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So it was with giddy excitement that we welcomed Mr. Sun back this weekend. And Saturday was pretty much perfect. We got the bocce set, the Wiffle balls and bat out, smoked a pork shoulder for pulled pork with Blue Ribbon BBQ sauce (apologies to my PETA friends), chilled the Pilsner Urquel, cut up some limes for the Tanqueray and tonics, and enjoyed the day with a small gathering of friends and families. It was a fantastic time and I hope it was the same for you. Man, we milked these two beautiful days. I went out for a 22-mile bike this morning, and that was AFTER a night of beer, pork, and gin (sort of in that order). Then, via the largess of my BFF, Mike O'Malley and our friends at the Red Sox Foundation, brought my family to to the only-in-Boston Picnic in the Park at Fenway, where you get to run around in the outfield and enjoy BBQ, more beer, and if you're lucky, get some autographs. None other than first-time all star, Timmy Wakefield, lent more of his time to raise a ton of money with Mike at the live auction.
But yesterday, my friend, Tommy Ruprecht, and I got to chatting music He asked me if I had heard this Mick Jagger solo song called, "Evening Gown." I had assumed he had heard it on my music mix coming through in the background, because I had been recently rotating that tune and another of the Jagger solo record, Wandering Spirit, "Don't Tear Me Up," after years of not listening to the record. Tommy had only heard the latter come up which is what made him ask about the former. I love that song, I told him. In fact, I believe that album/CD was one of the reasons (along with Teenage Fanclub's, Grand Prix LP) that pushed us in the direction of David Bianco, who went on to produce our CD, Smitten. Rick Rubin produced the Jagger LP and Dave engineered and mixed, which he did for many Rubin productions.
Tommy and I waxed rhapsodically about what a beautiful song "Evening Gown" is. I remember the record coming out in 1993. The big deal off the record was a duet with Lenny Kravitz wherein the two of them offer a confused take on the great Bill Withers tune "Use Me." But the other tunes sort of caught me by surprise. I am sure I heard "Don't Tear Me Up" on the radio and thought it was, along with recent Keith solo albums, some of the best stuff either of them had managed to put together -- solo or with the Stones -- at the time, anyway.
There is something quite vulnerable in Mick's performance of the tune. Starting with the song itself, of course. It is a deceivingly simple country ballad, two verses, bridge, solo and an outro verse. (By the way, if the lyric and singing don't get you, the pedal steel solo will bring you to your knees. It is played by the legendary JayDee Mannes, who played with Buck Owens and the Bucakroos, and played on the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo and other classics.) But Jagger manages to masterfully draw this self-deprecating, back-slapping character, a guy entering middle age and acknowledging this passing of time, apparently still with his wife, who he ultimately is singing the song to, repeatedly bringing back the focus to her in the refrain "But I can still paint the town/All the colors of your evening gown/While I'm waiting for your blond hair to turn gray."
It is a powerful stanza even just sitting on the page. Jagger manages to capture endless layers of emotion and detail about this guy in so few words, ultra-economically, but the singer still draws us in personally, seeing ourselves and others we know there. I identified with the character even when hearing it at the age of 27 (hard to believe it was that long ago), never mind 43. So I suppose it is predictable that is has wormed its way back into my consciousness, onto my playlists, and ultimately here for a cover version.
I often feel like I so easily lapse into a cliche existence, following many steps about what a guy growing up in America is expected to do, saying the same shit to my kids my father said to me, feeling the inevitable mid-life crisis pulling me in, and so on. I have started to think a lot more about mortality than I used to, almost to the point of obsession. It used to be a subject I would not give much more than a moment's notice to. We're here and at some point we all go; sad but true. Now, who's playing at the Middle East tonight?
Don't get me wrong; I mean, I am not obsessed with staving off my own inevitable passing; it is more of a melancholy, Zen (maybe not) awareness of the passing of time that we have to spend with the ones we love. See what I was saying about cliches? How does one begin to venture into this sort of well-worn subject matter without bumping into and falling far short of Kierkegaard (as Tommy joked in another context yesterday), Shakespeare, the Gershwins.
Well, there you go: that's how you explore the subject matter, in art -- poetry, drama, music. And Mick does it masterfully here, before you are even are aware of it. Jagger's lyric comes on like it is going to be one of his tongue-in-cheek country tunes like Far Away Eyes, in other words, devoid of any heavy emotional involvement (unlike, for example, "Wild Horses," which is just all raw nerve). "Evening Gown" starts off
People say that I'm high class
But I'm low down all the while
People think That I'm crazy
When I flash that California smile
Yeah, yeah, you think. Come on Mick! Bring us something! In 1993, we had been through so much of the beginning-of-the-end of the Stones, with more mediocre and poor music that we - any of us still paying any attention at all -- could be forgiven for just being cynical that there would be any more passion left. But then he hits us -- hard with that chorus, and he goes on to continue to sketch this character. By the bridge, we realize it is himself in there somewhere, under "sports clothes" and "California" smiles.
For Jagger to be singing this as this aging Lothario rock star god was a substantial acknowledgment of his humanity and mortality. I don't pretend to follow all the gossip about his personal life so I have no real idea of where he was in his romantic life at this moment, but his hammering of the last line of the chorus three times in a higher octave, bringing it home with his enviable country-soul voice, certainly makes the point clear.
"....waiting for your blond hair to turn gray."
And I had those lines in my head for the rest of the evening, as I looked around at my group of friends -- husbands wives, kids -- until I went down stairs at 11, after everyone was long gone and all the bottles were in the bin and the dishes put away, to record the cover. And the song has stayed with me all day.
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- Kouzie said...
I do love this song. The amazing Alejandro Escovedo covered this song live for several years and his cover can be found on one of the Bloodshot Records comps.
Thanks for all these great covers Bill. I really look forward to seeing what you'll pull next!
- July 6, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Great insightful prose content as always, and pilsner urquel- good choice, don't let the green bottle fool you, its no skunky "eurolager." I went back to listen to the Jagger version and found a great 1993 live performance. Two points from your blog hit me as I listened to Jagger's version and then yours again, in that order.
First, This song is great for Jagger's "Middle aged" grown up voice- there are natural deep lows in the song, smoky gray vocal parts, but also this highlights the soul, emotion and power of a seasoned performer, especially in the ramped up "waiting for your blond hair..." part.
Secondly, I noticed a reference to BT "Smitten" and the song that came into my head, especially near the end of your version of the cover, was "Scottish Windows," which, although sounds great with a triumphant soaring musical chorus, might sound just as fine acoustic...
- July 6, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Figgsrock2 said...
Great cover of an overlooked gem Bill.
I do have a strong memory of Wandering Spirit--I was still working in radio when this album came out, and I remember Atlantic really pushing hard on the first single "Sweet Thing." We barely played it because it was just such a subpar song. The day we got the album in (the Thursday before it was stores) I spun it in my office, and once I hit "Don't Tear me Up" I remember thinking, "Someone at Altantic should lose their job. They really picked the wrong single." And I know I wasn't alone in thinking that, as "Don't Tear me Up" totally took off in a couple weeks as stations ignored what Atlantic wanted them to do.
Ah, the days when radio stations had their own brains.
- July 6, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Whirling House said...
I appreciate you bringing to light a musician who I've studiously avoided since Undercover of the Night. While reading the lyrics, I couldn't help but thinking of the child he had with another woman while married to Jerry Hall. Per wiki, that child was born in 1999...the same year that Jagger had his marriage to Hall annulled (after 4 kids).
On one hand, this is prurient/People magazine stuff that I'd prefer to ignore. On the other hand, I sometimes have difficulty separating the lifestyle of the ultra famous and ultra rich from their art. The phrase "We mean it, man" comes to mind for some reason.
This is beginning to sound like an "authenticity" rant. Thanks for great array of covers and the insightful reads!
- July 7, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- Randy Reichardt said...
What a sweet, delicious arrangement. I count at least six tracks - keys, organ, two guitars, two vocals. Did I miss one? The line that strikes me is: "all my life I've waited for someone who would take me past the kissing." A great line that defines a deeper (or deepening love).
Another insightful back story that as always, seems to touch a few nerves with me. I've got twelve years on you, as I've noted before, but have remained single. (She gave the engagement ring back to me in 1988 - long story, but it's still in the sock drawer upstairs.) With the additional years, the mortality issues are very visible to me, and will be from here on in. I don't obsess about it either, but I've lost a few good friends already, and each time it just sucks a bit more.
On the flip side, social networks like Facebook have brought me back together with long lost friends from 30-35 years in the past - and we have gone from blonde (or black or brown) to gray together.
You wrote, "...awareness of the passing of time that we have to spend with the ones we love. See what I was saying about cliches?" Cliche, yes, but also hard reality. Thankfully we do have the aforementioned art forms there to allow intepretation and creativity of such concerns.
That "awareness" is with me, and is one of the reason I hope to one day see Buff T before it's too late.
BTW, if one averages 12 cuts per album, you're one CotW away from giving us your third album of covers. I can't think of anyone in rock, part time or otherwise, who has given such an incredible gift to his fans. Thanks, Bill. Now fire up the bbq and grill some steaks.
- July 9, 2009 at 12:11 AM
- William said...
Great version. I know you being the musical encyclopedia you are may know this already but Jerry Lee Lewis did a version of this too. Check this version out with Keith and Mick and Ronnie Wood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1J-sAuUQok Hats off to my girlfriend a huge Stone fan to point this out!
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- Cast: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson, Jason Cavalier, Alain Goulem, Allison Graham, Patrick Kerton, Kate Mara, Treat Williams, David Goff, Sarah Hansen, Benoit Priest
- Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Writer: Zach Dean
- Producers: Shelly Clippard, Ben Cosgrove, Mark Cuban, Gary Levinsohn, Todd Wagner
- Executive Producers: Winfried Hammacher, Adam Kolbrenner, Robyn Meisinger, Josette Perrotta
- Art Direction: Michele Laliberte
- Castings: Randi Hiller, Andrea Kenyon, Randi Wells
- Costume Design: Odette Gadoury
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Ellie's Handmade First Home
House Tour
Name: Ed and Ellie Grover
Location: Roseville (near Sacramento), California
Size: 1,872 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year
Ellie and Ed bought their first house about a year ago. While they would have rather purchased a good ol' fixer upper, market conditions meant a brand new house made more sense. Fearing that her home would fall into the tract home rut, Ellie quickly set out to "make the new look old and add a little character to the cookie cutter-ness."
The fact that Ellie is a fine artist, a photographer and a pro at taking junk found on the side of the road and making it display worthy definitely gave them an advantage when making their home their own. Having lived in their home for just a year, it is still a work in progress, but the fun is in the details here.
From the newspaper birds in the living room to the wood planks on the breakfast nook wall to the wall of photos in the stairwell, the place is anything but run of the mill. Ellie's home is full of inspiring DIY projects, but she's too modest to say so. And even though she won't admit to it, we think it's the perfect case study of how anyone can take any home, regardless of style or year built, and make it 100% their own.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
My/Our style: Hmmmm, I guess I would say my own weird quirky style :) I have like a sort of vintage look but I'm not really afraid to throw in anything else that catches my eye!
Inspiration: I LOVE old things! I just love the way they sort of tell stories with all the years of use and layers of paint. I would love to create rooms full of old treasures that are just begging to be discovered. My inspiration most definitely comes from the look of feel of the worn and weathered. I like warm and cozy spaces, interesting splashes of color, and lots of texture!
Favorite Element: Probably the fence wood wall my husband and I constructed. I wouldn't trade the texture on that wall for the world - it makes all the difference in that kitchen and is the first thing I look at when I walk into our house!
Biggest Challenge: The green picture wall! It was SO tall! Not only was it a challenge to paint, it was a huge challenge to configure the placing of all the photographs. I ended up kind of nerding out and making a to scale model on Adobe Illustrator - I arranged all the frames on the model before we even hung them!
What Friends Say: This is funny. I just recently moved from suburban Bakersfield in Southern California (where people just die over decorating and stuff) to Northern California, where most people couldn't care less :) I actually love the fact that people just kind of let you be who you want to be - whether you have a crazy stylish house or you just went with tan walls and your college couch! However, I do have people ask me for help quite often when they are thinking of doing their own home projects.
Biggest Embarrassment: Before the green wall was green we painted it an AWFUL color of yellow. It was so much work and we both just starred at it and said - this has to go! So it was back to Home Depot for the 20 millionth time to cover our huge mistake. :)
Proudest DIY: Hmmmm. I already mentioned the wood wall - and since that's kind of a given I'll talk about something else... our "media cabinet". I love that we found the perfect antique to hold all of our electronic devices for the TV! Random fact about me, I really don't like having a TV in plain view (I would love for it to be inside a media cabinet with closed doors!). This was a comprimise for my husband and I. We ended up with a sleek TV and no wires or chords - with a sweet piece of furniture I could live with. Everything turns on through closed cabinet doors using an RF signal converter (and don't ask me what that means!).
Biggest Indulgence: Our bed and bedding. We have never really had a "bedroom" and when we moved into this house I knew I wanted to make our room a cozy place to be. Buying a bed I loved and bedding I was actually excited about seemed like a big expense all in one bundle, but it was SO worth it! I absolutely love to be in my room!! By the way, I think we really scored on our bed buying it from Ikea, most every header/footer combo we looked at was in the $1,000 range until we found this awesome bed for only $300 - I love Ikea!
Best advice: Thrift stores are amazing. Everything can be painted. Don't be afraid to get a little crazy and try the ideas you've always dreamed of!
Dream source: I'm not sure what this means.... but if you're waiting for me to mention Anthropologie at some point during this survey I think I'll just go ahead and mention it here. I feel like Anthropologie and I are good friends, somehow they just know everything I'm thinking before I think it :)
orange chairs, both white dressers, old bench in living room, dresser under the TV, yellow lamps, black end table, most of the knick-knacks (frames, candle holders, flour/sugar canisters, vases...)
Stuff we made ourselves:
• The coffee table we made from an old work/art table - we just cut the legs off! It's awesome and heavy and dirt/dent proof :)
• The kitchen wall with the wood was made from old fence wood we found thrown out in a field. We put a thin sheet of wood behind the area we covered, screwed it into the wall and wood glued most of the cut pieces onto that - with a few screws to hold it all into place. The shelf in the living room was made with that same wood (and some Anthro fixtures) and the mirror in our bedroom was also framed with it as well.
• The green wall of photos, that's like 15" tall. It was crazy to hang all those! A lot of those frames were thrifted or mirrors we turned into frames :)
• I also liked making those little candle holders with the green Pellegrino bottles - I just melted then end of the candle and stuck them down while the wax was still moldable.
• The painting in the striped room was done by me as well as most any photographs or random stuff you see hanging around.
Our bed, yellow chairs ,dining room table and hanging lights are from Ikea. Our bedding is an Urban Outfitters coverlet.
(Thanks, Ellie and Ed!)
Images: Ellie Grover
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Beautiful and fresh. I would love to know that grey/blue color in the kitchen area for my walls?!
Wow! You guys have done beautifully well...!!! Everything in the house is warm and inviting, the bed a reward after your long treasure hunt. Love shabby chic and the weathered flaking layers of paint. And of course, your wooden wall is THE best, you're absolutely right. Spot on with changing up colors, too...from subdued to loud to dark, contrast is a good thing. Your wall in the LR is begging for a faux fireplace, made with repurposed/recycled wood. With a little alcove for white candles it would warm it up a bit.
But the current weathered bench is a warm, touch, too.
Great work, you guys! Ahhhh, home...
A sweet house. Very personal. So says this northern Californian who loves personal houses. :-)
the wood wall is beautiful
your home looks as if
you have been collecting
for some time
nice job
Love what you did!
So many amazing colors blended together perfectly! That wall color in the living room is freaking amazing!! Be proud of your home, it's beautiful!
I love what you've done. I just bought a cottage in East Sac so I may be knocking on your door to take a look at that awesome wood wall. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely home. You have a nice sense of style. But I always question the choice of wall-to-wall carpet. If it was already there and it's too expensive to replace, I get that. If it was a choice, however, I'm just wondering why. It doesn't seem to go along with the rest of the furnishings and decor.
I live in Sacramento. Please tell me where you got that green desk!!!
I LOVE the striped walls. LOVE them.
Don't mean to put a damper on things, buuuuut:
it still looks cookie cutter to me with yard sale finds thrown around.
I do love the green photo wall and the guest(?) bedroom. The orange accents are great.
Wow, I really love the wood flooring wall thing you did.
A few years before we moved into our place, we looked at a home like this, maybe even by the same developer. I just couldn't envision doing anything interesting with it, so we passed.
Clearly, you have much more vision than I do, because you managed to make this look really personal, which is a hard thing to do.
Ellie, I'm from Bakersfield! I know EXACTLY what you mean about the whole craziness about not letting people decorate or paint apartments/rentals. Its awful. But love the look of your new(ish) home!
I love the entire place. But, I especially love the wood fence wall and the horizontal striped bedroom. It makes me smile that you said you drew the photo wall in Illustrator before hanging anything. I do the same thing in AutoCAD whenever I do walls of photos and get made fun of all the time. So, good going!
Way to make a silk purse out of a sow's rear! Love it.
What really made me stop, read, and look, were the references to Bakersfield and Sacramento. Had no idea you all even knew these places existed in California. Thanks for including the Central Valley.
Generally, I'm not a fan of wall stripes; to me, they always feel too stiff. But the way you use the orange/gold accents against the grey and white ones here is just wonderful. I'm also a fan of the chalkboard tree.
i love that sideboard in the dining room, and the yellow chairs, all so fresh & inviting
Ahem. "Tract" home.
Love what you have done with your house..its so freaking beautiful!! I am sure you guys are proud of your work/house and you should be!!! We moved into our rental apartment few weeks back and your house tour has totally motivated me to decorate it.
I would like to know how you fixed those open cabinets in your dining area, I have some wine crates that I want to fix on the walls but not sure if simply nailing them to the wall would be enough - Anybody any suggestions???
The dining area was the best part and looked very fresh. Pretty bedroom!
I really think home tour posters on AT should use some sort of spell check program. There were so many spelling errors in the narrative it was distracting.
Very inspiring! You have beaten back the "tract house" vibe most successfully.
Good taste, nice furniture and artwork...unfortunately, though, I cannot get past the wall-to-wall carpet. If not for that I would have a hard time telling this was a new tract house.
The color combinations and textures are very sweet, but I feel like the scale if off in the living room - lots of little accessories that are too small to make an impact and get a little lost in the huge room.
I disagree with LovelyFrugalHermit, and I would challenge LovelyFrugalHermit to take a limited budget and transform a new home into something that breaks the cookie cutter mold!
You HAVE created an interior that transcends the cookie cutter image with creativity and adventure. I'm impressed by the bold green wall with the photo arrangement, and I also love the wooden wall in your dining room. All of your color choices are great. I'm fond of two of your vintage chairs, the orange velvet-upholstered chair and the other low-slung chair with the orange and gold (floral?) upholstery ... Urban Outfitters bedding is so perfect, it's irresistible ... Keep on thrift shopping! In years to come, you'll be glad you did! I'm usually very snotty and critical on AT, and I think your place deserves high praise!
Its new and the result is commendable, maybe a greater intervention in the kitchen (those cabinets) and floors (that carpet) is in order, to me the bathroom is garish but it is made up for with the beautiful striped room, interesting green accent frame wall, and the textures that have been added to the place...overall its very lovely
I love it. I love how the color yellow unifies the whole space. I think you did a great job of battling the bland with interested pieces and painted furniture. Its very relaxing and what I imagine is the closest a suburban home can get to charming and stylish. Well done! (I also LOVE the wood on the wall-fantastic!!)
*coarsetalk* Wow, thanks for the attack. Your first sentance amused me.
When I saw you were living in Roseville, I had to stop and see your house tour. I live in Rocklin and am also in a cookie cutter house, trying to do my best to NOT make it cookie cutter. You did an amazing job and I love everything about your house...great job!!! You are an inspiration!
What a great first home!!
You have a great eye for reusing items. Very resourceful! I may use a few of your ideas. Thanks for posting this. It is inspiring! Nice Job!
Wow, you have just given me hope that if my dream of an old fixer can't come true the first time 'round, there's still the possibility of creating something unique and cozy in the meantime. Your home is really inspiring.
"What really made me stop, read, and look, were the references to Bakersfield and Sacramento. Had no idea you all even knew these places existed in California. Thanks for including the Central Valley"
Sacramento being the state capitol I am sure they (AT SF) is aware..
You have a fun sense of style and have made a nice home.
This is nice. I love the wooden planks and the striped wall. Not loving the carpet, but I assume it was already in place.
As for if this still looks like a tract home a) who really cares, as it looks good and b) millions of people live in tract homes--it really isn't something to be ashamed of. The space is personalized, suits your lifestyle and looks great--tract home or no.
It was the reference to Sacramento that made me stop and look also, being as I'm currently living in Sacramento. I enjoyed the house tour - it's nice to see realistic and achievable style!
Loving this!! Love American houses anyway. So clever with space. But not quite getting the garden....
I grew up in Sacto, and my sister lived in Roseville for years, so I assumed I'd loathe this. But it's nice! I like the simple lines of the exterior.
The decor shows the occupants' style without being cramped and cluttered. And the use of color isn't overpowering (which seems common nowadays). This is just lovely.
The outside of tract homes are supposed to be nondescript, so all you have to do is keep up the maintenance and maybe do some basic landscaping. Most people who buy tract homes want to focus on their lives indoors, not outside with all their nosy neighbors.
I love the AT is branching out in NorCal with this home tour! Ellie has such personality infused into her starter home. I love how budget friendly it is - with thrifting, and repurposing, and a few IKEA finds thrown into the mix, she has managed to create a warm and cozy environment that is filled with texture and color! I've been to her house in person, and it is beyond amazing - almost like walking into an Anthropologie store...creativity and artistry ooze out of every corner. She is always creating something new to add to her nest, and I love that her home is an ever evolving palette for her latest whimsy or vintage find. Bravo, Ellie! And for all of the readers who hate "tract" homes...shame on you! Ellie rented a spunky old home prior to this (http://elliegrover.blogspot.com/2009/01/welcome-to-331.html) and I know she LOVES amazing hard wood, crown molding, and period details...but not everyone can afford to purchase an old home. So I think she has done a marvelous job transforming this space into something budget friendly AND truly unique.
I cant say that it's all my style but I love- love- LOVE your evident Joie de Vive!!!!!!!!!!!
As a professional Interior Designer, I wouldn't change a thing!
truly, that dining area is incredible! i'm filing it under my inspiration cache of ideas. thanks for being brave and including an exterior photo and garden pics! i really have a feel for the whole home!
My favorite is the green photo wall.
And that orange chair in the guest room. My parents had the same one all of my childhood, and I would sigh and roll my eyes at it...not knowing that I'd want one for my home in 2010!
The fence post wall is a-mazing! I love it and have been wandering around trying to figure out which wall in our house will get a makeover......
This place is so fun and lively, yet also classy. color me impressed. I bet in the future you could do crazy things like put down wood laminate flooring, and add molding or chair rails, to give it an older/more individual feel.
I think it's so challenging to work from a new white box and transform it to have character. That you have pushed it as far as you have already is awesome- I can only imagine what interesting successes you'll create after 5 years.
A gorgeous use of old and new!
Not everyone lives in a vintage fixer upper so it's nice to see tours of newer homes because they present their own set of design challenges.
Love the striped wall in the guest room. Where did you get that day bed btw?
I don't know why, but I like this. Feels very real and nonpompous. Feels like a comfortable house.
So incredibly creative Ellie! And your photography is amazing. You should post your business info.
WHere's the living room?
Seriously, what purpose does it serve to call the dining room (nee dining area or dinette) a "nook"?
And what is with the door in the kitchen? It looks odd. It is the spot my eye is drawn to more than any other on that floor.
kushkush, I'm guessing here but, I think the room with the sofa, t.v and bench is the room they call the livingroom.
I agree if there is no other separate area or room for dining then the dinette or dining room should not be called a nook.
From looking at the floorplan that door in the kitchen is to the pantry. Nice idea but it breaks up the lines of the kitchen too much. Maybe replacing that new door with an antique one or a painted wooden screen door would help.
Love the typewriter in the case and your bold green wall.
i really enjoyed looking at your home, you can tell alot of love and care went into it.
My one suggestion would be to put something more substantial under the television, something wider than the telly......maybe spanning the area between the two windows.
From a native Sacramentan, great job on taking the Roseville out of your beautiful interiors! I lived in newer North Natomas for a while and we had those same archways and beige carpets. Your style distracts (in a good way!) from those harder-to-update elements. I too save mini Pellegrino bottles and reuse them around the house...cool! :)
Your home is fun and provocative. Plus i can tell you guys love it!
Where are the nightstands from? IKEA, but adorned with antique hardware? I like the simplicity of them.
Oh, and where is your shower curtain from?
I live in Roseville myself, so of course I was excited to see this house tour -- especially since I grew up in Sonoma County in houses built in the 1920s or earlier, and have been grinding my teeth over needing to buy a tract home if I stay here (somehow it's not so bad to be in a modern apartment you're just renting). I love the weathered wood and soft colors, which work so well with the landscape around here in the summer, which is all the yellow grassy hills and oak trees. I especially love that oak photo over the bed -- maybe I should check out Ellie's site for a print! Also, it's making me want to spray paint my black metal four-poster white more than ever.
A few questions answered....
The green desk is actually from Target purchased with wedding money 5 years ago :) - we painted it an alvacado green shortly after we got it!
The nightstands are telephone tables from BB&B (again, old...5 years or more) we painted them yellow - the hardware is from Anthropologie.
The shower curtain is from Target - (Dwell Studio for Target! yes!)
And I've had a few other questions e-mailed directly to me that I thought I should just post...
The paint colors, (you guys are making my brain hurt for this!), I believe the light gray is called "lighthouse" - it's BEHR and the vintage blue is from a Ralph Lauren collection which has sadly been discontinued.
Lastly, the Kitchen table and chairs are both from Ikea!
Thank you all for your sweet words and suggestions, I've loved reading them all!!
I also live in a "tract" home and I was very inspired by this! I've spent the last 2 years desperately trying to remove the cookie cutter feel of my home from the interior and it's very challenging.
To all the naysayers: not everyone lives in an area or has the finances/time to purchase a hundred year old antique fixer-upper with crown molding and wood floors and all the other things that make decorating with character really easy. (I happen to live in Tampa and all those cool old houses are either in borderline sketchy neighborhoods or very, very expensive areas downtown near the water.) I was very excited to read this post and I absolutely love everything about this house. Even the *shudder* carpet! Good job, Ellie!
I grew up near Roseville and am offended that she said no one cares about interior design in northern California, so not true!
What a charming home with refreshing, quirky furnishings! I'm impressed that your place is new, because it looks like it has its own wonderful stories to tell.
Really great job on this! I have been turned off by houses like this in the past for my lack of vision.
I am saving your dining room in my inspiration folder. Nice job! I do agree with kiacook and josie12 about the living room though. Otherwise, a fantastic job making a tract home interesting.
Fun, quirky style. Really like it. I always read all the comments of the tours I like, and I don't think carpeting is evil, and if your dining area is a nook, so be it. Live and let live.
I love this home. I love every page. It is great that it is not cluttered. I love the wall. I love the furniture. I love the colors. I love the thrifted furniture. The thrifted furniture doesn't look like you were making do, it looks like you chose that above all else.
I think the different colors work together great, maybe the white furniture keeps it from being overwhelming, but it really works for me.
Way to make it your own!
Thanks for including a floorplan.


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President Obama's team proposed sequestration, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney acknowledged, but he also said that the origin of the automatic spending cuts is "pretty irrelevant" to the debate about the issue.
"Well, Senators Gramm and Rudman came up with the idea back in the 1980s," Carney initially told reporters when asked if Obama regrets coming up with the idea. "'Let's do it the way they did it back under Reagan,' our team said to Republicans, thinking that might be appealing, and it was . . . This is all pretty irrelevant. What is relevant is that it was never supposed to be policy."
Republicans have worked very hard to blame Obama for sequestration, but Democrats remain equally determined to blame Republicans for the cuts.
"GOP leadership refuses to come together with Dem. leadership to try to avoid the sequester's damaging effects," Debbie Wasserman Schultz tweeted on Friday. "Truly the #GOPsequester."


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Basin SizerBasin Sizer is a software program that assists users in sizing stormwater basins anywhere in California. The program calculates water quality volumes (WQVs) and water quality flows (WQFs) using a variety of methods and data from rainfall stations throughout the state. Project locations can be selected easily by zooming and panning across a map.
Struvite ToolStruvite scale forms in wastewater digestion and post-digestion processes, often fouling equipment and obstructing pipes. Some facilities expend significant maintenance resources removing struvite accumulation and some facilities attempt to control struvite formation. The struvite tool is designed to calculate the struvite precipitation potential for a facility based on water quality parameters input by the user. It also allows the user to vary input parameters to determine "what if" scenarios when conditions are changed to control struvite precipitation. This tool is a must for struvite control planning. It runs within Microsoft Excel and comes with complete operating instructions.
Water Quality Planning ToolWQPT is to provide planners with an easy-to-use web site that has watershed information needed to create and comply with stormwater permits. Users can find a watershed through interactive maps or by entering the post-mile of a project location. For each watershed the following information is displayed:
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- Location of Caltrans facilities (highways/freeways, maintenance facilities, park & ride lots, and rest areas)
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Bing Gordon joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2008. At KPCB, he leads on the sFund, the investment initiative to fund and build applications and services that deliver on the promise of the social web. The sFund, launched in late 2010 with strategic partners Amazon, Facebook, Zynga, Comcast, Liberty Media and Allen & Co, has made 14 investments to date, including 4 seeds. Bing serves on the board of directors of sFund companies Lockerz, Cafebots and Klout; sFund strategics Zynga and Amazon; as well as Zazzle and Mevio. He was also a founding director at ngmoco (acquired by DeNA 2010) and Audible (acquired by Amazon 2008).
Previously, Bing was a long-time exec at Electronic Arts, since its founding in 1982 with initial funding from Kleiner Perkins. He was Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts from 1998 to 2008, and previously headed EA marketing and product development. Bing drove EA's branding strategy with EA Sports, EA's pricing strategy for package goods and online games, created EA's studio organization, and contributed to the design and marketing of many EA franchises including John Madden Football, The Sims, Sim City, Need for Speed, Tiger Woods Golf, Club Pogo and Command and Conquer.
Bing was awarded the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, and held the game industry's first endowed chair in game design at USC School of Cinematic Arts. He earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from Yale University, where he serves on the President's Council. Bing's favorite games of all time are World of Warcraft, the Sims, Diablo, Pogo, Civilization, Columns, Freecell, Farmville and Cityville.
David Ko is the head of mobile operations at Zynga. He most recently served as senior vice president of Yahoo!'s Audience, Mobile and Local businesses. Prior to this role, Ko led all aspects of Yahoo!'s mobile business globally, including strategy, product and monetization.
Ko, a Yahoo! veteran, joined the company in April 2000, has held various leadership roles within the organization. He was a key contributor to the distribution strategy of Yahoo! products such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and other services. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Ko served as a senior associate for Equity Capital Markets at Salomon Smith Barney, where he was responsible for identifying, executing and closing deals in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Before joining the Equity Capital Markets group, he was a financial analyst for the Investment Banking Division in Global Energy.
Ko is a graduate of New York University, Stern School of Business. He lives in Palo Alto, California with his family and enjoys reading tech blogs, photography and playing golf on the weekends.
Jim Goetz is a General Partner at Sequoia Capital. He has helped create and grow a number of technology companies and product lines to market leading positions both as an entrepreneur and as an investor. He currently serves on the board of Appirio, Barracuda, Clearwell, eMeter, Jive, Metaswitch Networks, Nimble Storage, Palo Alto Networks, Sencha and Widgetbox. He was previously on the boards of AdMob (Google), Dash (RIM), PeakStream (Google), Peribit (Juniper), Rhapsody (Brocade) and involved with Timetra (Alcatel) and TopSpin (Cisco). Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Jim served as a General Partner at Accel Partners. In 1996, he co-founded VitalSigns Software (Lucent) where he assembled and led the team that pioneered end-user performance management with Net.Medic and application and network performance market with VitalSuite. Within four years, VitalSigns grew into the market leader in network and application performance management software with $100M in bookings and 25M+ agents deployed. Prior to VitalSigns, Jim was the Vice President of Network Management for Bay Networks (Synoptics) where business segment revenues increased from $80 million to $396 million, Optivity's market share grew to a dominant 51% and their embedded RMON market share grew to 43%. Prior to Bay and Synoptics, he held various product and marketing positions at AT&T and Digital Equipment. Jim has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Mike Rayfield is General Manager, Mobile Business at NVIDIA. Mike has been with NVIDIA since 2005 and manages the Mobile Business (Tegra). He has been in the semiconductor business for over 25 years and held management positions at Texas Instruments, Cisco and an array of start-up companies. He received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont
Peter is head of marketing at Flurry, a leader in iOS and Android application acquisition, monetization and analytics solutions. The company serves over 35,000 companies across more than 75,000 applications, downloaded to more than 250 million mobile devices. Prior to Flurry, Peter led product marketing at mobile game maker, Digital Chocolate, helping build the company into a top-ten publisher world-wide. He joined Digital Chocolate from Electronic Arts, where he managed The Sims franchise, the #1 PC game of all-time. Peter spent the first seven years of his career in consumer packaged goods marketing. He holds a BS from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton School.
Tim brings a combination of operational, technical and international business experience to Norwest Venture Partners. Tim focuses on investments in mobile, gaming, digital media, and also leads NVP's investment practice in China and Asia-Pacific. Tim's venture investments have generated more than $1.3B in M&A exit value. Tim led NVP's investments and serves on the board of directors in AdChina, PCH International, AllReach Media, Lumos Labs, Brite Semiconductor and 3jam. He also led NVP's investments in BranchOut, a career networking application for social networks and social media, as well as in ngmoco (acquired by DeNA) and Playdom (acquired by Disney), two of the premier leaders in social gaming. Tim is a board observer working closely with Borqs, deCarta and Veveo.
Tim holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and an MS in electrical engineering/system engineering as well as a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Tim is also an accomplished musician and currently performs with BlackMahal and Coverflow.


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A handful of California community colleges have already experimented with priority registration for freshmen, but by fall 2014, every community college in the state will be offering it in some way.
Many community college students take much longer than the intended two years to complete their studies, or don't ever wind up graduating at all. Traditionally, administrators focused on accommodating those who may have credits but little direction.
Now, at some schools, greater attention is being placed on helping incoming freshmen not just enroll but also start off their college careers on a positive note. The idea is that they will stay and finish within two years.
Boosting success for students in remedial education is crucial, particularly given the readiness gap seen at some community colleges. A recent report from McGraw-Hill Higher Education showed that despite receiving a high school diploma, at least 75 percent of first-year students at community colleges aren't college-ready. And the number of students dropping out during their first year of college continues to rise. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including financial difficulties.
I brought my hard hat when I arrived in Terre Haute, Indiana, to begin my freshman year at Indiana State University nearly 50 years ago. I had worked for two years as a steelworker in Gary and the hard hat was a reminder of my roots—I am one of 10 children of parents of modest means—and of the hardy people who made a decent and honorable living operating blast furnaces that transformed molten iron. It also was a reminder of the great new journey I was embarking upon.
At Pitt Community College (N.C.), online learning is about more than just putting in-person course content onto the web. Officials have created a system that emphasizes preparation for students and instructors. The institution will even be launching a certification program for professors wanting to enhance their online teaching skills. "We don't want online courses to be a barrier to success in any way, for anyone," says Don Hazelwood, director of instructional technology and distance education. "We all have to work together." Despite efforts such as these, barriers are common.
Genesee Community College, located in upstate New York, and LIM College in Manhattan, have inked a new articulation agreement that allows GCC Fashion Business program students who have completed the outlined requirements to enter the program of their choice as juniors at LIM, which offers majors in Fashion Merchandising, Management, Marketing, and Visual Merchandising. ...
In November, Ivy Tech Community College (Ind.) hit a 50,000 Facebook fan milestone. Two months later, the count neared 54,000. The page didn't get to be what's likely tops among community colleges on Facebook by accident. Jeff Fanter, vice president of communications and marketing for the system, which has 200,000-plus students enrolled annually, shares some success secrets:
Ross Gittell will utilize his background in university teaching, strategic planning, and management as the new chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire, effective February 1. He succeeds J. Bonnie Newman, interim chancellor since August 2011. Gittell was previously a professor at the University of New Hampshire's school of business and economics and is considered a foremost authority in the state for economic analysis and forecasting.
Because community colleges serve such a diverse population and face unique challenges separate from their four-year peers, it's important to monitor and analyze trends specific to these institutions. A recent policy brief from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) does just that, giving a 20-year overview of trends in educational attainment.
Community colleges have historically done more with less. Perhaps it's inevitable they would eventually have to start doing less with less. Proposed changes in California may indicate that shift.


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They ended up in a water-filled ravine.
The pickup engine stalled.
A farmer pulled the pickup out before deputies arrived.
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The 12th meeting of the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Programme
Meeting Marks Start of Third Phase of MFF with Emphasis on Regional Initiatives and Private Sector Engagement …
03 Sep 2014 | News story
Experts stress on the importance of capacity development regarding sustainable urban transport in Pakistan
At a consultative workshop organized here by IUCN's in its Pakistan Sustainable Transport (PAKSTRAN) Project, experts deliberated on the need for capacity development amongst stakeholders and on a capacity development plan as a first step. …
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Experts at a second National Consultative Workshop on Pakistan's water issues called for urgent decisions and action to prevent the country from drifting into a major and imminent water crisis in the near future, likening it to the energy crisis that Pakistan currently faces. …
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IUCN Pakistan under the USAID Small Grants and Ambassador's Fund Programme funded 'Saving the Endangered Sea Turtles' Project jointly organized the World Turtle Day and International Day for Biological Diversity 2014 at Sandspit Beach Karachi today. The event was organized by IUCN in collaboration with ICIMOD. …
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Seems we got a 1-2 in the duos or something, good stuff
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Great day this is. Storming up the medals table now.
Love watching this. Amazed at the skill.
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"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
Enjoying the kayak 200m sprint, I have to say; even aside from us winning a gold in the singles and a bronze in the pair. The acceleration is quite impressive, they seem to hit top speed in two or three strokes.
Cricket Web's 2013/14 Premier League Tipping Champion
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- Barney Ronay on Mario Balotelli
Quite an event, better than the 1000 metre one anyway.
Nice to get a couple of medals in it too.
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Coleman Institute 14th Annual National Conference
October 9th, 2014
Broomfield, Colorado
Welcome to the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
The Institute was established in 2001 by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado System. Its establishment was made possible by a generous endowment from William (Bill) and Claudia Coleman. Our mission is to catalyze and integrate advances in science, engineering, and technology to promote the quality of life and independent living of people with cognitive disabilities. The Institute is actively engaged in supporting research, development, dissemination, and education in cognitive disabilities on all campuses of the University of Colorado: in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. We are committed to providing scientific, technological, and public policy leadership to strengthen the voice of persons with cognitive disabilities and their families in our society.
Institute News
Declaration Commentary by Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman has posted the fouteenth in an ongoing series of commentaries on The Declaration.
Declaration Commentary by Renee Pietrangelo
Renee Pietrangelo has posted the thirteenth in an ongoing series of commentaries on The Declaration.
Declaration Commentary by Dan Davies
Dan Davies has posted the twelfth in an ongoing series of commentaries on The Declaration.
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Coleman Institute Annual Conference, Oct 9, 2014, Broomfield, CO.
Declaration Commentary by Peter Blanck
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NADD Annual Conference
"Models of Excellence in Dual Diagnosis that Shape the Future (IDD/MI)"
November 12 - 14, 2014
San Antomio, Texas
The Coleman Institute has endorsed the goals of the Six Goals By 2015 initiative, promoting the achievement of 6 goals for people with disabilities in each of 6 categories by the end of 2015.
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14th Annual Coleman Institute National Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology and the Coleman Institute and ANCOR Technology Showcase
October 9th, 2014
Broomfield, CO
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October 10, 2014
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- Search our Cognitive Technology Database, a research bibliography.
- Read David Braddock's presentation prepared for the Summit on the Federal Developmental Disabilities Act [pdf, 32k] and related priorities, entitled "Envisioning the Future" hosted by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Bethesda, Maryland on January 31, 2011 and the regional hearing panel in Denver on December 6, 2010
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