#logo {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; /*was unspecified*/
	color:#FD1D0D;
	font-size:32px;
	float:left;
	width:auto;
	padding:18px 0 34px 0;
	font-style: italic;
}



#logo a {

color:#FD1D0D;

/*color:#999999;*/

font-size:50px;

font-weight:600;

text-decoration:none;

border-bottom:none;

letter-spacing:-1px;

word-spacing: -10px;

/*background-color:#fff;*/

}



#logo h2 {
color:#000000;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
/*font-variant:small-caps;
*/
font-style:italic;
font-size : 16px; /*default 18pt*/

font-weight : 200;

padding : 18px 4px 0 4px;

letter-spacing : .05em;



}
body {

font-family: Helvetica, Arial, serif;
 
font-size:13px;

font-style:normal;

font-variant:normal;

font-weight:normal;

line-height:1.7em;
background-image:url(http://www.meroladesign.com/blog/images/bkgpatsm.png);
background-position:center;

/*background-image:url(http://www.meroladesign.com/blog/images/bg.gif);
background-position:center;*/

}



a {

border-bottom:none;   /* 1px dotted #000;*/
text-decoration:none;
color:#000;
font-weight:600;
}

a:hover {

color: #FF3300; /*not default color*/

border-bottom:1px dashed #e12000;

background-color:#f7f7f7;

}



hr{
	margin-top:35px;
	border:0;
	border-top:1px dotted #ccc;
	width:600px;
	color:#fff;
	clear:both;
	
}



#wrapper {
width:800px;/*was 900*/
margin:auto;/*was 40 auto*/
background-color:#FFFFFF;
}

/*#headerlogo {
	float: left;
	height: 72px;
	width: 72px;*/
	


#headerlogo {
margin-top:25px;

}


#header {
background-image:none;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center;
float:left;  /*was left*/
width:812px;/*was 900, 880*/
border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;
margin:0;
background-color:#FFFFFF;

}


#nav {
	float:right;
	width:800px;/*was 890px was auto*/
	padding: 0px 0px 6px 12px;
	border-bottom:dotted;
	border-bottom-color:#FFFFFF;
	border-spacing:10px;
	border-bottom-style:solid;
	border-bottom-width: 18px;
}



#nav ul {
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial;;
/*font-size: 6px;*/
font-style:italic;
font-variant:small-caps;
padding: 6px 12px 0px 0px;
letter-spacing:.3em;

height:20px;
float:right;

}



#nav li {

text-align:center;

float:left;

display:inline;

width:auto;

}



#nav li a {

font-size:12px;/*was 20*/

font-weight:400;

display:block;

padding:6px;

border-bottom:none;

}



#nav li a:hover {
background-color:;
background-image:url(/blog-images/agave.gif);
background-position:center;
}



#blurb {
	font-family:Georgia;
	font-style:normal;
	height:auto;
	border-bottom:1px dashed #ccc;
	border-top:1px dashed #ccc;
	width:800px;/*890px width:100%;*/
	float:left;
	padding:12px 0px 12px 12px;/*was 25, 0*/
	font-size:28px;
	font-weight:400;/*400*/
	line-height:140%;
	color: #666666;
	background-color:;	/*was #F4F4F4*/
		}

#blurb p {
color: #666666
font-style:normal;
letter-spacing:.01em;
font-size:100%;
	
}

.blurbintro {
	color: #666666;
	font-style: normal;
	border-bottom: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: double;
	font-size: 80%;
	border-bottom-color: #666666;
	border-top: 1px;
	border-top-style: double;
	border-top-color: #666666;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	letter-spacing: 0.03em;
	word-spacing: -0.06em;
}

.blurbspecial {
	font-style: italic;
	letter-spacing:.03em;

}

.blurbem {
letter-spacing:.2em;


}

h6 {
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 18px;
margin-top:10px;
font-weight:100;
}

#blurb:hover {
color:#666666;  /* was red:#FD1D0D; */
}

#blurb:nav {
float:right;
width:auto;
padding:12px 0 0;
}

#blurb:nav ul {
height:50px;  /*was 50px*/
float:right;
}

#blurb:nav li {
text-align:center;
float:left;
display:inline;
width:auto;
}

#blurb:nav li a {
font-size:20px;
font-weight:100;/*was 400*/
display:block;
padding:15px;
border-bottom:none;
}

#blurb:nav li a:hover {
background-color:#f7f7f7;
}

#content {

width:620px;

float:left;

border-right:1px dotted #ccc;

padding:0 0 30px 0;

min-height:420px;
background-color:#FFFFFF; /*was ubspecified*/

}


#content h1{

padding-top:30px;

}


.post {



padding:0 15px 0 15px;/*was padding:0 30px 0 0;*/



}



.post p {
font-size:12px;
margin:0px 0px 14px 0px;/*top and bottom was 14*/



}



.post em{

font-style:italic;

}



.post h2 {

font-family:Georgia;

font-size:24px;

margin:25px 0 10px 0;

font-weight:normal;

}



.post h1, .post h1 a{



font-family:Georgia;



font-size:24px;



margin:15px 0 0px 0;/*was margin:30px 0 10px 0;*/



font-weight:normal;



line-height:32px;



}



.post h3, .post h4 {



font-family:Georgia;



font-size:20px;



margin:15px 0 10px 0;



font-weight:normal;



}



.post h4 {
font-style:italic;

font-size:18px;
margin-bottom:0pt;



}



.post h1:hover, .post h2:hover, .post h3:hover, .post h4:hover {



/*color:#e12000;*/



}



.post .indent {



padding-left:10px;



}



.post .indent p {



padding-left:10px;



}



.post small {



font-size:11px;



}



.post small a {



font-weight:normal;



}



.post .alignright {



float:right;



margin-left:10px;



}



.post .alignleft {
/*float:left;*/
margin-right:10px;
margin-top:22px;
margin-bottom:18px;
}

.post .alignnone {
float:left;
margin-right:18px;
margin-top:22px;
margin-bottom:18px;
}

.post .aligncenter {

margin-top:22px;
margin-bottom:18px;

/*display:block;*/



}



.post abbr {



font-weight:normal;



}



.post ul{



list-style:circle;



margin:0 0 0 25px;



}



.post ol{



list-style:decimal;



margin:0 0 0 30px;



}



.post .wp-caption {



background:#f7f7f7;



border:1px solid #ccc;



margin:10px;



text-align:center;



padding:5px 0 0;



}



.post .wp-caption-text {



margin:0;



}



.post .wp-caption a, .post .wp-caption a:hover {



border-bottom:0;



}



.post blockquote {



color:#777;



border-left:5px solid #ccc;



margin:15px 30px 0 10px;



padding-left:20px;



}



.post pre {



font-family:courier;



font-size:12px;



letter-spacing:-1px;



margin:14px 0 14px 0;



}



.post .message ul {



margin:12px 0 0;



}



.post .message {



display:none;



background:#0F67A1;



margin-top:10px;



padding:20px;



color:#fff;



}



#comments h3, #comments h4{



font-family:Georgia;



font-size:10px/*was18*/;



margin:35px 0 5px;



font-weight:normal;



}



#comments h4{



font-size:28px;



}



#comments cite{



font-family:Georgia;



font-size:16px;



font-weight:normal;



border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#comments em {



font-style:italic;



text-align:right;



}


#comments ol.commentlist li {



margin-top:18px;/*was20*/



border:1px dotted #ccc;



border-right:0;



padding:10px 5px 20px 10px;



min-height:110px;



}



#comments p {



margin:10px 0 0 10px;



width:auto;



}



#comments span {



display:block;



color:#eee;



font-family:Georgia;



font-size:120px;



font-weight:normal;



float:right;



padding-top:25px;



}



#comments ul.formlist {



margin:20px auto;



width:375px;



}



#comments ul.formlist li {



display:block;



margin:10px 0 0;



}



#comments ul.formlist p{



margin:10px 0 0;



text-align:center;



}



#comments input {



font-family:Georgia;



width:370px;



font-size:18px;



font-weight:normal;



}



#comments textarea {



font-family:Georgia;



width:370px;



font-size:18px;



font-weight:normal;



}



#comments li.submitbutton input {



text-align:center;



background:#fff;



border:1px solid #aaa;



color:#000;



font-family:Georgia;



font-weight:normal;



font-size:14px;



width:374px;



}



#comments .center {

font-size:18px;

text-align:center;



}


#comments hr{  /*merola attempt to clean up comment hr*/
	margin-top:0px;
	border:0;
	border-top:0px dotted #ccc;
	width:0px;
	color:;
	clear:both;
	
}



#sidebar {

width:170px;/*was 250px*/

float: right; /*was right*/

margin:0 0 25px 0;
background-color:#FFFFFF;/*was unspecified*/

}


#sidebar h3 {

padding:25px 0 3px 0;

font-size:15px;
letter-spacing:.05em;

}

#sidebar .block ul {/*line below sidebar*/



border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#sidebar .block ul .children{



border:0;



padding: 0 0 0 8px;



}



#sidebar .block li {/*line above sidebar*/



border-top:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#sidebar .block li a {/*sidebar catagories Branding etc*/



background:transparent url(images/bullet_black.gif) no-repeat scroll 6px 52%;



font-size:12px;



font-weight:normal;



padding:2px 0 2px 20px;



display:block;



border-bottom:none;



}



#sidebar .block li a:hover {



background:#f7f7f7 url(images/bullet_red.gif) no-repeat scroll 6px 52%;



}



#sidebar .widget_search label {



display:block;

padding:25px 0 3px 0;

font-size:15px;

letter-spacing:.05em;

border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;

margin:0 0 5px;





}



#sidebar .widget_recent_comments li {

background:transparent url(images/bullet_black.gif) no-repeat scroll 6px 52%;

padding:2px 0 2px 15px;


}



#sidebar .widget_recent_comments li a,#sidebar .widget_recent_comments li a:hover{



background:none;



border-bottom:1px dotted #000;



text-decoration:none;



color:#000;



font-weight:600;

}



#sidebar .widget_recent_comments li a:hover {



color:#e12000;



border-bottom:1px dashed #e12000;



background-color:#f7f7f7;



}



#sidebar .widget_tag_cloud h3 {



margin:0 0 8px;



border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#sidebar .widget_text h3 , #sidebar .calendar h3{



border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#sidebar .calendar h3{



display:none;



}



#sidebar #wp-calendar {



width:95%;



text-align:center;



}



#sidebar #wp-calendar caption, #sidebar #wp-calendar td, #sidebar #wp-calendar th{



text-align:center;



}



#sidebar #wp-calendar caption {



font-size:18px;



padding:25px 0 3px 0;



}



#sidebar #wp-calendar th {



font-weight: bold; 



border-top:1px dotted #ccc;



border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#sidebar #wp-calendar tfoot td{



border-top:1px dotted #ccc;



border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;



}



#footer {



width:900px;



float:left;



border-top:1px dotted #cccccc;



text-align:center;



padding:30px 0 40px 0;



}
#info_header{
	height:20px;
	color:#61615d;
	font-size:10px;
	line-height:14px;
	float:left;
	display:inline;
	margin-top: 3px;
	margin-left:218px; /*edit*/
/*	margin-right:200px; */
	width: 380px; /* added for safari util_header compliance */
}

	#info_header li.date{
		float:left;
		padding-right:10px;
		border-right:1px dotted #61615d;
		margin-right:10px;
	}
	
	#info_header li.weather{
		float:left;
		text-transform: lowercase; /*new*/
		line-height: 12px;
	}
	
	#info_header li.weather a{
		color: #61615D;
	}
	
	#info_header li.weather span {
		padding-left: 5px;
		font-weight: bold;
	}


#sidebar hr{  /*merola attempt to clean up side bar hr*/
	margin-top:0px;
	border:0;
	border-top:0px dotted #ccc;
	width:0px;
	color:#fff;
	clear:both;
	
}

.art_top_padding {
padding-top:20px}