SMART LIVING
the goods
With the summer Olympic games set to be held in Beijing this month, what better time to highlight some of the beautiful Chinese culture in our own backyard?

WRITTEN BY ROSALIND FOURNIER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BEAU GUSTAFSON

White elephant teapot, $12.99 at World Market.
Chinese paper party lanterns, $3.75/set of 12 at asianideas.com.

Alabaster lantern with rosewood base, $88 at Mandarina in downtown Homewood.
Ceramic panda tea mug, $3.50 at Gifts Plus (a market specializing in Chinese goods) in Palisades Shopping Center. Chinese checker set, $4, also at Gifts Plus. Ponytail holders with Chinese brocade embellishment, $3.99 each at World Market in Inverness.
Handcarved “Tile” incense-and-soap holder $55 (shown with Addy sandalwood soap, $1.99 each) at Mandarina.
January Birmingham, Alabama

  

 
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