| The 99th Chicago Auto Show
What: The nation's largest auto show, spanning 1.25 million square feet. Multiple world and North American introductions. Complete range of domestic and imported passenger cars and trucks, sport utility vehicles, experimental and concept cars -- in total, nearly 1,000 different vehicles. Numerous accessories and auto-related exhibits, competition vehicles, antique and collector cars. For additional information, visit www.chicagoautoshow.com.When: Today through Feb. 18Where: McCormick Place, Lake Shore Drive at 23rd Street, ChicagoHours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (closing at 8 p.m. on Feb. 18)Cost: Admission Ticket prices are $10 per adult and $5 for seniors ages 62 and older and children ages 7-12. Tickets for children ages 6 and younger are free when they accompany a paying adult. Advance ticket sales are available at https://tickets.drivechicago.com/tickets/.
The Heat Is Off: With Legal Case Pending, Antiques Dealer Calls A ...
After sparking a media frenzy with his "mean-spirited" $1 million lawsuit, antiques dealer Karl Kemp is now exploring other options to keep the homeless away from his Madison Avenue storefront. According to Wednesday's Daily News, Mr. Kemp has now cut off the hot air to a steam grate located out front, which seemed to be attracting the less-desirable foot traffic: The once-toasty grate beneath Kemp's window - a mainstay for Greenlee and at least three other homeless people named in the lawsuit - had cooled to a near-freezing 38.9 degrees when the Daily News measured it yesterday. "We put in new insulation, so now instead of all the hot air coming out in front, it goes out in the back," said a contractor from the East Meadow, L.I.-based construction company KMA Inc., who identified himself only as Kajus.
The antique trade is facing modern problems
EAST PROVIDENCE - Thanks to eBay, the rest of the Internet and the popular TV show "Antiques Roadshow," the world of antiques has gotten a lot of exposure recently. However, with heightened visibility comes misconceptions about older pieces. Shaffie Pillay, manager of the wholesalers D&M Antiques on North Broadway in East Providence, says while the trends have changed, antiques are still as valuable as ever. Mr. Pillay was in the antiques restoration business at the back of the antique shop before joining owner Marvin Rubin in selling. The store is not a pretty retail storefront by his own admission, but is instead jam packed with old furniture, art and jewelry, along with clocks, dishes and all kinds of miscellaneous antiques. The East Coast in general is spoiled by a glut of antiques in comparison with more western parts of the country, and through estate sales, family calls and other purchases, D&M antiques is able to supply items to distributors all over the country.
FROM FANTASY TO REALITY
Successful garden design represents collaboration between people and nature. Professional garden designers specialize in managing that collaboration, and working with a great designer allows you to skip the fumbling and the mistakes and start enjoying a beautiful garden.
Landscape designers make it their job to interpret and realize your vision for your garden. In the hands of a good designer, a front walk isn't just a runway into the house, but a pleasant journey home. A patio becomes a refuge from the busy world, and well-chosen trees, shrubs and flowers turn an unremarkable lot into the prettiest place on the block.
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Bugasong celebrates Padurugyaw festival
San Jose, Antique (17 January) -- Along with the series of January festivities in the country, the Municipality of Bugasong will also celebrate its "Padurugyaw Festival that will commence on January 14, and end on the eighteenth day, this year. Padurugyaw, which came from the two kinaray-a words "Paduruya" kag "Maghugyaw" 2007, bearing its theme: "Pang-agda para sa kauswagan" is both a cultural and religious celebration honored to the miraculous saint Senior Sto. Niño de Negrito, which claimed to be the legendary patron of Bugasong due to its appearance at times of danger situation in the past. The day series will be a bunch of heavy activities hosted by the sponsoring agencies and will highlight the "Mardi Gras" and Ati-ati tribe competition that will perform around the designated allies of the town, followed by the torch parade of the different images of Sr.
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