Roost, at 40 Front Street in Salem, has hit the block running with a great selection of what they call, urban country design. They sell terrariums, cookbooks, natural and organic products, handmade soaps, decorative vases and dishes and french presses and teapots, all chosen with an eye towards great design and alleviating the winter blahs. Check them out and help support the awesome 3/50 project as well!
Via Lifehacker, this is a very useful tool: A flash-based map that tells you what's in season in a particular state in a particular month. Bonus feature! When you click on the name of a fruit or vegetable that's in season, recipes pop up! Yay!
After you've spent all those hours disentangling miles of christmas lights, you can recycle a used giftwrap tube to wind the lights up for easy(er) trimming next year. Just tape the female end of one strand to the end of the tube, then wind the lights around until all the strands are wrapped around. Now tape the male end and wrap in plastic bags for December. When you get them out again, just plug in and unravel as you circle the tree!
