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	<title>Naked Decor: Sophisticated Supon keeps the high style coming with Naked Decor</title>
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Spree: Local designer Supon Phornirunlit&#44; known best by his first name&#44; doesn&#38;rsquo&#59;t put much stock in catalogs to sell his products&#46; &#38;ldquo&#59;Either you love or you hate it&#46; If you love it&#44; you buy it&#44;&#38;rdquo&#59; says the Thai native who&#38;rsquo&#59;s made his home in the District&#46; He started designing and marketing home decor after a Metropolitan Home spread on his abode brought a wave of calls and e&#45;mails requesting to buy the pillows he had designed for himself&#46; &#38;ldquo&#59;I don&#38;rsquo&#59;t believe in trends&#46; I don&#38;rsquo&#59;t care what&#38;rsquo&#59;s in and what&#38;rsquo&#59;s out&#44;&#34; he says&#46; &#34;A good product helps you have a happy home and makes you smile&#46;&#38;rdquo&#59; As for the latest from his Naked Decor line&#44; he has no favorites&#46; &#34;But I do love the Happy Hot Dog pillows &#45;&#45; most people buy two&#46;&#38;rdquo&#59; If you&#39;d like to buy two&#44; too&#44; don&#39;t look for a shop&#46; Naked Decor is strictly an online affair at www&#46;nakeddecor&#46;com&#46; Queen for a Gay No home is complete without a queen or two&#44; and Naked Decor&#38;rsquo&#59;s got them in spades&#46; The silhouette&#47;Union Jack pillow is also available in brown&#44; and the wall clock comes in orange as well&#46; This was the pillow that started Supon&#38;rsquo&#59;s line&#44; and is still one of the best sellers&#46; At &#36;49&#46;95 each&#44; you can see why&#46; Time for Tail Stylish&#44; simple and classic all at once&#44; hopefully the Black Cat Clock spells the end for every remaining Kit Cat Klock&#46; Designed from a popular pillow&#44; Supon decided to keep the button eyes&#44; and turn the tail into a pendulum&#46; It&#38;rsquo&#59;s a design that&#38;rsquo&#59;s simultaneously elegant and familiar&#44; and the style goes great with retro decor&#46; Selling for &#36;49&#46;95&#44; every living room could use this cool cat&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Pulp: Explore the juicy insides of this 14th Street treasure trove</title>
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Spree: You&#38;rsquo&#59;ll always find a fun mood inside Pulp&#46; The shop&#39;s founder Ron Henderson&#44; who died in February&#44; left a legacy of levity&#46; &#34;He always showed love and kindness to us as employees&#44;&#34; says Beverly Jones&#44; general manager of the card and gift emporium at 1803 14th St&#46; NW&#46; Jones first met Henderson when she was selling her own gift cards at Eastern Market&#46; &#34;We like to laugh and play and giggle with our customers&#44;&#34; she says&#46; &#34;That&#39;s the tone Ron set&#46;&#34; A good introduction to Pulp comes this weekend during the MidCity Dog Days sidewalk sale&#44; Aug&#46; 1 and 2&#46; You can also find them on Facebook&#44; visit www&#46;pulpdc&#46;com or call 202&#45;462&#45;7857&#46; Nine Degrees of Bacon Sure&#44; plain ol&#39; everyday bacon is great&#46; But the folks at Accoutrements have gone hog&#45;wild producing everything from gummy bacon to bacon air freshener&#44; and Pulp is proud to offer this porky parade&#46; Keep a bacon wallet in your rump pocket or a St&#46; Anthony icon &#45;&#45; the patron saint of bacon &#45;&#45; anywhere you please&#46; There are bacon bandages for your boo boos&#44; bacon&#45;flavored jelly beans&#44; and even a bacon wristwatch&#46; Oh&#44; and let&#39;s not forget the delicious bacon mints and that bacon dental floss&#44; the perfect capper to a bacon &#39;n eggs breakfast&#46; &#40;&#36;3&#46;25&#45;&#36;29&#46;95&#41; Occasional Cards From the assortment of &#36;1 postcards to the unique &#36;21&#46;99 cards that are original works of art&#44; Pulp offers something for any occasion&#46; Head upstairs for the yummy beefcake cards&#44; or hit the sidewalk out front during the Dog Days sale to stock up on marked&#45;down greetings&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Universal Gear: This D&#46;C&#46; diva helps you make waves this summer</title>
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Spree: With luck&#44; those crunches and culinary restraint have paid off because&#44; like it or not&#44; it&#39;s swimsuit season&#46; And Universal Gear&#44; at 1529B 14th St&#46; NW&#44; is laying out a gorgeous beach&#45;going buffet&#46; &#39;&#39;They&#39;re beautiful&#33;&#39;&#39; says store manager Yemi Memgistu of her lineup&#46; &#39;&#39;I love the &#39;Scotch and Soda&#46;&#39; They&#39;re so hot&#33;&#39;&#39; Check out the collection online at www&#46;universalgear&#46;com&#44; or call 202&#45;319&#45;0136 for more information&#46; Board&#44; Not Boring&#33; Universal swim trunks Universal Gear puts its stamp on these Universal swim board shorts&#44; complete with drawstring and pockets&#46; These shorts&#44; in multiple styles&#44; are flying off the shelves&#46; &#40;&#36;39&#46;50&#41; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Homebody: Barracks Row biz brightens homes and the community</title>
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Spree: Some retail proprietors don&#39;t care much for the lingering&#44; &#34;I&#39;m just looking&#44;&#34; sort of patron&#46; Not so with Erin Mara and Henriette Fourcade&#44; owners of Homebody&#44; &#34;outfitters for contemporary living&#46;&#34; Rather&#44; they&#39;d like you to think of their shop &#45;&#45; offering a dizzying range of items&#44; from greeting cards to Gus&#42; furniture &#45;&#45; as something much more inviting&#46; &#34;It&#39;s like an interesting gallery&#47;living room&#44;&#34; says Mara&#46; &#34;I&#39;ve never liked high&#45;end stores full of pretension&#46; We&#39;re trying to create a relaxing environment&#46;&#34; They&#39;re also trying to help the community with events such as an upcoming fundraiser for One In Ten&#44; this Saturday&#44; June 27&#44; featuring musician Laura Tsaggaris&#46; Stop by for some tunes&#44; exotic teas&#44; a table or nearly anything else you can think of to feather your nest&#44; at 715 Eighth St&#46; SE&#46; Hours are Tuesday to Saturday&#44; 11 a&#46;m&#46; to 7 p&#46;m&#46;&#44; and Sundays from noon to 6 p&#46;m&#46; Call the shop at 202&#45;544&#45;8445&#44; send e&#45;mail to contactus&#64;homebodydc&#46;com&#44; or visit online at www&#46;homebodydc&#46;com&#46; Cuffs and Stuff Why stop with your home when you can primp yourself&#44; too&#63; Try the rustic cuff for &#36;54&#46;95 for a bit of butch&#44; paired with the distressed leather belt with wooden buckle for &#36;74&#46;95&#46; The locally made cufflinks are &#36;120&#44; bracelet with moonstone amethyst for &#36;89&#46;50&#44; or knitted sterling bracelet for &#36;60&#46; And a bit of billiard ball never looked so good&#44; hanging here from a sterling necklace for &#36;140&#46; Boogie Woogie Bookends Nothing says reliability and determination like Rosie the Riveter&#46; Let Rosie prove that&#39;s she&#39;s got what it takes to secure your titles for the duration with these stone&#45;resin beauties inspired by America&#39;s WWII factory home front&#46; The set sells for &#36;39&#46;95&#46;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Toro Mata: Unique offerings making their way from Peru to you</title>
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Spree: Everything in Toro Mata&#58; the Art of Peru is original&#46; That is&#44; of course&#44; with the exception of the of the replica paintings of renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero&#46; &#39;&#39;His paintings go for &#36;2 million&#44;&#39;&#39; says Hector Zarate&#44; co&#45;owner of the store&#44; adding with a laugh&#44; &#39;&#39;I&#39;m not at that level yet&#46;&#34; Still&#44; Toro Mata has many original items you can&#39;t find anywhere else&#46; The name of the store is Spanish for &#39;&#39;The Bull Kills&#44;&#39;&#39; which is a well&#45;known folk song in Peru&#46; Toro Mata is located at 2410 18th St&#46; NW and is open on Sundays from noon to 6 p&#46;m&#46;&#59; Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 8 p&#46;m&#46;&#59; Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 10 p&#46;m&#46;&#59; and Saturdays from 10 a&#46;m&#46; to 10 p&#46;m&#46; Below are just a few items you will find on any given day at the store&#46; For more information about each item&#44; call 202&#45;232&#45;3890 or visit www&#46;toromata&#46;com&#46; Pottery Zarate says these Chulucanas pots&#44; named for the town from which they originate&#44; are created in Peru using a tradition that involves burning mango leaves&#44; resulting in a black or brown finish&#46; The pre&#45;Incan tradition has been reenacted in Peru for the past 30 years&#46; The prices range between &#36;24 and &#36;100&#44; depending on the size of the item&#46; Mirrors You might notice a lot of different mirrors at Toro Mata&#46; Look closely at the painted&#44; glass frames and you will see that the colors and designs featured on the pieces are actually painted on the reverse side of the frame&#46; &#39;&#39;Reverse paint on glass came to Peru more than 400 years ago with the Spaniards&#44;&#39;&#39; Zarate says&#46; &#39;&#39;They don&#39;t only make mirrors&#44; they make boxes&#44; trays&#44; all kinds of art like that&#46;&#39;&#39; These mirrors are available in small&#44; which are about &#36;19&#59; standard sizes&#44; which cost about &#36;250&#59; and oversized dresser&#45;mirror sizes&#44; which cost between &#36;700 and &#36;800&#46;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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