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Child’s Play, Grown-Up Cash

APART from the open bar by the swimming pool, the main attraction at parties held at the Houston home of John Schiller, an oil company executive, and his wife, Kristi, a Playboy model turned blogger, is the $50,000 playhouse the … Continue reading

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Summer Dresses

TRENDS come and go, but the dress persists, secure in its status as a metaphor. Irwin Shaw captured its wispy allure in his classic short story, “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses,” using the dress to conjure a mood of … Continue reading

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Summer Styles

  The hazy and humid days of summer are upon us, and it seems many are coming down with a case of scarlet fever. Rather than run around in barely there ensembles, women are wearing clothes that get attention for … Continue reading

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Houses Made of Sticks and Stones

  Clark Sanders began building his stone house in the northern Catskills when he was 19, with stones he harvested from tumble-down stone walls.   A “bridge” connects an upstairs living area to a bedroom.   Mr. Sanders and Andrea … Continue reading

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