We are not alone. After launching our site last August we started noticing other scouts. Most likely due to our hyper awareness of the word being used these days. We recently came across a blog in the LA Times’s Home and Garden section called The Scout with the tag line “Your daily dose of home design.” A little bit of Apartment Therapy mixed with Moco Loco, last month the blog featured objects by Zaha Hadid and Bauer Pottery, furniture by Vladimir Kagan and Herman Miller. Though we have to say, the daily dose hasn’t been so daily lately. Their last post appears to have been March 28, tsk-tsk.

It’s difficult not to mention Noemie Lafrance without referring to her past work. She’s probably best know for her playful choreography to Feist’s 2007 hit, 1234. Her previous work also includes the site specific performance at the Fisher Center, where performers danced on the exterior of the theater.

There are a couple of openings tomorrow night we thought you might be interested in. The first being Phil Frost’s Paperweights at Jonathan Levine. Jamie O’Shea from SuperTouch has a sneak peek of the exhibit. While you’re in the neighborhood head over to Printed Matter as they feature Nieves’s 100+ zines produced since 2004.

It’s grilled cheese for the gourmand: Artisanal (2 Park Ave at 33rd St, 212-275-8585), Terence Brennan’s fromagophile French bistro, is featuring a brand new take on a childhood classic every day in April, pairing each sandwich with a glass of wine sold for half its regular price.

Record stores are suffering from illegal downloads and digital retailers like Amazon and itunes. The tangible form isn’t as respected or preferred any longer. Licensing, merchandising, and touring have become the main revenue generator for many bands. So what’s an independent record store to do in these dark times? Rally for support by working with bands and labels. Record Store Day is an event held on the third Saturday of every April, releasing exclusive vinyl, cds, and merchandise to independent record stores across the country. This year’s event is set for April 18 with an amazing list of participating artists releasing rarities, live performances, and b sides. Have a look at the list of releases and participating stores on Record Store Day’s site.

The Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York is following the lead of Falling Water and the Glass-House: Funding preservation efforts by encouraging tourism and generating buzz. Where Falling Water has gone the route of unobtrusive—and uninspired—wooden tourist center and the glass-house has an off-site welcoming center, the folks at the Martin House Restoration Corporation are being far more ambitious: they’ve built a $5m pavilion by New York architect Toshiko Mori within the complex. Perhaps inspired by the multi-building nature of Wright’s sprawling five-structure homestead, the move challenges preservationists and titillates archi-tourists.