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Sensory Seekers in the Classroom
Sensory Seekers in the Classroom
I want to share an e-mail that came through this week about a little guy at one of my schools. Names have been changed…
Hi Helen,
We have a 1st grader at Lincoln Elementary in Tammy's class who has Autism. He is provided a number of supports to help him manage his self-soothing, sensory-seeking behaviors (such as using a Fidget Frog that he squeezes and shakes). He frequently tips his chair back. We're thinking he might benefit from a wiggle seat or cushion for his chair, to prevent him from tipping it back. We're wondering if a weighted lap pad or stuffed animal might also be beneficial. Could we ask you to do an observation / consultation to see if this might be beneficial? He had OT services previously but was exited in 3/2011. His name is Johnny Depp
And what I proposed:
When looking at a child like this, it's important to look at which sensory system they are seeking, and self regulating from, i.e.
- visual
- vestibular
- proprioceptive
- touch
- auditory
We made up a PECs photo board for him with the words attached for the different sensory choices he could make. Even though he had emerging reading skills, we wanted him to make quick choices so he could quickly transition to the class situation he was supposed to be in.
The choices included:
- a child sized rocking chair with a cushion
- a pressure vest
- a weighted vest
- a lap buddy
- a squeezy fidget ( a large one)
- a small fan (for visual stim)
- a book on tape with headphones
- headphones for quiet time
- a wiggle cushion
Most frequently he chose the rocking chair with the pressure vest and the headphones without the book. He liked the squeezy fidget.
So what this tells us about Johnny is that he is under-responsive to stimulus and needs deep pressure to register their sensations. Perhaps with the exception of auditory. He may feel overwhelmed with noise in the classroom and need a break from that.
Now that his system is self regulated he is ready to learn!
Sensory Processing Disorder and Dysgraphia
Sensory Processing Disorder and Dysgraphia
I recently responded to an e-mail from a parent who asked about the connection between sensory processing disorder and dysgraphia. She said her child had a diagnosis of SPD and had met criteria for difficulty with sensory modulation, sensory discrimination disorder, and sensory based motor disorder including dyspraxia "reflecting the complexity of her presentation". The parent asked for resources that would further explain the connection between SPD and dysgraphia.
What a great question!
It occurred to me that parents might not realize that the word processing when used in sensory processing disorder is a different term than when used in dysgraphia in the context of a learning disability.
SPD in the simplest of terms is a disorder involving sensory input and regulation. Learning disabilities are an impairment in cognitive processing in the areas of language, math, writing, memory and executive function, among other brain functions. SPD and learning disabilities all fall along a continuum from mild to more severe.
So in answer to the question "What is the connection?", SPD and dysgraphia are two separate issues. A motor dysgraphia is defined in Dysgraphia: Your Essential Guide as being without a coordination disorder. A processing dysgraphia is defined as to do with the brain's inability to remember letters and words in order to write them.
Do we ever see kids with SPD who have dysgraphia?
Do we ever see kids with dysgraphia who have SPD?
Thank you ldonline!
It was a big validation to be endorsed by ldonline for my recent book Dysgraphia: Your Essential Guide. Thank you so much!
Becoming an author makes it possible to reach out to more people than you can possibly see in the course of a career.
As I say in the book, thank you for reading my book, and for helping someone with dysgraphia.
Should you switch hands to draw?
It depends on which type of dysgraphia you have. There are 3 types. For motor dysgraphia some simple exercises can be done to help with the motor skills necessary for good pencil control. If you haven't already tried them, pencil grippers can help too. If you have spatial dysgraphia, it could be that your visual spatial skills are messed up and your ability to perceive what you are trying to draw and then accurately draw it are not in sync. This will not change with you switching hands. Processing dysgraphia has to do with letters and words, not having an image/memory of the letters and words in the mind's eye and therefore not being able to form them with your hand to write them.
Hope this helps!
Helen Painter, Occupational Therapist
Dysgraphia: Your Essential Guide
I was working on a little project this past year, and just had my book published on Amazon last week! Woohoo. My favorite topic, handwriting struggles, dysgraphia and how to help people with it. It's easy when you know how! Take a peek. It's been in the top 10 or top 20 in the learning disabilities genre over the past week, so I'm pretty tickled.
I also created a website to support the book with downloads that's at
If you like it, post a review on Amazon.
Dysgraphia symptoms in children aged 4-6
Dysgraphia symptoms in children.
The top 10 symptoms in children aged 4-6.
While it takes a specialist to accurately diagnose dysgraphia, especially to determine which one of the 3 types you may be dealing with, parents and teachers can spot these tell tale symptoms pretty early on.
Here we go:-
- Having a hard time learning the alphabet
- Can't learn the letters in their own name
- Avoiding fine motor stations at preschool or Kindergarten
- Avoiding all writing or drawing activities
- Poor scissor skills
- Immature pencil grasp
- Difficulty with letters with curved shapes
- Switching writing hands
- Tears and breaking down
- Feelings of being dumb
The 3 types of dysgraphia are
- Spatial
- Motor
- Processing
Dysgraphia can occur alone or with other conditions such as dyslexia, ADHD and Autism spectrum disorders.
Occupational Therapy Activities
Occupational Therapy Activities
Occupational Therapists are always looking for ways to help children develop fine motor skills. Children with disabilities often have fine motor delays, and one of the activities of choice is stringing beads to develop what's called a neat pincer grasp. That is where the tips of the fingers touch the tip of the thumb. A lot of special needs children have more of a lateral pinch grasp where the side of the finger and thumb tend to meet.
I love working with this toy as a fun way to work on stringing beads and thus that pincer grasp. This is what a pincer grasp looks like:
I call it the caterpillar game. It comes with brightly colored beads with a large hole, and an adapted wooden threader for kids who cannot thread the string (because it is too floppy). I have modified it (as I usually do) and added small beads which means that I can grade the activity to make it a little more difficult as kids' skills improve. The game has a brightly colored dice that matches the bead colors. Roll the dice and whatever color it lands on, that is the color of bead to thread. Kids love it.
If a child is not using pincer grasp when threading on the way into the hole, don't worry, they will to grasp the string on the way out.
What the trained eye will notice here is that this child has switched hands. She starts with her non-dominant (left) and switches to her right, which is the hand she should be using to hold the string.
The game takes about 10 minutes to play and kids love it when the dice is rolled but that color is all taken.
It's interesting to see how kids will organize the colors, or how they'll arrange the colors and sizes. They teach me so much with their idiosyncrasies.
In this last shot you can see I like to alternate between large and small beads to create this caterpillar. There can be a lot of dice rolling…
When should I use ipad apps to teach handwriting?
When should I use ipad apps to teach handwriting?
Last week I was at a student conference for a little guy in Kindergarten. Justin had such a great memory for all sorts of things that happened in his world, even things that happened a year, two years ago. But, he could not remember his ABCs. Not even some of the letters in his name!
I suggested two things. To play the memory game made up of upper and/or lower case letters and matching picture cards such as a and apple, b and baby, c and cat and so forth. His mom said he would love that approach as he loved playing memory. Hopefully a great low-tech solution to help him on his way to learning his alphabet.
So, his Dad told me that Justin liked movies, and things with a lot of bling. "Do you have an ipad?" I asked. When the answer came back affirmative, I suggested an app called LetterSchool:
You open the app and the alphabet appears and you can choose upper or lower case letters to work on:
It comes in three different fonts, what I have referred to in earlier posts as "the big three": Handwriting Without Tears, D' Nealian and Zaner-Bloser, and also has numbers 1-9.
I chose the letter m for this example. It also has fun music which can be switched on or off:
It has start dots and ending points so the user can see where to go. The user traces the letter using the correct letter strokes that are demonstrated first. It has fun visuals and sound effects and lots of bling to keep little ones engaged.
With the above photo you can see that a train track is being laid in the letter m and in the next shot a train travels the route of the letter m. Kids LOVE this app and get lots of kicks out of this method.
The next step is for the student to write the letter without tracing and what's neat about this step is if they are getting sloppy, then arrows appear to guide them.
Then comes the grand finale when lots of stars come down to shower the completed letter with fanfare and extra bling to congratulate the student on a job well done!
The next step from a therapist point of view would be to immediately go to pencil and paper. This step is extremely important. Why? Because with the ipad, you are only using your index finger to point. As some people say, it's good for learning how to point. Yeah yeah, we all get that.
So go straight to pencil and paper and have your student use a good mature pencil grasp and with correct letter formation practice that letter m!
Then go onto a new letter on the ipad. A good thing to do is to learn the letters in a whole word for the same reason. You will get the motor plan going for the series of letters that make up a word.
Like J-u-s-t-i-n.
A child's magical world
A child's magical world
This morning I was waiting at the front window with my daughter. We were watching out for her carpool to arrive. I am usually too absorbed in my own thoughts on school mornings to stop and step into a child's magical world. She asked if I'd like to see her "scanner". I said I'd love to. She breathed on the window pane and revealed……all the pictures she had drawn there before. It was really neat. It was like finding an old notebook, but a lot more fragile, like the dust on moths' wings.
She then proceeded to write some new messages to reveal at a later date, perhaps next week when she has a minute while she's waiting for the carpool again.
I had no idea there was so much written on my front windows.
When we stop and take the time, our children can teach us so much.
Help with handwriting over video call
Help with handwriting over video call
Several people have asked me about the video call aspect of Write Interventions. What can I say?
It's really fun.
I can do the work I love from home.
There's a learning curve, and I did a lot of working out the kinks in terms of what works well with video call. There's lots of blue stuff in my skype studio because blue works well over skype.
Kids do the funniest things when if front of the web cam. My clients whom I video call with are already used to using this media. Even the kids are used to it. So you can imagine the kids hamming it up! The hardest part, really, is not to lol while they are being totally cute and funny.
The great part is that the parents play an important role during the entire process; they have a real "hands on" experience of guiding their child through the tasks that I ask them to do. Obviously if a child is being seen by me, then they are struggling in some way.
My friend Aiden who is 5 1/2 and heading into Kindergarten in the fall was having a hard time with writing. He has been in an academic preschool for two years. In the first skype consultation I soon learned that he had a very immature pencil grasp, thus poor pencil control. He couldn't write much beyond his name. He had all 4 of my favorite pencil grippers (mailed ahead of time) and I found the right one for him right away and we proceeded with the consultation. I could see the look of relief on his mom's face just with that part taken care of. It turns out that he didn't know has alphabet very well and made mistakes reciting it. Next was cutting with scissors. Aiden could cut along a straight line, but couldn't cut out a circle. He had difficulty loading (holding) scissors and when he really struggled and became frustrated with that we moved him on to the next task. Aiden completed the VMI ( a standardized test looking at eye hand coordination) and I was able to score it on the spot and share with his mom that Aiden would not have qualified for school-based services. He did, however, need some fine motor skills help and handwriting help. His mom purchased my Fine Motor Skills kit and My Alphabet Book and I mailed her a good cutting skills book that I use a lot. We booked a session for a week away so I could show Aiden exactly how I wanted him to use the fine motor activities and the alphabet book.
We booked a follow up session a month later to give Aiden enough time to work on all the activities. I called mom at the 3 week mark to see how he was doing. I didn't really think he needed another session after his mom told me how great Aiden was doing. But she insisted, because she wanted me to see for myself that he was doing all those things that were so hard for him in the beginning.
So this time when we did the video call, he was acting like the teacher, and I got to see how well he was doing! He was even finishing the blank pages in My Alphabet Book (not copying).
Big smiles all around, and best of all, Aiden is ready for Kindergarten in the fall.
And they pay me to do that!
Teach your child to write the alphabet in 30 days
Teach your child to write the alphabet in 30 days
In Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Outliers: The Story Of Success he describes the phenomenon of how successful people have practiced, on average, 10,000 hours to achieve mastery of a skill. Real mastery. That is about 5 years of full time work 50 weeks a year, 40 hours a week. Top athletes, like Serena Williams lead lives that average people can't begin to imagine because they spend many more than 10,000 hours to get to the top of their game. The hours and hours of practice that go into being at the top in your game leave little room for anything else in your life.
In the world of occupational therapy, in school based practice, and in education we know that it takes at least 30 repetitions of the same material to learn something new. That can be in the form of a song as in auditory learning, something physical in PE or with handwriting as in a motor plan, something visual like recognizing shapes and colors, something emotional like social skills such as caring and sharing or greetings, and with daily routines in the classroom.
Steve Pavlina popularized the notion that we humans can form a new habit by performing that task daily for 30 days in a row. Recent research in the sciences confirmed that it takes 30 days for myelin sheaths (that cover nerves or neurons) to complete the process of covering the nerve pathway once a new pathway has been forged in the brain.
The culmination of these thoughts led to the genesis of My Alphabet Book. I believe its success lies in its simplicity.
Many handwriting and penmanship programs have broken the handwriting task down into so many steps that the end product is lost in individual strokes!
Keep it simple
Do it for at least 30 days or until mastery has been achieved
Check for mastery
A new skill has been learned.
Celebrate success.
The Twist 'n Write as a training pencil
The Twist 'n Write as a training pencil
Several of my students were given twist 'n write pencils at the beginning of the school year to help correct an immature digital brace grasp. A digital brace grasp looks like this:
A twist 'n write is the best choice to correct this type of grasp, if used properly, as the child really has 'no other place to go" with this pencil in terms of finger position:
By now though, my students can all maintain a mature dynamic tripod grasp WITHOUT a twist 'n write pencil, even the ones with the most severe digital brace grasps I had ever seen. Some of them are doing this with a stetro style pencil gripper to help maintain the mature dynamic tripod grasp, while some are simply using a regular pencil without any gripper at all. My friend Jasmine who has a severe instability of her thumb joint tried a grotto gripper for a while which sort of helped, but new she is on a stetro gripper. Jasmine also uses as soft thumb splint (we're talkin' hot pink polypropylene) for additional joint stability.
To achieve this kind of change, the child needs to use the twist 'n write all the time so that a new motor plan can take shape when writing. This usually takes 1-4 months. I always leave 2-3 pencils with the teacher for spares/backups and one to go home with the student and I make sure i keep the teacher well stocked. The wonderful teachers I work with all support this growth!
Three cheers to the makers of the twist 'n write for this wonderful pencil. It has had such a positive impact on the lives of so many children I work with.


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Marta González-Lloret, PhD; University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Marta González-Lloret is a graduate of the PhD program in Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (2008). She is an Associate Professor in Spanish at the Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas and Affiliate Researcher in the Center for Advanced Study of Languages (CASL) at the University of Maryland. Marta's main area of interest is in CALL (Computer-assisted Language Learning) focusing on intersections of technology and TBLT (Task-based Language Teaching), technology and L2 pragmatics, and Conversation Analysis for computer-mediated interaction. Marta teaches courses in Spanish applied linguistics, pragmatics, second language teaching methodology, and several CALL-related topics, including a recent seminar on computer-mediated communication. She regularly trains DOE language teachers in Hawai'i and teachers from different ASEAN countries through the East-West Center in all aspects of CALL. She has published several chapters and articles on these topics and has given presentations in national and international venues. She has served/serves as area editor for "Pragmatics" in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (2012) and as editorial board of several journals, including CALICO Journal. Her most recent work, to appear in 2014, is Technology-mediated TBLT: Researching technology and tasks, a co-edited volume with Lourdes Ortega for John Benjamins' book series on Task-based Language Teaching.
Amy Schafer, PhD; University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Dr. Schafer specializes in psycholinguistics and spoken language processing, with particular attention to prosody/intonation and information structure (e.g., given, new, and focused information). Her interests include adult, child, native, non-native, and bilingual sentence and discourse processing in a range of languages (especially English, Korean, Japanese, and Austronesian languages). She is also exploring psycholinguistic topics in language documentation (field psycholinguistics), including detecting early signs of language endangerment (see the HALA Project) and attrition in heritage speakers. Much of her research is conducted in the College of LLL's Language Analysis and Experimentation Laboratories (LAE Labs), which she co-founded in 2001 and co-directs, and which contain facilities for recording, subject running, freehead eyetracking, and other common experimental tasks. Professor Schafer regularly teaches LING 412, an undergraduate introduction to psycholinguistics; LING 640Y, a graduate introduction to psycholinguistics; LING 632, a graduate introduction to experimental methods for language research; and seminars in psycholinguistics, including methods in eyetracking. One of her current projects examines prosody, event structure, and referential processing in native English speakers versus Japanese- and Korean-speaking learners of English.
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Make a Stick Horse from Old Jeans
Figuring out how to make a stick horse has been on my to do list for quite a while now, so I was thrilled to run across this amazing tutorial. The best part about it is that a) it's made from old jeans b) it's infinitely customizable and c) the creator of the tutorial is one of the best tutorializors out there. Ok, that's three "best parts" and one made up word, but, really, that's how awesome this tutorial is.
LiEr of ikatbag can pretty much sew anything from donuts to houses to play gardens with pickable fruit, and now she's made this adorable stick horse. Her directions are clear and her photos are bright and gorgeous. If you haven't discovered the wealth of knowledge and humor (you have to check out her "How to Buy Fabric with Small Children" post) that she generously shares at her blog, then go now. It's more fun than you can shake a stick horse at!
(Images: LiEr of ikatbag)
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My sister hit me on the head with one of these. It was taken out of the house.
I think this is awesome !! I'm bookmarking the tutorial and hope to do it for my son one day.


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I Used To Be Cool
Jessica Katz: So the other day, my husband mentioned the idea of moving to a suburb. I said I didn't want to live in suburbia. He looked at me and said, "I don't know why you think you're so Cosmo -- you're a mom now." It was true: I barely could stay up past 7:30 PM.
I agree! I have friends with no kids that will phone me up at 10pm to go out for drinks and um no…we would need to find a babysitter and then it ends up my husband and I can't go out together which sucks. They don't call anymore. I need about a days notice and they like to do things last minute like I used to.
I'm sorry you feel that way. Perhaps there are some social gatherings you and your husband can attend together?
I understand babysitters are tough to find nowadays and finances can barely stretch to accomadate for one. Maybe you and your husband can do trade offs, like one night he watches the kids while you go out with a friend, and then you do the same for him, and/or do friend baby-sitting swaps.
I hope you get some time to yourself soon!
Say, you would have been able to help me run the blog at least in the early stages
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Rated 3.7 out of 5 by 2110 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Scooter55 The Sheraton This hotel is in a great location for all the Broadway shows,Times Sq. and Central Park. It was quiet and convenient. August 23, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jennifer26 This hotel treats guests well I always return to the Sheraton because they are attentive to their guest's needs and respect their loyalty to the hotel. August 11, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ling01 Friendly and Welcoming Hotel I have stayed at this hotel several times and I always feel welcome. The staff is friendly and efficient. The hotel is conveniently located. Great value! I have 4 more trips booked in the upcoming year. Looking forward to my stays. August 22, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Eric79 Where to start..... - I requested an early check-in while making my reservation and was told it would not be a problem. Therefore, I took an early flight to NY only to find out that I could not check-in early. I had to sit around and wait for two hours. - I ended up going to get breakfast in the hotel restaurant and had to eat off the buffet because they don't offer a menu breakfast. It was OVERPRICED. $34 for a breakfast buffet and a 20% gratuity automatically added to my bill so the service was horrible. - Finally I was able to check-in and upon going into my room, the carpet was dirty. - The reason I was in NY was for business. I had a presentation to work on in the afternoon in my hotel room before evening events. It was IMPOSSIBLE to do concentrate due to the construction work. There was constant drilling for 3 hours and banging around. -The shower had hair in the tub and there was hair on the bathroom floor. - NO HOT water in my shower. - I went down to the front desk to ask to be moved to another room and the staff was RUDE and told me there were no other rooms and that I could check back later. I explained that IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY to inform people of the construction during the reservation process versus showing up and finding out. I feel like the least thing the staff could have done is offered to call me on my cell or in my room when another room became available. I was paying $450 a night for the room, the least thing they could have done is acted like they appreciated their customers/guests. - I woke up the next morning at 7 am to more banging from the construction. It could have at least waited until 8 am. - I went down to the front desk and asked to be moved to a new room that had hot water, a clean bathroom/tub and a room away from construction. I had to wait a few hours to get this room. - In my new room, the shower drain was not working properly so I was standing in over ankle deep water. HORRIBLE experience, staff, hotel, food and I could go on. So bad, that my boss had a business trip the following week and had a reservation at this hotel. She cancelled it and will be staying some other place. I will NEVER stay at this property again unless they have some serious management changes and train their staff to be more courteous! December 10, 2011
Rated 1 out of 5 by GreatExpectations Service is sadly lacking Location is fabulous and the travel and tours representative was helpful. That is all there is to like about this Sheraton. It is one of the most expensive sheraton I have stayed in, but one with sadly lacking service. I cannot believe that your priority number 1 is guest satisfaction. I had to call front desk for service. I called three times and each tme the phone rang till it went dead. The operator who transferred the call was indifferent and almost rude! We stayed on club floor and used the club lounge. The lounge was crowded, dirty and the food serving were not very enticing. The lobby was often crowded. Even as a platinum member we had to wait in line for about 20 mins to check in. Thre were lines for every service - concierge, travel and tours, checked baggage. Could you not put more people to reduce waiting time? We had a room with a toilet that did not flush well. Surely housekeeping would have noticed it but did not report it. December 14, 2011
Rated 1 out of 5 by Jimtraveller Location is the saving grace of this hotel Where shall I start? Booked four nights for our stay in NYC, to celebrate my dad's 75th birthday. Requested the suite night upgrade months ago, when we checked in our room, without any upgrade at all! Club lounge was super crowded and chaotic, feels like in a refugee camp during the labour day long weekend. People cutting lines and grab food right in front of you. Reflected that to hotel management, and basically was told that they were not about to do anything about it. You are hotel management, manage it! Front desk never opened my files on their record so that we could get the internet access from our room. Called four times, and everytime, we got passed on to anther phone line, finally ended somewhere as a call centre in India. And sure enough, the accounting department screwed up the bill and charged us $14.95 for the internet access that was supposed to be free for a platinum guest. So had to spent another 10-15 minutes waiting in line and sorted it out at the front desk. So what else do I need to say? Not recommend at all! So we will definitely stay at another starwood hotel next time when we visit NYC. September 7, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by Lotta This hotel was a disappointment I am a SPG Platinum memeber, but was not treated as this: - No upgrade with check-in - No room at "SPG guest floor" - Had to talk to management to get a room on the "SPG guest floor" - No help with my luggage (2big, big bags) - Called the VIP manager 5 times, always busy and never called back - Always problem when logging on to internet - error message = "You are not a registered guest at this hotel". I can accept this once but when it happens every time I logged on.........and everytime I jad to talk to technical support - Breakfast at the club = a big mess no tables, no bagels, no youghurt etc, etc, and the reason for this was that people after eating their breakfast also took 5 - 6 bagels and youghurt to go. No reaction from management. September 7, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by shahrazz Dont expect good service or SPG benifits I have stayed at the hotel once a month for a average of 10 days a month. At no time do they recognize you as returning guest or offer you a welcome. They will never upgrade you stating they are always full. Yet I have been next to many other Platinum Members who do get upgrades. The staff at reception are the worst you will see in any Starwood hotel, there a few exceptions but sadly I always get the miserable ones. (this is a understatement how rude they can be) Do managers help when you complain not all they don't communicate with one another. You end up telling the same story three times The hotel will never give you the details of the General Manager as I would like him or her to be aware of the problems a regular guest has at his hotel. October 5, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by PSS1 Off the street or Platinum member...I don't think they cared Let me say that I am a big fan of the Starwood properties and have been a platinum member for several years. However, the disparity in of service received at the various properties needs focus. I might as well had walked in off the street and begged for a room at this hotel. First of all, upon checking in I was told there were no upgrades available and I would be required to stay on a low floor with zero view. Fine. Not a big deal. However, my floor was on a separate elevator bank than the lounge. So I had to travel all the way down and back up to go to the lounge. Not a huge deal, but you would think they could accommodate me on the same set of floors with a common elevator bank. Secondly, the TV did not work well in my room (the picture was fuzzy). I told the desk, but it was never fixed. In addition, my room was conveniently located near the elevator and across from the ice machine to make for a very noisy background and it looked like every room on the floor had a paper in front of their door in the morning except my room. The final kicker was when it started to rain and I had to run out for a meeting. I called guest services and the Concierge to get an umbrella. Apparently there was not a single umbrella in the hotel to lend to a platinum guest. Maybe someone should be sent out to buy a dozen for a rainy day. Good idea? None of these items are a big deal in the large scope of things, but this lack of small services is a far cry from the type of attention paid to valuable customers at other properties. May 29, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by Rjacot HORRIBLE Thank you for letting me share my HORRIBLE experiences with the Sheraton Towers in Times Square. Upon walking into my first room on the 25 floor (after a long day at work) the FIRST thing I saw was BLOOD on the wall - BLOOD!. It was not a lot but JUST the fact that there was BLOOD on the wall completely freaked my out - AND grossed me out. I mean, if there is blood on the wall that NO ONE cleaned, then what else have they NOT cleaned. I get a second room. This room was still dirty - totally covered with food on the walls. Then to top it ALL off on my third (and last night) with the Sheraton, I had a HORRIBLE wake up at 11:30pm when security pounded on my door yelling "get up, who's in this room". Again I was SO freaked out. I didn't open the door but asked "why". All he said back was "call the front desk and tell them who's in the room". I was so confused because I had been in the room for two nights already. I called down and the front desk proceeded to tell me that my name 'wasn't' on a reservation' and therefore security was doing a check. WHY would they do this; a) at 11:30pm and WHY would they not have CALLED my room at an earlier time to verify!. Overall worst hotel experiences I've ever had. I will never stay there again and please know that I will be sharing this with my company who booked off the block of rooms. December 4, 2011
Rated 1 out of 5 by MusicMan Terrible check in experience After two flights and an extremely long day of work in NYC I arrived at The Sheraton to have 1000 kids and families running around the lobby and hallways of the hotels. I got on the Platinum Preferred line and there was 5 people in front of me (only one person working the check in desk). To the right of me on the regular line was 2 people working and about 8 people on line. It took over 35 minutes before I event got up to the desk to check in....(The other line of 8 people was already was all done by the time I got up to the preferred counter). Then when the front desk person started to check me in they couldn't find me a room so they said hold on and ran to the back to talk to the manger. I turned around and looked at everyone else in line (also extremely upset about how long they has been waiting to check in and how understaffed this hotel was). When the front desk person finally came out 10 minutes later I said....Is there a problem? He said they only had limited rooms left and that the manager had to assign them....(35 minutes in total I finally got my key)...I actually clocked this on my iphone because I hung up with my wife when I finally got to the desk. I asked to speak with a manager and she said "Im sorry we are having problems tonight and were adjusting and gave me a nasty look"....Thats is....No offer of bonus check in points, no room upgrade, no we will send a bottle of wine to your room....no SPG Platinum acknowledgement! I stay in 100+ rooms a year, this was on my top 10 worst..... AND TO ADD TO IT ALL....the whole night there were kids running through the hallways screaming and the walls to the hotel were paper thin..... Not the best experience......For other business travelers out there, I know you know what I mean here.... July 13, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by LandedSPG My First impression: Terrible....but maybe not for you. Here is the thing: this could have been a solid recommendation by me. However, it started off bad and didn't get better. The positives are that generally speaking this is a decent priced hotel for how close it is to Time Square and Central Park. Also, note that the parking is not super expensive relatively speaking to what other hotels charge. And that's where the positives end. As a PLAT member I did not get upgraded to even a better room not to mention a suit or anything! I know what the standard cop-out message by all hotel responses is: "it's based on availibility" and although that's true, more often than not if you argue long enough during check in, you get some kind of upgrade which only means that it's actually based on "who wants it more" instead of legit availibility. Whenever I have to argue for an upgrade as a PLAT I already can assume the kind of hotel I am dealing with. So when I didn't get upgraded, it was not too much of a surprise to find out the PLAT lounge was closed for the weekend. Now since last year they've gone 24 hours, but when I went there, it was closed. So look, if the lounge is closed and I am not upgraded (and at the that time Internet was not FREE for PLAT's) what am I getting here for my loyalty? Nothing. Maybe since 2010 things have changed for the better, but when I stayed here for three nights in a row it was not a great experience. I had used starpicks otherwise I would have gotten out of there on the first night, but when you pre-pay for a hotel booking that you've never stayed in before, you run the risk of getting stuck. As a whole I recommend the place, barely. But be warned, there our better SPG alternatives all around you in NYC. This hotel does not meet the category 5 standards and should be category 4. December 7, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by AGiron Thank You Great Hotel and Awesome Staff. Our stay at the Sheraton Times Square was great. The room was clean and cozy. The views were incredible and the food delicious. Thank You Sheraton family for making our stay just beautiful. September 2, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rick65 Great Customer Service at the Front Desk Frequent business traveler to NYC! This trip was special due to an Anniversary. Asked the front office manager to help make it special and he did. Alex Fish was very accomodating and made sure it was a success. September 2, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by travelmom01845 Nice location and nice staff Reception was very nice and friendly. Bathroom sink was clogging because of the bad plumbing ... didn't expect that. Bed was confy but low level was too loud. Hard to manage reservation September 2, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by YoungNothing Great hotel - but didnt know club level charges for alcholholic drinks! Great hotel in great location we stayed at the Sheraton Times Square aug 21-24 2014. Anne-Marie the club supervisor welcomed us and made sure all was set with our accomodations. The lounge has a nice view of Times Square. The food was fine. However, after ordering two glasses of wine, I was surprised when the bartender advised these would be charged to my room. I have stayed at other non SPG hotel club levels and have never been charged for wines there! I had assumed all club levels were the same...I would stay again but not do the club unless they include complimentary wines. August 25, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by dlvmcg DLVreview The room was not ready as usual with this hotel. At 3 o'clock pm we were told the room was still not ready and they would call us if we would give them a phone number. In the past, we have given them a number and received no call from them. After a little complaining, they gave us our room. September 1, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Rocketgirl Nice large upgraded room, but... very filthy and lack of guest service response I've stayed at this hotel 3-4 times this summer and while I've had minor complaints in my last two stays (including one two days prior), this one takes the cake. For the record, I've contacted a number of guest service supervisors from the site to no avail. First the positive - loved the staffperson at check-in, who offered to upgrade me to a larger room overlooking Times Square. He did mention there was a Murphy bed (which I learned are not comfortable for me), but the view was fabulous. The negative - once I arrived in my room, the toilet was used and filthy. I called Housekeeping to come and clean the room, but nobody came by before I left for dinner, nor did anyone come by at all that evening or next morning. Second, there was a section of carpet that was sticky and filthy (imagine me stepping on this at 11 at night with my bare feet - ew!). Lastly, my favorite white blouse was ruined when I tried to iron it the next morning and found the plate was filthy with black and blue marks all over (which left the same permanent stains on my blouse - not removable even after using bleach and washing :( ). Oh, and the staff never emailed nor issued me my check-out folio so I can't get the hotel stay reimbursed by my company! I requested speaking with the supervisor upon checkout the next morning, and while the gentleman came by after a few minutes wait, he didn't offer his name nor did he take anything more than my room number. He promised to look into my account and email, but he never followed up that afternoon. I have since written to multiple guest services supervisors/assistants at the Sheraton (and the Westin down the street where I stayed the previous night) over the past week to no avail. I'm very very disappointed, especially as a SPG member, and have to recommend AGAINST staying at this hotel. A shame, since my experience with Sheratons and Westins has always been positive in the past. August 19, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 Very Disappointing Stay After reading the many poor reviews I tried twice to reach out to this hotel prior to my arrival to prevent any issues. NO response from the hotel. I then emailed the eConcierge, who contacted the hotel on my behalf. Upon check in. I received a dirty room, with the toilet paper holder falling off the wall. The amenity for the wedding surprise as promised by the eConcierge was never delivered. I emailed pics to the GM and the eConcierge and am suppose to get a follow-up from the GM. I will repost after that. Other than location - which is awesome, stay away from this SPG property! December 15, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Cisco6810 Very Disappointing Stay I have stayed at the New York Sheraton multiple times and mostly have had a great experience. I arrived early morning in NY and came to the hotel to check in (10:30 am). My room was unavailable and that is OK... I left my bags and then went off to meetings... I arrived back at the hotel to find that I was in a very small room, (no upgrade), the room was not very clean, there were no bottle water or any reference to me being a Platinum member. I tried to reach the desk and was waited for several minutes... I took a Fuji water out of the mini bar to take some med's and when I got my bill I was charged $8.00 for a small bottle of water... I walked away from this experience feeling like i was robbed Very Disappointing October 18, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by NewYorkCajun Great Location This hotel is Excellent location. It was very comfortable and nice. The staff was very friendly and helpful with everything I needed. The bell boys were very friendly and helpful with directions also. August 15, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by EW2011 Check in and baggage handling not good 1. Zero recognition of SPG Platinum status by hotel staff 2. $3.50 baggage storage is insulting 3. 30 min+ wait for check-in (Front desk staff was terribly understaffed at 5:00pm) 4. Overall first floor staff attitude is terrible December 15, 2011
Rated 1 out of 5 by GoHokies This Hotel needs major renovation I stayed at this hotel numerous times, only because I had a cheaper corporate rate. Otherwise I would never stay here with my own money. This hotel needs major major renovation throughout and should not command such a high price. The rooms are very tiny and you feel so cramped in 250sq ft. And it feels very outdated and it is very old. They really need to renovate the bathroom and the room. Only thing nice about this hotel is the location. November 21, 2011
Rated 1 out of 5 by Manju Unacceptable We walked into an uncomfortably hot, muggy room upon arrival. Turned off the heat but noticed there was no air. Called downstairs and they said they would send someone up. No one ever came up. I caught an employee passing by in the hallway (since we had the door opened, trying to get some cool air in the room) and she came in and stood on the desk to open the window, she also said she would send someone up with a fan and that never happened either. None of us got any sleep because having a window wide open in NYC can be pretty loud! Customer service was terrible. I would not recommend this hotel. The location is perfect but you can't get any sleep. Way to hot and bad customer service. December 4, 2011
Rated 2 out of 5 by MarcoPolo1450 Another disappointment Free internet access sessions in the lobby are limited to 45 mins; internet connection in the room is charged. Faster and unlimited internet available at nearby coffee shop. Hotel charges to store luggage even for a few hours after check out. When my personal belongings were transferred by hotel staff to another room several items were lost & never recovered. Valet trousers returned with loose button that housekeeping provided a needle and cotton to fix as they would not sew it on securely. There were no envelopes, writing paper nor postcards in the room although there was a small notepad and pen provided. Not to mention the problem with the first room….Another disappointing experience. September 11, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by millce1 Smelly Room, Uncomfortable Bed I walked into the room and immediately noticed a smell of mildew covered up by industrial cleaner, coming from the bathroom. Since it was already late and I was staying in the room less than 12 hours total, I didn't complain to the front desk. If I were staying any longer, I would have, and I'm not the complaining type. I also assumed that all the rooms would have this nasty smell. In addition, the bed was very uncomfortable and incredibly squeaky. Given that I had paid over $400 for the room, I was very underwhelmed. August 25, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Nightmare811 cancelled reservation Imagine arriving in NY city with your 14yr old daughter, and having the Sheraton representative tell you, "Your reservation was cancelled!". I felt so disappointed, so scared and that feeling of being alone! I booked the hotel in October 2011 as we were going to a dance competition. Circumstances changed, so I changed the reservation by phone, and the reservation clerk, "Dave"said the reservation number was the same as original one. No mention was made that I would be charged for one night in addition (even when I specifically asked about this). I also called many times(at least 6) to ensure the date was changed appropriately, (I was cut off, I was told to call "customer care"and was told everything looked ok before we left) spoke to Martha and Jason.Manager James Green was able to rectify everything in the end, thank goodness, but bring copies of reservation especially if you change anything. July 15, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Lem52 Great Location, Great Value, Older Hotel Sheraton's attempt to update this hotel is obvious, and they did a great job, but the bathroom is still small and the computer data port is still makeshift. Otherwise, its a very good place to stay and I will return in a heartbeat. The service is excellent and I highly recommend the Sunday brunch. The room was clean and the bedding was very comfortable. 5th Ave is a ten minute walk in one direction, Central Park is ten minutes in another direction and Times Sq is a five minute walk in a third direction. The subway line with direct connection to Penn Station and the World Trade Center is right outside the door (be wary of the four flights of steps if the subway escalator isn't working - good cardio exercise, though). August 22, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by TorontoTraveller Terrible Service On arrival I had a very unpleasant experience with the parking staff, & when I complained on registration, both the front desk clerk & then the front desk manager failed to take any responsibility, stating merely that the parking valets did not work for them, in spite of the fact that I was paying the hotel for the parking. The general manager was supposed to call me but never did. They appear not to realize that this is essentially a service industry. This initial experience soured my entire stay. September 9, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by LGG1776 The Worst Starwood Hotel On All Levels! When we arrived at the hotel, the bellman who took our bags from the curb to the lobby (less than 100 feet) said, "This is where it ends for me", while hinting to be tipped! The hallways, our bedroom, and worst of all, the bathroom, smelled like mildew and sewer. Is this what they considered to be renovated and refreshed?! Every morning, there were employees outside our door engaging in obnoxiously loud conversations. I even peeked outside to see what was going on, but they just glanced at me then kept on with their rants about management and other staff! So unprofessional! The lobby was always crowded and loud like a train or bus station. We've stayed at numerous hotels around the world with top-notch facilities and staff. And we're from Las Vegas, where tourism is our bread and butter and excellent customer service is the norm. This hotel lacks all of that and more. July 20, 2014


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Something caught my eye last week: namely, an unintentionally hilarious moral lecture from the John Burkhalter for Lieutenant Governor campaign. Burkhalter's campaign teed off on an idiotic comment made by a GOP activist, Johnny Rhoda, claiming that Hillary Clinton would "probably get shot" if she campaigned in Arkansas. Here's Burkhalter's statement: John Burkhalter knows Arkansans - regardless of political party- abhor violence in our politics and our communities. Those are the Arkansas … [Read more...]
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You may have heard about the kerfuffle earlier this week at our legislative luncheon on the "private option." One state senator was apparently aghast to learn that one of our experts from the Heritage Foundation hadn't read the most recent version of the legislature's Medicaid expansion bill, arguing that he obviously therefore couldn't have any informed comments on the matter. In fact, this revelation prompted him to storm out of the room in protest. It also resulted in a Twitter war between … [Read more...]
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Despite loving to raise hell on the streets of Los Santos, TheSource2100 and his Crew Psycho Anarchy really seem to look after their own. These guys are seriously organized – with a dedicated website (www.psycho-anarchy.com), Facebook page, and coordinated Crew meetings.
"Looking for potential members to add to my Crew. We're PSN based and we have a decent amount of active members. We hold occasional meetings and also participate in Crew-only activities & sessions. We love to cause chaos & mayhem. But, we do have respect for one another. We prefer you to have a mic and be fairly active with the Crew. For more info, check out our Crew page and request an invite if you're interested in joining Psycho Anarchy."
All about flexing speed and skill after the checkered flag waves, -Rik96- and his roster of ravenous racers the Apex Stalkers Crew have created an almost-300 strong squad (between both their PS3 and their Xbox 360 branches) of speed demons. The Apex Stalkers ("The Clean Racing Crew") host their own forum for member discussion and have begun scheduling regular road runner meets. They're also heavy on Snapmatic and the Content Creator with 3,000+ photos taken and 527 total Jobs created as of press time..
"Any clean racers out there are encouraged to join! Just note that we will be watching for dirty drivers, Crew killers, and general trouble making. Promotions are also handed out for instances of helping team mates, clean racing, good performances, and most of all, activity on the official forum.
Rules: Just try to respect your fellow racers, we all know the occasional scrape can be fun when under pressure but no deliberate ramming.
Games: Primarily racing. Please guys, avoid grinding criminal records and such... It's not a rule but I'm sure we're not here to grind.
We do also love other game modes, all in the name of fun, for example, proximity skydiving is a bit of a trend atm.
We have recently switched to invite only so that we only get the most active and dedicated members.
The process to join is:
Sign up on our forum.
Post a request to join in the recruitment section.
We will organise to run some races with you there to see if you're a good fit for the Crew.
If you are a good fit, then we invite you!
Open at the moment, but may go the way of invite only when numbers get big, this is to ensure we only have active members taking up our spots."
http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/apex_stalkers (PS3)
http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/apex_stalkers_xb (360)
The 63-member Damned Legion MC has been actively assigning Hierarchy ranks and delegating responsibilities amongst their motorcycle enthusiast clique. These guys know the key ingredient for any Crew is solidarity. To that end, they've launched a dedicated site (with a redesign on the way) to keep their members updated and encourage respect amongst their ranks. In the words of Crew Representative El_Goobong420:
"The essence of a good motorcycle Crew is Brotherhood, Unity, Strength. The essence of a GREAT MC is all of those plus one more ingredient ... YOU!!! The Damned Legion MC knows exactly what you've been wanting in this Crew business. Fun--Unity--Brotherhood--Active--Reliable.. Yeah, that's right; it's FUBAR that such an awesome Crew can exist. And it does exist! All it needs is you, you, and YOU!!!
Come check it out, like what you see. If you want we'd even be willing to friend you for a hang around if you really want to try before you ride. It's a great family of GTA outlaws that is ever growing. Link for our club is below! Go now!!"
The self-proclaimed "band of misfits" known as The Crystal Maze Crew and led by the charismatic beccazombie certainly seems like a good time.
"!!! Join The Crystal Maze, you muthas!!! Are you ready for the sexiest Crew in the universe? Our merry band of misfits will shower you with Top Fun and Water Sports and you will f*cking love it, you filthy beggars.
1. We like mics, so that you can hear our dulcet tones!
2. Must know the words to Barbie Girl by Aqua.
3. If you don't smell like Gamestation, you're not doing it right (mix of hot refuse and teenage angst)."
Finally, this Noticeboard edition's featured Crew recruitment videos come to us via The 4 Wolves Crew and the 44Bullets Crew who've both put together some pretty compelling visuals to underscore their squads' strengths.
The 4 Wolves are a proud quartet led by W1ldthing93 and Commissioners b3ndaniels, imentalist and R4BiDR400N – but they're now looking to create a larger Crew appropriately called the 4 Wolves Army. Watch their promo video below to see if you want to be down.
"Grand Theft Auto 5 Crew promo video, showing the 4 wolves and what we like to do.
We will be taking on members for a new clan called the 4 Wolves Army
Special thanks to The 4 Wolves, Deejayanthon and R*."
The 44Bullets are a long-running group that's been stunting on YouTube since GTAIV. Their Social Club Crew now has 72 members and counting, so if you're all about death-defying, jaw-dropping flights of fancy – you might want to align yourself with these pre-eminent showoffs.
"We are a GTA stunt Crew who makes YouTube videos and currently are about to reach 2 million views. We have been GTA fans throughout the whole series of games and started making stunt videos back from GTA4. Currently we are at 70 members and we are now looking to expand on that with people who are like-minded and have high skill levels when it comes to gaming. We are all mature gamers and we do not just stunt we also produce music in real life and are connected to some of the best artists around with our productions. When it comes to people trying to mess with us while recording, we still like to wipe them out together if they come with that intent and we all have very high ranks and k/d ratios.
If you are interested in being a part of this as we cross the 2 million mark milestone then click my name and send a message or apply to be in our Crew 4T4B from that page and I will respond asap. Looking forward to seeing you in our future videos and If you would like to watch one of our newest videos and songs then click this GTAV montage below. Cya soon.. hooorah!"
Share what your Crew is about with the community in the comments section below. We only ask that you don't spam (one post per Crew - and that includes pasting the same recruitment message in multiple articles). Please keep all such recruitment comments strictly on this and future Crew Noticeboard articles. This is also an ideal opportunity to show off your Crew pride with any fun group Snapmatic pics, Crew Creations or awesome gameplay vids that show everyone why your squad is the place to be or the team to beat. Remember to leave a link to your Crew's Social Club page so that you're easily spotted by those looking to answer your call.
- 3 days, 18 hours agoOnly for PS3 members only!
Do you wan't to be in a military themed crew? Then this is the best of the best crew to be in. Join US army PSN to be the best military themed crew around, you won't regret it. There are some Rules that you will have to follow and a uniform you will have to wear when you are on duty. We have patrols every day, so we are always an active crew. Join now! Or if you are even more skilled we will let you into our special forces which branch of the US army PSN, these include: US Army Ranger and 528TH SOSB PSN! Join Join Join.
- 4 days, 21 hours agoWe are crew that does not run. We have each others backs we like to have fun and cause trouble. We are rebel without a cause. We rain down hell opon on those that do any of us harm. Come join an cool bunch of people. Looking for anyone wanting to have fun and grow with us to the top the leaderboards.
- 5 days, 13 hours agoLooking for some recruits for my crew Phantom Evil. My crew is not a big crew at all but im looking to expand. Don't have to wear crew colours how ever I like to wear camo to suit surrounds to give me the advantage. Crew is for people just looking to have loyal backup and to progress through the game and of course MONEY. No cheats!!
- 1 week, 1 day agoJoin our crew, relentless monsters (we full of energy). No need to dress a certain way or have your cars a certain colour, there is only one rule with relentless monsters and that's to have fun and enjoy yourself. So if your lonely, just want extra xp points for being part of a crew or just want to experience our crew come join relentless monsters, remember in our crew you can still be free to be you.
- 2 weeks, 3 days agoIf you are a mature PSN/XBOX gamer then check us out at http://speceliteoutlaws.wix.com/seos
- 2 weeks, 6 days agoThe Loa MC will be taking new recruits this weekend. Hit us up @ theloamc.weebly.com/
- 3 weeks, 1 day agolevel 119, looking for active crew. looking to take part in role playing, drag races, etc, very active and have mic, hit me up on xbox. GETTY92
- 3 weeks, 1 day agoThe new kid on the block WarHawksMD will be recruiting we are just starting and are going to be a power house join up or get out of the way.
- 1 month agonow recruiting The Monarchs,
we are an empire on the rise born from the ashes of Los Santos and on the rise
211 crew members crew color is gold must be active preferred you have a mic but sometimes silence is best, If you are not trained in all guns a trainer will be assigned to you till you are up to par with the rest of the team, A chain is only as strong as its weakest link,
Any level welcome
No team killing trust me the rest will kill you immediately..Loyalty at all times
Aside from training and competitive killing we're very calm we organize car shows , drag races , aerial acrobatics you name it, so if your interested send a message will get you hazed
- 1 month ago@LegionxTheFallen "Pain is merely weakness coming out the body"
- 1 week, 6 days ago@LegionxTheFallen I wanna fight ur crew, all by my self just to see ur all talk lol I'm on Xbox360 crono321
- on August 31 2014, 6:18pmOFFICIAL JUGGALO FAMILY CHAT Xbox & PlayStation GAMERS PROMOTION
Interested in joining a Role Playing Gamers Club of Juggalos? Our Mission is to be one of the largest, but FAMILY BASED Crews in all MMP & MMO lobbies, and ending everyone in it, including Jugghoes. If you sound a little interested, read on below!
Crew Name: Juggalo Family.
Crew Color: Neon Green.
Crew Count: 465 Members.
Crew Logo: RIDDLEBOX EMBLEM Currently.
Crew Vehicle: Your Choice.
1) The Golden Rule. DO NOT, kill any fellow crew members in open lobbies. In closed private lobbies, RESPECTFULLY challenge them with ABSOLUTELY NO Blind-Siding. We have 0 tolerance for that.
2) We do NOT have to be your ACTIVE CREW. if you have other crews you can be in them, NO PROB, just make sure to switch to the JUGGALO FAMILY CREW when running with us.
3) Talk as much trash to outsiders as you wish but at your own risk. We love to push people out of lobbies and I personally tolerate all trash talk but no racism or making fun of disabilities, making accustions without proof or harassing children.
Yes, f*****g with people is HUGE part of the game, but there IS a limit, and no reason to go "Close-To-Home" on ANYONE, ESPECIALLY YOUR FELLOW JUGGALOS & JUGGALETTES.
1) Must be at least 13 years of age to 17 with Guardian Permissions or older.
2) Must have a Linked Accounts for promotion. No Facebook, No promotion.
3) Extras: As i said before, we are mostly JUGGALOS, REAL JUGGALOS & those that are DOWN WITH TH CLOWN, Running in REAL FAMILY of JUGGALOS & TECHNICIANS, pushing people out. We also make videos with HAUPPAUGE, recording EVERYTHING we do for us & the world to see! Still not enough? We have an AWESOME website that is in the BETA STAGE that has a text and LIVE Video Chat Room & you can help us out with it too!
Interested? Either message me via Xbox, HiighbriiD_Lo or SocialClub HiighbriiD Lo, or hit up our Page:
While checking out our Official page
- on August 31 2014, 5:16pmMost Stalked, Imitated, Hated On Family From Streets Of Los Santos, Thru Sao Paulo To Liberty City!
We are NOT a gang, We Are A FAMILY of JUGGALOS Holding "IT" down in Los Santos, Liberty City & San Paulo.. If YOU wanna' be down with the Clown, WE are NOW RECRUITING!
We are a ROLE PLAYING CLUB with Website at www.juggalofmilycrew.com
- on August 30 2014, 9:21amI'm looking for a crew, that has only a small amount of people, but I want cool people not 10 year olds.. I'm looking for respectful people, no cheaters, Just a decent crew..Xbox360 I want to ride in gangs, I want it to involve roleplay as well as killing people in a lobby, thats the type of crew I'm looking for..
- 3 weeks, 2 days ago@OfficiallyRated join the penny og's today, if you own a pimped futo, instant promotion, small crew looking to expand.
- on August 27 2014, 6:37pmI am looking 4 anyone who would like to join my crew, X 501st X. It is a crew of players just looking to, we'll, play GTA 5.
- on August 26 2014, 1:38pmInterested in joining a Crew that is based around killing people? Well no pun intended, but Player Killers sounds great for you. We are all based around going into public lobbies, and murdering everyone in it. If you sound a little interested, read on below!
Crew Name: Player Killers.
Crew Color: Black.
Crew Count: 488 Members.
Crew Logo: A B.A. looking Punisher Skull.
Crew Vehicle: Any Street Bike. Not required, but its what we majority prefer.
1) The Golden Rule. DO NOT, kill any fellow crew members unless you challenge them, this rule has 0 tolerance.
2) We must be set as your active crew, if you have other crews that your in for friends/fun, you can be in them, just make sure to switch to us when you plan on running with us.
3) Keep it Clean. Even though we like to push people out of lobbies, I personally do not tolerate trash talk. Yes its apart of the game, but theres a limit, and no reason to let cannons loose from the get go.
1) Must be 17 years of age or older. This is for maturity reasons mostly. Some exceptions may be made.
2) Must have a working Mic. For communication. No fun talking to a wall.
3) A Positive KD. Don't know what yours is? Go into game(online). Press start, go to online>Players>Your name, and itll say, otherwise you can go under "Stats>Combat" to look.
4) Level 100+ (This is mostly so you have majority of the Guns, and hopefully a decent sized Bank to sustain your ammunition costs). Some exceptions can be made.
Extras: As i said before, we are mostly a Public Killing crew. Running in gangs pushing people out. We also however, do TDM, Grind Missions together, hold bike rallies (Why we have street bikes as our crew vehicle), Go off roading/mudding, car shows, and epic old western duels with pistols. Still not enough? We are currently working on a website to keep everyone organized, plus we are also "testing" a Phone App that can be accessed through the Computer as well. This app, "GroupMe" Is like a chat room where we can all talk and coordinate into parties faster.
Interested? Either message me via Xbox, SocialClub, or hit up our Page:
- on August 21 2014, 12:50amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxi4zTQKxds Join lgtakers this crew is based off of respect and loyalty if thinking bout mvoing up earn it. also coming out with gta seeason series if you wanna spot in it you gotta earn plain an simple
- on August 18 2014, 8:24amJoin: UK mafia elite (UKME)
crew colour: aqua blue
we are a crew who tries to get the best out of the game earning money and doin deathmatchs and races and towards the end of the night sit in free mode taking on the rest of the people in are lobby. We only except people in uk but will make the exception for Americans who no what there doin when it comes to obliterating there opponent. So join there mainly six or more in same game every night!
- on August 15 2014, 10:36amPlayboyplayers is recruiting we are a fun laid back crew we help each other out and help u rank up fast also and help u get money for low ranks that is if interested send me a message this is for ps3
- on August 15 2014, 10:32ami was wondering how do u put up that ur crew is recruiting cause my crew is recruiting
- on August 15 2014, 8:11amlooking for new members to join my crew! plenty of crew challenges, crew video's and plenty of carnage. i aim to be a good leader to all members giving every one a chance to take part in every thing we do.
No killing other crew members
non active crew members will be removed
a crew member must help out a fellow crew member if they are in trouble
crew colour must be active during crew and car meets
no player is to be invited unless a crew member has permission
anyone who goes against us will be instantly removed
I want MoRe FIRE 47'z to be a good firm crew in the gta online world
built on respect and power
i want people to enjoy being apart of the crew
it could be a crew cruise or a crew on crew battle what ever we get up to its going to be epic.
free roam carnage with plenty of video footage!
if you want to join us send me a message and request to join. PEACE!


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- NanaDiana said...
Holly, That looks great. Glad ONE chair survived the kids and the fire pit. lol Painting was the perfect fix for it. Your porch looks really great. I love the pop of red there. xo Diana
- 20:59
- marty (A Stroll Thru Life) said...
Oh I love your porch too and I love the rocker and your painted chair. Both are fabulous.
- 21:04
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
One thing I don't have is a nice outdoor area. I hope we fix that soon. I love the way your red door pops.
- 21:23
- Gee Singh Newbanks said...
Jealous of your front porch. Growing up, we always had a n8ce deep covered front porch, and in some homes, a back one as well. I surely miss it.
The pop of red with the neutrals.. so pretty!
Psssttt... luving the wine redo chair. :)
Hugs, Gee
- 22:32
- Inspire Me Heather said...
What a beautiful porch, so welcoming! I like your rocking chair too and that pillow does go so well with your door!
- 07:08
- Gail said...
Oh Holly, your outdoor space is beautiful! I can't wait to get started on mine but I'm waiting for all the nasty pollen to fall. Enjoy your day, Gail
- 07:47
- Grammy Goodwill said...
I've wondered how you like the move to VA. This past weekend was beautiful here in Roanoke, but rain is coming for the week. We're trying to get our deck painted but I don't think that will happen this week.
I love your front porch and how you have decorated it.
- 08:08
- ANNE said...
I'd live there too...
- 08:17
- 68b5222c-982f-11e3-bf4e-000bcdca4d7a said...
Holly I started reading your blog while you were in CT. I also live in CT - Fairfield - and we are going to VA the second weekend in May to start looking around for a house. My husband and I are both retired and we are looking for something smaller than what we have here. Any suggestions?
- 11:57
- chateau chic said...
Very attractive and inviting front porch, Holly! Love the pops of red.
Mary Alice
- 12:14
- Katie Mansfield said...
I bet the boys had a great time burning the chair in the fire pit. I love that Mazi can't stay out of the pictures. It means she wants to be where ever you are.
I love your chalk painted window.
- 21:35
- Angela Ryder said...
Love your porch!! I also have a covered porch and absolutely love it!!!~~Angela
- 22:56
- Pamela said...
I love your porch Holly and that Mazi!
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Artichoke and Sweet Garlic Bruschetta
Look for bottled garlic in jars in the produce section of your local supermarket. It's slightly sweet and mellow in flavor compared to minced fresh garlic. White balsamic vinegar is used when the flavor of balsamic vinegar is desired but the dark color is not. It's ideal for use in salads, pasta dishes, and sauces for fish and poultry.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 bruschetta)
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- 1 (9-ounce) package frozen artichoke hearts
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon bottled chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 (1/2-inch-thick) slices diagonally cut Italian bread (about 8 ounces)
- Preheat broiler.
- Cook artichokes according to package directions; cool and coarsely chop. Combine artichokes and next 8 ingredients in a bowl; stir well.
- Place bread slices on a baking sheet; broil 2 minutes on each side or until lightly toasted. Divide artichoke mixture evenly among bread slices. Broil 1 minute or until cheese melts.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Broil
- OCCASION: New Year's
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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Occupy DC's illegal tent city was raided yesterday–four months the Obamaville started. Largely overlooked by the mainstream media is that a police officer was struck in the face by one of the peaceful protesters.
Occupy Oakland held another march and amazingly, no one was arrested. But once again the leftists burned an American flag.
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- "Jeff" Zeldman outlines the history of blogging
- "Jeff" Zeldman discusses the future of open source
View early and view often. Happy watching and blogging.
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Dear New York Times Mobile
Dear New York Times Mobile Edition:
While we applaud your use of typographically correct punctuation—a cause we ourselves have long advocated—we'd appreciate it even more if you would do it like professionals. Author in Unicode, the cross-platform standard.
Please stop using proprietary Windows characters in a bumbling, amateurish attempt to generate typographically correct open and close quotation marks. It doesn't work cross-platform. Instead of nice quotation marks, the reader sees ASCII gibberish, making content harder to understand, and casting doubt on the credibility of the excellent reportage.
For less than you spent on WordPress, buy an iPhone or two, and let your editors and producers see what they are foisting on the public.
If you don't know how to set quotation marks, we have tutorials.
If you know how, but your CMS is wrecking things, maybe it's time for a new CMS.
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