YOUR PLACE.PURRFECT TOAST: While designers are busy making '50s-inspired chrome toasters for the Generation X-ers, Sanrio has introduced a cute, pink-and-white toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster. (jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). for the Hello Kitty crowd. Just make sure any kids in your household understand that - despite appearances - this is not a toy. It's an adult-sized two-slicer, priced at $34.95. It's available at Sanrio stores or online at www.sanrio.com. - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. FAST FACT: Some of you put the darnedest darned·est or darnd·est n. The most possible: I did my darnedest to finish on time. things in dishwashers, like sponges, baseball caps, toothbrushes, hubcaps, computer keyboards and furnace filters, says Sandra C. Steward, Whirlpool Corp.'s resident dishwasher expert. Probably none of the above will hurt the machine, but Steward wouldn't recommend dishwashing them. And she tells the Wall Street Journal she's firmly opposed to using a dishwasher to cook foil-wrapped fish - though she's heard it comes out moist and tasty. TAKE A LOOK HOUSE WARMING: It's not everyday you get an invitation to Hollywood director David Zuker's home. But today and Sunday, the welcome mat is out for his Whale Rock estate as part of Ojai's fourth annual Holiday Home Look In. The weekend event, sponsored by the Ojai Festival Women's Committee to raise money for the Ojai Music Festivals The Ojai Music Festival is an annual classical music festival in the United States. Held in Ojai, California, the festival presents music, emphasizing both contemporary composers and the discovery or rediscovery of rare or little known works by past masters. , will also include a barn turned into a New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. country house; a rose-colored barn with French decor; and an elegant '30s house designed by Austen Pierpont for Mary Beatrice Bard, widow of U.S. Sen. Thomas Bard, founder of Union Oil Co. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, and tickets are $25. They can be purchased at the Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce, 150 W. Ojai Ave. Homes are not wheelchair accessible; no children under 12 allowed; no cameras or high-heeled shoes High-heeled shoes are shoes which raise the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised equal amounts, as in a platform shoe, it is generally not considered to be a "high-heel". . For more information, call (805) 646-2053. - B.D. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Hello Kitty toaster) (2) no caption (David Zucker's house) |
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