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March 01, 2006, 11:15:52 PM »
This is an older (relatively speaking: 2 years ago in a 3 year long career...) image I've had in my collection. I've gone back and fourth on it over time but now it is starting to grow on me a bit. A good critiquing should bring me back to reality if needed. ;)
It was taken in Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel's gondola ride/shopping district. It is a unique area for street photography in part to the variety of people and the extravagant architecture Vegas is known for (daylight-balanced light makes WB easy to boot). When I took this it was extremely crowded and shooting was difficult with the 50mm on an APS-C camera. This moment came and went in 1/100th of a second.
Full critiques appreciated.
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Last Edit: March 01, 2006, 11:16:32 PM by 61Dynamic
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March 02, 2006, 03:19:40 AM »
Not too sure whether I am competant to offer a full critique, but I can offer a few things which came to mind for me.
Wonderful image. Has this been croped at all? I would have loved a little more of the light pole. The curve at the top of the right doesn't have enough room to breathe, and the little box thing hanging down at the right is chopped off. The two boxy things either side, in their entirety, may have made a better composition complementing the two gentlemen,....but if that's all that was in the frame, can't do much about that.
I particularly like the shape of the lace wrought iron railing, lamp supports and the pattern on the man's shirt. The expression and the body shape of the gentleman on the left is interesting because it leads us to look where he is looking, which leaves us in a complete state of unknowingness about what he is looking at, because it is unseen, and there are no cues to assist us.
I think the angle and the lightness against the dark background of the arm of the gentleman on the left, leads the eye back into the image, after looking out towards where the gentlemen are looking.
The colouring adds to the relaxed mood. I sense companionship and friendship, expressed through their relaxed hand positions, and body stance.
When I zoomed in to look more carefully at their facial expressions, I noticed a hazy/fuzzy pixelly stuff around all of the objects, but not through the solid areas of colour. Not being a very technically proficient photoshopper, ..what is this?? I would appreciate a little help with my own understanding of this phenomenon please.
Thanks for posting this image and this opportunity. Julie
Last Edit: March 02, 2006, 03:20:50 AM by jule
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March 02, 2006, 10:05:54 AM »
I can see why you like this shot. It's well exposed and the interplay of pattern lends interest. Compositionally, because the restaurant sign is practically dead center and isolated with plain wall space around it, it really dominates the image. And even though one could observe that the sans serif "Canaletto" relates to the solid shirt of the man on the left, and the script below to the shirt of the man on the right, the shot risks coming across as an advertisment. The placement of the patterned elements in relation to one another is not optimal. I wish you had taken some additional angles or crops.
Figure out what your point of view is. Play around with it. For example, if you have enough pixels, try cropping it down to cut the name of the restaurant more or less in half and adjust the aspect ratio appropriately. That will sacrifice the affinity of the curly lamp top, but sometimes such sacrifice is necessary. It does have a relaxed feel (which Julie mentioned) and, if you know the people in the shot and it's a restaurant at which you had a great meal and you want to remember it, leave it as is and frame it for your wall.
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March 02, 2006, 11:34:03 AM »
I like it very much technically; it's well composed and converted well to B&W. I'm just not sure what it's trying to say or what sort of impression it's trying to give, so I find it uninteresting to look at for any length of time. Can you enlighten me as to what you're trying to accomplish with it?
P.S. I give up. Which state is "The Granola Bar State"? (I have my suspicions, but dare not voice them. And I *do* eat Granola Bars!)
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March 02, 2006, 03:56:24 PM »
I know this loses some of the narrative...but it looks less like an advertisement now. Thoughts?
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March 02, 2006, 04:42:48 PM »
Thanks for the responses thus far. It's helped me see some things I hadn't before.
The image has not been cropped and as I mentioned before, this was the only opportunity that showed its head for this shot. The walkway behind them filled with people just after I took it. In a perfect world I would have taken a few more photographs at other angles or more carefully framed this one.
The boxy things on the lamp post are speakers and that fuzziness you see when you zoomed in is simply jpg artifacts from web optimization.
The guys are watching gondolas pass by just out of frame. The reason I took the image was because of the bored look these two shared despite their surroundings and the general mood and business of everyone else there.
I have put some thought on the sign and it was the primary reason I have gone back and fourth with this image over time. Without the sign the image is a bit empty and slightly off-balance IMHO. I tried cropping down to half the sign but at that point the sign becomes a big distraction. In addition, as the version jule posted shows, much of what I enjoyed of the image (a telling of location) is lost. Cropped in too tight, they are just two guys leaning on a rail. Meh.
Here is a version with the sign and the speakers removed (I do like it better without the speakers at the very least).
Last Edit: March 02, 2006, 04:49:18 PM by 61Dynamic
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March 02, 2006, 04:50:56 PM »
P.S. I give up. Which state is "The Granola Bar State"? (I have my suspicions, but dare not voice them. And I *do* eat Granola Bars!)
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Oh! Almost forgot to answer that.
The Granola Bar State is California. It's full of Fruits, Flakes and Nuts!
Last Edit: March 02, 2006, 04:51:15 PM by 61Dynamic
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March 02, 2006, 04:57:03 PM »
They are both looking at something and the photo doesn't give any clue as to what it is. As such the story is kind of missing.
My eyes go to the two guys, see that they are looking, look for what they are interested in, and proceed out of the frame. And then I'm done, nothing sucks me back in.
Street images are so tough because they have to have a bunch of elements that keep you interested and looking at the picture as opposed to just leading your eye out of the picture with nothing to draw you back in.
Nothing to say technically, that is all fine.
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March 02, 2006, 05:37:06 PM »
Ah, well, if you are doing the Trotsky bit (there is a widely published set of before and after photos in which Stalin had his wet photo lab guys remove Trotsky from the photo of a small group walking beside a river) then experiment with repositioning/fading/whatever the signage to see if you can keep it without it taking over. A noble experiment at the least.
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March 02, 2006, 11:50:25 PM »
Oh! Almost forgot to answer that.
The Granola Bar State is California. It's full of Fruits, Flakes and Nuts!
Figured as much.
Lisa in Northern California
P.S. I think the photo is slightly more interesting *with* the sign and the speakers; it makes the whole scene more peculiar (which is good ) to those who are looking closely, and makes one wonder where the heck it is.
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March 03, 2006, 09:29:37 AM »
Here's a thing or two about street photography. One has to take what one can get, by and large. The difference between the great shot and the ordinary may be a matter of milliseconds. If there is a powerful or poignant narrative then the image can survive pointless "studio-grade" critiques of composition and lighting. If the narrative is not sufficently strong, the best thing to do is to chalk one up to experience, grab your camera and head back to the streets to cast for another. My personal preference is not to mess about very much with images. If cropping doesn't do it, I forget it. Of course, in "The Age of Photoshop" we photographers have already been judged guilty and when one does get a great shot an increasing number of viewers will assume manipulation of every sort - from bribery to Photoshop. So, if one does manipulate, don't
guilty, join the great tradition of faking it that has enobled photography since its invention.
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March 03, 2006, 06:51:53 PM »
Daniel, I've been watching this post for a while, trying to make up my mind about your shot, and Russel's post crystalised it for me.
This is a classic street shot in which opportunity is taken or lost. Details such as the sign, speakers etc, may detract from the "narrative" (I'm starting to dislike that word even though it has meaning relating to context), but they were there. I'm not philosophically bothered if they're removed, and I must admit that in your second version their absence doesn't overly influence my aesthetic reaction to the shot.
The two men 'are' the shot. Their "bored' expressions, not knowing what they're looking at: surely this is what street shots are about - capturing the wonderful variety of human expression. When a narrative is too obvious doesn't it lose its punch? Mystery is the spice of (some) lives. My personal criteria dictates that if I'm drawn back again and again to a shot, then its been successful. Yours is successful for me.
Of course, if a shot manages to capture not just the human expression but also a fine balance of composition, tone, etc, then it becomes a great shot.
By the by, when looking at this photo, my mind dredges up that Cartier Bresson shot of the couple at the shop window where the man is gazing to his left at the (painting of the nude??) while his wife is admiring the goods. Its the expression dummy! Its the "humanness" that grabs.
Bob Munro.
Bob Munro.
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March 03, 2006, 10:23:14 PM »
By the by, when looking at this photo, my mind dredges up that Cartier Bresson shot of the couple at the shop window where the man is gazing to his left at the (painting of the nude??) while his wife is admiring the goods. Its the expression dummy! Its the "humanness" that grabs.
Bob Munro.
Bob: The image to which you refer is
The Sidelong Glance
by Robert Doisneau, which is really in a different category than the photo under discussion here. Doisneau's photo was one in a series for a magazine spread in which he set up behind a scrim in his cousin's shop and captured a number of people viewing the nude, which in 1948 was an unusual sight in a store window. In the Dosineau we know the man is looking at the nude. We assume his wife is looking at something less risque.
[a href=\"http://www.masters-of-photography.com/D/doisneau/doisneau_sidelong_glance_full.html]Sidelong Glance[/url]
Last Edit: March 03, 2006, 10:30:19 PM by russell a
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March 03, 2006, 10:42:01 PM »
Russel, well there you go! Sprung again! I still reckon if wasn't Bresson it should have been! Somehow knowing it was a set up has ruined the image for me.
Now I'll have to check out Doisneau's work. See what you've done?
Bob Munro.
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March 03, 2006, 11:05:14 PM »
Ah ha! Robert Doisneau! I followed your link and found the "Kiss by the Hotel de Ville". By coincidence there was an article somewhere here (Australia) in the last few weeks about that photo. More particularly, about Doisneau and the "kissers". Much speculation over the years about who they were, people falsely claiming to be the subjects and wanting loot, etc. etc.
Turns out this was a set up as well! He staged the scene.
He was an interesting man was Doisneau.
Bob Munro.
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March 03, 2006, 11:59:04 PM »
Bob: Re
The Sidelong Glance
, Doisneau set up the
but caught the precise moment that makes the shot a standout. It doesn't ruin the image for me, Doisneau's methods were different than, for example, Winogrand. Doisneau was a real hustler, in a way. More problematic, perhaps, is the
Kiss by the Hotel de Ville
which was one of a series "Lovers in the Streets of Paris" he also did for a magazine. Although Paris would seem fertile territory for such an assignment, Doisneau increased his odds significantly by hiring some under-employed actors to simulate "spontaneous" smooching. This was the best image of the bunch and was spectacularly successful - reputedly a poster of this image hung in every dorm room in France (and elsewhere). French laws regarding privacy (rights to an image is by the person being photographed) allowed some lawyers to get in on the act and in the late 90's 9 people sued Dosineau, claiming they were the person in the photo, including the woman who was. Wily Dosineau had kept the paperwork all those years of what he had paid, and so all the suits were thrown out of court. The woman had to console herself by selling her copy of the vintage print at auction for $244,000.
While Cartier-Bresson's reputed method was to remain invisible and alert for his touted "decisive moment". Rumor has it that he paid the girl in this photo to run up the steps.
This was taken in '61, perhaps, being in Greece and pressed for time, he got tired of waiting for the decisive moment. Those Magnum guys were known for getting the photo they wanted, whatever it took.
With an approach that overtly rejected the Bresson mythology, William Kline would provoke his subjects to get their reactions and participation. Here's one of his best known set up shots.
Little Italy
Diane Arbus iconic shot of the kid with the toy hand grenade and attitude was number 8 in a string of 11 posed street portraits.
Kid with Hand Grenade
So, even when we see what looks like pure luck, it may not be as pure as we think. So enjoy images on the basis of what works for you.
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March 11, 2006, 12:33:23 PM »
So, if one does manipulate, don't
guilty, join the great tradition of faking it that has enobled photography since its invention.
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I certainly don't feel guilty manipulating an image. Of course, I have my limits. I believe there is not problem removing items here and there as long as the original intent of the image is not altered.
I removed the sign and other elements for the sake of experimentation. My final variation on the image maintains the elements found in the original with the exception of the speaker hanging out of frame.
Again, I'd like to thank everyone for their input on my photograph. It has been very helpful and let me see aspects of the image I hadn't seen before.
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Choosing the thermometer that's best for your family can be confusing. Here's what you need to know about the most common thermometers.
Regular digital thermometers, which use electronic heat sensors to record body temperature, can be used in the rectum, mouth or armpit. The most accurate way to take a child's temperature is to use a digital thermometer, either rectally or orally. Rectal temperatures provide the best readings for infants, especially those 3 months or younger as well as children up to age 3. If you use another type of thermometer to take a young child's temperature and you're in doubt about the results, take a rectal temperature. For older children and adults, oral readings are usually accurate — as long as the mouth is closed while the thermometer is in place. Armpit readings tend to be less accurate than rectal and oral readings.
Digital ear thermometers, also called tympanic thermometers, use an infrared ray to measure the temperature inside the ear canal.
If your child uses a pacifier, you may want to try a digital pacifier thermometer. Your child simply sucks on the pacifier until the peak temperature is recorded.
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Once a staple in most medicine cabinets, mercury thermometers use mercury encased in glass to measure body temperature. Mercury thermometers can record temperatures from the mouth, armpit or rectum — but they're no longer recommended because they can break and allow mercury to vaporize and be inhaled. If you have a mercury thermometer, consider replacing it. But don't throw a mercury thermometer in the trash. Contact your local trash collection program to see if there's a hazardous waste site in your area.
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The six-story vertical garden consists of a metal frame structure built on a dividing wall between the library and an existing apartment building. Plants are inserted into the frame between two metal grids using synthetic felted material, which can be easily accessed from several corridors in the back and can be replaced. A suspended scaffold hangs from the front and allows workers to prune or replace plants as necessary.
Various species of flora and herbaceous plants are planted throughout the installation – one type of plant per square, with smaller plants at the top and ivy and ferns at the bottom. The lush ferns and ivy provide a cool courtyard entrance, which is located where the vertical garden meets the library's door.
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A Conversation with Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard
President and CEO of Davidoff
David Savona, Gregory Mottola
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As the storied Davidoff brand celebrated its 100th anniversary this past June, it was also welcoming its first chief executive officer, Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, to take the helm without rising through the ranks of the company. Henri Davidoff started Davidoff as a shop in Geneva and titled it with his surname. His son, Zino, brought the shop to fame, and from that cornerstone the brand was expanded to include a worldwide chain of stores as well as its cigar lines.
Today, Davidoff is one of the cigar world's best-known brands, and unlike virtually every other non-Cuban cigar brand, Davidoff's international reach far exceeds its presence in the United States, which is itself considerable. Davidoff cigars are the backbone brands of the Oettinger Davidoff Group of Basel, Switzerland.
Before starting his tenure as president and chief executive officer of the company in April, Hoejsgaard, 53, had a strong background in luxury goods and had come from a Danish family that once sold tobacco products. On the eve of Davidoff's centennial, the new CEO spoke with senior editor David Savona and associate editor Greg Mottola at the Cigar Aficionado offices in New York City to discuss his strategy for moving Davidoff forward.
Cigar Aficionado: So you are brand new to Davidoff.
Hoejsgaard: I am brand new to Davidoff, but it's an interesting homecoming. I'm third-generation in a tobacco family in my native Denmark, from a distribution perspective. I've never smoked cigarettes in my life, but I smoked cigars from a very young age. And I was also the president, in the late '90s, early 2000s, of Coty, which has the Davidoff fragrance line, still does. So I feel very good about coming full circle.
Q: Let's start by talking about the family tobacco business.
A: My sister and I were the third generation in Denmark's largest independent distributor of cigars and pipe tobacco. And we also had our own pipe production. So tobacco has always been part of my growing up. I worked my way up from a sales rep to all sorts of interesting positions in purchasing and marketing.
Q: Did that take you on any travels?
A: It did. It was not a lot, but I did visit [the growing regions in] Connecticut in the late 1970s, early '80s. And it took me on a lot of travels in this country, for we had a nice business. But European distribution in tobacco was not really the future at that time. I had always wanted to go international with my career, and I joined Seagram. So I spent the following eight years there. We actually, with the Martell Cognac brand, had distribution of Cuban cigars. When Seagram acquired Martell Cognac in 1989, we also had distribution of Cuban cigars all over Asia.
Q: Interesting, I did not know that. How long did you do that?
A: I left in 1993.
Q: Was Martell still distributing Cuban cigars?
A: Yes we were. They don't do it anymore, I don't know when they lost it.
Q: And I'm sure you had to sample the product, for research.
A: Absolutely. I've always smoked Davidoffs and Cubans.
Q: So were you doing business with Habanos?
A: Not me personally, no. I was the head of marketing for French products, which meant Cognac, but I never met the Cubans.
Q: And from Seagram, where did you go next?
A: I went to LVMH, but in the perfume business. I was in Hong Kong, then I moved to Paris with Coty, which had the license for Davidoff fragrances. So it's sort of coming full circle. And I met Dr. [Ernst] Schneider [the late owner of Davidoff] several times for the fragrance discussions. I was extremely touched and honored when I started [at Davidoff] on my first day in the job. They came and gave me, which is a big deal in Switzerland, Dr. Schneider's number plate for my new car.
Q: Is that like a license plate?
A: Yes.
Q: Very nice. So this luxury brand experience must translate well to Davidoff.
A: We really need to be very clear on the fact that we are in the luxury goods business, and Davidoff really is the brand on a global scale. I always think that Davidoff the brand is competing against Cuba the country. And I think it's very important that we understand that, and take a brand building approach. Obviously Davidoff for me is the epitome of buying authenticity, rarity and quality, and I think those three pillars really epitomize Davidoff. I think we have an unbelievable opportunity to leverage that and build it further in existing markets as well as emerging markets. Taste you can never discuss, it's a personal matter, but you can recognize consistency and quality of taste. I think that is really a hallmark, which makes loyal customers, coming back again and again to the brand.
Q: Let's talk about your products. What needs to be done to keep people coming back to the Davidoff brand?
A: I think the Davidoff history, and also the brands we have acquired, like Camacho and Cusano, are basically family brands. They even have their blood in it. Whenever a company, whether it's Christian Dior in fashion or Davidoff in cigars, when the people with the names on the brand are no longer here, it calls for a transformation. And me, I have to be very conscious of understanding the history, but not be a prisoner of it, and really take the brand to the next level. And therefore the policy is very much about getting that global consistency. We need to transform from smoking, per se, to this world of pleasure, celebration of moments and bringing new customers to the brand. I'm fascinated, particularly here in the U.S., that the growth driver is really these 30-to-35 year old guys who have never smoked a cigarette. I was in the Champagne business for many years. The French, when they celebrate something, they use that word Champagne. I would love that to be Davidoff.
Q: So you want Davidoff to be that celebratory thing, pop open the cork on Champagne, light up a Davidoff.
A: Yes. It's luxury, but it's affordable luxury. It's certainly something everyone can do once in awhile.
Q: Let's talk about consistency.
A: Oh, it is a very consistent product. No question about it. When I look at customer complaints or returns there are almost none.
And I don't want to talk down, but in our stores we sell all manner of brands, and that's not always the case. The consistency of quality and [Davidoff cigar blender] Henke Kelner is very strong, and that's definitely not something that has to be fixed. What I think is interesting from the product side, we can really go into new areas. Puro d'Oro clearly is something very different from a Davidoff perspective. As far as I can see, for the first time we have really managed to come out with a cigar that has moved people, not just Davidoff smokers.
Q: Puro d'Oro is very different from the standard Davidoff.
A: It's hardly any cannibalization. It's for people who have not looked at Davidoff before.
Q: Let's talk about the stores. Davidoff has company-owned stores, as well as licensed stores. What's the split?
A: We are 65 flagship stores around the world, and it's about half and half.
Q: So a similar number of franchised stores?
A: Yes.
Q: Of those 130 stores or so, how many have the name Davidoff?
A: If it was 65 company-owned stores, then those 65. Then we have in the U.S. 229
appointed merchants, so the Davidoff branding is very present, if not on the façade, then in the store. Plus we have 150 branded smoking lounges around the world. We will be rolling out a twenty-first-century new look of our stores. We hope to open the first prototype in December in the Zurich airport.
Q: Is there a name for it?
A: There is only a code name at this point.
Q: With your international background, is there something that you've found that fundamentally defines the American customer of a Davidoff cigar as opposed to a European or Asian customer.
A: Yes. The fundamental difference between the American Davidoff smoker and the European is that the American smoker likes the big sizes. And the [American] cigar smoker likes a milder taste, big but milder.
Q: So you think the U.S. smoker likes the milder cigar?
A: Yes, and that's a surprise to me.
Q: Going back to luxury—what has been the impact of the economy on Davidoff, which is a luxury brand?
A: We have to remember the very true saying, when times are tough we all have to tighten our belt, but there are some people who only have to tighten their alligator belt. Yes, '08 and '09 were certainly tough for Davidoff, but comparatively it was not so bad. And 2010 we were back to pre-'08 levels. What we did see, in our own stores, what we lost on the luxury end we were able to capture with Avo, The Griffin's.
Q: So you saw people moving down, Davidoff went to Avo, perhaps Avo went to The Griffin's.
A: Yes.
Q: What about accessories? Your accessories are wonderful, but they're also very pricey.
A: They're pricey. They suffered. Absolutely. Humidors, high-end lighters, humidors in particular.
Q: Are there any signs of life in humidors and pricey accessories?
A: I was just in the store today and a guy walked in and walks out with a $7,000 humidor. But this is anecdotal. It is coming back, but I wouldn't say with a lot of life. We have to reassess that whole area. A Davidoff humidor is for life. How many lives do you have?
Q: Let's talk about the differences among some of the new family members, if you would, Camacho and Cusano. Can you speak about what each one adds?
A: It's two very, very good family members. Camacho in particular. I see tremendous opportunities. The big role for me is to bring that success outside the United States. Cusano is, from a brand perspective, much weaker, it's almost a private label in many ways. But I see it playing more of a role where we can do interesting things in more price-sensitive segments.
Q: Compared with the Davidoff brand, what is the international reach of Camacho and Cusano?
A: They're really in their infancy. I see a lot more to do there.
Q: In your previous positions, did you incorporate companies that you acquired?
A: Yes. I have some experience there. I know that cultural integration is doomed to failure, you really have to understand that, the worst thing that can happen is if you try to absorb it and make it a copy of yourself.
Q: And this is still a work in progress, right?
A: Just five months prior to me joining, January 1 of this year, they all moved into the same building in Pinellas Park, Florida. Only in these last few weeks have we integrated the sales forces. We're trying to get everyone excited that they have become part of something larger. Everybody is coming together. It takes a little time.
Q: So the old headquarters of Davidoff in Stamford, Connecticut, is closed.
A: Yes, I think we still have two people sitting there for practical reasons until the end of the year.
Q: One of the things about Davidoff cigars that I found interesting was how they are made in the Dominican Republic, shipped in plain, big boxes to Connecticut, sorted and then packed into dress boxes. Will that continue, but in Florida?
A: Yes. It comes out of this rigorous devotion to quality. We have three warehouses around the world, and this procedure is happening in all three.
Q: And that's strictly for Davidoff white label.
A: Yes.
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South Park returns Wednesday!
South Park returns Wednesday!
The Sox traded Bullfrog the only player they've got for Shottenhoffen. Four-eyes Shottenhoffen a utility infielder. They've got a whole team of utility infielders.
TV shows go on hiatus all the time. It's nothing new.
Choo got it, dude.
I didn't say it was anything new, but when there was a clear build up/climax to the first 6 episodes, then a 4 month break and a new build up and climax, I'm always going to consider them seperate. Even more so when the show runner is switched from the 1st set to the 2nd set of episodes.
and yes, I'll likely feel the same way when Breaking Bad & Mad Men do the same thing later this year.
The Sox traded Bullfrog the only player they've got for Shottenhoffen. Four-eyes Shottenhoffen a utility infielder. They've got a whole team of utility infielders.
Haven't seen this mentioned on here before but Bill Simmons is doing a "The Wire" bracket. http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollyw...omar-be-beaten
Not sure what to make of last night's ending to "The Walking Dead" Season 2, part 2.
Spoiler alert:
The barn scene/fight was pretty cool, though the deadly accurate shots fired out the windows of moving cars, as well as the ridiculous amount of rounds Hershel's shot gun held were a little extreme. First time I've ever watched "The talking Dead" last night, sounds like they got a little lucky w/ the barn scene and angle they were able to capture as it fell.
I never read the comics, but have heard that the zombie hunter girl was a pretty popular character. Some people that I had talked to about it were wondering when/if she would make her appearance. I'm not sure how it compares to the comics, but I thought that part was well done; combine that w/ the shot of the prison and I'm pretty excited for next season.
"Knowledge isn't power. Power is power"
Thank god Game of Thrones is back on.
I know I'm behind but I finally caught up and watched the season finale of "Homeland" last night. Wow. I love this show and that finale was one of the best hours of television I've ever watched. Several of those scenes were brilliant.
Just watched all 12 episodes of Game of Thrones in the last week. Holy cow that's awesome.
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Sebastian Vettel says he's confident about Sunday's Hungarian GP despite being pipped to pole position by Lewis Hamilton...
Sebastian Vettel says he's confident about Sunday's Hungarian GP despite being pipped to pole position by Lewis Hamilton.
On an afternoon where Vettel and Red Bull appeared to be the ones to beat, Hamilton came from behind to snatch pole by 0.038s.
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"There wasn't much missing today but Lewis did a good job," said the German.
"I was pretty happy with both laps because I had two sets of new tyres, maybe I wasn't aggressive enough in the middle.
"It is stupid to sit and say, we should have done this, and we should have done that. Mercedes have good pace in qualifying so you have to be fair and respect that.
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Update: Ashley Richards was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of cruelty to animals for her involvement in making "crush" videos. "While we are satisfied that the defendant received the maximum penalty in these cases, we will fight at the next legislative session to increase the punishment range for this offense to better protect these animals and all citizens of Harris County," said District Attorney Devon Anderson. "When a person tortures and kills an animal that raises a red flag about that person's capacity for violent behavior in general. It will always be a priority for our office to aggressively prosecute offenders who abuse animals."
Richards' co-defendant, Brent Justice, is scheduled to appear in court in July.
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After PETA was alerted to violent fetish videos sold online showing puppies, kittens, rabbits, mice, and other animals who were tortured in ways that would make even a hardened person sick, our Cruelty Investigations Department staffers worked around the clock to find the perpetrators. Thanks to skillful sleuthing and with the help of the Animal Beta Project, PETA determined that the alleged producers of the videos lived in Houston, Texas, and rushed the evidence to local authorities. Two days later, the Houston Police Department (HPD) arrested Brent Justice and Ashley Richards, two suspects believed to be involved in an international video sales scheme, on felony warrants and charged them with animal torture.
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PETA applauds the HPD and the Harris County District Attorney's Office for their swift action. We will be pushing for federal charges as well, as making crush videos is a violation of federal law. Such videos feature animals, including mice, puppies, kittens, and rabbits, slowly tortured to death for the sexual gratification of fetishists.
Charges for both suspects result from a video that PETA gave to the HPD, in which a woman prosecutors say is Richards is shown cutting the leg and slashing the neck and throat of a puppy before beheading the struggling animal with a meat cleaver. Richards also faces charges related to the torture and killing of a cat in a 2010 video. As the Houston Chronicle reports, a "judge halted the reading of the court documents during a hearing last week because the details were too graphic." Richards has reportedly admitted to killing hundreds of animals over the years. The investigation is continuing.
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As this case shows, for animals in danger, one phone call or e-mail can the make the difference between life and (perhaps a horrible) death. Please, if you witness or hear about cruelty to animals, never be silent.
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How long before they potentially escalate from murdering helpless young animals to helpless children or other vulnerable people at risk?
For the sake of society and justice – not revenge, these monsters should be removed from the public PERMANENTLY.
Finally Justice for tortured animals. Ten years should be just the beginning for these monsters.
I truly hate these people. I don't know what may have happened in their past or present to make them this way but NO ONE should get away with abuse to an animal. NO ONE!! Fines should be much higher and sentences should be much longer or more severe
Evil and ugly people they are!!! Lock them away forever and let them rot!
More scum of the earth. Karma. What goes around, comes around. They'll get what's coming to them. Hell does exist.
These two are a tragic waste of organs! I can only hope their time in jail won't be easy.
What is wrong with you!… 10 yrs. is nothing!
10 years is nothing for what they did to these poor animals!…. Crazy people… If they even deserve be called that way!
All my gratitude for what you are doing.. a little hope that not all humans are monsters .. a mistake in nauture
I couldn't even imagine something as sick as this and these two. They are the most low class disgusting filth. Just look at them. The horror of it continues when we consider what these two sub-humans will be like after 10 years of the horror that I hope they suffer in prison. God help whatever little animals they come in contact with then.
10 years is a slap on the wrist for such horrific crimes.
Pls put them to jail till there last breath they breathe
If this is a fetish thing, they should be registered as sex offenders, just a rapist or child molester would be. This made me sick to my stomach, and calling these people, and the people that get off on this type of thing a monster is putting it way too lightly. Kudos for putting these freaks away, but 10 years seems like nothing, they should have to rot in jail for the rest of their lives.
Who can we contact about these two psychopaths? That sentence is nowhere near long enough.
Thanks for getting these people prosecuted!
There's nothing I wouldn't do to help save an animal from any form of abuse.
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Should America withdraw as the world "police / peace keepers"?
In 1945, America came out of the war one of the strongest of all of the major participants.
It began to assume the role of a world police/peace keeper promoting it's ideals and political sentiments in an effort to end future conflicts. Of course, there were other competing forces in the world with differing ideas on the world thus creating new conflicts.
70 years later, America spends amounts on it's military that is more then most countries economies. Money that could probably be better spent.
America has based military units per a number of treaties in countries around the world providing host countries with a sense of security and a lower defense budget.
Is it necessary for America to continue this process?
What would be the effect on current world conflicts if America withdraws it's foreign based forces?
Should America honor it's existing treaties or create new accommodations to meet current world political views?
Would America be or feel more secure if it withdraws?
Mar 18 2013: Not to be curmudgeon to you, but it depends. There have been places where we should have helped but didn't. An example was the Hutus and Tutsi problem in Rawanda. As usual the heroes were the French foreign legion who apparently had tears in their eyes because they were so late. Before we Americans beat our drums too load, we should remember that there is usually oil where we go. Sad sort of really as the rest of the World tends to notice that fact. Godspeed.
Mar 19 2013: Curmudgeon is a title you earn, based on years of making life mistakes and failing to correct them.
It tends to make one a touch bitter and critical. But, that's me.
America seems to be criticized that it only goes where the oil is. I am not sure that is totally true.
But, do we follow the oil for ourselves or for others. Consider this. The US has done much to "protect" the oil from the middle east. Yet, only a minor amount of that oil is marketed in the US. Most is sent to Europe. Could it be that the US was taking this extraordinary action of war to insure the continuation of our biggest trading partnership. It would still be self interest based, but not totally selfish.
Mar 20 2013: Mike I only noted that that is a criticism that is out there.Mar 20 2013: I would not call the USA peacekeepers. I find that the USA need to be involved in wars , because war is used as an economic engine. Maybe if the USA cleaned up its own messes , the public would be better served.
Mar 20 2013: Is that true?
American needs war as an economic engine? I can see that argument, but let's look at history.
How many wars have been successful and how popular?
Not looking at the civil war, that was a self inflicted wound.
We barely got past the Revolution, we won that more by GB losing interest.
GB can back later and spanked the US.
We spent the next 80 years fighting Native American tribes and a weak Mexican dictator who was more scheming then tactical.
Then we ran off a broken Spain from it's meager holdings in this hemisphere.
We really didn't want to get involved in WW 1 but, Germany poked us and so we came in and tipped the balance. Of course, we let the "victorious" Europeans dictate terms and set up WW 2.
We dragged our feet on WW 2 until the Japanese poked us and we came in again to tip the scales. This time, we got involved in our enemies futures and ignored our allies allowing the USSR to form. We really didn't do that well in Vietnam. Probably got suckered into getting involved in Gulf 1 and 2. I know everyone was blaming our oil interests but when you look at the numbers, that reason and those wars didn't make that much sense. Afghanistan? All we proved there is that the Russians were correct.
And of these past 200 years of warlike activity did the American people really get behind? Maybe WW 2, and even then there were a large minority who were opposed.
So, if wars are our thing.... we should be looking for a new thing.
Mar 20 2013: Maybe the USA should look inwards and take up a war that is bringing the country down...greed. Now I could also point a finger at my own country (Canada) , poverty is growing in both countries , but that 1% seem to be reaping all the benefit.
Here in Canada and the USA we have been drawn into this new thing call world trade, but what it really means is , this is a new buzz word for exporting jobs on both sides of our boarders . As trade increases , our labour force lose out to countries like Mexico and China. Now that is a war that should be fought. I do my part by not buying as much as I can products made in China , India or Mexico. So yes we should be looking for that new thing and one that builds both our economies.
Mar 20 2013: Buying stuff made in your country is a good thing, but you have to remember that there are a lot of your countrymen who earn a living bringing foreign stuff from ships to your store shelf.
I do see greed as a problem, the 1% er, packing broken mortgages to sell to unsuspecting financial companies; to the 99%er, sitting in a late model car, holding the latest cellphone at the food bank drive threw telling all that if there were no food bank, the kids would go hungry. There is plenty of greed on all sides. Worse, politicians buying votes by making it easy to be greedy or covering for the highrollers from prosecution.Mar 21 2013: i agree with you that war has been used as an economic engine, not only by USA, but by all major empires in history. but we're supposed to be civilized people, aren't we?
as for the world trade, USA has not been drawn into it, it created it and most companies benefiting from cheap labour in China and elsewhere are European and American.
to answer Mike's question, America needs so solve some internal and external problems before they can afford not to get involved in conflicts worldwide. but just like any police force, if your existence depends on conflict, you may not be very "motivated" to change anything, right?Mar 19 2013: YES
Mar 19 2013: Nothing like an affirmative response. Would you care to elaborate? Or would that question evoke a single syllabic response?
Mar 19 2013: The U.S. is trying to control something it cannot control. What are the odds of a Iraq becoming a democracy?
Democracy did occur in China, this was not implemented by war.
The truth is that the defense contractors are another form of crony capitalism.
Mar 19 2013: Iraq, a democracy? Well, it is possible, as there are three divergent religious groups that would have to get together in a democratic way. But, probably not.
I guess you could say Taiwan is democratic, The mainland, not so much. There was only one party running in the last election. I know the people voted them in, but it lacks that "people had a choice" thing.
Defense Contractors greasing political palms? That's simply pointing out the obvious.
Now, if the US did withdraw into Fortress America, the question begs, would we remain strong enough to resist any and all attempts to intrude or invade?
Would the rest of the world be overcome by war, pestilence and plague?
Would the American civilization continue to evolve ?Mar 19 2013: Mike, In most cases the US is in a country by treaty, agreemnet, or through a effort by the United Nations where the US carries the major load. I do not always agree. In many cases I think we are intruding on the countries internal affairs and even their soverienty ... that is my opinion. Much of this could have, and should have, been a diplomatic issue ... if we had a Secretary of State which we did not. The US is a failed diplomatic nation.
The unfortunate truth, again my opinion, is that I do not think any country could take the US by force. The USA will die from within. The current approach to economy, taxation, individual rights, size of government, ignoring factors that have reduced the GDP, unemployment, and the complete disregard for the Constitution has brought the country to its knees and collaspe is not far off.
As to the rest of your questions only history can answer. The world will not end at the fall of the US. There will be impacts of course .... recall that Britian once was the most powerful country in the world ... when the US took over that title the world did not end.
Mar 19 2013: I see your point on the failure of the US to be a "noble" diplomatic nation, I have had concerns about the diplomatic corps since I had to meet with the counsellor in Korea. What a pompous ass. I even wrote to H. Kissinger about his failed post in Korea. Never did get an answer. To this day, I am surprised that South Korea has anything to do with the USA.
I also agree that we have some internal issues that need to be addressed. I think that most problems will be resolved. The nation has had harder times and came out with it's skin, I have to think it will do so again.
I am not so sure about your point that there would not much significant difference at the fall of the US and the fall of Great Britain. There weren't countries around to pounce on the British Isles. But consider the plum America would be. Our resources alone would double any major nation in the world. Further. I don't think that GB had the animosity that America enjoys today from many nations.
I believe there would be an armed aggression to secure the US. I take that from the German Japanese meeting in 1942, where this very discussion was made.Mar 19 2013: The Japanese came to the conclusion that attacking the USA directly would be problematic as the general population was well armed. The administration is attempting to take that problem away. I believe that the military takeover will not be necessary as the US will fall econimically and our departure from a representative republic to our rapid assent to socialism will form partnerships with like defined countries. Our politicians have found they can position themselves above the law and have established a elete status. They have exempted themselves from the very laws they pass that regulated the people they represent. Examples would include Obamacare and Security and Exchange regulations concerning insider trading. They vote themselves raises and perks without consent of the people. Nakita Kruschev (sp) stated the fall of the US will not require one gun shot. I believe he was correct. We continue to follow Keynesian economic models that allow bigger government, deficiet spending, and no concern of trade or GDP balances or importance in relationship to national debit.
I read articles from other nations that cannot understand the American people who cannot see the dangers that the administration has put us in. We have allowed generational welfare reciepents to be the main factor in the election process. They are being rewarded for not working and the workers / taxpayers are footing that bill. Soon the non-workers will out number the workers and it is over. The history of Argentina is the path of America.
Thanks for the reply. Bob.
Mar 19 2013: That scenario is all too possible. I maybe optimistic enough to think that the people will catch on before we are too far down that road. If the TSA is formed into the national civilian police force as there seems to be a concern, your premise will take a much darker tones.Mar 20 2013: I think that the AG made a political slip on the use of drones on the US citizens and was then directed by POTUS to take that statement back .... I think they are still in play. I am not as worried about TSA as I fear Homeland Security. They are currently not allowed to do their job and ICE is returning all illegal felons back onto the street ... the political plan is to make all illegals ... legal and thus capture the latino vote. Homeland security would be basically out of a job ... even knowing that Homeland Security has ordered two billion rounds of ammo and thousands of armored vehicles ... See Edward Longs conversation. If we are legislating them out of a job how can the orders of ammo and armored vehicles be justified and what other purpose would they be used for. Either someone is to stupid to continue to suck in air or there is a down the road plan that the "transparent" administration has not revealed to us. I like that "transparent" LOL.
If you are not familiar with UN Article 21 ... the US is implementing it under Rural development. Like it or not Socialism is here and we are seeing even SCOUS finding way to aide in implementing it in the USA. Obamacare is a tax. Where the hell did that come from ... even the Obama team was shocked as they thought it was defeated.
I am not for sure how much darker the future can get. If people are going to catch it .. you had better tell them we are running out of road.
Thanks for the reply. Bob.
Mar 20 2013: Let me defend SCOTUS.
What the Chief Justice pointed out is the 16th amendment is an open check signed by Americans given to the congress. All the SCOTUS ruled as constitutional is that the "fee" imposed by not purchasing heath insurance is in constitutional fact a tax that can be imposed by congress. That was the question before the SCOTUS. The constitutionality of the congress doing about anything for the health, welfare, nanny care has long been deemed appropriate.
The American people, through their states, have permitted congress to strip them of their basic rights and taken their wealth to support all matter of programs, policies having pointed outcomes that could insure ease of re-election. But,
I could be wrong...Mar 20 2013: Iraq is not going to become a democracy.
While China is not a democracy the standard of living has improved dramatically.
That is obvious to some not so much to others...
America has a albatross around it's neck that could not help but improve the economy which is part of the obvious, at least to me.
America would evolve quicker without the albatross. Despite what the busy bodies will tell you the world would not be overcome with pestilence etc, but they might learn how to have a better life through the free market.
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Mar 19 2013: I am not asking you to choose. But as a "non US citizen" you have a point of view on how your country or region is effected good or bad by America's current policies and if America ended those policies, how could it effect your country, good or bad?
Should NATO be the world peacekeeper/policeman? NATO is mostly a "Western" force. Would this play well in Asia?
How about the UN taking over in this role? Now, some nations have a distrust of the UN because in is physically located in the US and the US is the major contributor to it's funding. Would the UN be better appreciated if it was in a more neutral place and funding was changed as to not give the appearance of US influence?
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Mar 19 2013: Points well taken. I am inclined to think that the UN would be better served in a more neutral location. I am convinced that most Americans are not firmly committed to hosting the UN in New York. With the UN Building entering it's 7th decade. The facilities could be aging to the point of needing replacement. I am sure that if the UN wanted to relocate to new facilities in another country, I wouldn't believe there would be opposition on the part of America.
Yes there are stories of American Intelligent Services relocating wanted men in differing countries. I have to believe that these operations are in-conjunction with intelligent services with other nations. There is the quid pro quo between allied intelligence that I am sure still exists. So, I guess there is soil on both sides.Mar 18 2013: I wonder if it's more complicated, if by playing policeman to the world America also gets better security for itself?
Gail .
Mar 18 2013: It is not necessary for America to continue to be the bully of the world. War is not peace. War held in abeyance is not peace. Peace-keepers don't keep the peace. They keep up the charade that military might is required, and they inspire fear which has its own repurcussions. Peace-keepers send the message that you are powerless and vulnerable, when, in my experience, nothing could be further from the truth.
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I would like America to withdraw from all defense treaties and to withdraw all troops. But what would be the consequence of this?
Our economy would collapse. War is profitable. That's why congress is in such turmoil right now. That's why we're setting up a new base of operations in Australia. Keep the money flowing to the wealthiest who profit most from (and lobby hardest for) war to keep the economy afloat. War is the easiest way to spur the economy, but those in power don't seem to understand that unless that money is spent at home, it doesn't help OUR economy, so wars help Americans less and less while they harm and threaten Americans more and more.
Americans should fix the cancer as opposed to spreading it around the world.
Would America feel more secure if it withdraws. I surely would, but there is a whole political party that would be terrified because they are being told by our government and a certain news channel that they should BE AFRAID - BE VERY AFRAID. Fear is a type of insanity.
Mike Colera
Mar 18 2013: It's true, some Americans firmly believe that projecting our forces will cause a military engagement on foreign soil instead of defending against an invasion on our soil.
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But, pragmatically, would it be tactically beneficial or financially retractable to build what some would call "Fortress America"?
Would other nations who appear to rely on American might to secure their own national interest be appreciative to see American forces depart and be assured they could return in a timely fashion to meet treaty obligations?
Should we have defense treaties?
Is our foreign policy confusing. We went in force to Iraq, after the invasion of Kuiwait and the suppression of the Iraq peoples. Some say it was for the oil, but the US had relatively small oil investment in these middle east countries and those losses would be a small fraction of the cost of invasion and subsequent re-invasion of Iraq. If it was to protect oil investments in the entire area
simple containment of Iraq would have made more financial sense and even that action would was thought to have been more costly then any value received.
Should finances be the main criteria for global involvement in the police/peace keeping policies?
Should "humanity" be the consideration for global involvement ?
Would the world be a better place or much worse if America retreated into "Fortress America"Mar 18 2013: I think world mostly benefits from America's ability to deal with terrorists, dictators, ideologies like communism and war conflicts.
However we also need to acknowledge that US does not always act justly. For example the second war in Iraq under J. Bush was not justified except for US special interests.
I believe that we do need US to take on role of protecting and spreading democracy. US successfully defeated communism and it is winning war on terror. Who else is able to do that?
Mar 19 2013: I have heard that the 2nd Gulf war was based on "special interest". But, I have not heard clearly defined what those interest were. Many say it was oil interest. But when the numbers are read, oil precedes to the US were miniscule when compared to the cost of war. And I have to believe that this was known before the battles were engaged.
Other comments were that the US was wrongly convinced that there were WMD that could be developed and used to attack the US mainland. Plausible considering the recent attack on 9/11.
I guess we can only guess.
The other point is why do you believe that the US should spread democracy. The US is a constitutional republic, that uses a democratic process in selecting some of it's federal representatives. The people of the US have chosen this method for it's governance. But what if a people want to live under a theocracy? Or a monarchy? Or, even communism. These forms of government are not inherently bad if they are the choice of the people.
They only become distasteful when a nation practicing these forms of governance insist strongly that neighbors do and against the neighbor's wishes.
Mar 19 2013: Given that US invaded Iraq with false information about WMD and people in the government themselves new that fact I don't see how this war was justified in any way. It does not really matter what were the true reasons for invading Iraq but the war itself showed that US will go ahead with a war regardless of the facts if some powerful people like a president decide so.
"But what if a people want to live under a theocracy? Or a monarchy? Or, even communism. "
Did ever dictator or communist party asked people in general and free elections about whether they want to live in such a system? In addition, these systems engage in gross violations of human rights and freedoms. There is no justification for such systems to exist.


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Birchrunville Store Cafe (Middle-of-Nowhere, PA)
Difficult reservation to get, but a last minute invite from a friend gave us a chance to dine at the legendary BYOB, Birchrunville Store Cafe, in tiny one-stop-sign Birchrunville PA (our second visit).
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~Appetizer: Fresh Maine lobster & Washington State mussels bisque with port wine, and a lump crab cake ($12)
~Daily special appetizer (and a signature dish): Escargot~Roasted
~Entree: Berkshire pork chop, hedgehog mushrooms, green peppercorn, with cognac reduction ($30)
~Dessert: Coconut cheesecake with chocolate crust
BYOB (good stems), food is good, service is good, although both reflect the somewhat iconoclastic nature of Chef Frank (YMMV). Apparently a pain in the ass to get a reservation (I've never tried), and the place was packed on a Friday night (but only a modest hum of conversation), easy parking, and it really isn't that far away (25 min drive SW from Collegeville, only 2 miles from Birchrun Farm, which would make a fun day trip).
Something all Philly Foodies should try at least once.
Interesting review of your dinner and based on my two visit I would concur with your conclusions while probably choosing unorthodox rather than iconoclastic, in favor of a bit less aggressive term. Thanks, appreciate the write up and reminder: Birchrunville Store is an out-of-the-way cafe that should not be out-of-mind when considering excellent and interesting dining.
So! You found my secret hideout, eh?
One of the top places to dine in the Philly burbs and it certainly compares favorably with almost any New York eatery.
Birchrunville Store Cafe is at the top of my "favorites" list for Chester County dining. I've had a fair amount of success with last-minute weekend reservations there. Because reservations must be made so far in advance, I've come to believe that people make reservations for whenever they can, then, as the day draws near, figure out whether they can honor them. So cancellations are not rare, and if you time your call right, often you can snare one.


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This was asked quite some time ago, but with some new blood out there. I was just wondering what else do you all like to do besides disc golf?
Playing the drums and riding motorcycles are my other joys. Nothing like a little "throttle therapy" or banging on some skins to clear my head.
Sooooo lets hear it people. Is there life after disc golf for you?
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Like what Dook? Full on theater? or like those dinner mystery shows? Sounds like fun!
Man, I'd be soooo afaid to go shroom hunting. I'd end up with the death cap for sure :)
Cool, So what does that entail? Music? movies? both?
90% music, I did alot of touring when I was single working with Kiss, Carlos Santana,Limp Bizkit, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jo-Dee Messina to name a few. now I'm the house engineer at the Luxor Hotel/Casino working for Carrot Top and the Fantasy shows.
Very cool! It sure makes it easy getting up in the morning or evening an going to work. When it's not work :)
Paintball .Play it every chance I get with my son. Great therapy.
What's a "dragonboat"?
Read,cook,music,one time bike rider,frustrated writter of many beginning stories/music lyics/poems,antique collecting-small, diversified inkwells.
Freelance Graphic Design, 1st Person Shooters... Dye Discs!!
if you haven't played it yet, pick up Borderlands.. hands down the most fun I've had playing a video game in years
Hey Ron, have you ever done any In Studio Production work???
I have done quite a bit of analog recording and mastering, but I must admit that I'm not quite as familiar with pro-tools and similar programs as I should be and that really is where studio production is focused at this point..
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How can people treat other human beings like that? Disgusting.
I understand heckling... do it in a fun way or whatever, but wow.
How can people treat other human beings like that? Disgusting.
I understand heckling... do it in a fun way or whatever, but wow.
Calvin Johnson only four yards away from breaking Jerry Rice's record.
Choo got it, dude.
He got it. How awesome was Rice that he had that yardage total in a season where passing wasn't nearly as prevalant as it is nowadays.
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Pete Carroll just doesn't let his foot off the gas pedal does he?
Kinda refreshing to see.
Terrelle Pryor to start today for the Raiders. This should be interesting.
Choo got it, dude.
Vikings-Packers game is fantastic, just in case anyone turned off the tv or flipped to a movie or something.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
Adrian Peterson should win the MVP.
7 head coaches looking for another job. Chicago went 10-6 but that wasn't good enough for Lovie Smith.
A watched plot never thickens.
I wonder how many of the fired guys will simply be recycled to other jobs.
Go Gators!
I'm half expecting some sort of coach auction from those QBs on facebook people.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
I don't know how bad RG3's injury is, but I'm pretty sure he shouldn't have been in the game. I also question the Redskins organization for putting down a terrible field when their QB has a bum knee. Watching the 2nd half you just felt like it was only a matter of time till his knee gave out...
Don't wanna overreact till more facts are out, but I can't help but be a little mad watching that garbage. The coaching staff needs to be held accountable if it is what it looks like.
It does seem like the four best teams won, which bodes well for the second round. Also, before Griffin hurt himself more, the Seahwaks/Skins game did look like the first game of the weekend between two good teams. Cincy, Minny, and Indy were all pretty bad. But, it wasn't meant to last.
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Cars and Coffee is held every Saturday morning at the Ford headquarters. The event usually goes from 7am-9am but some people get there early! Today was a busy day considering its November I was expecting a smaller turn out, but because of the beautiful weather everyone came out. At Cars and Coffee you never know what your going to see.« Back to Cars and Coffee - Nov 14, 2009