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View ArticleCan Sustainable Sushi Become the New Wave in Seafood
In NYCβs East Village, a couple of restaurateurs are going for a new dining concept that is seeking to change how we look at seafood. Sushi restaurant, Mayanoki, headed by TJ Provenzano and David...
View ArticleWe Wish All Suburban Developments Looked Like This
Weβve long extolled the virtues of high density, urban living. By keeping things close, you can walk or bike most places, which is better for both physical and planetary health. Density leads to more...
View ArticleIntroducing LifeEdited: Maui
Itβs been almost four years since we revealed the first LifeEdited Apartment (LE1)Β in New York City. It wasΒ both design laboratory and CEO Graham Hillβs personal apartment. But as some mightΒ know,...
View ArticleIf Youβre Going to Covet, Covet This
The term βkeeping up with the Jonesesβ is rarely framed in a positive manner. It refers to a nasty form of one upmanship, where someone is always trying to have the bigger car, bigger house, newer...
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From above, this picture shows a fairly normal suburban neighborhood. There are large, single family homes, each with their own driveways, front and back yards. But if you look closely, right between N...
View ArticleWhat is the Future of Home?
Weβwell Graham, our founderβoften gets asked to present on the subject of LifeEdited, doing more with less and the like. And weβwell I, David your trusty bloggerβam often charged with researching and...
View ArticleOh Crap, Itβs Earth Day
Ask any non-quack climatologist whatβs happening with the planet and he or she will say more or less the same thing: it is experiencing climatic shifts that will likely rain down a shit-storm of nasty...
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For those who, like this author, loathe shopping, Amazon Prime is a major life-editor. It allows us to get the majority of non-perishable items sent to our houses in a day or two (and yes, Amazon Fresh...
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