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Easy Guest Bedroom Spruce-Ups

Q: I'm sprucing up our guest room for a friend and her husband visiting us from Japan. Any creative or budget-conscious ideas for bringing life and warmth to a guest bedroom and bathroom (both rooms are pretty small) are welcome.

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Last-Minute Dinner Solution

Surprise dinner guest = no problem at all...at least when you have lemons, basil, mozzarella and pasta in your refrigerator (I pretty much always keep these ingredients handy exactly for occasions like this one).

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Good To Know / Bobby Pins Are Mini Miracles

So you know those little plastic whatsits that keep your bread bags closed? I am utterly incapable of holding onto them for more than a day. Fortunately, I also have a habit of shedding bobby pins wherever I roam, so there's always a bunch close at hand that I can use to protect my delicate carbs from the elements.

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New Favorite Cheese

All of the cheeses we sampled at Casellula last night were excellent - seriously, you must go to this place if you live in the area (Midtown West) - but I need you to try the one pictured above, second from bottom.