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Here is Philadelphia the Only World Heritage City in America...the only one! Cool
and the lovely Los Angeles Tex-Mex at 723 Walnut makes every item fresh in the kitchen all day long! Yum!
"Me and my partner, Pete, both started here about 14 years. We bought the restaurant 6 years ago and the only difference is you pay attention to little details now. We didn't pay ourselves a paycheck for the first year. Only minimum wage. And now we have lines almost 3 hrs. long at lunch. It is about respect. Respect of your guests, respect of employees. We throw parties for our employees all the time. We close the store and hire one of these bouncy things for the employees kids and we throw a party and guess what? The newest employee has been here 4 years to 17 years." I tell him that everywhere in the world the worst thing employers say about owning a business is the employees leaving. He is lucky! "I know what it is like to be on the other side. I know that it is important to feel appreciated and respected. That is important to me." says Geronimo.
What Mr. James Comey does for a burrito!
I like 723 Walnut. Why? Because at "happy hour you can BYOB you're own tequila and the good stuff not the cheap stuff!" says Geronimo, the owner of the cool funky "everyday all day homemade guacamole and every item you eat." Because they love facebook and other social media love it. At 723 Walnut they love that people come from everywhere in the world to try the very Los Angeles Tex-Mex food. They're real funny and real nice people here.. O yes and the name itself is transitioning into the new presidency..."You're fired!" ha ha ha. "make sure you tell people that you bring the tequila and we have the glasses!"
"I came from Argentina about 17 years now to Philly. I started working here 14 years ago and now I have owned it the last 6 years. I can attest that I made the American Dream a reality. I can say that I came here from Buenos Aires, got a visa here and citizenship. And it is true that I work hard everyday. Everyday I am happy to be American. I love the people. My advise to young people?" He starts laughing, "I guess should I say that I am happy making burritos? Yet I am. I am happy to own my own business. You know we do catering too and meet real people of interest in the community. It gives me a great opportunity to do that. The business is what you make of it." he says.
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"I come from Buenos Aires and it is very Parisian since the french architects have major influence in Buenos Aires. It is more pretty in Philadelphia I think yet the neighborhoods of mingling outside is more pronounced in New York. That is Parisian and Argentinian to be honest. We chat outside and the Parisians dance in the little squares." he says and I tell him about the Parisians.
"I guess one of the differences is we are one of the first Mexican type of restaurants in Philly. Chipotle came after us and others yet when we lost people to them they immediately came back to us. Why? The food is better and fresh and homemade here. That is the quality that they love. We care about the guests and the food. I think you can tell the difference." says Geronimo. I believe that too. I don't care for fast food restaurants unless they're healthy and fresh the way that El Fuego is. And for tourists it is about 4 blocks from the liberty bell! Worth it...
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And let us introduce Mike to emmeanesbook...he doesn't even look like an accountant, does he? "When I approached the old owner of the bar he gave me such a great deal that I took it. Now one year later, I am finally able to day I know what I am doing, but it took one year."
"I am a Pitt Alumni(that is University of Pittsburgh) and I now have between 130 to 50 people that come to see the games here. I would say that they come to socialize and connect and the premise is the Pitt game!"
Met Mike, the owner of Sto's...and he is hilarious. "See my logo of Sto's? Notice the S? That is my nose," is about the first words he says to me and at that he shows me his profile. Yep it is his nose. "And everybody calls me Sto nobody calls me Mike!" he says. The coolest item in Sto's bar? Honestly there are so many. One is the "Mario Kart Games," he says. At the front of the bar when you enter is a table with two chairs and two televisions where you can play Mario Kart to your hearts content.
Nintendo fans only.
The second is the fact that he has many different televisions and "they don't just have sports on." He wants to say that "it isn't only sports on tv at the bar." "I ultimately want a comfortable bar where you can come up and talk to the bartendcr, watch videos, play shuffle board and when you receive the check it is only $35.00 for food and beer." he says.
"I need to show you the beer garden, too. Tonighjt it will be open up. When the weather is nice people love it."
"Honestly one of the reasons I bought the bar is that I am very creative. No, Seriously. Very. Okay the first degree I had is a accountant and the couple of years as a accountant my mother loved me yet when I told her I was quitting as a accountant she was very distressed. Yet I said, I am going to law school. That cheered her up. Now? I am the owner of a bar, we're back to distressed again, however I wouldn't say I had fun the first year which is where I am now. It is work owning a bar. The fun is for instance when I went to London I saw a bar that had a collage of pictures on the wall. I really loved it. I came back and I made my own collages on the wall. The left hand side of the walls is pop culture and girly stuff, the girls here helped me with that. On the right hand side you do see a lot of people involved in sports." Says Mike. Wow I say that to do a pyschological evaluation of Mike all you have to do is check out his wall!
People having fun at his bar below his cool collages.
The character played by Dito, i corrected it from Dido, is truly amazing. Very honest and deep and vulnerable. Amazing. Loved the characters although personally thought they made fun of instead of had fun with the people they were impersonating; however it being my one and only drag show it is totally lovely :)
NEXT@the Arden Theater Company's production of
The Legend of Georgia McBride BY matthew Lopez. directed by Emmanuelle Delpech
"You should see the production of "John" upstairs, " he says and as if on cue I say, "Brennan?" it is as if someone says Scottish Play I automatically say "Brennan" whenever someone says John and most people just stare at me! same reaction okay on with the interview. "The other cool thing about Arden is the Children's theater. Amy and Terry had two boys and Amy said you know I would love a theater that indoctrinates children into the theater experience. They started the children's theater with Charlotte's Web. The coolest thing about the children's theater company productions is the fact that the budget of the mainstage adult programs is the same as the children's theater. That is amazing. The same care and attention and details go into the sets, lightings, actors, etc. as the adult theater and to attest to the great success of these series is the Barrymore awards that we had displayed in the lobby." he says. WOW! "And they have a series of tickets for inner city children in Philadelphia and New Jersey", he says. "along with teachers that go into the schools and teach these children theater."
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I had a wonderful opportunity to interview the director of the Arden's extensive Marketing and Public Relations Department...Stephen is a lovely person, "I started with the Arden about 1 and 1/2 years now..." he starts the conversation as we sit in one of the coolest architectural lobbys that you will ever see...with stairs suspended above you..."the name Arden theater and the founding members started together about 30 years now. Aaron Posner(now a successful playwright-hey albert maybe we could have Aaron tidy up our screenwriter's guild script?) and Terrence Nolen along with his wife Amy are the founding members who with the help of a very generous Walnut Street Theater space helped launch the now famous company. From there they had their own space on St. Stephen's alley and about 20 years now in the space where we sit. Now upstairs is the Arcadia sponsored theater which carries that name and holds about 200 people, downstairs is mainstage which holds about 400 and about 60 feet down the block is the newest addition of a 100 seat stage theater that houses the drama school and the cabaret series started one year now." says Stephen. ""Now the Arden is Producing Artistic Director Terrence and wife Amy. Aaron has since moved on to the Washington DC area where he is primarily a writer...(he answers when I say what happened to Aaron? did you kill him and take over his 1/2 of the theater! ha ha ha -nope)Aaron moved to Washington DC having started the first show of the season here adapted from Anton Checkov's play, the seagull, aptly named Stupid Fucking Bird. It premiered in 10 national Equity Theater Companies around America and the only one that Aaron directed is here his home theater. Truly an amazing experience. I guess what makes the Arden different is numerous items. A. Terrence is keen on finding the right actors. As a matter of fact for that Scottish Play...(!_) that all you actors won't mention." and of course me as a thespian stop him immediately when he starts to say the M! word, "he wanted the Philadelphian actor Ian to play the starring role. When Ian wasn't available for 3 years he waited and waited and finally said alright he says that he can do it! " That is the kind of creative person Terry is. He sees a person that is perfect for a role and needs to have that person. Like Stephen Spielberg for Lincoln. It was Danile Day Lewis or nothing." Me? I remember rehearsing and streching myself with the role of Nina from the Seagull in private Wilma Theater sessions headed by none other than the famous and extremely demanding and intense matriarch of the Arts Institute in Philadelphia, director Irene Baird herself. I can't wait to read Aaron's adaptation of it. http://www.ardentheatre.org/
The lovely jewels of Randolph's at 8638 Germantown Ave. 267.961.5762.... as the respected Princess Gloria Thurn und Taxis said, "Marry for Love."
The Phillies and the Flyers are part of the Campos teams that they were specifically invited to set up stands for. And below is the number one Phillies guy showing his appreciation...how in the world does he eat in that outfit! Below is the Phillies Fanatic. The number one craziest fan ever.
Definitely a family affair since it is the 3rd generation, and if you count the little ones below the 4th in training! Now ready to meet Mike, the father, Michael and Mia the son and daughter, when you enter Campos on 2nd and Market? The only way you can meet Mike's wife, Denise, is if you eat her homemade meatballs that she makes everyday from home!
"The picture is of the butcher shop that my mother and father first started with, and as a young child of 5 years old I had fun everyday putting things on the shelves...however, when I grew to age 10 years to 14 years, while all the other children were outside playing I had to stock shelves. It wasn't fun anymore! At the age of 16 due to my father's health, I became a full-fledged member of the Campo team," says the very nice Mike. "My son is Michael. That is how we tell the difference when were really busy here. MICHAEL! Campos has been a Philadelphia institution since 1947. We moved here in 2000 and only have the restaurant now. At first I thought that people wouldn't know us and we would have to start all over but soon people came everyday and we have people all the time that come in and say, O are you the Campos of South West Philly?" Mike smiles when he tells me the story. After seeing everybody come in ordering cheesesteaks for the last one hr., the owner asks if I would love one? Alright I say and try one with cheezwhiz.
Michael is helping out on the shelves below! "That is me believe it or not!" he says. " The funniest thing is when the tourists come in and ask if we have Phillycheese cakes instead of Phillycheese steaks! We know they're tourists. If you're from Philadelphia you assume that it is a Philly cheesesteak and only ask for cheesesteaks. Tourists are great!" he says. http://camposdeli.com/
Above is the Grandmother and Grandfather of Campos...while below is the next generations...
Mia, Mike's daughter, says, "I have a Master's Degree in Childhood Education and yet I came straight to work here with my father and brother. I love it. And trust me when I say that my Elementary Education degree is used here. The guests are like children. I always have to gently tell them to wait their turn when they get a little rowdy." She says. "My mother watches my 11 month old daughter for me while we all come to work at Campos yet she makes the meatballs from home that we have here. Whenever she can!" she laughs when I ask if it is when her daughter is taking a nap! "I love dealing with people all day, and working with family is all that I have ever known so I really can't compare it." she says.
"My Grandpa is from Belguim and he taught me how to brew. By trade I am a CPA and worked for Price Waterhouse and Campbell's Soup in Belguim 3 years. At Antwerp. Yes, I drank many Belguim beers and grew to appreciate and love em. Finally after 10 years with Campbell's soup I opened the bar here. For the first year, my sister managed it and my brother's brother-in-law, who said he is a master's cook, was my cook. The first year was horrible since I trusted the cook and finally one day surprised him by walking into the kitchen and he was putting food in the microwave. He had this attitude like I have plans, and I was like me too, new cook! I hired wonderful people from the country club and had 3 master specialty chefs that concentraed on sauces, a saucier named Jason, Theo who did the fish and produce and Richard the savory. It is a very old traditional Belguim French Restaurant feel to it. I chose the word Tavern since it isn't a bar. It is a place where people can come to meet. And it is reasonable although we have specialty beers, 400 of them, people can come in here and take a 2 hour vacation with something to eat and 2 drinks and spend $25.00. The level of beer is of the highest quality and the staff here is educated to talk about these beers" says Mike. http://www.eulogybar.com/
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All around the world sometimes I can go about 12 hrs and try to receive that one lovely quote, here is one from Mike that made me laugh uncontrollably, "My music? How do I chosse it? I usually upload it from Pandora, however if I trust my employees I let them choose the music." I laugh and say Okay what if you don't trust them? "They don't get to choose the music." Um I really thought he was going to pull a Donald Trump, "You're fired." He laughs. "No employees are too hard to find, especially with the Septa Strike!"
Work out at Optima Gym at 325 Bainbridge for $24.00 for 30 days and head out to the left towards 3rd to find elegance at the lovely chic brass bar and dimly lit luxurious restaurant named ELA.
It has a very chic atmosphere the minute you enter and you fell really important sittting at the bar just drinking a martini, which of course you have to drink here...the bar calls for nothing else...and try the food., too.
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The minute you walk into Don Quixote you will notice one of two things. That you respond like your vetching to your long-lost college classmate on a variety of important issues that effect your life. The things you love and the things that annoy you. It is that kind of place and more importantly that kind of people. It is tiny, intimate and 100% homemade. The chef is owner Vanessa and her only assistant is Ria who is a certified Tarot Card reader. Very accomplished. I guess while you eat your huge portions of Spanish tapas you can have your future read. 526 South 4th street, Philadelphia, PA, 19147
"Here is my baby," says the lovely owner, Vanessa. I have been opened one year now and we're always trying new things. We have a lot of people that come in and say great things about us and that is important. For about 3 months we had master's students from Temple and they came in with their college books and would hangout here and eat tapas, drink their wine, since we don't have a liquor license and just chill. That is really fun to meet so many different people." she says.
"I want people to come here and feel like they're my family. I help everybody and I mean everybody. I have art shows and let local's put their art on my walls, I have people from the neighborhood that are my real good friends and I try to help everybody out. That is my motto in life. It is about Karma. You help people and they will in turn help you." says the lovely owner of the tiny funky Don Quixote.
A wonderful dessert that Vanessa has created.
Above, Ria is posing. "Try the Sangria. The special that we give the guests is if they bring in their own bottle of wine we'll make Sangria for them. We ask for $3.00 for the ingredients and the entire table can enjoy it. The tapas are huge portions. And happy hour every Tuesday to Thursdays is only $5.00 a tapa. People think that tapas are little portions but we give huge plates. I thought that the Spanish tapa is the best although I am Italian, " says Vanessa. "Italian tapas just doesn't work!"
65 Miles from Philadelphia is Ocean City New Jersey. a $6.00 a day pink bike ride all the way along the south of the ocean across the fishermen wading in glossy boots bay and over the $1.50 toll bridge is the Ocean Hidden city of Strathmere...the only places to eat and drink are right across the bridge...the Deauville Inn, and behind the Pancake House. The one cool thing about Deauville Inn? During the summer and on the slow weekends don't mention that you're from out of the state! Especially if you're a girl, but if you are a girl don't wear makeup and hope for a makeover that is great.If you are from far away, it is your first time at the shore they take you out to the docks and push you into the water on the little shallow water docks. And once you're soaking wet, we hope you're clothes aren't too nice, they give you a makeover as a welcome...free of charge(the beer and food you have to pay for yet the food is great, especially the seafood which is wonderful)The water is low about 1 foot near the docks and they push you in...yes that is right. You can sit in the outdoor tables or the inside tables, yet outside the local folk told me, That's right, they take the women in, dry your hair, redo a complete makeover and here you're ready for the shore life. And the makeovers from the shocked faces that I saw today were rather incredible. Gorgeous. But you can't come here everyday for a beauty makeover, it is only for first-timers to the shore, remember as you bike still further south that within 5 kilometers you reach the Sea Island Party City of the famous MTV JERSEY SHORE 5 YEARS. Yep. And along the way is the most private secluded forgotten stretch of on one side the ocean and dunes and the other side of the one lane road is one layer of homes. That is it. Cool. Private. Ghostly...think of a perfect place to write a Steven King novel. http://www.deauvilleinn.com/
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The Charming One lane road from Strathmere, New Jersey, right south of Ocean City and continuing down the Ocean shore to Sea Isle City-party town. The peace riding on that little 5 kilometer road, with the breeze blowing my hair as I ride my bike, smelling the ocean air, waving to the locals in their shore houses is amazing.
Some of the coolest homes are the little non-descript ones that have their own docks and boats outback. I can imagine walking outside and putting on my goulash boots, grabbing the fishing pole and puttering out to bay.
The Ocean Shore from Ocean City to Cape May has some of the most untouched natural wild beauty with these huge millionaire homes one right after the other that the owners rent out in the summer and they stand empty in the winter except for the weekends when the owners drive from Philadelphia or Maryland and finally have a little peace and tranquility,
Strolling the boardwalk of Ocean City last night I saw little flash lights on the beach, walked out in the dark with my bike and a family of 5 were looking for seashells, their flashlights in hand. The moon? a pale brilliant pink.
Above is the Romeo's fun Pizza Store of Ocean City. All of the city is that way, quaint, funky in the designs, special.
The famous curly fries of Ocean City's Boardwalk 3.3 kilometers long with shops, two roller coasters, ferris wheels, food, minature golf, you name it it's got it.
First night had to take the bus 507 which runs every 30 minutes from Friday to Sunday and is about 3.3 kilometers over the bridge from Ocean City to Somer's Point. It must be pointed out that Ocean City is the famly resort town of the Shore...as in it is a DRY TOWN, No alchohol is even sold in the city, however on all sides is neighboring shore towns within 6 kilometers and you can find bars abound such as in Somer's Point. As I said, jumped on the 507 bus, paid $2,25 and found Charlies. Along the way a group of pink and black t-shirt crazy people celebrating a 50 birthday party to which they invited me on the journey to Charlies. I was there to purchase a 6pak of Bud LIght. I passed a thrift store the 1/2 block to Charlies and went in. A bright pink and black t-shirt saying HI on the front and BY on the back awaited me. $2.00 later I was dressed for the black and pink party; however in walks a gentleman and the store keeper tells him to move his vintage light teal porsche...He says that he thought it okay to park outside and I said that maybe someone would think it is part of the thrift store and buy it! On to Charlie's a wonderful cool beach bar complete with funny people to stick your heads through to take pictures of.
Here is my pink bike on my favorite bridge of the world, the bridge that links Ocean City New Jersey to Margate and Ventor...beautiful lovely ride of about 8 miles to Atlantic City...and best of all you can take the regional train or bus from Philadelphia for about 10.00 dollars to the wonderful shore of Jersey.
Above my favorite shore house in Ventnor New Jersey ...right on the boardwalk it has a haunting unkept beauty about it...abandoned? I wish I could afford it. Love it.
Alright 8 days of Philadelphia, my favorite small city big city in the world, the cobbledstoned streets that Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson walked remind me of Regensburg, Germany, a old medieval city of beauty and secrets. Love that city of Philadelphia where I spent 5 years of my young life.


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An enjoyable walk in the wooded hills south of Hurstbourne Tarrant, finishing with a level stroll back into the village alongside the River Swift. The walk is best tackled in spring, when the woods are carpeted with bluebells. Note that care must be taken at the two points where the A343 is crossed.
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Leave the car park and with your back to the playing fields turn right up a farm track. Pass a metal gate and continue towards some farm buildings. At the farm buildings turn left and follow the footpath (signed) with a fence on your left.
After about 300m, the footpath turns to the right (signed) and heads uphill towards woodland. Where the path meets a fence by the woods, turn left briefly, before a signpost leads you diagonally into the woods on your right. Before you enter the trees, take time to enjoy the view back over Hurstbourne Tarrant.
Follow the path uphill through pleasant woodland until you meet a broad path [1]. If you turned left here you would continue following the Test Way, but instead turn right on a signed footpath. This level, grassy path leads through the woods with glimpses through the trees to your right of distant views. In spring, large areas of the woods on your left are carpeted in bluebells.
After about 1km, the track turns left - however the footpath continues straight on (there is a signpost on the run-down building to your right). Follow this narrower footpath straight on. Note that the ground can be slightly boggy on this path after rain.
[2] Cross the A343 (carefully) and continue up the minor road opposite,alongside Hurstbourne Common (wooded). Again the woods are full of bluebells on both sides of the road in spring. Continue on the road for about 0.6km, until the trees end on your left. Here turn right on a footpath on the edge of woodland.
Where the path emerges from the woodland, cross the stile and continue straight on across the field to another stile. Cross this and a second stile, and follow the pleasant path heading gently downhill. In spring the fields on your left may contain some lambs and any children (or adults) in your party may enjoy stroking the friendly horses in a field towards the bottom of the hill. Continue on past a few houses until you reach the road.
Turn left along the road for 0.25km, turning right just after the road crosses a stream, up a minor road. Shortly afterwards, take the track to your right [3], signed The Test Way and follow the path between fences with horses in the fields on both sides. Presently, the fences on both sides finish and the path runs alongside the River Swift back into Hurstbourne Tarrant. Follow the path between buildings to reach the A343 [4], which should be crossed and then followed round the sharp left hand bend into the centre of the village and the pub.
To complete the walk, turn left off the A343 back towards the church and either follow the route in to the car park, or turn right earlier into the children's play area and recreation grounds. The car park will then be found off to your left at the edge of the fields.
The Test Way
The Test Way is a 44 mile walking trail following the River Test from Inkpen in Berkshire to Southampton Water. The river is famous for trout fishing and features in many excellent walks in Hampshire, including this trail.
Trail Location
Parking is available in the parish car park (signed) just before reaching the church on the B3048 from Hurstbourne Tarrant to Stoke.
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Readers' Comments
Sat 31 Dec 2016, 09:15
Rob Stanley from Walk and Cycle
Thank you to everyone who has notified us of the incorrect road name - A303 should read A343. The road name on this page has been changed. However the PDF version still has the A303 named - we no longer have the Word document so cannot correct it there. Please be aware of this error when walking the route.
Thu 4 Jun 2015, 19:36
I just parked along the A343 alongside the Doles Wood (which is the woodland at along the south part of this walk) and there is a sign saying reserved rights, not open to the public.... Is it just the section by the A343 which is off limits?
Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:44
A Pedant
I think you mean the A343 not the A303, otherwise you are going to have to add 13 miles to the distance walked.


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DANBURY, TEXAS. Danbury is on Spur 28 two miles off State Highway 35 and five miles northeast of Angleton in Brazoria County. Until the coming of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1905–06 this area was populated only by a few ranchers and farmers. The railroad gave access to hundreds of acres of rich farmland that had previously been almost inaccessible, and several towns grew up along the route. It is said the railroad construction workers gave the town its name in honor of D. J. "Uncle Dan" Moller, an area rancher who often entertained them at night with music and tall tales. Other sources say it was named for a Daniel T. Miller. Land promoters bought up large tracts and advertised in the North and Midwest. Settlers began to arrive, and a hotel was built to accommodate them. A demonstration farm garden was planted. Businesses began to open, including a general store, in which a post office was established in 1909.
Since most of the newcomers engaged in truck farming, docks were built on Austin Bayou, two miles southeast of Danbury, to ship produce by boat to Galveston. Watermelons, strawberries, cabbages, and onions went by train to Chicago, New York, and other cities in the north. When oil was found at nearby Hoskins Mound, it, too, was shipped by rail from Danbury. By 1916 most of the northerners had left, discouraged by freezes, floods, and storms; Czech farmers began to move into the area.
The first school in Danbury was held in a private home before 1909, when a one-room, frame school was built. More rooms were added in 1912 and 1917, and in 1920 the first brick school was constructed. The old frame building was divided in half and used for many years by the town's Protestants and Catholics. In 1990 both the Catholics and the Baptists had substantial buildings in Danbury, and major school-construction programs had provided modern facilities for the increasing number of students.
An airfield was located in Danbury during World War I. Planes from Ellington Field landed there, then flew on to West Columbia as part of the cross-country flight-training program. Danbury was incorporated in 1960, with a mayor and council form of government. In 1990 the chief industries of the area were rice farming and cattle ranching, both of which began long before the town sprang up, and declining oil production; a catfish farm was in operation. Danbury had a population of 1,447 in 1990 and 1,611 in 2000.
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October 26, 2007
Armenia: Azerbaijani Politicians Mull Implications Of Ter-Petrossian Comeback
Levon Ter-Petrossian -- preparing for a comeback? (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) October 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The possibility that Levon Ter-Petrossian, who served as Armenian president from the fall of 1991 until his forced resignation in February 1998, may announce his candidacy for the Armenian presidential ballot due in early 2008 has not only sent waves of shock and alarm through the incumbent Armenian leadership. It has also triggered speculation in Azerbaijan that the United States may back a presidential bid by Ter-Petrossian in the hope that he would adopt an unequivocally pro-Western position and help to undercut Russia's influence in the South Caucasus.
October 24, 2007
'My Only Thought Was To Escape Torture'
For nine days, police used electric shocks and bare fists to torture Aleksei Mikheyev for a nonexistent crime. While perhaps common in Russia, what happened next was not: Mikheyev took his case to the European Court of Human Rights -- and won.
October 22, 2007
Energy Relations To Dominate Ahmadinejad's Armenia Visit
October 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad arrives in Armenia today for a two-day visit. On the agenda is a natural-gas pipeline between the two countries and other energy issues. Federico Bordonaro, a senior analyst with the Rome-based Power and Interest News Report, spoke to RFE/RL about the geopolitical implications of the growing ties between Armenia and Iran.
October 17, 2007
Despite Restrictions, Foreign Investment Grows in CIS
October 17, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A new report from the United Nations shows that the transition economies of the Commonwealth of Independent States and South East Europe are seeing the highest-ever levels of foreign direct investment (FDI). Foreign investors injected some $69 billion into the region last year, with Russia receiving the lion's share.
October 16, 2007
Media Watchdog Paints Grim Picture Of CIS Press Freedoms
The report found that journalists in Russia -- like Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in October 2006 -- continue to be targets of violence (Courtesy Photo) October 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- In its annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index, the media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has again given the countries of the former Soviet Union a poor report card.
October 16, 2007
Caspian Summit Fails To Resolve Key Question
October 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The heads of state of all five Caspian littoral states -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia, and Turkmenistan -- arrived with pressure mounting to finally solve the problem of whether the biggest inland body of water is a sea or a lake.
October 11, 2007
Azerbaijan Launches Manhunt For Terror Suspect
Police outside a chemical plant in Sumgayit (RFE/RL) SUMGAYIT, Azerbaijan, October 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The National Security Ministry of Azerbaijan has reportedly launched a manhunt in the city of Sumgayit for a man it says was planning a terrorist attack using one of the city's many chemical production facilities.


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School enchantment (compulsion) [mind-affecting]; Level bard 1, inquisitor 1, magus 1, psychic 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, witch 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one creature
Duration 1 round/level
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
You compel the target to look at you and only you for the spell's duration or until the spell is discharged. While staring at you, the target is considered to be averting its eyes from every creature but you, granting creatures other than you concealment against the target's attacks. If the target willingly leaves your line of sight, it is blinded for 1 round and the spell ends. If you willingly leave the target's line of sight or become unconscious or dead, the spell creature suffers no ill effects. Blind creatures and creatures immune to gaze attacks are immune to this spell.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Combat. © 2011, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors: Jason Bulmahn, Tim Hitchcock, Colin McComb, Rob McCreary, Jason Nelson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Sean K Reynolds, Owen K.C. Stephens, and Russ Taylor.


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Folklore in Education
Folklore and Music in the Classroom
Jami Lynn is currently part of the South Dakota Artists in the Schools and Communities roster. Funded through the South Dakota Arts Council, the program places artists in schools, libraries, and other non-profits across the state for a week, month, or more. More about Jami Lynn's curriculum of folk music and state history, and how to bring her to your school or community here.
Jami Lynn is also a recipient of the South Dakota Arts Council's Touring Artist Grant. Arts council funds will pay half of Jami's booking fee for eligible non-profits within South Dakota. Read more here.


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Pacific University's every-other-year Focus on Book Arts is now accepting applications from teachers of workshops. The event will take place June 22 to 26, 2011, in Forest Grove, Oregon, and will be their tenth (!) event. Check into their home page for details and updates as they develop.
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Archive for the 'Uncategorized' Category
Troy Bilt Bronco TB70SS doesn't run
My Troy Bilt gas powered string trimmer decided to quit on me this year. I've only had it for 8+ years so I wondered why it picked this year to want attention. 8 years is a long time in cheap string trimmer years so here are a few things I did to help it get this far:
- Only use non-ethanol fuel. I'm fortunate that the closest gas station to my house has conventional gas – Commerce and 51 in Hernando.
- Change the spark plug at least every 2 years
- Do not keep mixed fuel longer than 8 months (much shorter if you use ethanol)
- Empty the gas tank after you finish using it – back into the gas can
That is really all I did and my trimmer lasted 8+ years before it started to not run. It started to not run well unless I had the choke in position #2, and after a few weeks of that, it stopped running any time I'd give it more than a light throttle. I had several options without doing any work and I have an edger attachment for the Troy-Bilt trimmers so I'd need to either replace with a Troy-Bilt or get an edger attachment :
The first option was to buy a new string trimmer. Read the rest of this entry »
Why I will never buy another Samsung TV (and why I will take this one back if I can)
My post isn't in line with the focus of this blog, but I had to say something about my recent experience with Samsung TVs and help inform someone thinking about purchasing a new Samsung TV. We gave our 6 year old 47″ Vizio to my mom and I picked up a Samsung UN55ES6150F 55″ TV at Costco.
The Good
The TV is really a nice looking piece of electronics. The picture is much sharper and the color more vibrant than our old Vizio. The bezel is barely 1″ thick all the way around – most new LED TVs have a thin bezel so it's not a huge selling feature, but from the 47″ Vizio with (what seemed to be) a 3″ bezel, this is nice.
The TV is very thin.. very. I know most new TVs have most of these features, but built in wi-fi and a "SmartHub" (which we find out later isn't so smart) are nice.
The bad
Ugh.. tonight I really wish I hadn't bought this TV, but more on that later… I think that they were napping in the engineering department the day they drew this one up.
Planting boards – the end of row cropping
I realized this the first year we planted, but it's just not practical to utilize row cropping in this system. Your rows are 4′ long and if you space them out by the seed packet instructions, you are wasting a lot of space. Len's latest book includes instructions for building planting boards that are 1′ x 2′ with different spacing options. I took the time to build some planting boards in different spacing widths and I'll be using them in a few days when we plant again. Another advantage to using the planting board is that you don't have to 'thin' your crops. In the row method, you'd drop seeds very close and then thin them out to be 3″ apart (carrots for our example). I think that's a waste of good seed. In our medium, very few seeds fail to germinate so if you plant it, you can be almost assured that it will grow. I can already see that when I use the planting board, I'll be able to plant 32 carrots in a 1′ x 2′ space – radishes (at 1.5″ apart) 64 in a 1′ x 2′ space – that's ~2048 radishes or ~1024 in one 4×16 bed – now we're talking. Goodbye row cropping, hello densely planted vegetables.


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On the occasion of the London Design Festival and to celebrate the first ten years of Established and Sons, Studio Formafantasma designed "From then on," a deconstructed clock conceived in dialogue with the architecture of the company's showroom.
The barn was Steven and Carole Whiting from the Melbourne based studio Whiting Architects. From the exterior the original rustic bricks of this building are beautifully juxtaposed against the new blackened timber boards of the second floor addition.
Volume Gallery is pleased to announce FUTURE TROPES opening Friday, September 5th 2014.
Design has, and continues, to infiltrate many areas of life (usually for the better) - Ark Studio, from Portugal, have continued this trend with their design for a veterinary office.
Yo Shimada of Tato Architects takes a 1,000 square foot living space on three floors in Itami, Japan and uses his Japanese sensibility to find the most practical and design conscious solution to bringing this space to life.
Brasília-based architecture firm 1:1 achieved the feat of balancing a daring concrete exterior with eclectic interior design for the, unsurprisingly named, Box House.
"As we march onwards towards wearables and alerts on our wrists, we're no longer shocked by technological progress, but rather exhausted by it.
Claire-Anne lives and works in London producing textiles for furniture, space and product. Specialising in constructed textiles,material properties and textile technique are explored through hands on experimentation. With a sculptural approach, Claire-Anne investigates form, construction and scale through textiles.
"Wooden Textiles" convey a new tactile experience. We are used to experience wood as a hard material; we know the feeling of walking across wooden floors, to touch a wooden tabletop or to feel the bark of a tree. But we usually don't experience a wooden surface which can be manipulated by touch.
Beautifully and uniquely designed by Belgium Architecture/ Studio Job this giant loft (± 1100m ², with 660m² habitable) is spread over two floors with large terraces and roof garden in popular district Zurenborg.
Arduino is a contributor of the Weekend Specials section of Monditalia at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, on September 5th and 6th, curated by Rem Koolhaas. Arduino has been chosen as an outstanding example of how the open-source, collaborative approach is reshaping the world of technology and design.
New York
Cristina Grajales Gallery and Salon 94 are pleased to present Functional Sculpture / Sculptural Furniture by Chilean-born, New York-based artist designer Sebastian Errazuriz.
As part of the London Design Festival at the V&A 2014 thought leader, Branko Lukic - will present a discussion entitled 'Beyond Design: Creating Emotional Relevance.
Celebrated multidisciplinary team Studio Four crafted a light and peaceful home in Melbourne; focusing on raw materials and unambiguous lines to differ each space.


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FC: Sepoy Mutiny
1: The Sepoy mutiny began on May 10. 1857, when Indian soldiers who had been placed in irons for refusing to accept new cartridges were rescued by their comrades.
5: Th | British gained two-thirds of India's land and imperialism had begun to affect every part of Indian life.
6: The first event was a bloody uprising at the Garrison in Meerut. The Mutineers murdered every European they found.
7: On July 17, it was discovered that 200 European women, men, and children had been murdered a month earlier in the mutiny and siege.
8: Caused by the differences between the British officers and their Indian troops.
9: The rebellion ended in 1859. | The Hindus and Muslims were offended by the British because they smeared cow and pig fat on the bullets they used.


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The Albanian girls across the world are singled out for their success in the international arena, and here are not just names like Era Istrefi, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha and Rita Ora.
Another Albanian that is rapidly rising in France is Kleofina Pnishi.She is declared Miss Provence 2017 last week, Miss of a region with a population of 5 million peoples in France.
Kleofina Pnishi will represent the Provence region in Miss France 2018, which is expected to be held very soon and where the most beautiful woman of France will be elected.
The Albanian beauty is known as actress and model on the international stage as now she is now considered one of the favorites to become Miss France 2018.
The brunette charm and elegance that accompany her in photos, along with her unique smile, make her extremely attractive and demanding for many advertising campaigns, and the appearance at Miss France 2018 will be her greatest career success./Oculus News
Kleofina Pnishi, the Albanian beauty that could become Miss France 2018 Saturday, August 05, 2017 Rating:


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Course Guide:
Spring 2016
Humanities 100: Creative and Critical Thinking at www.casad.org
Back to
Follow the links through the course. Read left to right top to bottom within each linked web page before you move out of it. Get used to moving back and forth between web pages just as if you were turning through pages in a book. If you get lost, come back to the course guide (bookmark/favorites this page).
Make Contact
By Friday, April 1st send me email@example.com an email and I will check you in and reply. Send an initial email even if you are late registering or finding the website. Follow standard email conventions. Put Humanities 100 in the subject line of all your emails. Use a salutation (Hi Dr. Casad), write a short message (e.g., I can navigate the site. I know the assignment schedule. I have begun working on the assignments for the first week. Each week has three sections--a response to the reading assignment, a writing task, and a relevant quote from resources. I do not have any questions for the class at this time. I look forward to your response to this email.), and finish with a complimentary close (Regards, Jane Smith). A salutation, short message, and close are required on all your emails (as is Humanities 100 in the subject line).
Example Email Format
Hi Dr. Casad, (Salutation with comma)
My first set of assignments is attached. I look forward to your response. (standard capitalization and punctuation)
Regards, (Thanks, Sincerely, Regards, etc.) (Complementary close with
First and Last Name
Summary at Casad.org
Resource Quotes
Spring 2016 Assignment Schedule
I will respond to your homework no later than three days after the due date (usually sooner).
Check in email due by Friday, April
Student's Last Name1-3 in one attached document file due Monday, April 18th.
Student's Last Name4-6 Due Monday, May 9th.
Student's Last Name7-9 Due Monday, May 23rd.
Student's Last Name10 Due Monday, June 6th.
Student's Last Name11 Due Wednesday, June 8th.
Grades in May 9th.
|Week Number and Topic
(Sample Assignment with Format)
|Reading Assignment Reading Advice
|Writing Task
|1. Characteristics of Thinking
|Plato's Allegory of the Cave
|Describe Thinking Style
|Quote and note regarding Homework Entries
|2. Learning to Think
|Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin http://dieoff.org/page95.htm
|Describe Limits
|3. Understanding Talents
Intelligence in Seven Steps: Howard Gardner
|Describe Talents
|4. Understanding Self and Other
|Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
|Describe Successful Relationships
|5. Understanding Language and Numbers
../hum2000/Week 5/rationalism_and_the_scientific_m.htm
|Population and Resource Data
|6. Understanding Paradigms
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Complete Works
Internet Education
|7. Understanding Myth
|Google or Bing
mythology or creation myths. You choose the
myth you wish to read, reflect on, and write about.
|Summarize a Favorite Story
|8. Understanding Values
|Describe Human Nature
|9. Understanding Virtues.
|Describe Getting the Good Life
|10. World Views
|No reading
|Write World View
|Final Review
|No reading
|Assess Self and Site (extra credit 4)
|Possible 106 points.
If you have looked at the course guide and assignment examples, you will know by now that each week's assignment comes in three sections-- read and respond to the readings (quickly summarize the reading assignment, quote from the reading, and describe your reactions); respond to the writing task; and select and comment on a quote from resources. To get full points for the quote from resources, you need to explain the relevance of the quote to the week's topic.
When I receive your attached homework file,I open the document, read it, make comments, assign points, save it, and then reattach it to an email reply to your email. Be sure to fill in the subject line of your email, e.g., Humanities 100. Do not send a folder (send a file). If you cannot properly attach a file, you will loose points or receive no points at all since I will not be able to read and mark your material. Read the syllabus.
Here are some more tips for getting started:
A Student's Summary
In the reading assignment you are supposed to read the given material, summarize and quote from it, reflect on it, and answer any questions from the directions. Since some reading assignments are difficult to understand, try analyzing them by reading topic sentences of paragraphs and trying to understand the main point. Then you can decide which part is the most interesting, so you can spend some more time summarizing that part. For doing this correctly you can get up to 3 points.
Your second task has 4 possible points. The writing assignment is usually totally different from the reading assignment. It may even include separate reading or analyzing. If you find the writing hard, you should always go back and re-read the instructions. If you are confused, the best thing to do is email Dr. Casad with your question.
After you have done this, you should go to Quote Resources and find a quote from any one of the resource files. This quote is supposed to have something to do with the week's topic. For a quote relevant to the Week's topic from one of the resource files (Author and File Number) and an explanation of why you chose that quote, you will get 3 points.
If you read the instructions properly, have time to do your assignments, and turn in your work on time, you should have no problems in getting a good grade in this class, and as my old science teacher would say: "Good luck, even though luck has nothing to do with it."
By now you have read examples at this site. In some cases the examples are only partial answers or hints. They do not spare you from doing your own reflecting and extended reading. Please follow a consistent format each week. For clarity, you could use the headings-- Reading Assignment, Writing assignment, Quote from Resources. Do not forget to chose a relevant quote, explain why it is relevant (if not obvious), and explain the circumstances wherein the quote may not be true (so that you develop the habit of questioning truisms and over generalizations). Remember to spell check, grammar check, edit, and proofread your writing (and this includes the salutation, short message, and close in the email).
I have posted a new page, analyzing claims. Take a look and apply this map to analyzing your quotes.
If you just print off only some of the pages, you are going to miss the hyperlinks. Plan to spend time hitting all the links. Visit the site frequently. Please follow correct email procedures. Hi/my name; short message; regards (or some complimentary close/your name. Do this even when attaching a file.
Grade Scale: Over the course of the quarter, you can accumulate 106 points if you do the extra credit. The points will produce a decimal grade like this: 106-97(4.0), 96(3.9), 95(3.8), 94(3.7), 93(3.6), 92(3.5),91(3.4), 90(3.3), 89(3.2), 88(3.1), 87(3.0), 86(2.9)...67(1.0 lowest passing grade). Student Products


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I won't comment on the current foibles of a few amorous souls in Paris, although I've had a number of discussions with friends about it, both here in France and in the United States. It seems that not only do Americans and French have different views about the behavior of their public officials, mostly regarding what's tolerated and acceptable to publish and discuss, versus what isn't. After watching a presidential press conference where there was a spirited pledge to save a whole bunch of money via methods that have yet to be revealed (kind of like the upcoming discussion about the pesky task of coming up with a seating chart when it hasn't been revealed who the guest of honor is planning to bring as his paramour), the rest of are spending our time pondering those who act with their unique version of plain ol' common sense.
Not only do the French and Americans have different relationships politically, socially…and intimately with each another (being from San Francisco, admittedly, my views are a bit more skewed than others), there is also a difference in our relationship to money. The difference is easily observed at the cash register; when it's time to pay in the United States, as the cashier is ringing up your stuff, you plan ahead and get your money ready so you can pay up when the time comes promptly, and be on your way. In France, when it's time to pay, you stand and wait until the cashier gives you the total that's due. And then, and only then, do you painstakingly extract your wallet from your pocket, and start the process of le règlement.
I assume that most adults have been buying things all their lives. But it seems like a shock to those who are told that the price of a head of lettuce will cost them 95 centimes. And it takes a moment to let it fully sink in. Then, and only then, each centime is counted out with more scrutiny than that which is bestowed upon our remarkably fearless leaders. Including someone who doesn't fear slipping out the back door and zipping through their fancy-schmancy neighborhood of Paris strapped to the back a scooter in the dark of the night.
(But for those who wish to be a little more prudent, a local car rental outfit offered that perhaps éviter, or ditching, le scooter and switching to a car with tinted windows might yield a little more privacy.)
It might be hard to tell at this point, but we don't have an official king in France anymore. However I myself recently felt like the king of my quartier because somehow I found myself with a huge pocketful of change. Since cashiers treat customers with exact change like royalty, they were happy to stand there and wait while I rifled though my pockets (only after I waited the appropriate amount of time to do so – of course), playing a few rounds of suggestive pocket-pool in the check-out line trying to dig out those tiny centimes buried in the lint at the bottom of the pocket of my euro jeans, which are kind of skimpy in the "excess room" department. And I can't blame them for being happy to wait – heck, I'd rather watch someone else (rather than me) work, too. Or watch a semi-scandalous show on the other side of the conveyor belt, while a guy fishes around in his trousers for something.
One thing you learn in France is that everything has value – correct information, exceptions to rules, access to facilities, gentilesse, and not just coins. And is a sort of the 'informal currency' around town. When I was doling out the coinage, I realized that I was currying all sorts of favors that I could stockpile and use in the future with the cashiers in my neighborhood. The downside of this "currency" is that when you leave your neighborhood (or have used up all your coin karma), you have to go back to paying for things that you think should be free. But I've learned to get with the program and now, 30 centimes seems like a pretty good deal compared to the Carrousel de Louvre shopping center and the Printemps department store, that charge €1,50 when nature calls.
I'm also banking on getting some karma for the time I'm spending trying to return something, a process which started in 2013 and had become part of my daily ritual as we move into 2014. When I moved to France way-back-when, I picked up a book called "At Home in Paris: Your guide to living in the Capital." It's full of hard-won
currency information, like how to deal with the dry cleaners, what to do in case of a medical emergency, explaining what all those wine classifications mean, and how to cope with utility companies (like mine, that just sent me a 5-figure bill which was an estimate for the month that was 40x higher than normal, because, well..I don't know why), since all of those things can be foreign to foreigners.
And in case you assume that a store will take a return or exchange, on page 309, there is a specific section on "Returns" which says "Know that it is very difficult to return items, once purchased…You will sometimes be able to return an item for a credit in the same amount at the store, but cash or credit-card refunds are extremely rare."
I don't know how you say this in French, but "No sh*t, Sherlock."
When someone else, lesser known than our scooter-driving leader, passed through the streets of Paris under the cover of darkness, they stole not my heart, but my bike. So I bought another one, which turned out to be defective. I earn that particular information the old-fashioned way: when I was changing gears in the Place de la République, the chain suddenly locked up in the gears, causing me to take a nasty tumble as cars (and those pesky men on scooters) zipped by me, coming precariously close – which I think they do on purpose to cyclists and pedestrians just to give us a good scare. In a rare act of contrition, the company admitted the bike was défectueux and offered to refund my money.
Although my French other-half was initially startled to hear that a company would refund money, the jubilation wore off as the two months of paperwork, telephone calls, and for some reason, multiple verifications of my date of birth, continued with no clear date of resolution on the horizon. Am not sure what the multiple verifications of my birth date has to do with issuing a refund, but I can only hope that I will get that karmic payoff and they're planning an amazing birthday present when my next birth date rolls around, as an un excuse for the derangement.
What was funny was that after months of paperwork, phone calls, and emails, last Thursday I received a refus de rembursement message that said, unfortunately, that they were unable to issue a reimbursement. Exasperated, I called them up and the customer service rep calmly said, "Oh, don't worry about it. We already processed your reimbursement. We just send those out automatically to anyone who asks for a refund."
So today I'm out and about, without a pocketful of change, but with a new bike, not really paying any more attention to the stories in the news about who is doing what, and where, and riding what – to visit who, or whom. (Sorry, I'm so busy trying to wrap up the paperwork for my refund that I don't have time to check which is grammatically correct.) I have lunch plans with a friend, then going to do some food shopping, and finally, make curry for dinner. I hope, making my rounds today in the city that I won't have to curry any more favors as I think my karmic statements are – enfin – finally in balance. But If I need more and have to pay for them, when that time comes, I'll do so. Just so long as it doesn't require exact change.
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At some point they expect you to give up so that they won't have to refund you, that's how it works in France….
David, that trick with energy estimates is not confined to France. I recently paid my quarterly bill here in the UK, which was based on an actual meter reading. It was less than ONE SEVENTH the previous quarter's estimated bill. As in the estimate of what I would consume Aug/Sep/Oct was £760 and the bill for the coldest months less than £100. Do you think they exaggerated a bit??
Oh, and your story about the bike made me laugh out loud – so French "we send that to everyone"! :)
'We just send those out automatically to anyone who asks for a refund', sounds like what they do here, but we blame it on being a third world country!
And we have to pay 'estimated gains'… yes, they make us pay beforehand for what they think we'll make next year working…
Heh, oh how well I remember as a small child stopping at motorway services and needing to find change, just hours after arriving in the country, to be able to pee! Still, the paid for loos were generally nice and clean and well stocked (although the motorway services no longer seem to give a damn)
As for the estimated bills, as someone that works in IT in this sort of thing, it sounds like someone loaded up a new rates table somewhere with a decimal point in the wrong place…
Reading this post in Madrid, which I'm visiting for work from my home in Paris, I had several good chuckles.
1) The 1.50 Euro charge to use the toilets in Printemps flies in the face of all normal studies of consumer behavior, i.e., dept. stores normally want to make you happy and eager to spend more time in their store so that you might buy more. Using the free toilets at the wonderful El Corte Ingles department store yesterday, I was pleased that they were free and was also surprised to be given a sample of cologne while leaving the premises.
2) Arriving in the city with computer bag and roller suitcase, I ended up bumping into several people on the sidewalk as I attempted to get out of their way at the same time they were trying to get out of my way, because they could see that I was heavily laden. The second time this happened, someone glanced at the airline tag on my bag as said to her companion, "Oh, lui è francese," as though this explained everything.
3) The cashier at my local Monoprix always says the same thing when I arrive in front of her with my credit card and courtesy card already in my hand. "Mais comme vous etes toujours si efficace!"
Keep them coming please…..I love your articles and sence of humor, which you must have to invoke quite often being an expat. You made me laugh out loud.
It might be different in Paris, but here in Nantes the bigger (and newer) department stores seem to have figured out that if you make the experience enjoyable, people will spend more. Washrooms are free and usually easy to find. I've even started to see free coffee in some stores (Nespresso capsule style so it's not too bad).
What I find amazing is that the smaller city centre shops complain about losing business to the bigger stores, but still insist on closing between noon and 2pm and locking up at around 6pm. If you want to encourage customers, perhaps you shouldn't close during the only times that most people are available.
Love this article! It's like a real life version of Catch 22, with all logic contorted beyond recognition. Good stuff, David!
I can't remember if they did this in France (I lived in Nice over 15 years ago!) but in Italy its so frustrating at check-out BECAUSE people take their sweet ole' time (but that's the North American in me speaking). Also, they ALWAYS ask if you exact change…so you have to go fish in your wallet again while they literally stare at you AND get annoyed when you don't have the exact change!!!!
I have been living in France for 11 years. At the local bakery a few years ago, the lady baker of a certain age, gave me a euro too much change. I gave her the coin and she looked so aghast that I thought I'd done something wrong, but she said that in all her years as a baker that was the first time anyone had done that. Until she retired, I was her BFF.
In the department store of Galeries Lafayette in Montauban, I suddenly needed to use the WC. I asked a sales assistant for directions and she there wasn't one. I had to go outside and find a bar and I've never been back.
Another pet peeve…
That fact that they accept personal cheques in the supermarket 10-items-or-less express lane. Nobody ever has their chequebook or a pen ready, and they're always astonished when they are told they need to show a piece of id. A few friends have worked as supermarket cashiers and they hate cheques too.
It's usually faster to go to a regular checkout lane behind the person doing their weekly shopping for a family of 8.
I tend to pay for everything with my Carte Bancaire, it doesn't cost anything to use and it usually takes less than 30 seconds.
Your post brought back the (cough, cough) memories of more than one occasion of my father trying to find a dime for the loo for his crossed-legs daughter!!! He never seemed to have coin when a girl really needed it….
Of all the things I have learned in life – the truest saying I believe is "What comes around – goes around". Congrats on your new bike – evidently your karma is good – and you must be living right as we say here "in the South" (USA). Thanks for a clever read this morning.
Trying to desperately locate a toilet in a Antibes was a joke- finally found it and it was closed… resorted to sitting down in a cafe and eating just so I could use their facilities!! Then later that day the same thing happened again in Grasse- public toilet closed and locked. In NYC growing up we would just run into a pizza shop, order a soda, use the restroom and continue on. So I guess not much different.
You've been away too long, sweetie. America is resembling France more and more. Our new American slogan: "Customer Service? What's that? Press one for English. Two for Spanish. Wait while your call is being answered. Your approximate hold time is between 37 to 40 minutes." Sixty minutes later you hear this: "Click". And then a dial tone.
We have no customer service anymore. We have no cash back, just store credit. Oh, but we do have Target and Neiman Marcus and several other, yet identified entities that are scrambling to find a way to explain how our debit and credit card information has been compromised.
Stay in your new homeland, honey. At least you can ride off into the city with a pocket full of change. America is busy trying to find out what to do next.
Maybe Congress is awake now. … Oh, who am I kidding?
Stay safe, sweetie.
Whenever I read these posts I feel somewhat relieved that I don't live in France anymore. How refreshing to have my groceries bagged for me at the checkout in Toronto, instead of the usual indifference while I rush to pack up everything and get my change ready!
Infuriating-stateside-standing in line at Costco with 10 people in your line and the lady /man/person in front of you does not load their stuff onto the belt until it is "their time" and the cashier asks for their card and then inevitably there is some sort of of delay-getting out the checkbook, changing out an item, a tax free purchase. You name it always in my line!!! It must be the bee to honey concept-no matter what line I get in. I tell myself to practice patience etc.
There are free toilets in the Louvre proper; I have never understood why people not only pay, but line up to use the toilets in the Carrousel du Louvre.
Re: Printemps – not only does the use of the bathroom cost 1.5 euros but some of the vendeurs/vendeuses have no idea where they are, or they give the wrong floor. The store is a maze and definitely not worth the trouble. Even Le Bon Marché, which is uneven in terms of service, has free bathrooms.
As many have said but it is worth repeating, thanks for the laughs stemming from a city that often causes tears.
On my first trip to Paris, I thought that it was the control freak NYer in me that made me pre-plan how to pay for something in the small shops near my apartment. I'd count it all out in my head first, then again before I left the apartment, then once more in my head while I filled my tiny little basket. I didn't want to hold up lines or inspire annoyance and each time, when I thought I'd gotten it all right well before it was time to pay, I'd go up to the cashier, whisper 'bon jour' and proceed to pay even before the items had been bagged (by me). Never, ever, did I get a smile, but I feel like deep down, they were just as appreciative of my having done all that counting as my third grade math teacher. Come to think of it…
I hope you have a bike-helmet now!
From all of this exact change thing, I take it that using visa etc., is frowned upon?
Last April, in Paris, I bought two scarves from the lady vendor who has a kiosk outside the BHV on Rue Rivoli. Several weeks later, I saw another scarf there that I liked. She REMEMBERED me, and said that the last time she had overcharged me by 2 euros and so she deducted the two euros from my purchase. I was back in Paris just before Christmas 2013, saw her at the kiosk, she STILL remembered me! I bought two more scarves, even though she said I would have a discount if I bought three. The next week, I went back for a third scarf (yes, sigh, I like them)……and she offered me the discount I had passed up before. I do not know her name, but she is one of my favorite memories of Paris.
As I stood in line at the supermarche watching change being pulled out of pockets and purses, and counted out to the penny, it never dawned on me that this was the norm. I just thought I had been unlucky enough to stand in the inconsiderate line. I'm still uncomfortable enough with the money to fumble around and not wanting to hold people up, I always wind up with a wallet full of small change. Now I know that the cashiers will like me better if I count out exact change, people behind me be damned. This is very freeing, I've gotta say.
The toilets at BHV and Galeries Lafayette are free. When I'm in the Marais, I always pop into the Musee Carnavalet (free), use the toilet and look at the art. It's a win win.
Oh my goodness, I'd never make it in Paris if they charged me to call them. No, nada, I'd lose all my sense and sensibility!
I love how each bit of the world has it's idyosyncrasies…all of us are united in our efforts to accept those things that get our shorts in a ruffle.
Thank you so much for turning your annoyance into joy, smiles and laughter of commiseration. Very enjoyable. Would love to hear more of you on "The Splendid Table" when you and they can arrange. Thanks Again!
I am half french, half brazilian (currently living in Rio de Janeiro) and I am always in awe of your perspective of the french and their way of life. And that is because it is so acurate and so well translated to your readers. I have been following you for many many years now and I have to admit that, although I started reading you for your recipes and food insights, nowadays it is stories like today's that make me smile the most. Hope you don't mind this bit of french sincerity!
Thanks David.. I love reading your posts… always entertaining… I enjoy them immensely!
When we were in Paris in 2011 I surely noticed how obsessed the cashiers were with coins. Although asked many times I still stumble a bit when they ask for "monnaie" with my mind first thinking "but I gave you money." Plus there's the three second delay in my brain translating.
At the catacombs we observed a non-French speaking couple in front of us completely exasperate the cashier. When it was our turn I handed her some bills and her request for coins took my brain that translation delay. When it clicked, I immediately said "Ah, oui, oui, oui," laughing at myself out loud, and dug out my coin purse. That one Euro coin changed her whole demeanor as if I had given her a bouquet of flowers.
♡ – your writing & humour ~ u inspire me to blog … again …
It's funny, but Lyon seems SO different! I have found that the one place (at least down here) where they NEVER fuss about the size of your money (like if you go to the ATM and they don't give you a choice and you ONLY have a 50) is the pharmacy. Every time I apologize when that happens, they are like, "no problem!"
I wonder if they are so slow to get out the cash because no one seems to use cash anymore?
There are many free toilets around the city, too, that are self cleaning. :-)
@Ruth- that long-term remembering by vendors is at the same time really impressive and slightly creepy!
When in Rome, do as the Romans do! ;-)
I love observing Viennese paying cash at the register. They are really good at mental arithmetic, both the customers and the cashiers. The fastest thinkers in my experience are the cashiers at the Hofer chain, fascinating to observe and experience.
Rather endearing the cashiers who help elderly customers pay the bill with cash: the cashier takes the coins out of the customer's wallet, counting them out loudly while doing so.
I do miss having my groceries packed by the cashier, though (even into the now often visible reusable shopping bags).
That bit of business of suddenly remembering they have to pay at the cashier had me floored in the supermarché. One woman even did not have her bank card. I think she was going to run home and get it and leave us all standing there waiting. On the other hand having a ready supply of small change can make your day.
At La Poste I recieved a large box of oversized home made caramels. I offered them to the workers and they were shaking my hand like I'd just had a baby! I thought of you with your cookies…
My sister has a little coin purse that keeps all the euros separate. The shopkeepers in Torino love when she pulls that out and is able to give exact change.
Toilets- I remember there used to be a website that had a map of all the free toilets in NYC. My personal favorite was the Barnes and Noble in Astor Place!
David, an absolute masterpiece. You have outdone yourself. Especially the first part about our scooter riding Lothario. Quelle class!! Will be sending this out to friends in France, the UK, and the States. Enjoy your articles and photos immensely.
David…I had a good laugh and a flood of memories from living in Paris shopping at my local Monoprix and Ed. The stores were like obstacle courses because they always either mopped or waited until the busiest time of day to stock the shelves. Invariably what I needed was behind a fortress of boxes stacked taller than I am. After dodging all the people who can't make up their mind what to buy, finally arriving at the queue to check out, which could take FOREVER, for the reasons you noted here. Not to mention, listening to the rustling of the annoying plastic packaging that seems everything is wrapped in there. You are an absolute basket case by the time it's your turn! The stink eye you get from the clerk for one reason or another is always the icing on the cake, even after I have taken the time, like everyone else to count out the right change and bagged my own groceries! Sometimes shopping especially if there was an exchange involved, (don't even think of a refund), was like gearing up for battle! So friends that say, so…but you lived in Paris, yes, it was wonderful but has it's moments like every place does.
David, would you tell me more about this T-Mobile prepaid SIM card? Will it go into any smart phone? Changing to "International" on my Verizon-provider IPhone was one of the big hassles I did not want to deal with for my trip last December. But I missed the map app, especially as I saw everyone in Paris using it, just as I saw and started to do myself in NYC.
yes, it was nice to be remembered. What's the business slogan?—"Make a relationship, not a sale".
There is no such thing as a free bathroom at the big department stores. There is always a woman there keeping it nice and dandy who expects an euro at least for her toiling away. There is a small plate put so you cannot miss it.
The thing is to find the nearest luxury hotel where you ask for the bar and nearby you will always find comfortable men´s and ladies´ rooms.
I have always wondered why there is no book on the Paris loos and the quality of them beginning with the depressing fact that there are always too few for the ladies as you always have to stand in line, hard cheese when in extremis. .
I dread the Opera buildings for this reason:.Theatres and museums are nightmares too. Cinemas especially the more recent ones are usually quite OK and free.
I am still scarred by the time I had to take my child to use the free public bathroom in a Leclerc supermarket in the Lot et Garonne. It was honestly worse than anything I've ever seen in rural India. Come to think of it, the free public toilets at the Agen rugby club ground were just as bad. Yuck.
After those experiences, I would happily pay Euro 1.50 for a clean bathroom!
I just love your posts, the humor and your witty style. Reading your posts after I put the kids to bed is how I relax. You have such a gift for writing.
Paperwork and telephone calls to get things done (foreigner) would think normal to get… So true, so discouraging! Anyhow if you achieved getting reimbursed, it means that you became more French than most of us (as for me I still struggle most of the time), not sure it is good news, but congrats ;) !
That's so funny, I was just recently thinking about how people aren't ready with their purses when it's time to pay at the checkout and like you I wondered why they don't get their money out sooner instead of fishing around looking for money with everyone waiting…..je ne comprend pas ça!
David, I really enjoyed reading this slice of Paris living and buying.
Here in the US,
Who knows how long Target et al knew about their customers' credit card information being stolen before they made the public aware. I read somewhere that a blogger made the information public before Target acknowledged it.My husband and I have decided that we will no longer "swipe" our credit cards at the local stores. We will pay cash. A novel idea, I know, but we are going to try it out and see what happens.
When I lived in Paris I remember once going to my local Franprix and handing the cashier a 5 euro note to pay for my groceries. She asked me if I could give her exact change and happily waited while I dug out 95 centimes in coins. I'm pretty sure it would have been easier for her to give me change for a 5.
I remember when I was finally old enough to go by bus, places far enough away from home that it was prudent to have money set aside to use for a phone call. On my first foray, my Mother handed me $.30 in dimes, wrapped in aluminum foil and made me tuck it into the bottom of my (new addition) purse with instructions that I wasn't to use it to buy candy or bus fare or for any other purpose than to make an emergency phone call should I need help. To this day, I keep a stash of extra money, coins and bills, just in case…
You mentioned your utility bill estimate. In the SF Bay area, PG&E has been installing new computerized meters on homes. You pick the date and they read the meter electronically and send you the bill either by mail or email. They'll even debit your bank account if you trust them! The metering device has created quite the stir here as people still aren't sure it's not going to create some sort of health issue. …and this from people who use cordless home or cell phones! Strange is everywhere.
I love you, David, said in the voice of ye olde "I love you, Kate" Moss commercial. I do, I love you, David. Thanks for the always illuminating posts. :)
Greetings David and all, speaking from the U.S. I recall as a child having to pay to use the toilets at the dime store, this was in the 1960s and I think it cost a dime, SS Kresgee or some such, maybe Hudsons stores. It wasn't entirely singular. And when the large malls began to develop in the area, they too had pay toilets. But, interestingly I recall that there was always one that was supposed to be free, sort of a in need consideration. So the homeland did use this strategy even though they now have abandoned it.
Thanks for the fun reads, David. I enjoy them a good deal.
So funny! I had just finished reading the BBC article you link to when I thought, I should check out David's column. Serendipity! I love your recipes, your travel writing, AND your humor, so always enjoy it when you write things like this.
Wow, you have terrible luck with bikes. Is that seriously a thing in France that you won't get refunded for stuff? Didn't know that…
Dave………….Don't you miss living in America ? Life is so much easier here..
I just went through the painstaking process of moving to Paris, and as always…yes. Just yes. When the going gets too tough I end up going pastry shopping.
You need to connect w The Haggler from the NYT for lunch sometime.
I've been intrigued by the advent of the toilet-for-pay routine here in SF–my mother was always clear that the dime for the toilet growing up in DC was a segregationist holdover–"we can't have a "whites only" toilet but we can make sure no negroes will use ours." Eventually, all those dime eating machines disappeared. But now I'm seeing them back again, and I can't let go of that old memory.
I thought pay toilets had to be removed from men's rooms and women's rooms in the US because they discriminated against women. Women always had to pay while men could pee for free.
David- i regards to the bicycle – chains that jump off the front derailleur usually means that the front derailleur (or the mechanism that pushes the chain from ring to ring) is out of adjustment. This can often be remedied by adjusting a 'limit screw'. Its something bike mechanic can do easily. You could also have a bent chain ring, but that is less likely.
Of course if you had a mechanic look at the bike and say it was defective…then forget what i say. But even then parts like the chain or cables often need to be replaced as part of regular maintenance and do not necessarily mean that the thing is broken
Friend of mine has just left France after living there for ten years. Leaving is not that easy either, the paperwork you have to take to the 'authorities' which is then lost (obviously) and they reproduce and take again…. and its not their fault, it's yours! The system is a very different one over there…. nice place for a holiday tho.
I recall that many years ago in Philadelphia people would wait 20 minutes for a bus,
and only after it arrived would they frantically search for money. Same thing at a Monoprix in Nice. Women are by far the worst culprits. It's in their DNA. As for toilets,
I don't mind paying a few centimes for relief when a person who cleans and tidies up works there. Besides, who wants SDFs, Roma and their kids hogging the facilities.
Another French quirk: They will confront a parking meter for the 6 thousandth time to gape at it like it was the first time. Did they come from outer space? I dunno. Another gripe is that when you ask about a product in a shop the clerk will say, I don't have it. End of story. They never suggest an alternative. In restos they bark C'ést complet!
but rarely offer a table that's turning shortly.
Excellent reading, informative and amusing at the same time. I have preordered your new book and looking forward to receiving it – the pics just whetted my appetite. I got more than my monies worth in "Ready for Dessert" just for the Racines cake.
Before my last visit to France, Paris to be precise, I heard and read a great deal about how important it was to have exact change. I did indeed try my best to do so, but inevitably ended up one day with a bill that I could not use to purchase metro tickets. Perhaps it was the slightly frightened looking 4-year old clinging to my leg, or the fact that I offered to purchase something first (which was declined) but an understanding shop keeper made change for me very graciously and with *gasp* a polite smile. My whole visit to Paris that time was wonderful and to have a French stereotype proven wrong (at least for that moment) was just the puddin'!
Ah, the paid toilet. I took my receipt from the Toilettes de Versailles and had it ornately framed on a blue, white and red matting (archival). It hangs in the bathroom as a souvenir.
Non David, tous les français n'ont pas le même point de vue sur le comportement de leurs hommes politiques, je vous assure….
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