Another odd mix. Cleaning out stories that didn't make the cut in earlier editions? We hate to be harsh, but urinals that look like flowers don't really do it for us!
- The age of teenage entrepreneurs: Barons Before Bedtime. Not really sure what this is doing in Home & Garden section...
- At Home With Allen Shawn: A Life Lived in Fear, but Not Half Bad.
- Turkish Delight: On the Aegean, Stone and Steel Surrender to the Breeze.
- Residential Urinals: For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected. Thank goodness this isn't even a discussion in small spaces! Errrr...Urinal Slideshow!
- Personal Shopper: Foreign Marketplaces at Home. Lots from Target's Global Bazaar, Circa Trade in Hudson, NY, and Conran Shop's exhibit/sale of 170 Everyday Domestic Products From Around the World.
- Room to Improve: What can I do to disguise an ugly steel door?
When you have to give the warning not to go into the bathroom with bare feet, the level of squigyness is way too high.
Plus, that comment about how "sexual" the orchid urinal is..... eeeee.....
But I really feel like I read this story somewhere else recently.
I am not liking the new "lifestyle" stories in the home section. Last week's story about the senators, a few weeks ago about gay and lesbian homeowners, this week about reading? I didn't even bother to figure out what this one was about so I really have no idea. I just don't like it. When I think about it, my reaction is sort of sad - I want the stories to be about homes not people living in the homes.
And that orchid urinal is horrible.
I don't get that NYTIMES story on urinals. What's so unusual about a urinal at home? It saves water and isn't expensive. All the pieces featured in the story are all overpriced.
How did I miss the article about gay and lesbian homeowners? What issue was that--I never miss the section.
The entrepreneurial youth story is one that formerly would have been in the Circuits section, when it was a full section, although it wasn't only about selling on the internet, so it wouldn't even fully fit a tech section. I don't see what it's doing in H&H at all--seems like H&H is a dumping ground for such. Although I did like the article.
It was in the December 28th issue - It was a good article, I just feel like it belongs somewhere else.
clea, I just looked that one up and I did see it. Thanks!