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November 23rd, 2007

The Silence of A Blog Strike Is Deafening

I’m not technically on a blog strike but you might think so considering that I’ve not posted for a few days.
Chalk it up to the holiday and this busy week. Yesterday I was surfing about for a few minutes before my family came over and the entire blogsphere seemed a little quiet — even though […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

November 16th, 2007

When you apologize to Pittsburgh are flowers appropriate?

 
 
Around the start of the month I posted this; Blue and Green Pittsburgh Home. It was a cool home and a good post except I said this, “In the usually not-so-green nor innovative Pittsburgh…” yup, me just not thinking.
Honestly, I was thinking. I was thinking that many things I read about Pittsburgh report that much […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments

November 4th, 2007

What the Cool Kids Are Reading

And by cool I mean me. Ok, me and millions of other blog readers around the world. Here’s what’s spiffy and worthy of some love this weekend.
CAKE!
First off my pal Marye at Baking Delights has absolutely nothing related to architecture but she does have something way offbeat; A Car Cake! Not a cake with […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

November 3rd, 2007

Offbeat Holiday Gift Guide: Pop Up Architecture

So, I’m doing gift guides at two of my other blogs and figured Offbeat readers deserve one as well. Each day until it basically gets too late to shop I’ll feature one cool beans holiday gift. Of course since it’s Offbeat the gift won’t be your basic stocking stuffer. No worries though, it’ll mostly be […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

October 28th, 2007

Offbeat Pumpkin Architecture

So far for Halloween Offbeat Homes has brought you jack-o-lantern homes and an Offbeat haunted house round-up. Still Halloween fails to be complete without actual pumpkin architecture; better known as pumpkin carving. I can’t show just any old boring pumpkins at Offbeat so here are some of the most offbeat carvings I’ve seen this […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

October 28th, 2007

Sunday Snapshot: Super Graphics House

I recently found a cool new blog called Antidote to Burnout by a San Francisco architect who returns to construction in Vietnam — to avoid the burnout mentioned. It’s a great blog with some stunning and wacky architecture such as…
HCMC House 10

I’ve never seen something quite like this but it’s so great.
This post was brought […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

September 16th, 2007

Blogroll News!

In the last post I lied; I do have one more quick commercial in me today…
I FINALLY got the blogroll all spiffied up. Four hours of labor folks. Here are the stats:

I finally got around to adding some slick architecture and design blogs I’ve been stalking for months.
Added a few new home shopping experiences.
Created an […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2007

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Goofy? What can I say, I do love Bowie.
Seriously though, we do have a change here at Offbeat Homes. Adam Marquart has (unfortunately) decided to step down from his Offbeat blogging position and move on to some different adventures. Which leaves you, our great readers, all alone with me. Wah, ha, ha ha ha. Actually, […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

June 4th, 2007

Offbeat Hot & Offbeat Not: Week One

Cool, extraordinary, and funky style homes and other buildings will always be considered hot around these parts. But an offbeat style can expand beyond structures; into the way we live, think, and dream. What’s the next hot thing in the world of offbeat homes? What’s the current hot issues in your offbeat world? What’s ice […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

April 14th, 2006

Hakka Dwellings of China

The Hakka people of China were originally immigrants from the northern regions who moved and settled into the southern provinces. Because they were latecomers to the area, the Hakka had to set up homes in mountainous regions and were often subject to attack. This led them to develop a unique form of architecture […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 0 comments