Re: [h-cost] OT: Some Comments

2007-08-21 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 8/21/2007 12:22:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now I'm at it again, this time to New York. I remember doing the Orchard St. shopping blitz many years ago, but now it seems the stores are more concentrated in the 30s. * Yes, the

Re: [h-cost] OT: Some Comments

2007-08-21 Thread Hope Greenberg
2 items, 1 of which is costume related, 1 of which is tea related: 1) Costume, or rather fabric: I want to thank all the folks who replied several weeks ago to my request for fabric store locations in California. I ended up at a couple Discount Fabrics with no finds, then went to Britex in San

RE: [h-cost] OT: Some Comments

2007-08-21 Thread Linda Rice
Ooh, thanks Denise. THAT was my exciting costume news that I forgot to share! I was in our Norfolk, Va. Walmart last week, and also noticed that the $1.00 bolt table was restocked. I found my favorite sales lady and she said that indeed, they were keeping their fabric department and were replacin

Re: [h-cost] OT: Some Comments

2007-08-21 Thread Land of Oz
5. Do not remove dead stalks until spring time. The stalks feed the tubers through the winter. I just cover mine with leaves to winter. Do not walk on the bed in the snow. Someone killed some of mine this way. My cannas come up in early May and bloom until the first killing frost around Oct

[h-cost] OT: Some Comments

2007-08-21 Thread Penny Ladnier
Costume Content: I will be good and add this first! While trying to find out when manufacturers stopped using aniline dye in textiles, I came across a lady Alice Hamilton who was most noted for her research in aniline textile dye, mercury and lead poisons, and other chemicals in the industry.