Guilty Shoes

More Factchecking Revenge  Where are the facts? In my previous blog I discussed a magazine ( Fall Harvest Hoffman Media) that while lovely, had no photo credits, resources, DIY instructions or list of where to buy items shown. What little info they did impart was faulty or inaccurate. The only saving grace of the magazine were the 80+ recipes. In Martha Stewart's Living or Williams-Sonoma Entertaining magazines, I'm practically Ubered to the store where the items were purchased. Exhaustive lists and crystal clear instructions are in every issue. This is important as it shows care has gone into the production of the magazine--attention to fact and details. And they care about the vendors being promoted. It makes me want to copy the style (with my own spin) of the table setting, decor or interior design.  Please do not buy eye candy that won't provide some sort of Where to Buy index. Do not buy magazines that don't label items correctly or

FALL HARVEST FAUX PAS there's one life lesson that has gone unheeded for decades: Never tick off a fact checker. they can mess you up something awful. Well...maybe not. but without them you're apt to look a wee bit foolish. Take Fall Harvest magazine by Hoffman Media (the same folks who do Paula Deen and Victoria ), I bought the well-photographed magazine, spending a hefty $15. I quickly noticed there weren't any photo credits, no links, of how or where to find the decor, plates, flatware, stemware or flowers. Nothing to help my Thanksgiving become special and more gracious. In their defense, they had a photo credit and a resource on p.145. Just one. One. Seriously? I reached out via email to gently point out what was missing, and also that they had mislabeled butternut squash as acorn squash. (p.10) Guess what? They don't care. I was dismissed and without any sort of acknowledgement or  hey thanks! So that's it. I went full on fact check to find