modern grandfather clock

Why I'm not buying an Apple Watch... yet

I have several to choose from - from beater Casios to an Omega - and yet most of the time I'm watchless and tell the time by looking at my iPhone, or my Macs, or the clock in my car, or just eyeballing the sun and going for a guesstimate. In fact, I've ...

House and Garden Tour celebrates history of Bryan

Inside the home, there are pieces meaningful to the family, including a painting, a French server and a clock that all belonged to Grant's grandmother, Kathryn Conlee. The Conlees stripped and refinished the walnut floors found throughout most of the ...

Mark Woods: Biggest difference about this One Spark might be what happens ...

University of North Florida students, their professor and a collaborator, Wayne Wood, carefully lowered their latest floating creation — The Spark Attack — into the fountain across the street from the library and the Museum of Contemporary Art ...

Interview: Cecilia De Mille Presley on Her Grandfather Cecil B. De Mille

I had the very great pleasure of chatting with Ms. Presley about the book and about being on the set of “The Ten Commandments” with her grandfather when she was just 15 years old. How is it that you and your mother happened to go and be on the I ...

Restaurants focusing on feasts for the eyes to sell dining experiences

Ishida struck a balance between the two with more classic pieces, such as the custom-made, low-back, white-vinyl banquette, which contrasted with contemporary accents in the form of large abstract paintings featuring vibrant hues and bold brushstrokes ...

Delving into the past and presents

One grandfather clock's chime is so rich and robust that I mistake it for church bells. “We sell a lot of clocks,” said David, showing me a bangles and paintings by locally based artists. Modern Cult stocks not only used and rare records but also ...

Watch JR Smith Make an Insane Half-Court Shot to Beat the Halftime Buzzer

The Cleveland Cavaliers dominated from beyond the arc against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night, making 16 3-pointers in a 99-94 home victory. Half of those threes came from guard J.R. Smith, including an amazing shot from way, way out — 40 feet or ...

Interview: Cecilia De Mille Presley on Her Grandfather Cecil B. De Mille

I had the very great pleasure of chatting with Ms. Presley about the book and about being on the set of “The Ten Commandments” with her grandfather when she was ... I used to meet him on the set at five o’clock and help get everybody made up.

Tyneside cyclists are Coppi cats

She discovered Coppi while flicking through a book, noted a marked resemblance to her grandfather ... an attached rider he won an alarm clock – but Coppi was ahead of his time already. “When Fausto won,” said a contemporary, “you just wanted ...

Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will present free concerts

The Contemporary Music Festival is held April 13-15 and is ... They will open with Clocks, a piece inspired by the composer’s antique grandfather clock. It is a textual and musical glossary of clock sounds, consisting of mostly soft, delicate, tick ...

Boggs Jewelry still in touch with the times

The grandfather clocks aren’t just a part of the large inventory ... “I’ve worked on just about every kind of modern watch and many old ones, including a 150-year-old French pocket watch,” said watchmaker Dennis Avis, who’s married to Roy ...

A bitter pill: How Syria broke my grandfather's heart

Its neighbours were vegetable vendors, book stores, clothes shops and the Old Clock roundabout. Having spent all of his savings purchasing the shop, my grandfather had to borrow ... market with skyscrapers and modern shopping malls so that it might ...