There was the year, just after I'd moved into my own Manhattan apartment, when the guest list included restaurateur Elaine Kaufman and the novelist Jim Harrison, and the menu featured Daniel Boulud's perfect pea soup and more lamb from Chez Panisse, this time a rack.

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On a table between the bookcases I put a tall candlestick lamp with a lampshade in Robert Kime's very pretty Pea Pods fabric.

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The same scenario played out Tuesday, when the Coast Guard cutter Pea Island's crew interdicted 12 Cuban migrants they'd found on a boat south of Key West, Florida.

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Carolina Irving's fabrics, such as her pretty dandelion print in pea green, are also divine for kids.

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