@realjohnboy,
Off topic of the thread, of course.. I've thought occasional chat was ok in dull periods, and besides it's fun unless we get carried away. We can be seriouser on the yahoo site.
On Arch Digest, it's the magazine we (design ptnr and I) loved to hate. Basically designer advertising in fulgent color. Nary a wimper of anyone not liking anything in decades of letters to the editor. Rarely a home that seemed to have any even slightly opened books.. I mean ever, not just for the photo. But, dang, I'd miss it existing for me to rail against. We used to read it, when it showed up, at lunch or with a wee glass of wine between work and her going to the stables and me going home. It helped us hone just what we appreciated and didn't, and explain just why so or not. We usually liked at least one place in the whole magazine, but might differ about that choice. Eh, I learned a lot from it, one way or another.
And yeh, many great designers, and much excellent photography. I still have a bunch of saved tearouts.
