Unless you’re reading this from the spacious comfort of your sprawling penthouse on Fifth Avenue, your apartment was probably carefully designed to be optimally space-efficient. That’s a nice way of saying that a brilliant architect was probably tasked with the job of allocating more space in the rooms you’re likely to spend a lot […]
New apartment furniture January is the month! Horchow, West Elm, Home Depot, Target, and Crate and Barrel are just a few of the major retailers who heavily discount their collections in January. You’ll even see a few mattress sales, although we’ve found that the best mattress deals come in April. Expect to see […]
New apartment furniture January is the month! Horchow, West Elm, Home Depot, Target, and Crate and Barrel are just a few of the major retailers who heavily discount their collections in January. You’ll even see a few mattress sales, although we’ve found that the best mattress deals come in April. Expect to see […]
In the last few weeks of summer as we enter into fall, everybody gets the itch to take a long weekend away; particularly if there hasn’t been time for a full-fledged vacation. So what do you do if you find yourself on the receiving end of a call from a friend who wants to […]
Moving to a new apartment is a challenge, even when there’s only one of you; but handling a move with children can seem whole orders of magnitude more difficult, especially given that they may not be old enough to understand what’s happening at all; and if they are old enough, still might not be […]
Among the many joys of a shiny, new apartment are freshly-painted walls and new or freshly-cleaned carpet. The trouble, though, with all that beautiful, fresh carpeting is that you’re only one careless, red-wine-sloshing party guest or dreaded pet accident away from it no longer being as perfect as it was on move-in day. Never […]
If you’re looking for an authentic taste of Italy without leaving Houston, regulars say you’ll find it at Luigi’s Pizzeria. This charming eatery is decorated in Italy’s colors both inside and out, and the spacious outdoor patio offers the best seats in the house. The menu lists made-from-scratch pizzas that rely on hand-tossed dough and […]
You’ve probably put a lot of thought into how your apartment looks, but how it smells is equally important in making it a great place to be. Of course, the best way to keep smells down is to simply keep your apartment clean; but between lingering food smells, that gym bag you toss into […]
The last thing I want to do after a long day at the office is wait in line at the grocery store, carry it all back to the apartment and cook a healthy meal. And I’m tired of takeout, fast food and frozen meals. When I saw on television the new recipe delivery services that […]
July 2: World UFO Day Keep your eyes on the sky at night on this day, because they are out there. According to the World UFO Day website, the celebration of all things unidentified, object, and airborne started officially in 2001. That said, most UFOlogoists believe the existence of intelligent beings from outer space dates […]
