Why does singer Quincy Coleman call this one-bedroom Hollywood apartment home? The universe has spoken.

A quick virtual stroll through singer/songwriter Lucy Kaplansky’s Greenwich Village home — and a little snooping too!

Once a Brooklyn boy, novelist Chris Bohjalian is now firmly planted in — and besotted with — Vermont. Visit the library where his books are born and the rest of his clapboard house. Oh, the stories it tells.

Our world has lost a gentle and creative soul with Frank McCourt’s recent passing. Sharing my Snoop interview with him from a couple years ago is my way of celebrating the bright and very human light he let shine on us for 78 years.

When I was the editor of the House & Homes section of the Chicago Tribune, I had the nicest chat with Denise Vasi, who plays Randi Morgan on ABC’s “All My Children” and appears in a yet-to-be-released film starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel called “When in Rome.” She was sweet and sensitive. She told me all about her [...]

Shortly before the Jennifer Aniston/Owen Wilson movie “Marley & Me” opened in theaters last December, I caught up with “Marley” author (and master) John Grogan. 
He was just moving into a new home in Pennsylvania and their newest pup, Woodson, was channeling Marley. (Read: Taking a wrong turn and running down to the basement, mistaking it for his restroom.)
Nonetheless, [...]

When I chatted with Kenneth Brown, host of HGTV’s “reDesign” and TLC’s “Over Designed,” in February for the Chicago Tribune, the talented designer (kennethbrowndesign.com) told me about being a new father, his signature color (Sherwin-Williams Status Bronze, No. 7034) and a bit about a couple of his slightly (understatement) famous clients: Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne [...]

I’ve got to admit it. I love to snoop on famous folks whose work makes me crazy — in a good way. A very good way. Singer/songwriter Brett Dennen is at the top of that list. Why? Because he puts poetry to music. He cares about our world and the people on it and how [...]

That’s Kathy Ireland, she of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue fame, talking about the color of her bedroom walls.   Think you’d find her bed made or unmade if you stopped by unexpectedly? I chatted with the supermodel-turned-super home-furnishings maven (kathyireland.com) in January 08 for the Chicago Tribune.  Turns out she’s as intelligent and grounded as she [...]