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...warm Friday afternoon in June, about 50,000 boxes of toothpaste got their last squeeze inside an industrial trash compactor in Homestead, Fla. They were yanked from the shelves of discount stores and bathroom cabinets after a nationwide recall warned that the toothpaste contained a chemical, diethylene glycol, that could lead to kidney failure. Francisco Botta, who distributed the toothpaste for his family's wholesale business in Miami, stocked his warehouse bathroom with the stuff. "I used it every day," he says. "I told everybody to stop...
...also an affront to ordinary notions of domesticity and creaturely comfort, and this at a time when not many office buildings, much less country retreats, had adopted the glass-box look. Johnson's only concession to privacy was a tall brick cylinder set indoors that contained a bathroom. To avoid disturbing the immaculate planes of his design, during the day he didn't even allow a pillow...
...sounds like. Homeowners anxious to cash in have their houses appraised, Antiques Roadshow--style. Features and renovations that add value--water views, granite counters--get a ka-ching! sound effect. (The premise is friendly to advertisers like Lowe's and Home Depot, since it helps viewers rationalize that spa bathroom as an "investment.") Minuses knock dollars off, especially anything that reflects the owner's individuality. "Your taste is very specific" is a death sentence on this show...
...longer seemed insane. "If you're sitting down with nice food, why not spend $3 on a nice bottle of water? I'm not suggesting you shower in the stuff," Mascha said. As we were leaving, Mascha looked like a man vindicated. He didn't even stop in the bathroom. The guy can hold his water...
...preparing for the big day. Sawlit says that she hasn’t been sweating the details, leaving most of the little stuff to her mother. “If you tear your stockings there’s an extra pair in the bathroom,” Sawlit says of her mom’s perfectionist plans for the wedding. But Hastrup and Sawlit have been trying to take it easy before their wedding, and with all the luck they’ve had already, it seems that a summer wedding will be a piece of cake...