Cordmaker Field of Dreams, or Conrad, is a Puli dog and won BEST OF BREED at the prestigious 2008 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Conrad is almost 4 years old (young for a Puli show dog) and is owned by Susan Huebner and Jackie Beaudoin.
Who knew such an exotic and talented superstar lived right [...]

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Check out Casey’s latest work, featured in a show at The Morning Times in Raleigh this month. Opening night is tonight! She’s been a favorite artist of mine for the past few years, and Designbox has had a number of very successful shows with her. Casey started painting Chihuahuas but has [...]

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We’ve all seen the pix of the crazy stars toting their animals around in fancy “doggie bags,” and heard about people who get air conditioned houses for their dogs, or feed them steak or get them $200 worth of gifts a week (yeah, saw that on the Dog Whisperer. Dogs names were Gucci and [...]

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Backyard farming for the digital age. Which came first? The Omlet or the iMac. iMac of course, if your talking about the eglu. Some assembly required, in 5 brilliant colors and comes with chickens…plug and play. If you live near me in Raleigh you will be in good company and possibly the toast of the [...]

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Ahhh, the NC State Fair…a source of artistic wonder and inspiration. I go every year, more than once if I can help it, although this year, I was only able to go once. It’s comfortingly the same, but at the same time, always new. I look at the Fair every year and wonder why a [...]

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