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Nothing Says I Love You Like Artisanal Jewelry

By Robert Burke WarrrenIt’s become a mantra of sorts: Shop Local. Buy Local. Fortunately, our local is no yokel, as a look at some of the artisan jewelers in the Rural Intelligence area can attest. We’d never turn our noses up at Tiffany & Co., of course, but

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My Pre-Lecture Q&A With Master Gardener Louis Benech

Louis Benech This week, Brian Cruey of the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge prepares us for the BBG's popular Winter Lecture by going to Paris (well, by phone, anyway) to interview the renowned guest speaker, Louis Benech. When it comes to rock stars of the gardening world, they

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The Dog Blog (Frankie Update)

Baby Frankie, nee Stan We welcome back our Wandering Eye blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney. He and his husband, architect Hermes Mallea, are principals in the Manhattan based design firm M (Group). Carey signed on with Rural Intelligence four years ago to document the restoration of their neighbor’s historic

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It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Real Estate’s Best Friend.

By Lisa Green Residents of Richmond may have spotted an unidentified flying object hovering just a hundred feet or so above the Berkshire Equestrian Center and The Inn at Richmond earlier this week. It wasn’t a UFO from some distant planet, but it was a newcomer to the Berkshires:

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Garden: Planting The Seeds Of Garden Planning

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, though he may be shivering in his boots, Brian Cruey

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The Year In Shopping

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Google Analytics, it’s that you like to read about shopping, and, we presume, put your proclivities into action. Over the course of the past year, Rural Intelligence went on its own hunt to introduce you to the newest, or most

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Garden: Turning A New Leaf

By Brian Cruey I’m probably the only person in the world that likes New Year’s resolutions.  Maybe I am a masochist, but after a month of full-on gluttony and good cheer brought by the holidays, I think it’s healthy to take a step back and look

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It Is Easy Being Green: Eco-Friendly Gifts

By Nichole Dupont Leave only footprints, and we don't mean large carbon ones. This is a hard and fast and generally respected mantra while out on the trail or camping in a state park. But, for some reason, the mantra doesn’t hold when it comes to Christmas

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A Lot of Giving at Somethin's Gotta Give in Lakeville

By Sarah Ellen Rindsberg Modernist yet playful. This is the vision on view at Somethin’s Gotta Give, the newest addition to the retail mix in Lakeville, Connecticut. The refined aesthetic with a local feel evolved from the combination of proprietor James Knight’s proclivities and own needs in furnishing

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Garden: Amaryllis, The Gift That Keeps Giving

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, moving indoors, Brian Cruey offers tips on a lovely gift

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No More Mall Madness: Basilica Hudson Beats Black Friday With Farm & Flea

By Robert Burke Warren Everyone complains about Black Friday. You want to get holiday shopping done on the long Thanksgiving weekend, but the impersonal malls are packed, people are rude, the food is toxic, and increasingly, you realize money spent at big box stores draws support away from local economies,

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Shopping: LOCAL, A Find A Bit Out of Town

By Marilyn Bethany "We are doing very well," says Michele O'Hana, via a crackling Skype connection from her childhood home in West Cork, Ireland, where she was spending time with her family. "Repeat that please," I shout. In these improved but still tough economic

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