Wednesday, June 09, 2010 A Garden of Eating A colleague of mine was speaking to a company about reducing stress and suggested that everyone place a potted plant on their kitchen windowsill, work desk, or patio. A few months later he met a member of the audience who was profuse with his thanks. ŅEver since you ...By Cynthia Brian
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010 It's All in the Details Perched at the top of Los Altos in Orinda, Dan and Laura Wall's home sits in a spectacular spot. The home faces eastward and has a panoramic view of the valley and hills beyond. The long, rectangular infinity spa and pool in back appear to gently cascade over the edge ...By Andrea A. Firth
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Gardening with Cynthia Brian: SUMMER LOVING "For colors, we request raspberry and cream with a hint of dirt. For the ceremony, forty corsages and boutonnires, six bridal bouquets, two chocolate baskets festooned with satin ribbons filled with magenta rose petals, and forty- five table arrangements...all organic ...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 The New Nuts and Bolts of Pools Windows open to the warming June air usher in that familiar suspension of summer's stillness. Our thoughts turn to barbecues and backyard fun, as the delightful echoes of giddy children splashing in pools or skipping through sprinklers wave through the neighborhood. ...By Susie Iventosch
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Growth of Synthetic Lawn in Lamorinda Is it real or is it plastic? That perfectly green stuff sprouting up in Lamorinda yards may not be grass, but plastic. Nothing like lying on a lush green carpet of polyethylene and nylon to watch the clouds roll by.
By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Zero Emissions, Here She Comes Lafayette resident Louise Clark is not afraid to aim high. "I am getting more and more concerned about the climate and the environment," says Clark, "When I drive around the country and return to the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park, I see how over the ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Gardening with Cynthia Brian: MIXED GREENS Full disclosure. I seek beauty in all things. I crave a myriad of colors and textures. I'm a determined gardener and a resolute foodie. Lush, gorgeous, fresh produce direct from the earth was a staple growing up on the farm. I don't remember perusing the super markets ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 It's All About the Kitchen Offering the very latest in kitchen design and style, the 11th annual Lafayette Juniors Kitchen Tour is Saturday, May 15th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Six brand new kitchens are on the tour showcasing the latest and up-to-date trends in traditional and contemporary ...By Rosylyn Aragones Stenzel
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Mother's Day Contest Tell us in 50 words or less why your mom is ...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Volunteers Needed Sudden Oak Death ("SOD") SOD Blitz SOD kills live oak trees and is spreading to Lamorinda. Spend a few hours April 24-25 learning about SOD, including counteractions, and map its presence in Lamorinda for SOD expert UC Berkeley professor Dr. Garbelotto.
Submitted by William Hudson
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 The Real Estate Quarter in Review The first quarter of 2010 showed increased ...By Conrad Bassett
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Lamorinda in Bloom With April's plentiful showers behind us and May's bountiful flowers in bloom, it is the perfect time to visit the spectacular gardens that can be found in Lamorinda. Two upcoming garden tours provide access through the garden gate and into several very special gardens ...By Andrea A. Firth
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Moraga Garden Club Celebrates Forty Years All worthwhile undertakings start with a seed of an idea. And so it was that the thought to start a Garden Club in Moraga germinated over coffee around a kitchen table 40 years ago.
By Linda U. Foley
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Mother's Day Contest Tell us in 50 words or less why your mom is ...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Gardening with Cynthia Brian: SOW EASY There is a Zen saying that perks my sensibilities as I gaze at the emerald green hillsides, listening to the gurgling of the stream by my house. "Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." Hooray! Spring has sprung as my very ...By Cynthia Brian
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