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- Address:
500 Steamboat Rd.
Greenwich, CT 06830Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
ProvencalPrice: $30 and under
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.lescalerestaurant.com/
- Phone: 2036614600
- Hours of Operation:
Breakfast: Monday - Sunday 7:00am-10:00am; Lunch: Monday - Saturday 11:30am-2:30pm; Dinner: Monday - Thursday & Sunday 5:00pm-10:00pm, Friday & Saturday 5:00pm-11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Provencal, French, Contemporary French
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Fireplace, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Full service private events from corporate meetings, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, to intimate private dinners & cocktail receptions
- Private Party Contact: Mario Merturi 2036614600
- Entertainment: Live jazz music Wednesdays and Thursdays starting at 7:30pm featuring Jay Sweeney!
A word from L'Escale
l'escale, which means "port of call", is a restaurant seemingly lifted from glorious Provence and brought back to Earth on the waterfront of Greenwich, CT. l'escale serves an inventive Provencal menu in an atmosphere that captures the warm sun, sea breezes & evocative scents of Southern France.Continued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Lunch
- Diners' Choice WinnerOutdoor Dining
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L'Escale reviews from OpenTable diners
129 reviews since May 26, 2014
- Food4Service4
- Ambiance4.3Noise LevelModerate
great for outdoor dining (95)scenic view (78)special occasion (63)romantic (53)great for lunch (52)fit for foodies (40)vibrant bar scene (33)great for brunch (33)notable wine list (31)neighborhood gem (28)good for groups (24)hot spot (24)late-night find (12)kid-friendly (8)Show More
- Always a dining pleasure!Bonbon62VIPDined on 9/14/2014The restaurant has improved since the new manager John has taken over. Great food , amazing waterfront views!Special Features:
- Special place to eatJanJanCanDined on 9/9/2014Took my husband here for his birthday, we couldn't have been happier with our experience. Great service, food and decor/ambiance. The seafood was amazing, love the fact that is sourced daily from a local fisherman whose daughter works there. The scallops were sweet and so fresh. The soufflé is worth the 15 min wait.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OutstandingOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/9/2014This is a gem of a place. Outstanding service, beautiful decor inside, outdoor seating with great view. I had a fabulous salad with grilled shrimp. I highly recommend E'scale!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AandBdiningVIPDined on 9/4/2014Sitting outside beautiful view of Greenwich harbor. We had the chopped salad with chicken which was very good. Never went for brunch but heard it was very good except that they charge you for coffee. Overall lovely restaurantSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Too expensive slowest serviceTheresa1VIPDined on 8/31/2014It was the most expensive brunch and the worst food with the slowest service I had ever experienced. It was torturous. I would not recompense and will never go back.Special Features:
- Exceptional ambiance!!SMReusDined on 8/29/2014Best place to go for a date or even a group. Wonderful outdoor seating. Great food but I do not recommend the steak. Service is always great and drink are always fabolous.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- If you only dine out in one placestellaVIPDined on 8/28/2014This is the one to dine out in.....Never has one restaurant in Greenwich and in Lower Fairfield County offered so much. Food. Wine. Excellent lounge and bar area with chill out music and live piano music on select evenings. Service. And of course, killer view..all in one place.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Birthday CelebrationRussellKDined on 8/24/2014Wine selection was diverse, Food was superb, Souffle was sumptuous!Special Features:
- Sophisticated feeljaamstewVIPDined on 8/21/2014We felt as if we were in a NYC restaurant. The valet parking , the ambience, the clientele and the menu all added to it. More of a place for a business dinner than a casual family meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always PleasurePeterMVIPDined on 8/20/2014My wife and I had lunch with one her business associates and as usual, nothing disappointed. The staff is the best, the food excellent and the ambiance (we sat outside looking at at the harbor) just perfect. We have eaten here many times and will continue to do.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- doubleexposureDined on 8/19/2014Kitchen was extremely slow, but manager (john) tried to appease us with offering a round of drinks on the house. We did not accept, but pleased the offer was wisely made. Menu has changed and has become a bit contrived, with side dishes that we did not find appealing. It is a place we have frequented many times, so I know we will try it again at some future date.Special Features:
- Great go earlyHLByrnesVIPDined on 8/19/2014Was there early at 6 before 7:30 movie perfect outdoor spotSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- L'Escale great place for guestsLovefood2muchDined on 8/18/2014L'Escale has very good food, and our service was excellent. The ambience is very comfortable, and the view is amazing. Where we sat, we were able to open the doors to the deck, so we felt as if we were eating outside, but had the comfort of being indoors.Special Features:
- One of my favorites in GreenwichAdriDined on 8/15/2014The view is beautiful, nothing like this round here. The food is delicious, the ambiance gorgeous, my favorite place is the terrace when the weather is beautiful. For a romantic dinner is perfect! Also to enjoy with friends. I tried with my kids once a time and was fine. Is you can, walk outside and enjoy the viewSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- consistent and lovely!LloydVIPDined on 8/15/2014my standard business lunch venue, never disappoints!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- our anniversary dinnerjackal51Dined on 8/11/2014It was our 25th Anniversary. We are not from this area so we trusted our son's recommendation. He made a good one. We ate outside as the weather was near perfect. My wife had the lamb. It was a generous portion; lucky for me because I got to share it. Delicious. I had the seafood pasta. Tasted great though the pasta a little sticky. Yes, I shared mine, too. Good wine selection. They knew it was our anniversary so gave us a plate of fruit and cookies with 'Happy 25th Anniversary' on the plate. Nice touch and much appreciated. The staff was great and all gave us best wishes as we left. I liked it.Special Features:
- We love L'Escale2dinearoundDined on 8/10/2014Beautiful, romantic, very European feel right on Greenwich Harbor. The food is consistently outstanding, everything is fresh and creatively prepared, wine list is great and desserts to die for! The wait staff is friendly and very attentive. The terrace lounge is super comfortable with lots of sun and shade and while your sipping cocktails you have a visual stimulation of beautifully decorated flower pots, Greenwich Harbor sound and fabulous yachts docked along side the restaurant creating a sophiticated but relaxed ambiance. We love L'Escale its really the best place to dine in Greenwich!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Anniversary DinnerMcJeeDined on 8/8/2014My wife and I stayed in the Delamar hotel and had dinner in L'escale. The dinner really felt special, the waiter was excellent - knowledgable and friendly but not intrusive. The food was excellent, especially the delicious crispy oyster appetiser and Halibut entree. A nice touch was our own little 'happy anniversary' plate of hand made petits fours. Excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Glorious locationDanoldVIPDined on 8/8/2014Menu holds up well to the fantastic location with view of the Harbor.Special Features:
- Great SpotOpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 8/4/2014Perfect for a summer night. Food was excellent as always. Fresh ingredients.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love!foodiegalyDined on 8/3/2014Love this place! Delicious food, and amazing ambiance!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Lunch!FancyNancyDined on 7/31/2014My friend and I had a wonderful lunch. We split the warm goat cheese salad, which was delicious, and then shared the eggplant Parmesan and bowl of mussels. The sauce on the mussels was perhaps the best I have ever had! We also ordered a fabulous bottle of Argentina wine that our waiter recommended. It was absolutely perfect with our meal. Just a really nice lunch!Special Features:
- Great food, Weird Italianate DecorEricDined on 7/29/2014The food and drinks and service were great! I personally don't like the decor or ambience of the Delamar Hotel, which is Italianate Cheesy. But Greenwich is a pretty weird place in general.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- rep45Dined on 7/27/2014Setting is beautiful on a sunny day. The brunch was excellent in its food quality and selection. Service was only fair, not terrible, a bit inattentive. Seating is a little too close outdoors. All in all, would return again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- picturesque diningLovefood2muchDined on 7/22/2014Great Service. Food, delicious. View, of water, dock, and boats is spectacular. If the temperature is high, it is definitely too warm to sit outside, in spite of a cover overhead, when eating.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lunch on the terraceGourmetDinerVIPDined on 7/22/2014This was not the best lunch I've had at this establishment by any means. Everything seemed off, from the food to the waiter. Such is life sometimes. I love eating on the terrace but I really wish they would invest in new chairs and tables as the current ones are beyond dated and worn and make you wonder what exactly your paying for. Normally I like this place but today was a bad experience. Let's hope it's not a new trend.Special Features:
- Much better than expectedLBNCDined on 7/13/2014Great brunch menu, excellent, friendly staff, waterfront setting.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Go for the view... not the foodRye20FoodieVIPDined on 7/11/2014It's fine, nice setting but very mediocre overall.... Average food, smaller portions and poor service. We had to beg for another drink/more water.
- DisappointingDiscriminatingdinerDined on 7/10/2014Water view overrated since wall and railing obscure- and inlet provides only views of yachts up close- not water. Inside looked elegant but we were looking for a sunset. Bar on the "far end" offers the best seating but first come first served. Food B+ but nicely presented.Special Features:
- AandBdiningVIPDined on 7/10/2014We sat outside on a beautiful summer day and really loved the water view! My friend ha a ham and cheese panini and I had a very fresh local greens salad with chicken. Both were very good. The wine was terrific as well. Did not have dessert, but what we saw looked delicious. Service was excellent.Special Features:
- disappointedOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 7/9/2014Went to celebrate two friends birthday's, service was bad. One of the birthday girls asked for Second glass of wine having to get the waiters attention, she never received thw Wine. The same person did not get the dessert ordered, had to send back. Restroom Was not clean. We reported all this to the person at the desk.
- July 4th dinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 7/4/2014The restaurant was not very crowded which we were surprised by and although the food was good the service was not which made things uncomfortable! They need some help in that dept!
- Al fresco at it's bestKBL3VIPDined on 6/29/2014Although a recent change of guard in the kitchen, the food remains great. Al fresco dining doesn't get better than this. You think you've been transplanted to a waterfront village in the south of France. A vibrant see and be seen energy adds to the chemistry.Special Features:
- So overratedUESCriticVIPDined on 6/29/2014The food for the most part was only fair--the bouillabaisse being especially disappointing with an awful sauce and practically no seafood. The service was non-existent; it took our party of four more than three hours to get served and have dinner. The prices, of course, were out of sight, which you don't mind so much if the overall experience is good, which it wasn't.
- Great Venue all yearFoodiesVIPDined on 6/24/2014We love dining at L'Escale! The ambiance is great both inside and outside on the terrace. They also have a lovely piano bar.. Food and service are always superb. We dine there on average 2 times a week throughout the year. We also highly recommend their Sunday brunch too... Cheers to this favorite Greenwich Gem!Special Features:
- DelightfulmimiVIPDined on 6/24/2014Wonderful special occasion birthday lunch --- staff very accommodating with regard to special dietary concerns of my friend. Love L'escale!!!Special Features:
- Consistantly GreatGEVHDined on 6/23/2014I live in the neighborhood and this is my "GO-TO" place especially for nights and weekends. Everything about this place is consistent: professional and friendly service, great food and the wine list rivals the best places in Greenwich and there is no better spot as for location you're on the harbor. This place is a must experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fabulous Anniversary DinnerCorySDined on 6/22/2014My wife and i went to celebrate our 6 year Anniversary-- was a beautiful summer eve- sat outside on the patio. Atmosphere was great- some summer music coming off the yachts docked right there, a few boats/ferries coming in and out of the inlet- food was fresh and very well prepared- along with a very pleasant wait staff to go along with a great manager/wine sommelier-- John. Overall it was a really enjoyable dinner- couldn't have asked for a better setting and meal to go with my beautiful wife!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Terrific food with great ambienceOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/20/2014L'Escale is a great find for any meal, but for lunch it is much more affordable. The food is delicious and the menu is quite varied from eggs and salad to sandwiches and steak frittes. The desserts are excellent. The service is very good. The ambience is the best. There is outdoor seating on a terrace overlooking the water. It is a great place to dine on a beautiful spring or summer day. The inside of the restaurant is also beautiful.Special Features:
- Lunch June 2014Motherofthegroom2015Dined on 6/17/2014Our waitress was not attentive to us at all. Menu needs to have a description of food offered-I ordered a lobster BLT which would seem self explanatory. It was FILLED with avocado and very little lobster or bacon and was served on a hot dog roll! A huge disappointment for the price!


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SPOKANE, Wash. -- The City of Spokane lifted a Stage 2 Snow Emergency plan two days after powder hammered the area.
As of noon Wednesday, city crews will return to their normal winter operations. They have completed plowing around Spokane, aside from a couple of exceptions. Cul-de-sacs will be done Thursday.
The City will finish the week in Browne's Addition, but people living there will not have to move their cars.
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When I was in Japan a few months ago (before coming back to Sydney- but more on that later!) I was shooting for Madame Figaro. They asked if i could bleach my eyebrows for the job, which was fine with me, but i suggested the stylist do it to….and she did! It's a pretty wicked look, but becomes pretty weird when your brows start to grow out again!
September came and went but before it was too late I had to share with you the best ponytail and fish-tail braid that I ever did receive from John Masters hair team backstage at the Green Shows.
I took part in an Event call " Blow Off" to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The blow off was described as Australias first coalition uniting hairdresses for charity. Hairdressing's Hamish Glianos, Wild Life Hair's Jayne Wild, Sable's Julianne McGuigan and stylists Phillip Gallo, Barney Martin and Kenneth Stoddart were among the hairdresses who gave up their day to cut and blow dry with all proceed going to Haiti, Along with Myself, Emma Lung Claudia Karvan, Darren McMullen and Laura Csortan all jumping on board to support this amazing event.
Here are some photos from a shoot I recently did for Elle, where I got to personally meet and be dressed by 4 different editors and fashion editors from the magazine. I was really pleased, as this meant that I was able to get an insight into the artistic outlook of this heavyweight fashion magazine.
I arrived to a wonderful team on a frosty December morning, made my introductions, and went straight to hair and make up-the day had begun! Over the next 8 hours I was transformed four times proving that Elle knows how to do it well, and with speed!!
The first look was all about the poncho-mac. They're coming in people and soon!
This was followed by the flowery light hearted hippy chick look with some funky dungarees. Next it was on to that timeless denim style with those red lips that are very in vogue right now.
For the final look I was sleeked back and vamped, and getting a bit more sassy than any of the other outfits had allowed me!
It was an exciting day and lots of fun. I certainly look forward to working with the Elle team again.
Going for the Gold! Gold-plated hair at a recent photoshoot. Hey, rappers get gold teeth. Why can't girls get gold hair?
My friend Chris and I showing off the staches!
Spotted: Alexandra Berry- Spencer (4th And Bleeker) & Luci Taffs (one of our very own)
It was a beautiful day, a big day, a hair day! Fellow chica-narians and I did Paul Mitchell for Oyster Mag, Shot by non other than photographic superstar Andrew O'Toole. Theme? High style and high hair. Rocked out some of my favourite designers such as Chronicles of Never and Levi! Our hair was prodded and poked by Frank Apostolopoulos and his team from BIBA Hair in Melbourne. Oyster Vision filmed all day… Can't wait to see the footage! (Oh god). x


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Jenkins and Sutton are in the Dougherty County Jail facing several charges including armed robbery and burglary.
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No 1: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
No 2: Ging heut' morgen über's Feld
No 3: Ich hab' ein glühend Messer
No 4: Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz
In the first song, Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht, the rustic setting is immediately audible in the asymmetrical piping of the wedding dance and in the calling of the birds, clearly differentiated from the sustained sonorities of the lover's lament, which begins by withdrawing into itself, but then cannot help opening up again in widely arching phrases expressive of his grief. In Ging heut morgen übers Feld—which Mahler reused substantially in the First Symphony—he shakes off the gloom, under the influence of a bright summer morning. In the piano part all is burgeoning nature and bright fanfares of birdsong; only at the end does the contrast with his own lost happiness become too much for him.
Ich hab' ein glühend Messer is the storm at the heart of the cycle, its emotional turmoil expressed in an exceptional vocal range from low D to high G and searing chromatics over stark open fifths in the bass. In the quiet central section 'Wenn ich in dem Himmel seh'', devotees of Schubert would not need Mahler's own orchestration to recognize the two horns that represent the vision of two blue eyes. But the sepulchral E flat minor of the postlude, with its scurrying triplets, is pure Mahler. The final song, Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz, begins as a funeral march, but ends as a vision of emotional sublimation and release, the E minor of the opening yielding to an almost seraphic F major melody whose triadic contours are designed to release all the possible harmonic overtones of the accompanying pedal-point in the piano. By the end the funeral march has become a distant echo, suggesting a comparable emotional distancing of the singer from his grief.
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WARREN, Ohio - A judge has dismissed A Warren water treatment plant's lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Natural Resources of intentionally hiding and/or destroying evidence while legal cases were pending related to their EPA permit.
Patriot Water Treatment claims ODNR interfered with or destroyed evidence and disposed specific public records requested between 2009 and 2011.
Patriot claims this hurt their litigation options when the EPA said the city of Warren could no longer accept Patriot's water and forced them out of business for three months.
However, Judge Patrick McGrath ruled that the Court of Claims in Columbus lacked jurisdiction over the public records claim and lawsuit. He also said that the plant should have filed the suit earlier with the Ohio Environment Protection Agency.
In July, the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission ruled the EPA's decision was unlawful.
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(WNFL) - The Green Bay Packers came back from 16 points down in the third quarter yesterday, to tie the Minnesota Vikings 26-all at Lambeau Field. The Packers moved to within a fraction of a game behind N-F-C North leaders Detroit and Chicago, both of which lost. The Vikings were up 23-7 when Packers' quarterback Matt Flynn replaced an ineffective Scott Tolzien. Flynn led a pair of touchdown drives on a three-yard run by Eddie Lacy and a six-yard pass to Jarrett Boykin. Mason Crosby then sent the game to overtime with a 27-yard field goal with 46 seconds left in regulation. In the O-T, both teams traded field goals. Both offenses were sluggish after that. The end result was the Packers' first tie since 1987 against Denver, and the N-F-L's first tie since November 11th of last year when Saint Louis and San Francisco played to a 24-all deadlock. It was only the league's fourth tie since 2000, and the first to finish in a tie under the new overtime rules that continue a game in both teams start with a field goal. Had one team scored a touchdown, the game would have been over. Flynn completed 21-of-36 passes for 218 yards and a score. Tolzien threw for 98 yards and ran for a score. The rookie had his third 100-yard game, rushing for 110 on 25 carries. James Jones caught seven passes for 80 yards, as Green Bay stayed at .500 at 5-5-and-1, and they're now 10th in the N-F-C for the six conference playoff spots. Adrian Peterson rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown for Minnesota. Toby Gerhart rushed for 91 yards, as the Vikes moved to 2-8-and-1. Green Bay out-gained Minnesota 494-yards-to-447. The Vikings held the ball six minutes longer. Packers' defensive end C-J Wilson left with a late knee injury. Lacy went to the locker room with asthma, but returned. The Packers play at Detroit on Thanksgiving.
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DRAGstravaganza Does Disney
Jacksonville has been starving for an event like DRAGstravaganza! The Best Drag Show in Duval, hands down. The Haus of DRAGstravaganza is Riverside's own Underground Performance Art Sisterhood. The Ladies of The Haus hijack The Norm on the first Saturday of every month and give a wild show that is like nothing else in Jacksonville's Nightlife. Each show has a fabulous new theme and creative direction. All Night Gender Bending Mayhem! We've got Supermodels, Fashionistas, Rapping Drag Queens, Drag Kings, and some lip sync realness!Jamerson Mix is The Haus DJ and Musical Producer for DRAGstravaganza to keep the dancing going all night long. Bring Your Friends and EXPERIENCE SOMETHING YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!
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Remote exploitation of multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in OpenOffice versions 2.4.1 and earlier could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user.
Integer overflow issues exist within the code responsible for parsing multiple EMR records within an EMF file. This allows an attacker to overflow heap memory with data they supplied.
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We're a few weeks away from the Midway Point of the NBA season. Things are starting to shape up (both good and bad) in all 30 NBA cities and the Contenders are starting to separate themselves from the Pretenders. Let's chat some NBA Hoops.
1. ALAN ANDERSON (Raptors): Gotta tell you, he's a better player than I thought. I liked him when he got here last season. Thought he was a solid/fundamentally sound role player. He's better than a role player. He's a guy that can contribute good minutes each game either as a reserve or a starter. He's a really smart player who has a knack for getting his game off. Crafty handler of the ball who changes speeds well and has good instincts overall. A good teammate and leader. Bottom line, a good get for the Raptors.
2. OKC THUNDER DEFENCE: Much improved from the last time I saw them in November. They've got incredible quickness and length and man-oh-man, do they use it. Terrific getting back in transition. They make you run your stuff 5-on-5. Excellent ball pressure and containment of the dribble. They bust through screens, communicate well and do an awesome job closing out on shots. They make you totally uncomfortable. You can clearly see when you watch them that they have played in big games against elite competition. They defend and play overall at an another gear/level. Impressive.
3. LAKERS: Dwight Howard - injured and out for a while. Pau Gasol - concussion. Somewhere, former head coach Mike Brown is counting his money and laughing. I'd say it's probably not a good idea to reserve a spot with your folding chair for the victory parade in June. What a mess. The song says "It never rains in California". Incorrect. It's pouring. Lots of folks will be jumping off the bandwagon.
4. DEMARCUS COUSINS (Kings): Lots of rumours flying around that he's being shopped. Boston Celtics are a main contender for him. Raptors Fans: Is this a guy you want to play against four times per year in the Atlantic Division? He crushed them big time on Friday night in Toronto. Does he have issues? Yes. Is he a big-time talent? You betcha. If he ever gets his act together he can be a multiple-time All-Star. Wherever he goes, he had better have terrific internal leadership in the locker room to mentor him and an incredibly strong support system in place to help him and hold him accountable. He can be a star. Can also be a guy that never "gets it" and gets lots of GM's and coaches along the way willing to take a chance on him, fired. Risk versus reward move.
5. RAPTORS THIS WEEK: Home vs. Philly, Charlotte and Milwaukee. Felt that they needed to go at least 4-2 on this homestand. Currently, 1-2. Gotta get the next three games at home. All games that they can win. If this team is going to be in the playoff discussion in the final segment of the season, these are games that have to be had. Winning eight of nine was a wonderful story and stretch. With that comes expectations. This team is capable of getting back in the hunt. They must capitalize on the schedule - no excuses. If this season is going to turn, it has to turn in the near future because you start running out of games/time and the number of teams you have to pass gets to be an issue. This will be a very interesting and pivotal week. All conference games - you control your direction/destiny.
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RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- Rhinelander high school's Mock Trial team begins a quest for another regional title Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids.
The team has won the national title once and has won 16 state titles, including last year.
Mock Trial gives students a chance to argue realistic cases in a courtroom-like setting from a predetermined set of circumstances.
Long time Rhinelander coach Kathy Vick-Martini says many of their championship team graduated. "We have a young team this year, relatively inexperienced, just two people back from last year's state championship team and we're going to be facing some pretty tough competition but we're hoping to be able to continue our winning streak of 28 consecutive regional championships."
She says the case the teams will argue concerns possible negligence. "Two high school students, one was crossing the street and the other struck him with her car. On both sides of the case there's an expert claiming the other party was negligent. There's an eyewitness on each side of the case giving facts favorable to their side."
Other schools participating in the mock trials include Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, Merrill, Marshfield, Phillips, Stratford and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln.
The other Rhinelander coaches include Judge Michael Bloom and attorney Jim Jacobi.


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Installing Vinyl Windows
An installer applies sealant around the face of a window opening before setting the replacement window.
When a finned unit is trimmed to fit a recessed opening, an equal amount should be removed from each fin to ensure that the unit is centered in the opening.
Vinyl fins can be cut with a utility knife, but a saw is more accurate.
Rounding off the corners makes it easier to fit the window into the recessed opening.
Before the window is installed, the old window frame gets a 1/2-inch-diameter continuous bead of polyurethane sealant.
Extra sealant pumped into the upper and lower corners prevents water that may have leaked behind the stucco from exiting the wall cavity at the old window frame.
Applying sealant to the lower corners
Another fat bead of sealant is applied to the fin before the window is installed.
When the diagonals are equal, the window is square in the opening.
The window is fastened to the wall framing with 3-inch deck screws driven through the jambs; plastic shims prevent the vinyl frames from distorting.
Sealant should be compressed as the window is installed, and tooled after the window is fastened in place, to remove small voids and air bubbles.
With a flush window, applying painter's tape to the wall and window fin gives the sealant a straight edge and speeds cleanup.
Low-expansion foam sprayed between the frame and the wall airseals the window.
The foam provides backing for self-adhesive vinyl trim tape.
A smooth bead of caulk finishes the installation.
Experienced contractors sometimes tell me that replacement windows are a poor substitute for "real" windows, and that their installation does little more than earn the salesman a quick commission and the installer all kinds of headaches. And it's true that my company — which specializes in solving rain-related building-envelope problems — has investigated hundreds of leaking retrofit window installations over the past decade or so. But in every case, the problem has been caused by a tradesman who did not understand how to correctly install the window, and not by the window itself.
While there are obviously lots of different types of replacement windows of varying levels of quality, I think that in general they are a terrific alternative to traditional new-construction windows. One of the tools my company uses to test leaky walls and windows is a calibrated spray rack. We've sprayed replacement windows from Milgard, Anlin, Alpine, Alside, CertainTeed, Silver Line, and other manufacturers to simulate heavy rain and sustained winds of up to 49 mph. Most of these units exceed their AAMA performance ratings. Like full-frame windows, AAMA-certified replacement windows are performance-tested and meet minimum standards for resistance to water penetration, air leakage, and wind pressure.
For the project shown in this article, a window-replacement company I often work with replaced all of a home's old aluminum single-pane windows with new vinyl flush-fin insulated-glass units in less than a day. Flush-fin (sometimes called Z-bar) replacement windows have a large flange — the Z-bar — that covers the old window frame and stucco siding; they're probably the most common type of retrofit window in California, if not the entire country. Block-frame windows, the other main type of replacement window, are basically new-construction windows without the nailing fin, and they're used where wood windows are common.
Replacement windows can't be used on every project. If an existing window has a history of rain-related leakage, I always recommend a thorough investigation to determine whether the water is coming through the window itself or through the flashings around the window. If the existing flashing or surrounding building materials leak, they will continue to leak after the new retrofit window is installed. This problem can be solved only with a new full-frame window. If the house has stucco siding (common here in California), the project will require breaking back the exterior wall surface installing new flashings and building-envelope materials, and choosing a full-frame unit that can be integrated with the drainage plane.
Good measurements are the key to a successful window replacement, so I don't recommend leaving this step to a window salesman. Whoever is measuring the window opening must understand what will remain of the window frame after the old sash or glass is removed, and many salesmen don't have the necessary experience.
I measure the width of the opening at the top, middle, and bottom, typically from jamb to jamb. I then subtract 1/2 inch from the narrowest of those three measurements to get the required width for the replacement unit.
To find the height, I measure from where the replacement window will rest on the sill to the underside of the head jamb, again at the two sides and in the middle. I take the shortest of those three measurements and subtract another 1/2 inch to determine the height of the replacement unit. If the opening is square (determine this by measuring the diagonals), 1/4 inch of wiggle room on all four sides should be sufficient for the unit to fit into the opening. If the opening is not square, a smaller window — or even reframing — may be required.
If a window opening has been mismeasured and the new window is too big for the opening, don't be tempted to simply "collapse" the old window to find extra room. Doing that — cutting through the jambs with a reciprocating saw and pulling the frame out of the wall system — will tear the old flashings and dislodge them from the weather-resistive barrier underneath the siding. I've seen collapsed-window jobs leak as badly as if the rain were pouring in through an open window, so it's better to simply order a new window that's been correctly sized. Most replacement windows are available in increments as small as 1/8 inch.
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Two gang members were charged with murder Monday in the death of a 15-year-old honor student who was shot near the Chicago home of President Barack Obama just days after she performed during his inauguration festivities in Washington, authorities said.
The men were arrested Saturday night at 67th and King Drive, the same day first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries attended the funeral of Hadiya Pendleton.
Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, are now charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, Chicago police spokeswoman Melissa Stratton said. She said police believe both men are gang members.
Pendleton, a popular high school majorette, was with a group of friends who took cover during a rainstorm under a canopy in a park about a mile from the Obama home on the city's South Side. Police said a man hopped a fence, ran toward them and opened fire with a handgun. Pendleton was struck in the back and died later that day. Two others were injured.
Police have said none of the people in Pendleton's group were affiliated with gangs but that the gunman apparently mistook one for a member of a rival gang that had encroached on his gang's turf. The men charged Monday live nearby, Stratton said.
"They parked the parked car and Ward crept up on foot spraying gunfire into the group, striking Hadiya and the other two teens," Supt. Gary McCarthy explained at a press conference Monday.
McCarthy said ward confessed to the crime and said the shooting was retaliation for a gang ambush last July when Williams was shot in the arm. But, Williams declined to press charges.
"Two carloads of these young men came out and were going to a celebration of one of their friend's birthdays at a strip club in Harvey is the story that they told us," McCarthy said.
Superintendent Garry McCarthy said this was a crime that should never have happened, but did because of lax laws in Illinois that put Ward back on the street after an arrest for unlawful use of a weapon. He also said that this case would never have happened in New York because their tougher gun laws would have kept Michael Ward in jail after his gun arrest.
"If mandatory minimums existed in the state of Illinois, Michael Ward would not have been on the street to commit this heinous act," McCarthy explained. "He plead guilty in January 2012 and was sentenced to two years probation."
The arrests were credited to the around-the-clock efforts of the gang and detective units. The superintendent expressed disappointment in the willingness of people who knew who the killers were to come forward.
"The community provided a lot of tips. None of them panned out nor did they lead to closure in this particular case," McCarthy said.
McCarthy said they had stopped Ward two days before the murder. They had information about him in their system. That information combined with the description of the car fleeing the scene the night of Hadiya's murder helped them develop Ward as a suspect about a week after the murder.
It is unclear if anyone will be able to claim the $40000 reward, as police say it was not any specific tip that lead them to the suspects.
Pendleton's death was one of more than 40 homicides in Chicago in January, a total that made it the deadliest January in the city in more than a decade. But it was her background, her ties to the president's inauguration and the location of the park that thrust her death into the national headlines and put Chicago at the center of a national debate over gun control.
Not only did the first lady attend the teen's funeral, but the girl's parents were set to sit with Michelle Obama during the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Obama is scheduled to return to Chicago three days later to discuss gun violence.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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It's been a while but Behind the Blog is back! And who better to bring it back than the lovely Whitney Curtis of The Curtis Casa!? This sweet girl has some great things to say and share about blogging!
So what's your blog all about?
Short version: The Curtis Casa is a home, garden and lifestyle blog.
Long version: Part of what I love about blogging, is that it flows with your life. If you happen to be redesigning your bedroom or remodeling your kitchen, your blog reflects that and your readers can follow along and complete the journey with you! All the while, you're allowed to experiment and grow your own style and sharing new projects!
When did you start blogging + what made you decide to go for it?
I started blogging in May 2010 to keep in touch with family and friends who were far away. I really started "going for it" and taking it seriously when I realized I was spending hours and hours in the evenings and on weekends documenting our projects and our life to share on the blog. I realized I wanted to be like the professionals I'd been reading for so long!
Walk us through your typical day. How much time per day/week do you devote to your blog?
Well, my typical day has recently changed – significantly! I'm transitioning from quitting my 9-5 (in the non-profit/fundraising world) to blogging and freelancing. I was pretty unhappy at my old job so the fact that I get to stay at home, doing what I love is incredible! Right now I'm working on designating a schedule for projects, writing and social media. It's all a mess right now!
How do you manage your time + stay organized?
Eek! I don't! I'm trying really hard to start managing my blogging time better. I'm pretty organized – I have files for everything! – but the time easily slips away if I get distracted on Pinterest! ;)
How do you keep your imagination flowing + get past creative funks when they do sneak in?
I need to clear my head every once in a while when working on a project. Usually, if I get frustrated, it's because I'm hungry! So I'll break for snack time or take the dog for a walk and that usually clears my head.
Do you have any quick + easy post ideas for those days when you're short on time or inspiration?
I really love to show original content on my blog, photos of our house or diy projects I'm working on, so if time is short and I don't have any projects I'm working on, I fall back on inspiration boards or style boards. I'm always ready to think up a fresh outfit!
What are a few business/blogging resources ( online or offline ) that have been beneficial for you?
The app and website TeuxDeux (by the brilliant Swiss Miss) basically saves my life every day.
I really loved the book Blog, Inc. by Joy Cho.
And I actually really enjoy HooteSuite for my social media managing and such.
Do you consider your blog a business or just a creative outlet?
I'm right smack dab in the middle of this conundrum. My blog is definitely a business, I'm just trying to make it a full-time one.
How has blogging influenced your life + relationships?
Oh my goodness, I could probably write a book on this topic. Blogging has changed my life. Blogging has opened my eyes and allowed me to see the world in a different way. Blogging has opened my heart to some tender stories and some heartbreaking truths of my dear internet friends. Blogging has encouraged me to challenge myself, redefine my style and reconsider what I value in this life. How's that for influence? :)
How much of your life offline do you share on your blog? How does this effect your readers' ability to connect with you?
This is a tricky question! I love getting personal with my readers, but building a business of a blog is also a professional thing. I had a funny realization about this recently – I had just posted about quitting my 9-5 and I had a business meeting a few days later. Of course they read my blog to prepare before our meeting, but I didn't expect that they'd ask me about it in the meeting! I always try to be careful and professional, but sometimes the line between sharing personal stories with your readers and being professional is a bit blurry.
What has been the key to success for you as a blogger? Especially when you were new to the blog world.
I think you have to define what success is for you first – not for anyone else, but for you. I consider myself successful when I post a great blog post with original content and it inspires someone. When you're new to the blog world it's easy to get discouraged, but if you stay confident in yourself and your abilities, and don't compare, you'll feel successful – no matter how big or small you are.
Any further advice for fellow bloggers?
Fake it 'til you make it!
Thanks, Whitney!
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Posted: 09/06/10 06:00 AM
Today is Labor Day, our country's only official celebration of the labor movement and the good people who brought us the 40 hour work week.
But these days, with so many technologies that connect us to our colleagues 24 hours a day and seven days a week, it's common to receive and reply to e-mails from your boss or a client while you are sitting naked in bed.
by Remy Sharp
Author and journalist Maggie Jackson has been writing about the effect of technology on families, relationships and human mind for more than a decade. She tells us how the greatest gift we can give each other today is simply our undivided attention.
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There's a vote coming up this week in Washington that will have a big impact on how you use the internet, what's available to you, how much faster you'll be able to get things online. On Thursday, the FCC is expected to open up unused parts of the broadcast spectrum, a lot of people call it "white space". This is space that was positioned to be something of a buffer between television stations but such padding is proving less essential since the conversion to digital TV.
On today's show, we talk to Glenn Fleishman from Wi-Fi Networking News and The Economist about how the spectrum works and what kind of new space we're talking about. We also check in with Tim Wu from Columbia Law School about the companies that will look to use the space and what it all might mean for you and me as internet consumers.
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Dreaming of Dressing Rooms
Many a little girl dreams of having her very own dressing room. Some adults managed to have grown-up versions. Because of space constraints, we'll just have to be consoled with inspiration from other homes.
Do you have a dressing room?
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Yeah, my dressing room is also known as my bedroom. I would settle for a walk in closet. 4 is great, it's got lotsa types of storage and is a fun color. 7 has some great shoe storage.
Number reminds me of J Crew :)
yeah this makes me think you have too much stuff, unless you're sarah jessica parker or fergie
Can we talk about the matching upholstered globe in the first photo?!
Also, it wouldn't be my style, but the lavender dressing room (#3) is delicious!
i can only dream of a dressing room for now , may be when i become wealthy :)
haha.. oops I meant , number 7 reminds me of J Crew
CrazyLady that is a mirror ... not an upholstered globe ;)
I love these rooms except number 1... not that impressive. Even though I don't have expensive clothes to put in that expensive storage, I still want one!! Please post more closets and dressing rooms like these.... or better yet, how to get this look on a budget(a very very tight budget)!
I just love #5. It looks well designed to be compact -- like something a normal person (i.e. someone who isn't JSP or Fergie) could do if they were remodeling their walk-in closet and were willing to sacrifice a little bit of space from another room.
The others are a bit more ostentatious in size, with the exception of #3, but honestly, I can't tell what's going on in it. I see a chair, lamp, and mirror in a closet.
What I really like about the idea of a separate dressing room is how clean and minimal they must allow the bedroom to be.
don't think that's an upholstered globe but a mirror reflecting back the surface of the chair.
Ahh! It is a mirror. I guess my mind sees what it wants to see :)
If I aspired to be wealthy and have way more space [or shoes!!] than anyone ever needed, I'd be drooling over these. :)
I'm lucky enough to have my bed fit in my room, let alone have a closet!
I have always dreamed of having a big walk in closet or small dressing room -- 90% of the mess in my house comes from my constant battle with clothes (I don't even have that many!). I always figured that if I had a place like this I could mess it up, have millions of hooks to hang everything, and then close the door and keep clothes and shoes from invading my bedroom and house.
Frankly, I'd love to see how people with very little storage space keep their bedrooms looking nice/not tacky...
I do have a small dressing room as part of the studio that I live in. Even though it's small in size it really has made me much more organized in my clothing storage. Furthermore when getting dressed I used to leave clothes all over my old apartment leaving it messy, that's no longer a problem now. It's also the envy of all my friends.
I love my walk in closet. It's not glamorous but it's big. I would like to decorate it though...so more! Show me more! ;)
I do! Sort of, my bedroom is a long narrow space of our attic. There is plenty of room for the bed and a vanity i've been struggling with how to make more storage. I plan to build closets into the knee walls. I have a goodly number of shoes and a mother who sews (so many dresses). I've been racking my brain with how to arrange things, the center of the room is over like 7 feet, and the knee walls are maybe 4-5 feet high.
it's under the tab "upstairs" labeled "upstairs now"
yes, i do.
the third bedroom in my little house is 6 feet wide and 11 feet long - since it has a window they can call it a bedroom. when my realtor and i first came to look at this house, she thought it was a closet and walked right by it.
since i'm the crazy lady who bought the house with 4 tiny closets, i decided to turn the tiny room into a dressing room. my old closet organizer was too small for the room, so i put half of it into my master bedroom closet and use the tower portion for my bedding (no linen closet).
i painted the dressing room ruby red and hung a tiny crystal chandelier in it. along one wall i have one of these:
and one of these:
i later got an old desk in poor condition and lacquered it white and turned it into a dressing table.
No no no, TiniB, that's just a painting you can see in the second photo.


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Curry Braised Lamb Shank vegetables, pistachio, mint gnocchi and "oven goat cheese," Frog n Snail, Chicago.
I had completely forgotten that Dale Levitski's new place had just opened up in Lakeview/Boystown, but luckily a friend of mine had remembered! Sprout, his other restaurant, has always been on my gigantic list of places to dine in Chicago, but it's expensive and just not as accessible as Frog n Snail, at least from what I can tell. What I'm saying is, Frog n Snail is the type of place I could see myself going often.
The wait was under 45 minutes on a Friday at 7 (surprising to me, for a new restaurant with a fair amount of buzz). They're still waiting on their liquor license to come through, but apparently will have a full bar soon. So it was BYOB with no corkage fee on this trip.
The menu caught my heart from the start, but unfortunately I was looking at the lunch menu! Dinner had just begun when I came, so I've got to go back for lunch to try these ratatouille and trout sandwiches.
We started with the ricotta dip with bacon, broccoli, herbs and a baguette. And it was just ok. It's pretty hard to displease me with a big heap of cheese, not to mention the bacon added in, but alas, they did.
But the thing is, I don't really care if a place messes up the appetizers when the entrees are this awesome. After giving a fairly indecisive heming and hawing performance, I decided to go with the Curry Braised Lamb Shank, with vegetables, pistachio, mint gnocchi and "oven goat cheese." Now goat cheese got my attention, but I really love lamb and curry, in fact I'd only had lamb in Indian dishes before this, I think. I'd definitely never had all these flavors together though. Mint gnocchi?! Mostly what came to mind was a giant pasta-like gooey tic-tac.
But it ruled! The flavors were really subtle, the mint was barely minty, the curry wasn't too spicy but was embedded in the juicy chunks of lamb. Another plus, I don't like single huge hunks of meat, and this was served divided. It all went together really well and surprised me, which is what my favorite dishes do: surprise me with flavor and texture combinations that I end up loving. Overall I was really happy, and it wasn't just because by this point we'd destroyed a lot of cheap wine.
The interior looked pretty sexy to me from these photos, but since we were in the very front, it was hard to tell what it'd really be like in there once it's dark and you're tucked back in the more intimate setting.
We ended with a profiterole with 3 scoops of Black Dog Gelato, and you just can't really go wrong there.
I also tried the barramundi and trout, and both were just about as good as that lamb.
I'm looking forward to coming back and will most definitely be going straight for the meats, something I don't often feel fervor for. Good job, Frog n Snail.