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Charles Inn
- Address:
209 Queen St.
Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON L0S 1J0Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
Contemporary FrenchPrice: CAN$51 and over
Charles Inn
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.niagarasfinest.com/properties/charlesre
- Phone: 9054684588
- Hours of Operation:
Breakfast: Saturday - Sunday: 8:00 am - 11:00 am;
Lunch: Saturday - Sunday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm;
Dinner: Monday - Friday: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Saturday - Sunday: 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Contemporary French
- Executive Chef: Steve Sperling
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, BYO Liquor, Fireplace, Full Bar, High Tea, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), View, Wine, Wine Bar
A word from Charles Inn
The Dining Room is located in the old parlour and still features its original crystal chandeliers. The room is now painted a warm persimmon colour and offers comfortable upholstered banquettes and wing back chairs along with the more traditional dining chair. Whether taking afternoon tea and scones or savouring a multi-course meal prepared by Chef de Cuisine Steve Sperling, dining at the Charles Inn Restaurant is always special. Our wine list features the best that Niagara has to offer including a wonderful selection of ice wines to accompany that special dessert. During the warmer months, a candle lit dinner can be enjoyed on the side verandah which overlooks the gardens as well as North America's oldest golf course. After dinner, guests are welcome to enjoy a glass of port or ice wine or perhaps a specialty coffee in the adjoining lounge or sit on the verandah to enjoy the evening sky. The dining room is open seven days a week.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerRomantic
- Diners' Choice WinnerSpecial Occasion
- Diners' Choice WinnerMost Booked
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Charles Inn reviews from OpenTable diners
153 reviews since May 26, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.3
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (109)romantic (88)fit for foodies (80)great for outdoor dining (46)notable wine list (45)neighborhood gem (30)great for lunch (28)scenic view (19)good for groups (10)great for brunch (7)late-night find (4)kid-friendly (4)vibrant bar scene (3)hot spot (3)Show More
- Very impressedOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/20/2014Food was excellent (breakfast); staff extremely accommodating, friendly and helpful. Our friends were so impressed they hope to return next fall for a long weekend stay. Would recommend highly.Special Features:
- tasting menu reviewFoodiefanDined on 9/17/2014Highlight was the halibut course. The scallop I received in the first course was on the edge of overcooked; it tasted unseasoned. Underwhelming. My husband's was slightly better, but tstill not up tot eh standard I expect from the Charles Inn. The tenderloin was beautifullly cooked - great sear. The short rib with it was disappointing in the extreme. if I had ordered that as a dish, i would have sent it back. No flavour, a lump of meat that tasted boiled. Shockingly bad on a plate with such beautifully cooked tenderloin. My husband's was the same. The chocolate course was great, but there was far too much choclate at that point in a tasting menu. Half the size would still have been more than enough. The wine pairings were excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Gem in Niagara-on-the-LakeNewYorkersDined on 9/15/2014Great food, great presentation and atmosphere. We would highly recommend The Charles Inn for a special evening.Special Features:
- Enjoyed Charles InnDickBDined on 9/12/2014Dinner at the Charles Inn was a memorable experience in a town where great restaurants abound. The venue was extremely attractive; the food exquisite and the service impeccable. What's to complain about? Essentially nothing; the prices were somewhat high but that was of little consequence considering the grand evening we had. Would return in a minute!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good formal diningDavidDined on 9/12/2014I ate at the Charles twice this last trip. The restaurant was excellent and service superb. So why not five stars? The second time I dined I had the tasting menu, which was slightly disappointing. The halibut was served a tad too dry (pan seared rather than oven roasted-a tricky preparation even for those on the West Coast where halibut is a staple) and the wine pairing was nothing special. There are a few excellent wines in the Niagara region, but none were paired with the meal. But these are fairly small quibbles: the dinners were generally excellent. The rooms were kept quiet (thank you!!!). Both waiters were attentive but not bothersome and knew their menu and restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- We love this placeArtEDined on 9/11/2014We were guests for five nights in this wonderful Inn but had not booked dinner here because one of is a vegetarian who has not had good experiences with French food. However, for our fourth night, we changed our minds and booked dinner and were VERY HAPPY with extraordinary delightful creative meals. To our observation, this is not an example of heavy sauce pretentious French but very creative modern tasty food. My veggie soup was outstanding as were everything else served. Definitely coming back next time we head to the Shaw Festival in NOTL.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent Meal at Charles InnOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 9/10/2014I could not have been more pleased with my dinner at Charles Inn. The food, service, ambience (I sat outdoors on the verandah) were all excellent. The baby greens salad appetizer was delicious and was serviced with a local prosciutto and a tasty shaved cheese although I forget its name. My entree of sausage-wrapped pork tenderloin with bok choy was fantastic and paired well with a bottle of Southbrook cab-merlot. This is a great place for foodies and is conveniently located for the Shaw Festival theaters. I had avoided Charles Inn in the past because from the outside it looks a bit "stuffy", but it's not. I will definitely return here next time I am back in Niagara-on-the-Lake!Special Features:
- Showing some wearBCinDCVIPDined on 9/8/2014The best food in the region but the restaurant is showing some wear with stained and worn seat cushions and scuffed woodwork. Our service suffered due to another table enjoying a six-course sampling menu with wine pairings that the staff was just not able to manage. Still the best food in NOTL but service and ambiance has taken a hit.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tasting menu a delightOperabuffDined on 9/5/2014Took advantage of ordering the tasting menu and wine pairing. lovely. There was a nice variety of favors, textures, and colors with the Diver scallop, Quebec Foie Gras, the pan roasted halibut, the Ontario tenderloin and short rib. The wine service which accompanied my meal was a great way to be introduced to a number of Niagara escarpment wineries. Executive chef, Steve Sperling is a marvel. His use of the highest quality ingredients shows off Canada's bounty. Lovely farm and vineyard to table approach.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyed Charles Inn diningluvnycVIPDined on 8/30/2014We dined on the veranda out back with a marvelous view of the gardens. Lunch was scrumptious and the service was superb.Special Features:
- Very slow servicechasDined on 8/28/2014Especially for a restaurant where it could be expected many diners would be going to the theater afterwards, the service was intolerably slow. The delay between courses was consistently too long. The lowlight was over a 20 minute wait after the salads were removed. We arrived 15 minutes early and still had to depart without coffee or dessert in order to be sure we would get to our show on time. And we told our waiter when we first arrived that we had theater tickets; he assured is there would be no problem.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/28/2014Our favorite restaurant in Niagara on the Lake. Consistently high quality of food,excellent staff,excellent service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Anniversary DinnerKennethDined on 8/27/2014Came here for our 20th Anniversary Dinner, and it was great. Service was excellent and we had a view of the golf course, and of course the food was well served and fit the bill. May have consumed a bit too much wine but this is wine country. They made our evening special.Special Features:
- A good experiencebeviDined on 8/26/2014They dishes overall were good and were enjoyed. The location and ambiance is lovely. Options to eat outside. Disappointing that the steak and short rib dinner was without short rib. Since the menu is very small this dish is important. It is advertised as being prepared over 72 hours and we were the first people in the restaurant for the night so I couldn't understand how they didn't have the short rib! They would have known their quantities were low 3 days prior! They only deducted $3 for the omission to the plate! The bread basket (always a marker of a good restaurant) sported only a few bland dinner rolls. Interesting breads would have been appreciated.Special Features:
- nap1Dined on 8/25/2014One of the best meals ever! Our server Dylan was great and each course was better than the last!Special Features:
- Great EveningOutstandingDined on 8/24/2014Food was fabulous - service was great. Presentation of food was done with care and knowledge; Amanda our server was outstanding; timing of food was spot on. Very nice, old building with character and atmosphere. This is a great place for fine food, fine wine and great atmosphere.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Exceptional Food!food42Dined on 8/23/2014I honestly cannot remember the last time I enjoyed a meal as much as I did our dinner at the Charles Inn! Starting with a small sampler of a carrot and ginger soup, which was complements of the chef, you were left wanting more! I make my own gazpacho but their gazpacho left me wanting the recipe; it was the best I've ever had As well the pork meal we had left us without a morsel remaining on the plate. Service and ambience too were outstanding. Thanks for a very memorable evening. We can't wait until our next visit.Special Features:
- Did NOT like sitting on the porchSEBDVMDined on 8/23/2014Food wonderful, our server Amanda sweet/efficient, HATED being on the porch. Should have complained immediately, BUT, SINCE THE DINING ROOM WAS 1/2 EMPTY, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CHOICE. Arrived early for our 6 pm reservation. Unsmiling hostess said, "follow me" we did, walked right back past the dining room and she said " I'm seating you in our glass enclosure" IT WAS THE GLASS ENCLOSED PORCH. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE, EXCEPT FOR THE WAIT STAFF WHO KEPT THUMPING BACK AND FORTH PAST OUR TABLE GOING TO THE KITCHEN AND OUT TO THE PATIO. THE FLOOR SHOOK AND IT WAS VERY NOISY AND UNPLEASANT HAVING PEOPLE TROOP PAST OUR TABLE. Said something to Amanda, she indicated would have been seated in dining room if possible, so prob not!.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- meal qualitysunshineDined on 8/22/2014The sampler was enough for 2 seniors to share. Very enjoyable. The prime rib was good. There was over use of chick(?) peas as a vegetable. Wine list was extensive. Service was very good.
- NicknameVIPDined on 8/20/2014Charles Inn thinks its dishes are more sophisticated than they really are. I can't complain about anything, but I can't rave either. The restaurant's pretension suggests that the chef believes he's providing an experience grander than his actual accomplishment.
- consistent high quality diningCooksMateDined on 8/18/2014We have eaten at Charles Inn several times and have always enjoyed a high quality dining experience. Service is excellent. The food is creative and well-prepared. The atmosphere is formal but very friendly and not too noisy. The prices are fair given that NOTL is not a destination for cheap dining. The only minor suggestion I would make to management is the menu is a bit limited, although I suspect this results from a conscious decision to offer a smaller menu of excellent choices rather than dilute the quality with a larger menu. Nonetheless, Charles Inn is a top choice for dining in NOTL.Special Features:
- CharmdatCharlsDined on 8/17/2014was a great choice for my wife and I for our anniversary dinner. We sat at one of the window tables...most comfortable. While we did not do the 5 course wine pairings, Martin our phenomenal waiter did pair wines to the three courses we did choose.Special Features:
- Attentive, knowledgeable servicepaulluellaDined on 8/16/2014Our waiter made our dinner most memorable. Having said that, the food was quite memorable too. Fine dining, and priced accordingly. But the service was competent, nicely timed, and the food very nicely presented. No negatives at all. Will return when we are next in N-O-T-L.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A GemTonyDined on 8/15/2014Allan our waiter was excellent. His recommendations were very good. We both had fish and it was excellent. We were not hurried and had lots of time to get to our show. Very reasonably pricedSpecial Features:
- Great diner with friendspierrenicDined on 8/14/2014Our diner reservation for 6:30 p.m. on August 14, 2014 was on time. We had very good food and very good wine. We specialy enjoy the Gaspacho soup ( so different and so good) also the porc tenderloin was very good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ValOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/11/2014A truly "Fine" dinning experience. Tasting menu and wine pairing well worth the price!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- standout in NOTLacf767Dined on 8/9/2014delightful tasting menu, well-paired wines, a refined venue. Overall, a pleasant evening of fine diningSpecial Features:
- Will not returnFanLoverDined on 8/7/2014We were very disappointed. We had been to this restaurant one other time and loved it, but had a very mediocre dinner there due mostly to the service. Although our waiter was polite, he was extremely officious. After waiting more than an hour for our first course, he offered no apology or gracious explanation as to why the kitchen may have been backed up. It wasn't that crowded there, but he made no effort to engage himself to the customers including the ones at the table adjacent to us that sent back their halibut. Our meals were generally scrumptious, but it took two and a half hours for the three of us to dine, and we skipped dessert.Special Features:
- Lovely outdoor dinner!MINDYDined on 8/7/2014Our first night in NOTL after a long drive and we had such a lovely, relaxing dinner on their patio. My husband had the mushroom salad and I had the quinoa cake, both of which were inventive and delicious. For the main dishes I had the very rich and outstanding, upscale msc and cheese, my husband had the Shepherd's pie. Our server was so friendly and thoughtful- she even recommended a local gelato place for dessert!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Cool old restaurant.OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/5/2014Excellent food. Reasonably priced for the quality. Very cool old building.Special Features:
- Good choice on the main streetBmanVIPDined on 8/3/2014Our dishes were very good, our server was excellent. Great wine list of local wines. We sat in the dining room - apparently the menu on the porch is different
- Our 10th anniversary dinner.TravellerDined on 8/1/2014A must go for people that appreciate quality. The heritage building with its large verandas and beautiful gardens made it a very romantic place to have lunch. The food and the service were so good that we came back for dinner. My new favorite restaurant in Ontario.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ExcellentGlutton79Dined on 7/26/2014This place is old school elegance with a tonne of charm. The tasting menu, paired with Niagara wines, was absolutely delicious. Highly recommended for special occasions in particular.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great nightcocoeatsDined on 7/25/2014this was our second time dining at the Charles Inn and it was wonderful. We ( family of 4) sat on the verandah & it was a lovely night, view of the golf course. The service (Dylan) was very good, food amazing( presentation was excellent),wine even better... Would chhose this place next time we visit in the Fall.Special Features:
- Spoilt by serverKatysamVIPDined on 7/24/2014Beautiful dining room and exquisite food but the loud, intrusive, patronizing server really took the enjoyment away. We did not need a dissertation on the fact that champagne is only champagne if it comes from Champagne, our bill presented before it was requested, hovering over us with step by step instructions on how to work the credit card machine, nor the loud booming voice which could be heard all over the restaurant. We were really not interested in where the server lived, how he has a Nexus card, the comparative cost of items in the States and his sister's DUI (all relayed to a couple several tables way from us). Not what we expect in a fine dining environment.Special Features:
- A lovely dining experience!MouseMom39VIPDined on 7/24/2014We had two nights in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and based on excellent reviews, chose the Charles Inn for dinner before the theater at the Shaw Festival! The inn itself is lovely, and to be honest, I think we expected the food to be rather good, but a bit "old fashioned". Nothing could have been farther from the truth! The menu, though relatively small, was varied, and the food was fresh, expertly prepared, and the presentation was unrivaled! I would highly recommend dining at the Charles Inn!Special Features:
- Elegant diningDart76Dined on 7/19/2014Great tasting menu, expensive but fairly priced, wine pairings worked well, staff very enthusiastic and accommodating. Great dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great place in a tourist townShw21Dined on 7/18/2014Niagara-On-The-Lake is a great tourist town that hosts the Shaw Festival Theater. So it is a bit laid back. The Charles Inn restaurant is one of the more "formal" restaurants in town. That does not mean you need a coat and tie but you would not be out of place wearing either. However, the place is not stuffy. There is a relaxed quite atmosphere that goes with the great food. There is a limited menu with every item well done and most of the food is from local (at least Canadian) sources. Great wine list with virtually local winery represented. The wait staff is knowledgeable about both the food and the wine.Special Features:
- I cannot remember a better mealstevebVIPDined on 7/17/2014We went for a quiet dinner at 7:30 when no one is rushing to make it to the theater. The Charles Inn and grounds are lovely with a view of the gold course. The food was very good, well prepared and artfully presented. I especially liked the deconstructed French onion soup. My bowl arrived empty save for a bit of cheese, a dab of onion marmalade and a tortured, architectural "crouton". The boiling hot soup was added at the table. Smart new presentation. My roast chicken as accompanied by two forms of parsnips, while my wife's scallops had two forms of celeriac. I would like to have the five course tasting menu in the future.Special Features:
- Enjoyable eveninglaineyDined on 7/17/2014The food, service and ambiance perfect. Not a large menu, but what was offered was very tasty.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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We have our second daily winner in the Pixlr Holiday Photo Contest!
Inga shares a really snowy shot on Instagram that has a beautiful symmetry to it. She says it's a snowy road photo is from her visit home last weekend. Trips home for the holiday can make for some great photo opportunities, and we're thrilled she took the time to take such a nice photo and share it with us. A quick look at her other photos shows that she takes some pretty great photos.
Inga is chose a custom-made Blurb photo book for her prize. We'll be picking a winner every day until Christmas, so please keep those #pixlrholiday tagged photos rolling in.

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Weaponized Procrastination: DIY Radicalism Requires Risk →
I feel that if there is no real risk in what you're doing, it can't be DIY. To overcome the obstacles that we face, we need to really do it ourselves. Journal costs too high? Focus on open access institutional repositories, then federate search. Worried about patron privacy with specific vendor software? Contribute to the development of an open source alternative that manages privacy the way it should and refuse to use or integrate with systems that won't let us. Ebooks not available? Either roll out our own, or test the copyright law itself. Give out the books without DRM! We've not tried it yet, but wouldn't that simplify things greatly if we could? We act for the public good, or at least we should. There is a level of radicalism in the amount of DIY-ness that we could do, but aren't. But if we don't force change, together or separately, we'll lose what all our collaborations and associations have been able to carve out so far.
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Concord man identified as drowning victim pulled from Merrimack River by divers
Lacroix was fishing on the Merrimack River in Concord near Sewall's Falls when witnesses told authorities that Lacroix spotted a plastic bag floating down the river, according to Fish and Game.
Lacorix began wading into the river to retrieve the bag and when he was about 60 feet from shore, he came across a three-foot drop off in the river. He was unable to get back to shore and went below the surface of the water and didn't resurface.
At about 2:05 p.m., the Concord fire and police departments, Marine Patrol and Fish and Game were notified. Concord Fire and Marine Patrol personnel conducted shoreline searches of the immediate area, but were unable to locate Lacroix. Fish and Game dive team members began diving in the area at 5:25 and were able to locate Lacroix's body at 5:39 p.m. in the area witnesses saw him go below the surface of the water.
Fish and Game said with the recent heavy rainfall, the rivers are running much higher and faster than they normally are this time of the year. Anyone recreating on the water should use extra caution and wear a personal flotation device, authorities said.
Divers recover man's body from Merrimack River in Concord
New Hampshire Fish and Game divers found the body less than 75 feet from shore near the Sewalls Falls Recreation Area between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Concord Fire Lt. Brian Saltmarsh said.
Firefighters received a report of a man struggling in the water about 2 p.m., he said.
The recreation area is about a quarter-mile south of the Sewalls Falls Dam and is popular with boaters, fishermen and swimmers.
"My understanding is he had been fishing from shore, (but) the exact circumstances of why he was in the water, I don't have that information," Saltmarsh said.
The man has been identified and his family notified. His name was not immediately available.
"The water level is extremely high right now, which has created some significant currents," Saltmarsh said.
Concord firefighters, New Hampshire Fish and Game and New Hampshire Marine Patrol joined in the search.
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- The University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment improved modestly in August, rising from an index value of 67.8 in July to 69.6, according to the preliminary report. However, sentiment is still well below its level of 76.0 in June, and it is roughly consistent with its levels during the second half of 2009. While both the current conditions and consumer expectations components improved in August, the expectations component—at 64.1—remains relatively weak. One-year-ahead average inflation expectations ticked up 0.1 percentage point to 3.4 percent, while longer-term (5–10 year-ahead) expectations nudged down from 3.4 percent to 3.3 percent.


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Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC), a leading dental service organization is hosting "Invisalign Days" in their Auburn office, located at 567 Southbridge Street. Invisalign Days is focused on educating interested patients about the benefits of Invisalign®. Dr. Preeti Gandhi and GEDC staff will be solely dedicated to consulting about Invisalign during this day and will be offering complimentary consultations. They will be available to discuss if interested patients would be a good candidate for Invisalign, go over insurance, financing and answer any questions about treatment.
GEDC already offers Invisalign at an affordable cost that's approximately $1,000 less than the industry average. On top of that, GEDC is offering an Invisalign Days special of an additional $500 off, saving patients up to $1,500 over other providers. Interested patients will be able to find out if their insurance will cover a portion of the cost. To brighten the deal, GEDC is also offering a free take home teeth whitening kit, valued at $150 to those who sign up that day for Invisalign. Bring a friend or the family to Invisalign Days to find out if it's right for you!
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The Bad Plus are a U.S. jazz piano trio consisting of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer Dave King. Anderson and King are originally from Minnesota, and Iverson is from neighboring Wisconsin. King is also part of the Minnesota-based groups Halloween, Alaska, Happy Apple, and Love-Cars. The three musicians first played together in 1989, but didn't come together as an established act until 2000. Perhaps to make up for lost time, they proceeded to record their first album, a self-titled effort released on Fresh Sound, after playing only three gigs together.
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Arrivano Valtopina… e un calendario
Siamo quasi a settembre, e si riprende … a ricamare con impegno.
Un primo appuntamento importante è a Valtopina (PG), da venerdì 5 a domenica 7 settembre 2014, dove si tiene la XVI mostra del ricamo e del tessuto.
Following the tracks of the thread
...but also deeper and more ancient feelings, like those I experience when I pause to think about the great importance for women of inventing embroidery. I think about the pain but also the patience, courage and desire to "fly" that our ancient grandmothers must have had when they started "making holes" in the fabric which they had often woven themselves, motivated by their desire to discover through them the transparencies and the nuances produced by the thread with which they tried to construct designs, patterns and decorations.
Sulle tracce del filo "Lenzuola e Sampler a Punto antico"
Vol. 1 - Retini di fondo (Pulled Thread Work)
Retini di fondo (Pulled Thread Work) is useful for learning how to handle the fabric: the threads must pass through warp and weft following well-defined patterns. This is why for beginners I suggest simpler work in "squares"; I then proceed to projects in round or oval areas, and later more complicated shapes. The manual includes diagrams and scans of finished projects and detailed explanations of working techniques.
Vol. 2 - A fili contati (Counted Thread Work)
A fili contati (Counted Thread Work) is done on even weave fabric without a "pattern": the embroiderer counts the number of threads in the design, usually according to a repertoire of antique stitches which have been part of our embroidery tradition for centuries.The manual includes diagrams and scans of finished projects for reference, produced by students at my School, to aid understanding of the suggested themes.
Vol. 3 - Reticello (Reticella 1)
Il Reticello (Reticella 1) is a basic handbook for learning and exploring this technique.
The preparatory work is done by drawing threads from an even weave linen fabric with 15 or 16 threads per cm (but one can also begin with 12-14 threads), to give the "empty" spaces which form the basis for embroidering various motifs, choosing the most appropriate threads for the type of fabric used.
Vol. 4 - Punti a giorno (Decorative Hemstitch)
My fourth book is designed to give instructions for a drawn thread sampler which I use in my hemstitch courses: this allows me to demonstrate a process which is fairly simple, but essential for the finishing off of any piece of embroidery (hems and corners). The manual covers various types of drawn thread work, needleweaving and wrapped stitch knotting, with diagrams and scans for reference, accompanied by the "School of Corners" section, a topic not to be underestimated for a successful outcome.
Vol. 5 - Fior di reticello (Reticella 2)
Fior di reticello (Reticella 2), which continues the theme of reticello begun in Volume 3, goes deep into the detail, especially for the new designs and the use of colour in reticello: from just two colours to the wide variety found in the final section of the book. The use of colour was a gamble for me, but since then the consensus has been overwhelmingly positive, at home and abroad.
Vol. 6 - Punto antico in Veneto
Punto antico in Veneto was the fruit of a long and laborious gestation, due to the complexity of the research and the difficulty of the execution carried out with the School. Although in the first section of the book I illustrate a piece of embroidery which was highly acclaimed at the first Italia Invita Forum in 2003, but which I had never explained. The volume contains diagrams and instructions for several projects which combine punto antico with reticello.
Vol. 7 - Sheets, Samplers in Punto Antico
With Lenzuola, sampler a Punto antico (Sheets, Samplers in Punto Antico), I partially continue the theme of reticello in colour which was discussed in Volume 5, as illustrated by the detailed instructions - with diagrams, scans and photos - for the pink sampler, which abounds in reticello and punto antico elements. Requests from many of my embroidering friends for instructions on embroidering sheets led me to feature in this volume the sheets created by two of my students for the 2009 Italia Invita Forum, which had the theme "the bottom drawer".


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Miguel has been working in the hospitality and design industry for most of his life, since owning his first place, Global 33, to designing Stephan Starr's Continental Martini Bar. His father, Wilfredo Calvo Bono, was an architect in Cuba who having refused to join the Communist party, had to work in the fields cutting sugar cane for two years. Finally permission was granted for him to leave the country. At the time his mother was seven months pregnant so in order to board the plane, she needed to wrap herself in a girdle to hide her belly. Soon afterwards Miguel was born prematurely. His parents immediately sought refuge with his "Auntie Doctura" a doctor who lived in Madrid. She took them in and there they lived for several years. His dad, having no other means of support, began to make paintings to sell on the street. He painted one thing - and hundreds of them: Mushrooms! -every single species that had ever been categorized, lovingly rendered from a scientific volume he had procured. The paintings were small enough to fit in a suitcase so tourists loved them and they sold well. By the time Miguel turned seven, they moved to Ohio, where his dad worked as an architect for many years.
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Lackawanna State Forest
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|Pennsylvania State Forest
|Managed Resource Protected Area (IUCN VI)
Looking southwest from Pine Hill, Lackawanna State Forest, Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties
|United States
|Luzerne, Lackawanna
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|41°34′10″N 75°42′30″W / 41.56944°N 75.70833°WCoordinates: 41°34′10″N 75°42′30″W / 41.56944°N 75.70833°W
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|2,265 ft (690.4 m)
|30,150 acres (12,201 ha)
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|Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
|Website : Lackawanna State Forest
Lackawanna State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #11. The main offices are located in Lackawanna State Park in North Abington Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The forest is located on several tracts in Lackawanna and northern Luzerne counties. Their total area is 27,345 acres (11,066 ha). District #11 also includes Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
The reorganization of Pennsylvania State Forests that took effect July 1, 2005 added the southern part of Luzerne County to District #11 (it was previously in the defunct Wyoming State Forest). Other aspects of the realignment include moving the District #11 office from Scranton 10 miles (16 km) north to Lackawanna State Park, and the acquisition of a new tract, "Theta Forest" (not included in the description above).
Lackawanna State Forest was formed as a direct result of the depletion of the forests of Pennsylvania that took place during the mid-to-late 19th century. Conservationists like Dr. Joseph Rothrock became concerned that the forests would not regrow if they were not managed properly. Lumber and Iron companies had harvested the old-growth forests for various reasons. The clear cut the forests and left behind nothing but dried tree tops and rotting stumps. The sparks of passing steam locomotives ignited wildfires that prevented the formation of second growth forests. The conservationists feared that the forest would never regrow if there was not a change in the philosophy of forest management. They called for the state to purchase land from the lumber and iron companies and the lumber and iron companies were more than willing to sell their land since that had depleted the natural resources of the forests.[1] The changes began to take place in 1895 when Dr. Rothrock was appointed the first commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, the forerunner of today's Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a piece of legislation in 1897 that authorized the purchase of "unseated lands for forest reservations." This was the beginning of the State Forest system.[1]
Neighboring state forest districts[edit]
The U.S. states of New York and New Jersey are to the north and east, respectively
- Delaware State Forest (southeast)
- Weiser State Forest (south)
- Loyalsock State Forest (west)
Nearby state parks[edit]
- Archbald Pothole State Park in Lackawanna County
- Lackawanna State Park in Lackawanna County
- Prompton State Park in Wayne County
- Salt Springs State Park in Susquehanna County
- Varden Conservation Area in Wayne County
- ^ a b "History of the William Penn State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- "Lackawanna State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- "DCNR REALIGNING FOREST DISTRICTS". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. June 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-12.[dead link]
- "State Forest Districts". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2006-07-12. Note: Map showing districts after the July 1, 2005 realignment


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Wouldn't surprise me. So many charities are bloated at the top. Some have as little as 3% of their money going to their stated cause due to mismanagement of funds and beaurecratic filler.
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Anyone else seen this? I have to say if its all true its really no big surprise to me. Non profits set up to do good things tend to be full of corruption and greed.
Wouldn't surprise me. So many charities are bloated at the top. Some have as little as 3% of their money going to their stated cause due to mismanagement of funds and beaurecratic filler.
I look into it and a few others......
When I found the facts like were pointed out like
"Total 2011 revenues were $154.9 MM with total fundraising expenses of $20.5MM and total administrative expenses, including outsourced services, of $95.5MM. Note that the total administrative expense includes fund raising. Therefore, as a percentage of total revenue, administrative expenses amount to 61.63%, including fundraising expenses of 13.2%. This equates to 38.36% of revenues available to benefit wounded warriors.
As far as I can determine, WWP outsources all major functions, including fundraising, legal, donation processing, donation distribution, etc.
Compensation for the top ten WWP employees runs from $150K to $333K per officer annually."
It turned me away.
They have a lot of income but only a small part going back out to the WW in a % of the total.
Lots of people are making a living from it and programs like it.
I like the smaller ones like a few I take part in.
No one takes any money for their work, all money goes into the program.
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Sigma05 can chime in if he sees this thread; he's got experience with WWP.
To make matters even worse (as if using a wounded veterans charity as a personal enrichment vehicle isn't bad enough), WWP leans anti-gun: http://www.ammoland.com/2012/11/woun...t-is-anti-gun/
This is not uncommon, or I should say, very common with charities - partly a function of who staffs them. Lots of liberals go work for charities right out of college and bring their antigun biases with them.
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When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right, is of no consequence.
Any "non-profit" that spends THAT much on advertising is not focused on its mission.
"When you try to use bad means to achieve good objectives, the end result is likely to be that the badness of means will triumph over the goodness of the objectives." - Milton Friedman
i'll stick with the uso, they helped me out a ton for the short time i was in germany and dc. i really cant say enough good things about them. still have the blanket they gave me.
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Can't stand these "Charities". A while back we were just about forced to give to the United Way through payroll deductions, I didn't do it and caught alot of flack from the higher-ups while I worked there over it. But the top people in United Way were all pulling down 6 and 7 figure incomes, plus 6 and 7 figure bonuses and perks. I don't make a ton of money, and what little I give goes to a local animal rescue, run and staffed by all volunteers, as all "Charities" should be. I also volunteer my time with the local Rescue. If you believe enough about a cause, Volunteer your time to work with them, don't make a career out of it, especially if you are draining enough money out of that charity every year to take a hundred or so homeless families off the streets for that year.
I've heard questionable stuff about these guys also.
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As was already mentioned, this is not unique among these "charities," or non-profits. I first learned about it a few years back when some group made a huge hoopla about one of the Sean Hannity events only giving something like 2 or 3 percent of the proceeds to the charity it was supposed to benefit. At that time, there were a couple of articles showing how all of these events operate the same way and that number was about what all of them give out, so there was no merit to the story showing his benefit was diverting funds.
Yes, there was a bit stink about the United Way a few years ago and the exec was fired. She claimed she was being compensated the same as others, but the numbers were unbelievable. It just about killed them. Many of these organizations have too much overhead. I understand that organization need people to function, but...
I believe there have been studies done that show some "charitable" organizations do it right with a good percentage of funds flowing through to the intended beneficiaries.
This is truly disgraceful. But the ones who almost trump this disgrace are those who defend these actions. Case in point: when Gloria whats-her-name for the Charlotte United Way was exposed for making so much and have $800k deposited into her retirement fund, the average response to people was "well that's commensurate with other equal executive positions."
Wrong is wrong, I don't care what someone's pay chart says. I can make a chart by this afternoon that would make an argument for making millions per year. It's just paper. It has no authority on right and wrong. If you need that much money to run a charity, go work for a bank. When you lose sight of your mission, you fail and usually hurt those you're supporting. It goes for military, corporate, charity, churches....everything. To put actions where my mouth is, I left a cush gubberment job this past year because everyone was jaded and lost sight of the mission. They were happy with fat cat salaries (not on the level of hundreds of thousands, but definitely "handsome" salaries by most of our standards) and couldn't care less about what they were supposed to be doing...what their mission was.
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I heard about a year ago, the WWP was revamped and it was re-organized more as a business than the original charity project it was. new board of directors and such.
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Yea bad stuff all around. Avoid.
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Nobody learned from the United Way scams? Eff a huge non-profit.
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There are some good charities to give to out there. There are many bad charities as well. Any non-profits that have anything to do with any Hollywood actors I avoid like the plague. I limit my donations to local organizations that I know are making a difference. The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission and American Children's Home in Lexington are a couple at the top of my list.
I've noticed that whenever the Hollywood types get involved, they like to raise "other people's money" instead of sacrificing their own. I realize their are a few good exceptions, such as the Gary Sinise Foundation.
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I've tried contacting the WWP about a combat vet friend of mine in serious need of physical assistance several times and got no response from anyone. They can sit on it for all I care.
I make pretty regular donations to charity out of my holster sales. Most of my personal donations are tithed to my Church.
Quite a few donations from sales have gone to Operation Heal Our Patriots through Samaritan's Purse. It's geared towards veterans AND their spouses. I'm a firm believer in marriage. And IMO working with the vet and spouse is the best plan for getting the entire family back on track. I also believe that fixing broken marriages goes toward fixing society at large.
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Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends (1999-2000) was an animated show from the BKN line-up, not to be confused with the other show about Roswell. Consists of many diverse myths being debunked as alien activity, sort of like The X-Files.The main character is Nick Logan, a Bounty Hunter who finds one of his marks is a little more than meets the eye. Soon after he receives a contract to track down another, a banshee named Sh'lainn Blaze. The two wind up saving each other's life and begin working together to figure out who's trying to kill them, only to wind up working for said organization, Nick so he can find out what happened to his father, Sh'lainn because she's been exiled from her clan and has no where else to go. It eventually builds up with a slow Myth Arc involving alien invaders, werewolves, vampires, banshee and other aliens all coming to a head by the 40th episode.
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Rodney rips. Always has, always will. One of the infallible names on the New York all-time shortlist.
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Rodney rips. Always has, always will. One of the infallible names on the New York all-time shortlist.
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#nightlifebeef. Please use the hashtag for all future social media pursuits involving this emerging sub-genre within the content production side of skateboard media. Seemingly, #knowhomo has also began to catch on, so it is only a matter of time.
While on the subject of #nightlifebeef, rumors have began circulating regarding how this ties into Bill Strobeck's long-awaited, potentially non-existant "video" of outtakes from the past ten years — basically an extended version of all his black and white web clips. It seems that the video will actually not have much skating in it, but be a handsome skateboarder themed documentary on this newly prominent issue of much interest, edited in the style of the Beef DVD series. Once again, these are only rumors. But with the viability and potential shelf life of skateboard videos eroding at an increasingly faster rate, a quick jolt of controversy may be the trick to give the full-length video world a much needed energy shot.
Everyone should start visiting TheSkateRack.com. It's a regular aggregated content based blog of montages, video parts, and promos for homie videos, like Mostly Skateboarding, etc., but explicitly focused on the New York and New Jersey area. There are already a ton of videos that flew under the radar over there, like this Dylan James part, which is one of the finer local parts to be released in recent history, and full of commendable, difficult spot choices, like that dog park in Chelsea that nobody skates, those at-a-horrible-angle ledges on Flatbush right across the Manhattan Bridge that were once heralded as "Bam 2," and the awful Philly step in Sunset Park that refuses to grind.
On there, you will also find this hardflip down the Indoor Ten with 125,000+ YouTube views.
Tino Razo Interview for the Vans Syndicate Blog, and Rodney Torres interview for the Full Bleed blog. Both spotted via NY Skateboarding.
Adam Abada's clip from New Orleans. Typically, people act like the only spot there is the stair gaps under the bridge, but apparently, this clip dispels that myth.
Dave Morales minute-long video part of scary 5050s, high bar-to-bank ollies in the Bronx, and satanic mumblings. That brick manual pad spot he kickflip nosemanuals on 92nd Street is gone, by the way.
Brian Wenning still skates on occasion.
We once received tickets for skating at Lenox on Christmas Eve after it had snowed four days prior, by some cop who had nothing better to do. A few months later, the judge read us the cop's description of what happened: "For jumping and riding on the snow with skateboards." The judge asks, "How exactly do you ride on the snow if you have a skateboard, don't those need a hard surface?" We all shrugged. He issued us a fine. Five dollars. You can expect a lot more stupid fines like that in the future, because the Mayor said ticket quotas are essential for the city. It's always fun waking up at 6:45 and wasting a morning so you can give the city five dollars.
And people are getting shot on 19th and Broadway now? Crazy.
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Rodney: When I used to skate the Banks, that pretty much…Rob is interrupting my session.
Rob: I used to steal niggas boards back in the day [laughter].
Rodney: You were theivin'?
Rob: Shit was crazy. Growing up, I ain't have that much, so I couldn't afford boards. Sometimes I'd do it by myself, sometimes with friends. It was like, dumbass niggas from Jersey or out of state would show up to the fucking Banks or whatever, and they'd go to Burger King, and leave their board there.
At Burger King or at the Banks?
Yeah, yeah. At Burger King.
Rodney: Burger King was the hang out spot after the Banks. Go to the Banks, go to Burger King, and then go to Seaport, or skate all around Water street. Then go back to the Banks. From the Banks, when it got dark, then go skate to Astor Place. Chill and skate at Astor Place, drink 40s, smoke weed, and then after that, skate to Union, do the same thing over there, and then from there skate to Midtown. All day, all night. Everyone would meet up at the Banks at noon, and skate 'til like midnight. Then skate to Midtown and like, break night. Stay all night skateboarding. Just causing ruckus, you know? Drinking, smoking, skating. Hopefully hook up with some girls, but if not that then skate, have fun. Just doing little kid shit, you know?
What era is this?
This is like early 90s, right? Yeah. Early-to-mid 90's. It's not like that anymore.
Why do you think it's not like that anymore?
Because everybody now is on some sort of agenda. Everybody's got to film a trick for a video, everybody's got to be all secretive, everyone's got their own little clique of people that they roll with. I guess that back in the day everybody rolled together.
Rob: No doubt, like back in the days, if you wasn't real, you couldn't show up at the Banks. I see like half of these cornball ass niggas that look like Pharell and fucking shit like that, goofy asshole looking motherfuckers, like them niggas would totally get robbed for everything they got. It was like everybody that skated at the Banks knew each other.
So if you were from out of town?
It wasn't even that. It was like, snake sessions? Oh, man. You'd get your board focused. Remember those days?
Rodney: Everybody in New York has a lot of pride in what they do and basically, it was almost like you were stepping on toes if you came out here and tried to run shit. It's either you got your ass whooped or you got your product stolen. One or the other. It's still kind of like that now with all the older people, you know? Skateboarding in any sense, if that's where you grew up, it's like you're a part of a fucking huge family of people, a huge mafia in a sense, you know?
People would come here and try to run shit, for no reason. They tried to step on toes. They tried to fucking come up off people, and use people, in a sense where it wasn't anything genuine.
The city of New York is approximately 305 square miles. The island of Manhattan is approximately 23 square miles. The area south of 14th Street is, just maybe, what? One-sixth of that? One-eigth? Well, apparently, things happen in those remaining 282 square miles. Things worth going out to. Things that involve skateboarding.
Normally, I would not have the audacity to advocate venturing out anywhere north of Union Square, but this event is actually worth the trip on the 7 to a remote, primitive part of New York City that's between the devil and the deep blue sea. It is being held at The Queens Museum of Art on this coming Friday, June 4th, starting at 7:15 P.M. The standout attraction of the Queens Museum of Art is a 9,335 square foot model of New York (yes, it includes those other four boroughs), that was built in 1964 by Robert Moses for the World's Fair. It has the full city grid on it, and 895,000 individual structures updated up to 1992. Some family that owns some sort of basketball team is holding some contest nobody has ever heard of in Flushing Meadows this coming weekend, and in honor of that event, the panorama is going to be decked out and marked with over one-hundred skate spots found throughout the city, by exact pin-point location. Rodney Torres will be giving a talk on skateboarding in New York to accompany the skateboard-ified version of the panorama.
Following Rodney's talk, at around 8 p.m., there are going to be several video screenings, the most of which you can gather from the above flyer. The overall highlight would have to be the premiere of Howard Glover's PRE2K video, which is worth the trip alone.
Aside from that, there's free Monster Energy Drinks (Marquez co-signed, "That shit has got me through so many miles on the interstate"), free Vitamin Water (sorry alcoholics, no free liquor), and 200 free tickets being given away for the Maloof contest (100 for Saturday, 100 for Sunday.)
The Queens Museum of Art is located just to the right on the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows / Corona Park. Take the 7 to Willet's Point (is the stop still called Shea Stadium or is that done for?), walk across the wooden platform into the park, head towards the Unisphere, and the rest is self-explantory.
Chris Keefe did an interview with Alex Corporan regarding his new book, Full Bleed, which is being released in New York on June 6th (only available at DQM), and worldwide/Amazon on August 10. The book is a collection of various photographers' work surrounding skateboarders in New York, and not merely a one-photographer type deal a la Out & About. Features work by Spike Jonze, Bryce Kanights, Pepe Torres and Glen E. Friedman. There's a really good portion of the interview where they talk about skating World Trade back when the Towers were still up. (The days when the Jersey crew & I would take the PATH from Hoboken to try to learn 5050s on the stone benches and grind around the wavy curbs right by them don't really seem that long ago either.)
Pretty much everyone has already seen this, but Rodney got a guest board on Zoo in a "Master's" series, or something of this sort, which commends New York O.G. skaters for throwing down all these years. Well-deserved the whole way, and it is going to be interesting so see who they choose for future boards if it turns into a series-type deal. The footage in the video is a retrospective montage, but there are a few new tricks in there. More than worth your time: "Just Cruising", Circa-1996 "Wheels of Fortune" segment, & Rodney's part from an early cut of Ian Reid's Video. Also be sure to check out The Chrome Ball Incident's Rodney post from a few months back.
Some footage of the Jersey homies: "Say 'Queensbridge'"
Rob's been posting Flip Cam clips over on his website every week or so. Overall highlights include HOLLYWOOD doing a "throwaway" TF line involving a feeble flip-out and E.J. giving the appropriate, seated-at-the-green-benches talk-through of the characters still striving for maintaining the authenticity of the TF.
Not related to this post of randoms, but related to life as a skateboarder, one of the most underrated video parts ever.
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I've mentioned it before but I'll say it again: this has gotta be the fifth time "garage rock" or some nearby cousin has been the IT THING since I started caring about music. Like any bandwagon you get your fair share of mediocre blahs and whatnot. There are just so many bands. The world is overflowing with bands. Everybody has to be in a stupid band.
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Yes, botting does matter. First if Blizzard says its against the rules of THEIR game then its against the rules no ifs, ands or butts about it...period. Second of all, if you've seen the same content for the third time then get over it and it should make lvling faster for you since you know the routine and what to do. Botting also encourages gold selling and account hacking/sharing. You allow cheating such as botting then people are going to question why they cant buy gold or buy their toons off ebay or use a powerlvling site. It invites hackers in to exploite the game. Blizzard has set THEIR game up to play they way they want it played, you dont like it go play EVE or AoC go back to Runescape.


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I will be the first to admit that I probably shouldn't have been such a negative nancy without further explaining my stance, but I was on my phone at the time.
Now then, from home...
Wow is a game that demands (on the "difficult to master" end of the spectrum) the cultivation of a skill set. Those investing timewise and interest-wise in the game, make this decision for themselves as to whether or not the game is worth such an investment as this cultivation entails.
Every time the game shifts direction, that investment is somewhat invalidated. Over the course of a few alterations, the skillset thusly cultivated is entirely useless.
I'm an old dude like Hob. I was proud of myself when my skillset had filled itself out many years, and classes ago. I even adapted a few times, enthusiastically looking forward to changes.
Now, there are other games competing, successfully, for my time, and my full-on investment in WoW, given its betrayal in the past, is looking less and less like a mountain I want to climb again. There comes a point where I want to rest on the earned laurels of "I know what I'm doing" and enjoy the world, and the game as a whole. I can't reach this with the same efficient investment when the progress I made before is invalidated constantly.
Do I respect the iterative process? Absolutely. Are Blizzard entitled to my returning over and over again to re-invest, and then have that investment of learning and effort invalidated? No, they are not.
This is different from the "why should I raid for epics when epics will end up on everyone" fiasco, because that's just gear progress, the core of how these games work. The core systems that we invest in learning have had years to coalesce, and I think those old farts like Hob and I have earned the right, after watching the drawing board get wiped and re-written on so many times, to be mildly annoyed that my ascension to "I know what I'm doing" is not raised like a gear progression, but completely re-written with an expectation to be re-learned before I can get back to, as Hob puts it, playing the stupid game.
Oftentimes, it's not even a "quick refresher" (admittedly, in the case we are discussing, this is peanuts next to some of the crazy 180's they've taken with design), but often with WoW, it's a complete "you were good, now you know nothing" betrayal.
That, (and feeling like I have to teach/inform all of my less interested in details but still desiring to not feel like noobs friends/guildies) is what annoys me. Yes, this buff issue is a minor infraction, but it all adds up.
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Name: Joshua Alvarenga (and his cat Valentino)
Location: Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA
Size: 700 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year – rented
One of my favorite things about a home is when the owner brings out the best in the architecture and original design of the structure. Joshua has collected furniture and personal treasures that are wonderful and cozy but that also allow us to enjoy the Spanish style of the building itself. After all, he believes that when designing his home, the most essential part is "to be surrounded by things that matter most."
Joshua's decor displays just enough restraint that you aren't overwhelmed when you walk through the door — but your eyes move constantly from corner to corner. His one bedroom apartment has so much charm and character, and he's really allowed the space to speak for itself, by adding just enough personal touches with artwork and photographs. With the help of his dear friend Leslie Landis (who introduced us), he was able to arrange each room in a functional and very comfortable setting. When Leslie helped Joshua design his home, she was sure to mix many elements of patterns and prints — often bringing an unexpected but awesome outcome. For instance, I love that runner in the kitchen and the burlap curtains!
One of my favorite rooms in this apartment was the small meditation room, painted all red with the shrine. I felt it was a great use of what traditionally would have been the walk in vanity and closet. According to Joshua, the most significant thing in his home is "a thangka that was a gift from my guru, Lama Norlha Rinpoche, who lives in Upstate New York."
The impressive architectural and design features of this home rely heavily on a Spanish architectural influence. I love the beams in the ceilings and the etched painted doors. Says Joshua: "I wanted an apartment that referenced all things I love about Los Angeles — heritage wrapped in classic vintage Hollywood!"
Classic vintage Hollywood indeed! Enjoy!
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My Style: It's a reflection of my daydreams and travels. Some mementos were purchased at mercados de las pulgas (flea markets) in Latin America, while the artwork is by contemporary New York artists.
Inspiration: This is my romantic gentleman's lair where I can retreat from the stress of urban living at the intersection of Hollywood and Koreatown. Also, I just turned 40 years old and participated in the 2012 L.A. Marathon. My teammates and I raised over $9,000 for Los Angeles Universal Preschool. LAUP sends over 10,000 children to preschool each year from L.A.'s most underserved communities.
Favorite Element: This apartment is in an incredible vintage 1930s Spanish inspired building. My absolute favorite is the wood beamed ceiling and all the doors featuring floral motifs. And the original orange and blue bathroom tile is stunning!
Biggest Challenge: In the afternoon, the natural light is at a minimum. But in the sweltering L.A. summers, this apartment is a haven from the heat.
What Friends Say: "I feel like I am on vacation when I stay with you."
Biggest Embarrassment: The neighborhood is in transition and with that comes a variety of characteristics — needless to say some very interesting water cooler stories!
Proudest DIY: Shopping on a dime! You don't have to have money to have great taste!
Biggest Indulgence: One of my dearest friends, Leslie Landis, is an interior designer who recently appeared on HGTV's The White Room Challenge. Leslie knows my style very well and brings out the best of my taste.
Best Advice: : Fire your therapist and hire an interior designer! At least you will have some tangible results!
Dream Sources:: Tibet, Old Hollywood, Andalucia.
Resources of Note:
- • Living Room: Benjamin Moore / Palladine Blue
• Dining room and Kitchen: Benjamin Moore / Riverdale Green
• Meditation shrine room: Benjamin Moore / Dinner Party
- • Black leather mid-century sofa from White Trash www.whitetrashnyc.com
•French chairs, Craigslist
•Wood coffee table, Craigslist
•Wood chairs from a vintage store, Cold Spring, Upstate New York
•Buffet table, Craigslist
• White lamp purchased from stoop sale, Queens, NY
• Pillows by Leslie Landis Interiors. www.leslielandisinteriors.com
•Art installation by Jo-ey Tang
•Painting by Jered Sprecher
•Painting by Benjamin Schmacher
• Vintage country table from a small store in Chelsea, Manhattan
• Two white wood carved chairs from Romania
• Indian throw rug
• Mirror from vintage store, Cold Spring, Upstate New York
• Polaroid by Dean Sameshima
• Personal photos and mementos from travels
- • Painting by Rebecca Allan
• Painting by Andrea Claire
• African tribal rug
- • Hand-made bed
• White lamp purchased a stoop sale, Queens, NY
• Painting by Kaveri Nair
• Tissue paper artwork by Amelia Saul
• Artwork by Jo-ey Tang
- • photography by unknown artist
• Turquoise Tunisian towels from Lost and Found, Hollywood, CA
- • Tibetan thanka painting, Tibetan Arts, Santa Monica, CA
• Small Tibetan rug, Tibetan Arts, Santa Monica, CA
Thanks, Joshua!
(Images: Bethany Nauert)
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Nice to see a place that expresses a personality rather than a catalog. My favorite house tour in a long while.
HA! I know exactly were this building is. My friend just moved in. I've been helping him decorate, and I was just telling him that its such a great building, now that he's done he should submitted it to AT. The layout of the apartment is almost identical. Its actually great to see how someone else decorated the same space.
Love this place.
What a fantastic home! The books, kilim rugs and vintage lighting add such warmth to the space. Well done!
I love the chandelier/lamp and the mirror in the dining area.
You are so lucky to have those beautiful doors! I love the meditation room (even with my predilection for shrine making, I'm afraid I would have turned that into a makeup/dressing room, materialist me).
Funny thing to pick out, but I'm fond of that blue-camel side table in the living room. So many close-up photos of things, but no camel! He'd be kitschy if he was painted as a camel, but in aqua blue he's kind of perky.
Your dining room literally took my breath away. Lovely. Thank you for sharing!
Great place... glad you stayed true to the architecture of your home. The kitchen and bath are very charming. Nice gentleman's lair.... It's very classic, yet modern and collected :)
Beautiful home! Makes me want to go out and buy some flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Such fantastic style! I love how peaceful your home is. The dining room table and chairs with that blue and white rug is wonderful. The painting beside your bed I love and the gray dot pieces above your couch. The bathroom, I could live in that bathroom! The only tiny little thing I would change is to put all of your books on the side of your bookshelf on your bookshelf, everything else is perfect.
What an amazing building! Love that vintage bathroom! Love that the furnishings compliment the architecture. This is such a stunning home that has given me tons of inspiration....my only disappointment...I didn't see Valentino!
Beautiful home. I especially enjoy your bedside table area with the art hanging above. I also just love your cat's name!
I love you're advice about ' firing your therapist and hire an interior designer ' Brilliant!! Very well put together beautifully bright and classic space. Love all the patterns and cool colors! Its a like a dreamy spanish ship sailing the seas!
Who knew that Eastern Spirituality, Spanish colonial revival and classic Hollywood could blend so beautifully?! Hear , hear for the term "gentleman's lair" so much classier and evocative than "Man cave". Joshua, did you know that Rudolph Valentino's Estate was named "Falcon's Lair" ? Ibet you already did.
Oh and Ruby Claire29, I love your description "a dreamy spanish ship sailing the seas!" So right for the effect of this space.
An apartment with lovely style and lovely bones! I love the way the French doors open up to reveal the dining room/kitchen. Your bathroom is amazing! Your wood beamed ceilings are priceless...and your doors!!! (wow!) I could go on and on! I'll be bookmarking this post! Thanks for sharing!
Joshua is adorable; Joshua's house is adorable. Bravo!
What a wonderful and creative space, there's something to love in every room. Makes me want to go antiquing!
Well done, it looks like a home not a set or a catalog. I love how Joshua's personality is available in the decor choices. Lovely!
It is a treat to see such a lovely home!
Love the charm of your home and that turquoise camel...Love it!
Really love this. Great mix of pieces that shows how to incorporate plenty of traditional elements without ever feeling stuffy. This is individual and colorful without ever seeming cutesy or twee. Lots of personality, and it feels like a real, comfortable living space.
What a pleasure.
This is gorgeous. Love everything about it but especially the bathroom, the LR paint color, and the beams which Joshua and Leslie have used to sublime effect. I want to live there.
Absolutely brilliant! Simple, subtle but oh so vintage chic and charming. What a beautiful home fulled with character.
cozy and warm
If I were apartment hunting, I'd faint dead away at the sight of that bathroom. I wouldn't care what neighborhood it was in. The old kitchen cabinets (and the vanity) are wonderful, too. Thank you!! for not changing these evocative architectural details. You've enhanced an already amazing living space. Wishing you peace in your home.
What's the name of that art installation in the lviing room by jo-ey tang? It's just wonderful.
Really really charming top to bottom. Kind of both peaceful and exuberant. Loved it.
what a great place/style!!! i love the color combinations soooo much...
My stress level plummeted just looking at the photos. Wonderful, calm place!
Divine. Here is a man with his priorities straight. And truly, the darkness in the afternoon is the perfect foil to the relentless SoCal sunshine. Hurray for organic architecture!
Is that fabric I see on the living room ceiling between the beams. Tell us about that. Yes, this is a beautifully comfortable space.
Hollywood style is like no other in the world. The light and colors are just great.
Light and bright. I especially like how simple the kitchen is, and it gets great light too. The only thing...for some reason many guys seem to neglect a duvet cover...how do you wash it then?
now i want to paint my kitchen cabinets
I'm in love with every single inch! Warm, inviting and creative!
Greetings everyone! Thank you so much for your generous comments! And remember to fire your therapist and hire an interior designer! Please check out my interior designer's website www.leslie-landis.com
Loooooooooooooooove your kitchen!
I hit 'submit' too quikly.
Love your place too!
I love the colors going on in your living room - gorgeous. And you are right that bathroom tile is stunning! What a great place to live, I totally see how it's your sanctuary.
I saw this apartment tour yesterday, and last night I had a dream that I was buying a lovely mirror like the one in your dining room! Wow. Your home really made an impression!
What a gentle, tender and careful delight!
And all the furniture seem to be well-crafted.
Yes, wonderful!
Ahh Shangrila.....It has it all calm, warmth and character. Love all the tile work and beautiful doors. Nice work.
Upon revisiting this tour, I am struck by the comments. It almost as if this home has had a hypnotic or tranquilizing effect on many of those who have viewed it and indeed there does seem to be a mystical, magical, mesmerizing SOMETHING going on here that defies defintion but is definitely present. How DO some folks do it?! Whatever it is, I want to thank Joshua and Leslie Landis for sharing it with us. I recommend a look at Leslie's website as posted above by Joshua, more to enjoy!
Love it all, especially the kitchen/dining room. Where's Valentino though? :)
Yes nice house. Very neat and clean for a bloke. Stylish too with nice vintage features. Good one.
I would never leave (or need a therapist) if I lived here. I can't stop looking at the photos. Also you have done a great job working around the natural light challenge. I don't think this apartment could get any better!
Lovely...I love that even the photo of the kitchen makes me feel calm...
Well done.
Lovely! Sweet spots everywhere and they all transition into one another beautifully (those gorgeous doors!). The mediation room is a gem. And the advice "fire your therapist and hire an interior designer" brought back memories of reading the book, "House As a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home."
I love that bathroom. So cheerful.
A favorite for sure. There is just something about this place that feels perfect!
I am drooling!!! Amazing architecture and the way you have decorated expresses your own taste and compliments the lovely details of the space!
I came back to look at this from the kitchen photo posted today. This was one of my all time favorite house tours.
As a huge fan of spanish mooorish LA architecture from this area, what a gift to live in a place with this kind of detail. But what you've done with it is even better. What a lovely home, you should be proud of yourself!
Love the bathroom!
I'm so pleased that this tour was recycled & I didn't miss it. I truly appreciate the fact that you don't use even one trendy object and have more style than most tours. And you've really emphasized the original architecture. It's gorgeous!


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