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Just got word of this:

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Wanted to let you know that on the heels of Martha Stewarts new book, Marthas Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations, Pocantico Hills local, Jack Algiere, from The Stone Barns Center join Martha on Monday to kick off Entertaining Week on Hallmark Channels The Martha Stewart Show Monday, Oct. 24 at 10:00 a.m. ET. As a featured guest, Jack will join Martha in her potting shed to discuss a variety of seed saving techniques. Since this is a live show airing on Monday, I will have photos of Jack and Martha together on-set that I can service to you that Monday afternoon along with a caption and photo credit.

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Tags: Stone, Stone Barns

I’ve found that a distinguishing attribute of a young farmer’s life is the perpetual state of flux. Internships, seasonal work, searching for opportunities to farm on your own–it often leads young farmers not only into various, questionable living arrangements, but we also find ourselves traveling around the country, just to work on farms with the hope of finding something permanent. All this movement is ironic considering what a landed job farming actually is. Many of us got into farming because we wanted to find a place and stay there.

It’s that kind of uncertainty that makes any hint of stability almost irresistible to a young farmer.

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Tags: Farmer???s, Farmer???s Loan

All photos in this post by of COZY

So…had a wonderful lunch yesterday with Hilde Leiaghat, the oh so chic owner of Pom Pom Interiors home furnishings empire, and her oh so nice son and business partner Sam Leiaghat.  Hilde and her husband Reza own three chic furniture stores in Los Angeles.  They also design and produce an elegant collection of linens for the home, bedroom and table that is sold in stores across the country. 

I popped away from work yesterday for just a bit (from my day job) to run over to Beverly Hills to have lunch with Hilde and Sam.  I was so happy to see them again and equally excited to see the Pom Pom Interiors store in Beverly Hills. Read full post…

The December 2010 issue of InStyle had a “Wheels Up” story featuring the best carry-on luggage. Nothing sucks like dragging a relentlessly soggy duffel bag through the airport – InStyle whipped up 4 of the best carry on luggage pieces for you!

Two of the brands featured are available on ATG Stores’ site luggageshowroom.com – Go Samsonite and Ful!

We have the suggested Samsonite Pivot Carry On Luggage on our site.

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Have you heard of the new place to find new inventions? Or the new place to send in your invention or product ideas? If you haven’t, let me educate you. It is called Quirky — funny name, big idea.

Ben Kaufman is CEO and founder of this innovative site. His team evaluates and selects new product ideas submitted by an online community of more than 85,000 people.

If you’re short on ideas, don’t worry — this Quirky place can give you help and answers to interesting home problems. Let’s explore.

Ever wish you had more storage space in your shower? A stylish modular storage unit has detachable components so you can organize all your bath accessories in a handy spot.

Do you have a hard time opening cans?

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Tags: Quirky, Quirky Website