating from FIT, Michelle Smith secured a Paris-based internship with Hermes while continuing [...]

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If you€™ve been thinking about turning your front porch, back patio or garden into a charming space suitable for outdoor living and entertaining, you€™ve probably considered some type of floor covering. An area rug added under patio furniture or used as transition between home and garden helps define your space and make it more cozy [...]

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You don€™t have to be young and afraid of the dark to appreciate the glow of a nightlight. They help us quietly navigate rooms and hallways when others are sleeping and let us see what€™s ahead in empty rooms. Animal-themed lights are great for little ones and we love these Kozy lights small fry teddy [...]

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