blogwatch: where we’ve been clicking this week

There seem to be all kinds of delightful horrors on which to feast your eyes this week. We have to link to Cake Wrecks — photos of professionally made (well, at least paid for) cakes that assault the eye. All we can say is, a couple are not safe for work. Or perhaps humans.

You thought the real estate photos were bad — who knew that what’s usually touted as a selling feature might actually be hazardous? Visit the New York Times to learn more about the dangers of radon in granite countertops.

Score a free postcard set from APAKvisit Modish for details. (There is a squirrel design!)

A Chicago native living in India makes pizza on a stovetop at Gora Desi.

Habitually Chic revisits one of our popular past questions: Do you iron your sheets? (Resounding “No” anyone?)

We admired the results of Angela’s refreshed outdoor deck; here’s more on deck refinishing from Charles & Hudson.

Seattle is initiating a “vehicle-free experiment” on several heavily traveled streets this summer. Anything like this going on in your town?

Here’s a fun tip from Not Martha on how to remove a bottle cap without bending it.

And finally, something strange: a guy in Jersey, UK who’s slowly excavating an old German bunker that was built in his garden during WWII.


5 Responses to “blogwatch: where we’ve been clicking this week”

  1. Faith Says:

    Just FYI - the bunker’s in Jersey, UK, not New Jersey.

  2. Mary T Says:

    Faith, you wouldn’t believe how much I read on that site and I *still* didn’t get that. I promise I’m not usually that dense. Thanks — updated the info!

  3. tula Says:

    i’m so in love with cake wrecks. thank you!!!

  4. sara Says:

    My favorite part about cake wrecks is the note to stop sending her the link to the thorax cake.

    [disclosure: I ate of the thorax cake. it was delicious.]

  5. Cassie Says:

    Thanks for introducing me to the cake wreck site. My husband and I were laughing for hours. It’s not so much the cakes as the hilarious commentary about them. I was inspired to send the website our own cake wreck. :)

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