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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Angry Gary Carter "Now you're getting your way"
Look, Tony Gwynn didn't sign anything but a 8x10 picture that was made from State Farm. I'm not defending Carter, but if you already know he's not going to sign anything else, why create a scene? I got Gwynn's autograph knowing that I was ONLY going to get a 8x10 picture. He wasn't going to sign anything else.
Security involvement was funny. He got in the fans face just to show up on YouTube. That's all. Just watch it...
28 comments:
- Eric "Niño" said...
The fan had a point about at least signing for the kids because kids always deserve the autograph.
He did ignite the situation by saying he was going to post it on YouTube. Its almost as if he had it planned.
Funny none-the-less.
- July 14, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Jeff said...
The guys with the camera was just being a dick...what was the point of that. Its people like that who make events less fun
- July 14, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- Ben T said...
This was obviously made by some scumbag selling the autographs on Ebay. Look at how the photographs already had stickers of authenticity. These guys go around using kids as pawns. Awful
- July 14, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Fernando said...
The fan is dumb. He recorded this and knew what was going to happen. I was there Sunday and some players signed everything, others only a certain item. I knew this so I didn't waste my time to those that only signed a little paper. The security at the end didn't handle this situation well.
- July 14, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Read the description on the youtube video b4 you judge
- July 14, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Paul Zummo said...
Read the description on the youtube video b4 you judge
Yeah, the guy's still a dick - and I'm not talking about Carter.
I mean, check out the guy's handle and check out his Youtube page. Obsessed much?
- July 14, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Roberto said...
@ TrueDodgerFan - I did read the description... All I'm saying is this... why waste your time if you don't want his autograph on their items? He already knew what he was getting. We can say Carter is a jerk for only wanting to sign a particular item, fine. But since you know that, go to another booth and get an autograph from someone else.
- July 14, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Eddie2323 said...
That fan was wrong. he just made the entire situation uncomfortable for everyone. he knew the rules. why make a scene?
- July 14, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Bear Down Consulting said...
The guy taking the video is a complete embarrassment to sports fans. Just because technology exists that allows us to upload video for the world to see doesn't mean that you threaten to use the video because you don't get your way. I can understand if he was wronged, but he clearly was not. Gary Carter may have been contractually limited to what he is able to do while sitting at that table. Be thankful the guy even cares about the game and the fans enough to show up.
- July 14, 2010 at 2:02 PM
Just another person trying to see how far they can go. No wonder stars don't like to go out in public. They have to deal with douche bags like this.
- July 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Michael said...
Yeah the videotaper was really being a dick throughout. He had his videocamera ready, his kids to use as "pawns" to make him seem "innocent", obviously he had his YouTube script ready to go, and on top of that he made an embarrassment of himself not only in front of security but also his family. It's guys like those that give sports fans a bad name sometimes.
- July 14, 2010 at 4:17 PM
- TTMCentral said...
I believe what this guy did was not the smartest. Now I know that I may be ignorant and that they may be both at fault but I was there at the Fanfest on Saturday and stood in line for a good amount of time to get Gary Carter's autograph. I am only 16 years old and I am a huge Dodger Fan. Gary Carter would not sign my card and would only do it for a donation. I was with a friend and we took our time to go buy a card of him and he wouldnt sign anything but a paper. He states in the video that he would sign baseball cards but that isnt true. It is NOT american to not sign a child's item and I believe this man has his head up his a**, with his supposed HOF worthy career. Before this I was a fan of Gary Carter. I never understood why as a human being he would do something like that. By the way Robert I love your blog and have for a loooooooooooonnnnnnnngggg time :).
- July 14, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- MarieR said...
I was there and Gary Carter is an idiot. My husband was in line for two hours when the guy came down the line to tell him Gary is signing 8X11 pieces of paper. The first guy in front of my husband took out $25 dollars for Carter to sign his baseball; Carter TOOK the money and signed the ball. The guy behind my husband offered Carter $10 to sign his baseball and Carter refused. So the guy had to come up with another $15 dollars in order for Carter to sign his baseball. This was absolutely ridiculous as ALL player were signing baseballs and anything else for free (except for Ricky Henderson, but then we all know he's an a**hole. Gary Carter has now joined Ricky Henderson in A**hole Ville. There were lots of witnesses to what my husband and I saw; hope word of this gets around.
- July 14, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- MarieR said...
Gary Carter was an A**hole. The reason this guy took out his camera was probably because of what happened before he got to the front of the line. My husband was in line for two hours. The guy in front of him took out $25 and gave it to Carter to sign his baseball. Carter TOOK the money, put it in his pocket and proceeded to sign the baseball. The guy after my husband took out $10 and gave it to Carter for him to sign his baseball. Carter said "No." The guy then proceeded to take out another $15 and gave a total of $25 to Carter. Again, Carter TOOK the money, put it in his pocket and proceeded to sign the baseball. I didn't know what a prick Gary Carter really was. Just to set the record straight, Ricky Henderson signed the entrance ticket or a blank piece of paper; also, he was on his CELLPHONE while he was signing. These two idiots should be banned from attending a Fan Fest Convention that is supposed to give out FREE autographs to everyone. Tommy John was a perfect gentleman, so was Feller, Gaylor Perry, Earl Weaver, Maury Wills, Dick Williams, Jim Fergosi and Luis Aparicio. What Carter did was absolutely wrong. Carter and Ricky belong in A**hole Ville.
- July 14, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- J said...
Carter always struck me as another phony religious athlete.
ONLY signing for the money and turning down a kid.
I'm sure Jesus is really proud of him.
- July 14, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- chirpy said...
What ever happened to Garys afro? That thing was awesome.
- July 14, 2010 at 11:53 PM
- A. DeVandry said...
I guarantee that guy was just using his kids to get some signed Gary Carter photos to sell. The photos are probably up on Ebay right now, and he's using the video as "proof" that they aren't fake autographs. What a douchebag.
- July 15, 2010 at 2:40 AM
- Lemzilla said...
There aren't any Gary Carter fans that were born after 1979. The jerk was using his kids as a prop for a YouTube video. Well done.
- July 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- TTMCentral said...
@ Lemzilla
"There aren't any Gary Carter fans that were born after 1979..."
I am only 16 years old and I do not want this to come to you as offensive but I disagree with your statement. Even I am a (former) fan and wanted to have Gary Carter's autograph but he didn't want to sign my card. The video stated that he was signing cards and the security guard I met said otherwise. I don't think its american not to sign a child's autograph. I KNOW for a fact when a child receives a autograph from a player (old or new, no matter if he/she knew them or not)it makes them happy and it makes their day. I did not have $25 dollars in my pocket and there is no way in hell I would pay that much anyway. When I was little, about 6 years of age, I received my first autograph from Paul Quantrill and David Ross. I had no clue who they were and I accepted the knowledge that they were playing on my favorite team, The Dodgers. It made my day to hold that autograph and say that I had the chance to meet them. You really can't say that he was using his kids as a pawn to sell those autograph and post them on Youtube because it is possible the thought of your kid to have that moment of happiness and having your kid smile for the rest of the day due to one autograph is priceless. I believe Gary Carter did the most UN-Christian thing. I am a huge fan a baseball and a huge fan of its history but Gary Carter is one of those moments I do not ever want to remember.
By the way, I am sorry that Rickey was being rude to the fans. It is sad to hear that he did that. I am glad now that I never went to his line just to be set up for dissapointment.
- July 15, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- A. DeVandry said...
First, these kids had no idea who Gary Carter is (like you and Quantrill/Ross), so why would it matter to them if they got an autographed sheet of paper vs an autographed photo with an MLB foil stamp? It doesn't/shouldn't matter. They met the guy and got his autograph, end of story. It only matters to their dad who wants to sell the item (hence the foil sticker).
Second, what part of Carter's actions was un-Christian? Read Carter's website where he states that he will not sign anything that will be sold for profit. Carter saw the foil stickers and refused to sign. He has the right to do that without being labeled as un-Christian. I still have no idea what was "un-Christian" about his actions. Hopefully you or someone else can shed some light on how this relates to Carter's faith at all.
- July 15, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- TTMCentral said...
@ A. DeVandry
Carter States:
"The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement of all. God offers each of us the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. When we accept God's gift of salvation, our name is written in The Book of Life, guaranteeing us a place in heaven forever."
"I made that decision during spring training in 1973, and prayed asking Jesus to come into my heart as Lord and Savior. It was then that I first realized that when Jesus died on the cross, he died for me and paid for my sins. Accepting his payment was all I needed to do. I couldn't earn my way into heaven. You can become a member of God's Hall of Fame too, by making the same decision today."
How do we really know that his intentions were to sell an autograph? (If they were then he is an A-hole and is making the autograph fans look bad). I don't believe that Gary Carter should care if his autographs are being sold for profit. He would be NOTHING without his fans. His fans were the one who paid his paycheck all those years he was playing.I don't believe a Christian or a man of God as he states would care about the money that they are making off of him or the money he is losing. They authenticate the item no matter what when you go up to get your item signed at the all star Fanfest so I don't believe it would have mattered having the MLB foil sticker. Everybody was selling his Merchandise to get signed. You wait 2-3 hours in line. Then as you get up to the table, he says he Won't sign it (instead a piece of paper for you) unless you give him $25.
- July 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- A. DeVandry said...
You showed me that he claims to be a Christian. Good. But I asked you to show me where he was being un-Christian.
Carter already got paid to be at the event. According to athletepromotions.com, booking Carter for an event costs between $10,000 and $20,000. He didn't need to get paid $25 a pop to sign baseballs or whatever else was shoved in his face.
However, he has a charity, detailed on his website, and he has stated very clearly that he will sign for donations to his charity. See the links below for those detailed policies.
It's clear that he's not ripping people off. In fact, he is doing an honorable thing by raising money for charity. This is hardly "un-Christian". I think you and others have thrown that term around too loosely.
- July 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- TTMCentral said...
Their were several players who have their own autograph policies for charity that were at the event such as Earl Weaver(Miami Children Hospital). As you say, "Carter already got paid to be at the event. According to athletepromotions.com, booking Carter for an event costs between $10,000 and $20,000. He didn't need to get paid $25 a pop to sign baseballs or whatever else was shoved in his face." If he was paid to be at the event for three days (10,000-25,000), Why did he only sign white paper when he could have donated the money that he was paid for the event to sign the items for the fans (Like Me) that waited in line for 2-3 hours. He could have signed items that the fans had like all the other players who have charities.
- July 15, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- A. DeVandry said...
So you're backing off the un-Christian accusations?
If Carter got paid for the event, then that is his money to keep. More power to him. Quite honestly, Christian doctrine requires people to be stewards of their own money, and Carter is doing that.
It is WRONG of people to attack his character because he didn't donate his earnings to charity. The guy needs to earn a living.
I have no problem with him saying, "if you want me to sign your official crap for selling on eBay, then donate $25 to this charity."
I DO have a problem with people threatening him on video, using their kids as props, and forcing him to sign their eBay sale items by blackmailing him with youtube clips. ... and then claiming that his actions were un-Christian. Good grief.
- July 15, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- TTMCentral said...
Look my card did not have an official MLB sticker. It was a common card that you could find in a standard package of cards. When an event says that the players will sign your item for free and you wait in line for 2-3 hours for Gary Carter to tell you I won't sign your card even though you are a kid and took the time to get a card of me and wait in a long line to be set up for disapointment.
- July 15, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- jbull0ck said...
eI just submitted this as a comment on YouTube:
Please take the video down now. Putting children in the path of what appears to be a planned angerfest is premeditated child abuse. Anyone who finds someone else's behavior unacceptable yet blackmails them for an autograph needs psychological help on yet another level.
One can only hope.
- February 16, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- James M. aka Cardcop said...
NONE of you who had one bad word to say about Gary Carter know the first thing about the TRUTH behind this man and his intentions and you should all be ashamed for talking of something you know NOTHING about.
I knew this man since 1989 when his outstanding charity work with the Leukemia Society of America inspired me to donate all my duplicate mint cards (all stars included) to children hospitalized with that awful disease. I donated over 30,000 cards and that was THE FIRST large card donation by a collector to ANY charity which was researched by the NY Daily News who did a story about my donation. That fact in itself shocked me and showed me how greedy/cheap collectors and dealers were. So I donated cards every year to the Leukemia Society until 1992. In 1991, I won a National Award from the Leukemia Society where I was credited with donating 250,000 cards by that point.
I donated 30,000+ cards and autographs every year after 1989 to the present.I donated every penny profit that I could have made from this hobby but instead I gave it to children who never got a chance to live their lives- UNLIKE THE HEALTHY CHILDREN YOU ARE ALL WINING ABOUT!
I made donations ALL BECAUSE GARY CARTER PROVED TO ME THAT HE WAS THE KINDEST, MOST THOUGHTFUL SPORTS PLAYER I EVER MET (TO THIS DAY!) and I met hundreds in every sport thanks to my donations!
As for Carter, besides making a hefty donation to charity for EVERY Home Run he hit, he vowed to never sign anything with a Mets logo unless the person donated $25 to the Leukemia Society - PERIOD (that was a fact from 1986-1999 that I personally know of). When you make a public statement like that, you cannot bend the rules even for a child.
If a player won't sign for kids and they DON'T sign for a donation- I have a problem with that! I got into a heated verbal fight with Mike Piazza at Shea Stadium in 1998 because he ALWAYS refused to sign for kids and he does not sign for a donation! But he would sign for pretty girls that he wanted to get with. That BS doesn't fly with me and I wanted to kick his butt, but he was too chicken to come out from the fenced in parking lot.
Gary Carter started his own charity at some point in the 2000's. He changed his rules slightly regarding the Mets items to all items I believe. We kept in touch until 2012 on & off until he passed away.
After 1989, I only asked for his autograph once & that was because he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame on my birthday (Jan. 7th) and I wanted my Hall Of Fame Yearbook signed mentioning that, which he gladly did for me- but he reminded even me that he cannot sign any other items unless I donate $25 to his charity.
When any player makes a public statement as to their autograph rules which they have every right to do, collectors have to follow those rules especially if the money ALL goes to children's charities. There's NO WAY Gary Carter EVER pocketed money for autographs he signed. Whomever made statements like that here should be ashamed of yourselves. You are just reflecting what YOU WOULD DO if you were in that position- which is just sad.I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE and would bet my life that he donated every penny he was given to sign an autograph to his charity.
James McCay
- August 9, 2014 at 12:28 PM
- Marie Ross said...
Well...I was there and he would not sign anything unless you handed it over $25. My husband gave him $25 and Gary put it in his pocket. AT NO TIME DID GARY SAY THE MONEY WAS FOR CHARITY. We waited over two hours for his autograph and by that time we were done. My husband handed him the money. If he would have said it was for charity, I think it would have been different. Gary and the MLB All Star Fest handled this whole thing wrong.
- August 10, 2014 at 1:13 PM


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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
new homes
Firstly I just want to say a quick thank you to everyone for their lovely comments about house hunting. I feel heaps better about it today and we're back on the prowl. Meanwhile I'm having a great time focussing on my new internet patch o dirt: the new shop! Which I can now reveal the ever so secret location of:
I bet that wasn't too hard to figure out. I fact one clever chicken already did, and has signed herself up for a customer account already. So get in quick before she buys up the whole lot! hehe.
30 comments:
- I am Jen said...
Ha ha I got signed up too!
- 9:08 am
Lara - your shop looks amazing! Congratulations! Can't wait to see what you've got lined up for homewares and stationery too :-)
- 9:50 am
- AnnieB said...
cool - good luck with the shop - looks great
- 10:13 am
- of paper & thread said...
Hey Lara, the new shop looks wonderful :-) Well done!
- 10:14 am
- ShiriMe! said...
by stationery, do you mean letter sets? cuz that would be awesome. and i hope your homewares won't break my bank!
lovely new shop! congrats! :)
- 10:31 am
- Little Bitsys said...
Signing up now! Your new shop looks wonderful!
- 10:46 am
- Kirsten said...
The new shop is lovely! I am so excited for my fabric mix pack.
- 10:50 am
- Hollabee said...
fantastic job Lara!
- 11:04 am
- Sequana said...
The shop is as pretty as your fabrics. I signed up, everything went like clockwork.
The notice in my email was there before I could even check on it.
Good Job.......
- 11:32 am
- leslie said...
congrats. on your new good looking shop.
- 12:32 pm
- Melissa said...
It looks wonderful! Congrats on the new shop!
- 1:27 pm
- Hyena In Petticoats said...
Lara, the shop looks gorgeous, well done!
I'm envious of your site building skills - I wish I knew more code!
I've been meaning to ask you again about the gocco you recommended - was it the PG-11?
(I'm gonna buy one next week! eeep!)
Congrats again on the shop...
Leah xx
- 2:54 pm
- Mee a Bee said...
Congratulations. It's a great looking website. Everything is sold out (I guess since the categories are empty) so that's awesome for you.
I hope it continues to go well.
- 2:55 pm
- Pina said...
A nice shop, but yes, all was sold out even before I could take a look at what's available. A pity.
- 5:36 pm
- Amy Nieto said...
yeap! all sold out again! The site looks adorable.
One tiny suggestion, if I may? I feel the need to see some "linen/canvas" texture somewhere on your graphics, like the orange square pattern on the banner. Perhaps an actual close up of one of the fabrics?
Asides from the little wish, you did a great job!
- 7:41 pm
- Leslie said...
ahh great stuff...site looks great. Good luck with it..not like you will need it! Looks like it has all sold out already! I got mine hoorah!
I am very envious of your business etc its something I always wanted to do, just never seem to have the ideas!
- 7:52 pm
- Kristine said...
The new website looks beautiful Lara. How lovely to be able to design it yourself.
- 8:22 pm
- Anna Laura said...
Hey Lara, the page and the shop is looking great! I'm very impressed with the new shop, good to see you moving forward!
- 10:57 pm
- Annie said...
Congrats on the new shop - looks great!
- 11:53 pm
- Candice said...
I guess I got there too late, everything was sold out :( I am dying to get some of your fabric!! I guess I will have to wait until the next go around!
- 3:09 am
- Meet Me at Mikes said...
Lara... either you got robbed.. or you've sold out! Your shop looks gorgeous - nice work!
- 8:10 am
- Nikki (Mother of the Devil Child) said...
Seriously? 2 days?!?!
I'll be back. Now I'm feeling all competitive - MUST. GET. FABRIC.
- 8:20 am
- amy dawn rose said...
hi lara- the new shop looks great, but i am wondering if it is possible for you to list items that have sold, like etsy did. call me a masochist, but i like to see what i have missed out on!
- 4:43 am
I'll second that idea about including a facility to show sold items. It's one of my favourite things about etsy. It's also good for sellers because it allows people to see what sort of things you create and sell during those "in between" periods.
- 12:29 pm
- Tali said...
hurray for shop!
and thanks for the tip about bigcartel! looks like a great solution! ;)
- 2:04 pm
- Anna said...
Congrats on opening your shop-it looks great!
- 3:26 pm
- Christine said...
Great new home! I really wish you'd print larger batches, there is obviously a demand and not enough supply. I've never been able to get your fabrics :(
- 5:49 am
- Amy Nieto said...
the banner looks great now :D
- 10:43 am
- Yuko said...
Lala Congratulations on your new shop!
Your shop looks so lovely.
- 10:12 am
- IMEDAGOZE said...
congrats, Lara! all the best.
- 1:59 am

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Rogers Inbox: Baseball back in Montreal?
I heard this question today in the media: Would Greg Maddux be a Hall of Famer if he'd spent his entire career with the Cubs?
Huh? There was nothing magical in the water in Atlanta. Maddux had his first 20-win and National League Cy Young Award season in Chicago. Former Cubs pitching coach Dick Pole had more to do with Maddux's success than Leo Mazzone.
I heard this question today in the media: Would Greg Maddux be a Hall of Famer if he'd spent his entire career with the Cubs?
Huh? There was nothing magical in the water in Atlanta. Maddux had his first 20-win and National League Cy Young Award season in Chicago. Former Cubs pitching coach Dick Pole had more to do with Maddux's success than Leo Mazzone.
Maddux was going to win 300 games and be a Hall of Famer. The better question is what would he have meant to the Cubs from 1993-2003, when he delivered 66.1 WAR for the Braves? Phrased differently, could Chicago have won with him as its ace and Sammy Sosa and Mark Grace in the middle of the lineup?
It was classy for Maddux to convince the Hall of Fame to let his plaque show him in a neutral cap, not an Atlanta one. For once, somebody didn't kick sand in the Cubs' face. So, what's on your mind?
Do you feel Major League Baseball will return to Montreal? If so, will it be a relocated team (Rays or A's) or an expansion team?
-- Robert, Tigard, Ore.
Never say never, but I don't see it. I think the A's are going to wind up in San Jose or getting a new stadium in Oakland (less likely). The Rays would be a real possibility if they didn't have such a strong ownership group and front office. I don't think they'll make it to the end of their lease at Tropicana Field in 2027 but hope that new St. Petersburg mayor Rick Kriseman will be less anti-Tampa than his predecessor, Bill Foster.
What, if anything, will the Orioles do before Spring Training?
-- Mark C., Jackman, Maine
You hear Fernando Rodney talk, and if not him, I think they'll do some bargain-shopping for a veteran pitcher or two (maybe one starter, one reliever). The best thing they could do is extend Chris Davis or Matt Wieters.
Do the White Sox have a training complex in the Domnican Republic as many teams do? Also, what kind of presence do they have in Asia, specifically Japan and Korea?
-- Dean S., Libertyville, Ill.
Yes. The White Sox have their own academy in Santo Domingo, at a complex they share with some other teams (but maintain their own fields, dorms and classrooms). It is run by former big league shortstop Rafael Santana and has become quite busy since Marco Paddy was hired as the team's international director. The Sox make occasional forays to Asia, but they haven't had a major scouting presence there.
How many projected free-agent shortstops will make it to the 2015 free-agent market? Is that what the Mets are waiting for?
-- Boruch K., Queens, N.Y.
Derek Jeter, anyone? Nah, probably not. I'm not sure if Hanley Ramirez is any more realistic than Jeter, but this is the last year on his contract with the Dodgers. The best name is probably Asdrubal Cabrera, who is about to be made expendable in Cleveland by 20-year-old Francisco Lindor. J.J. Hardy is another possibility. As for why the Mets are waiting, don't be surprised if they take a strong run at Cuban defector Erisbel Arruebarruena, who could be cleared to sign with an MLB team this spring. He's a 25-year-old who could win a Gold Glove.
Which foursome will produce more? The Cubs' Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Albert Almora, Jorge Soler or the White Sox Leury Garcia, Jose Abreu, Adam Eaton and Matt Davidson?
-- Bill C., Chicago
I'm going to say the Cubs' four, but it's a good debate. I expect off-the-chart production from Abreu. I think he'll out-hit Yasiel Puig and Yoenis Cespedes and be a durable 600-plus plate appearance presence in the middle of the lineup.
At what point do we see MLB reach the breaking point with massive contracts? They can't escalate forever, right?
-- Todd B., Iowa
I remember thinking this in 1986, too. All I'll say is there's no end in sight.
Do ugly roof-top battles, developing vs. spending and angst by impatient fans lead to Cubs president Theo Epstein's departure?
-- Steve J., Chicago
Epstein's no quitter. He's early in year three of a job he knew was going to take a long time. Epstein's building an organization the right way and always knew it wouldn't be easy.
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Rho Cassiopeia is one of the biggest stars in the Milky Way — a yellow hypergiant. If it took the Sun's place in our own solar system, it would extend past the orbit of Mars.
Rho Cassiopeia is probably about 40 times heavier than the Sun. And it's getting near the end of its life. Not long ago, it most likely was a red supergiant, so it was even bigger than it is now. But as a result of changes deep in its core, its outer layers are contracting and getting hotter. Before long, it'll probably become a smaller and hotter blue supergiant.
These changes also trigger explosions on the star's surface. An eruption back in 2000 blasted out the equivalent of about three percent of the mass of the Sun — a half-century after a similar explosion.
More of these eruptions are probably in the star's future. And eventually, it'll blow itself apart as a supernova. Its outer layers will blast into space, while its core will be crushed to form one of the strangest objects in the universe: a black hole.
We'll talk about a star that's already exploded tomorrow.
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Day Two: Amman/ Um Qais/ Ajlun/ Jerash/ Amman
Breakfast. Depart Amman to visit Um Qais, a city rich with basalt ruins and overlooking the Jordan Valley, Golan heights and Lake Tiberius (the sea of Galilee). Continue to visit the village of Ajlun with its fortress and magnificent view into the Jordan Valley. Proceed to visit Jerash; one of the most preserved Graeco-Roman cities in the Middle East and return to Amman. Overnight at the hotel.
Day Three : Amman city tour/ Dead Sea
Breakfast. Morning city tour of Amman to visit the Citadel, the Roman Theater and Umayyad Palace. Free time for walking/shopping in the old down town area of the city and transfer to Dead Sea, the lowest point on the surface of the earth for a swim in its warm salty waters. Free time at leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
Day Four: Dead Sea / Madaba/ Mt. Nebo/Wadi Mujib /Kerak/ Petra
Morning pick up from Allenby bridge transfer south through the king's way, an ancient route that still has marks left from traders, armies and pilgrims who crossed it centuries ago. Visit the Christian Town of Madaba "The City of Mosaics" and take a detour to Mount Nebo, the site of the endearing monastery. Proceed to Kerak through Wadi Mujib, a deep valley holding one of Jordan's most breathtaking views. Visit the Kerak castle with its diverse history dated from the Byzantine to the Mamluk period. Continue to Petra. Overnight at the hotel.
Day Five: Petra
Breakfast. The visit of the ancient Nabatean Capital starts on horseback, followed by a walk through the Siq, a long narrow fissure between two overhanging cliffs. The tour then proceeds to gradually unfold the mysteries of the Red Rose City with its spectacular treasury, Royal Tombs, burial chambers and high places of sacrifice. Return to the hotel for overnight.
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Breakfast. Departure to Wadi Rum, Jordan's largest desert and one of the most spectacular desert landscapes in the world. jeep tour inside the Wadi and proceed to the gulf city of Aqaba. Free afternoon at leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
It seems like my excuses to bake are getting more and more ridiculous. This time, it's something along the lines of "I made two cans of dulce de leche and I can't go on eating it on toast every morning for a month even though it tastes great. Therefore I must bake alfajores." I'm glad that I decided to bake them, but another baking glitched occured!
On a whim, I decided to make dulce de leche again, using the boiling can method. I've tried the oven method, but I think that it's a more waste of energy as the oven has to be on for a long time, whilst the boiling method allows you to make a few cans at once AND I can actually do homework whilst it cooks by itself! Win-win! Yes, some say that boiling the cans are prone to explosion - but fortunately it hasn't happened to me yet, so I'm sticking to the pot method.
But the first time I made dulce de leche, I was so anxious for the result I forgot to let the cans cool before opening them, so the moment my can opener cut through the top, a squirt of hot, sweet, sticky caramelised milk spewed out. Thank God it hit the wall and not my face.
So one day, me being a less-than-attentive student during English class, I got distracted and typed in 'alfajores' into food blog search, spending a a good 15minutes sifting through the pages until I found a recipe that sounded like my imagination of an alfajor - a slightly crunchy shortbread with a tender crumb, melding into the lovely sweet, caramelly filling.
The components of my dream alfajor were made without any problems. The cookies were perfectly fine - buttery, tender and all. The dulce de leche was heavenly - I ate a good portion of a can just by the spoon or on saltine crackers. But my final product was a bit disastrous.
I have no idea why, but after I sandwiched the cookies together, the filling seemed to 'melt' and a few seconds later, the cookies were sliding off each other! I frantically tried adjust them properly, and used much less filling in my remaining ones - but they still slipped off. I have no idea why, maybe my cookies weren't completely cool yet. Or maybe because I store my dulce de leche in fridge, the temperature difference was too big so it softened quickly. Aghh - I was a bit annoyed at that point as my dream alfajores have been ruined, not to mention that there was dulce de leche dripping everywhere :(
But despite their ugly appearance, the alfajores were really delicious! It was everything I imagined it to taste like. To make them more easy to handle and eat (as by now, the filling has leaked to coat the sides sticky), I placed each alfajor into a paper muffin case to give out at school.
Some friends asked what the filling was, and I think I answered a tad too enthusiastically as I started to babble on about how good dulce de leche is, how easy it is to make, and urging everyone to make it. I also had a very intersting conversation in Biology class where I insisted on the correct pronounciation of 'alfajores' (ah-faa-ho-res) and 'dulce de leche' (dul-chay-de-lay-chay), as well as asking my friend who studies Spanish how to say "Ugly But Tasty Alfajores"...if I had remembered what she said, it would have been the title of this post!
Adapted from Desert Candy
Makes around 16 sandwich cookies
115g butter, room temperature
55g sugar
1 egg
1tbsp dark rum
1/2tsp vanilla essence
140g all-purpose flour
65g cornstarch
1tsp baking powder
1/4tsp salt
around 1/2 cup dulce de leche, for filling (see below)
1. In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg, rum and vanilla and beat until well blended.
2. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch, salt and baking powder. Beat into butter mixture until well blended. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 170º C. Unwrap dough. On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll out dough to about 1/8 inch thick. With a floured, 2- to 3-inch round cutter, cut out cookies. Place about 1 inch apart on greased or lined baking sheets. Gather excess dough into a ball, re-roll, and cut out remaining cookies. Chill cookies in the freezer for around 5 minutes until dough is firm.
4. Bake until cookie edges just begin to brown, about 10-15 minutes. Let the cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a spatula to transfer them to racks to cool completely.
5. Turn half the cooled cookies bottom side up and spread each with around a teaspoon dulce de leche. Top with remaining cookies. Cookies are best on the second day, they keep well for 2 weeks in an air-tight container at room temperature.
Dulce de Leche
Place one can of condensed milk (or any number of cans you can fit in your pot) into a large pot and fill with water until the cans are completely submerged. Turn on the stove and let the water boil. After water has boiled, turn down to low heat and let the heat work its magic - remove after 2.5 hours. Make sure the cans are always completely submerged during cooking.
Let the cans cool completely before opening to avoid hot sticky caramel landing on yourself or anywhere else. Then, take a spoon and eat a spoonful of bliss before transferring the rest into a jar to keep in the fridge.
5 Responses to "Alfajores"
to you, it might have been disastrous, to us, especially me, it was heavenly and delicious! :D thanks for the great food! :)
how funny, i was looking for recipes using dulce de leche on tastespotting, and I saw many alfajores there, and now on your new post :D
i know you are a big fan of dulce de leche hehe! i must try it soon
Wendy! These thing were DE.LI.CIOUS!
I want to make them too, but after reading about your sliding cookies, I was wondering if you figured out what caused the cookies to slide off of each other?
And also, do I HAVE to put rum in the cookies? Is it vital to the taste, or is it just a preference thing?
It's better to boil the cans with a few holes in it. It safeguards against explosion, and you can see when your dulche de leche is done.
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Taiwanese Meat Pie ( 馅饼 ) or you may call it pancakes but with fillings! Btw, I changed the fillings here. A curry flavours one....hehe! Tasted by few friends this afternoon when we were having lunch, feedback was...GOOD!!
Well, as you can see, my wrapping was not good here. Uneven pastry...one side thicker than the other...:( I know practice makes perfect...I'll do it again!!


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Property tax deadline extended to Tuesday
The deadline for paying Beaufort County 2011 real estate and personal property tax bills to the county treasurer, normally payable by Jan. 15, has been extended to 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Normal office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Bluffton branch office is at 4819 Bluffton Parkway, Myrtle Park Building, on the second floor. The Hilton Head Island branch is at 539 William Hilton Parkway. The main office is in the County Administration Building at 100 Ribaut Road, Suite 165, Beaufort.
Payments made by check through the mail will be accepted as on time as long as they are postmarked no later than Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Payments may also be made at BB&T branches at 2 Burnt Church Road, Bluffton; 1 Kemmerlin Lane and 95 Port Republic St. in Beaufort, and 33 Salkehatchie Road, Yemassee.
Checks should be made payable to "Beaufort County Treasurer" and mailed to Property Tax, P.O. Box 890648, Charlotte N.C. 28289-0648, according to the treasurer's website.
Credit card payments will only be accepted online at www.bcgov.net or in the Treasurer's Office.
Community First in Levy
Community First Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving at-risk children, single parents and grandparents raising children, will host a grand opening 3 p.m. Friday at its newest location at 2693 Levy Road, Hardeeville. Learn about after-school tutoring and enrichment programs. Call 476-4191 for more information.
Be a Rotary Reader
The Okatie Rotary has a reading program at Pritchardville Elementary. The public is welcome to join club members in reading to a small group of children in a dedicated space at the school. Books have been purchased by Rotary and are on site. Participants can choose to read weekly, twice a month, or monthly. A background check is required. Contact Okatie Rotary member Diane Merrick for more information at email@example.com.
First-time homebuyers presentation
The town of Bluffton will offer a first-time homebuyer presentation for homes built as part of the Wharf Street redevelopment project from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Rotary Community Center, Oscar J. Frazier Park, 11 Recreation Court.
The presentation is for potential first-time homebuyers interested in buying one of the six homes located at Wharf and Robertson streets in the Old Town Bluffton Historic District.
Homes will be available for sale to families making less than 80 percent of the Beaufort County area median income and meeting other requirements. Prices will be set based on appraisals after completion.
Homebuyer applications will be available at the presentation.
Contact Shirley Wilkins, community development consultant, at 706-4524 or firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.


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LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge found on Thursday that Bernie Ecclestone had paid bribes to a German banker as part of a "corrupt agreement" linked to the 2005 sale of a stake in Formula One - an issue at the heart of Ecclestone's forthcoming bribery trial in Germany.
The British court ruling went in favor of the Formula One boss in that it dismissed a German firm's claim for damages from him, but it contained damning conclusions about the 83-year-old who has dominated the motor racing business for decades.
The judgment by the London High Court added to Ecclestone's legal woes ahead of his criminal trial, scheduled to start in Munich in April, over the same events dating back to 2005.
"I am afraid that I find it impossible to regard him (Ecclestone) as a reliable or truthful witness," Judge Guy Newey, who had heard oral evidence from Ecclestone during the civil trial, wrote in his judgment.
Ecclestone told Reuters by telephone that he was pleased the damages claim against him had been dismissed and he disagreed with what the judge had said.
"He's come up with an opinion, he thought I didn't tell the truth and I wasn't reliable. I was reliable because I turned up on time. I think I answered truthfully the questions I was asked," he said.
The trial stemmed from a claim for more than $100 million in damages against Ecclestone and others connected to him, brought by German media company Constantin Medien.
Constantin had alleged that a controlling stake in Formula One held by German bank BayernLB had been undervalued when it was sold to private equity fund CVC as a result of a "corrupt bargain" between Ecclestone and former BayernLB banker Gerhard Gribkowsky.
Constantin, which had an interest in the BayernLB stake, alleged it had lost out as a result of the undervaluation, hence its claim for damages against Ecclestone and others. It said it would appeal against Newey's decision to dismiss the claim.
Gribkowsky was jailed by a Munich court in 2012 for tax evasion and corruption for taking a $44 million payment from Ecclestone and his family trust after the Formula One sale.
Judge Newey rejected Ecclestone's explanation that the $44 million payments were unrelated to the sale and that he had made them because Gribkowsky was threatening to make false claims about Ecclestone's tax affairs.
"The payments were a bribe," the judge wrote.
"They were made because Mr Ecclestone had entered into a corrupt agreement with Dr Gribkowsky in May 2005 under which Dr Gribkowsky was to be rewarded for facilitating the sale of BLB's shares in the Formula One group to a buyer acceptable to Mr Ecclestone."
That is potentially damaging to Ecclestone as the same factual issues will form a substantial part of his looming trial in Germany. He faces a possible jail sentence if convicted.
The British judge also rejected Constantin's version of events, saying it was "no part of Mr Ecclestone's purpose" to undervalue the BayernLB stake.
"Mr Ecclestone's aim was to be rid of the banks. He was strongly averse to their involvement in the Formula One group and was keen that their shares should be transferred to someone more congenial to him," he wrote, referring to CVC.
Ecclestone denied that he had paid Gribkowsky to facilitate the sale to CVC because the private equity firm had promised to keep him in his post at the helm of Formula One.
"An awful lot of money to pay to somebody to keep your job," he told Reuters, maintaining his version of events.
"I've said he shook me down a bit. And I was a bit stupid to go along with it. It was cheaper to pay him ... than have the revenue (the tax authorities) climb all over me for three or four years when I had to prove something that he'd said didn't happen."
Ecclestone has been forced to relax his grip on Formula One pending the outcome of the German criminal case.
Formula One has said that Ecclestone remains in day-to-day charge of running the business, which has an annual turnover of around $1.5 billion, but he has stepped down as a director pending the outcome of the German trial.
Ecclestone will also face tighter supervision from a Formula One board that includes prominent businessmen including Nestle chairman Peter Brabeck and CVC co-founder Donald Mackenzie.
The uncertainty over Ecclestone's future makes it hard to revisit stalled efforts to launch an initial public offering of a sport that attracts hundreds of millions of television viewers to its series of grands prix held around the world.
"I'm still running the business, as I've always run it," Ecclestone said by telephone.
Additional reporting by Alan Baldwin in Sochi and Joern Poltz in Munich, editing by Ed Osmond


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, July 24, 2009
William A. Smith's Coke Ads
Smith's daughter, Kim, sent a scan of this great piece below, along with an amusing anecdote about what must surely have been one of her earliest professional modeling assignments:
"I was the model," wrote Kim, "along with my favorite stuffed animal (I still have it, and it is probably a poodle) whom I nevertheless called Lambsey-Dysey. After "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambsey dysey".
"The third model was a man on whom I had a huge crush, very handsome, named Bob I-can't-remember-his-last-name-but-will. He played a doctor, and I am about 3 1/2 years old. The version of the ad I have is in Spanish, though it was also probably in English somewhere here. My hair color, and Lambsey-Dysey's was changed for the painting to brunette!"
Recently a third William A. Smith Coke ad surfaced... this time in the form of a piece of original art up for sale at Heritage Auctions.
I sent a note around to the Smith family members alerting them to the sale. Kathlin Smith was the first to reply. She identified her older brother Rick as having posed for the role of the usher standing at far-right of frame in the middle distance. "It's actually amazing how much he looks like a young version of my father," wrote Kathlin.
When I asked Rick Smith if he recalled anything about posing for this ad he replied, "It's me alright but I was an ADHD kid, hated keeping still for any length of time so I may have repressed that particular adventure."
Rick adds, "Thanks for your interest in dad's work. I still think he was vastly underrated/underappreciated/under-recognized."
* This post was published simultaneously on the William A. Smith blog
* Thanks to Charlie Allen for providing the top scan, Kim Smith for providing the middle scan, and Heritage Auctions for allowing me to use the bottom scan.
* My William A. Smith Flickr set
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By the way, it's "...little lambs eat ivy." Sorry. However, that makes "dysey" even cuter.ReplyDelete
I may be wrong but it feels the girls head is too small, or the doc is too big. Something doesn't feel right with the scale.ReplyDelete
Also in the oriental picture, no ones seems to be looking at anyone directly. The eye lines feel off.
Maybe it was back when Coke was the 'pause that refreshes' and still contained cocaine
db; I think we'll have to give three year old Kim some leeway on her interpretation of the song's lyrics. And I agree, it does make it even cuter.ReplyDelete
Joel; Not that William A. Smith needs me to come to his defense, but what the heck, I will anyway.
The heads seem to fit with Andrew Loomis' scale of relative proportion as described on this page from his book, "Figure Drawing for All Its Worth":
As for the people not looking at each other, if you click on the image and go to the larger version it should become apparent that they are all admiring the small figurine/sculpture the one man is holding up. Their sightlines look pretty good to me in that regard.
Thanks both of you for your comments! :^)
- Rich1:40 PM
"they are all admiring the small figurine/sculpture the one man is holding up"ReplyDelete
...I see it the same way as Leif. Even the background Dragon is looking and admiring.
I just love this ad.
Ahh, got it. Guess I was the only one not looking at the dragon.ReplyDelete
I love Coca Cola vintage ads. I have some posters of the ads. I'm looking for Coca Cola and Pepsi vintage t-shirts. I think they look cool. Too bad they are very rare.ReplyDelete


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for September to Associate Engineer Joshua Meyer of the Engineering Services Division of the City Public Works and Utilities Department. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Meyer has worked for the City since 2009. Assistant City Engineer Randy Hoskins and Senior Engineering Specialist Dave Bernt nominated Meyer in the categories of customer relations, productivity and safety for his work to arrange for video from the City traffic cameras to be used live on KLKN-TV, channel 8.
The City began installing the traffic cameras more than a decade ago. The traffic camera video is available on the City website at lincoln.ne.gov, but Public Works and Utilities had long wanted to give the public greater access to the resource. In the past, there has been interest by television stations wanting to use the video on their newscasts, but technical and legal issues made it difficult.
When KLKN contacted the City in late 2010, Meyer took on the project unaware of the previous barriers. He combined a can-do attitude with his extensive knowledge of how to make it happen. He worked with Chris Connolly in the City Attorney's office to clear the legal issues, and an agreement between the City and KLKN was signed in January 2012. In exchange for the use of the traffic camera feeds, KLKN is providing more than $25,000 worth of public service announcements to help educate the public about the Public Works and Utilities Department.
One of Meyer's first technological challenges was to coordinate the interface between the City network and the KLKN network. After successfully transmitting the traffic camera feed to KLKN, Meyer again used his advanced knowledge and technical background to successfully complete the interface between the KLKN video streamers and the City's cameras.
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So if there's one thing I've learned recently, it's that your world can be turned upside down in a matter of weeks.
Just for kicks, let's look at a little timeline, shall we?
- Monday, October 22, 2012: First day of Maternity Leave (23 days prior to my due date)
- Thursday, October 25, 2012: Mara Melissa is born at 37 weeks at 2:44PM - 6 lb, 7 oz, 19 inches
- Saturday, October 27, 2012: We are discharged from the hospital at 12PM
- Monday, October 29, 2012: "Superstorm Sandy" hits the Jersey Shore - we lose power around 7PM
- Thursday, November 1, 2012: Mara is admitted to the hospital with jaundice
- Friday, November 2, 2012: Mara is discharged from the hospital
- Saturday, November 3, 2012: We drive to my hometown of Point Pleasant Beach to see the damage, and return home that evening to find our power has been restored
- Monday, November 5, 2012: Mara has her first pediatrician visit and is now 6 lb 10 oz - the doctor is very happy with her progress
- Wednesday, November 7, 2012: Nor'easter brings 7 inches of snow to our area, and we lose power again
So essentially, I went from being giddy about my last day of work and making freezer meals & apple crumb pie to being a stressed-out vampire.
For those of you that are interested... let me take it back to the beginning. Warning: I am a proud, new mama and I happen to have a lot of stories to tell at the moment - so for those of you just here for the apple crumb pie, I hear you, see recipe at the bottom ;)
Anywho... Thursday morning of October 25, I woke up very early with some pesky abdominal cramps. I thought maybe I was finally experiencing those Braxton-Hicks contractions I kept hearing so much about.
But as the day wore on, the pain got worse & worse. I tried to power through it, cleaning pretty much the entire house and doing other various chores on my to-do list (like paying the mortgage & watching a 30-minute mandatory work presentation online about taxpayer confidentiality- woo hoo!). But eventually it got to the point where I could not concentrate on anything. The only thing that gave me even the slightest relief was a hot shower.
I had an appointment with my OB practice at 2:30PM, but by noon I feared I would not make it til then. The pains were severe & coming in waves, but not in any recognizable pattern. I truly thought something might be wrong with the baby. I called the doctor's office & asked if there was any way they could take me earlier, and they told me to come right then.
Luckily their office is less than 10 minutes away, so after a painful ride there and pacing laps outside the office waiting area, I was seen by an OB. She did an exam and looked at me dumbfounded. "Honey, you are in LABOR. You're 6-7cm dilated and you need to get to the hospital right away. How did you get here?"
I told her I drove, and she deduced that if I made it there, I could make it another 10 minutes to the hospital on my own. So she called the hospital and off I went, calling to explain to Mr. Vittles on the way that I was... in labor? And he better come to the hospital as soon as he could. And ... "Ugggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Sorry, contraction."
Unfortunately the area where he typically works is about an hour from our house, but I figured that was plenty of time. From everything I'd heard about labor, I'd be in the hospital for quite a while before our daughter made her appearance.
Which was a good thing & a bad thing, because that meant I had a number of HOURS more of this pain? Get real. I was already dreaming of an epidural.
I pulled up to the valet at the hospital, stunned him with my contraction-bearing, grimacing silence, and he figured out pretty quickly that I needed a wheelchair up to the maternity ward. When I got there (by this time it was about 1PM), I was greeted by nurses and another OB in the practice, Dr. Keelan.
From that point on things got a little blurry. I got situated in my bed, got hooked up to an IV & fetal monitor, and they called the anesthesiologist. When he arrived, he was taking his time, waiting "to get some of those fluids in me"- meanwhile my contractions were barely giving me time in between to breathe. Getting impatient, the nurse pointed out to him that I was already more than 8cm dilated - labor was progressing quickly and there was no time to wait for the slow drip to enter my system.
"What! Why did you wait so long?" he asked, and she snapped "Because she just got here!"
Holding completely still for the number of minutes it took to actually do the procedure was perhaps the hardest part of the whole birth process for me... but 15 minutes later I was feeling great.
Until about 20 minutes after that when I was feeling ... pain again?
According to Dr. Keelan, that meant it was time to push. At that point, Mr. Vittles had arrived, and also my stepdad Chris (who actually got there first because Mr. V called & told him he had to drive home from work). I couldn't believe she was almost here already! What happened to the hot bath and massage & breathing techniques that my 'coach' and I learned in childbirth class? The closest I had gotten to the bathtub that day was scrubbing it. This was not the endless hours of labor that I had been anticipating.
But Dr. Keelan told me that how long this next part took was up to me - some women push for hours.
Hours? Oh no.
Thankfully, after 15 minutes of some determined pushing (not to mention faces & noises I never knew I could make) Mara Melissa was born! Since everything went so quickly, our little angel looked pristine... not to mention she had a full head of hair.
We hadn't even settled on any names yet, so we got to work reviewing our mental lists. One name they both had in common was Mara, so that seemed like a no-brainer. Her middle name is after my husband's sister, Melissa (the cat-dancing extraordinaire).
While we were in the hospital, we kept hearing about this hurricane Sandy that was supposed to come up the eastern coast & make landfall in New Jersey within a few days. After the problems Irene caused for us last summer, we started getting nervous. If we lost power for days again, this time it would be cold - and more importantly, this time we would have a newborn. We called around to area stores looking for a generator, but there were none to be had and no promise of any coming in.
By some miracle, my father-in-law found a lead on a new shipment coming to a Home Depot in Philly. He got up early in the morning, drove all the way out there & waited on line. From what I understand he was one of the last to actually get one off of the truck. He truly saved the day as we would soon find out.
When we got home with Mara on Saturday, Mr. Vittles got right to work preparing for the storm. Other than spending a little time with Mara's many visitors, he barely rested that day or Sunday. By Monday, we were nervous watching the forecast - unlike most hurricanes that come this far up the coast, this one was not projected to make a right turn out to sea - in fact, Sandy was making a beeline for our area.
By Monday night, it got extremely windy and our power went out that evening. Mr. V got the generator going and we were able to power a decent bit of the house (most importantly at that point, the television so we could see what was going on). Outside, a piece of siding blew off the house and a large tree branch crushed part of our fence. We eventually moved down into the basement because we were afraid something might come through a living room window.
Neither one of us slept that night. I was up with the baby most of the night anyway, but we were both pretty stressed. The following morning, we turned the TV back on and saw what damage Sandy left in her wake. My hometown of Point Pleasant Beach, NJ (just 10 minutes from where we live now) was devastated. I read on Facebook that my stepdad and his wife had a foot and a half of water through their whole first floor. They just spent so much time this past winter renovating the house, only to have their hard work ruined.
As the day wore on, the terrible stories and images kept coming. People died from trees falling on their house, people's homes burned to the ground in massive fires that were unable to be put out (or sometimes, even accessed) by firefighters, and floods carried some people's homes right off the foundation. To date, so many people still are without power, and many more are unable to even access their homes.
After day one, we also realized that we may not be able to get gas for a while, so we started rationing the cans of gas that we had. We would turn up the heat, let the house get super warm, and then turn the generator off for a few hours.
On Thursday, Mara's one-week birthday, I promised my grandmother that Mr. V would check out her house in Point Pleasant Beach and report back any damage. Before the storm, my aunt took her up to Harrison NY (where as I understand, they are still without power). However, late that morning I noticed a yellowing in the corner of Mara's eyes.
We were supposed to see the pediatrician on the Monday following our discharge, however the doctor's office was closed due to the storm and had yet to reopen. I called spoke to the doctor on call, and based on what I described she thought it was best that we went to the emergency room.
So back we went to the hospital. They took her blood (after pricking my poor sweet girl FOUR times and her mommy having a sobbing fit) and her bilirubin levels were slightly elevated. The pediatrician on duty explained that at those levels, they would normally just have us come back the next day for another blood test. But she consulted with Mara's pediatrician, and given the situation with the storm they decided she should be admitted overnight to spend some time under the blue "bili-light" and be monitored.
Mr. V went home to turn the generator back on (we were trying to avoid losing all the food in our 2 refrigerators) and I got Mara settled in to her new digs. Then he came back to the hospital, and I drove home to shower and pack a little bag. There was only enough space for one of us to stay in the room, so I slept there overnight. Mara had to be fed 2 oz every 2 hours- I was insistent on keeping up breast feeding if possible, but the doctor wanted her to spend as much time under the light as she could. So I requested use of a pump and was able to feed her bottles under the light.
(Which, by the way, lit up the room like a UFO or something. Good thing I was dead tired and slept in spite of it. Mara didn't seem to mind though - she was nice & cozy and looked like she was tanning in her little eye mask! I think we're gonna have a beach girl on our hands.)
The next day, Mara was taken out of the light mid-morning and finally got to meet her pediatrician. (Our doctor was away when Mara was born, so her partner saw her before we were discharged.) The first thing the doctor did when she walked in was hug me. That's when I knew I made the right choice in picking a pediatrician!
Mara's levels went down overnight and the jaundice had receded to just her face. The doctor was happy with her progress, and said she could be discharged that afternoon. Mr. Vittles came back to the hospital mid-morning, almost killed the woman at the front security desk for telling him to wait until 'visiting hours' due to the emergency storm situation (since when are parents considered visitors?). Then he stayed with the munchkin while I made a run out to Target (one of the few places in the area that had power) to get myself a pump and some other much-needed supplies.
Mara was such a peanut when she was born that almost all the clothes we received as gifts were too big for her! Luckily I had bought one set of onesies and shirts that were newborn-sized, but a little more variety would be nice. It was so weird to be out and about by myself- after a week I was already so used to having a little person attached to me constantly!
We were discharged in the afternoon and hoped to return home to power, but no such luck. However Mr. Vittles had found an open & stocked gas station about a half hour inland the night before, so we had refilled our tanks for the generator.
On Saturday we made it to my grandmother's house, and I was truly shocked by the level of devastation that many parts of my hometown had seen. (And sadly, there are towns in far worse shape than Point Pleasant Beach in this area).
The street that runs parallel to the beach was completely covered in sand by the storm. Some of it had already been "plowed" and you could drive down the street, but other parts were still inaccessible by car.
Most of the homes/businesses near either the beach, inlet, or any of the 3 lakes in town got water in them and peoples' ruined belongings were stacked along the sides of the road.
Luckily for my grandmother, her house is raised up over a crawl space - water did ruin both her car and her garage, but you can see the water line came within 2 inches of the first floor of her house.
She did not get water inside the house, it's completely dry. In comparison, her next door neighbor's house is right at ground level and everything in their first floor was out at the curb.
When Mr. Vittles and I got home from our little excursion, we found that our power was restored. It was such a relief that some aspect of life was about to return to normalcy! We spent the next few days trying to get our house back in order, get into a routine, and most importantly enjoy some time together as a family.
(We were also happy to welcome our first trick-or-treaters that night in our new neighborhood, since Gov. Christie officially changed the date of Halloween in New Jersey this year to November 5!)
Today, our little munchkin has snoozed most of the day away. (Oh yeah, to our friends & family that keep begging to see Mara's eyeballs -- come to my house at 2AM! She'll be happy to show you her peepers then). Mr. Vittles took the day off, and we were back to watching The Weather Channel as inches of snow fall outside our window from the Nor'easter they've dubbed "Winter Storm Athena."
Except the snow is so wet and heavy that the power went out... again. This time so did the satellite TV. So it looks like we're back to partial power and the generator off & on schedule until further notice!
The past couple weeks have been crazy, stressful, heart-breaking, amazing, and awe-inspiring all at the same time. But every day I am humbled by this new little life we've created. And I know it will just keep getting better and better!
As for Mother Nature... lay off us, already! I think this area has been through enough now.
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- juice of 1/2 a lemon
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- 2 T. flour
- 2/3 C. sugar
- 1/2 t. cinnamon
- 1/8 t. cloves
- 1/8 t. allspice
- pinch salt
- 1/2 C. (1 stick) butter, cut in tablespoons
- 1 C. flour
- 1/2 C. brown sugar
- 1/2 t. cinnamon
- 1/8 t. cloves
- 1/8 t. nutmeg
Peel, core, and slice apples thinly. Place in large bowl. Sprinkle with lemon juice, and stir with rubber spatula to coat apples.
In separate small bowl, whisk cornstarch, flour, sugar, spices, and salt until combined. Sprinkle mixture over apples, and stir to coat evenly.
Arrange apples in pie shell, mounding slightly in the middle. Place entire pie dish onto a baking sheet to catch any drips or rogue crumbs.
In a medium bowl, combine all crumb topping ingredients. Cut butter into dry ingredients using a pastry blender or two knives. (I actually start with a pastry blender, then I just use my hands to rub the ingredients between my fingers - I feel like everything gets mixed more evenly this way).
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Savoury chive and goat cheese cheesecake
Another recipe request of a kind. A reader from Denmark, Nina, noticed this savoury cheesecake on Nami-Nami's 2010 Easter brunch table and has now written me already twice, begging for the recipe. After another cold and dark winter, I can finally sense some spring in the air (or at least, some imminent spring), and am therefor happy to share this unusual and delicious spring-time recipe. As for inspiration, the recipe was adapted from the French Regal magazine, one of the few food magazines that we subscribe.
Savoury chive and goat cheese cheesecake
Adapted from the French food magazine Regal (issue 16)
Serves 8 (fits a 20 cm springform tin)
Crumb base:
125 g graham crackers or water biscuits
60 g butter, melted
Cheese layer:
300 g soft/cream cheese
300 g soft/spreadable goat cheese (I used Soignon)
1 small garlic clove
200 ml single/pouring cream
4 gelatine leaves
a generous bunch of chives
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
handful of chives
Process the crackers/biscuits into fine crumbs, then mix with melted butter until combined. Line a 20 cm springform tin with baking paper, then press the crumb mixture evenly onto the base. Refrigerate.
Make the cheese mixture. Finely mince the garlic, mix with soft cheese and goat cheese until combined. Fold in the chopped chives.
Soak gelatine leaves in cold water for about 5 minutes.
Heat the cream, then add the soaked and squeezed gelatine leaves, one at a time. Stir the cream and gelatine mixture into the chive and cheese mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Carefully spoon the cheese mixture over the biscuit crumb base, smooth the top.
Place overnight into the fridge (about 12 hours, ideally).
To serve, remove the tin and transfer the cheesecake onto your serving tray. Snip the remaining chives into 2-3 cm/1 inch lengths, place in the middle of the cake.
3 comments:
- Hovkonditorn said...
Looks and sounds great!
- 8:07 am, March 07, 2012
- Sarah said...
I'm already envisioning a cheesecake party full of sweet and savoury varieties. Delish.
- 8:34 am, March 07, 2012
- Otehlia said...
I love savory cheesecakes! This look amazing!
- 12:31 am, March 10, 2012
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The final tally, which came after a month of election-style campaigning in the small town where the pipeline terminal would be built, was more decisive than expected, with 58.4 percent of residents voting "no" and 41.6 percent "yes".
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Helms Matthew
Classical Ballet / Dancer
began his training in Colorado on full scholarship at the Academy of Classical Ballet, where he performed as the Prince in the Nutcracker and danced principal roles in Giselle and Le Corsaire. He then received a full scholarship to study with Mark and Sandra Carlson, and German Zamuel at the International Ballet School where he performed soloist roles in The Nutcracker and Peter Pan. Matthew competed in the 2008 Youth America Grand Prix and the 2008 Denver Ballet Guild Competition where he received a full Scholarship to The Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah. Matthew has been a guest artist and a Ballet West representative when dancing for regional ballet companies in Utah, California and Idaho, and for the last three years has performed leading roles in ballets such as The Nutcracker, Paquita, The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, and Le Corsaire. He also choreographed a contemporary ballet that was premiered in the Ballet West Academy Spring show in 2009. Matthew was promoted to the Ballet West Pre-Professional Trainee Program in 2010 and has trained with artists from American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, Joffrey Ballet, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Kirov Ballet and David Taylor Dance Theater. Matthew has studied martial arts since age three, has been acting since age four, and has appeared in movies, commercials and TV shows as an actor or a fight choreographer. This is Matthew's first season with Boulder Ballet.
Matt will be returning to Boulder Ballet for their 2012-2013 season which will be his third season with BB. His BB Faculty duties will be expanded. His summer schedule is devoted to teaching BB Academy classes and teaching private lessons.
After coaching Matthew in the role of Prince Sigfried in the Ballet Society of Colorado Springs' full length production of Swan Lake, Ahita Ardalan Bergman formerly of Paris Opera Ballet was brought to tears and commented "[He is]...a vision of Rudolph Nereyev, from his body structure and dance quality and passion on stage, to his way of flying though air and drawing the audience into him when he is dancing." Photos from the production can be viewed at www.pictage.com/1258089 Photographer Ted Mehl referred to Matt as "The Flying Helmsman"
Yes, that is the right photo
Hello Tony. This one? : - He can sight in and add the headshot at his personal profile.
See his current headshot at his imdb.com page. How do we post that headshot here?
This is Matt's second season with Boulder Ballet
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