By Emerson Schwartzkopf
In a stone industry that tosses around the dimensions of tons, containers and slabs like a pocketful of change, 25 pounds seems beyond insignificance. Make it a piece of granite, roughly broken with the inscribed word “John D,” and it’s no more than scrap for the crusher.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Let’s be honest at the start – this is a blatant plug for our annual Best of Home Awards. When it comes to the benefits, though, you’ll get more out of this contest than me.
WASHINGTON – It took nearly a half-century for those who fought in World War II to be remembered on the National Mall.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
For more than a decade, I’ve spent at least one week of my life every year in Orlando, Fla., and never taken an amusement-park ride. If “That’s Incredible!” still aired, I’d earn a spot before the second commercial. Instead, I get to be part of a newspaper article.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
At the risk of making this column sound like some kind of guide for weird behavior, it’s time to do something professionally: Let’s go to the bathroom.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Everybody in the stone trade knows how to sell against countertop competitors – but are other materials sneaking into the battle?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Somehow, when PIEDRA rolls around again in May, it won’t be the same as last time. Not that everything wonderful about Madrid will change – the Prado, the Plaza Mayor, even the fast and efficient Metro subway.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Want to amaze someone about the stone industry? Try telling them something you don’t know.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
VERONA, Italy – In today’s economy, it’s rare to get too much of a good thing. With stone, however, abundance isn’t the exception … it’s the rule.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
NEW YORK – If a conspicuous work of stone disappears, should we care?