| Home decor store earns mayor's award
Home decor retailer Maison de Chanticleer is one of the recipients of the Mayor's Key Business Award for 2006. The annual award goes to businesses that open each year in Edwardsville. Partners Linda Hanselman and Mara "Mitch" Meyers opened the store Aug. 1 at 1055 Century Drive. Their store showcases French country style furniture, antiques, reproductions and accessories, a result of the two women's passion for European culture and entrepreneurial drive. "There really isn't a store like this in Edwardsville," Hanselman said. "We're not a traditional furniture store. We have furniture and have national lines of furniture we carry." Those lines include Drexel Heritage, Highland House and Freemarc. The two also import antiques from France and Belgium and Italy.
I've got the PC blues
This is one of those times I'm glad my wife doesn't read my column. I'm feeling that old itch again. I want a new computer. Notice I said "want" not need. Truth is, the computer I have runs my programs well, works with Vista and has a relatively fast 3-gigahertz processor. This itch is all too familiar I'd hate to tote up all the times I've given in to it. Almost every day now I shop for a computer online and plug in all the options I want. The first time I ended up - honest to gosh - with a $4,000 PC. Since then I've gotten the price down to $1,400, but it's still too much. My car needs new tires, and our heating system is inhaling so much natural gas I'm afraid Al Gore will accuse me of contributing to global warming. So while I'm marking time until my bank account gets healthy, I'm easing the pain by convincing myself that a new computer with a dual-core processor is really a bad idea.
Artifacts of love sustain love of collecting
Valentine's Day is a celebration that dates back to Feb. 14, 270, when a priest named Valentinus was executed in Rome for supporting Christian martyrs.
According to legend, Valentinus, while in jail, befriended his jailer's blind daughter and miraculously restored her sight. Before he died, he sent the girl a note signed "from your Valentine."
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Antiques show is next weekend
Louisville Antiques, Arts and Collectibles Show and Sale. 3813 W. Ky. 146, Buckner, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and next Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. next Sunday. Features more than 175 antique dealers from several states with a variety of items. Admission is free. (502) 222-1411. www.louisvillegoesantiquing.com. Indianapolis Home Show. Pepsi Coliseum, 1202 E. 38th St., Indianapolis, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Friday and Feb. 2, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. next Saturday and Feb. 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. next Sunday and Feb. 4, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 29, 30, 31 and Feb. 1. Features more than 800 exhibits and a custom-built, fully constructed decorated and landscaped Centerpiece Home by Centex Homes. $9, $4 ages 7-12, free to ages 6 and under. (800) 395-1350. www.indianapolishomeshow.com. .
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