YOUR PLACE DECK YOUR DECK WITH COLIN COWIE STYLE GURU EXPLAINS HOW TO PRODUCE OUTDOOR EVENTS WITH INDOOR PANACHE.Those lazy days of summer are upon on us, with Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. barbecues, outdoor brunches and pool parties, and style guru Colin Cowie Colin Andrew Wilkie Cowie (born January 3, 1962) is a famous lifestyle guru and party planner to the stars. Born in Kitwe, Zambia, and educated in South Africa, he moved to the United States in 1985. will show viewers how to plan an event guests will rave about long after Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. . To increase your host or hostess skills this summer, tune into the new WE: Women's Entertainment (formerly Romance Classics) special ``Everything Under the Sun With Colin Cowie'' airing at 5 p.m. June 24. The program will offer viewers his top 10 entertaining tips for summer soirees, including easy menus to prepare in advance, cool summer drinks, outdoor decorating, and a lesson on how to set a beautiful candlelit can·dle·lit adj. Illuminated by candles: a candlelit ceremony. table whether it's on your patio or chained to a cement slab at a neighborhood park. Cowie is the South African who came to L.A. to create the event planning Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention. Event planning includes budgeting, establishing date and alternate date (rain date), selecting and reserving the event site, acquiring permits, and coordinating transportation , catering and design company called Colin Cowie Lifestyle. He's also the author of ``Effortless Elegance With Colin Cowie'' and ``Colin Cowie's Weddings.'' - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. SOFA SINS: Owners of ugly sofas, listen up. Sure Fit (the furniture cover company) is holding its seventh annual Ugly Couch Contest in August and it needs entrants. The company will showcase what it thinks are the top 10 (just like a beauty pageant) on the Sure Fit Web site at www.surefit.com, and let visitors vote for the top three finalists. The three most popular ugly couches will then be judged by an outside panel that will award the winner a $2,000 cash prize, plus another $2,000 that will be donated to your favorite charity. All top 25 runners-up will receive free slipcovers. To enter send a color photo of your couch to Sure Fit Ugly Couch Contest, Sure Fit, Inc., 58 W. 40th St., Second Floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y. 10018. Deadline is Aug. 15. - B.D. SCENTSIBLE KITCHENS DESIGNER DISHWATER dish·wa·ter n. Water in which dishes are to be or have been washed. dishwater Noun 1. water in which dishes have been washed 2. : First came aromatherapy candles; now the feel-better fragrance fad has hit the kitchen sink. Caldrea Home Care now washed the disinfectant smell out of its supplies and added a variety of aromatic scents to its all-purpose cleaner, furniture cream, and dish and hand soaps. You can choose the Relaxing formula with lavender and pine; Energetic, which has citrus, mint and ylang ylang; or Sensuous, with green tea and patchouli patchouli or patchouly (both: păch`  lē, pəch . The products are priced from $8 to $12 at home supply stores or at the Caldrea Web site, www.caldrea.com. Prefer the scent of mandarin and coriander coriander (kōr'ēăn`dər), strong-smelling Old World annual herb (Coriandrum sativum) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family), cultivated for its fruits. in your dish water? The Thymes company has introduced its Mandarin Coriander collection, which includes dishwashing liquid, all-purpose surface cleaner with biodegradable cleansing agents and citrus oils to lift your spirts while cleaning and deodorizing, plus home fragrance mist. Items are priced at $8 and $9, and sold at Dana Drugs in Burbank and Touch of Beauty in Northridge. For other locations, call (877) 547-0933 or order direct at www.thymes.com. - B.D. BOOKS PERENNIAL PRIDE: So many flowers, such a short growing season. Few plants are as rewarding as perennials, the flowers that keep on giving year after year. The trick is to find the right combination and arrangement of perennials to provide color and form to your landscape month after month. That's the inspiration for ``Perennials for Today's Gardens,'' (Better Homes and Gardens; $29.95) written and photographed by C. Colston Burrell. The richly illustrated, oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. hardback, with more than 400 color photos, showcases 100 plants Burrell selected as the colors for her garden palette. The book opens with sections on garden design principles and ecology, then moves to cover three types of perennials: shade, partial shade and sun. Burrell also suggests ways to enhance the look of the landscape by adding shrubs, trees, water features and other elements. - Knight Ridder Newspapers CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Colin Cowie) (2) no caption (Caldrea Home Care All-Purpose Cleaner) (3) no caption (Thymes Mandarin Coriander collection) (4) no caption (``Perennials for Today's Gardens'') |
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