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The Bat - 7:00pm at Philly Improv Theater
PHIT House Team Harold Night - 8:30pm at Philly Improv Theater
Komedy at the Khyber: Stand-Up Showcase - 9:00pm at The Khyber Pass Pub
PHIT RocketTeam Improv Jam - 9:30pm at Philly Improv Theater
Helium Comedy Club - 8:00pm (online signups) at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., Philadelphia
The Headhouse Cafe - 8:00pm (signups at 7:30) at The Headhouse Cafe, 122 Lombard St., Philadelphia
No.2 (#2)(Number 2) - 8:00pm (signups at 7:30) at St. Stephen's Green, 1701 Green St., Philadelphia
LawnBoys Comedy - 8:00pm (signups at 7:00) at Puck, 1 Printers Alley Doylestown, PA
The M Room - 9:00pm (signups at 8:30) at The M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia
If you run a Philadelphia-area comedy show or open mic let us know so we can share it on our calendar and in our daily show round-ups by sending us the information from our submit a show page to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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If you are a Philadelphia comedy performer that produces a podcast, web series, sketch video, humor column, or any other online content let us know by emailing us at email@example.com so we can share it!
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by Chris Dolan
The growth of the Philadelphia comedy scene has not been limited to the city proper. Comedians are taking to the stage in greater numbers and, as a result, more mics and showcase opportunities are opening in the suburbs. Mics in Delco, Montco and Bucks serve both to bring comedy to suburban audiences who might not venture in to the city, and to provide stage time to the comics who seek it out.
Tuesday nights in Doylestown, the venue Puck Live hosts a comedy open mic at 8pm, presented by LawnBoys Comedy. LawnBoys co-founders Ben Fidler [who hosts the mic most nights] and Jimmy Williams [writer of LawnBoys Comedy videos] sat down to talk about the origin of their group and their early video work; the Puck Live Tuesday night open mic; and video collaborations with the B.a. Comedian comedy troupe.
Chris Dolan: Talk about LawnBoys…what the LawnBoys are, how LawnBoys Comedy got started...
Ben Fidler: Jimmy [Williams] and I went to college together. We were in the same fraternity and we never really hung out that much in college. Then I think we were talking on Facebook or something the year after we graduated and I mentioned I'd been trying to get back into stand-up [after college]… I'd been doing a couple sets at Helium once in awhile, and he had mentioned he liked making stupid videos for the Internet and I said, "Hey, me too!" And we met up. I had tried to start a comedy group with my buddy in college called the Jokers Wild but when I moved down here it just kind of fell apart.
[At this point the interviewer takes Ben & Jimmy through a brief, painful primer on the decades-old Jokers Wild game show.]
So Jimmy didn't live that far away, he came over one day and we were just kicking around ideas. And the first thing we ever filmed was a Gatorade commercial [parody] with Keith Jackson.
Jimmy Williams: It's a couple years old but it's about the origins of Gatorade with University of Florida scientists...So we made "Baterade" for lonely university scientists...helps replenish protein and hydrates...
BF: And Jimmy did the Keith Jackson voice. I remember it's a two- minute clip and we probably had forty minutes of tape. And when we were done I was just laughing so hard, and I was on this endorphin high. We just had a blast.
CD: So did you write it before the fact or did you write as you go?
BF: We had it written out, you [to Williams] had pretty much written it; it was his idea and he wrote it, and I was just sticking in [ideas] with some of the lines. And I was the actor. We started doing more and more…webisodes, with recurring characters, we were just screwing around, hanging out and having fun. Right around the time the webisodes ended was when we started doing the open mic here.
CD: Is it just the two of you, or are there more LawnBoys? Officially or unofficially?
BF: Officially there's more but…one of our buddies Jerry lives in Scranton. And our other buddy Al left. But we're like the two band members that are always kind of there.
CD: The Mick and Keith.
BF: Yeah. We're the two that have just stuck with it. It's been so much fun just getting back into it.
CD: How did the mic [Tuesday Nights at Puck Live in Doylestown] come to be?
BF: I could not afford to go to Helium. That was before they had the internet sign-ups, so I'd drive down. I'd have to leave at 4. I'd sign up, find out at 7:30 I wasn't on, watch the other comedians, get home at 11 and have to work the next day. It was like forty bucks (per trip) for parking and gas. I'd been moonlighting here [at Puck] for awhile …in the back, cooking. And I thought the venue would really work for comedy, but [at the time] it was just music. After I stopped working here, my buddy still was working in the kitchen. He mentioned that new management was coming in and they were looking for fresh ideas, so a year ago this past August they said "We'll give you one Tuesday every month, for three months, to show us if you got something. And if that works we'll extend it for another couple." So we got Alex Grubard, Alex Pearlman…I padded the first open mic with some names. Started the show with just the five comedians that were going on that night, but ten people ended up going up. Everybody had a great set and people (in the audience) left going "this is great that you're doing this." Facebook and social media were such a huge help getting the word out. It built up and this past July we started going every Tuesday. And just this past January we got the last Thursday of every month for showcases.
I find I really enjoy putting together the comedy [shows], organizing them. I don't have as much time to write as I'd like but just being involved in any way is just so fun. Meeting new comics, getting comics to come in…seeing different styles.
CD: So you've done "city mics" and "suburban mics"…What's the contrast there that you think about?
BF: City mics, for me, when I was at Helium…[it's a great room, but] coming down from outside the city, I kind of felt like a stranger. Everybody knew everybody. Here [at Puck] I've tried to cultivate an atmosphere of, like, anybody who wants to go up, give it a shot, try it. I don't think we've ever cut anyone from the list.
JW: It's a great place for people to try stuff that they might not be comfortable taking downtown. We get a lot of first-timers who come out and say, "Hey, I want to try [stand-up]," and they might not want to try it in front of people who are doing stand-up every day.
CD: It's funny, there are more and more younger people doing stand-up, and the first time they make the sign-up list at Helium it's a big deal.
BF: The first time I made the list [at Helium] I was just like "Oh, shit."
CD: [to Williams] So do you do stand-up too?
JW: No, I don't perform on stage. [Both laugh.]
BF: He's the funniest bastard I know. His stories just kill me. He can't get up on stage though.
JW: Maybe one day, we'll see.
BF: He's said that if he goes up on stage, we'll have to have an ambulance on standby because of the amount of alcohol he'd need [to go through with it].
CD: How'd the B.a. Comedian video collaboration come about?
BF: Tim Raymus was the first one to come up to the mic. I thought he was funny. He started bringing Dan [King] and Brian [Six…Andrew [Sposato] came up a couple of times. And they're just really cool guys. And I've always wanted to cultivate a bunch of people getting together and being creative. And one of our problems, even when we were a [bigger] group [as Lawnboys], was just limited numbers. One of us would have to play two roles, or we didn't have someone to hold the camera. Dan mentioned that he had a sketch...
CD: "Cards on the Table."
BF: Right. We filmed it in a day. He edited it and threw it out there and that was it. And I find, with those guys, it's almost like the more cooks you have in it, the better the broth, just because you keep each other rolling, you don't procrastinate.
And [for the latest video, "Magicians are Dicks"] Lou Misiano came in. And now the ideas are coming faster and now that we're producing stuff a lot of other guys are willing to jump in and try stuff out. Tonight we're filming something that Daren Martinez wants to try out so people have been calling up and asking if we want to help out. I just love getting out there and working. It's just fun.
CD: Anything else?
BF: Come on out, check out Puck. I'd love to see new comedians and get people for our showcases.
Check out the LawnBoys open mic at Puck Live (1 Printers Alley, Doylestown, PA) every Tuesday at 7:30pm, and their showcase show every last Thursday of the month. And now, for your viewing pleasure, here are "Cards on the Table" and "Musicians are Dicks."


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - what do u think about love? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in what do u think about love? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message cckarenJoined: 06 Apr 2003Posts: 8 Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 1:36 am Post subject: what do u think about love? as for me,family is the result of a love story. in my mind there is always one person who is waiting for you somewhere in your life. when you meet,you will feel that it's he who you had been looking for.you will love him with all your heart and soul in the following days. but maybe that author is right.he said it was a decadent world.we hurrily begin our love and end it at random. but i think a person should pursue what he considers best and most valuable so that he don't feel regret of losing that opportunity . to me i still want to have a ephemeral but eternal love story,just like that in the Roma's Holiday.how do u think?Last edited by cckaren on Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:30 pm; edited 4 times in total Back to top HeaRToFNiGhTJoined: 01 Oct 2003Posts: 52Location: Dubai Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:11 pm Post subject: in my opinion the love never contenio .. but the friendship continio .. i love someone 7 years .. but i hit him now moree than any thing in this life_________________If You Love Something, Set It Free .. If It Comes Back, It's Yours ... If It Doesn't .. It Never Was! Back to top NATTAKORNJoined: 19 Feb 2004Posts: 1 Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:43 am Post subject: what do you think about love? In my opinion,love in a family is good for three resons.First,it helps solve problems of children in a family. Parents advise children about life and help their children any time to solve problams.Second,love in a family encourages effective successful life,for example,study,work,etc.Finally, prarents feel supervise children.We can consult from them.In conlusion, love is beutiful for everyday.Everybody can feel it.What do you think about love in family?_________________NATTAKORN MOTHONG Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Biggest Learners earn scholarships
The web reality series Biggest Learner wrapped up last Friday with a final episode announcing the winning team—the students who raised their group GPA the highest. The winners were "Team Swag," coached by Reuel Barksdale, Business Programs. Each received a $1,000 scholarship, while the runner-up "A Team," coached by Carolyn Kaufman, Social Sciences, received $500 scholarships. From left are winning team members Branden Rice, Meredith Mendoza and Larena Nolan. Not pictured is the fourth Team Swag member Jack D'Andrea.
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If you were unable to attend the recent Open Campus Forum for Arts and Sciences dean candidate Karen Muir this past Wednesday, you can view the video on the Intranet at this link: http://intranet.cscc.edu/dean-candidate.htm (the Intranet is not available off campus).
Faculty and staff who attended the Forum or viewed it online are invited to provide their feedback to be passed on to the selection committee. All responses will be anonymous. The link below will take you to a two-question survey. The deadline to submit responses is 5 p.m., Tuesday, January 20.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Bostos Demers at ext. 5519. For the most up-to-date information please follow the Human Resources Depart on Facebook: Human Resources at CSCC or Twitter: @CSCC_HR.
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After last year's ceremony, winners of the 2011 Women Student Leader Awards pose with organizers and President Harrison.
The Student Activities and Athletics Department invites you to nominate an outstanding woman student for the 2012 Women's History Month Leadership Awards. Nominations are due by February 10 and the award ceremony will be held in early March during Women's History Month.
The Outstanding Woman Student Leader Award recognizes academic excellence and civic involvement among our women students. Up to eight women will be honored on March 6 during the Women's History Month Awards Reception. This year's theme is "Women's Education, Women's Empowerment."
Previous winners have been community volunteers, mothers, entrepreneurs and scholars. All have excelled in their studies and community despite personal or professional obstacles. Nominees must be currently enrolled Winter Quarter and have a minimum 2.5 GPA.
Submit your typed, double-spaced nomination to Heather Borland, assistant director for student engagement and leadership, in Nestor Hall 116. For more information about the program call ext. 2637.
You can download a nomination form here or pick one up at the following places:
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Damika Robinson, 39, bit the victim's face several times on Aug. 4 at the victim's home on the 7000 block of South Rockwell Street, authorities said.
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Robinson, of the 1500 block of East 61st, was arrested Tuesday. She was ordered held on a $225,000 bond after being charged with aggravated battery.


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Liberty on the Move … in Nashville
Melissa Small, director of Alumni Relations and Marketing at Liberty University, speaks at the launch of a new alumni chapter in Louisville, Ky., in June.
Liberty University Alumni Relations will host its 13th chapter launch this Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.
Several members of the Liberty community are travelling to Nashville as part of the new "Liberty on the Move" initiative to bring LU leaders and staff face-to-face with alumni and other Liberty supporters. Representatives from Liberty's Development, Recruitment and Alumni Relations offices will be present for the chapter launch.
"There are many people connected with Liberty who we want to build relationships or maintain relationships, with and this is the best way to personally connect with them," said Melissa Small, director, Alumni Relations and Marketing for Liberty University.
The Nashville Alumni Chapter launch, taking place from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Judson Baptist Church, is the 10th chapter launch this summer. (For a full list of chapters, go to www.liberty.edu/alumni).
Small, a 2002 Liberty graduate, said the Alumni Relations office has connected face-to-face with more than 500 alumni this summer. She said she has enjoyed swapping stories on their experiences at Liberty and "seeing alumni get connected with each other and the university once again."


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March cover girl Sarah Jessica Parker tells Harper's Bazaar, "I just don't have any real sense of my public persona ... I don't know what people think of me, if they think of me at all."
Speaking in fashion terms, we think of Parker as a fabulous fashionista who appreciates, loves, and knows fashion from the inside out. She wears Balmain, Nina Ricci, and Chanel couture and rubs elbows with Karl Lagerfeld and Oscar de la Renta as if they were almost normal people, but with a twinge of awe that makes us feel deep down inside like we can relate to her. Yet in the Bazaar cover story, we feel like she's trying to act like she doesn't care as much about fashion as she actually does.
The feeling of fashion is something Sarah Jessica understands implicitly. "I don't have the Carrie Bradshaw passion and devotion to it, but I would much prefer that life would allow for a beautiful shoe all day long."
What does that mean? Did she regret that she wore Uggs to her interview? (Yes, Uggs.) Or did she think up that line before she arrived and wear the Uggs to show she meant it?
She'll readily acknowledge the transcendent power of a dress. "To stand in Mr. de la Renta's atelier and have him build a dress on you, that is amazing. And honestly, it's a great honor to be able to borrow something that weighs 40 pounds and requires three people to help you walk." How do you wear something that weighs 40 pounds? "Oh," she replies, "you just do."
So Oscar de la Renta makes her a custom dress that weighs probably one third of her and oh, she just threw it on and strolled out the door. Just like that. No big deal.
The so-fashion-it-hurts Balmain dress she wore to the New York City Ballet last fall? "That dress was really good. I love what [designer Christophe Decarnin] is doing. It's kind of 80s, but it's superfitted and tailored. I can't wear all that stuff, I'm too old, but with the jacket shoulder he did...he's kind of the male version of L'Wren Scott right now."
Spoken like a true lover of fashion. Not a like person who does this:
She wore a slim black McQueen sheath, printed with a thin plume of cigarette smoke, to an SATC event in New York. "He's incredible. I actually had to cut myself out of that dress that night. My husband was out of town, so I was alone when I got home, and I couldn't unzip it. So," she says, wincing, "I got out the scissors."
We think we just lost feeling in our limbs. Also, Parker's ability to relate to her people might have taken a nosedive.
She characterizes the recession as "Very scary. I know so many people who have lost jobs, are losing jobs, husbands who have lost jobs. I can't imagine going shopping."
Well, why should she imagine it? Oscar de la Renta makes custom 40-pound dresses for her. Heavens knows what other designers send her off the rack. We doubt she's cruising Club Monaco's sale section for a new scarf.
The McQueen tragedy was a symbolic moment in Parker's life. We can tell that she loves fashion, but she's afraid to love it too much lest she seem superficial, a bad role model, disconnected from her ravenous fans. So she wore the McQueen and then took a blade to it to say, "These things are nice but they mean nothing to me." She's a fashion masochist! We just wish she'd shamelessly enjoy and revel in every second of her fabulous fashion life. That we could relate to.
Why Don't You? Sarah Jessica Parker [Harper's Bazaar]
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Jeff Masters and Lee Grenci , 4:07 PM GMT on April 03, 2017
At least 254 people were killed in the in the city of Mocoa (population 40,000) in southwest Colombia near the border of Ecuador early Saturday, when torrential rains triggered a debris flow on a nearby mountain that surged into the town as a huge wall of water carrying tons of mud and debris. The disaster is the fourth deadliest weather-related disaster in Colombia's recorded history. Reports from Colombia indicate that 130 mm (5.1") of rain fell during a short period on Friday night and early Saturday morning, with the heaviest of the rain falling in just two hours, between 23:00 Friday, 31 March and 01:00 Saturday, 01 April, 2017. The rains fell on soils that were already wet from unusually heavy rains during March; the Mocoa region received about 50 percent more precipitation than usual during the month of March. The heavy rains of Saturday morning triggered a debris flow down the Taruca ravine on the northwest side of Mocoa, and this landslide, accompanied by floodwaters, poured into the Sangoyaco River and rampaged through the city of Mocoa. According to a USA Today interview with Jonathan Godt, coordinator of the U.S. Geological Survey's landslide hazards program, "That mixture can move at 35-40 miles an hour, and because it's so dense it has a lot more momentum and destructive power than water alone."
Figure 1. Mocao, Colombia after the Saturday, April 1, 2017 flood. A video from early Saturday morning showed cars and trucks being swept down the streets. Image credit: Ejército Nacional de Colombia via Facebook.
Contributing causes to the disaster
The fundamental cause of the disaster was that the city of Mocoa was situated in a vulnerable location—in a valley surrounded by steep slopes, close to the Mocoa, Mulato, and Sancoyaco rivers. Deforestation on the surrounding slopes may have contributed to the landslide and flood. President Juan Manuel Santos blamed climate change for triggering the flood, and he has a point—increased evaporation from warming oceans have caused a significant rise in atmospheric water vapor and very heavy rainfall events like the Mocoa event in recent decades. The Mocoa rains were triggered by a very moist flow of air from the tropical Atlantic, where ocean temperatures were near average (see the meteorological analysis below.) The rainy season in Colombia extends from March to mid June, so additional floods and landslides can be expected the next two months.
Figure 2. Aerial view of Mocao, Colombia after the Saturday, April 1, 2017 flood. Image credit: Cesar Carrion/Colombian Presidential Office via AP.
Colombia's history of weather disasters
According to EM-DAT, the international disaster database, Colombia's most expensive and second deadliest weather-related disaster occurred in 2010 - 2011, when almost non-stop heavy rains caused three separate billion-dollar flooding events, killing 418 people. EM-DAT lists one other flood that killed more than 200 people in Colombia: a December 1971 flood in Magdalena and Cauca Valsfive that killed 307. EM-DAT also lists five landslides in Colombia's history that have killed at least 200 people:
640 killed in Villatina on Sep 27, 1987
300 killed in Quebrada Blanca on June 28, 1974
200 killed in Bogota on June 28, 1973
200 killed on June 21, 1986
200 killed in December 1971
Meteorology of the disaster
Wunderblogger Lee Grenci looked in detail at the meteorology of the disaster, and what follows is his analysis.
Below is the animation of enhanced satellite images from GOES-13 during the period, 0045 UTC to 0715 UTC April 1 (nighttime in Colombia). You can see a mesoscale convective system (MCS) . This may more properly have been called a mesoscale convective complex (MCC), given the symmetry of the cirrus canopy toward the end of the loop--but the duration of the large, circular cirrus canopy did not last very long, however, and must last at least 6 hours to be labeled a MCC. Needless to say, the MCS was slow-moving, if not stationary, for several hours. The cloud-top temperatures at the peak of deep, moist convection were as low as -90 degrees Celsius, indicative of heavy thunderstorms quite capable of producing very heavy rain.
Figure 3. The animation of enhanced infrared images from GOES-13 during the period, 0045 UTC to 0715 UTC on April 1, 2017. Courtesy of Penn State.
Figure 4. A relief map of Colombia, Courtesy of Wikipedia. The disaster occurred in the town of Mocoa, which lies in southwest Colombia in the department of Putumayo at an elevation of nearly 2000 feet.
Given the quasi-stationary nature of the MCS, it's pretty clear that the initiation of heavy thunderstorms was orographic in nature. Check out (below) the GFS model analysis of 700-mb streamlines (about 10,000 feet) at 00 UTC on April 2. Please note that I'm using 700 mb as a proxy for the lower troposphere, given the high elevations in this region (mountains to the west of Mocoa are as high as 15,000 feet). The analysis shows a strong easterly flow from the tropical Atlantic that moved upslope over the high terrain, paving the way for heavy thunderstorms. The rapid, extreme run-off from the lofty mountains set the stage for devastating flooding and mudslides.
Figure 5. The GFS model analysis of 700-mb streamlines at 00 UTC on April 2, 2017. Courtesy of Penn State.
Figure 6. The GFS model analysis of 850-mb streamlines at 00 UTC on April 2, 2017. Courtesy of Penn State. Lower-level winds come into South America from the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean.
Moisture from the Caribbean, where ocean temperatures were up to 1°C (1.8°F) above average might have played a role in the MCS, but I believe the mountains to the north probably blocked some of this low-level moisture. To support my claim, take a look at the GFS analysis of precipitable water (PWAT, Figure 7). In my opinion, the broad east-to-west band of high PWAT, with an embedded area of 2.5+ inches, was aimed (given the prevailing easterly flow) directly at the location of the MCS.
Figure 7. The GFS model analysis of precipitable water (PWAT expressed in inches) at 00 UTC on April 2, 2017. Larger image. Courtesy of Penn State.
Final blog post in old software system
This post is scheduled to be the final one in the old software system; the new "Category 6" will use the Drupal software package, and commenting will be via the Disqus software package. The current plan is to leave the current blog archive up for two more weeks, after which time a full archive of all the old blogs will be made available, along with the first 500 comments in each post (no graphics or videos posted to the comments will be saved, though.) WU member Patrap figured out that the Internet Archive's "Wayback Machine" has backups of the blogs; for example, one can access old posts by changing the "entrynum=" portion of the URL below:
Our FAQ page has more detailed info on how this transition will occur. Blog commenting is not going away! Check back later on Monday for the first "new" Cat 6 post.
Jeff Masters and Lee Grenci
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Craftlab Gallery, located at 821-A South Tremont Street in Oceanside, opened its doors on April 6 with a solo exhibition by San Diego artist and musician Fernando Apodaca.
Although the gallery's focus will be on art, there will often be a musical component to their openings. Their next exhibition opens May 5 and will feature the artwork of singer/guitarist Jad Fair. Best known for his work with indie band Half Japanese, Fair will also perform at the gallery on May 7.
Why open a gallery? "My wife and I had kids early and now are empty-nesters," explained John Salisbury, who co-owns the space with his spouse, Sarah. "It's time to have some fun." Laid off at a job in corporate product design, Salisbury was hoping to do something different with his days. "My wife and I are designers who also do art," Salisbury continued. "We were looking to rent a studio space for ourselves but when [Sarah] came across this location, [she] saw that it held a lot of potential to be something more." Craftlab Gallery features 1400 square feet of gallery space and a 900-foot area in the back.
"We really wanted to create a place where multiple artistic things could happen," Salisbury said. "From showing art to having workshops and hosting events...[we'll] basically try to foster the spirit of creativity into the community."
A staunch music fan, Salisbury is thrilled with Fair's appearance at his gallery. "I sent him an email and he sent me a box of art," he said. "Then I got him to stop on his way to a tour in Japan with Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub. So, now I am putting on a house concert with him and I am partnering with Pro Craft Media to capture the event on video." Fair's artwork and paper cuttings are in the $150-and-up range.
While no further exhibitions are on the books yet, plans are for music and art to continue to cross over. "We know a lot of musicians, and I like hanging out with them," Salisbury said. "I've been talking to O from fLUF and Dave Warsaw from the Creepy Creeps about doing future shows."
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The leaders are not guides theyre not there to shepherd you around. Instead, theyll let you know which local restaurant serves great value food without running the risk of travellers tummy. Theyll allow you to avoid hour-long queues at train stations and attractions.
We like to think of small group travel as the Goldilocks option. It is independent travel without the fuss, worry and bunk beds and organised travel without the coaches. And its cheaper than a tailor made tour. Its sits somewhere in the middle and we think its just about right.
Have big, life-enriching experiences that would be impossible to organise without lots of time and insider knowledge.
Make the most of your holiday time by letting someone else do the hard work and boring logistics!
Peace of mind
Small group tours take care of the security aspects and provide a safety net should anything unexpected happen.
If you dont have three months to spend exploring, small groups trips let you cover more ground in less time. Your days are not spent queuing for tickets or finding hotels so you can squeeze more into your holiday.
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Likeminded travel companions plus peace of mind for those travelling alone. Single supplements are usually available providing privacy if you want it.
Less confident travellers
Stray from the tourist trail without worrying about getting lost, and meet local people without dealing with the language barrier.
Couples and friends have private rooms, and you can choose to eat alone or not. Single supplements give solo travellers their own room.
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Free mornings or afternoons let you explore on your own, or just relax.
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Trips are as high or low end as you like. Though off the beaten track destinations wont have luxury hotels, this is all part of the adventure.
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Your holiday will help support local people and conservation. We must also reduce CO2. Learn about the CO2 emissions of this holiday and how to reduce them.
Message from co-Founder of this Tour Operator. My name is Bruce and I am a founder of this tour operation. I believe that the old conservation tactic of the setting aside areas of "exclusion" for conservation are outdated.
The reality is that in order for effective, sustainable conservation to take place, there needs to be an interest from the society of that country, conscious effort from government and local "buy in" from the local communities. Sadly the world is in a place where economic benefit is the overriding driving force of action and as such conservation is directly linked to economic benefit. Sustainable tourism is therefore absolutely essential for conservation to be effective. Not only for local communities to see value in conservation, but for countries as a whole to place value in protecting their natural heritage.
I believe there is a deep and instinctual link between our humanity and our natural environment. Inherently we all want to know that the wild places are still out there. And Eco-tourism gives us that opportunity, as we so often hear, to "rebalance" or "rejuvenate".
The various promises and commitments detailed below are only a representation of what it is that we do. I sincerely hope that our tours offer our clients an opportunity to experience the wonders of the African continent, and in some small way through focusing itineraries around wildlife and national parks, we contribute to environmental conservation both economically and spiritually.
If you join one of our trips, and have practical feasible suggestions about our responsible travel practices, please contact us. We strive to improve our operation and if we can do more for conservation in Africa, then we're all ears!
Low impact tourism & supporting local communities:
Small group travel: We specialise in small group travel with a maximum group size of 12 clients & minimum of 4. Small groups ensures a small impact on the destinations we visit when compared to larger groups. Smaller groups create an intimate safari experience, and mean that when we interact with local cultures and stay in environmentally sensitive areas, we do not leave a large footprint.
Fuel consumption: By travelling in a small group your carbon foot print is approximately ½ of self drive safari. The average pick-up car hire runs on approximately 12ltr/100km with generally 2 people per vehicle and this equates to approximately 6ltr/100km pp. Our average safari truck runs on 25ltr/100km with an average of 9.5 clients per tour and this equates to 2.6Ltr/100km pp. So, by joining a small group tour, your fuel consumption is less than half of doing a self-drive 4WD or pick up trip.
Cooking: We cook using gas as far as possible and, whenever feasible, avoiding cooking using fire or coal which depletes limited wood resources.
Wooden carving curios: We do take clients to local curio markets to support the local communities. If they want to buy a carving, we encourage clients purchase only small wooden carvings instead of large pieces. This is in an effort to again conserve the forests around the carving markets.
Waste: We ensure that we take all of our rubbish out of wilderness areas and use proper waste disposal facilities on all tours (and in the workshop, including oil traps, oil recycling, cleaning products etc).
Entrance fees: All entrance fees for the national parks in each country are used by the local authorities to maintain the condition and infrastructure of the national parks, and run regular anti-poaching patrols. These are often supplemented by government grants. The national parks support a large number of local community members often providing housing and schooling for the staff families. For us as a tour operator, supporting the various national park boards is an essential element to each tour.
Accommodation: On all tours wherever possible we use locally owned accommodation establishments which are involved in local responsible tourism initiatives. This provides direct benefits to local communities through employment. We avoid large hotel chains and more commercial properties but opt for simple self-catering lodge, B&Bs and tented camps for accommodation in rural areas. By doing this we create an intimate environment for group away from large scale tourism and the communities around the accommodation benefit directly through employment and this creates pride and further interest in sustainable tourism as the communities have tangible benefits from tourism. Our tours focus on out of the way destinations, and as such, our spend is distributed into rural areas.
Drinking Water: Each client, drinking 5 litres per day from 1 litre plastic bottles produces 100 waste plastic bottles on a 3 week safari. On this calculation, we would pollute the environment (and waste energy resources in plastic production) with over 250,000 plastic bottles per year! So as solution, each of our vehicles has a tank of clean drinking water that is filled up along the journey. This is safe tap water. We do not provide bottle water we encourage clients to drink the local clean drinkable tap water wherever possible in order to minimize the amount of plastic bottle waste produced by the purchase of bottled drinking water.
Water conservation: We are acutely aware that in many areas that we visit water is a scarce resource. Clients are encouraged to be conscious of water usage and not to take long showers or waste water.
Wildlife: On all game drives, our trained and qualified guides ensure that our groups interact with wildlife in the appropriate way. Slow movements, no loud noises and to respect the animals personal boundaries. Our philosophy is that we are visitors in the amazing places that we visit, and we do not want our presence to impact the wildlife and environment in any negative way. We also enforce a policy of not feeding any wildlife (animals habituated to human feeding will turn aggressive in the future which often results in authorities being forced to kill that animal) and to appreciate the natural state of the areas that we visit and to leave the area in exactly the same condition that it was when we arrived.
Local guides & communities: On each tour you will travel with two guides for the entire trip. In addition, we also employ local guides for certain activities on tour. These local initiatives help to maintain local cultures and also sustain the ideals of wildlife conservation. Tourism, goodwill and conservation all work together and we aim to maintain the delicate balance at all times! The employment of local guide adds value to our clients visit because they can gain specific local knowledge and expertise from the people who actually live permanently in the area they are visiting. These interactions also give our clients the chance to meet local people and see how tourism is benefiting Africa, piece by piece.
We use local guides at:
Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chobe NP, Ghanzi San Bushman excursion, national parks
South Africa: Mkuzi village walk, Qunu Mandela historical site, Kozi Bay
Swailand: Hlane walking
Lesotho: Malealea Lodge pony trekking guide
Malawi: Boat excursion on Lake Malawi
Mozambique: Dhow excursions
Namibia: Brandberg walk and drives (part of the Tsiseb Community Conservancy), Spizkoppe walk, Gariep River canoeing, Sossusvlei 4WD drivers,
Zambia: Lower Zambezi Canoe excursion, South Luangwa game walks and drives, Vic Falls optional activities
Zimbabwe: Great Zimbabwe Monuments, Matobos NP, Hwange NP, Victoria Falls
For more information on each of the community projects please talk to your guide or contact us.
Local crafts and produce: At all local markets where fresh produce and crafts are sold and produced, we encourage the clients to barter (gently and in good humour) with the local people. This not only allows the clients to get involved with the local way of life, and interact directly with the local people, but also provides them a platform to experience local life first hand. Having said that, we explain to the clients by bartering too hard for a good deal might seem like a lot of money at the time, but if the amount being haggled over is converted to either US$, Euro or GBP, it amounts to very little. This is the local livelihood and we advise them to keep this in mind at all times.
Underprivileged Children Groups: We operate a number of tours into the national parks of South Africa for underprivileged children from schools based in Johannesburg, South Africa. PEN Organisation is an independent, non-governmental and social development organisation. Its activities focus on neglected and abandoned children and orphans, as well as disadvantaged families. We try to run these tours as often as possible during the course of a year. We believe that the youth are Africas future and that environmental education is important. This opportunity allows them to see for themselves wildlife (perhaps for the first time), nature conservation at work, and also show them employment opportunities that are available in the conservation or tourism industry, and possibly encourage them to follow a career in tourism (for this reason we aim these groups at 14-18 year olds).
Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre: We assist a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Springs, Johannesburg. Judy Davidson runs a licensed rehab centre from a small holding. A variety of birds are cared for, from injured barbets, doves, and crows to a brown snake eagle, a Gymnogene, and spotted eagle owls. All birds are treated in a small makeshift clinic, and then kept in aviaries until they have recovered. Once able to fly, or care for themselves again, they are moved to a 'flight' aviary, for a period until they have regained strength. They are then released back into the wild. Those birds which are unable to be released are kept in large aviaries and fed through various donations. We assist the project with donations of practical equipment including shade netting, paint and other items on their wish list.
1 Reviews of South Africa walking holiday
Reviewed on 13 Aug 2014 by Hilary Cooper
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Has to be Kruger National Park game drives but every day offered something exciting.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Be aware that if you are British you may be the only English first language speaker as this company don't seem to sell many holidays to the UK - don't know why as they are great.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes but it wasn't a main theme
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Excellent value, great fun,exciting
Read the operator's response here:
Thank you so much for our review and positive comments. Thank you again for also sending us a review directly. It is greatly appreciated.
I agree that every day offers something new and a different highlight. Kruger is a truly wonderful game reserve and is world renown for a reason. I hope you saw some great game and if you have any photos from your tour that you would like to share, we would be thrilled to receive them.
I understand that it is sometimes difficult when there are clients of all nationalities and sometimes tours end up with many English speaking clients and sometimes, like on your tour, you were the only first language English speaker. I dont believe this detracted too much from your experience as you have such wonderful feedback.
With regards to question 3 I wanted to clarify that we try and use National and Provincial parks as much as possible, as well as community projects. We use the recycling of the properties we use rather than in the vehicle where there is limited space. Most properties separate the rubbish rather than have multiple bins. So while you may not be aware of all of the conservation efforts, it is a focus for us in our decision making, itinerary planning and choice of properties.
Once again, thank you so much for your review and the time taken to not only review on Responsible Travel but to email us directly. We hope that you will choose to travel with us again in the future.
Kind regards
Jayne Harley
Marketing Manager
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Run the Scan Process. It may take some time, so you can relax and do your favorite things (watch film, read a book, read some news, etc.). GridinSoft Anti-Malware let you know then he finish the scan process.
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After the removal process completes, you will be advised to reboot your computer, but we recommend you to go to the Step 4 and after that restart your PC to check if there any thread remain on your computer.
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If the Denver Broncos win the Super Bowl, it won't be because of Peyton Manning's remarkable comeback, or Von Miller's scary pass-rushing ability, or Knowshon Moreno igniting the run game, or having home-field advantage, or any combination of those.
It'll be because Trindon Holliday is on the team.
As the folks at ThePhinsider.com pointed out Monday, thanks to a strange set of circumstances, Holiday hasn't experienced defeat once this season.
Holliday began the year as the Houston Texans' kick returner, and with him the Texans got off to a 5-0 start. Then they waived Holliday, and he was claimed by the Broncos, who immediately slotted him into the same role. Since he arrived in Denver, the Broncos have reeled off 11 straight and enter the postseason on a roll.
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The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team to ever go undefeated through an entire season, posting a 17-0 mark after winning Super Bowl VII. But no team has ever gone 19-0 to win it all, though the 2007 New England Patriots came painfully close before losing Super Bowl XLII.
And that means Holliday is trying to become the first and only player to ever go 19-0, the NFL's Mr. Perfect.
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|Hi! I'm taking a little break and it might take me a few days to reply to comments and emails. I'll be back soon! :)
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Snoop around my kitchen!
I have a few little crafty signs and this clock that I made a couple of years ago scattered around...
That's not a Kitchenaid, it's a Hamilton Beach. I don't like leaving the mixer out there on the counter uncovered, so I use a clear glass pie dish as a perfect little lid!
Above the mixer there is a cabinet with glass doors where I keep my favorite dishes...
Colors and whites are separated, just like laundry! :)
The opposite corner has more crafty signs, and it's where the bread maker lives...
Bottles of oil in the red thingie and a Cats Rock sign...
I love coffee mugs! This cabinet holds mugs, coffee, and tea (and coffee substitutes) exclusively...
I love my herbs and spices...
We have a "wall of cupboards" that holds baking supplies, pans, dishes, small appliances...
This blackboard magnet on the refrigerator helps me remember things...
This isn't technically in the kitchen, but this is an open floor plan, which means it's practically in the kitchen...
Hello, Piggy!
This also might as well be in the in the kitchen - it's a buffet with a hutch that used to look like this...
But I gave it a big makeover and now it looks like this...
I love it now! So fresh and cute! That is my little "Witchita" on the top shelf. I keep most of my cookbooks there, as well as my cookie cutters and candy-making supplies in the drawers...
A girl can't have too many piggies.
That's it! Do you guys like furniture makeovers? I have a couple more that are not kitchen related. Would you be interested in something like that? Let me know - your wish is my command! :)
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What a crafty kitchen! I especially love your spice shelf - mine are all crammed in drawers. Impossible to find anything!ReplyDeleteReplies
Can you believe that it still takes me a while to find a spice or herb even though they're in a neat little row like that? The shelves were some plain black shelves from Bed Bath and Beyond that I painted red - I think I paid ten bucks for them!Delete
Your kitchen is NOT boring! I still remember it from previous posts, I love all the red and the crafty touches :DReplyDelete
You reminded me that I didn't include my spice rack, will have to do an update!
And I love the hutch now, I want to see more, more, MORE!Replies
Thanks, Mandee! It's a nice kitchen, but I think it's the lack of a window that makes it boring for me. Definitely do a spice rack update - that's the best part of a kitchen! :DDelete
I will share more furniture makeovers then! Coming soon! :)
Not boring. It looks well-organized and very efficient. What kind of mixer is that? It looks better than a Kitchenaide. I love the red accents in the kitchen — my old kitchen had a lot of red, and I miss that. The makeover was a great success, and yes, I'd like to see more. Your bookends are my initials!ReplyDeleteReplies
That is a Hamilton Beach that I bought from Kohl's for only $100! I'm pretty sure it was 50% off on some kind of after Christmas sale. Compared to the expensive Kitchenaid mixers, I was pretty happy with my find! :)Delete
My bookends are your initials! What a coinkidink! :D
I love your kitchen pictures, the revamp you did on those shelves is awesome. I love your cookie cutter filled drawers and your cupcake mug.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Jojo! The cupcake mug was a gift from a lovely Rabbit and it came all the way from the UK! :)Delete
Super cute! I loving room-ogling. Thanks for sharing with us!ReplyDeleteReplies
Any time! Actually, I might share some more next week! :)Delete
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Nice tip with the pie plate in the mixer bowl, I don't like leaving mine out there but I couldn't really think of how to cover it, now I do!ReplyDelete
That buffet looks fantastic, I love the makeover you gave it!Replies
The pie plate is a perfect cover! I used to cover the bowl with the lid of a round tupperware container, but the metal bit where the beater goes would push the center of the lid down and it wasn't very pretty. The pie dish is perfect because it leaves plenty of room for that metal bit thing (whatever it's called!) I hope it works for you too! :)Delete
So, so cute!! I love it. And thanks for fixing the email subscription, works great now!ReplyDeleteReplies
Awesome! Thank YOU for letting me know, Alisa! I never would have found out if you hadn't told me - so glad it works fine now! :)Delete
- AnonymousNovember 2, 2012 at 2:24 PM
I had that exact same hutch in my bedroom growing up. I finally gave it away a few years ago. I'm in my 40s and got sick of looking at furniture my childhood (70s/80s). It looks great painted white. I used to have the whole matching bedroom set. Cut kitchen too!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! Old furniture can be so depressing. Funny how a little white paint can brighten up an old dated piece! I have to admit I went a little white-paint crazy and painted all our old mismatched furniture so everything would look less Frankensteinish. I will post a couple more pictures of more furniture revamps next week.Delete
Can I move in?!?!ReplyDelete
Love the makeover and of course, I'd love to see more. Lots more. I have glass kitchen cabinets too, but mine are just plain old boring glass. I would love the dappled glass like yours. Another thing to add to my growing list of house projects...Replies
Sure thing! We can get your dad to build us some cool wood stuff then! :DDelete
You know what? I was very tempted to buy a can of frosted-glass spray paint to paint the inside of the glass doors. Sometimes I'm not always the neatest putter-awayer of dishes, and the see through glass shows all my sloppiness.
I saw your comment on Andrea's blog that you were going to post about your kitchen so I came over to look. I'm definitely snoopy like that. Everything is so clean and tidy. And crazy that seems like a totally different hutch.ReplyDeleteReplies
Feel free to snoop around all you want! I might have cleaned up before I took the pictures - but I'm not telling! :DDelete
Totally interesting, fun and NOT in any way boring! Love the mugs (love!). And you could literally open a spice store!! :DReplyDeleteReplies
I love my mugs so much! I use them depending on my mood. If I'm feeling extremely antisocial I will use my "people annoy me" mug (not pictured), or if I'm feeling silly I will use my I Love Lucy mug. Geek! :DDelete
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 6:28 AM
thanks for share.ReplyDelete


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Job Family Classification System
What is a classification system?
A classification system groups jobs into categories or "job families" based on the type of work. The job family captures the essence of the work, rather than the specific duties of each position. Job family descriptors reflect the nature and complexity of work at several levels within each job family.
How does it work?
Position description as it relates to the individual positions are assigned to the appropriate family and level based on the job family concept and level descriptions. All positions at the same level have the same salary grade throughout the University system.
What is the value to me as an employee?
The Job Families provide a structure for career planning and easier access to information about different job categories and their requirements. The system also provides a structure for evaluation of compensation practices and consistent alignment of positions across the University.
What is the appeal process and how does it work?
Both employees and managers may appeal allocation decisions. The appeal panel includes an HR representative, a manager, and a subject matter expert. Panel membership varies depending on the particular specialty area. The panel reviews the position description and meets with the employee and supervisor to determine the most appropriate job family and level for the position. For more information on job classification appeals please refer to University Regulations R04.05.035. Job Classification System (F) Appeals.
What is the timeline to send an appeal in and who do we send the appeal to?
Employees and/or managers who would like to appeal a job classification may submit it in writing to the Director of Compensation and Classification at Statewide Human Resources within 30 calendar days of the effective date of the action appealed. The employee and/or manager will also need to send a copy to their MAU Human Resources office.
How are the job families be updated/maintained?
Job families are reviewed and updated periodically to address the impact of new technology and/or changes in the nature or organization of the work.
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The PD Form is a streamlined approach to describing the work of an individual job. The information on the PD is used to match a position to a job family and level. It also is a useful tool to support career planning and performance management.
How do I create a Position Description (PD) Form?
To create a position description form you will need to use the University of Alaska's online position description/recruitment tool at www.myua.alaska.edu. If you have questions about this process please contact your MAU HR Office.
How do I get a new position classified?
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I don't know any peer positions, what do I do?
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How do I determine the percentage of time for each duty?
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Arisia'13 is over. Please visit the new convention site: www.arisia.org.
Due to the impending blizzard, the debrief is moving to the evening of SUNDAY, FEB. 17, at the Westin Waterfront, in a function room on the Harbor level. We're still trying to pin down the exact room and time, likely near 7pm.
If you lost anything at Arisia, call the Westin hotel at (617).532-4600
Their Security department maintains a Lost-and-Found department. They have over 100 items that were turned in over the weekend. If they haven't yet found it, call back in a few days.
They'll keep "high-value" items for a year, everything else, they'll keep for 3 months.
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Congratulations to all of the participants!
The auction of the Dueling Easels pieces by Roger Dean and Bob Eggleton raised $1315 for the SFWA Medical Emergency fund. Thank you to everyone who attended the auction and bid!
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Day 5 T-Shirt of Choice: Robocopper by Olly Moss
Wednesday coast-to-coast travel. From the east coast to the west coast, we made our way from the City of Brotherly Love to the City by the Bay. But before spending 6 hours in the sky and about 3 in airports, we were sure to get a good and hearty breakfast. We decided on the Morning Glory Diner, suggested by fellow tee blogger and traveler extraordinaire, Andy Bowness of Hide Your Arms. Michelle went with the Glory Cakes: three pancakes served with real maple syrup and I had the Foccacia Breakfast Sandwich with a fried egg and cheese served with potatoes. I thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast, but Michelle was a bit more reserved when it came to her pancakes – she thought Sabrina's was a better breakfast spot!
After breakfast, we walked about two blocks down to Isgro's Patries. Yes, we were there a few days earlier, but, we were both amazed by the baked goodies that we took home prior that we needed to go and grab some more delicious delectables for the long flight to San Francisco. We bought a bag full of assorted cookies – so soft and delicious and perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth.
Once we found our way back to the Loews Hotel, we quickly grabbed our things and caught a taxi to Philadelphia International Airport. Security was quick and in no time we were waiting to board our plane to Las Vegas en route to San Francisco. We had about a 2 hour stop at Las Vegas' McCarren Airport and then we boarded our flight to San Francisco – yes, finally!
We arrived at our hotel, the Parc 55, at about 6:30 pm but had to quickly get ready for 8 pm reservations at the very swank Masa's on Bush Street in San Francisco's Nob Hill. Masa's offers a set menu of French cuisine. They offer 3 course, 5 course and 9 course options. I went with the 5 course and Michelle settled on the 3 course. My 5 course menu consisted of a potato confit to start, Japanese sea bass topped with caviar, Sautéed Breast of Paine Farms Squab (with peppercorn glazed d'anjou pears, melted brussels sprouts, "confit†leg, and squab sauce), Herb Roasted Double Chop of Australian Lamb (with melted japanese eggplant, chickpea cake, baby artichokes, and lamb jus), and a platter of in-house chocolates.
Overall, I enjoyed Masa's. It is fine dining, so expect to spend around $250 for a party of two (if both get the 5 course menu) or up to $500+ of you decide on the 9 course menu. The ambiance was classy, the waiters were very nice, friendly and not high-browed at all. Masa's is definitely an "event" type restaurant. Go there for an anniversary or birthday with that special someone and it will definitely be an experience to remember.
[Sorry for the lack of Day 5 photos.]
Day 6 T-Shirt of Choice: Phenom Polo by Electric Zombie (not a T-Shirt, I know, but it is made by a popular indie designer who we've featured on this site many times before).
This being our second visit to San Francisco (see 2008 recaps), we searched for breakfast spots that we had missed out on the first time around. This search led us to Mama's on Washington Square. When we got to the popular breakfast spot at 10:30 am, the line had already wrapped around the building. We didn't get inside until about 11:30 am. That's a one hour wait in line! But let me tell you, it was well worth it. I ordered the Mama's French Toast Sampler plate and I was not disappointed. It was a nice, refreshing change from my usual eggs, meat and potato choice. The sampler plate consisted of Swedish Cinnamon, Banana Nut, and Kugelhopf (House Baked Brioche Bread with Golden Raisins, Cinnamon, Dates, and Sliced Almonds). Mama's french toast was a fruity mouthgasm – so good!
After breakfast we caught the MUNI to Coit Tower, which was was built in Pioneer Park atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco. It cost 5 bucks to get to the top, but once you do get to the top of the tower, you get a nice view of the city. You can even see the famed "crookedest street in the world" Lombard Street from afar.
We then caught the MUNI yet again to The Haight, which includes the famous intersection, Haight and Ashbury. The area features a bohemian ambiance and has a thriving center of independent local businesses. Being a T-Shirt fan, I had to stop by Kid Robot and Ashbury T-Shirts. I did more window shopping then I did actual shopping, though, we did stop by a little crepe shop and picked up two nutella and banana crepes.
Once we finished checking out the eclectic scene at The Haight, we walked down towards Alamo Square. If you grew up in the 80's, then you're familiar with Alamo Square and probably don't even know it. Alamo Square is the park that is heavily featured in the opening sequence of the hit ABC show, Full House. It also faces the Full House "House," which is actually part of a well known row of homes known as the Painted Ladies.
After a long day of walking and jumping on and off the MUNI, we headed back to our hotel to freshen up before dinner. I should note that if you do visit San Francisco, it is totally worth it to purchase a MUNI Passport. We bought the 3-day pass for $20 and got our money's worth within our first day of using the pass. Pick up your MUNI pass in the MUNI kiosk in Union Square.
Since we were entirely pooped after a long day of journeying the streets of San Francisco, we opted for an easy dinner. Easy meaning that we walked just a few blocks up Powell Street to Lori's Diner for some burgers and fries (me) and steak (Michelle). The last time we visited San Francisco, we had a late night meal at a Lori's Diner that is located on the opposite end of Powell near our old hotel, The Orchard. The burger wasn't as good as I had remembered it being, though. I think my memory of the previous burger might have been clouded due to the hunger I had been experiencing at the time of consumption.
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