Home Front Home Front (September 09, 2005)

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? . . . A nine-week course, "Choices for Sustainable Living," will be offered by the Northwest Earth Institute, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in a private home in Palo Alto. The course examines personal values and habits about sustainable living through weekly discussions. Cost is $17, which covers the workbook that is discussed each week. For information, call (650) 856-1607, e-mail sgordon@g2comm.com or visit www.nwei.org.

A ROSE IS A ROSE . . . Susan Chan McCarthy will demonstrate rose arrangements at the next meeting of the Peninsula Rose Society on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. The group meets at the Veteran Memorial Senior Building, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City. For information, call (650) 591-6988.

A PIECE OF HISTORY . . . Fine art originally purchased from Thomas Welton Stanford, brother of Leland Stanford, and displayed at Hyatt Rickey's since the 1940s, will be auctioned off this weekend, Sept. 10-11, beginning at 10 a.m. The auction, which will include more than 50 paintings and marble statues from Rickey's, as well as paintings once owned by the Churchill family and a sterling silver pitcher once owned by President Grover Cleveland, will be held at the Clars Auction Gallery, 5644 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Preview is Sept. 9, 1 to 6 p.m. For information, visit www.clars.com/liveauction.html.

LOOKING FOR IDEAS? . . . The 24th annual South Bay Fall Home and Garden Show will be held Sept. 9, noon to 9 p.m., Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sept. 11, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara. Admission is $9; children 12 and under free. For information, visit www.southbayhomeshow.com.

BUILD A SUKKAH . . . Home Depot is offering a clinic on "How to Build a Sukkah" on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m. Conducted in an informal setting near the garden department, the class will focus on how to construct the temporary structure -- two and a half walls and a top -- traditional for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which begins Oct. 17 through Oct. 24. During the holiday, it is traditional to enjoy meals in the Sukkah, which is decorated with fruits and vegetables. For information, call (650) 462-6800. Home Depot is located at 1781 E Bayshore Road, East Palo Alto.

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