Invariably, in the midst of a serious discussion of economics – the kind that involves a cup of coffee or a beer, depending on the time of day – someone heretofore silent pipes up and says, “Hey, every cloud has a silver lining!”
A few years ago, we ran a cover in Stone Business of what could be one of the world’s most-extravagant residential bathrooms, namely because the client had one thing on his mind: Ferrari.
The late Jack Kisling, a legendary columnist for The Denver Post, once noted that everyone deserved an obituary – “one to a customer” – whether obscure or famous. From time to time, you’ll see Stone Business do the same for those in the industry, under the “Passings” heading in the News section.
Is stone getting a bum rap in the rush to be green in today’s construction market?
In western Colorado, there’s a large marble block for sale. Maybe you’d like to make a bid on it, if you happen to need something big enough to replace, say, the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
In the journalism game, there’s a not-so-popular genre of editorial writing that’s long on honesty and short on appeal. It’s called an eat-your-beans piece, and – when it comes to describing current economic conditions – it’s a hard line to resist.
There comes a time in the life of any regular printed feature when the ideas don’t flow, the words fail to sing and thoughts are anything but coherent.
Granite can, if you happen to be stuck between a slab and the ground on the short side of gravity’s rainbow, kill you. But can it give you cancer by just being there in the kitchen?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. – Oscar Wilde
It’s a pity that Oscar didn’t live to see television. Then again, he might’ve wished that some statements – even his own – shouldn’t be proven true.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
“Send a guy out to get some bread and milk, and what does he come back with? A new marble floor, Mabel! A new marble floor!”
No, they’re not selling Rosso Verona right next to the Slim Jim® Hots down at the local convenience store. Getting stone to the front door isn’t that easy – yet.