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  • Tracy Anderson Studio by Windsor Smith

    By April Johnson Tagged: Smith , Tracy Anderson , Windsor Smith
    17 May 2013 0 Comments

    My friend, Palomas post today reminded me that I have been meaning to blog about fitness guru Tracy Andersons new studio designed by one of my all time favorite designers, Windsor Smith.  Actually, Windsor Smith might just be my #1 favorite.  This gym is perfection.  I am a big fan of Tracys workout videos and have seen great results from them in the past need to get back on them!  How motivated would you be to go to the gym if it looked like this???  Lots of white marble and gold?? YES, please!  Sign me up!

    You can read all about the studio here, on Windsors blog!  Enjo

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  • Design on a Dime: Charitable sale showcases rooms with designer furnishings at a discount

    By April Johnson Tagged: Designer Furnishings , Designer Furnishings Discount , Discount , Furnishings Discount
    10 May 2013 0 Comments

    Designer furnishings discount sale: Design on a Dime for Housing Works

    Need some high-profile decorating inspiration and a few great things to revitalize your home’s interior?

    Head to the Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 W. 18th St. in Manhattan on Friday or Saturday for Design on a Dime. The benefit sale, in its ninth year, features designer rooms where everything shown is for sale at 50 to 70 percent off retail. Money raised from the sale of the donated designer furnishings will help support a new Housing Works development in Brooklyn for homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS.

    This year’s Design on a Dime event includes rooms by well-known design personalities such as Yetta Banks, Genevieve Gorder, Evette Rios, Sabrina Soto and Lara Spencer. In all, more than 50 designers will participate.

    The event opens April 25 with a $200-ticket reception at 6:30 p.m. and shopping until 9:30pm.

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  • Mary’s Logan Square 3-Flat

    By April Johnson Tagged: Logan Square , Square
    25 Apr 2013 0 Comments

    Earlier this year I met Janet, a very talented interior designer who lives in a massive, gorgeous apartment in a vintage Logan Square 3-Flat. After I finished shooting Janet’s place, she introduced me to her upstairs neighbor Judie, a freelance photo stylist, and it wasn’t too long before I returned to photograph her equally amazing space (you can read all about it in last week’s issue of Time Out Chicago). Earlier this fall, I returned to the 3-Flat yet again to photograph the third unit – Mary’s apartment, which I also love and which has apparently changed very little since she and her late husband George bought the building in 1969. Prior to that, Mary, George and their three children lived in a nearby apartment that Mary’s parents owned, although they had begun searching for a more spacious home with modern amenities in the suburbs. Despite the

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  • Katherine Rally Textiles

    By April Johnson Tagged: Textiles
    22 Apr 2013 0 Comments

    As Im selecting fabrics for my own apartment Im realizing how difficult it is to commit to something when there are so many fabulous designs and textiles out there.  Ive come across several lines that I absolutely love so I thought Id highlight one that stands out and that I keep coming back to..Katherine Rally Textiles.  Her collection is somewhere in the middle of a modern geometric and a hand printed batik which is the perfect balance especially if youre looking to coordinate with a more traditional floral.  

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  • National Arbor Day on April 26: A call to action

    By April Johnson
    18 Apr 2013 0 Comments

    Michigan trees have had a bad run of luck. Heat and drought last summer, disease and insects have taken a toll.

    Even white-tailed deer designated as the official state game animal in 1997 thanks to a group of Zeeland fourth-graders, have been less than endearing. The drawn-out winter has forced deer and other woodland critters to prey on young trees with reckless abandon.

    Perhaps this is why two key tree-planting dates occur in April. First comes Earth Day, on April 22. Four days later, Michigan and many other states celebrate Arbor Day. This tree-planting holiday falls on the last Friday in April, or April 26 this year. President Richard Nixon in 1970 proclaimed the last Friday in April as National Arbor Day.

    Every state in the U.S. has an official Arbor Day in which residents are encouraged to plant and care for trees. The late April date coincides with the ideal time for tree planting in many states but not all.

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  • Chef Lidia Bastianich launches ready made meals at Whole Foods

    By April Johnson Tagged: Foods , Whole Foods
    11 Apr 2013 0 Comments

    Lidia’s Homestyle Meals at Whole Foods

    Not many would schlep across the Hudson, taking on traffic and tolls, or trains and taxis for a luncheon serving pre-packed options from a supermarket refrigerator section.

    But everything changes when the name and face on the packaging belong to Lidia Bastianich and she is delivering ready-made meals created in an exclusive partnership with Whole Foods Markets.

    Starting tomorrow, Lidia’s Homestyle Meals are expected to be in 25 Whole Foods Markets in the Northeast region (all New Jersey stores except Marlton and Princeton). The lineup includes a spinach lasagna with chicken Bolognese sauce, chicken breast Parmigiana, lemon chicken, turkey meatballs in marinara, baked penne, and manicotti filled with fresh ricotta, herbs and grated Italian cheese.

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