| Old is new at antique show in the Bone
As jazz and blues from the 1920s swelled through the air, people from all over Illinois, as well as surrounding states, took a look at furniture, toys, jewelry and other items from time periods long, or sometimes short, passed.
"It's a two day antique show that is organized as a benefit for the School of Communication and WGLT, which is the public radio station affiliated with ISU," Bruce Bergethon, general manager of WGLT radio, said.
In its third year at the Bone Student Center, the antique is still spreading popularity over the state but is avidly attended by many.
"There are people selling all kinds of things," Bergethon said. "Items range from very small pieces of jewelry to very large pieces of furniture."
The money becomes an asset to the School of Communication, as well as the radio station.
Antiques of the future are state of the art now
Antiques of the future. It's an oxymoron but a deliberate one, devised by architect/designer Lisa Roberts, who looks at the best-designed furniture and furnishings of our time and picks those she thinks will be coveted when they're out of production - everything from teakettles to toilet brushes. Now, she has written Antiques of the Future (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $29.95), the first in a series of books aimed at teaching others how to spot future antiques. They "have to be icons, have to break the mold, have to stand the test of time and be recognized as such by experts," Roberts says. She considers current products with USA Today's Maria Puente, giving thumbs up or down. One Roberts pick: Louis Ghost armchair
Philippe Starck for Kartell, $334 .
ORGANIC GARDENING CALENDAR
WEEK 1 Feb. 4-10 Companion-plant broccoli and brussels sprouts with carrots or bush beans; cabbage with onions; cauliflower with potatoes, rosemary or oregano; peas with carrots, potatoes, radishes or beans; and asparagus with nasturtiums. Protect with row cover if a late freeze hits. Select and plant annual color: petunias, pinks, snapdragons, alyssum, calendulas and gladioluses. Fertilize at least once during growing season with earthworm castings or Rabbit Hill Farm Pansy Food. Prune grapes at least 80 percent. Prune bush roses, unless they are a variety that blooms only in the spring. Purchase and plant antique roses. Antiques survive despite Texas weather and lack of attention. During mild winters, many will remain evergreen.
Ericka Burke and Heather Earnhardt
Your sign says "Established 1905" but you opened on January 11, 2007. Have you been open in spirit for the last century? Ericka: This is the site of the longest-operating neighborhood market in Seattle. I went to the Puget Sound archive and dug up all sorts of info on the place. The land was purchased in 1905 for $2,500; there used to be a salmon stream cutting through our alley and a cow pasture across the street, which is why a cow appears on our logo. We've got a basement full of antiques that speak of its history—antiques and vintage Coca-Cola signs. How did you come to be the latest grocers on the block? Heather and I wanted to open up a cafe and market with foods for all moods. I'm a chef and Heather dabbles in pastry. What are the grocery and cafe components you aim to bring to this neighborhood? Our grocery goal was to offer beers and local wines you won't find in a supermarket.
CC-Chill Out in Cape May
And now, for something different: going down the shore in winter -- a time when summer visitors traditionally stay away, leaving the frozen days and frigid nights to year-round residents, locals who stay on by choice, and wild creatures that do so purely by instinct. Cold weather and all it brings reveals a world largely unknown to high-season travelers, but one that has begun to become more popular. It's a world that isn't as bleak as imagined. Rather, it's a time and place filled with exceptional natural beauty, peace and quiet, and soul-soothing solitude. And the bracing sea air on a winter's day remains a memorable treat for the body and spirit, anywhere along the South Jersey coast. And where better than Cape May, just a two-hour drive from the city? Hard to believe that Cape May -- and this was many years ago -- had a reputation as being inhospitable to Jews.
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