Saving faces (Bamboo Plants)

Saving faces
Winchester Like many women over the age of 40, Jeanne Brown sometimes imagined what it would be like to have a cosmetic procedure or two to give her appearance a more youthful look.
Source: www.winchesterstar.com

Bedding made of beech and bamboo ... who knew?
T he battle for bed linen supremacy -- long fought over high, higher and highest thread counts -- may be taking a detour from the cotton field to the forest.
Source: www.detnews.com

AUGUST MOON FESTIVAL: A CULTURAL FEAST, ASIAN-STYLE
QUINCY - Peggy Jordan of Kingston and her husband, Hubbard, brought their children to the 19th annual Quincy August Moon Festival to broaden their cultural knowledge.
Source: ledger.southofboston.com

Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Lancaster County
A year after they were driven from their homes in the South, we check in on those who found havens here.
Source: local.lancasteronline.com

Get rich the feng shui way
Whether feng shui plant lucky bamboo ushers in good fortune is debatable, but for the Indian bamboo importers and its growers in China, it sure has brought good charm.
Source: www.rediff.com

On being a winner
Catholic High School has a fine football tradition and great facilities, but a former CHS coach let the current crop of players at the school know Thursday that becoming winners takes more than just the opportunity theyre getting.
Source: www.iberianet.com

Lucky charm brings big biz in India
In the last few years, Feng Shui has become a fashion statement and scores of stores stocking up wind chimes, bells and bamboo plants.
Source: www.ibnlive.com

Home & Garden Events
Begonia Society 1:30 p.m. today, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1018 E. Grayson St. (210) 824-1834. Alamo Branch of the American Begonia Society will present a workshop about begonias grown in a terrarium.
Source: www.mysanantonio.com

Lucky shoots up, mean big business in India
Arvinder Kaur, New Delhi, Aug 31: Whether feng shui plant Lucky Bamboo ushers in good fortune is debatable, but for the Indian bamboo importers and its growers in China, it sure has brought good charm.
Source: www.newkerala.com

Home & Garden Events
10 a.m.-6 p.m. today-Sunday, Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin. Texasbamboosociety.org or (512) 929-9565. Free admission, $3 for parking.
Source: www.mysanantonio.com