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Arts and Culture

New High Line Billboard: Katherine Bernhardt’s Spring Cleaning

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katherine bernhardt spring cleaning billboard photo by gail worley
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Katherine Bernhardt is known for paintings that merge commercial motifs and imagery from everyday life with loose, expressive mark-making. Her canvases stage dense scenes of pop culture, featuring cartoon characters, brand logos, and household objects — Garfield, the Pink Panther, E.T., Crocs, the Nike swoosh, and cigarettes. Rather than treating these images as symbols to decode, Bernhardt approaches iconography as material to play with, reframe, and exhaust.
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House and Home, Lifestyle

5 Smart Ways to Use Your Home Equity for Major Expenses

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For homeowners, the value locked within their property is more than just a reflection of the market — it’s an opportunity. With the right financial strategy, home equity can be a powerful resource toT fund life’s significant milestones or urgent needs. A home equity line of credit allows individuals to access this value, offering a flexible way to manage significant expenses without depleting savings. This article explores practical and impactful ways to use your home equity while maintaining financial stability.
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Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Halloween Jack O’Lantern with Cowboy Hat

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pink halloween pumpkin with cowboy hat photo by gail worley
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If you’re looking for truly rad Halloween decorations (that you can find ways to fit into your year-round home décor), don’t sleep on getting your ass to TJ Maxx  as soon as possible.  They have the most  crazy fun stuff that you won’t see anywhere else, and  by the time Halloween actually gets close, their Christmas shit will already be out.  Today I was at the store on West 57th Street where this Pink Ceramic Jack O’Lantern wearing a blinged-out Hot Pink Cowboy Hat was not even the pinkest thing I saw there. Go, Now.

House and Home, Lifestyle

The Hidden Dangers of Ignoring Plumbing Problems

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Ignoring plumbing problems can lead to more than just a temporary inconvenience. In Tyler, Texas, where the climate can be unpredictable and the infrastructure varies from one home to another, plumbing issues can escalate quickly if left unaddressed.

From minor leaks to severe pipe bursts, these problems can cause significant damage to your property and to your health.
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Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Flamingo Planter

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pink flamingo succulent planter photo by gail worley
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It was back in July that I spotted a display of these very cool Pink Flamingo Succulent Planters at my local Trader Joe’s. I mention the date in case you might go looking for one to own, as they are surely all gone by now.
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