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Organise a street collection
Every year Animal Aid organises more than 100 collections across the UK. These collections cannot take place without the help of Animal Aid supporters. Could you spare a few hours to help in a town near you?
Animal Aid receives no state aid and does not have significant investment income, so it relies mostly on donations, legacies and fundraising to pay for its vital campaigns.
Fundraising can be fun, it can help you to meet new people, and there is a huge variety of things that you can do. The following information gives lots of ideas of how you can help.
- Organising a sponsored event
- Selling Animal Aid merchandise
- Selling other things for Animal Aid
- Organising a social event
- Lots of other fundraising ideas
- Advice on planning things
- Organising a street collection
- Lazy fundraising ideas
- Street stalls
- Read Animal Aid's guide to the regulations governing street collections, leafleting and information stalls
Organising a sponsored event
What does it involve?
Sponsored events are a popular straightforward way of raising money. We can provide the sponsor form(s). What you need to do is to decide on an event, get the sponsors, do the event and gather in the money. The last part can be the hardest bit, so if you can persuade people to pay you when they sponsor you, instead of after you have done the event, that can make it easier. Remember to tick people off when they pay you.
What sponsored events are there?
You can be sponsored for almost anything. You might try a sponsored walk, run, cycle ride, slim, crawl, hop, jump, hike, aerobics, spelling, silence, talking, cooking, cleaning, bird watching, litter collection, dance, fast, number of goals or points scored in a sports match, read, write, sing, dance, dog walk, going veggie/vegan, stop smoking, stop drinking, sitting in baked beans or giving up chocolate. More original or difficult events may get more sponsors.
Do I do it on my own?
You can do, but if you can persuade other people to take part, it may be more fun and, between you, you should raise more money. Some people may not want to take part, but may be willing to take a sponsor form to their school or family or workplace. If you have a lot of people joining in, we could offer a prize for the person who raises the most sponsorship.
Do I need to worry about anything?
Be careful if you go door to door to get sponsors and don't send children without an adult. If you are doing the actual event in a public place, you may need permission - contact Animal Aid or your local council for information. If lots of people take part in one event, you may want to ask the St. John Ambulance people to come along.
What does my sponsor form need to include?
- what the event involves and where and when it takes place
- distances/times/amounts expected to be completed
- that all proceeds go to Animal Aid
- a space for the name of the participant
- columns for names and addresses of sponsors and amounts sponsored
- (if other people have forms) your or our name and address for the money to be sent to
- (if other people have forms) space for you to tick off that the person did the event
Do I need anything else?
Some events need extra things. For example, a ten lap sponsored walk may need a form to tick people off as they do each lap, and you may need direction signs for the walk. You may want to give people a certificate when they complete the event or when they bring in the money. We can provide sponsor forms, certificates, completion forms and anything else you need.
What do I do with the money?
If it is in cash, please keep the cash and send a cheque instead, payable to Animal Aid. If anyone is paying you by cheque, ask them to make them payable to Animal Aid too, and send us all the cheques.
Selling Animal Aid merchandise
What does it involve?
The most difficult bit is finding the customers. If you are part of an Animal Aid or animal rights group, then you have an obvious group of people who may be interested. You may be able to arrange to have an occasional stall at your work place, school, youth club etc. If you organise other fundraising or campaigning events, then you might decide to have an Animal Aid merchandise stall as part of it.
Can I make a profit for my local Animal Aid/animal rights group?
Yes. As a member you get a 10% discount on all goods and if you are a contact, you get 20%.
What if I am not a member of a local group?
Then as an Animal Aid member, claim your 10% discount when you buy the goods off us, and use the profit to enable you to build up your stock of goods and cover the losses on any goods that you do not manage to sell.
What if I can't afford to buy the goods off you in the first place?
Ideally do some other fundraising events first so that you have some money available. We cannot normally offer credit.
Is Animal Aid merchandise any good?
Of course. Not only is it high quality, but the cosmetics and toiletries are strictly cruelty-free and vegan, and the clothes are in environmentally-friendly cotton, made with non-animal tested dyes and not made in sweat shops. The stationery is environmentally friendly, too. The food, chocolates and alcohol are all vegan too, of course, and the books are carefully selected to give you all the inspiration, information and arguments needed to make you a first class animal rights campaigner! Even if you don't decide to sell goods to other people, you may well decide to buy lots of stuff for yourself - you check it all out now in our cruelty free shop.
Selling other things for Animal Aid
What does it involve?
It depends on what you want to sell. If you want to sell your old toys, books, CDs, furniture or clothes, you might just want to leaflet your neighbours, tell your family and friends and set up the sale in your garden or garage (or at a friend's house if they have more room). Make sure you know what prices you want to charge and get plenty of helpers. If you are inviting a lot of people, you could stagger the starting times to avoid a big rush all at once.
What can I sell?
Jumble, bric-a-brac, books, CDs, toys, plants (take cuttings from your own plants, maybe), home made crafts, fruit and veg from your garden or allotment - and a refreshments stall usually goes down well. If you are selling prepared food, be careful to keep everything (including your hands) clean, and keep things covered and at the right temperature. If you are selling vegetarian and vegan food in order to convert people, try it out on some meat eaters first and tell them to be really honest. You want to convert people, not put them off!
How do I do it on a bigger scale?
Firstly you need more stuff - you could advertise at school, work, church, youth club, scout group or wherever you meet lots of people, and then you need somewhere to store it when it starts to arrive: maybe in a garage or shed or spare room. You could ask people to bring things on the day of the sale, but it makes pricing a bit rushed, and will probably cut down on the amount of things that you are given. If you want to sell big items such as furniture, you may need to provide transport.
Where can I sell it if I have got lots of stuff?
If you have a big garden, you can sell lots of things there (but the whole thing may be a disaster if it rains). Look out for posters or adverts in shop windows or local newspapers to see what table top sales or car boot sales are coming up. If it is outdoor, do you have stuff that can get spoiled by bad weather, and if so do you have a contingency plan? You could have a one-off stall or if you are going to keep asking people for stuff (or if you are going to make the stuff that you sell) you could book a regular stall. You could ask your local council about having a market stall too. Think about how you will transport everything to the venue.
What if I want to run my own big event?
This is hard work but can be fun, and can obviously make more money than a small event. First make sure that you can get enough things to sell, enough space to store things in and enough people to help you on the day. Then you need to book a venue such as a church hall or community centre. The best time and place is a Saturday just off a busy High Street, but everyone wants that so you may need to book well in advance. If the venue regularly has jumble sales, that will help to get people in, but you will still need to publicise it maybe with posters near the venue and volunteers on the day with leaflets or sandwich boards. You may need to leaflet door to door if the venue is in a residential area rather than on a High Street - maybe ask the venue manager for advice.
What do I do with the money?
Send a cheque or postal order, payable to Animal Aid, to Animal Aid, The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1AW.
Organising a social event
What sort of social event?
How about a sports, music or general knowledge quiz, a themed video evening (horror films, Star Trek, comedy etc.), a karaoke evening, wine or beer tasting (over 18s only please!), a veggie barbecue, a board games or party games evening, a fancy dress party, a coffee morning or a sports tournament in your back garden?
How do I make any money?
You can charge an admission fee, sell refreshments, have a raffle, or charge for taking part in each individual activity.
Where should I have the event?
If it's just for a few friends, you could use your own home, but if you want it bigger, you could hire a church hall or community centre room, or a room in a hotel or pub. If it's aimed at schoolfriends or work colleagues, you might want to hold it on the premises, at lunchtime or at the end of the day.
How do I get people to come to it?
Your family and friends and school or work colleagues and anyone you know in your youth club, pub darts team, scout group, sports team or night school class are probably your best bet. Don't just tell them but give them a leaflet or something with the time, date and address on. If you want to do it on a bigger scale, you can do posters or leaflets or you can pay for adverts and you can press release it to local papers. The people most likely to come, are the people who live nearby. Therefore probably the most cost-effective way of advertising is posters and leaflets at the venue and door-to-door leafleting of the nearby roads.
What does it involve?
It depends on what you do. Don't take on a complicated event unless you have plenty of helpers. First you need to decide what event you want to do, when and where. If you are going to book a venue, you may need to be a bit flexible on 'when' and you may need to book well in advance. Then make a list of everything you need, such as helpers, equipment depending on the event, refreshments, cutlery and crockery, leaflets and posters and make sure you can afford to do all that and still expect to make a surplus.
What do I do with the money?
If it is in cash, please keep the cash and send a cheque instead, payable to Animal Aid. If anyone is paying you by cheque, ask them to make them payable to Animal Aid too, and send us all the cheques.
Lots of other fundraising ideas
A fete or garden fayre
This is similar to selling things but instead of, or as well as, selling things, you can have fortune tellers (just borrow a book about it, you don't have to be an expert), a tombola (you must be over 16 to run one), a lucky dip, cruelty-free face-painting, refreshments (always popular), competitions (guess the weight of something or the number of items in a jar, or who does the best painting - this last one can keep little children busy while their parents spend money). Lots of the advice in the previous section applies to this kind of event too.
Carol singing
People usually pay you to go away rather than to sing so it can be disheartening. And children should never go to door to door on their own. If you live on or near to a very quiet road and there are plenty of you with loud enough voices, you could gather together on the pavement and sing while a few others ring on people's doors asking them to come to their doors and listen. Then they might give a donation after a few minutes and have actually enjoyed listening to you. If any of you play a portable instrument such as a guitar, then that might make it more enjoyable. Fingerless gloves and torches might help you to cope with the word sheets and with playing a guitar in the bleak midwinter! You will need photocopied word sheets for the carols.
You could offer to do dog walking, baby-sitting, ironing, housework, house-sitting when people are on holiday, gardening, car washing, keeping your own room tidy (adults please note that you should not be charging for that one!), shopping and other errands, cruelty free makeovers (but only if you are any good at makeovers!)
Benefit concerts/gigs
If you know a rock band, barn dance caller, jazz group, DJ, or string quartet, ask them if they will do a benefit evening for Animal Aid. Make sure that you sell enough tickets to cover all expenses and check in advance whether the band will need any expenses (otherwise you can end up making a loss which rather defeats the object of the exercise), book the venue and do the publicity (see the previous sections for advice on this) and watch the money pour in.
Recruit members
If you keep a couple of membership forms in your wallet or bag at all times, then whenever you are chatting about animal issues and someone seems to agree with your arguments, you can offer them a form.
Pub collection crawl
You need permission from the pub managers and a collection tin from us - phone us on 01732 364546. Over 18s only please, and never do it alone. People in pubs can be drunk, abusive and violent so pick the pubs carefully and don't give in to provocation. Staying sober yourselves is probably a good idea - but the decision is up to you!
Some local councils will pay you if you collect things for recycling. Phone your council to check, then organise regular collections from your workplace, school or neighbours. This is hard work but effective fundraising and good for the planet.
Advice on planning things
How do I start?
Decide what you want to do and why you want to do it. If you want to have fun and raise money, then make sure that you pick something that might achieve that. You may also want to spread the animal rights message, meet new people, have an excuse to spend time with someone you fancy or impress someone who reckons you couldn't organise anything. Fundraising can be hard work but it should give you and your helpers some pleasure too - that way you will all be more willing to do it again.
Can I do it on my own?
It'll probably be easier and more enjoyable to do it with other people - but pick your helpers carefully. You want people who are reliable and prompt as well as creative, hardworking and enthusiastic, and you want people with whom you get on well. Maybe make sure that some of your people have access to cars, computers, photocopiers, garages and gardens.
Do I need a plan?
You certainly need at least a list of things that need to be done and a timetable for doing them. If you want to do a jumble sale next summer, make sure that you have the time, the people and the resources that you need. If your list and timetable make it look impossible to do everything you need to do in the spare time you have available, then it probably is impossible. Maybe do something on a smaller scale instead.
Will I have to have lots of meetings?
Hopefully not. Decide what the purposes of any meeting are, and make sure that you chair the meeting well to make sure that those purposes are achieved. Everyone should end up with a written record of what they need to do and by when, and should have your phone number in case they get stuck. Try to choose the right people for the right jobs and if unreliable people end up in charge of something, tactfully keep in touch to make sure they do what they are supposed to do. An alternative to meetings is to have one person (or maybe two who can communicate by phone easily) in charge, with everyone else being helpers. Even if you do have meetings, some people will not want to come and will just want to be given something useful to do. Don't lose these people just because they don't like meetings.
How can Animal Aid help?
As well as providing you with this advice, we can provide individual guidance over the phone or email, we can publicise your event in Outrage magazine if we have sufficient notice and we can design posters and leaflets and press releases for you if you give us all the details. Contact the Fundraising Department on 01732 364546. If you have any photos, or interesting stories about your event, let us know and we might be able to mention it in Outrage - you can be famous!
What do I do with the money?
Send a cheque or postal order, payable to Animal Aid, to Animal Aid, The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1AW.
Organising a street collection
What is a street collection co-ordinator?
It sounds like a full-time job, but it actually means helping to organise just one street collection in your local area - or even better, one per year. Street collections are a very effective way of helping to raise money for Animal Aid, and we give you lots of support, so please do consider it, if you are 16 or over.
OK, I could do that. Where do I start?
Once you have decided that you are willing to fundraise for Animal Aid in this way, or if you have any questions to ask before you make your mind up, please email email@example.com or call Mark Phillips on 01732 364546 ext 223. Think about where you would like to do the collection, and Mark will contact the Council or private shopping centre for permission. Once they have given us a date, Mark gets back in touch with you to check you can make it. Nearer to the actual time, Mark will check with you exactly when and where helpers can meet you can and she will then contact Animal Aid members to let them know and to ask for their help. If you have friends or local campaigners who can help, then obviously you may wish to approach those people yourself.
Don't I need lots of equipment?
We will send it all to you: collecting tins, stickers, bright sashes (optional - but they are great for getting attention), leaflets and forms for helpers' details.
What else do I do before the day?
Make sure you understand all the local council regulations, which we will have sent you, and make sure you have got everything you need ready to be transported on the day.
What do I do on the day?
Make sure you turn up at the meeting place with all the stuff on time, as you don't want to lose any of your helpers. As each volunteer turns up, fill in their name and address on the pink return form that we will send you and give them their tin, sash (if desired), leaflets and stickers. Give each a person a different place to go and give them some advice to make it go successfully:
- Stand with your tin label (and sash) facing the public. Our research shows that many people don't give if they don't know who we are.
- It is not illegal to call out something like 'Help stop animal cruelty' (despite popular belief) and it can help you collect far more.
- It is illegal to approach people, but you can use eye contact as you call out.
- If asked, Animal Aid campaigns peacefully against all animal abuse, particularly vivisection and factory farming, and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. Your helpers may find that it helps to give a leaflet to people who ask. However, most people won't ask.
What do I do afterwards?
At the end of the collection, make sure you have all your collection tins back and when you get home, count the money with the help of at least one friend, and pay the money into a bank account (ask the bank in advance for money bags and ask their advice if you are not sure about bagging it and banking it). Then send us a cheque for the money, payable to Animal Aid, together with the completed pink return form. If you are willing to do a collection next year too, please keep the tins and other stuff. Otherwise please send them back to us.
Lazy fundraising ideas
Easy sponsored events
Don't organise your own. Just wait for a sponsor form to appear in Outrage for a member of staff doing blindfolded bungee jumping or something and then ask people to sponsor that person.
Swear box
Make a box (or get someone else to) and a big sign for your workplace, local pub etc. and encourage people to pay 20p every time they swear (or 50p for really naughty words!). Sit back and watch the money roll in (but don't go bankrupt yourself by swearing too often).
Standing orders
Forget about fundraising altogether and become a Premier Supporter by donating at least £5 to Animal Aid (forms available on request). For slightly more effort, you could encourage your family and friends to become Premier Supporters.
Don't organise your own jumble sale, fete or book fayre, but take a stall at someone else's.
Pub quizzes
Persuade your local pub to organise a pub quiz on Animal Aid's behalf. If the bar manager is sympathetic, he or she may do everything and just give you the money for Animal Aid. The manager may prefer to post us a cheque direct. We will send a thank you letter that can be displayed in the pub. If that does not appear, phone us to check that we got the money. Alternatively the manager may expect you to provide the questions, in which case you need a friend who is a trivia bore who will leap at the chance of doing the questions every week, and another friend who has access to a photocopier.
Leave Animal Aid money in your will
Everyone should make a will anyway and it's no trouble at all to put Animal Aid in it (phone us on 01732 364546 for a free copy of our booklet 'Making a will and leaving a legacy to Animal Aid'). By leaving money to Animal Aid, we get money eventually, you don't have to put any real effort in and it doesn't cost you anything!
Street stalls
Is this really a fundraising activity?
It can be. It is certainly an important campaigning tool, and many local groups use it as a fundraiser too.
What do you need for a street stall?
The basics are a pasting table (or other light portable table), some petitions on clipboards, secured with rubber bands, and lots of leaflets (see our campaign resources), kept under elastic that is secured to the table with lots of drawing pins or nails. Some large boards with Animal Aid posters on will help too, as will some confident and enthusiastic people to staff the stall. If you stand there in silence or chatting to each other, you will get very few people come to the stall. Really you need to catch people's eyes and ask them to sign the petitions. You also need permission from your local Council to set up the stall in the street or from the owner or manager of private land, such as a private shopping centre. In practice, many people do stalls in the street without getting permission, and as long as the police do not think they are causing an obstruction and they do not get any complaints (e.g. from shop owners that they are near to) they may be OK. If you are actually going to collect money with collecting tins, you need a street collection permit (phone Karin on 01732 364546 for details) but merely accepting donations when offered is more of a grey area. If the police do ask you to move on, then be very polite and move if you have to. If you have transport, you might be able to move to another town.
What if I can't afford to buy all that stuff?
If you belong to a local Animal Aid/animal rights group, perhaps you could do another fundraising activity first or maybe someone could lend you the money and you would try to pay them back out of any donations received at the stall. We can provide leaflets, petitions and posters.
Where is the best place for a stall?
Clearly you want somewhere with lots of people and ideally you want some shelter. Pedestrianised streets are more pleasant, and you are less likely to cause an obstruction. However if the pedestrianised street is very wide and not very busy, it is very easy for people to ignore you. Anywhere near Marks and Spencer, McDonalds's (sorry, but it's true) or Bodyshop or a major supermarket tends to be very busy. Standing outside businesses that are closed (e.g. many banks on Saturdays) is a good way of avoiding complaints.
Can I do a stall on my own?
We would not recommend it. Apart from being a bit lonely, it makes it tricky if you want to buy a drink or go to the toilet. It is also better to have at least two of you in case you get any abuse or other trouble (though most people are either very supportive or they just ignore you), and it makes transporting all the stuff to and from the bus stop or car park a lot easier. Have fun!
If you want to discuss any ideas that you have, or if you want more information, please phone Richard Mountford or Mark Phillips on 01732 364546 ext 223. Good luck with your fundraising. We do need your help to help animals. For more ideas about what you can do to help, send for our FREE Get Active Pack.
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Congress has spent the better part of a year debating a national budget, attempting to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. Some members wanted tax increases, some wanted spending cuts, but all wanted a solution.
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"This is not the big fix I want, but it's the best we can do at this late hour," Manchin said in a statement following his vote. "First thing tomorrow, though, I will start working again on making this a better deal for the people of West Virginia and this great country.
Rockefeller said the deal is not perfect, but he implored members of the U.S. House of Representatives to reach the same agreement.
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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, who represents the 2nd District, agreed, saying she has called for a balanced approach that is not reflected in the Senate deal.
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Trombino's Bistro Italiano
- Address:
5415 Academy Rd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
Trombino's Bistro Italiano
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.trombinos.com/
- Phone: 5058215974
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Friday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm, Saturday: 3:00pm - 10:30pm, Sunday: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, Seafood, Italian
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: Coming Soon! Contact Chris Bambino at (505) 821-5974
- Private Party Facilities: Our very popular Semi-Private dining area can accommodate 36 to 40 guests.Call Chris Bambino or Kyle Healy for availability and menu options.
- Private Party Contact: Chris Bambino or Kyle Healy 5058215974
- Entertainment: Visit our bar to watch the game on one of our three LCD TVs and enjoy a cocktail or glass of wine with friends after work or on the weekend.
A word from Trombino's Bistro Italiano
SERVING "MANGIA" & "ABBONDANZA" FOR OVER 34 YEARS! Welcome to Trombino's Bistro Italiano, since 1979 a long standing favorite among Albuquerqueans, business travelers and tourists alike. Our restaurant is an ideal location for your lunch, dinner, or important client meetings. A comfortable Trattoria that has that inviting feeling of an old Italian neighborhood! More than just a place to eat, but rather, a gathering place where you, your friends, family and business associates can slow down, enjoy a great meal and reconnect. Trombino's serves signature dishes of authentic Italian-American cuisine. Our menu is large and varied, offering a great selection of homemade pastas, signature salads, prime steaks, fresh fish and memorable desserts, including these delectable choices... Gorgonzola Crusted New York Strip Steak, Veal Piccata, Veal Marsala, Chicken Caprini, Shrimp fra Diavolo, Fruitti di Mare & House-made Tiramisu Cake. The bar offers a first class wine list, and Decadent Martinis.Continued
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Trombino's Bistro Italiano reviews from OpenTable diners
80 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.4
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (43)special occasion (36)fit for foodies (32)romantic (28)good for groups (23)notable wine list (20)kid-friendly (8)great for lunch (6)hot spot (4)scenic view (3)vibrant bar scene (3)great for brunch (1)late-night find (1)Show More
- Trombino'sPunisherDined on 9/27/2014Excellent food/great service. Motzarella Caprese was quite good...would have liked more balsamic reduction, but it was still very good. I had veal parmigiana and wife had eggplant parmigiana...sauce was excellent and portions were generous. Also had the teramisu cake...excellent as well!! Looking forward to going back and trying the lasagna.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- essential and excellentregularsVIPDined on 9/27/2014Trombino's remains an essential restaurant - food, service, and ambience excellent. We're always glad to be there.Special Features:
- Excellent!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/27/2014Trombino's had everything that our dinner party was looking for - the ambiance was fantastic, the food delicious and arrived in a timely manner, and the waitstaff were impeccably professional and checked on us just the right amount.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Portion controlBruceDined on 9/24/2014If you're dieting, don't go here. Portions are immense and the food is too good to leave anything for leftovers.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Why have a reservationUpsetDined on 9/20/2014Made a reservation for table for 715, as this place is usually really busy on Saturday night. Arrived at 7 checked in and they said we have your reservation. There were about 20 people waiting so we waited at the bar as we usually do. Hostess kept calling people but not us, as all the people were seated we were still waiting so at 745 I went back to ask the hostess she said she called my name but we were there the whole time, another hostess told us oh we forgot. So I was a little upset that the reservation was worthless but more upset that one of the hostess lied about calling our name. They seemed to careless about it and said give us ten more minutes well get a table cleaned off, no manager apology nothing, Horrible experience.Special Features:
- Excellent!!MeechDined on 9/11/2014I absolutely love Trombinos! It has a lovely atmosphere and the food is even better. Unfortunately I have not tried many of their menu items because I fell in live with the chicken piccata, which I order every time. We've always had wonderful service from the waitstaff as well. Can't wait to go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great meal!OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 9/8/2014I have never had a bad experience at Trombinos. Food is always good and service is great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good food, too muchFoodie01Dined on 8/30/2014Had dinner with the family at Trombino's o's to celebrate a birthday. The dinner was good and the food tasty. Pros: good food, great service. Neutral: pedestrian wine list. Cons: too much food. Everyone left food on their plates.Special Features:
- regularsVIPDined on 8/29/2014Some nights there is just no place we'd rather be than Trombino's.Special Features:
- DisappointedWWladyDined on 8/27/2014The waiter was indifferent to the extent of being rude & uninformed to the menu offerings. The gluten-free pasta was a tasteless thick glob (penne w/vodka sauce) which arrived so quickly, I'm not sure it was even GF. The waiter could care less & never came back to check. A manager/charge person did not stop by to ask how our experience was. As a result, we will not be returning to this place. Albuquerque have many other good Italian restaurants that will make our evening pleasant.
- New to Albuquerque, gem in 505LoveitDined on 8/24/2014Received gift card from our broker after buying our second investment property within our first year here. This place is amazing and competes with California's premiere locations. Thank you for having top quality service and food, we have this as our top spot to go for special occasions. Thank you!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best Italiam in TownbweaveitDined on 8/21/2014Everything from the bread to dessert was terrific. Service exceptional. prices reasonable. Best home cooked Italian in Albuquerque.Special Features:
- Lots of FoodfoodjunkieDined on 8/16/2014The food was delicious but the serving sizes were too large. I would love to see Trombino offer smaller plates. The service was very slow so I wouldn't go here unless I knew I could sit back, relax and enjoy a leisurely meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Mid-week breakDaveVIPDined on 8/13/2014I had just placed friends from back East on an airplane and this was an opportunity to reconnect with my girlfriend- just the two of us and it was just what we needed.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/12/2014We brought our son as it was his 21st year of life. Too bad you couldn't accept his driver's license as it was the vertical one but that did not take away from the excellent service or food.Special Features:
- Hit the spot!DukeDined on 8/8/2014So what if Mario Batali doesn't work here? The food is great, generous portions, and comforting. When you just want something that hits the spot, fills you up, and is very satisfying, you won't go wrong here. And even on a very busy night, the service was exemplary.Special Features:
- Reliably excellentregularsVIPDined on 8/8/2014Trombino's had a busy Friday, but there was no wait for our table. Service was prompt, attentive, and accurate. The kitchen executed our meal on point. The food, of course, tasted wonderful and the portions were generous. Trombino's is an "essential" restaurant.Special Features:
- first visitbugsyfromtaosDined on 8/5/2014and it was quite good.all seemed to us to be very fresh ingredients. bread was made in house and tasty which is always a good litmus test. i ordered the house made sausage and spouse veal picatta. both top notch. portions ample to large. no chance to try dessert.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Manga plentyTastytreatDined on 8/3/2014Trombino's is a little difficult to get to even though you can see their sign from a good distance, but persevere. The food is good and the servings are enormous! My husband and I HAD THE CREOLE SHRIMP AND THEY WERE DELICIOUS! And there was a huge pile of them so take your teenaged friends here and even they won't go home hungry! The service was gracious and helpful too. We got a table in a little nook so the noise level was such that we could hear our friend and she could hear us.Special Features:
- firstname.lastname@example.com on 8/2/2014Great food and wine. Best Italian restaurant in Albuquerque NM.Special Features:
- Great Overall ExperienceWaltDined on 8/2/2014Had not been to Trombino's in quite a while, but was pleasantly surprised that it was still there after all these years. The dining experience was very good.Special Features:
- Excellent 1st visitjackofclubsDined on 7/29/2014This was my first visit and I will be back. The food was excellent and the service also.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Accommodates Children wellMichaelDined on 7/29/2014We bring our family with small children here, we felt well accommodated. They even made a cheese sauce so we could replicate macaroni and cheese for our youngest.
- Traveling jewel7heavenDined on 7/12/2014Traveling with large family and looking for a Saturday night reservation to avoid waiting when we arrived by car. When our party of 9 arrived we were sat immediately. The food was great. We will return again!Special Features:
- not greatVirginia46Dined on 7/12/2014If the food was as good as the service, this would be a five-star recommendation. My partner ordered the frutti di mare, which was served without the pasta that was listed as an ingredient of the dish--basically he got a wine broth with clams and mussels. The goat cheese ravioli I ordered was not as good as the first time I had it a week or so earlier. Our friends enjoyed scampi, but we all agreed that we were somewhat disappointed in the meal.I would recommend this to a friend.
- longtime local favoriteMrsJDined on 7/12/2014Trombino's has been a local favorite for a long time and they deserve their following for their good food and service. Be prepared for the large portions, knowing there's another meal for another day.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Dining out in NEPaakoDined on 7/9/2014Staff was very good and attentive without being intrusive. Food was very good and served with good timing between courses, everything was hot and prompt. Bread could be improved with with some good italiano offering.Special Features:
- Go to spotMichaelDined on 7/3/2014We have kids so we don't get out much but when we do, this is the spot we frequent. Greats wines, beers and food.Special Features:
- Good ItalianOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/29/2014This was our first time in and we brought my wife's mother for her birthday. The food was really good and the portions were surprisingly large. They even gave her a complimentary dish of spumoni ice cream for her birthday. It was probably the best spumoni I've tasted. i will recommend this restaurant to anybody and I certainly will return again and again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- regularsVIPDined on 6/28/2014Excellent service, excellent food, pleasant atmosphere. People of all ages enjoying the experience of being there.Special Features:
- One of the best!dinerVIPDined on 6/22/2014Trombinos does not disappoint. The food is great and the wait staff is attentive. We ordered pizza, clams, mussels, and spaghetti. All of the above was excellent. I would return to this location.Special Features:
- Great dinnerABQDelish8Dined on 6/22/2014My family and friends had a wonderful dinner at Trombinos. The food is excellent, well priced and delicious. Would recommend to all who love great Italian food.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good foodSteveDined on 6/21/2014The food was good, but the service was a little slow. Friendly staff.Special Features:
- Trombino's is great!stuckintexDined on 6/18/2014We've dined at Trombino's for many years. They are always a sure thing. Our last was with picky eaters (11 of us). Food was really delish! Service was impeccable, great wine list, generous and perfect cocktails. Trombino's is a sure thing and we will go back the next time in town. It will be our 15th visit.Special Features:
- Fathers Day experiencePikeplacemarketDined on 6/15/2014Greeter first seated us in a high traffic area but switched us when we made the request. The server was very attentive and saw to our requests and needs throughout the meal. The food and beverages were most excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Italian CuisineKINGVIPDined on 6/14/2014IF you're seeking authentic Italian cuisine and generous portions all at a reasonable price, this is the place for you.Special Features:
- regularsVIPDined on 6/13/2014As always, terrific! Our favorite booth was ready, service prompt and courteous, and the kitchen on point.Special Features:
- Excellent resterauntDanielDined on 6/7/2014If your looking for a nice place to have a group dinner or even a romantic night, this resteraunt is the place. Excellent food, well priced, excellent staff and well portions. I cannot say anything bad about this place.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best marinara in townWWladyDined on 6/3/2014Food is very good especially the marinara. Service was very attentive & friendly without being intrusive. Will be visiting again soonSpecial Features:
- The following 348 reviews are from the Trombino's Bistro Italiano reviews archive.
- regularsVIPDined on 5/31/2014Best pizza we've had in years! The execution by the kitchen of every dish we've had at Trombino's has been on point, and that includes the coffee.Special Features:


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Q: Help! I have giant grasshoppers and they are eating everything. What can I do?
A: If they are already huge, then Doug Welsh in his Texas Garden Almanac suggests two bricks. The grasshopper is one of those insects that you need to control when they are small. Insecticide that can be used when they are half inch size does not work well when they are huge. A&M suggests row cover material to protect your plants. Colorado State suggests poultry. (They also mention that coyotes eat grasshoppers, although coyotes in your garden really are not a good thing.) In Seguin, most of us are located near open fields and this is where the grasshoppers are breeding. Howard Garrett and Malcolm Beck in Texas Bug Book list natural control such as blister beetles, ground beetles, predatory flies, parasitic flies and birds. Their organic control is floating row cover or biological control such as Nosema locustae or Beauvaria bassiana. They also suggest spraying plants with kaolin clay at night because grasshoppers don't usually fly then.
Q: We are going on vacation. What should I do to keep my plants alive till I come back?
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Welsh suggests mowing and trimming your lawn at its normal height the day before you leave. Then make arrangements for someone to mow again a week later. He also suggests weeding, mulching, pruning and harvesting before you go, but if I did that, I would be too tired to go on vacation.
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A: Yes, particularly if you want tomatoes before the first frost. If you plant vegetables from seed, allow 2 months from the seed to the beginning of harvest for beets, broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard greens, spinach, Swiss chard and turnips. Three months from seed to the beginning of harvest includes the vegetables Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, onions, acorn and butternut squash. I usually buy transplants for my winter garden so that I don't have to worry about the vegetables quite so early. Our first fall frost for San Antonio is November 28 according to Doug Welsh and November 25 in the Famers Almanac. However, last year in Seguin November 4 was 32 degrees.
Clara Mae Marcotte is a Texas Master Gardener with the Texas AgriLife Extension. If you have a question to be answered, call the Master Gardeners at 830-379-1972 or leave a message to be answered. The website is guadalupecountymastergardeners.org. The Master Gardener research library is open Mondays from 8:30 to noon, on the second floor of the Texas AgriLife Extension building, 210 East Live Oak in Seguin.
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Crews worked to install the Christmas Box Angel memorial Monday at Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup, near the site where her sons Charlie and Braden are buried. More than 25 angel statues around the country provide a place for grieving parents who have suffered the loss of a child. Those healing ceremonies are held on Dec. 6, which coincides with the date Susan disappeared in 2009.
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Source(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611,Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2949; amended Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 503(c)(1), (2),Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95.)
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Full disclosure: My first thought when I heard about the teenage girl who tried to sell her 12-year-old brother on Craigslist was NOT "Oh, what a horrible mother those children must have!" Nope, it was more along the lines of "Oh, that poor mother!" Because I can totally see my daughter trying to sell my son through an online clasisified ad, just like this big sister in Alabama.
(Although I do think my daughter would try get more than $1,200 for her brother.)
The ad, titled "Joyfull Little boy -- $1200," has been deleted, but it read like this:
"12-year-old joyfull little boy (real) needing a good home, and caring people to be around."
Hey, at least she was considerate enough to ask for a "good home" and "caring people." Seriously! The whole sibling rivalry thing can get outrageously ugly -- an aspect of parenting I was completely unprepared to deal with, having grown up as an only child. Can't we all just get along? I implore my children on a daily basis. I would've killed for a brother or sister when I was a kid! My kids roll their eyes. "You were so lucky," my daughter always says.
I find this particular story especially relevant because it involves a big sister and little brother, which is what we have at my house -- the Linus/Lucy dynamic, I call it. Shudder.
Anyway, this Lucy got lucky, because even though authorities did find out about the ad (thanks to some poor horrified soul who found it while scouring the web for antiques), they didn't charge her with anything. Instead, they gave her a "stern lecture."
That's probably all the punishment she needed, anyway. Because she'll likely end up regretting this crime for the rest of her life -- her brother will NEVER let her live it down.
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If Craigslist were around when I was younger, I probably would have tried to do the same thing.
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i'm sorry i laughed when i first read the title. me and my brother are 16 years apart so I didn't really get the 'joys' of being a big sister. But I think that if he was like 5 years younger than me instead of 16, i would have probably done the same lol.
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HAHA, that reminds me of a song by the Olsen twins when they were kids "Brother for sale! Only 50 cents, Brother for sale! He's not a big expense."
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The international spotlight is on Louisville as the city hosts the Cyclo-cross World Championships.
Andy Murphy is a volunteer for the sporting event. He says, "It's really cool being from Louisville and seeing guys from Switzerland and know they're national champions from Belgium, from Austria."
Some of the featured 300 riders from about 25 countries are already arriving in Louisville. The championships will be held at Eva Bandman Park on Saturday and Sunday and are expected to draw crowds of around five thousand per day. Until then, crews are working hard to get the course ready.
Murphy says, "We're pounding posts. We're driving stakes. The metal fencing you see here, there's over 20,000 feet of metal fencing."
The World Championships started more than 60 years ago and have always been held in Europe until now.
Karl Schmitt with the Louisville Sports Commission says, "This is the fastest growing cycling discipline in North America and the fastest growing in the world, and they wanted to give people in the U.S. an opportunity to see the best of the best compete."
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing that began in Europe when bikers took to the trails in the winter to train. Competitors go through pavement, sand, grass, steep hills, and around man-made obstacles, and many times the rider has to get off the bike and carry it while navigating the course.
One of the most challenging parts of the course is the limestone step up. Huge pieces of limestone were put into the hills to create a step-up on the course. Some athletes will run up the steps with their bikes, others will ride up the steps to get a faster time for the championships.
Schmitt says, "This is the Olympics for these athletes in this sport. It is several million dollars in economic impact, dollars coming into our community. Several million in Europe will see this in prime time. Others in Asia, there is a feed to be picked up by sports channels in Asia."
Even though we're days away from the competition, River Road is already closed from Edith Avenue to Frankfort Avenue. It'll be closed through next Tuesday, but all business will remain open along River Road.
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Caught on camera: three men jump border, apprehended by RCMP
The $6 million camera system along the border is earning its keep. Last week border patrol specialists monitoring the cameras spotted three men jumping the border in east Blaine. When the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) apprehended them on the other side of the line they were carrying an impressive arsenal of weapons, $50,000 in cash and diamonds.
After a border patrol agent returned from checking into a citizen call about barking dogs in the area early on the morning of February 19, border patrol deputy chief patrol agent John Bates said they were keeping an eye on Canada View and Jerome Street using one of the 38 cameras that monitor the border from Blaine to the Cascades and mounted on a 50-foot pole.
Just after 3:30 a.m. they spotted a van come up Jerome and park on Canada View adjacent to the border. �Three guys got out and crossed into Canada,� Bates said. The border patrol notified the RCMP who caught up with them near Hazelmere golf course in Surrey.
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Can't stop CB from swapping with lots of small objects
I'm running CB dev preview. My objects are really little. In fact, my keys are exactly 10 chars and my values are exactly 10 chars.
I'm inserting using Cache::Memcache:Fast (perl) using noreply. With noreply=1, I get about 25K-50K writes/sec. With noreply=0 I get about 2-3K writes/sec. Not sure if any of that is relevant.
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I'm sure by now that you'll all have watched the dunk or dunks by Clippers Forward, Blake Griffin over Lakers Forward, Pau Gasol tonight as the Lakers took on the Clippers in another "Battle of LA" match-up.
However, I believe that the call was wrong and that those "dunks" shouldn't have been a dunk.
Just like the non-foul call a couple plays before where Lakers Guard, Ramon Sessions drove to the hoop and then lost the ball but, had some contact given to him. As a result to not having a foul called, Sessions would receive a technical foul from the officials. Now if you were watching the game or highlights, you saw that Sessions didn't respond that bad to the no call and then you also saw that when he did respond, he was no where near an official.
Anyways after viewing the replay of Griffin's dunk you can see that Griffin locks Gasol's arm in which, doesn't allow Gasol to put his arm up to attempt to block Griffin's dunk. Which as a result Griffin locks Gasol's arm in and uses it as an extra push to rise over him.
Not to mention depending on what angle you watch the dunk from, you can see Griffin's left elbow hit Gasol in his head knocking him back and to the ground.
Now don't get me wrong Griffin has had a lot of great dunks throughout his career thus far but, this one I can't give to him.
As for the other dunk that didn't receive as much of attention, was a put back dunk earlier in the first quarter. Griffin, who was trailing behind Gasol, jumped up and grabbed the ball behind Gasol and then as a result dunked it back.
It was an over the back. Now don't get me wrong it's exciting to see these dunks but, at the end of the day the right call should be made instead of choosing what's more exciting. And that's the problem today in the NBA; they choose excitement over the right calls.
For example the famous travel in the NBA. It's a complaint made by several viewers as it's not called as much as it should be. However, congrats to Griffin as the call was what it was and as it stands in the score books, those were both two dunks and a total of four points.
As for the rest of the game, the Lakers would go onto beat the Clippers winning, 113-108 taking a 2-1 season lead over the Clippers.
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Amazing Arms in Minutes videos at FitnessMagazine.com.
Amazing Arms in Minutes
Get rid of arm jiggle and tone your back, shoulders, and abs with these arm-sculpting exercises.
-Amazing Arms in Minutes. Squat Push: This one's nice and simple. Keep the ball tucked as you squat and push it forward at chest level as you stand. You're going to do 10 to 15 reps just like this.
-Amazing Arms In Minutes. Reverse Dunk. Press the ball up as you sit up and bright it behind your head keeping your elbows steady. You're going to do 10 to 15 reps, just like this.
The Flye Ball arm exercise tones your shoulders, arms, chest, abs, obliques, and butt.
The Lunge Press arm exercise tones your shoulders, arms, abs, obliques, butt, and legs.
The Pullover arm exercise tones your shoulders, upper back, triceps, abs, and butt.