Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Fire Pits and Fiery Tables: The New Hot Items for the Back Yard
While Lamorindans enjoy the last of our glorious fall weather, what better way to enjoy a slightly cool evening than to gather around a fire with friends and family? Nothing says ambiance like flames, or a marshmallow roasted to golden gooey deliciousness. From a ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Real Estate Quarter in Review
The third quarter of 2012 again showed significant activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate.
Per Contra Costa Association of Realtors statistics reported from July 1 ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS
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| Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Ask Cynthia Brian - CloverReader's Request
Hi Cynthia:
I live in an apartment with a small backyard. Since I don't have a lawn mower, I planted clover instead of grass seed as I want some semblance of a lawn. My problem is that ...
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| Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Don't Let the Water Run Off! It's the New Law
As of December 1 of this year, homeowners adding more than 2,500 square feet of impervious surface to their property will have to mitigate runoff. In plain English, if you add square feet to your existing home, redo your driveway, add an impervious deck and the total ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2012
ASK CYNTHIA: Reader Requests 2
Hello Cynthia:
I enjoy reading your column in the Lamorinda Weekly. I have a very vexing problem that hopefully you might be willing to help me solve. I have a planting bed that is ...
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2012
ASK CYNTHIA: Reader Requests
Dear Cynthia
We are having a problem with skunks coming in the backyard and eating our plants and cat food. Sometimes they spray and it's awful. Any solution? Thanks for your help.
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Digging DeepUnder Cover
To grow healthy plants, fruits, and vegetables, we have to have hearty soil. Before we put our gardens to bed for the long winter nap, we want to blanket the beds with nutrient rich cover crops. Replenishing nitrogen, preventing erosion, building soil, increasing water ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Moraga Country Club Kitchen Tour Promises to Delight
Every year Sue Olson enthusiastically sets out to convince Moraga Country Club homeowners to open their recently remodeled kitchens for a tour that raises money for the Moraga Education Foundation (MEF) - and every year she succeeds in convincing a handful of ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Home DesignerInspired Design
Inspiration. I feel it's the genesis of any creative pursuit. Function, you say? Sure, that counts too, but it's inspiration that launches a desire to capture in form what the mind can only imagine. Look around. Inspiration comes in many forms and through many paths. ...By Brandon Neff
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| Wednesday, September 12, 2012
A Tree House Grows in Lamorinda
Joyce Kilmer wrote, "I think that I shall never see...a poem as lovely as a tree." Add a house to that tree and it becomes a little more poetic. It starts as a young child's daydream in a backyard or an empty lot. Combine a tree, some friends, a bit of wood, and ...Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Digging Deep with Cynthia BrianPick a Peck of Harvest Homecoming
"Tickle it with a hoe and it will laugh into a harvest." English Saying
As kids, after a summer of utilizing the grape tanks as our private swimming pools, September ushered in the ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The Many Flavors of Feng Shui
Everybody seems to know something about Feng Shui - it's about numbers, colors, energy or direction; it's Chinese; all of Hong Kong's buildings are built following its rules; red is good; the number eight is good. Some people spend their entire lives studying this ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The Home DesignerBe a Rock Star - Your Guide to Stone and Tile
So, you've decided it's time to redo the kitchen, or bathroom for that matter, but after hand picking the appliances, the extra deep sink, that built-in espresso machine you've been eyeing and the German faucet that resembles a high-performance stick shift, the ...By Brandon Neff
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| Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Home Theater: Sound and Pictures All Around You
Seventy years ago, a voice from the Technicolor screen proclaimed "there's no place like home!" If Dorothy was discussing home theater today, then the technical innovations would be the Wizard of "aahs!" Home theater has travelled light years since mid-century ...Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Extraordinary OrdinaryDigging Deep with Cynthia Brian
In the late 1990s I wrote, produced, and hosted an award-winning TV series called Live Your Dreams which featured what I termed "extraordinary ordinary" people from all walks of life who were doing what they loved, not for the money, not for the glory, but for the sole ...By Cynthia Brian
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