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☆ How to Embrace ‘Playful’ Décor—That’s Still Tasteful and Elegant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Kathryn O Shea-Evans | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

A (RELATIVELY) QUIET PLACE In the living room, a neutral backdrop balances out bolder furnishings that weave in hues from surrounding rooms. Photo: Laura Resen, Styled by Yedda MorrisonIN SAN DIEGO, sunshine infuses homes so often—some 266 days a year, on average—that aggressively colorful interiors can easily come off as garish. What if you yearn for a fun, vivid look, but don’t want to live in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse? To create colorful zones that played well together but never veered into “elementary school” vibes, Maggio took cues from European interiors that feature gutsy but slightly muted Old World hues. “The colors she was drawn to all had a relative softness to them,” Maggio said.

Persons: Laura Resen, Yedda Morrison, Mickey, Corine Maggio, —, ” Maggio, Maggio Organizations: DIEGO Locations: Mill Valley, Calif, Loma, France

☆ One of the Touchiest Housing Decisions: Do We Stay or Do We Go?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“My wife would have been very happy to be in Arizona full time and I would much prefer to be in California full time — I was adamant that we were going to keep the house in Mill Valley as our base,” Mr. Goldsholle said. “But my wife has been a good sport and I’m willing to split the year with her.”Among couples of a certain age, there are many iterations of the “what will we do in retirement” question, said Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist in private practice in New York, and a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell Medical College. “One iteration may be that one member of the couple wants to retire, the other doesn’t. “It may hark back to discussions around earlier transitions like ‘will we have children? How many?’ Will we stay in the city or raise them in the suburbs?’ “

Persons: Mr, Goldsholle, Gail Saltz, Saltz Organizations: Presbyterian Hospital, Weill, Cornell Medical College Locations: Arizona, California, Mill Valley, New York

Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as a powerful storm expected to bring heavy rain, snow and flooding began its potentially dangerous onslaught. Mandatory evacuation orders were in effect for several cities in Northern California, including Richmond in the Bay Area and Watsonville in Santa Cruz County. Several communities experiencing some of the biggest downpours were still cleaning up from flooding caused by a storm over the weekend. While the precipitation appears out-of-character for the drought-stricken state, California would normally expect to see this type of rainfall during an average winter, experts said. April 1 is a typical high point for snowpack in California, where snow melt feeds reservoirs in May and June.

☆ The sales pitch a high-tech coffee startup used to raise $1.6 million and increase sales
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-08 | by ( Larissa Zimberoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Voga Coffee has raised $1.6 million to fund its mission to get into coffee shops around the world. Unfortunately, the industry has taken quite a hit, with one research firm reporting the pandemic wiped out a quarter of coffee shop's sales in 2020. For the first time in nine years, the total number of coffee shops in the US is on the decline, according to Bloomberg. Its invention, called Ground Control, is a high-tech batch brewer that aims to produce a more consistently delicious cup of coffee. Adopting the technology, the company argues, would allow cafés to brew coffee at a faster clip and charge a higher price for a top-notch brew.

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