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Right for the part

You love your old house — it has charm, it has character, it has significance. But you don’t love it when, say, your antique doorknob breaks off and the only replacement options at Home Depot are slick, modern numbers that scream “2006” rather than “1916.” Finding period-specific replacement parts for your historic home requires a […]

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Fiz – 4.12.06

Pop quiz When we first heard about Coke BlaK — the new bastardization of classic Coca-Cola via infusion of “natural flavors and coffee essence” (and yes, that goofy spelling is intentional) — we were nonplussed. At best it seemed like the tackiest derivation of the so-five-minutes-ago Hollywood It combo Red Bull and vodka. At worst […]

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