My last issue of Domino arrived in the mail today.  I'm trying to decide if I should rip it open with anticipation or savor just knowing that I have one last issue to enjoy.  I hope it's a good one, as opposed to a "we can't stop the ship from sinking but we should at least throw a life preserver" effort.   

 Apparently, I am not the only one mourning the demise of Domino.  I had seen posts on other blogs that I read, but I had no idea that the uproar was broad enough to inspire a piece in The New York Times ... to be reprinted a few days later in the Charlotte Observer.   (By the way, I love the Home & Garden section in The New York Times, and you can view it online for free!  Check it out here.) Anyway, click here for the complete story about Domino.

I'm interested that the cover story is "great style at every age!" given that the typical Domino reader is in her twenties or thirties.  Was it a last ditch effort to broaden their appeal?    I am rather depressed by the idea that -- according to the New York Times article -- the most likely candidate to fill the rest of my subscription is Architectural Digest.  I've already told you about my love-hate relationship with Architectural Digest.  That's the one magazine I am able to resist even a quick thumb-through when it arrives.  I get so many magazines already that I've thought about not renewing my AD subscription when it expires ... but I guess now I will have at least until June/July 2010 (when my Domino subscription should have expired) to make up my mind about that!