Out of all of the catalogs I received recently, Crate & Barrel leads the pack when it comes to decorating merch. I want virtually everything in the whole damn catalog. But since my purpose is to offer up the creme [...]
Every year it seems like retailers drop the holiday bomb earlier and earlier. This usually inspires a lot of moaning and groaning. "It isn't even Halloween yet!" you hear many of your friends and co-workers cry. Well, I say, BRING. [...]
I am so sick and tired of cable providers being titty babies, yanking programming without notice. THERE IS NO HGTV ON MY TEEVEE, PEOPLE! There is also a glaring black hole in the guide, where my Food Network used to [...]
Hasn't it been a hundred years since I did a Craigslist Crawl? I won't promise all cities today, but it seemed like high time. I'll start with the hometown crowd in the ATX and work my way through frequent commenter's [...]
Like a good discount on home furnishings? Here's my top 5 list of what's currently on sale at West Elm, plus a bonus sixth:
I'm home sick today and Netflixing out the wazoo. Fortunately for me, there was a little gem under "Movies You'll Love," called The Secret of Kells. Visually, it's one of the greatest movies I've seen in a long time--every frame [...]
Still on vacation, but have a few announcements regarding the folks associated with Design Star for you HGTV diehards out there: MATT LOCKE, Season 3 Finalist My buddy Matt Locke has spent the past few months creating a curated collection [...]
We're still on vacation, we Callans...and happily so. Last week we stopped in Colorado Springs so we could take our little Christmas fanatic to the North Pole, where I promptly made a total fool of myself screaming like a banshee [...]
We Callans are on vacation, which is something that hasn't happened since our trip to Marfa two years ago. (Read about our initial shock followed by awe of that trip here and here.) This year, we're road tripping to my [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Claire hit me up with a spontaneous invite to head out to Round Top for the antiques fair. To which I answered, "Hells yeah!" With the absence of a good flea market here in Austin, [...]