Tribute to Milton Friedman

I had the great privilege and the great fortune of seeing Milton Friedman in person quite a few times in the 1980s and 1990s, and I've r...

Celebrations on the beach lead to good finds

On December 31st 2010 I was raising a glass of champagne with my lovely wife, on Jan 1st 2011 at 4am I was on the beach with my metal detect...

The 2.1% recovery gives us 2.5% yields

We now know that the big negative GDP number in the first quarter wasn't the beginning of another recession ( I didn't think so).  T...

What's driving the decline in labor force participation?

One of the distinctive features of the U.S. economy's current expansion phase is that it has been the weakest recovery ever . As the gra...

Always good to get your jewelry appraised

Yesterday I learned the importance of getting any jewelry you find and think may be valuable appraised by a jeweler. Back in 2012 after hurr...

French and beachy bedroom details

a little Monday afternoon inspiration.... I fell in love with the romantic feel of   this beach house bedroom.  it's filled lovely Frenc...

living room - monterey colonial style

  With its beautifully rustic Monterey Colonial style,  this living room is cozy, elegant and chic.  It's the perfect room to curl up i...

Confidence rises to its long-term average

The Conference Board's July survey of consumer confidence came in much stronger than expected (90.9 vs. 85.4), and marked a new post-rec...

Birds still hatching and growing

Even though we are now in the midpoint of the summer and the days are slowly getting shorter we are still having birds hatching all across o...

Well known beach and water hunter's.

If you go to the same beach and metal detect the same areas every time you go metal detecting, you are going to be well known, but probably ...

AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #17

This is the seventeenth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2014 season. Today's update includ...

Household net worth is up, not down

Over the weekend, the New York Times  ran an article titled " The Typical Household, Now Worth a Third Less ." It cites a study by...

Point Julia

The entrance to Port Gamble - the bay - is marked by two spits.  The one on the east is Point Julia and is actually a recurved spit or a cus...

Cape Shoalwater

I'm falling a little behind, but wanted to post some photos from earlier in the month before they get so old that I just abandon them en...

Carole Radziwill's guide to animal print

 Some of us are obsessed with Carole's overall sense of style, and now she has unveiled her newly renovated apartment. The iconic tiger ...