Toronto Resident Tears Up Driveway to Plant Paradise

Local artist and eco-minded citizen Franke James decided to do the hard thing first and replace her interlocking brick front yard (parking lot) with plants and an eco driveway (paradise). What she didn't expect was a North York demand for concrete, asphalt or interlocking driveways [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 01:31:05

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Because My Instinct Said So

My office in Jersey City is in an old house, on the left-hand side of a one-way street going down a steep hill ... gods seemed to be smiling on me and I bumped the car over the driveway which does not appear to be a driveway, as the sidewalk is not slanted and the words “DRIVEWAY DO NOT PARK” look more like “VEWAY [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 07:22:32

After earful, Supes pass on paving country driveways

The six-member Albemarle Board of Supervisors. COUNTY PHOTO A new set of rules to prevent the dreaded “two-step, ... any serious accidents stemming from someone pulling out of a driveway, and he proposed simply creating a time limit. The proposed rules declared that adding a single extra lot to an existing driveway [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 13:10:14

Driveway Project Complete

The driveway is done! This project would typically take about two weekends to build, ... was to build a permeable driveway surface that would absorb rainwater, rather than have it wash down the street, into the drains, then flood our sewer system. The cost for the concrete pavers we used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:54:38

Ames Salt & Sand Spreader

I have about 125 feet of mostly-uphill driveway. Before purchasing this salt and sand spreader, ... up and down the driveway or dragging a bucket along. Though a truck-mounted automatic unit might ... . The spreader can hold up to 22 pounds, so one load should be plenty for the average driveway or walkway [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:00:23

The week that was

It’s been a week, my friends.On Monday I decided to do something about the car that has been sitting immobilized in the front driveway ... no snow clearing has been done, or where my assiduous attempts to have a clear sidewalk and driveway ... a concentrated day of rescuing. It’s a little known piece of trivia except in the car repair industry.I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:26:48

Another Year, Another Useless Yellow Pages

How much longer will yellow pages exist? From the driveway to the trash bin. Sunday morning I took my dog out for her morning walk as usual ... on each driveway, each containing a couple phone books. Some driveways had one bag; others [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 18:42:02

End and start

JANUARY THIRD: Having just re-enacted the dismemberment of Osiris by Set upon the corpus of our stately Christmas tree, ... . Our driveway is set at the crest of this hill, and is deceptively wide - the exact width, in fact ... -scoring percentile thereof mistakes our driveway for a surefire exit route, only to come to a screeching [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:16:51

Official Notices

• Garbage and Recycling Bins must be placed beyond the concrete strip that runs along the buildings (approximately 2 feet from the building) ... outside, they make it difficult to maneuver vehicles, remove snow, sweep the driveway, and they make ... there are no items in the driveway behind your home (i.e., cars, toys, garbage cans, etc.) or on the main [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:36:00

MY DARLING HUSBAND

To my darling husband,Before you return from your overseas trip I just want to let you know about the small accident I had with the pick up truck when I turned into the driveway. Fortunately not too bad and I really didn't get hurt ... into the driveway I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 06:56:00

Britain's Wacky Jurisprudence

Britain appears to have instituted a new principle of justice: that which raises revenues for the State is just ... . The top fine is £1,000. Even parking on their own driveways can get Britons into expensive trouble: It's a street where villagers have parked in their driveways without a problem for more than half [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:52:20

ICE

Glimmering, Shimmering ice seems to be everywhere around Albany these days ... of the driveway leading into the street is still coated with an icy frosting. Rock salt isn't very helpful ... included) concluded that it was best to leave the light wet snow on the sidewalk and driveway because [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:41:10

Crumpled Metal

Welcome P31 Encouragement for Today readers. I'm glad you are here. Please read on for details about today's giveaway ... and move my car down the driveway on his own. He is a new driver with a learner's permit but not nearly enough experience to get behind the wheel on his own. Not even on the driveway. The result [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:01:00

Tips for Snow Removal

This post is guest blogged by Lou Manfredini, Ace Hardware’s “Helpful Hardware Man” ... . Another good tip, depending on where you live or how your driveway is situated, is to purchase ... outline where the driveway and walkways are on your property. Snow coverage can dramatically change [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:14:49

Brick Driveway Pros and Cons

elegant-brick-driveway.jpg A brick driveway can look fantastic, as long as it's well designed, installed, and maintained ... more expensive to install than asphalt or poured concrete. Brick pavers cost around $8-$20 per square foot ... . One of the big pros to brick pavers is that they lend a sophisticated traditional look to your home. If you're [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 15:09:38

Work in Progress

Once upon a time, there was a little semi-detached rowhouse in Washington, D.C ... is about the outside of the house. It is about a tree, three bushes, and a driveway. This is the tree. An old ... . They're coming out... This is the driveway. The mess on both sides is part of my project... Tom [more...]

Date: 2008-07-27 10:11:47

Greensboro says no parking in your yard.

By: Liv We've got a similar law down by us in the burbs ... . * Parking spaces and driveways must also be built with a hard, all-weather surface such as asphalt, concrete ... and driveways. * No more than 40% of the front yard may be used for parking. This change will not impact [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:10:16

The 5 Funniest Things That Ever Happened To Me

It's time for a bit of levity around here. I realize most of these funny moments are the sort of "had to be there" thing, ... and ran around the driveway, shaved to the skin. He only had hair left on his face ... our legs gave out and we fell on the driveway. 2. I went camping with some friends of mine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 19:55:21

Screw Saving Money…I Want a Snowblower!

I’ve had to shovel snow at least once a day for the past 6 days. I’m sick of it! ... hours after it snows.  I also have a longish driveway which adds to the misery.  Throw in our walkways ... words I used this morning when the city plows came by and blocked my driveway with a 3 foot wall of snow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:30:08

Warning issued about driveway paving scam

BENSALEM, Pa. -- Township police are urging homeowners to be cautious of "possible illegal solicitors" offering to do driveway paving. On Wednesday, police said, they investigated a case where individuals identifying themselves as being from King Paving solicited a resident... [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 00:54:59

State to Ban Residential Driveway Car Washing

To prevent toxic runoff from flowing down storm drains and into the rivers or ocean, Washington hopes to ban washing cars in driveways throughout the state. While residents complain that washing cars is a family pastime that they should not be required to give up, officials say [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 15:57:11

Doors Locked To Prevent Squirrel From Entering The Facility

When Morgane and I went to train at the YMCA earlier today, we were greeted with a sign on the door; ...  our driveways later in the morning at a reasonable time. I find that snow storms create solidarity between ... we get to shovel side-walks and driveways over and over again.  For all the bad things they bring, snow storms [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 03:53:39

Curbed, Literally: Supes Slap Tax on Driveways: The Board of Supes is likely...

The Board of Supes is likely to approve a $100 tax (minimum!) for homeowners audacious enough to add a driveway extending from their garages to— gasp!— the street, thus enabling them to exit said garages and carry on with their absolutely immoral, gas-guzzling lives [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 22:30:06

And More Snow

  I took these last night around quarter to eight.     ... . _2858     An early glimpse out my kitchen window... _2860   And in the driveway ... the driveway (most of it), the front walkway from our door to the street and the little side part [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 22:33:20

Movie stars get Honda’s first hydrogen cars

Jamie Lee Curtis with her FCX Clarity Honda’s zero-emission FCX Clarity has just rolled onto the driveways of its first owners. But they’re not any old driveways, they belong to some of California’s biggest stars. Film director Ron Yerxa was the first to take delivery of his FCX Clarity, closely followed by actress Jamie [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 14:06:46

Federal Budget Suggestion #1 - The Winter Infrastructure Removal Initiative.

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, M.P. P.C- Check against Delivery -Mr ... out at their driveways, and say "I will do it tomorrow." By the time they get to it, they have driven in and out of their driveways, packing the snow down further. In many cases, they build up a layer of ice [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:01:00

On Average One Child a Month in Australia Dies In A Home Driveway

Kidsafe Victoria today issued a RED ALERT to parents and visitors to homes where toddlers and young babies are present following another serious ... of Kidsafe Victoria said parents need to recognise that driveways are one of the most deadliest areas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 11:48:54

I-Shovel Robotic Snow Shovel

Here in the San Francisco, where the weather is always a balmy 72 degrees, ... the driveway for me. The I-Shovel is a completely automatic snow shovel, able to cover about 800 square feet in 15 minutes all by itself. The I-Shovel sits in your driveway and waits in sleep mode [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 05:13:53

How to Stop Banging your Head Against a Brickwall

From Art Sobczak:How to Ensure You Never Hear"I Don't Need That"Greetings! ... in a driveway of one that looks exactlylike the 20 others on the block and says "Howabout this one?"The wife says, "We said no ranches."He backs out of the driveway and pulls into onedirectly across [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 10:05:00

Happiness Is…

Have you ever seen those cartoons in the local newspaper called “Happiness Is….”?  Then there’s some painful cliche about a married couple?  Awful.Well, today I experienced happiness.I finally found someone to deliver a cord of wood.  Before he arrived, I assembled the wheelbarrow that we bought last weekend.  Just a man in his driveway [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 02:01:10

Charleston photos :: details, details, details

I took some pictures while I was in Charleston... perhaps you care to see some of them? ... photographing gardens and driveways... it seems as though in Charleston at the end of every driveway [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:37:24

7 of the Best Upcoming Independent Artists for 2009

Although the Nonsense Society is filled with spectacular independent artists, musicians, filmmakers, ... to the road down an average sized driveway. For the most part the driveways held station wagons, rusting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:27:48

Cold weather ahead

A concrete contractor by trade, Steve Lawrence of Medina gets creative Tuesday morning with the pile of snow he cleared from his Baxter Street driveway. Lawrence grabbed one of his concrete trowels and started to “carve” the pile. By afternoon, he had created a “monster” snowman at least 8 feet tall. “I’ve never done anything like this,” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:35:03

Relax….

It’s that time of year, right? I am really looking forward to spending the next week + in Missouri with my family. For one - I miss them! ... done sparklers. Watched a fountain spark at the end of your driveway. Honestly, isn’t that all part ... !! ginak-1-7-08-erg.jpg supplies: You Are My Sunshine by Gina K Designs; white cardstock; Vibrant Pink [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 13:13:33

Let It Glow

Graffiti has evolved into so many different forms, yet many still look upon it as being just about a can of spray paint and the urge to deface ... for creating glow-in-the-dark designs and words. The product comes with a special light sensitive canvas ... . A power washer also works well (I’ve got my initials at the bottom of my old driveway to prove [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 17:31:27

Cement driveway next door

from wThe units next door are up and running, all leased out ... has a lovely big green bin for recycling garden trimmings!Labels: driveways, There goes the neighbourhood [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 07:14:00

The time I had a dumb idea

Last week I was so caught up in relaying the story of the chicken-fried elk dinner gone awry that I failed to mention the most important development ... in your neighbor’s driveway for so long when you have a building on your property ... tickets. I saw a golden opportunity to save us thousands in home repair costs, in addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:13:04

Asphalt Repair by Sakrete Now Easier, Greener

1-23-09pothole.JPG Whether it's the potholes on your commute to work, or cracks in your driveway, ... Show, Sakrete's aptly named Cold Patch driveway repair requires little more than placing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 04:48:51

How to ruin your neighbor's home office

I had a perfect home office. It holds all my stuff. I have the computer set up next to a large window, arranged so there's no glare problem ... ). Our neighbor was busy with a project in his driveway all morning, and this afternoon we saw the result ... about it, you ask? Well, he didn't talk to us before he did it--and he anchored the thing in cement. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:57:57

Attending To An Apartment Dwelling: Your Rights And Responsibilities

When you rent property whether for the short term - such as domestic vacation destinations, international locations, ... and keep it free from debris and obstructions. If you’re using the driveway, you need to also keep ... what you can and can’t do. Also, if there is an accident that requires major repair, talk to your landlord about either [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:32:17

What’s Up With Condo Living?

Are you curious about condominium life? When purchasing a condo you own from the walls in and share a common interest in all other areas such as ... driveways, sidewalks and group facilities located on the property. There are many reasons why people prefer to purchase a condominium over a single family residence. Price: Many condos cost less ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 22:50:02

One Chair. Five Ways.

Today I thought I would share with you a quick furniture rehab project and also show how a quick change of fabric can give a piece an entirely ... ? I can paint here to my heart's content with no protests about overspray on the concrete or the grass. Until we get a driveway in a few weeks. :-) I removed the seat, cleaned the frame very well and hit [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 04:00:01

Bagged

The foreman shouted, “Boss says were shuttin’ down early today. Don’t worry, you won’t get docked or nothing ... physical, having to maintain and repair the automata, but that made the job much more satisfying ... what. Checking his watch as he pulled into the driveway, he estimated that he had about an hour [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:54:15

Hummer owners undeterred

Many Hummer owners are apparently undeterred by high prices at the pump, at least according to this report by AP writer Adam Geller (hat tip LM) ... from a badge of military bravado into a symbol of driveway excess, is looking to sell. But tonight ... be out there."As an added bonus, you can also read about the overflow of Hummers in new car lots in [more...]

Date: 2008-07-27 19:14:00

A recap of Life

See the photo to the left? It's my new love. Hubby and Nan went to Safeway the other night and brought home some icecream. One was coconut... ... coming out next week to talk to us about concrete. We're trying to decide which to do, concrete or blacktop for the driveway...any thoughts?I've been meaning to get all my paint down from storage and put [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 00:43:00

Angels I Don't See PART X

Part I-IX can be found hereThroughout this entire ordeal there have been unsung heroes who have quietly encouraged me behind the scenes ... , me up with their prayers and words of wisdom. They have never sought to save the day or fully repair ... s driveway while my mother watched. Each time I would pass my mom, I would scream “Mom, am I going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:50:00

West Seattle Crime Watch: More car prowlers despite the chill

Some more non-snow news before we move on to the evening update: Even while the main page here was devoted mostly to weather-related news, ... 2 AM on Wed. 12/17. It was an older vehicle but it had an aftermarket stereo. It was parked in the driveway ... (or if you are not insured, less than a repair bill for a torn up dashboard). A flashing red LED [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 02:51:36

Sometimes in life, random is the only pattern. By Hannah Wallace Times like these, I don’t feel guilty not picking a blog topic ... the Lightning warm-up from the zam driveway. CCB: I never realized how much Vinny Lecavalier looks ... and Fridays kickball with Rock Star Kim at Bee Ridge Park. Now I just need to sign up for Wednesday jai [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 08:24:47

Happy Pills Are So Overrated

Remember yesterday when I said that I was beyond thankful for happy pills so that I could survive the days ahead of me with all four children and ... ... uninterrupted!" That did it.  Sealed the deal. My ass was outside shoveling the driveway, the wind ... ... YOU ROCK!  I so owe you one.  :) I better get going ... we have tons of fun planned and I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:16:24

Taking Care Of An Apartment Dwelling: Your Legal Rights And Duties

When you rent property whether for the short term - such as a href=http://www.rentalpropertytips.com/time-share-rentals ... and obstructions. If you’re using the driveway, you need to also keep it clean and clear.brbrHoles ... , if there is an accident that requires major repair, talk to your landlord about either fixing the problem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 11:32:07

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