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Arcola Flower Patch B&B
Featured in Midwest Living magazine, the Arcola Flower Patch offers a lovely downstairs parlor, shaded porch swing, quiet gazebo for tea or coffee & gift shop. Lynn, the Artist in Residence, displays framed porcelain art and watercolors throughout the house. Every room abounds with floral arrangements, crafts, curios and family memorabilia. With floral rugs, potted plans and displays of fresh and dried flowers, it's always spring at the bed & breakfast. Guests and non-guests alike are welcome to tour the backyard garden, where the Harshbargers grow the herbs used in their epicurean masterpieces
CITY: Arcola
Comfort Inn Arcola
This two-story hotel with 41 rooms is conveniently located off Interstate 57, just 15 miles from Lake Shelbyville. The facility also is close to area attractions including Tuscola Outlet Mall, Rockome Gardens, and the Amish community.
CITY: Arcola
Dutch Kitchen Restaurant
Discover one of Illinois Amish Country's most popular dining spots; breakfast, lunch and dinner daily in our nostalgic Main St. setting.
CITY: Arcola
My Favorite Things
A unique shop featuring gifts for every occasion, gourmet foods, Camille Beckman hand and body products - Home decor -- candles, aromatique potpourie, Boyds Bears and gifts -- Jewelry. Stop in to sample our gourmet coffee.
CITY: Arcola
Country Charm - Arcola
Largest showroom in the area for Amish-crafted furniture.
CITY: Arcola
Arts at Argonne
A variety of arts events are staged at this location in Argonne.
CITY: Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne is one of the country's premier facilities for energy-related research and development. Visitors must be at least 16 years old.
CITY: Argonne
Wingate By Wyndham Arlington Heights
Complimentary continental hot breakfast, free airport and local shuttle (Monday through Friday), whirlpool, exercise room, guest laundry, Jacuzzi suites, and meeting rooms available. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access throughout the hotel. 5 miles from Schaumburg Convention Center. Easy access to I-90. Minutes away from O'Hare Airport. Only 3 miles from Woodfield Mall. Complimentary Manager's Reception Monday through Thursday.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Red Roof Inn Chicago - O'Hare Airport
Features 25" TV, 24 hour gourmet coffee, USA Today newspaper, pay per view movies, voicemail, remodeled in 2004.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Courtyard By Marriott Chicago Arlington Heights North
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, we are the key to a fabulous trip. Featuring a healthy breakfast with hot items, eggs cooked-to-order, as well as a selection of ala carte items, freshly prepared and reasonably priced. Now with free high-speed internet access.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Metropolis Performing Arts Center
More than 40 productions and 360 performances each year ranging from musical theatre, plays, live music, dance, family shows, The Second City Comedy and professional regional children's theatre.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Francesca's Tavola
Contemporary, casually sophisticated trattoria ambience with authentic rustic cooking, friendly service, and fair prices. perfect location for a great night out or a private party.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Paradise Raceway
This slot car racing establishment has three fast tracks and a drag strip.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Jameson Suites - Arlington Heights
Free hot/cold breakfast buffet, also Japanese breakfast items, Japanese TV and newspapers, free WiFi, whirlpool. Extended stays welcome. King & Double/Double bed rooms with sofa sleeper. Executive Suites available.. Complimentary O'Hare shuttle and shuttle provided in a 5 mile radius. Work-out facility plus complimentary Health Club passes. New Dreamium Bedding. Renovation 2008-2009. Next to Mitsuwa Marketpalce.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Fuego Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar
A taste adventure beyond traditional Mexican cuisine, featuring specialty Mole sauces, recipes right from Grandma Paula's kitchen and fresh guacamole prepared tableside. Full service bar serving an endless selection of Margaritas, Tequilas, and Cervezas.
CITY: Arlington Heights
The Grand Station Restaurant & Cocktails
This grand gathering place dishes up classic American comfort food complemented by a selection of grand desserts. The Grand Station, where comfort abounds in grand proportions.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Lake Arlington
Sail boating, Memorial Day through Labor Day, and weekends in September and October. Includes boat rentals (sailboat and paddleboat), 2 mile bike/walk path, picnic area, and playground.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Arlington Lakes Golf Club
The challenging 18-hole layout spans 90 acres of superbly manicured fairways and greens with 14 beautiful lakes to negotiate during a round. Features clubhouse, snack bar area, pro shop, and patio area.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Nickol Knoll Golf Course
Large bentgrass tees and greens give this fun layout a big course feel. Several shots from elevated tees provide a beautiful view of the area. Features pro-shop, snack bar and club house.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Birch River Grill
Contemporary restaurant that showcases hearty, American cuisine and features rustic-chic decor. The cozy and elegant homespun feel celebrates the rustic American food and design.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Fox and Hound Arlington Heights
Neighborhood sports bar featuring 28 big screen TVs, billiards, darts, ping pong, video gaming, and late night entertainment. Private party space available! Full menu till close! Best party in town 7 days a week!
CITY: Arlington Heights
Peggy Kinnane's Irish Restaurant and Pub
Authentic Irish Pub in the northwest suburbs. The attention to detail has paid off both in its decor and its delicious fare. Enjoy many Irish favorites and live entertainment on the weekends.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Salsa 17
A taste adventure in authentic Mexican cuisine featuring fresh seafood, specialty Mole sauces and guacamole prepared tableside. Full-service Tequila and Margarita bar, live Mariachi music Wednesdays and special Tequila dinners.
CITY: Arlington Heights
La Quinta Inn - Chicago/ Arlington Heights
The La Quinta Inn Chicago Arlington Heights is Northwest of downtown Chicago, close to Arlington International Racecourse and the Village of Long Grove. We are centrally located to several major corporate centers, including Motorola and Federal Express. Just a few miles away is the Metra station for trains to downtown Chicago venues.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Mitsuwa Japanese Marketplace
Largest Asian market in the Midwest. Fresh take-out sushi available. Grocery, food court featuring seven types of Asian cuisine, bakery, ice cream parlor, travel agency, book store, and liquor store. Events and demonstrations throughout the year. Annual Bon Odori Festival in August.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Arlington International Racecourse
At Arlington International, we aim to make every day of the season special by combining the excitement of thoroughbred racing, gorgeous grounds and fantastic food to create a winning track experience for our guests! Whether you're looking for a fun and exciting day out with friends and family, a casual and charming afternoon at the races, or a sophisticated and stylish get-together, Arlington International offers an extraordinary experience for everyone! Live racing and entertainment May 3 - September 29, 2013.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights Historical Museum
The Coach House, a replica Log Cabin, the 1882 home of F.W. Muller and the 1908 Banta House tell the story of Arlington Heights over the last 150 years. Tour guides introduce you to the life of early residents. Tours: Sat. & Sun. 2pm & 3pm Heritage Gallery & Gift Shop: Fri.-Sun. 1:30pm-4:30pm
CITY: Arlington Heights
Big Shot Piano Lounge & Restaurant
Big Shot is an upscale Restaurant & Piano Bar. A cozy place to meet, eat, and drink while listening and interacting with talented musicians. From the warm atmosphere to the variety of enticing menu items, this intimate spot will showcase live talent every night. The extremely friendly restaurant will invite its patrons to participate and sing along with new songs performed by talented professionals. This will definitely be a place to start and end an evening.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Downtown Arlington Heights Shopping & Entertainment District
Diverse collection of charming local shops and major retailers. Outstanding restaurants, theaters, nightlife, and entertainment, all within walking distance.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Arlington Heights - South
Located off I-90, Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Arlington Heights - South has an indoor pool, whirlpool, fitness center, restaurant serving breakfast, free high-speed internet. This is a non-smoking property.
CITY: Arlington Heights
DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago - Arlington Heights
Our newly renovated hotel located in Chicago's Northwest Business Corridor is close to all major attractions including great shopping centers. The hotel features complimentary high-speed internet access in each guest room, complimentary 24-hour business center, and complimentary shuttle to O'Hare and the surrounding 5 miles (subject to availability). With over 8600 square feet of flexible meeting space, the DoubleTree Hotel can accommodate events small and large with the highest level of personalized service.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Holiday Inn Express Chicago - Arlington Heights
The best choice in suburban hotel! Perfectly situated in the Northwest Suburbs just off of I-90 taking the Arlington Heights exit heading north. Only 7.5 miles from O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and less than 10 minutes to the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. Complimentary shuttle service to and from O'Hare Airport and within a 5-mile radius of the hotel. Complimentary deluxe continental breakfast with hot items available every morning. Wireless Internet is accessible throughout the hotel at no charge. 125 beautifully appointed oversized rooms with the simply smart bedding collection.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Motel 6 - Chicago/ Arlington Heights
All new rooms. Completely renovated Motel 6 from top to bottom. Flat screen TV's and all new furnishings. Located just off I-90 on West Algonquin Road. Woodfield Mall - 3 miles. Complimentary morning coffee WiFi available in all rooms. Motel 6 offers clean comfortable rooms and great service at the lowest price of any national chain.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Laser Quest - Arlington Heights
Laser Quest is a family entertainment venue combining the classic games of hide-and-seek and tag with a high tech twist. Our multi-level arenas have specialty lighting, swirling fog and energetic music to add to the excitement for up to 30 or more players in each game.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant
A modern, casual restaurant with a menu created with our own hand crafted wines in mind. Start int he tasting room and sample our winemaker's latest creations. Shop in our gift store and finish the night in our restaurant with a delectable dish and award-winning wine.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Gatsby's Pub
Gatsby's was established in 1973. Interior pieces were purchased on 55th and Halsted in Chicago and bring that old town look to Arlington Heights. Gatsby's has found its unique way of incorporating the new with the old, including the addition of 80 plasma TVs for everyone's viewing pleasure. It's a neighborhood "cheers" bar with specials, trivia nights, and beer of the month!
CITY: Arlington Heights
Old Country Buffet Arlington Heights
Help yourself to a wide variety of choices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And don't forget dessert! Try something new and stick with your favorites, all in the same visit. At Old Country Buffet, there's always something delicious waiting for you.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Javier's Sabor Mexicano
Javier's Sabor Mexican is an everyday celebration of fresh food, margaritas, and a large selection of fine tequila. This Mexican restaurant has been around since 1967. Consistency, quality, and generous portions are what keeps everyone coming back. Javier's Sabor Mexicano features four separate dining rooms and a full service bar for your dining pleasure as well as private parties and special events.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights Farmers Market
Enjoy fresh produce, flowers, cheeses, bakery good, jams, jellies, and more from local farmers. Open June through October.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Brit Beat - Tribute to the Beatles
Take a trip back to 1964 with BritBeat's tribute to the Beatles. With mop tops, retro costumes, vintage instruments and harmonizing vocals, BritBeat Beatles Tribute Band performs all of the memorable Beatle hits from the sixties. Their British style, charisma and character creates the ultimate Beatles Tribute concert experience. They display the same youthful excitement and boyish charm as the original "Fab Four" to recreate the electrifying performances made by the Beatles when they first came onto the American scene and started the "British Invasion" and "Beatlemania."
CITY: Arlington Heights
Marsha's Vineyard Bed & Breakfast
Built in spring 2000 by a local Amish contractor, this 1 1/2 salt-box cottage includes two spacious siutes, private baths and kitchen located in the heart of Illinois Amish Country.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur's Country Inn
Conveniently located on IL 133, this facility is a short distance from an Amish pastry and coffee shop, a cheese shop, woodcraft store, and a family restaurant. The 16 modern rooms are all moderately priced.
CITY: Arthur
Illinois Amish Country
The town of Arthur is located in the heart of Amish country, home to more than 2,000 Amish residents and hundreds of charming countryside businesses, Illinois' Amish Country offers shopping, dining, special events and guided educational tours (some of which feature meals in actual Amish homes).
CITY: Arthur
Arthur Amish Country Information Center
This visitor's center offers maps and information on the entire Amish area, including the 150 Amish craft shops that dot the countryside surrounding the village of Arthur.
CITY: Arthur
The Wood Loft
The Woodloft works directly with the local Amish craftsmen here in the Illinois Amish Country to ensure that we can offer the finest heirloom quality pieces of custom furniture. The Wood Loft prides itself on being the best store in the Illinois Amish area with the ability to create custom furniture made right here by the Arthur Amish. We have a great staff who stand ready to help you create your heirloom today. Visit our showroom in Arthur, Illinois, or browse our on-line catalog for ideas or to select items that fit your needs.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur Flower Shop
Floral items.
CITY: Arthur
Four Acre Wood Products
We are the largest custom furniture and cabinet manufacturer in the area. If the item you want is not currently available, we will be happy to custom make it.
CITY: Arthur
Yoder's Kitchen
Amish/Mennonite homestyle cooking. Lunch/dinner buffet, full menu, homemade pies and rolls. Be sure to visit our new gift shop. Let us serve your next banquet. Enjoy a unique dining experience in our relaxed friendly atmosphere.
CITY: Arthur
The Lil Cottage
Located between Arthur and Arcola in the small group of houses called Chesterville. This is a one bedroom house, with living room, full kitchen and bathroom. The bedroom has a queen size bed and the living room has a queen size sofa bed. It also has air conditioning and a washer & dryer, it is newly remodeled.
CITY: Arthur
Dicks Pharmacy
Belly up to this old-time soda fountain that serves up ice cream treats. The marble-topped counter was moved here in the 1930s and is surrounded by 600 vintage soda bottles and photos of the town of Arthur's yesteryear.
CITY: Arthur
The Great Pumpkin Patch
Open from mid-September through October 31, The Great Pumpkin Patch features 300 varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the world, all grown on the farm. The beautiful grounds feature various mazes and gardens, farm animals, a u-pick pumpkin patch and the Homestead Bakery, offering fresh-baked goods. Live entertainment is presented on fall weekends.
CITY: Arthur
Central Illinois Braggin' Rights KCBS BBQ Competition
Some of the top KCBS and backyard BBQ teams in the Midwest compete for $14,000 in cash prizes. Featuring BBQ equipment and BBQ food vendors, kids activities, and close up looks at some of the big time BBQ teams you have seen on the Food Channel.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur Amish Country Christmas Kickoff
The Christmas lighted parade steps off at 5:30pm and will showcase Santa & Mrs. Claus through downtown Arthur. Immediately following the parade, Santa will visit with children and parents in Knights Court downtown to start collecting those early Christmas requests. Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies will be served during his visit. Throughout the day, businesses in the downtown area as well as the countryside will feature early Christmas bargains and host Open Houses.
CITY: Arthur
Yoder's Lamps & Antiques
A shop full of antiques and 30+ dealers, plus a large inventory of antique oil and gas lamps. Repair and parts are available for antique and modern oil and gas lamps. Authorized Aladdin Lamp dealer and repair.
CITY: Arthur
Villa Galleries
Fine art located in the heart of the Illinois Amish country. The Villa Galleries has dedicated its gallery to local artists who have ties to the central Illinois area either through living situation or artwork subject. Photography, watercolors, colored pencil, oil and acrylic, stained glass, and pottery are just a few of the mediums featured in the gallery.
CITY: Arthur
The Pewter Spoon
Many gift ideas, from miniatures to decorative and functional items. Mementos of the Arthur area, in pewter and brass.
CITY: Arthur
Calico Workshop and Oak Furniture
Along with Amish Oak furniture, the Calico Workshop offer a lot of, you guessed it, calicos and fabric. Pre-made quilts, patterns, and quilting supplies.
CITY: Arthur
Amish Country Tours with ACM Tours
ACM Tours is a full service, receptive tour guide company with many special services available at no additional cost. We literally open the door to fabulous Illinois Amish Country! We are ready to assist you with meals, attractions, lodging and step on guide service. We have available trained, professional, local step-on guides who are well versed in the history, customs and folklore of this most unique part of Illinois.
CITY: Arthur
Country Cheese & More
Sandwiches, soups, cheese, quilts & crafts. An excellent variety of cheese!
CITY: Arthur
Roselen's Coffees & Delights
Breakfast and lunch, coffees, ice cream and pastries.
CITY: Arthur
Pauly's BBQ
Pulled Pork, Ribs, Chicken and Smoked Sausage. Udder Blasts, Ice Cream. Catering available.
CITY: Arthur
The Homestead Bakery
We are very pleased to continue bringing all our valued customers the freshest, made-from-scratch delights such as caramel-iced cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, honey white and wheat breads, sweet and specialty breads, a variety of cookies, iced cut-out cookies and classic angel food cakes of various flavors. And we feature specialty pumpkin items in the fall. Load up on baked goodies, as well as all the other scrumptious items that we stock on our shelves. These include a substantial assortment of mustard's, pickled vegetables, relishes, salsas, jams, jellies, butter spreads, noodles and a generous selection of fine candies and fudge.
CITY: Arthur
Melrose Quilts & Sewforth
Seasonal retail store offers heirloom quilts & homespun accessories. Occasionally the Mennonite shop owner may be seen working on her quilts.
CITY: Arthur
Shady Crest Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
CITY: Arthur
Amish Adventures & Stellar Tours, Inc
Amish Adventures will give you an up close and personal tour of the Illinois Amish culture and religion as you travel back in time along our quaint country roads with our professional and informed tour guide. To help our visitors learn more about the Amish culture, we offer a variety of tours that are customized to fit your itinerary. Tours of Amish homes, Amish farms, Amish woodworker's shop, a meal in an Amish home and a Step-on Guided Tour of the Amish countryside!
CITY: Arthur
The 200 Acres
Located in the heart of Illinois' Amish country, The 200 Acres is a working farm that features beautiful gardens, including a spectacular collection of more than 5,000 mums, and offers its heirloom seeds for sale. The 200 Acres is especially known for its more than 300 varieties of rare pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the globe that are grown right on the farm and displayed in its Great Pumpkin Patch from mid-September through October 31 every year. The on-site Homestead Bakery sells made-from-scratch goodies such as pies and angel food cake during spring, summer and fall.
CITY: Arthur
Crazy Horse Campground
Crazy Horse is a 55-acre campground blanketed with rolling hills, hiking trails through wooded land, and two large ponds for fishing, boating, and a swimming beach. A lodge for rest and relaxation and a playground for the little ones makes this campground a great place to get away for the season or the weekend! Check out our wide, level sites with full hook-ups as well as our primitive camping area. Call 217-886-2089 or stop by and see us. We're located 8 miles north of Jacksonville and 25 miles west of Springfield, and we're happy to show you around!!
CITY: Ashland
Assumption Historical Society/Museum
This museum displays old school pictures and artifacts from the town of Assumption. Open by appointment.
CITY: Assumption
Anderson Lake Conservation Area
State fish and wildlife area with Class C camping facilities.
CITY: Astoria
Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum
Has electronic audio narrated dioramas that depict Abe the railsplitter, the self-taught scholar, the story teller, the lawyer and the politician.
CITY: Athens
Frank Farms
Find scotch and white pine, douglas and fraser fir trees, along with wreaths and farm-raised whole sausage.
CITY: Athens
Grant's Homestyle Cafe
Home-style cooked meals. Friday night buffets.
CITY: Athens
Atkinson Historical Society Museum
This historical society museum has diplays and entertaining stories about the people and history of Atkinson, the Hennepin Canal, Rolle Bolle and Henry County.
CITY: Atkinson
Atkinson Motorsports Park
Located in Atkinson, this 216-acre park offers some of the best riding ground around. It is only 30 miles east from the Quad Cities and two hours west of Chicago. Get ready to let your horses run. Gob Hill, the newest DNR OHV park in the great state of Illinois. Trails, hill climbs, mud bogs and timber await your machine. Go on top of the Gob and you will think you're in the desert and travel to the timber and we think you might get lost. Only a few trails have been created by us, but remember, the most fun is making your own. Stop out and go for a ride; you will find some of the most awesome riding in northwestern Illinois. ATVs and Dirt Bikes only.
CITY: Atkinson
Atkinson Motorsport Campground
Enjoy your stay at the state of the art campground. There are 28 sites that will easily accommodate a 40' motor-home and then some! All sites have electricity and water, while some have sewer. A dump station is at the east end of the campground. There are 6 total shower houses also available: Each room has a shower, toilet, sink and hooks to hang your towel. Enjoy your evenings with a fire in the public use area. This is a great place for getting to know your neighbors and sharing stories about your day of riding and fun!
CITY: Atkinson
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
The Hennepin Canal State Park, a 104-mile linear park, is a rustic, historic, educational, and recreational jewel spanning five counties and includes the entire width of Henry County with access points in Annawan, Atkinson, Geneseo, and Colona. It offers an up-close look at a fascinating piece of transportation history. It is popular with bicyclists who ride from town to town exploring the history, dining, lodging, and entertainment possibilities as they travel. The canal multi-purpose recreational trail is a portion of the American Discovery Trail, a 6,800-mile coast-to-coast trail devoted to non-motorized use. It is also part of the Grand Illinois Trail, a 535-mile loop through northern Illinois. The tree-lined park is a refuge with prairie restorations and wetlands slicing through corn and soybean farmland. Home to diverse flora and fauna, it has become a favorite for bird watchers and prairie enthusiasts. It offers numerous year-round opportunities to boat, hike, bike, fish, ride horseback, snowmobile, ice skate, and cross-country ski. Explore Henry County's jewel – the Hennepin Canal. In wintertime experience the longest snowmobile trail in the state -- 91 miles on the tow path. You can use the ice at your own risk, but pay heed to the locks, bridges and culverts where the ice likely is thinner than the rest of the canal. Bring your blades, skating along the canal is free! Keep in mind the rule is there must be 4" of snow and 6" of frost on canal for route to be open. Call the Visitor Center for automated message.
CITY: Atkinson
Grand Illinois Trail
The Grand Illinois Trail (GIT) is a 535-mile loop trail in northern Illinois. It goes from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi along the northern border of Illinois and then loops back across the state along the Illinois River and the Hennepin Canal. 200 miles of the route is on paved township and county roads while the rest is on limestone trails or paths. Hennepin Canal Communities - Annawan, Atkinson, Geneseo and Colona.
CITY: Atkinson
The Country Aire
Newly remodeled restaurant. Big servings, good service, and a special knack for cooking delicious meals.
CITY: Atlanta
Atlanta's Abraham Lincoln Interpretation Site
The site of an early political rally during Abraham Lincoln's campaign for President, now showcasing an interpretive sign explaining the historic significance.
CITY: Atlanta
Atlanta Inn
Atlanta Inn is the only hotel located in Atlanta, Illinois. You can explore the historic town of Atlanta in central Illinois with the last great frontier of the modern world through exit No 140 off I-55 and save the memories for life. Pass through Logan County and see the rise of Abraham Lincoln from surveyor to legendary lawyer by traveling through historic Route 66 which crosses 8 states and 3 time zones.
CITY: Atlanta
North Greens Golf Course
Golf with your family on this great course. 18 holes of fun are in store for your family when you visit North Greens. You will be challenged at your game and have a great time teeing off!
CITY: Atlanta
Route 66 Park & Tourism Center
This small park is right on Route 66, and it's a great place to check out the town of Atlanta. It is a great park, including flat area to run and playground for the kids to climb and run on, you and your family are sure to enjoy.
CITY: Atlanta
Paul Bunyon Hotdog Statue
Standing 19 feet tall and clutching a giant hot dog, this Paul Bunyon statue, not "bunyan" purposely spelled with an "o", is one of Route 66's mythic Muffler Man Statues. A few of these giants still proudly grace the roadsides of historic Route 66. This one is located in Atlanta, Illinois, just across the street from the Palms Grill Café, which features fine fare from The Mother Road's golden age.
CITY: Atlanta
The Palms Grill Café
The Palms Grill Cafe was a well-known restaurant during the heyday of Route 66. Recently the cafe was revitalized and reopened, and is serving up delicious nostalgia from the fabled Route 66 era. The Palm's Grill Café has been baking pies and feeding hungry travels and residents for decades. Their pies are so delicious they've even won a few state pie competitions. Saddle up to the counter or take a seat at a table; either way, the pie and coffee with the community atmosphere is enough to make any first-timer feel like a regular. Conveniently located right across the street is the towering Bunyon's Statue, another one of Route 66's famous Muffler Man Statues.
CITY: Atlanta
Atlanta Heritage Waysides
Located at the Atlanta Museum, these three exhibits and 20 other prints depict a variety of Lincoln and Logan County events. It is located at the site of an early political rally during Abraham Lincoln's campaign for President.
CITY: Atlanta
Clocktower in Atlanta
Located next to the Atlanta Public Library and Museum the clock tower was added in the 70s. The clock itself is the original 1909 hand-would clock from the Atlanta High School.
CITY: Atlanta
J.H. Hawes Elevator
In the heart of our nation's cornbelt, just a block off Historic Rt. 66, you can discover your connection to Illinois' rich grain producing, storing, and shipping history by visiting the J. H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum.
CITY: Atlanta
Atlanta Public Library and Museum
Located across from Route 66 Park in historic downtown Atlanta, Illinois, the Atlanta Public Library is a hub of community activity and an attraction for tourists who are making the Route 66 pilgrimage. Throughout the year, the Library offers a wide range of programs for children, teens and adults. From reading, arts, and crafts activities for children to outdoor family programming, adult book clubs, writing workshops, programs for seniors, informational programs, and special events, the Library has something for everyone. Built in 1908, this octagon-shaped building is one of the few of its kind in the state. The museum in the basement of the library houses pieces of local history. The library and museum are both on the National Register of Historic Places.
CITY: Atlanta
Smiling Water Tower
This colorful watertower is found in the small town of Atlanta, IL
CITY: Atlanta
Atlanta Fall Festival
A small town festival has carnival rides, a petting zoo, car show, pie and cake baking contest/auction, bingo and bands nightly that are sure to entertain the whole family!
CITY: Atlanta
The Colaw Rooming House
Return to Rt. 66, circa 1947, when you overnight at The Colaw Rooming House. Where you'll experience travel on the Mother Road before Interstates and motel chains were the norm. Located just 2 blocks from Rt. 66 in quaint Atlanta, Illinois, The Colaw Rooming House offers three bedrooms, two full baths, a charming living room with fireplace, dinning room, curved front porch, and delightful yellow and red 1940's kitchen. To further enhance your step back in time, your stay includes a complimentary breakfast at The Palms Grill Cafe-Atlanta's fully restored, circa 1935 small town diner. For more information please visit our website www.thecolawhouse.com
CITY: Atlanta
Miller Nursery
Choose and cut your own scotch pine, white pine, Austrian pine and other nursery trees. Shrubs, flowering trees and evergreens are also sold.
CITY: Atwater
Crist Orchards
This orchard offers strawberries, peaches, apples, cider and other fresh in-season fruits.
CITY: Atwood
Atwood Visitor & Information Center
Early trains made an "at-the-woods" stop, and in 1873 the town of Atwood was formed. Main Street today features split-rail fences, benches, grassy areas and country crafts, collectibles and antiques.
CITY: Atwood
Amishland's Country Restaurant
Enjoy Atwood's meat services, award winning meats. Home cooked meals include drink and dessert. Open for breakfast and lunch.
CITY: Atwood
Village Pub and Steakhouse
Enjoy the "best steak and prime rib dinners in Central Illinois". Try their ribs, chops and seafood.
CITY: Atwood


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This is Toby, our current foster puppy. He is recovering from Parvo, a highly contagious and often fatal virus that strikes mainly puppies and dogs with compromised immune systems. Toby had been hospitalized for several days and was on i.v. drips until his veins gave out. The vet didn't give him much of a chance at survival and so the rescue group that we work with, Underdogs, asked on Monday if we'd take him home so he wouldn't be alone. We worked hard to keep him going and finally late Wednesday afternoon he started his turnaround for the better. He's still very weak, but his progress is good. Hopefully in a few weeks he'll be on to his forever home.
On a side note, Underdogs has created a fundraiser campaign to try and raise money to offset Toby and his 4 sisters medical bills (all 5 puppies had parvo.) If you'd like to help, please make a donation or share this post. Thank you!

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Holy smallness Batman! What do you think these are? A pen with a hidden camera? Wrong – it's much better! Although they look purely conceptual these pen's could be the future of mobile computing as we know it. Not much explanation is needed, but in short the Pen Computer projects both the keyboard and screen. Sure tactile response is void, but who cares when you a Nano size computer (relatively speaking of course).
More pics here.
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oh no they can't take that away from me.
wanted to challenge myself to do a series of super, and i mean super, fast sketches of random poses and shit while listening to some horns. and then sniper and spy happened. enjoy, I guess.
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As many of us know from first-hand experience, muscle growth isn't something the human body hands out "passes" for easily. Think of how many of us work out 4-5 days every week and yet fail to experience satisfying results. Indeed, one may lift weights for years and barely manage to maintain his or her muscle mass, let alone increase it. At times it may even decrease (i.e. muscle atrophy) - precisely the opposite of growth. To be capable of sustaining high levels of muscle building, the many physiological systems that impact on this complex event must be functioning at sufficiently high levels. For instance, if your endocrine or adrenal system is functioning at or beneath the low end of its normal operating range, then this may severely restrict your ability to see results, even if every one of your workouts entails the "perfect" combination of sets, reps, rest intervals and loads, and your diet is equally spot-on. Herein lines the rationale for supplementing with E-BOL. Its ingredients were selected on the basis of their ability to maximize the user's myotropic potential both directly and indirectly.
At the top of the list of ingredients located on the new E-BOL label is Turkesabol. This is the trademarked name of ThermoLife's HPLC-tested Ajuga turkestanica extract. Though it has been standardized for its turkesterone content, Turkesabol also supplies ecdysterone, cyasterone and ajugasterone. These three compounds and turkesterone. Turkesterone is an analogue of ecdysterone possessing an 11-alpha hydroxyl group, a molecular feature which may contribute to turkesterone's potent myotropic properties. Ajuga turkestanica was the plant that ThermoLife ultimately settled on. It remains to date the highest-yielding and most cost-effective source of turkesterone discovered. Ajuga is also the only turkesterone-containing plant shown to be myotropic as many studies suggest. Turkesterone occurs in a variety of other herbs, including Rhaponticum carthamoides (also found in E-BOL) and some species of mushrooms. However, no one has been able to cost-effectively extract it from these sources. So far nothing tested by ThermoLife has been found to be as rich in this myotropic environment as Ajuga. Ajuga grows in Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan, two species of Ajuga grow in Uzbekistan. Ajuga turkestanica (referred to here simply as "Ajuga") is the one found in the new E-BOL formula.
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great product By: nasser f
Review posted on: 2011-01-28 10:00:43 -0500
E-bol is one of the best product I ever try It really works and sure I will order it again. It makes me hard all the day can not beleive it. I have stack it with Halodrol MT and it was the best period of muscle and strength gain i ever had.
good stuff By: tyler
Review posted on: 2011-01-15 12:29:50 -0500
Pros: muscle fullness recovery strength gains less stress Cons: none Highly recommend this stuff. I was dosing it 3 caps twice a day, usually one dose pre workout and the other post workout. I think it worked better this way. On my last day i took 6 caps pre workout and i had the best pump of my life.
Good By: Dimitar
Review posted on: 2007-12-30 10:20:03 -0500
I kicked in on day 22 at regular dosing: excellent mood, reduced anxiety, but no effect on strength or mass that I could tell. It's worth using just for the mood enhancing properties..
E-Boller! By: Andrew
Review posted on: 2007-11-13 16:54:59 -0500
I was using E-Bol by Thermolife for a good solid 5 months straight. The strength increase and fatloss was at an average, but the stress relief and over-all well being was 5 star. I'd average this at a solid 4.
Good Product By: Binod
Review posted on: 2007-11-13 16:54:58 -0500
The fullness that one feels in the muscles is a godsend while dieting, especially on keto. I experience increased muscular endurance and shorted STR times. Good product


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Henry in October
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A family on the San Francisco Peninsula acquired what they believed to be female sexed chicks 3 1/2 months ago, and realized 2 weeks ago that 1 of the little girls was actually a little boy. Their 10 year old daughter, has now named him Henry and loves him the same as the day he came home with them. But they are unable to have a rooster in the area they live or the surrounding area either. They have tried posting with vets, the local feed stores and all the animal shelters they could to try to find a new home to no avail. Could you be the one who falls in love with Henry, and takes him in?
Henry has been held multiple times daily by daughter and mom since the day they got him and the other chicks. He has been fed a diet of mixed chicken feed and had daily treats of fresh leafy greens, chicken scratch, fresh corn on the cob and meal worms. They like to feed them from their hands for some of it so the chickens are used to being close to people without fear. The rest, the family spreads about the yard for them to forage for.
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I think I'll review some comicbooks.
A well-drawn, fun time travel story. I'll definitely pick up the second issue.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. It was borderline offensive (is it alright to make fun of homeless people and call them "hobos"?), absurd (Zombie presidents? Are we really supposed to believe that Washington isn't just bones or dust?), and a lot of fun (zombie presidents). I'll be picking up the second issue.
I'm just beginning to get into what's going on in the current apocalyptic title-spanning crisis, so this seems to be a good jumping on point, especially with the help of the commentary in the Augmented Reality app.
I always enjoy Havok, and the two best parts of this issue concern him: Captain America and Thor asking him out to coffee (Thor prefers lattes) and Captain America using Havok's power for the equivalent of Wolverine and Colossus's Fastball Special. I'll probably pick up the second issue.
This one was really hard for me to get into. I think one of the reasons they're "rebooting" this stuff, or at least starting back on #1, is so that new readers feel like they have a place to jump in. If I had realized earlier what all those "AR" badges were all over the comic (a hook for Marvel's "Augmented Reality" iOS app), the commentary therein would have helped greatly. I did manage to piece it together after a few pages in, but it was kind of a frustrating experience to begin with. I have a short attention span here, people.
So the gist of it is this is Professor X's son (the guy who was a vegetable in the second X-Men movie) and his guru is trying to get him to control all the personalities that live in his head. The comic starts with a prison scene that turns out to be what's happening inside his mental prison. Interesting. Feels more like a Veritgo comic than an X-Men comic. At least with the Vertigo comics I remember from a million years ago.
But the art and story weren't enough to wow me. I won't be picking up the second issue.
To those who only post quotes online.
Please speak to us in your own voice. You have important things to say, even if it doesn't sound as elegant as someone else's platitudes. Your real voice is much more important and interesting.
Classic Comics, Republished
Why do publishers print reproduced classic comics on pristine, glossy, white paper with modern, flat, hyper-saturated colors? It looks terrible. It makes the line work look silly and amateur and doesn't show the cool, low quality color halftones that were originally used. Whenever I see a Marvel Masterworks or the like I always want to get into it, but I flip through and am immediately turned off.
It would look so much better if they'd put them on something that tried to emulate the original material, but was still high quality and long lasting. Something that looks like pulp, but without being hokey or overly retro. Actual pulp looks (and smells) great, but the lines and color start getting blurry over time, and of course it deteriorates too quickly.
Am I missing something, or are publishers just being lazy by using modern printing techniques without thinking about how it makes old comics look bad?
On the the day of the iPhone 5 announcement, the thing I was most excited about was Apple's next-generation earbuds, the EarPods.
I've been a diehard iPhone earbud user for years. Because I didn't like the idea of "upgrading" to an in-ear style of earbud, and because the only time I use earbuds are when I'm …
- … walking around town (crossing streets and generally needing to hear traffic)
- .. riding my bike around town (crossing and riding in streets and generally needing to hear traffic)
- … running (usually on streets, generally needing to hear traffic)
After yet another pair of mediocre, $30 Apple earbuds had their rubber gasket material start to come off, I broke down and bought some rubbery in-ear earbuds to try out.
I instantly hated them. I hated trying to get a custom fit with the plethora of different sized rubbery bits. I hated the thought that my ears weren't symmetrical. I hated the feeling and the sound of my own voice rattling around in my head with nowhere to escape (this made them virtually useless for phone calls).
Here's what I like about the new EarPods.
- They're easier to clean. Since they don't have that little rubbery gasket or the grill on the front, You can easily take an alcohol swab or wipe and clean these things off very easily. This is especially good if you drop them on the ground in a public place. Ew.
- There's nothing to wear out. The only times I've bought new Apple earbuds are when the rubber gasket comes off. Remember when the earbuds that came with old iPods had that little elastic panty to put over them? What was up with that?
- The buttons (for answering/skipping tracks and turning the volume up and down) feel a lot more solid than the old version. They're somehow more pronounced but not harder to press.
- To my ears, these are much more comfortable. I didn't hate the feeling of the old ones, but these are even more comfortable. I can barely feel them.
- The sound is at least as good as, and I'd say a fair amount better than, the last model.
- The carrying case. It's cute and fairly easy to use and keeps those easy-to-clean earbuds even cleaner when you put them in your linty, coin-filled pocket or backpack.
So, I'd say they're well worth the $30 we were already spending on Apple-brand earbuds. Get you some.
Kate Beaton & Jesse Thorn
Kate Beaton is wonderful and she does the most expressive drawings. Just look at this (from Strange Tales II).
Hilarious. And simple. Simply hilarious.
Here's the artist. (photo source)
Then there's Jesse Thorn. This guy. (source)
I know him mostly from Put This On, a video podcast about menswear that used to be good. They seemed to have lost their sandwich, but that's another story.
In any case, here's an interview Jesse did with Kate that I found quite enjoyable.
Kate is amazingly talented. I got the opportunity to see her in person at SPX last September (Here's an unfortunate picture of yours truly meeting another comic book hero to prove it).
She's one of those people you realize are much younger than you are so why haven't you done amazing things like they've done? You've had more time!
Anyway, go listen to that interview. What a voice, am I right? Cute, super-talented, and a low, sultry (if somewhat fried) voice. And she manages to do all this while Canadian.
Responsive Web Design
This was a great overview of the world of Responsive Web Design. Of course, the phrase and this specific set of techniques was invented/curated by the author, so I (correctly) assumed it would be the very helpful guide that it is.
While you could get most of the technical know-how you need to use this technique by reading the A List Apart Article, this book goes into depth on the more subtle aspects. It also thoroughly answers the question "why should I use this?", and even points out situations where RWD might not be ideal.
Each of the three ingredients of RWD are given their own chapter (the other two chapters of the book are the introduction and the summary—short and sweet).
- Flexible, Grid-Based Layout
- This is your basic fluid/liquid layout with some grid goodness.
- How to define things in relative measurements rather than pixels.
- The formula: target ÷ context = result
- target = the pixel dimensions you're aiming for in your ideal layout
- context = the area in which the target item is sitting
- result = a huge, decimal-happy number such as
0.4583333333333333that you put in your CSS (hopefully with a comment next to it showing how the number was derived.)
- Flexible Images
- This stuff just seems magical. I especially love the technique of clipping images in certain circumstances.
- Media Queries
- Before reading this book, this is the #1 thing that came to mind when the topic of Responsive Web Design came up. Of course, it is the magic sauce that gives the technique its main wow-factor, but it is only one third (although I would argue the most important third) of the technique.
While I understand the need to support older browsers, the depth to which this book goes in explaining how to get things to work in IE6 seemed quaint. I also was a little disappointed that he didn't go whole hog and use HTML5. However, I understand that we can't always use the new shiny things, so I don't fault him too much for this.
The book ends with a (quite clever) recommendation of designing for the smallest screen first, and then adding complexity as the browser's viewport gets larger. This has a couple of benefits:
Mobile-first is a good way to design. These quotes nail the value in the approach:
… we assume mobile users need less content in part because desktop users can tolerate more …
… just because desktop users can sift through more content does that mean they need to? … why is easy access to key tasks only the domain of mobile users? Why can't all users of our sites enjoy the same level of focused, curated content?
Putting the more advanced CSS (and potentially bigger downloads) behind media queries with progressively higher
min-widths means that devices that can't use the advanced rules don't have to be penalized by downloading things they can't see.
A note on the electronic version: I now want to read all technical books on the iPad. The embedded videos that demonstrate how things adjust when you resize the browser window were invaluable. Not only is this better than a print version, it's tons better than even a Kindle version.
After reading this, I feel much better equipped to determine when and how RWD should be used in my future projects. If you have anything to do with website creation (design, development, ownership), you owe it to yourself to read this book.
Website Security Anti-Patterns
I love Rdio. It's one of the most exciting thing I've seen on the web in recent memory. However, I refuse to pay for it or to recommend that anyone else do so.
Why? Because they don't indicate the presence of a secure certificate in the browser. I talked to a couple of the developers on Twitter, and they assured me that it was totally safe and that the form was being loaded in a secure iframe. Right.
That's missing the point. I shouldn't have to take someone's word for it or inspect the HTML of the page to see if it's safe to enter my credit card number. That's why they invented those notifications in your browsers. I can click it to verify that a bad guy isn't going to steal my info. It's a warm and fuzzy feeling.
What's the first thing you tell your parents about using the web? "Check for the little padlock before entering any secure information." Sites like Rdio (and apparently Tumblr, which I also otherwise love) break this expectation. That is a bad thing. What they're doing (as far as I know) is just as safe, but the end users have no way of knowing that. They are training people to stop looking for the padlock, which I think is inexcusable.
What do you think?
Update June 11, 2010:
Rdio have updated their site to include the option to load their credit card form via a popup window. A step in the right direction. Thanks, gents.
It's a shame that the security of the form isn't indicated by default, but the fact that they're addressing the issue is much appreciated. Perhaps something needs to be worked out with browser vendors if this is the way people want to create credit card forms.
A Moment in Time
I had an interesting experience on the way home from the grocery store tonight. As I was coming to a stop at a red light at Woodmont Boulevard and Hillsboro Pike, I realized that the sound of bagpipes was floating in the air. I turned off the book on tape I was listening to and opened the windows. I couldn't tell what direction the sound was coming from. Then I noticed how quiet everything was. I was in the midst of hundreds of multi-ton machines burning gasoline, but it was remarkably quiet. All the cars were just sitting there purring quietly. Even the bag pipes were quiet—far off, but they were there. Somewhere. And so out of place.
Cool Things Mentioned in jQuery Podcasts I Listened to Today
yayQuery Episode 5 / Cool things in jQuery 1.4
- Image Maps
- Apparently, jQuery 1.4 handles image maps properly. Rebecca Murphey mentioned that the book High Performance Websites recommends using image maps in certain situations. I'm all about these old school techniques if it makes sense. It seems like kottke.org was using image maps on its navigation until the recent redesign. Then again, I also advocate tables for layout if the mood strikes me.
- jQuery 1.4 also apparently handles this neat event better than it used to. This is the event that gets triggered when you see a message when you're editing a document in Google Docs and try to close the window. Very good to know. I might have to add detection of this event into ComicBinder.
The Official jQuery Podcast Episode 4 / Online debugging
- JS Bin
- This was mentioned as a cool way to do JS debugging that you could share with your friends. I had forgotten about this site. I need to use it. And it reminded me of another site I had forgotten about that I need to use:
- hurl
- Online display of HTTP responses. Trying to figure out how to use an API? Copy and paste the URL you're working with to your API guru friend. Like an online version of HTTP Client.


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Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Mocha Chocolate Cake
Coffee enhances the rich chocolate flavor of this moist and delicious gluten-free, dairy-free cake. This versatile recipe, which can be made egg free with good results, makes an impressive layer cake or 36 cupcakes. Top with frosting of choice or try Mocha "Buttercream" Frosting or Chocolate Ganache Frosting.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans for Mocha Chocolate Cake, pictured here.
2. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the coffee and cocoa powder. Add hot water and whisk until smooth.
3. On a piece of waxed paper, sift together flour blend, baking soda, baking powder, salt and xanthan gum. Set aside.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the margarine or shortening and sugar at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. Lower the speed to medium and add the eggs, one at a time. Then add the vanilla and cream well. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
5. Blend half the dry ingredients into the wet batter, followed by half the cocoa mixture. Blend in remaining dry ingredients and cocoa mixture, mixing on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.
6. Spoon the batter equally into prepared cake pans or standard-size cupcake tins. Bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes. Watch carefully as time will vary depending on oven and pan size. Cake is done when an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
7. Remove cake from oven and cool in pans for 20 minutes. Then turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely before frosting. Frost tops of layers with frosting of choice or try Mocha "Buttercream" Frosting or Chocolate Ganache Frosting. Assemble cake and frost sides.
Each cake serving with Chocolate Ganache Frosting contains 578 calories, 39g total fat, 21g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 94mg cholesterol, 494mg sodium, 62g carbohydrate, 7g fiber, 8g protein.
*TIP For Egg-Free Mocha Chocolate Cake, mix ½ cup applesauce with 2 teaspoons baking powder in a small bowl. In another small bowl, thoroughly mix 4 tablespoons cold water with 1 tablespoon egg replacer. (Gluten-free egg replacer is available from Ener-G Foods, ener-g.com.) Add egg replacer mixture to applesauce mixture. Then add the entire egg-free mixture to the creamed shortening and sugar and proceed with the recipe instructions. The egg-free cake won't rise quite as high as the original recipe but the flavor is still delicious.
Recipe by Diane Kittle, owner of Dee's One Smart Cookie Bake Shop in Glastonbury, CT.
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Police Seek Suspect After Shooting At North Side Bar
A bar patron was critically injured this evening while trying to stop an armed robbery on Pittsburgh's North Side.
Police Searching For Teen In Connection With Pizza Delivery Carjacking
A pizza delivery driver helped to apprehend two teens accused of carjacking him the day before. However, police are still searching for a third suspect.
Pizza Delivery Driver Helps Police Nab Carjacking Suspects
Inomjon Madumarov, 29, a native of Russia who is now living in Pittsburgh, helped police catch two carjacking suspects late Wednesday.
Neighbors Remember Elderly Man Killed In Spring Garden Fire
Flowers were left in the door in memory of a neighbor who died in a fire Saturday night.
1 Killed In Spring Garden Fire
Crews are working to put out a blaze that left at least one person dead in Spring Garden.
Police Find Missing Elderly North Side Man At YMCA
Police have found an elderly man reported missing from Pittsburgh's North Side.
Home Invasion Injures Man On North Side
A man is hurt after two suspects in masks broke into his North Side home early Wednesday morning.
Neighbor's 911 Call Prevents Burglary In Spring Garden
Two suspected burglars who had plans to break into a pharmacy in the Spring Garden neighborhood Monday got caught before they committed the crime.
2 Suspects Arrested In Spring Garden
Pittsburgh police arrested two men who were casing a North Side neighborhood. According to police, neighbors called 911 after seeing a white van and a blue car stopping in front of businesses along Spring Garden Avenue just before 1 a.m. Monday.
Suspect Drops Mask, Gun During Robbery
Pittsburgh robbery detectives released surveillance photos of an armed robbery last month at a neighborhood bar. It happened at the Bier Haus Tavern on Spring Garden Avenue.
Body Discovered On Pittsburgh's North Side Overnight
Police are looking into the circumstances after a woman's body was found on Pittsburgh's North Side overnight.
Man Wounded In Shooting On Spring Garden Avenue
Authorities are investigating following a shooting on Pittsburgh's North Side.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two people had to be rescued after an accident in Spring Garden. The car crashed into the porch of a vacant home after losing control on a bend on Spring Garden Avenue. […]


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Wealth and power have been our conventional measures of success. What definition will better sustain us now and how can we move into it?
The other day, my mother mentioned that she hasn't accomplished anything in her life. (She's a forest and machine engineer who hasn't found a suitable job since immigrating from the Soviet Union 20 years ago) It broke my heart to hear this. We live in a world that makes people value themselves more and more singularly by their career highs and financial prowess.
The conventional model of success has proven to be destructive, separating and pitting us against each other in competition.
What would be a better definition of accomplishment for us and how could we collectively shift toward embracing this?
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Apr 27 2011: I believe it will change when people will define themselves and not let society decide for them. Only late in our history we truly find encouragement of self-recognition. We have created a society of survival ( hunter gathering) then of production, I believe it is time for a society of ideas an individuals that synergize. Then how define success? It depends of each person. Did the monk in the high plateau of Tibet have obtain a success yes. But such everyone do the same? Doubtful, who make Our food? Our clothes? This website? Does the rich man obtain success? Maybe if it was his goal. We need everyone little success define by their limit, their dream and their own belief.
There a line in Cyrano of Bergerac that I love ""Cyrano: I know, you will leave me with nothing - neither the laurel nor the rose. Take it all then! There is one possession I take with me from this place. Tonight when I stand before God - and bow low to him, so that my forehead brushes his footstool, the firmament - I will stand again and proudly show Him that one pure possession - which I have never ceased to cherish or to share with all-
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Bradley Steffens
Bradley Steffens (born February 10, 1955) is an American author, poet, playwright, and lyricist. The author of 28 nonfiction books for children and young adults,[1] Steffens is best known as a biographer of the medieval Islamic scholar Alhazen.[2]
Early professional work[edit]
In the mid-1970s Steffens self-published two chapbooks of his poetry,[3] which he sold on the streets of Southern California. In 1976, the City of Laguna Beach, California, denied Steffens a permit to sell his works within the city limits, touching off brouhaha in the local press.[4] Steffens went to court, seeking relief under the First Amendment, but the court ruled in favor of the city. Steffens turned to writing a series of one-act plays-in-verse, which were professionally produced as "Herod the Great: A Sequence of Pageants" by the Olympia Arts Ensemble in Minneapolis in 1981 with Michael Yonkers in the title role. Noel Bredahl of the St. Paul Post-Dispatch hailed the play as "an awesome creation on the part of the playwright.[5] David Hawley, also of the St. Paul Post Dispatch, wrote, "Steffens is a powerful, talented artist.[6]
Writing career[edit]
Steffens has published more than fifty poems over the last thirty years, receiving many awards along the way, including the Emerging Voices Award presented by The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and the Lake Superior Writing Competition Award sponsored by the Duluth Public Library. While working as a freelance proofreader for Lucent Books in 1989, Steffens wrote his first nonfiction book for children, Animal Rights. Over the next twenty years, he wrote twenty more books for children and young adults, coauthored seven, and edited the 2004 anthology The Free Speech Movement. His works have been praised by Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Children's Literature. The Fountain called his Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist a "beautiful work about Ibn al-Haytham and his advancement of experimental science."[7]
Steffens is a two-time recipient of the San Diego Book Award for Best Young Adult & Children's Nonfiction. His Giants won the 2005 award[8] and his J.K. Rowling received the 2007 prize.[9] J.K. Rowling also earned Steffens the Theodor S. Geisel Award for the best published book by a San Diego County author in 2007.[10] His Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist was excerpted in Discovery Channel Magazine [11] in March 2010, helping to establish Steffens as a sought-after lecturer on the history of Islamic science. He was the keynote speaker at the Southeast Regional Conference of The Islamic Medical Association of North America, the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York,[12] the Pacifica Institute,[13] Women in Dialogue,[14] and the San Diego Mensa Regional Gathering.
- ^ "Library of Congress Online Catalog: Bradley Steffens". United States Library of Congress.
- ^ Ruth Marvin Webster (April 8, 2007). "The Scientific Method: Escondido author brings attention to medieval Muslim scientist". North County Times, Entertainment. p. 3.
- ^ Bradley Steffens, From an Eighteenth Century Painted Tile and Other Poems. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications,1975. Anonymous, From the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters: An Anonymous Romance of Theatric Space,and Six Anonymous Songs. San Rafael: Sack Back Publications, 1976. http://books.google.com/books/about/From_an_eighteenth_century_painted_tile.html? id=kTcGHwAACAAJ, http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003UNTG72/ref=dp_olp_0? ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all
- ^ Janice Brownfield, Reporter vs. Publisher. Santa Ana, California: Alpenstock Publishing, 1986, pp. 46-47.
- ^ Noel BreDahl (April 9, 1981). "What's playing on area stages." St. Paul Dispatch, p. 3B.
- ^ David Hawley (April 6, 1981). "'Herod' suffers from uncontrolled excess." St. Paul Post-Dispatch, p. 14A.
- ^ Ertan Salik (May–June 2008). "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist." The Fountain.
- ^ Arthur Salm (May 22, 2006). "San Diego's award-winning writers". San Diego Union Tribune.
- ^ Robert L. Pincus (May 25, 2008). "Steffens takes top honor at book awards bash." San Diego Union Tribune.
- ^ Robert L. Pincus (May 25, 2008). "Steffens takes top honor at book awards bash." San Diego Union Tribune.
- ^ Bradley Steffens (March 2010). "The Optical Scientist". Discovery Channel Magazine, pp. 90-95.
- ^ Haris Tarin (May 20, 2010). "MPAC-NY Celebrates 6th Anniversary at Annual Dinner." Muslim Public Affairs Council.
- ^ "Lecture Series with Author Bradley Steffens." Pacifica Institute.
- ^ First Scientist (March 11, 2010). Gonna Happen.


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Patients generally choose bloodless medicine for either medical or religious reasons.
n Physicians recommend it
"The safest unit of blood is the one that is never given!"
—Keating LJ. Quality assurance and safety of the blood supply. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 1989;56(3):282-4.
n Eliminates adverse effects
"The need to reduce the amount of allogeneic blood transfusions in order to reduce the associated risks has been firmly established. RBCs are associated with clinically important immune suppression, and stored RBCs have been shown to cause adverse microcirculatory effects that result in increased organ failure."
—Alvarez G, Hébert PC, Szick S. Debate: Transfusing to normal haemoglobin levels will not improve outcome. Critical Care 2001;5(2):56-63.
n Lowers infection rates and minimizes immunosuppression
"There is now growing evidence bearing on the potential clinical significance of the immune system effects of blood transfusion. Several studies have suggested that exposure to RBC transfusion increases the risks of recurrence of cancer and the development of postoperative infection. Patients who receive allogenic blood transfusions experience increased morbidity, hospital stays, and cost."
—Corwin HL. Blood Transfusion—First, Do No Harm! Chest 1999;116(5):1149-50.
n Does not require special equipment
"A lot of new technology isn't needed…. We don't need new drugs or a lot of expensive new things. The important thing is to get the message out and get everyone doing what we already know how to do to avoid prophylactic transfusion of red cells or platelets and plasma. The addictive effects of all the techniques now on hand can provide good results."
—Thurer RL. As the blood supply gets safer, experts still call for ways to reduce the need for transfusions. The Journal of the American Medical Association 1992;268(6):698-700.
n Public demand
When asked which options they would prefer if informed they required a blood transfusion due to a surgical operation, only seven percent of the respondents would want to receive blood from the Red Cross. Eighty-nine percent preferred an alternative.
—Gallup Canadian Public Survey, February 1996.
n Shorter hospital stays
"Our study demonstrates an independent association of perioperative allogeneic transfusion with longer hospital stays (P < .001) and higher hospital charges (P < .001) after adjustment for the effects of 20 variables that confound these relationships and reflect the severity of a patient's illness, the difficulty of the operation, and the risk of postoperative urinary tract infection, would infection, or pneumonia."
—Vamvakas EC, Carven JH. Allogeneic blood transfusion, hospital charges, and length of hospitalization. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1998;122(2):145-51
n Cost-effective
"Avoiding allogeneic transfusions reduced total treatment costs in abdominal and orthopedic surgery by approximately $5,000 per patient."
—Spahn DR, Casutt M. Eliminating blood transfusions. Anesthesiology 2000;93(1):242-55.
"In conclusion, bloodless medicine and surgery is a new discipline which is cost effective, acceptable to patients, and provides new avenues to improve on quality of patient care. It is a complete philosophy dedicated to treating patients according to state-of-the-art medical and surgical principles with advance technology, but with the added challenge of avoidance of blood products."
—Savarese D, Waitkus H, Stewart FM, Callery M. Bloodless medicine and surgery. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 1999;14(1):20-33
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"Jehovah's Witnesses-The Surgical/Ethical Challenge"
"Jehovah's Witnesses accept medical and surgical treatment. In fact, scores of them are physicians, even surgeons. But Witnesses are deeply religious people who believe that blood transfusion is forbidden for them by Biblical passages…."
"While [the Bible] verses are not stated in medical terms, Witnesses view them as ruling out transfusion of whole blood, packed RBCs, and plasma, as well as WBC and platelet administration. However, Witnesses' religious understanding does not absolutely prohibit the use of components such as albumin, immune globulins, and hemophiliac preparations; each Witness must decide individually if he can accept these."
"Witnesses believe that blood removed from the body should be disposed of, so they do not accept autotransfusion of predeposited blood. Techniques for intraoperative collection or hemodilution that involve blood storage are objectionable to them. However, many Witnesses permit the use of dialysis and heart-lung equipment (non-blood-prime) as well as intraoperative salvage where the extracorporeal circulation is uninterrupted; the physician should consult with the individual patient as to what his conscience dictates."
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Unfortunately I didn't have a good experience with this pie/cake. It was crumbly, bland and definitely not worth the effort. From now on I will stick to tried and true recipes or Southern Living's earlier recipes. I feel like SL let me down with this recipe.
Caramel Apple Blondie Pie
4tocook Posted: 08/30/13
ncreader Posted: 11/03/13
Didn't work for me. I would change this recipe as follows: 1) I'd cut this recipe in half. It's a big dessert. I used a deep 10-inch pie pan, but it was overflowing after all was said and done. Make sure you have a pan under your frying pan or pie pan to catch the drips or you'll mess up your oven. 2) I'd use only one or two apples. 3) I would not cook the apples beforehand. Twenty minutes of cooking apples plus an hour and ten or twenty minutes just ensures that the apples are a mushy mess. Too, the outer edge of the crust will burn while the middle of the pie tries to cook. 4) I'd eliminate the piecrust and just let this dessert be an apple blondie dessert. 5) I did eliminate the caramel syrup. 6) A smaller, simpler dessert with a 30 minute total cook time would have been easier and better. All in all, this dessert was just way too labor intensive for a bad result. A simple apple pie would have been better. A blondie brownie would have been better.
slip2whit Posted: 10/14/13
I was wondering if anyone tried freezing this receipt and if so how did it turn out?
raschmidt Posted: 09/01/13
This pie was the perfect combination of tart apples, soft & crunchy cake, and a rich caramel sauce. I loved the presentation in a cast iron skillet. I made this on a whim - it looked so amazing on the cover of SL - for company dinner of shrimp-andouille sausage gumbo and it was got rave reviews. I will definitely be making this again - thinking it would be a great addition to Thanksgiving dinner - an nontraditional apple pie!
charlottemama2 Posted: 10/18/13
Just finished the last piece- we loved it! Ate it for dessert and sometimes for breakfast! I thought it was good w/o sauce, great with it! I actually just heated some caramel ice cream topping with cider and let it boil to thicken a little. We also served it once with apple pie ice cream. Yes, cake can get dry if over baked, but just add more sauce. Will def make again - I was also thinking of freezing, so would like to know if anyone has tried yet?
momederst Posted: 03/23/14
Great recipe and easy to make. Will be making again!
chazsuz69 Posted: 09/07/13
This looks good but I haven't sampled it yet.....felt that I should say that the size pan indicated is too small. The batter ran out into my oven and caught fire! Beware!
txjamie Posted: 10/12/13
This was amazing. For those who had a dry cake, it was probably baked too long. I think the bake time is a little long in the recipe, because I normally have to go to the longer time in my oven, but it was ready at the minimum time. The pie is definitely best with the amazing caramel sauce.
kashbrow Posted: 11/10/13
This is one of the worst recipes I have ever tried. I am a very experienced cook and very rarely am disappointed with anything I make but this one definitely fell flat. Upon reflection, what is the pie curst really for anyway? There is really no need for it, especially when it remained raw well after the recommended cooking time. The filling was way too much for a skillet that size. I believe it calls for 8". I used a 10" and it was still was way too small. I am all for spending an entire day puttering in the kitchen when I get great results. But this was way too much work for way too little reward. We scooped out what we could without the crust and went ahead and ate it but literally threw away the rest. VERY disappointing and nowhere near worth the calories.
legalhelperTN Posted: 11/27/13
I had such high hopes for this pie, but it was a completely failure. Don't even think about making this in a regular deep dish pie pan. Within 20 minutes, I had a huge mess on the floor of my oven because the batter erupted. After an hour and a half, one side of the pie was still runny, so in a last ditch effort to save the pie, I had to basically scrap the entire top layer off, taking crust with me, in hopes that the center would get done. Considering the cost for the ingredients, including the apple cider for the caramel sauce, I am feeling very let down and jipped.
tarheelsrock Posted: 02/18/14
This dish wasn't bad, it's just the "Easy Skillet Apple Pie" is so much better. http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/easy-skillet-apple-pie-50400000115371/
PaulaSchreck Posted: 11/05/13
My guests loved it, especially the presentation...mine looked very much like photo! I took heed to other posts & added cinnamon, nutmeg & vanilla to batter & cinnamon to apples. The caramel was super....had distinct cider taste which made it a unique caramel sauce. I put foil under to catch overflows but didn't need it. I also shortened baking time...barely over 60 minutes. Had several requests for recipe!!! Definitely will add to holiday menu.
Alison425 Posted: 12/24/13
This pie was perfect in every way. The recipe was spot on, down to the bake time. The people that had spillage must have used a pan that was too small. You have to measure the cast iron skilled across the bottom, not the top. I had plenty of room in my 10 inch and everything fit well. I received rave reviews and will definitely be making this again. I'm not even an apple pie fan and I loved it.
magsschr Posted: 09/04/13
Made it this weekend. There were lots of steps to this recipe, but it was easy to make. No special ingredients needed which is super nice. This turned out fabulous! It was delicious and baked up super nice. I did not do the drizzle sauce because I didn't have the cider, but served it with homemade icecream and I didn't even notice the no sauce. I will be making this again!
katfowler Posted: 12/08/13
great flavor, beautiful presentation in the skillet. I skipped the caramel sauce and was just as tasty.
MrWalker Posted: 10/23/13
I made this last night on a whim because it looked so good on the cover and I love anything with apples. I made it exactly as the recipe calls for. My family thought it was really good. I liked it. Although it didn't blow me away, I can definitely see the potential for a fabulous dish. Next time I will add more apples and a mix of apples. I would also add some spice to the dish...cinnamon, nutmeg, cayenne. The recipe is worth a try and you could tweak it to something really special based on your taste.
Ellie0 Posted: 11/03/13
Received many compliments on this recipe and requests for the recipe. I baked the pie in a 9 1/2" deep pyrex glass pie pan with excellent results. However, I modified the recipe to eliminate several "negatives" that other reviewers mentioned--1) too much "blondie" dough in proportion to the apples, and 2) the amount of filling in the original recipe can result in overflows into the oven. To compensate for these negatives, I kept the ingredients for the apple filling as written but reduced the blondie filling by 1/3 1 ½ cup brown sugar, divided ¾ cup butter, divided 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons bourbon ½ cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans I baked the pie for 1 hour and 5 minutes. The crust was a nice golden brown. I did loosely cover the edges of the pie with foil about 3/4 of the way into the baking time because they seemed to be getting to brown. To prevent mushy apples, select a baking apple that does not cook down.
WRFDFireChic Posted: 11/04/13
Made this to take to the fire house and it was a hit. I followed the directions exactly except for the time and temperature (lower temp and less time worked better for me). As for next time...I would use less cider in the sauce and add bourbon to it, it had a little bit of a twang taste to it. Also, I wouldn't cook it for as long as recommended because the blondie part was a little dry. Overall it was a hit but it was a lot of work and I feel I would have been just as well off making an apple pie.
GCHISM Posted: 09/02/13
All these are off the chain!! TRY!!!
Turkey2trotter Posted: 10/19/13
Although the picture was attractive, this was a disappointment. As I've found with some other SL recipes, the result does not justify the number of steps or time involved. I found it overly cake-ey, bland, with not enough apples for my taste, and the caramel sauce unremarkable. I plan to stick with real apple pie recipes in future when I want to enjoy the bounty of the fall season.
PatRobb Posted: 02/23/14
A little more elaborate than most desserts but so worth it. Definitely going on the make it again list.
ClemieJo Posted: 09/27/13
I made this for a family dinner and we all agreed that it was bland and the cake portion was a bit dry. I thought it was time consuming but not difficult. With some adjustments it could probably be a fairly good dessert but as someone else posted, a really good apple pie in an iron skillet would be wonderful and a lot less work. I will say the caramel sauce was very good.
heatherL27 Posted: 10/13/13
Fantastic!! I did make some adjustments after reading reviews that said it was a little bland. I added 3/4 tsp. of cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. of nutmeg, dash of clove, and 1tsp. vanilla. I cooked my for an hour and 5 min. Remember the cast iron holds heat for awhile so it will keep cooking for a bit. I thought it was very moist and yummy. Everyone loved it!!
NSmiles Posted: 10/31/13
I loved the cast iron skillet presentation but felt so, so about the pie itself. I substituted vanilla for the bourbon, used gluten free flour, walnuts instead of pecans, and added cinammon and nutmeg after I baked it. It did seem to lack some in flavor. I also reduced the bake time to about 1 hour. For all the time involved, I wish I had just made an apple crumble pie in the cast iron skillet.
mlm378 Posted: 12/15/13
Used a cast iron skillet and it came out great. Didn't have enough apples on hand so I used cherries also and it was delicious. Might try making my own pie crust next time though instead of using store bought.
lesliepoe Posted: 11/20/13
I am rarely disappointed by Southern Living recipes, but this one was a waste of my time and money. I am an experienced baker of pies and found this recipe to be simple yet time consuming; based on the beautiful photo I assumed the finished product would be worth it. I was expecting apple pie with an inner layer of moist blondie. Instead I had what felt like a cake within a pie crust. You know it's a fail when your dinner guests are two single guys who rarely get home cooked meals and they don't finish their portions and agree that it is not one to make again! The one redeeming factor was the delicious caramel sauce, the leftovers of which were delicious stirred into hot apple cider ala Starbucks caramel apple cider.
Kimiandale Posted: 10/21/13
Used mix of green and cortland apples. Added 1 tablespoon of cinnamon to brown sugar that goes on apples and 1 teaspoon bourbon into caramel sauce. Excellent. Will make again.
AEA311 Posted: 09/02/13
I am not a baker, and yes this was a little labor intensive, but everyone loved this recipe! I throw an Octoberfest day every year at my house and this is definitely being added to the menu!
Mayebe Posted: 11/18/13
Made this twice already and both times came out perfect.
Legggs Posted: 09/27/13
This recipe was bland and not worth the effort. A standard apple pie in a cast iron skillet would be interesting to try.
Nannan57 Posted: 11/29/13
This pie lacked any flavor. It sure does look wonderful when it is made, but consistency of the middle layer is horrible and it has very little apple flavor. I will make a standard ol' apple pie next year!
Shandorah Posted: 09/15/13
Sounds fantastic. I always get in the mood for apples about this time of year. Won't be long! :-)


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Grilled Shrimp with Rémoulade
Yield: 4 Servings
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- Calories: 307
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated fat: 3g
- Protein: 24g
- Carbohydrate: 6g
- Fiber: 1g
- Cholesterol: 189mg
- Sodium: 683mg
- 3/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped dill pickle
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 scallions, white and light green parts, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Salt
- Make rémoulade: Combine mayonnaise, mustard, pickle, lemon juice, scallion, Tabasco sauce, paprika and parsley in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- Heat gas grill to medium. Thread shrimp on metal skewers, brush with oil and sprinkle with salt. Grill shrimp until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. (Or place on a foil-lined baking sheet and broil 6 inches from heat until cooked through, 2 minutes per side.)
- Remove shrimp from skewers and serve with rémoulade on the side.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Gluten-Free
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Eating and drinkingThe super glamorous dark red tones of the hotel's main Opus One restaurant may be a little much for the shabby chic brigade, but in Manchester, glamour still rules. And the food takes its cue from the luxurious surroundings. With its emphasis on locall-sourced, seasonal produce such as Cheshire lamb and beef and Morecambe shrimps, the modern British cooking created here would put many a fancy London eatery to shame. They even grow their own veg on the roof. The hotel is also proud of its afternoon teas - popular with the city's shopped-out locals - there's even a male version, complete with a pie and a pint.
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