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Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004
Represented with a double-faced head, each looking in opposite directions, Janus (after which the month of January is named) is the Roman god of doors and gates and beginnings and endings. The Romans worshiped him at marriages and births -- before all the important events in a person's life. This image of looking back and forward at the same time is a fitting one, as we say sayonara to 2004, prepare to welcome in the new year and, of course, make resolutions. Just in time for that task comes the handy-dandy Resolution Tracker, available at area stores like Coffee & the Works, Pulp on 14th Street, Pulp on Barracks Row and Politics & Prose.Home Front To make 2005 a very good year, home owners, resolve to protect your pipes and prevent fires. Read Home Sense columnist Mike McClintock's Top 10 list of winterizing jobs. Can't do all of them? Try to tackle the first four. As for 2004, it was a year of opposites in the world of design, according to an article by Washington Post columnist Linda Hales. Martha Stewart and Dennis Kozlowski won tabloid fame for excess, while "green" architecture and "green" packaging won National Design Awards. Textile arts, such as those homespun quilts from Gee's Bend, Ala., were all the rage, while Dutch designer Tord Boontje's lacy fantasies of flowers out of Swarovski crystals, laser-cut brass and silver and silk put him at the forefront of post-minimalism.What's in store for your home for the new year? The Home section nominates five young tastemakers to watch in 2005 for the latest ideas in architecture, retail, interior design, furniture making and gardens. Food for Thought Looking back, the most frequently debated question on the food front last year was the carbs vs. no-carbs question. The camps were equally divided between pasta proponents and the Atkins zealots. The jury is still out. The hottest new thing to come into the kitchen in 2004 was heat-resistant products such as spatulas, bakeware, mitts and liners made of silicone. Their virtues: easy to clean, resist heat up to 600 degrees and you don't have to worry about a rubber spoon disintegrating into a hot sauce. They're available at Bed, Bath and Beyond, Williams-Sonoma and Crate & Barrel. (The red silicone balloon whisk pictured is $19.95 from Crate & Barrel.) Resolve to buy in 2005.
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