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Message in a bottlePosted in Activism, Everyday life in Gaza, Gaza, International community, Non-violent resistance, Operation Cast Lead, Siege, Songs, Videos with tags Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Stay Human on 19/06/2011 by 3071km
Azam has a real story to tellPosted in Everyday life in Gaza, Everyday life in the West Bank, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza reconstruction, Gaza war crimes investigation, History, IDF, International community, International conferences, Israel, Israel politics, Israeli occupation, Israeli politics, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Pictures, Siege, War crimes, West Bank on 11/04/2010 by 3071km
Azam has a long and sad story! He left Gaza during the last war as his wife got an American nationality, but unfortunately, after the end of the war he was not allowed by the Israeli to get back to Gaza again with his family! of course, the Stories of the Palestinians suffering will not end here.
here you are his story as he sent it to us two days ago!
On the Borders
by Azzam Almosallami
I still remember that scream of the child on the borders. The sun was fiery, and the mother was wiping the perspiration drops off her forehead. The cadaverous features had drawn at the family faces as a result of the big fatigue of travel .
Despite the severe hard situation that the family was facing, the love
among the family members was mitigating the pain of suffering. The child was playing cherubically between his father and mother, as if the kindness of his parents was protecting him from the stress of travel. The child was transforming between his parents like a small charming bird learning flight among the branches of trees.
The land was barren on the borders- there! you would not see more than some terrestrial and arid plants, and some of the standing army working next to, or inside a caravan. The parents were sitting on hard chairs made by iron. The seats were uncomfortable, so they were always wriggling on them.
I was listening to some catchwords that the family was talking about.
I heard the child telling his mother, "mom… ! when we reach our home, I'll ride my bicycle that I am keeping in my room, Also I'll drop my dolls and toys that I'm keeping in a box on the top of my cupboard."
They were really appearing like they were longing to reach their small paradise… their home!
After 4-hour-hard waiting, two policemen of the borders came to the family with their passports. They told the father abrasively, " hey man!… you can't cross the borders to your home, you have no permission, but your family have a permission. So, you must go back where you have come. " The family shocked! and the panic catches on their hearts because of these horrible news. How they will not be joined with each other to their lovely home! The mother hardly gasped, and asked the police " how the child and I can cross these lonely borders without our man!… how you could have a pluckiness to separate between a father and his family." The police replied harshly, " if you don't like to be far away from your husband, you can join him and go back to where you have come." The father thought for a while, and then he decided to face this mysterious situation alone. He convinced his wife to go back with their cherubic child to their warmer home, and he will try to join them after a while.
The policemen took the family out the caravan, and there, two police cars were waiting them. they pulled the father to one car, and the mother and the child to the other car. The child turned his face, peeking through his father, and when he found himself faraway for the father, he could flee from the hard catch of the policeman, and ran away into his father's warm cuddle. The child's arms tightened ardently around the father's thigh, hardly catching his trousers. The policeman followed the child, trying to pull him far away from the father. The child screamed with reddish eyes and warm tears, " I want my dad…! "
The policeman brutish catch was much stronger than the childish catch, and then he could flee the child, hustling him toward the car. The mother of the cleaved heart, was wiping the hot tears through her bloody eyes, and swabbing drops of mucus on her lips by a handkerchief wetted by a severe wail.
The child could flee again from the policeman brutish catch, and suddenly he transformed into a stronger fighter. He catches a stone and threw it toward the policeman to trickling blood into his cheek. The wrathful policeman catch the child brutally, to hustling him and the mother into the car.
I still remember those bloody eyes, and hot tears of the child and the mother through the car's windows. I still remember those small hands of the child which were climbing on the window's glass. They were saying a lot about the prejudice that some people are facing on the borders.
When the child reached home, he took his toys, dolls and bicycle and sold them. And by money, he bought a gun. The child decided not to be a child!
Israel threatens new Gaza offensivePosted in Everyday life in Gaza, Gaza, Hamas, IDF, Israeli occupation, Operation Cast Lead, Pictures, Siege with tags Air raids, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Fawzi Barhoum, Gandhi, Gaza targets, Hamas, Mortar attacks to Israel, Silvan Shalom on 02/04/2010 by 3071km
|Date published: 2nd April 2010
Source: Al Jazeera English
Israel has warned that it could launch a fresh military assault on the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not stop rocket and mortar attacks from its territory.
The threat on Friday came just hours after a series of air raids across Gaza, which Israel said were in response to rocket fire the previous day, injured at least three Palestinian children.
The Israeli military has said that almost 20 rockets have been fired into Israel in the past month, including one that killed a Thai farm worker.
"If this rocket fire against Israel does not stop, it seems we will have to raise the level of our activity and step up our actions against Hamas," Silvan Shalom, Israel's deputy prime minister, told public radio on Friday.
"We won't allow frightened children to again be raised in bomb shelters and so, in the end, it will force us to launch another military operation.
"I hope we can avoid it, but it is one of the options we have, and if we don't have a choice, we will use it in the near future."
About 1,400 Palestinians were killed when Israel launched its last offensive on the Gaza Strip in December 2008.
Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians also died over the 22-day period of the assault.
"Twenty rockets in the space of one month might not sound a huge amount compared to the intensive rocket fire preceeding and during the Gaza war of just over a year ago," Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from Jerusalem, said.
"Nevertheless, in comparison to recent months it did mark an escalation."
There was no claim of responsibility for Thursday's lone rocket, which caused no casualties.
Gaza targets
The Israeli military said Friday's air raids had targeted weapons manufacturing and storage facilities in the central Gaza Strip, in Gaza City in the north and the southern part of the Palestinian enclave, all in response to rockets fired from the territory.
"The IDF [Israeli military] will not tolerate any attempt to harm the citizens of the State of Israel and will continue to operate firmly against anyone who uses terror against it," the Israeli army said in a statement.
"The IDF holds Hamas as solely responsible for maintaining peace and quiet in the Gaza Strip."
But witnesses and Hamas officials said that Israeli missiles hit two caravans near the town of Khan Younis and a cheese factory, while helicopters attacked a metal foundry in the Nusseirat refugee camp.
The children injured in the air raids were hit by flying glass, Palestinian medics said.
Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, told Al Jazeera that Hamas held the Israeli government led by Binyamin Netanyahu responsible for the "escalation", but said air raids had been expected because of threats by Ehud Barak, the defence minister, and other ministers.
He also blamed "the international community and the Arabs" for failing "to do anything about the situation in Gaza".
"The absence of the international community and the Arabs has allowed the Israelis to escalate the situation," he said.
There have been increasing tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem in recent weeks.
On Tuesday, a Palestinian teenager was killed and several others wounded as Israeli troops fired on protesters near the border between Gaza and Israel and last weekend two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian fighters died during clashes.
Clashes have also broken out in the West Bank and Jerusalem over Israeli settlement plans, the reconsecration of a synagogue in East Jerusalem and other issues.
Thirsty for justicePosted in Everyday life in Gaza, Gaza reconstruction, International community, Israeli occupation, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Pictures, Siege with tags Amnesty International, Gaza Health Ministry, John Ging, Maia Project, Middle East Children's Alliance's (MECA), Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, Water, Water supply in Gaza, World Health Organization on 25/03/2010 by 3071km
Written by Mona El-Farra
Published on Electronic Intifada
Date published: 25/03/2010
Mona El-Farra writing from occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 25 March 2010
|Palestinian children wait to fill up water in the Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar/MaanImages)
Toni Morrison once wrote "All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was." I feel it is the same for Palestinian refugees, who have struggled for decades for their right to return home. I thought of this connection between water and refugees during a recent meeting about the Middle East Children's Alliance's (MECA) Maia Project with Aidan O'Leary, Deputy Director of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) Operations in Gaza.
UNRWA provides assistance, protection and advocacy for 4.7 million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. We are working with UNRWA to install locally-made water purification and desalination units in their schools. Mr. O'Leary expressed his total appreciation for the Maia Project and stressed that providing clean drinking water to children is among the highest priorities and needs for Gaza schools. Mr. John Ging, UNRWA's Director of Operations in Gaza, also expressed his admiration for the Maia Project.
The situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate under Israeli military occupation and siege. The refugees are often the hardest hit by rising unemployment and poverty. Access to clean water is one of the many basic needs that UNRWA is no longer able to meet. A recent UNRWA report states that the most common infectious diseases affecting Palestinian refugees in Gaza — who make up more than three-quarters of the population — are directly related to inadequate supplies of safe water and poor sanitation: diarrhea, acute bloody diarrhea and viral hepatitis.
Creating a positive impact on children's health is the main goal of the Maia Project, and working on water access when you live in Gaza is self-explanatory. The reality is that tap water in Gaza is undrinkable due to its bad quality and contamination. At best, when you have access to a running tap, the water is not clean and is very salty. Our daily water consumption averages around 78 liters a day per person, while Israelis average over 300 liters each, more than four times as much. Israel is under increasing scrutiny by international organizations including Amnesty International for "denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies."
We move to help the children as quickly as we can. Children in Gaza will have the chance to drink clean and soft water, but only at the rate in which we can implement the Maia Project. And we race against time. The UN estimates that Gaza will have no drinking water in the next 15 years.
Water is life, but here in Gaza it can also bring death. Numerous military attacks on the Gaza Strip have devastated Gaza's water infrastructure. Israel's twenty-two day assault last winter destroyed or rendered unusable an estimated 800 of Gaza's 2,000 wells, and caused $5.97 million in damage to our water and wastewater treatment facilities. Since January 2009, the Gaza Health Ministry and the World Health Organization have issued drinking, seafood and swimming advisories.
We yearn for our water and our freedoms to return to us. We roll up our sleeves and hope for rain, the kind of rain that floods the hearts and minds of those who hunger and thirst for justice.
Here in Gaza, we are still thirsty.
Mona El-Farra is a physician by training and a human rights and women's rights activist in practice in the occupied Gaza Strip. Her blog is From Gaza, with Love.
Narratives Under Siege (14): Gaza's 700 Stranded StudentsPosted in Everyday life in Gaza, Gaza, IDF, Israel, Israel politics, Israeli occupation, Israeli politics, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Siege, War crimes on 09/02/2010 by 3071km
Date Published:February 10, 2010
Source: The Palestine Telegraph
Hadeel Abu Kwaik is one of 7 students whose Fulbright scholarships were recently withdrawn, then swiftly reinstated by the US State Dept. But almost 700 other students remain stranded in Gaza
Three days ago, on 1 June, Hadeel Abu Kwaik was sitting in her computer lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza looking worried, and perplexed. Today, having just been told her Fulbright scholarship has been reinstated, she says she is "Happy but still worried. I'm still not sure we will [all] be able to leave for the US."
Hadeel is one of seven Gaza students who, on 29 May, all received letters from the US Consulate in Jerusalem, informing them that their Fulbright scholarship applications would not be finalised. The US consulate letter gave no reason for the sudden withdrawing of the 7 scholarships: instead all seven students, three women and four men, were "Strongly encouraged" to re-apply for the same Fulbright scholarships the following year, and assured they would receive "Priority consideration."
The withdrawing of these Fulbright scholarships caused international uproar, momentarily focusing the world's attention on the plight of the seven Gaza Strip students. US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice intervened, saying she was "Surprised" by the decision, and adding "If you cannot engage young people and give complete horizons to their expectations and their dreams, I don't know that there will be any future for Palestine. We will take a look."
In the face of mounting criticism from both within the US and Israel, the US State Department swiftly reinstated the seven Fulbright scholarships, and on 2 June assured the students they were "working closely" with Israeli officials to secure permits for the students to leave Gaza. Hadeel is now waiting to travel to Jerusalem, where she will be interviewed at the US Consulate in order to secure her US visa. Then she will return to Gaza in order to prepare for her departure at the end of summer. She hopes to study her MBA in software engineering at Minnesota University.
For the mainstream press, this story "moved quickly" and has now concluded with a positive ending for the Gaza Fulbright seven. But hundreds of other Palestinian students remain stranded inside the Gaza Strip, and the number is expected to rise this summer. According to data from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), almost 700 Palestinian students are still waiting to leave Gaza in order to pursue studies, and scholarships, abroad. "This number will increase within the next month, after the schools announce their exam results and Gaza students want to move onto universities" says Khalil Shaheen, a senior PCHR researcher. "All of these students are stranded inside the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli siege and closure, and they are being denied their rights to pursue their education, and their futures."
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights both explicitly confirm the rights of all people to freely travel to and from their own state. The Israeli closure of the Gaza Strip, which is about to enter its third year, is systematically and deliberately destroying the Gazan economy, its health and education services, and crushing the future of its people. Gazan students who want to pursue specialist education abroad, many of whom intend to return to Gaza afterwards and assist in rebuilding their country, are being denied this right because Israel remains intent on its illegal policy of collective punishment. An Israeli human rights organization, GISHA, has just gone to the Israeli Supreme Court to petition for 2 Gaza students, Wissam Abuajwa and Nibal Nayef, to be permitted to leave Gaza and study their Masters in the UK and Germany.
Meanwhile, 29 year old Said Ahmad Said Al-Madhoun has been waiting more than a year to pursue his Master of Law abroad. After being awarded a fellowship by the Open Society Institute in January 2007, he was accepted onto a Masters program at the American University, Washington College of Law, but has been unable to reach the US. "I managed to get out of Gaza in December 2007 and to travel to the Egyptian border" says Said. "It was a complex journey – because of the closure we were forced to travel through Erez Crossing (in northern Gaza) and then via another Israeli crossing, at Kerem Shalom, to the Egyptian border. But I was turned back at the [Egyptian] border because I had no US visa." Said could not obtain a US visa, because, like the vast majority of other Gazans, he is not permitted to travel to Jerusalem, where the US Consulate issues its visas. He attempted to leave Gaza once more in early January, and was turned back at the Egyptian border again. His academic career, and life, suspended, Said is still waiting. "This is so frustrating for me, and for all of us students in Gaza" he says wearily. "We want to work and to learn. We want to enjoy our freedom of movement. We want to determine our future."
When Hadeel Abu Kwaik first heard that her Fulbright scholarship had been withdrawn, she said she felt angry and disappointed. "I wonder if Israel wants an educated neighbor or an angry one" she stated publicly. Like Said Al-Madhoun, Hadeel wants to pursue her studies overseas and then return to Gaza and work in her own community. Although she says she's happy her Fulbright scholarships has been reinstated, she admits she is still worried about whether she will actually be able to leave Gaza, and her anxiety is clearly tainting her joy. "I won't be relieved until we actually reach the United States (to start my studies)," she says.
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HRW: Israel failed to properly investigate Gaza war crimesPosted in Everyday life in Gaza, Gaza, Gaza reconstruction, History, IDF, Israel, Israel politics, Israeli occupation, Israeli politics, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Pictures, Siege, War crimes on 09/02/2010 by 3071km
Date Published: February 9, 2010
Source: The Palestine Telegraph
Human Rights Watch said Israel has failed to demonstrate that it will conduct an exhaustive and impartial investigation into violations of the laws of war by its troops during last year's offensive on the Gaza Strip.
The organization added that there is a need for an independent investigation to hold accountable those who committed abuses, including senior military officials and politicians who set the policies.
Human Rights Watch interviewed lawyers from the Israeli army to discuss the situation. In the meantime, although Israel has investigated the allegations, officials did not provide any information showing that they can be fair and thorough, said HRW, or that it will change the decisions and policies of the leadership that led unlawfully to the death of civilians.
Joe Stork, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division, said: "Israel claims that it was investigating credibly and fairly, but so far it has failed to prove this. There is a need for an independent investigation to understand why many civilians were killed in this manner, and to provide justice for victims of unlawful attacks."
In one case, it appears that the military investigation did not pay attention to important evidence: the remains of a bomb found in the Al-Bader mill near Jabalya. According to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict, Israel denied targeting the mill from the air, despite the available videofootage obtained by Human Rights Watch showing what appeared to be the remains of a 500-pound MK 82 bomb.
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70% of Palestinian Youth Oppose ViolencePosted in Everyday life in Gaza, Gaza, Gaza reconstruction, History, IDF, Israel politics, Israeli politics, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Siege, War crimes on 09/02/2010 by 3071km
Date Published: February 10, 2010
Source: The Palestine Telegraph
More than 80 percent of young Palestinians are depressed and 47 percent identify themselves as Muslim rather than Palestinian, according to a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report.The report, based on interviews with 1,200 Palestinians over the age of 17 from the West Bank and Gaza found that 39 percent were "extremely" depressed and 42 percent were depressed by their conditions. Depression was more marked in the Gaza Strip where 55 percent said they were "extremely" depressed.When asked to define their identity, 47 percent identified themselves as Muslims, 28 percent as Palestinians, 14 percent as humans and 10 percent as Arabs.The survey also revealed that the majority of Palestinian youth (69 percent) believe that the use of violence as a means to resolve the conflict is not very helpful, while only 8 percent believe it is an important tool.The survey of attitudes of Palestinian youth was part of a report, "The Mapping of Youth Organizations" commissioned by the UNDP and presented to a workshop designed to plan a strategy for youth development for the Palestinian Authority.Youth are exceptionally vulnerable to conflict, and unemployment rates for youth range from 35 percent in the West Bank to 51 percent in Gaza. UNDP commissioned the survey to understand the needs and expectations of youth organizations, levels of intervention, gaps to be filled, and set youth policies and strategies relevant to the needs of the Palestinian society and adopted by both the public and private sectors.


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I just had to drink it. Ran out of water about 12 miles out of town. It tasted good.
The guy in line gives me a look and so does the cashier. He blips the empty bottle over the bar code reader. They're amused; probably they know each other. At this point no use pretending to be sorry. It was the right thing to do.
Besides the empty bottle he rings up another tall bottle of water, a big cold can of coconut water, two hummus snack cups with pretzel chips and two Greek yogurts. And a banana.
Walking that store for what felt like an hour, it's what I came up with. After 112 miles, hummus, pretzels, and yogurt will have to do. That's Safeway. You know they'll have something. It will be decent and it will be safe but odds are it won't be an aesthetic experience.
Collecting my stuff I ask which way to Lake Almanor. Don't really want to buy a map. Out the door, turn left. Lots of water there, says the guy in line, with a wink.
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At the Australian Beauty Industry Awards (ABIA), Keturah was awarded the Best Marketing Award, as well as t
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SurveyMonkey Reveals What America Really Thinks About its Highest Paid Celebrities
Most Attractive, Talented and Overpaid Celebrities Ranked
PALO ALTO, Calif., August 9, 2016 — This week, SurveyMonkey, the world's leading online survey platform, measured how Americans feel about the celebrities ranked on the Forbes 2016 World Highest-Paid Celebrities list. The Forbes list, released in July 2016, ranks the world's 100 highest-earning celebrities over the last 12 months. Income aside, how do Americans actually feel about the richest celebrities? SurveyMonkey surveyed 2,500 Americans on various dimensions, including most valued, overpaid, and respected, to get to the bottom of this question.
Celebrities that Americans value the most
According to Forbes, Taylor Swift is this year's highest paid celebrity. But America doesn't consider her their most valued celebrity. That distinction goes to TV personality Ellen DeGeneres, who scores highest on key positive dimensions (most respected, business savvy, contribution to society and the person who Americans would most like to trade lives with for a day) and scores low on negative dimensions – (least respected and overpaid) – making her the celebrity that Americans value most. According to SurveyMonkey findings, the top ten most valued celebrities are as follows: 1. Ellen DeGeneres, 2. Taylor Swift, 3. Rolling Stones, 4. Adele, 5. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, 6. Garth Brooks, T7. LeBron James and Dr. Phil McGraw, 9. Madonna and 10. James Patterson.
Overall, Americans seem to value women more than some of the men on the list – selecting Taylor, Adele, Madonna and Ellen DeGeneres as part of their top 10 overall most valued celebrities.
However, value does not translate into earnings for celebrity women, with men making up 15 of the 20 highest-earning celebrities on the Forbes list. With only Taylor Swift and Adele cracking the top 10 highest paid, the gender wage gap is very much alive. Americans polled noted this, and seemed in agreement that men are overpaid. Their top three most overpaid celebrities? LeBron James, Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Phil McGraw.
When it comes to their favorite musicians, are Americans weary of Taylor Swift?
Americans may not have yet forgiven Taylor Swift (#1 most attractive celebrity and most attractive musician according to Americans) for her breakup with Calvin Harris (#9 most attractive musician). Swift is considered the #2 most overpaid musician and is the #3 musician that Americans respect the least. However, Taylor can count herself lucky that she doesn't top the lists for most overpaid and least respected musician. Those dubious awards go to famous Canadian bad-boy Justin Bieber.
Sir Paul McCartney and other more seasoned artists are proving that younger isn't always better if you're a musician. While the film industry and professional sports leagues are dominated by younger celebs, older musicians like Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and the Rolling Stones all poll well against younger musicians in key dimensions like most attractive, business savvy and best brand.
When it comes to Athletes, Americans still love Tom Brady
Tom Brady may have lost his Deflategate battle to Roger Goodell and the NFL in court, but some Americans seem to have overlooked his alleged transactions. America's favorite quarterback dominates his fellow athletes across the most talented, best brand, most respected and athlete they would most like to trade lives with dimensions, coming in at #2, #2, #4 and #1 respectively. Although with enough Americans losing respect for Brady and considering him the #4 most overpaid athlete, his longtime nemesis Eli Manning (#1 most respected athlete) captures the title for the most overall valued athlete by Americans.
Conspicuously absent? Female athletes – none of whom made the 2016 list for highest-earning celebrities.
Americans want to trade lives with the actors and actresses they find most attractive
There seems to be a strong correlation between Americans wanting to trade lives with the actors and actresses they find most attractive. Jennifer Lawrence, Sofia Vergara, Brad Pitt, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Johnny Depp round out the top 5 actors/actresses that Americans find the most attractive. This same group also tops the list for actors or actresses that Americans would most like to trade lives with.
Looking for the best social media accounts to follow (or maybe some workout tips)? Americans recommend following Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Kim Kardashian remains one of the most polarizing figures on the list
While Kim Kardashian may have only clocked in at #42 on Forbes Highest-Paid Celebrities list, she is one of the most polarizing personalities included on Forbes' list. When compared to other celebrities on the list in the media personality category, Americans ranked Kim as following: #1 for social media, #4 most attractive, #4 best brand, and #8 most business savvy. On the flipside, Kim was ranked as the #1 most overpaid and the #1 least respected when compared to fellow media personalities.
Kim's business savviness shines on mobile. Around one-third of the Forbes celebrities have apps, but most apps don't even generate enough data to track monthly users. Kim's trio of apps represent not only some of the most popular celebrity-produced apps, but some of the most popular apps in the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores overall. According to SurveyMonkey Intelligence, Kim's apps (KIMOJI, Kim Kardashian West Official App and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood) boast 1,100,00 combined monthly active users of. Kim Kardashian Hollywood alone has 951,000 monthly active users. That's about the same amount of monthly active users as popular team communication platform Slack.
Other key findings from SurveyMonkey's evaluation of the 2016 Forbes World's Highest-Paid Celebrities list can be found here.
Methods Statement
The 2016 Celebrity Measures are based on survey responses from a sample of 2,500 adults in the United States across 5 surveys. Each survey was administered on the SurveyMonkey platform with respondents from Audience, SurveyMonkey's online panel. Celebrities in the 2016 listing of the Forbes Celebrity 100 were compared by respondents on a set of 12 metrics across five surveys conducted July 20 – 25.
Mobile app data was collected using SurveyMonkey Intelligence, a mobile app insights platform. Data is based on estimates pulled as of July 17.
About SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey is the world's leading online survey platform, with more than 3 million survey responses every day. SurveyMonkey has revolutionized the way people give and take feedback, making it accessible, easy and affordable for everyone. The company was founded in 1999 with a focus on helping people make better decisions, and has built technology based on over 15 years of experience in survey methodology and web development. Customers include 99% of the Fortune 500, academic institutions, organizations and neighborhood soccer leagues everywhere. The company has over 600 employees throughout North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, with headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, visit www.surveymonkey.com.
© 2016 SurveyMonkey. SurveyMonkey and the SurveyMonkey logo are trademarks of SurveyMonkey Inc. and its affiliates. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Grow-with-Baby Gear: 11 Items That Last Past the First Year
The number of decisions that need to be made when purchasing baby gear is overwhelming. It may be hard to look ahead to the tiny bundle in your arms (or belly) and imagine the big kid he will be in just a short year with different concerns, different needs, and different gear to make things work well. But, with a little foresight you can find many pieces of baby gear that will grow with your child. Although some of these items are more of an investment up-front, I've found that they save money in the long run by playing double (or even triple) duty as your child grows.
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Ears and Eyes:
A video monitor is great not just for keeping track of baby while he's snoozing but can be used through the early elementary years to keep an eye on busy kids when you're busy making dinner or are otherwise occupied — especially when it gets a little too quiet. The two-way feature on some monitors is especially useful for being able to reassure babies from another room or let bigger kids know when it's time to put the toys away and start getting ready for bed. I use my AngelCare AC 1100, which has all of these features, to keep track of my seven year old as well as my infant!
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Carry the Baby, Carry the Kid:
Many babies love to be carried and many of these babies grow into toddlers that like to be carried as well – my four year old still asks for her "gogo" at times. Some moms choose to invest in baby carriers for different stages of growth, such as a sling for infants, a wrap for older babies, and a large soft structured carrier for toddlers, but it's not necessary to do so.
After a lot of research, I found the Boba 4G Carrier that can be used with newborns through toddlers right out of the box thanks to its snap-in pillow for use with newborns and detachable foot straps that can be used for toddlers, both of which come with the carrier at no extra cost. If soft-structured carriers aren't your style, another good option is a ring sling that goes over one shoulder, such as a Maya Wrap Comfortfit, that can be used for newborns through toddlers and is great for discreet nursing. Extra padding on the shoulder make it more comfortable to carry heavier toddlers than most other ring slings.
Healthy All Life Long:
While not technically a piece of baby gear, a powerful blender is a great investment that I am glad I made for my entire family. I got a Blendtec, a powerhouse blender, to make nutrient-dense smoothies for myself (and my growing baby) when I was pregnant. I plan on using to make pur?ed just-about-anything for baby when he starts solids and my older kids have been enjoying fresh everything from our Blendtec, from fresh soup to fruit-based ice cream.
From Diaper Changes to Independent Play:
The Joovy Room Playyard is a great choice for a changing table and bassinet for baby in one. Once baby grows into a toddler and no longer needs a bassinet the Room can be used as a play yard and travel bed, both of which most families will need for years to come. As a bonus, the Room has a built-in nightlight and speakers for when you need to do a middle-of-the-night diaper change or your little one needs a little reassurance.
From Help Sitting up Through Ready to Dine Out:
A floor seat, booster, and high-chair in one? Yes please! The Ingeunity Baby Base 2-in-1 Booster can be used with the soft insert from about four months, when baby is able to sit with support, and works similarly to the Bumbo. Once baby is ready to sit at the table use the attached straps to fasten the base to a chair to use as a highchair. As baby grows, the soft insert can be removed to make room for your toddler to use the base as a booster. The included tray conveniently stores under the base making it a cinch to use the Baby Base as a highchair when traveling or eating out.
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A Chair for All Ages and Stages:
Even the smallest newborns need to somewhere to lounge. Of course, this stage only lasts for a few months before baby needs a highchair. Then you blink and your baby no longer fits in the highchair but is not quite ready to sit in an adult-sized chair. The Stokke Steps Highchair is a great solution that is well worth the investment because it can be used from the first day home from the hospital up through the pre-teen years. Pieces can be purchased separately so you don't need to invest all at once. It's also a gorgeous piece of furniture that won't make your dining space look like it's part of romper room. If you prefer a more modern look, the Joovy HiLo is another good choice for a highchair that can convert into big-kid chair and comes in a range of great colors.
From Open for the Airplane to I Can Do it Myself:
While many moms purchase flimsy tableware when introducing solids there are good options available that don't need to be disposed of once your child is ready to feed himself. I love Silikids' mom-designed, toxin-free tableware that consists mostly of glass and ceramic covered in kid-friendly natural silicone. Glasses can be purchased with sippy-cup tops that can later be removed for older kids. Plates have nice sized compartments for baby food that can easily be used for toddlers who like to dip and older kids who want plates that look like the ones grown-ups use.
Warmth Through the Ages:
I've had two winter babies and two summer babies who turned into winter babies at around six months. Then, within a year all of the winter babies turned into winter toddlers. I spent too much on buying separate car seat covers, baby carrier covers, and stroller covers in baby and toddler sizes. I was so happy to discover 7 A.M. Enfant has a wide range of gear that will helped keep my newest addition nice and cozy on his the ride home from the hospital and has also kept him warm on his winter walks around the neighborhood in his baby carrier and in his stroller. The Pookie Poncho, recommended by the Car Seat Lady, works well as a cover-up for babies in carriers and infant seats then can convert to a stroller blanket for toddlers. If you only need a stroller blanket, the Blanket 212 Evolution has a simple and smart zipper system that allows the blanket to grow to three different sizes making it work just as well for my infant as it does for my four year old.
Diaper Bag and Purse in One:
I didn't realize with my first child how much of a beating my diaper bag would take, how much I would need to carry, or how long I would use it. As a result, I went through a few bags with upgrading a little each time in function and style. With my newest addition, I decided to invest in a bag that would last – last through the changing needs of my little one; last because it looks like my pre-baby purses and I won't grow tired of it; and last through anything a fussy baby and his tired mama could throw its way. I love PacaPod's ingenious system of having separate mom and baby compartments, with the baby compartment housing two removable pods for diapering/dirty clothes and one for feeding that can easily adapt to your baby's needs as he grows. For example, I'm not using the feeding pod quite yet with my newborn but once he starts solids I just need to throw it in the bag and we are good to go. I can easily see myself carrying one of these bags long after baby is in school. Options range from just over $100 (less if you catch a sale) to splurge-worthy luxury leather around $500. I drool over the Syndey, which is large enough to handle what I need for my baby and other kids while still allowing me to look pulled-together and have room for my mom-essentials including a laptop for when I have a few hours to myself when my son is at preschool.
Stroll in Style from First Day Home through First Day of School:
Nearly every family will need a sturdy stroller to use day-to-day. To cut down on clutter and expense, look for a stroller that can be used with a newborn through toddlerhood without the need to purchase lots of extras. I love the Mamas & Papas Urbo2, not just because of its sleek look, but because its seat can lie flat to accommodate a newborn, reverse to face a parent when baby gets a little older, and turn forward facing well into the preschool years. The Urbo2 also has a perfect blend of narrow and light enough to travel with while having a seat roomy enough for toddlers to nap comfortably and suspension to easily wheel over even the bumpiest sidewalk. The Urbo2 also comes standard with a belly bar and rain cover, which I consider must-haves to extend the life of your stroller. The Urbo2 won a prestigious What? Best Buy award when it was introduced in the UK because of its durability and great features, some of which are usually found only on higher-priced models.
Rock Your Baby Into Toddlerhood:
Most babies enjoy spending some time in a rocker or bouncer and many moms consider this a must-have piece of equipment so they have somewhere to put their baby when they need to cook dinner or shower. There are some models that covert to big-kid seats once baby no longer enjoys being bounces. Bright Start's Rhythm of the Reef Rocker coverts into a toddler-friendly rocking chair that can be used well into the toddler years. The Nuna Leaf Bouncer is a modern take on bouncers that can hold up to 130 pounds. My infant loves being swayed to sleep in it and my four-year-old regularly takes off the toy bar to use it as a reading chair.
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Now more than ever before it is important to love what you are doing in life – especially your work life. In a world of a million choices, why not consider a career that gives you exciting opportunities to meet people from all walks of life, the pride that comes with owning your own business and sense of accomplishment that comes with success?
It's a Great Time for the Real Estate Profession
A few days ago I met an individual at a social event and when we got to talking, I was surprised to hear that he was very interested in my chosen career path. In fact, he wanted more information about possibly joining my team. I'll share with you what I shared with him; now is THE time to get in the business.
As they say, business is booming. It goes without saying that success is achieved with hard work and hard work is rewarded in any business you get into. But the difference that I've found that comes with working in the real estate profession is a genuine rewarding feeling that comes from helping people.
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Time and again, we real estate brokers are given the opportunity to help someone transition from one stage of life to the next, to liberate them from a situation that might be bringing them down or to help make a dream home become a reality. Nothing is more satisfying than knowing you have had a part in changing someone's life.
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In Search of the First Tea Bag Patent
By William I. Lengeman III
There is a commonly accepted tale for the origin of the tea bag, one that I've written about at this site and elsewhere. I've also seen it mentioned countless other times in many other places. I'll kick off this article by giving a very brief version of the story. Sometime around 1904 or 1907 or perhaps even 1908, depending on who's telling the tale, a tea merchant named Thomas Sullivan got the idea to give out samples of his wares in silk bags. Some of his customers got the notion to dip these bags in hot water and thus the humble tea bag was born – for better or worse.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fantasy novel composed as a loving Jane Austen pastiche should inspire reviews eager to display their wit and cleverness by opening with their own Austen reference. Just about the entire fantasy-reading world had been drumming its fingers in anticipation of Mary Robinette Kowal's first novel, after making a name for herself — racking up a Hugo nomination (for her story "Evil Robot Monkey") and a Campbell win — on the basis of her short fiction. Quite possibly no one was expecting a debut like this.
Released, coincidentally, at a time when a silly fad for classic "mashup" novelty books like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Android Karenina were exciting some niche of fandom somewhere, Shades of Milk and Honey is a heartfelt and sincere homage to a figure who's influenced perhaps more writers than Tolkien. It's never less than delightful, and is surprisingly effective in the way MaryRob's fantasy elements convey themes consistent with those of Austen herself.
Jane Austen's fame rests not only her boundless storytelling wit, but on the way she transformed the soppy romantic novels popular in her day into a vehicle for withering social commentary, skewering the formality, the propriety and manners of the English gentry and the stifling limitations they put upon women, whose chief value was marriageability. If you were a young rich girl in 1800 England, you were pretty much a prize show pony.
In Shades, MaryRob adds the ingenious fantasy concept of "glamour" magic into the mix. In a culture almost pathologically obsessed with keeping up appearances, young ladies of quality are instructed in this art, which allows them to enhance, alter, conceal, or otherwise manipulate the appearance of reality for aesthetic effect. The best glamourists can work Michelangelo-level wonders. Dining halls become enchanted forests. Even light itself can be bent, to conceal something one would prefer hidden. In this sort of culture, you can bet there's a lot of that about.
Jane Ellsworth is a plain-looking but brilliantly gifted glamourist, still unmarried at 28 and living at her family's estate in Dorchester. Her younger sister Melody is the pretty one, but she deeply envies Jane's talents. The plot of Shades is a spot-on riff on Austen's comedies of manners, where the chief motivations of the women involve scoring eligible husbands, throwing lavish dinner parties, and finding absolutely any excuse to use the old fainting couch. Jane has already resigned herself to spinsterhood — and the sheer foolishness of a social contract that would set a woman's shelf-date at well under 30 is boggling — but isn't quite sure what to make of the attentions of one Mr. Vincent, a supremely gifted glamourist hired to tutor the daughter of a family friend. He treats her with perfect manners but a cold deameanor...but is this hiding something? (An inspired moment here poses the question of whether she's the Beauty to his Beast, or vice versa.) Jane also finds reason to worry that the young rake Melody has set her sights on — Henry Livingston, a childhood playmate now grown into a dashing captain in His Majesty's service — may or may not be the man they think he is.
Fantasy fans used to epic-scale storytelling in which the fate of the world is at stake might think a book like this is too trivial a piece of fluff to be worthwhile. Drop your pride and lose that prejudice. Shades of Milk and Honey is by no means a tale strictly for Janeites or the sort of people who watch costume movies with Helena Bonham Carter. MaryRob keeps her story intimate and her cast small, which naturally allows us to feel closer to all of them. It's a brisk read. Surprises aren't exactly a big agenda item here, as you have a fairly good idea which happily-ever-afters will work out. But the novel is as lush and immersive in its best moments as the glamours Jane and Vincent create. Yeah, sure, now that MaryRob has shown she can do Austen, I'd prefer, next time out, to see her do — you know — Mary Robinette Kowal. But if her first novel is something of a glamour itself, well, it's one that's hard to resist. Its true magic is in showing us that what the spell conceals really is more beautiful than we thought.
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Ted Baehr, head of the Christian Film and Television Commission, this week presented movie industry leaders with 1 million signatures calling for a new family-friendly movie code. The proposed guidelines call on movie producers to respect human life, to portray romantic relationships without nudity, to show restraint in the portrayal of sexual aberrations, and to eliminate language that incites bigotry and hatred. Slasher films and nude scenes are definitely out, according to the proposed code.
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Because working with files is such a common and potentially expensive operation, every operating system introduces numerous levels of indirection when serving I/O requests. This is necessary in order to execute I/O operations in a reasonable time frame. But managing complexity through abstraction of various hardware and software layers that interact during file operations also has its disadvantages: you get a false impression that you don't need to know what is really going on under the hood :)
I needed to optimize a part of my code that was writing data to random locations in a binary file. After realizing that FileOptions.RandomAccess does not automagically do the trick and make seeks (in a loop!) run noticeably faster, I started to dig into the FileOptions Enumeration. A couple of days later, bursting with knowledge on internal working of Windows Cache Manager and speeding up random writes using Memory-Mapped Files I decided to write a two part blog post about it.Read More…
I have been using Mercurial revision control system as a weapon of choice for quite some time now. For controlling changes made to source code, as for backing up to a private repository hosted at Bitbucket I used the basic commands for committing, adding, pushing and pulling files to/from the local /remote repository on a daily basis. And that was sufficient for my needs….until recently. I stumbled upon an interesting blog post titled "Segregate your commits into tiny topical changes" that made me think of how my current revision history on a project looks like…Read More…
A couple of months back I've got a task of implementing a protocol for an embedded device sending/receiving streams of data through serial communication. Together with this task I also inherited a Windows Forms C# application that already did some of the previous but in a different protocol with a different device. The more I struggled to understand and reuse some of the existing infrastructure, the more I wanted to rewrite the whole thing (sounds familiar?).
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Such code was really hard to read and even harder to maintain. And if you don't have the documentation for the device's programming interface it's all even harder.
In this post I'm trying to solve two things:
Because of Mercurial's immutable historical record of project files there is no way to make a committed file completely disappear from the history tree. Our only hope in this case it's not Obi-Wan but the hg rollback command if we act quickly. Since this command only works for one most recent operation (How to keep a Mercurial repository small?) it will not work if we already committed one or more changes after the change that we would like to completely remove (Accidentally committed a large amount of raw data in Mercurial, how do I keep it from overloading my Bitbucket repository?). Our problems escalate even faster if we already pushed or pulled changes to a remote repository and our bad commit propagated to other collaborators.
Two most common cases of brown paper bag commits (a commit that is so bad you want to pull a brown paper bag over your head) are accidentally committing sensitive information files (passwords, connection strings…) and large files. The latter case is less critical because it only increase s repository size and the time it takes to perform operations like pull or clone.
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Beach Cottage Coastal Decorating Ideas
Thu 7th, Jun, 2012
G'day lovelies, how you cooking… checking in with some beachy coastal decor on the Beach Cottage deck today!
I am into things hanging at the moment, and still into the blue phase in Beach Cottage Land, I must say I thought this phase wouldn't last very long but it seems it's here to stay…blue just says coastal doesn't it?
Mix it in with a few nautical things and the odd bit of rustic and all is good in the world.
Here's what I started with…
Of course, throwing in some lavender may well remind one of the hills of Provence, if one has indeed been to the hills of Provence.
If not, one can just throw them around anyway and dream…
Errrm these are a new kind of lavender, they are called Drunken Lavender ;-) ….I am not sure why they were behaving as if they had been to Provence and sat in an outdoor cafe in the mid-day sun and had a little tipple too many but they were all like this, I picked a huge bunch and dotted them around and all of them were doing this head down droopy thing…
Very much loving these white lanterns from my fave lil Nordic boutique…I must say I held off buying these when they first came out, I wasn't sure I liked them in white (truly) but now they are cropping up all over the show in this tatty old cottage of ours…
…the other night I hung them around with the old weathered ones too from the trees , we lit the fire pit (more on our fire pit here if you missed it) and lit the lanterns and it looked lovely – with these I like how it's just a simple tealight in there and you can shut the door once they are lit…
To make this a tad on the nautical side I hung these fishing floats too
and a shell – I just tied this shell with some fishing wire
…had to be a starfish too ;-)
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I did this coastal tablescape for Mr Beach Cottage's birthday – c'mon do you think he noticed coastal things hanging around? Ahem that would be a no… errrrm I don't think he would notice if I died my hair blue actually…
…but it was an excuse to do something I like doing and frankly the rest of the house is a bomb-site, because the cupboards are still waiting to be put up hence kitchen stuff everywhere and on top of all that all the internal doors are being replaced…talk about mess!
…so I came out here, did this and thought you might like it too???
Happy Friday Beach Cottage ladies…
you can find lots of Beach Cottage ideas for coastal beachy decorating here
27 Responses to "Beach Cottage Coastal Decorating Ideas"
I think he would notice if you DIDN'T have the coastal things hanging around x
All this foofing floats your boat so keep doing it!!
I made a mobile from shells and driftwood (I asked the tour guide if it was ok to collect it) from Lord Howe Island that hangs outside my kitchen window. It brings back lovely feelings and memories all the time and it cost nothing.
lovely Sarah… Really like it…I love the image you described with the fire pit and the lanterns twinkling away… So intimate and beautiful… Your kids will remember those nights… Such a beautiful thing to do :)…I love those lanterns from Ikeas too but I want a massive one (unfortunately they also come with a massive price tag – lol)….Hope you have a lovely long weekend :)…
I love the white lantern.
just a quick question Sarah- ….How do you attach your fishing line to the balcony roof??
So you have cross wooden bars up there to attach them to?
Just wondering as I seem to have little hooks everywhere!!
Melissa :)
PS- looks divine for a BC birthday- and c'mon it's not really about the bday boy anyway is it! ;)
Fabulous. I'm in love with the wicker chargers. The other day In hypercity I saw some really cute nautical looking lanterns but they were priced at 700 bucks. I think I'll wait for the sale to happen. 700 bucks! Blasted price.
Happy Birthday to Mr. BC, Sarah! Did you give him the day off from hanging cabinets? lol! Love your tablescape. The pattern on those napkins are so pretty! :)
xoxo laurie
My daughter and her friend drilled through shells and hung them with fishing line in their Fairy garden, along with a few sparkly things a couple of years ago now, they are still up and look gorgeous! I have a beautiful collection of shells and I put them in apothecary jars in the bathroom last year. Some were collected from qld when I was a child on holidays. I will keep them forever!
Your hubby would be like most blokes, more interested in the food, booze and company than any decorations!
Beautiful Sarah, as usual. Are the shells and starfish from your beaches?
Love the tablescape Sarah. Where did you get he fab napkins? The starfish made me smile as I just finished bleaching mine after I spilt red wine on them in a tablescaping mishap! Better hanging from fishing line I think!
love love love that photo with the white lantern and bokeh ish green background – how ever did you acheive that?
Birthday styling looks fab, noticed or not. Sometimes a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to get some semblance of normality and pretty into life – bet you felt better when it all looked lovely xx
It looks terrific Sarah – I've had the same thing happen with that type of lavender too. I have a husband with a birthday today also, you've made me feel like making a bit more of an effort than I'd originally planned! Looks like I'll be treating myself to some flowers then…
Kate x
Oh I do love those lanterns from Ikea. Wanted to snavel some up when I did my first official visit to Ikea last month in Melbourne, but alas not enough room in my case.
I did grab one of the lovely stripey mats I have been after for so long and now wish I had gotten two more! (Sadly no Ikea here in Tas.)
The big question though is what is on the menu for Mr BC's b'day dinner?
I hope you all have a lovely night.
It looks as pretty as a picture :)
as always sweet as can be – lovely images and all .. did the lavender pick up at all ? le xox
Hi Sarah I can't believe you are still eating outside….I am watching longingly as we in England have had 7 days of solid cold RAIN and it,s June!I,ve just shown my teenager your picture of yesterdays surf to cheer us all up.
I have to say a great big Thank You for giving me the confidence to try new decor.I was the lady who posted about the wardrobes/bedroom.Its done and I am really pleased .I have subscribed and given my email address but I am new to all this computer malarkey and haven't received anything yet but I am awaiting each post with glee.I am going to try th smoothies foe my exam burdened teenagers today and who knows even my 4 year old triplets might be tempted to swig.
We have got strawberries though.Have you tried to grow those yet?
keep up the sharing and don,t be too homesick for now as I have just put the heating on!!!
Love the beach things hanging around. No tall guests expected I hope?! :D
Like Motherofluvlies above I am envying your good weather. We have October weather here at the mo. Keep the sunshine pics coming!!!!
(Sigh!) just lovely! Sign me up fr sundowners on the deck for sure:)
Everything is sooo adorable! I wish I could be by the sea right now…agrrr
This is spectacular! We live on the water also and I'm always looking for new ideas. I think I will try this for an upcoming party, thank you for the inspiration!
Happy Birthday Mr. BC from across the pond in the states. Sarah everything looks lovely! It's all over HGTV land across the pond just thought I would add that today.
Loving the pale blue (it IS my fave colour after all – my business logo is pale blue, caramel and white). Yes it does say beachy, even in the colder months, it makes us feel fresh somehow. Love the pics. Hope you can visit me soon in blogland – I have been away for a while, but I am back and loving catching up on all my fave blogs – including this one. Happy weekend:)
Oh I really really really love these photos.. I could look at them all day.. We are planning to do our house with touches of coastal too. We are only 500m from the Beach so we are wanting to do this. We have a timber table that we are wanting to do in a beach theme.. as in paint. What did you do with your table, and what paints did you paint it with? I look so forward to receiving your emails each week. Have a great day.
Beautiful photos again Sarah……I was just wondering what camera you would recommend??
I just recently found your blog and am enjoying reading everything. I'd love a beachy look for my patio. You've given me some great ideas. Your deck is absolutely droolworthy. Where did you get those napkins? They have that same lil Nordic boutique across the pond here too. I've been known to shop there. Hope Mr BC had a nice birthday and gets to the kitchen cupboards. One of my friends redid a kitchen in the same cupboards, came out cute. Good choice.
this table setting is gorgeous! love your work!
Your home is absolutely stunning. I have seen pictures of it all over the web! :) I was dying to know where you got the coffee table and am gutted to find out I'd actually have to luck — and work! — into it! :) Beautiful.


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