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 APAK — visit 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.



















August 1st, 2008 at 7:54 am
Just FYI - the bunker’s in Jersey, UK, not New Jersey.
August 1st, 2008 at 8:25 am
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!
August 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
i’m so in love with cake wrecks. thank you!!!
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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.]
August 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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.