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Former Mayor Lila Cockrell may have paused for an evening to celebrate her 85th birthday, but don't think for a second that she's slowing down. Indeed, friend and catering legend Rosemary Kowalski hosted a birthday reception in Cockrell's honor on Friday evening at the theater inside the Convention Center that bears the former mayor's name. Naturally, it brought out plenty of current and former officeholders, as well as many whom she works with in her current role as president of the San Antonio Parks Foundation. After the mariachis, a performance from the dancers with Urban 15, and several tributes, she graciously thanked people for coming and offering her good wishes. Come on — she's always gracious. "I want everybody to understand — this is a birthday party, not a retirement party," Cockrell said.
DECOR: Use an open shelving unit to turn room into 2 zones
Q. We have a midsize basement room that I'd like to separate into two zones -- a small workstation with my computer and files, and an area for sitting in front of the fire with the family and watching TV. But I don't want a full wall or anything that would make either space feel claustrophobic. You could use a room screen to hide your work space. Screens are versatile and practical, and you can decorate each side to suit the space it faces. However, I have a better idea for a more permanent solution that will give you storage options as well. Why not build an open floor-to-ceiling shelving unit that will divide the room, and also allow light to pass through and air to circulate? Cube shelving is readily available and inexpensive. You can paint sections in different colors, and insert mirror into some openings.
Store Owner Reroutes Heat To Drive Away Homeless
(CBS) NEW YORK A New York City antiques dealer has rerouted the hot air that came up from a grate in front of his store to a locked alley in the back - in an attempt to get rid of the homeless man who camped out in front of his store window.Karl Kemp made headlines after slapping 64-year-old vagrant Roger Greenlee with a $1 million lawsuit last week.Contractors rerouted the warm air from the basement boiler to an alley behind the store.The grate once had a temperature of 109 degrees. But after the work was done yesterday, the Daily News reported the temperature above the grate was just under 39 degrees.Kemp's lawsuit said Greenlee would scare away customers from from his antiques shop. .
Make bath beautiful, practical
Q. My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated. I have to confess that I agree with her, but I have no clue how to decorate a bathroom. Any ideas? A. Don't you hate it when your mother-in-law is right? I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home. The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical. If your bathroom is small, your goal is to make every inch beautiful and efficient. I've become a master at this because the bathrooms in my historic home are about as big as postage stamps. Frankly, I like my little lavatories, and when we renovated our home, I decided to keep them small to preserve the character of the house. But I did freshen them up with white subway tile, creamy bead board and brown wall paint.
Some win, some lose at 'Antiques Roadshow' knockoff
It now has a special place in his home, though Scott Slaughter doesn't let anyone sit in it - he keeps a rope across it for protection.
So he was a little disappointed to learn that other people don't think it's as valuable as he does.
"I wish I had a treasure so I could retire," he said after learning that his chair was worth only about $500.
The bad news was delivered to him by Stuart Whitehurst, an antiques dealer who was invited to appraise various items, including Slaughter's chair, at a fundraiser for the Andover Historical Society, held last night at the Unitarian Universalist Church off Main Street. Whitehurst has appeared on the public television show "Antiques Roadhouse," which inspired Historical Society members to create a similar event for their annual fundraiser.
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