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Happy Thanksgiving! I'm re-running this article from October 22, 2016 as moss balls continue to be a decorating favorite of mine. You can buy them everywhere from the Dollar Stores to IKEA to TJ Maxx to online. They add depth to any tableau as every room benefits from a bit of green. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Funny how one decorating accessory can play into real life. One of my first phone calls with P back in 1985: "What are you doing?" "Making moss balls." "Huh?"

I'm a big fan of Pinterest, so when Sally invited me to a Pinterest "event" at their San Francisco headquarters last weekend, I was all in. She reserved us admission a few weeks prior to the event. The event was a curated holiday bazaar with 38 San Francisco companies who advertise on Pinterest. We got there an hour prior to their opening and we were first in line. 15 minutes later, there were 2 blocks of people waiting to get in and that line lasted all day. Sally found

Don't you love a score? I'm all excited about this $10 gold frame (4' x 3') found at a rather permanent flea market in Berkeley, CA. Kicking out the battered plexiglass and dusting it off the best I could, I could hardly wait to get it home. Looks like it has a bad case of premature aging due to the weather but the patina is perfect. The linen interior frame was nasty but a quick coat of flat black paint fixed that. Now the question is what to put in the frame. Let's loo