Category: LA Times
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Looking like Sean Connery cut from an old Bond film, a man rides a motorcycle in a framed, black-and-white photograph that hangs on the wall. It’s retro and cool in an “Easy Rider”-meets-the-Andrews Sisters sort of way. “That’s my father on the motorcycle, in 1966, on Normandy Beach,” explains designer Samantha Thomas, before pointing to…
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It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I’m on my hands and knees, crawling across a sea of clothes to reach a Harvard sweatshirt tangled between a striped sweater and pink fleece jacket. After separating it from the pile, I know I’ve scored and stuff it into my bag. A few feet away I…
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You wake to an unfamiliar sound in the middle of the night, heart pounding, what was that noise? Is there someone in the house? Arriving home from work or vacation, you discover that something’s not right when you walk in the door. A shattered window, a jimmied lock. Someone’s broken in. For many of us,…
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With spring still weeks away, it’s officially that time of year — Winter Blah. Trapped inside with little to do but stare at the walls and binge on Netflix, it’s a great time to tackle some of those indoor projects you’ve been avoiding, including some you may not have thought about. For most of us,…
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If you’re over the age of 30, you probably remember the Maytag Repairman. Featured in television commercials throughout the ’70s and ’80s, he was billed as the “loneliest guy in town” because the company’s laundry machines were supposedly so dependable, the repairman was never called. Back then, household appliances like refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens and…
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It’s an unseasonably warm November day in New York. The sky is a resplendent blue and folks strolling past Macy’s in Herald Square seem to be walking a bit slower than usual — to get a peek at the retailer’s holiday window display in its final stages of completion. Inside, oblivious to both the weather…
Sarah Lemire 