If www.marthastewart.com doesn’t sate your need for domestic goddess guidance, the Net offers plenty of alternatives.
The Web Guide to Martha Stewart www.du.edu/szerobni/index.html. Created by Kerry Ogata as “a thesis procrastination technique,” this encyclopedic site is now owned and maintained by Shari Zerobnick and Leslie Saeta. Areas include a reader’s exchange for back issues of her magazine or videotapes of TV episodes. Annoying theme music, but worth it for a true Martha fan.
Pathfinder
www.pathfinder.com/living takes advantage of Time Warner’s resources with offerings from Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Southern Living and This Old House, among others. The site pulls these and other sites like the Virtual Garden and the Virtual Kitchen into a “living” channel.
Hints from Heloise
Heloise of the silver hair and common-sense approach has her own home page at www.heloise.com/ with a hint of the week, a bio and details about her books. But the best Heloise site is actually run by Good Housekeeping on HomeArts:
www.homearts.com/gh/advice/97helof1.htm The Heloise Helpline for Your Peskiest Problems provides more than hints, you can also ask Heloise about a stubborn stain or contribute your own hints.
Better Homes & Gardens www.bhglive.com/scgi/homeforum/ has a discussion area with a twist. The Home Forum Idea Center not only provides space for readers to share ideas, it includes tips and techniques from BH&G’s treasure trove.
Sites connected to magazines and TV shows aren’t the only places to look for tips on how to be a domestic goddess. An Infoseek search through www.infoseek.com using the words “napkin folding” brought up:
Your World at Home www.ywh.com/info.html, an on-line specialty store offering plenty of free help. Napkin folding becomes less of a mystery with step-by-step directions. Same for setting a proper table, decorating with fresh flowers, and even making hollowed-out fruit and vegetable vases for a centerpiece.
