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Creating an outdoor living space can not only give you an inspiring area to relax and entertain, but it can also offer extra living space in the summer months.
When considering your options, Kevin Paetkau, an outdoor designer based in Vancouver, says to approach the space responsibly.
"Think about how you're going to live in it before you think about how it's going to look," Paetkau says. "Make sure you have a space that's livable and not just pretty."
For families with young children, this could mean devoting some space for toys and outdoor play structures. If you love entertaining, planning an area for a big table where everyone can sit and enjoy is a must.
"Just don't make it so precious that people don't feel comfortable misusing it," Paetkau says.
"The table won't suffer by being banged around or spilled on."
Once you have decided how you're going to use the space and have an appropriate dining area, this summer's must-have feature for any outdoor room is a lounge area, which includes a comfy loveseat, coffee table and a couple of chairs.
But before you place your furiture outside, you need a platorm to act as your outdoor floor.
Partridge says while concrete flooring gives you the best bang for your buck, natural stone is a high-end way of finishing an outdoor floor. In between, tea gravel or interlocking bricks are midrange flooring options that don't cost a lot but still look beautiful outside.
Finally, if you want to be green with your outdoor space, permeable pavers are a new trend that allow rainwater to return into the ground below, reducing the concerns associated with storm water run-off.
Just as an area rug can warm up a living room inside, an outdoor carpet can make an outdoor living space more cosy and can define the spot as a place to sit and enjoy.
"It anchors the seating space," Partridge says. "Or you can use an outdoor carpet as a runner to direct people to the space when entering the area. Once they leave the area, they can choose to do pathways, grass, stepping stones or gravels. You can use design to show how the space functions."
Once you have the space defined, the fun part begins - shopping.
When shopping for outdoor furniture, Heidi Richter, owner of a Toronto-based design/project management company, HR Design Inc. and stylist on HGTV's Decked Out, advises to look for weather-resistant and mildew-resistant fabric.
"If you invest your money in good furniture, it will last a long time," Richter says.
Richter also recommends buying neutral-coloured furniture and keeping this season's trendy colours to accessories such as throw cushions and area rugs to spruce up the space. That way you can always update the area without having to replace costly furniture.
When it comes to choosing this season's popular colours for outdoor living, Richter says it all depends on what vibe you want your space to emulate.
Although shades such as topaz blue, lime green and bright reds and yellows are trendy this season, Richter says it's important to look at your backyard's sun exposure.
"If you have a very shady, cool backyard, you can warm it up with colours such as reds and yellows," she says. "If your yard has a lot of sun exposure and is very hot, visually cooling colours such as blues and greens can trick the brain into thinking the space is cooler."
Lighting is another huge component to outdoor living. Patio lanterns are still fabulous, but they have evolved from the kitschy colourful ones of the past to today's elegant low-voltage fixtures.
"When you do outdoor lighting, try to highlight the space," Partridge says. "Sure, you light paths for security, but look to create a mood. Down lighting or up lighting can create drama or shadows."
Partridge says for a chilledout spot, look to down light from places such as sides of decks or benches and for a romantic feel, use candles for an intimate glow.
But whatever you do with your space, just make sure it's you, Richter adds.
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Seacam D2x housing arrives!
Posted 12 July 2005 - 08:03 PM
Anyway - on with the show. I've had the housing all of a couple hours now - it'll be getting wet tomorrow. As most of you know I also own a Seacam F100 housing which is virtually attached to my right arm at this point. I love that housing, and expected no less from the D2 housing. This housing, however, exceeds my expectations in a way I didn't think was possible. Alignment of the camera in the housing I MUCH easier than it was on my F100 housing. The controls have a positive feel to them that I've never experienced in a housing. I thought the ergonomics of the F100 were perfect, but the extra space of the larger D2 housing makes the knobs easier to handle, and the shutter release has lots of room around it unlike the F100 on which you sometimes wedges your fingers under the bulkhead. THe top panel LCD also is much easier to read than on my F100 - partly due to the brighter panel of the D2.
I guess I'd describe it as the same old Seacam quality - done better. The window on the back of the housing is HUGE to allow full view of the LCD. This is one sexy housing if ever there was such a thing. Harald has outdone himself, and it was well worth the wait. Here are some pics of the housing for now, and hope to report on my 1st dives tomorrow!
Sea & Sea strobes
Posted 12 July 2005 - 09:31 PM
Good to know about the Rolls of housings - nice to be able to dream. Sounds (and looks) like a beautiful piece of engineering.
Now, where is my lotto ticket...
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Posted 13 July 2005 - 01:03 AM
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Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D850 (Subal housing). Olympus EM10-Mk3 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 14 July 2005 - 07:54 PM
I'm in Freeport tonight, just wrapping a Shark/Dolphin trip on the Shear Water out of West End. We had a D2X Seacam housing aboard this trip as well, and while I don't personally own a D2X and therefore did not have an opportunity to shoot the system, the photographer who did (Dennis Liberson) was likewise amazed at the quality. He came to the D2X from a Seacam D1X and found the new iteration greatly improved in every way.
As the North American distributor for Seacam I prefer not to interject beyond posting a picture of the product captured this week, but will look forward to your impressions once you have a few dives on the system.
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Posted 14 July 2005 - 07:57 PM
Thanks for posting. Can you attach the photo again, apparently it didn't all make it onto the server the first time.
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 12:07 AM
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Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D850 (Subal housing). Olympus EM10-Mk3 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 15 July 2005 - 04:33 AM
As for the housing, I did not use, but Dennis did for 4 days and said:
1. Plug and play. No muss no fuss. Just slip the camera in the housing and go shoot.
2. Very robust and precise.
3. The larger LCD on the camera is amazing to use UW.
4. All controls are a simple button push or rotary dial. All exactly aligned every time the camera goes in the housing. No "tweaking" required.
5. Gearing silky smooth.
6. There are some ergonomic features to the D2X that I like better than my Canon EOS1DsMKII, and they translate well to UW use. The ISO control for example is more intuitive. The housing (for either camera) will of course allow access to the functions of the camera, but it seems the D2X camera is extraordinarily logical. Also, the larger LCD facilitates a larger font size for the menus, therefore easier to read.
Dennis has offered to write a more detailed report illustrated with some of the images he captured this week from the Shear Water charter, and of course we will post herein. But, I thought his most telling comment was that the housing was "transparent" in use. Unlike most housings that require you to think about the functionallity of the housing as it translates to the the camera, this one allowed him to use the camera underwater, through the housing, like he would use it topside. His words, not mine. Then of course there are the viewfinders, which are brilliant, but that's common to all Seacam housings.
Alex ... this is a very cool housing. I'd love to have you dive it one day.
Edited by StephenFrink, 17 July 2005 - 04:56 AM.
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 05:00 AM
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 08:04 AM
Send housing and camera to Yap asap.....
And I'll volunteer to see how it works in the lagoons of Kakadu if you can get one in my hands by Sunday AM
(But I can't guarantee the crocodiles will let me give it back )
Very nice looking housing, I'll be interested to hear more from Kasey (and Dennis) about the handling, results etc etc.
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 05:39 PM
Well, on land, this setup is HEAVY. Not the fault of the housing, though, in fact when I picked up the box at the PO I was shocked at how light it was. But add the camera, strobes, batteries, ports, etc, and it is considerably more work getting it to the water. Once in the water, though, what a surprise. With my Sea and Sea strobes, 105 +TC macro setup, the system is considerably lighter than my F100. It is perhaps 1/2 lb negative!!! PERFECT! With the long port attached the housing balanced very well. I thought my F100 was as close to perfection as a housing could be - I am amazed at the handling of this system in the water. Of all the housings I've owned or shot, this one was the 1st with which I was so comfortable so quickly. And all that in the worst diving conditions of the year
The description of a "transparent" housing couldn't be more accurate. If you are comfortable with the D2 camera, you'll be shooting this housing with comfort in no time. The wheels an buttons are exactly where you'd expect them to be, and you never need to take your hands from the handles. When you do, however, the camera balances quite well in one hand - much more so than my Seacam F100 (which was the best I've used thus far).
Attached are a few images. Not quite what I'd hoped to acheive on my 1st dive with this awesome setup, but as soon as the seas settle I'll be putting some quality time into my new partner.
Sea & Sea strobes
Posted 15 July 2005 - 05:42 PM
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 06:00 PM
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Posted 16 July 2005 - 01:53 PM
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Posted 17 July 2005 - 05:10 AM
I stoped by at Stephen Frink's shop in Key Largo today and saw the Seacam for the D2x, it looks awesome, amazing. I will put it side by side with my Subal tomorrow and post something about it.
Luiz - Thanks for stopping in, but I doubt the Seacam D2X housing will be at the studio tomorrow, sorry. I think Liz shipped it out to another one of our customers over the weekend.
We bought 2 housings to serve as complimentary loaners to our clients awaiting arrival of their housing from Austria. We are trying very hard to accommodate schedules for assignments and dive holidays, so I doubt the housings will sit around much until we fulfill our D2X order backlog.
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Posted 17 July 2005 - 06:46 PM
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 11:17 AM
are there any controls that haven't been translated to the housing?
I too love the Seacam F100, although was always disappointed that the housing had no control for the AF area mode selector
Anything missing that you've noticed yet or is this one fully kitted out?
Enjoy !
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 01:32 PM
On this housing I can't find a single useful control that has been left out!
Sea & Sea strobes
Posted 18 July 2005 - 02:04 PM
Posted 18 July 2005 - 02:20 PM
Custom function 11 on the F100 - set it to Sb and only auto flash bracketing is activated - you can then use the bracketing control on the housing and configure the bracketing options to your choice
never tried it though - so I may be wrong
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 03:36 AM
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What's Your Instinct: The Blade Asks Why Black Gay Celebs "Have White Partners"
Gay publication the Washington Blade is experiencing a bit of social media blowback today after running an opinion piece that asks the question, "Why do black gay celebs have white partners?" Using an image of openly gay NFL player Michael Sam and his bf (above), the Blade posits that black men who happen to be famous and gay only have eyes for white guys ... and that this might be a problem of some kind?
Orville Lloyd Douglas writes in the piece at the Blade:
There is a paucity of black gay public figures who are out and since images are important in society, the few black gay celebrities are sending the wrong message.
For people who are outsiders to black gay culture there are sociological reasons why Robin Roberts, Michael Sam, Don Lemon, Jason Collins and Derrick Gordon have white partners and it isn't just about falling in love with another person. In the private sphere of black culture, there is a lot of homophobia that can cause a lot of psychological and emotional damage to a black gay person. The homophobia in black culture can lead a black LGBT person to harbor feelings of resentment and anger at the black community as a whole. Some black gays have a predilection to distance themselves entirely from black people in order to recover from the homophobia in the private sphere of black society.
Social media activists are blasting the piece for obvious reasons, but we wanted to hear what you, Instincters, had to say about that gay publication's decision to run this story. Sound off in the comments!
The lies in these comments lmao at being colorblind child please tell that to someone who isn't gullible its the same twink queens who will be throwing black gay men shade at the gay bar talking about their colorblind these men go out of there way to date white men because they think being dating a white guy their being progressive, their doing it because of the homophobia in the black community or they want to use their white mates as a passport.
I'm just shaking my head at the vast majority of commentors who have entirely missed the point of the article. I am a gay male of African descent. I don't have anything against interracial relationships and believe that everyone has the right to be with any partner of their choice, just like the individual who penned this article. I would even be with a person of another "race" seriously. But none of this changes the fact that every single Black gay male that has come out to even a sliver of mainstream coverage has a White partner. Every single one. Are we all really going to pretend that there may not be anything even remotely amiss about this, especially when every White gay male that has come out to even a sliver of mainstream coverage is not with a Black partner? If every single visible and openly gay White celebrity had a Black partner, I have no doubt in my mind White gays would be having the very same discussion. I find it troubling that the majority of men cannot objectively read this article and even try to understand where the writer is coming from. Instead, most replies are the generic, zombie-like "I'm colorblind", " who cares who he's dating" comments that are ever so popular, as well as ever so annoying. You're colorblind? Great. But your colorblindness doesn't do a thing to further and better the lives of Americans of African descent. And a lot of us wouldn't care who the next Black gay celebrity was dating if each and every one of them, literally almost without fail, wasn't conveniently with a non-Black partner. But unfortunately, that is not the case. So we see it and are forced to ask ourselves *why* this might be the case, without resorting to attacking personally, our Black LGBT brothers and sisters who are in interracial relationships as they do not deserve to be attacked. But it is in our best interests...OUR...as in Black lgbt people, to keep a dialogue open about it. If you're not Black and lgbt, or if you find the discussion annoying, then you need not even take part in the discussion, especially if you cannot comprehend why exactly a discussion like this should need to exist in the first place. ;) Needless to say, I wish Michael and his partner all the best!
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As far as Michael Sam is concerned He met his partner at Missouri where they were both students and both are Athletes at a predominately White University. Many people actually meet their spouses in College, Grad School, Law School, Med School, etc. They find people that they share things in common with. I don't think that Michael and Vito are no different. Sam is African American, Gay and an Out Athlete. He is a Minority in MORE THAN ONE WAY. The likelihood that he is going to meet another person that is just like him in the environment that he exist is RARE! He met someone ON HIS PLAYGROUND! Let Them Be And Get Out Their Bedroom!!!!!!
Understand this: black people aren't the minority, whites are. Melanated people rule to populous which is apart of the reason why they are torn down. Within the Black communities of the States there is more homophobia strictly based from religious views white people had imposed upon them during their captivity during the slave trade and invasion from the Europeans.
Get your facts straight. on another note being homosexual and black in The States is difficult for men because it is in high regard that the black community places their sons. And if one's son is homosexual, they often think, "how?" And "why?" And "no, this can't be!" So the child I shunned by his or "her" family. It's a struggle. But black people, Latina and Hispanics, Asians and all colored peoples are the majority if the population. Europeans are the lowest in population and culture rank considering that their cultures are based in ancient Kemet. I suggest you research and look it up.
strange question.....why don't they ask all the straight black athletes and rappers the same question....WHO CARES???? We have a tendency as human beings to like the opposite of who and what we are....be it butch with a fem, smooth to hairy, tall to short, vice versa ..... it's all human....
What is the big deal? why do you feel that this kind of relationship should be written about? We are not back in the 1970's when integrated marriage was in question and we do not need this kind of crap brought out now. WHO CARES what race a couple are, love is love and that is that. No more needs to be said. Your article reeks like it came from some has-been dragqueen obsessed with others relationship, and jealous because you do not have the love that they show for each other. Get over it!!! Move along, let love flow between two people, and not until you do, will you find your own happiness.
Is the whole sample to prove this point just 5 people? What about the rumored gay football player who was with gay black assistant? I am black and gay and date a white guy. I have never had to try and distance myself from black people. There are plenty of gay black people who just date black people. Does this resentment and distancing oneself only exists amongst celebrities?
Well being a black gay male. I generally am attracted to black and latino men, or a dark olive caucasion man, (Greek or Italian). I would love to have a black lover. But I have found it difficult to find a man of color that wants to be in a relationship for the long haul. We, as black gay men have not always been accepted in our culture for being so. So, there is still alot of shame and denial attached to be a out homosexual. Although things are beginning to change. Alot of us are still not accepting of ourselves. However, I will never give up hope on our black brother we have survived alot as of to date. We, will overcome our fear as well.
I read the article in The Washington Blade and found it to be quite reductive in in rationale and irrational in its reasoning. The entire piece was some grand exercise in psychotherapy in which the author has no actual credential to make the claims he made. It does make for good internet buzz, getting people to click the like button.
Wouldn't a better argument be to encourage black LGBT people to step out the closet and increase visibility instead of arbitrarily using reductive reasoning to show a cause and effect that doesn't exist? The author is focusing on the handful of famous faces he could find in the trying to blanket the vast majority of black on black relationships. According to the Williams Institute (they monitor census data) 1/5 of LGBT couples are interracial....that is 20%, that means 80% of those relationships are not interracial. So either the authors grossly misunderstands data or he is making a point based on conjecture. Either way its weird.
Lets actually take a look at the data and use math instead on jumping on 5 "semi-famous" black men.
I don't think it's the black guy wanting a white partner, I think it's more of the white bottom being a size queen and therefore liking black men more than white men. Not a race issue, per se, but it think the article approaches it from the wrong side. Approach it from why the white partners are attracted to the black guy, and if they are honest, you will probably find that they are size queens who like the big ones LOL, I know I do.
Wow....generalize much? Do you honestly think that the white guy in a black/white relationship is the bottom? SERIOUSLY??! Just because YOU are a white bottom bitch boy who is a size queen that wants to be fucked so deep you feel it in your throat, don't assume all us white guys are bottoms. Personally I like sinking my white rod into the black abyss
I didn't see any posts suggesting that the commentor had actually *read* the article.
Myself being a person of color (Hispanic) and having lived in an almost exclusively white neighborhood with a white family, I grew up being told in one way or the other to hate the colored communities (especially Black and Hispanic). The added issue of these communities being largely homophobic, ignorant, and ill-behaved helped me further stray from them. In response to the above posters, I *can* be attracted to dark-skinned people, but the subconscious/social-darwinist question is,"Should I?" Having strongly associated colored peoples and cultures with one which only druve me down pushes me away from having anything to do with them. The problem here is a multifaceted one involving more than just mere instinct and sexuality, but intercultural social dynamics. If colored communities wish to keep away from the LGBT community due to their own ignorance and their strive to be equals with white heterosexuals, then those are people I want little to do with.
I think it makes some sense... I don't feel the author is trying to define anyone by thier race but rather dive into the social mind of society. Perhaps it is only coincidence these guys are in interracial relationships, or perhaps there is more going on. One cannot deny the level of homophobia in the black community is substantially higher then some others. Unfortunately even to the point of being dangerous especially for another black man who identifies as gay. But then again three same could be said for whIte people sometimes. Perhaps a reverse social experiment should be done on how many white men from bigoted places say in America's deep south end up in interracial relationships. ( note I didn't just say black with white... find it funny how so many only see that combo as different or scandal)
You know...I'm a black gay man! This person cannot, and WILL NOT speak for me!!
I'm attracted to any guy, that I share a bond with! Therefore, he can be Black, White, Latino, Asian, etc.! You like who you like, love who you love!!
I'm SO TIRED of the HATERS!! They're mad, because the envy what someone else have! These people seriously must GET OVER THEMSELVES!!!
I am a white non-celebrity. My boyfriend is a mixed-race/Black non-celebrity. He prefers white guys/I prefer non-white guys. We don't really spend a lot of time wondering why. It just works for us. Our families had to get used to us being gay. Now they have to get used to our not-the-same-race families. Not a big deal. We couldn't possibly care less. We are similar enough to mesh well and different enough...to make life interesting. I applaud any happy couple, no matter the race or gender. Let your love show.
People will say what they will regarding this very taboo subject but differences do sometimes indeed seem to draw people closer together. So whether it's fashionable to have that token white boyfriend/girlfriend it's important not to judge the only choice that one truly can have which is there choice in a partner.
For every black man that is attracted to a white man man there are more black men who are only attracted to other black men. There has always been a percentage of any culture that is attracted to someone outside of it. These stories have been told again and again of forbidden love. It's only a small percentage, So why take issue with it? The issue with successful people from a repressed culture displaying their success by aligning themselves with the "repressor" has nothing to do with gender or orientaion, but is another conversation altogether.
I will have admit this is an intriguing question. However, I don't think there is any "one" single answer to it. There are many reasons why we wind up with the partners we do. I happen to be white and in a long term relationship with someone who is Mexican. I will admit that I've always "had a thing" for Latinos/dark and swarthy guys, but that's not why we're together. We are together because of shared goals and values (and that we also have REALLY great sex together!). Surface attraction only lasts so long. If you can't build a relationship with that person despite their physical appeal, you will have nothing. Who knows why these celebs wound up with white partners? But, somewhere after the initial attraction faded, they realized they were with someone worth forming a relationship with and stuck with it.
Being a black gay male that's in a interracial relationship with a gay white male. For us it was a mutual attraction that has blossomed into something beautiful and I love him. Before him I was in a interracial relationship of the same kind for 11 years. He became part of the family. My mother would call him her son-inlaw, my sister would call him her brother in law, and my niece and nephew called him uncle. So with that being said it's about how someone treats, and respects you. You fall in love with the heart and soul of a person not their skin color at least I do.
Why is everyone so fixated on this. Who care, who they love.
fat chicks love skinny guys
hairy guys love smooth guys.
black men love fast ass chicks,
some guys live long legs
some guys love big boobs, some like small one
I guess it was a quiet week at the office that you have to come out with a debate like this lol
As an African-American, I couldn't help but notice both Michael Sam and Robin Roberts, both had White partners. It seems that a lot of Black successful straight celebs/athletes have white partners. So, this is a continuation of that pattern. There's probably a whole lot of reasons why, I'd like to see the Black community seriously tackle the topic.
The reason they give makes sense, but it's B.S. There is absolutely NO reason why a BLACK CELEBRITY can't find a black lover. If you're black and out, you're already living with the stigma. And it's not like they are dating other celebrities. These are just your avg. Joe/Jane. That article kind of makes it seems like gay black people are scarce and that's not true. No way will I believe they couldn't find another black person to date. That's who they're attracted to, who wanted them, and GOD BLESS.
I believe according to Desmond Morris, author of _Manwatching_ and _Babywatching_, that humans have a genetic predisposition to be attracted to people who are not like them. The reason for this is that our offspring are rewarded with stronger genes when we inject genetic diversity into our family groups. We tend to be biologically drawn to genes which are different but complimentary to our own. Just because two males cannot by natural means mate, does not mean that there is not some genetic programming causing attraction to genetic diversity. Also another couple's love-life is not subject to outsider's approval. If you think it is, then doesn't that mean that straight people should be able to tell gay people they're not allowed to be with someone of their own gender? The only people it matters to are the two people who are in love.
Personally, attraction is attraction. What you like you go after. I don't see this person questioning why the white guy wants to be with the black guy. Doesn't how the white partner feels count in this equation? It takes two to tango. I think love is love. There's no explaining it. People are drawn to each other by forces beyond my understanding. And trying to put politics and social gibberish into the equation is just silly. Let's celebrate diversity and love where it happens. Love is, after all, a miracle. And enjoy the fact that we have our first out gay professional NFL player, and not turn it into something else that it's not.
I am a white Latin gay man married to a black Latino gay man. It's not because I don't relate to my own race or that he doesn't relate to his race. We all have preferences ad to what we're attracted to and not. We find men of all colors attractive. I can't answer for anyone else but myself.
As odd as it sounds to say this out loud, I think many black people are socialized to see white as "prettier" and somehow "better" than black. Many of my black gal friends refer to straight hair as "good" hair. That is a prime example of the power of subtle and not so subtle self image constructs, both real and imagined, within a segment of the population. We yearn to be what is though of as beautiful and one way we possess that that thing is to become it. How do we become it? We marry it or partner with it. The precursor to this is that they may just have met and thought each other were hot as hell... and they are. So, maybe we are the ones with the problem. :-)
I'm sickened by this assumption. It pisses me off.. I don't see color, I see a soul. One that loves another! It's time to stop differentiating ourselves from society because we are part of society and all of us need to stop taking the backseat and see past color, sexual orientation, religion, etc... It's stupid to even consider any other reason other than love.. I know plenty of people that aren't my skin tone that date someone of a different skin tone. We are people. That is all! The sooner people put color or any other difference aside, then and only then will we truly be a diverse society! Get over it! People love who they love.. The assumption is just sickening!
I don't see anything wrong with " The Blade" piece. Look its a fact and a question that many people ( NOT ALL :/) asks in private yet not in public. Why is it that when someone asks a question that is out of someone comfort zone causes so much of a debate. There are SO MUCH more bigger issues that the gay community should be working on.
Hmm. I get it a little. I find that I distance myself (unintentionally) from my fellow gay Mormons. I think it may be due to the dissonance I experienced while being gay and being active in the Mormon faith. At the same time, there is a certain bond or connection I feel to other gay Mormons because they understand things other non-Mormon gays just don't get about us. Maybe race plays out differently. People should freely love who they want to love, but we don't live in a bias-free world, even among the world's most "open-minded". Nothing wrong with raising questions. Finding out if there is a "why" can ben enlightening....
Indeed, people love who they love, but before we love, we are attracted to an individual by their characteristics, their similarities or differences to ourselves or our experiences, however logical or illogical or complex it all may be... and the reason for the article in the Blade. They have a point, not a simple one to answer, if there is an answer, or to whom it may or may not apply, and certainly not finding fault, or wrong or right... but the discussion is healthy and interesting nonetheless...
You are kidding , this story is a waste of time , people love who they love , race, religion, sex, love is love period. People write this crap just to start more arguments among people. There are much more important things to write about . Instinctmagazine.com, I'm sure you can find better stories.


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A couple with ambition, imagination and a healthy supply of entrepreneurial instinct have purchased the historic Brook Forest Inn and are determined to turn it into a destination hotel, restaurant and wedding venue.
Jon and Melissa Barton of Barrington, Ill., 41 and 40, became the new owners of the national historic location on Aug. 9 and immediately closed it for two months and began a massive kitchen renovation.
The inn is now open for business, and the restaurant and bar are open six days a week. The Bartons have introduced live music in the bar on every other Friday night and free Texas Hold 'Em Poker Nights on Tuesdays. The restaurant is open on Valentine's Day with a special dinner menu.
Opened in 1919 as an inn by Edwin F. and Marie A. Welz, who immigrated from Vienna and Switzerland in 1910, the Brook Forest Inn is 6 miles southwest of Evergreen on Brook Forest Road, next to the national forest.
The unique quartz-stone structure consists of 19 guest rooms plus a bar, restaurant and creekside patio, perfect for weddings. Rooms all have private bathrooms. The ambience is rustic, elegant and romantic. The owners are looking forward to their first wedding on Valentine's Day.
Chef Larry Cotton, formerly of Isabella's, which was in the same space, has a new dinner menu, with meaty entrees, wild game, pasta, salads and appetizers. Pub fare includes brick-oven pizza, grilled paninis and wild board sausage. Bread is made fresh daily.
"It's like stepping back in time," said Jon Barton. "A historic building, a fantastic setting, you feel like you are 100 miles away."
The Bartons remodeled and replaced equipment in the kitchen, fixed the leaky roof in the bar area, installed outdoor lighting and bought a roomful of chairs from a casino sale to outfit the grand dining room. Carpets were cleaned and grout replaced.
"We didn't really decorate; we un-decorated," Melissa said of removing dozens of silk plants and other objects that were gathering dust.
Jon Barton found a craftsman in Wyoming and brought him to Evergreen to install acrylic window inserts to better retain heat on cold days. Every window had different dimensions.
The Bartons also spruced up the banquet room and installed new hardwood flooring and a projector with a remote-controlled screen that drops from the ceiling, in order to cater to the corporate market. Many walls have been newly painted.
Customers will appreciate the ability to make contact by cell phone, an activity that was impossible before Jon Barton installed a couple of new mini-cell-phone towers that operate on Internet connections.
Enthusiastic and energetic, the Bartons live in a house 10 minutes away. They say they are in this for the "long haul."
"We are actually managing this ourselves. We like to talk to our customers, employees and vendors," Jon Barton said.
The couple first visited the Brook Forest Inn as guests in May 2009 when they were thinking about moving from the Chicago suburbs to Colorado with their four young boys. They came to Evergreen with the idea of finding a house and stayed at the inn for almost a week.
Sitting on the second-floor deck, looking at the creek, the Bartons thought of the possibilities.
They asked their real estate agent to approach the owners, Rubel and Betty Atencio to see if they wanted to make a deal. Eventually, they agreed to sell.
So far the couple have invested more than $200,000 in the kitchen alone, which says something about how serious they are about food. They even replaced the old "Fry Daddy," with a commercial deep fat fryer.
The couple's four young boys range in age from 11 to 9 to 7 to 6. Jon Barton owns a multimedia technology company, Barton Media Group, but has given up most of his accounts to others. Melissa is a former advertising executive. They both grew up in the Chicago area and both went to the University of Kansas and met in Kansas City after graduation.
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• Main office, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; room rates range from $65 to $215.
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Martin Jensen smokes heroin.
In the past, when this gaunt-faced Dane had to hide in elevators and stairwells to feed his addiction, he probably wouldn't have been so willing to advertise that fact. Back then, his days were spent scouring Copenhagen — mostly the notorious Vesterbro neighborhood — for places to smoke, out of sight of the police and children. He says he never felt safe, understandably, given what happened to one of his friends.
"My friend, he [was trying to] get some sleep, when he had smoked," Jensen recalls.
That's when an arsonist stopped by.
"They put gasoline here, on top of his head. And put on fire and just let him ..." Jensen trails off, though he notes the friend survived.
All this is by way of explaining why, for Jensen, this year has meant the difference between "hell" and "heaven." It's not that he's quit — though he is taking methadone, which has helped him cut back. It's that now he has a place to come and take his drugs in peace.
In June 2012, the Danish Parliament passed legislation making it possible for municipalities to open so-called drug consumption rooms (known in Denmark as "fix rooms" and elsewhere, more specifically, as supervised injection sites) — facilities where adults with serious addictions can bring their illegal drugs and take them, legally, under the watchful eye of a nurse. Within four months, Copenhagen had opened the first. Two other cities have since followed suit.
Denmark is not the first country to try out the DCR concept — though it is the first in almost a decade and the Danish launch rate has been exceptional. The initial wave of DCRs opened in the 1990s in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. In 2003, Vancouver became the first (and still only) North American city to have one, and a handful of other countries came onboard around the same time. Since then, there has been a bit of a lull.
But a growing body of evidence suggests that DCRs can save lives and reduce the public nuisance of open drug use without increasing crime. The DCR strategy seems to be, once again, getting attention — even in the U.S., where places like Seattle, San Francisco and New Mexico are starting to consider the idea more seriously.
"It's very similar to the early days of needle exchange in the U.S., where there was a lot of opposition," explains Laura Thomas with the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance. "Pretty much all of that opposition has now faded away and a lot of people acknowledge they were wrong to oppose it: that it didn't increase drug use, that it didn't do a lot of things that people feared. But at the same time, there's a very human cost to a slow learning curve."
So far, Copenhagen's two DCRs (a second one opened in August) have hosted 1,800 unique users, including people who smoke and inject heroin and cocaine.
Rasmus Christansen, manager at one of the Copenhagen DCRs, explains how the process works. On their first visit, drug users register anonymously, using a nickname and the year of birth.
"But it's not like East German border control to get in," he says. "We want people to get [into the rooms] pretty fast ... so we can get drug consumption out of the streets."
Inside, to the left, behind a huge window, is cluster of smokers with improvised pipes, enveloped in haze. To the right is a long, stainless steel table where several people sit, injecting themselves with heroin, cocaine or both. Some finish and leave quietly. A few slump over the table, asleep. One man gets up and paces frantically back and forth, swearing and shouting. In the middle of it all, sits a nurse in street clothes, calmly taking in the scene.
Every day, these nurses witness up to 800 injections. During this first year, 135 people have overdosed; none of them have died.
That is probably the largest measure of success, Christansen says, given Denmark's record-high 285 drug-related deaths just two years ago (part of a larger global trend).
Christansen cites another achievement: In one year, the DCR has helped these hard-to-reach users make more than 1,000 contacts with the broader welfare system to get help with things like housing and medical care.
"We are getting to know them; we are building up relations with them," he says. "And when we are building up relations, they will also come to us when they have problems."
The program is changing the mind of former skeptics, like Deputy Police Inspector Kaj Lykke Majlund.
"We used to think police could solve all these problems alone. But that doesn't work," he says. "We have to understand that drug users — the severely addicted — they need help. They need treatment, not punishment."
To that end, Majlund has established a 2-square-mile "free zone" in the Vesterbro neighborhood where officers don't arrest adults for possession — though dealing is a different story.
Of course not all Danes support DCRs. Critics, like Conservative People's Party member Tom Behnke, say the "fix rooms" condone criminal activity. But even he says the bigger problem is that DCRs give Denmark an excuse not to do more to fix a broken treatment system.
"I have met people who have struggled for years to come into treatment," he says, adding that "it's a lot easier to live on the streets as a drug-addicted person."
And it's true, while staff members are friendly and chatty, they do not actively push treatment or even ask very many questions. So it may seem counterintuitive that at least one case study suggests DCRs actually increase the rate of admission into detoxification programs.
But one heroin addict who gives his name as Jimmy says that doesn't surprise him at all.
"I reckon this helps people because ... [users] can see normal people around and how things work, and that normal people have fun too, at work, and that life is not just drugs," he says. "If they see a little bit of that close to them ... I don't think that encourages them to continue using drugs."
The fall has been full of news about drugs, from communities decriminalizing marijuana to Toronto's mayor admitting he smoked crack cocaine. Meanwhile, Denmark has been quietly trying out a new approach to its own drug-related problems.
Sidsel Overgaard has that story.
MARTIN JENSEN: From hell to heaven.
SIDSEL OVERGAARD, BYLINE: Hell to heaven, that's the way Martin Jensen describes what this year has been like for him. Jensen smokes heroin. He used to do it in public, wherever he could - elevators, stairwells, the train station.
JENSEN: Scandinavian hotels...
OVERGAARD: He hated the idea of being seen by kids or harassed by police.
JENSEN: I don't have that feeling anymore because I can come here and smoke it.
OVERGAARD: Here is one of Copenhagen's two new Drug Consumption Rooms or DCRs, places where adults with addictions can bring illegal drugs and take them legally.
RASMUS CHRISTANSEN: The first time you come, you are making what we call an anonymous registration.
OVERGAARD: Rasmus Christansen is the manager.
CHRISTANSEN: So you are telling me a nickname, you are telling me a year of birth, but it's not like East German border control to get in. We want people to get pretty fast into the rooms, so where we can get drug consumption out of the streets.
OVERGAARD: The room itself is divided into two sections. On one side, smokers stand behind a glass wall, filling their enclosure with haze from improvised pipes. On the other side, a handful of people sit along a stainless steel table, injecting themselves with heroin, cocaine or both. In the middle of it all sits a nurse in street clothes, taking in the scene. Every day, these nurses witness between four and 800 injections; during this first year, 135 people have OD'd.
CHRISTANSEN: And in all the cases, all the situations, our nurses have done the job and nobody has died in the room.
OVERGAARD: Given that two years ago Denmark saw a record high number of overdose deaths, that, says Christansen, is a sign of success. Another is that these hard-to-reach users have made more than a thousand contacts with the broader social system to get help with things like housing and healthcare.
CHRISTANSEN: We are getting to know them. We are building up relations with them. And when we are building up relations, they will also come to us when they have problems.
OVERGAARD: Denmark is not the first place to try DCRs - eight other countries have them, most established over a decade ago. These can be tricky places to gather data, but there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that DCRs can save lives, reduce risky behavior and may even increase the chances of getting people into treatment. And that is leading other cities, including some in the U.S., to give the idea more serious consideration.
And where does the law stand on all this?
KAJ LYKKE MAJLUND: (Through Translator) If you asked me 20 years ago, I would probably have said this will never work.
OVERGAARD: With his handlebar mustache, Deputy Police Inspector Kaj Lykke Majlund could have walked straight out of a Western. But his policing philosophies are decidedly more modern.
MAJLUND: (Through Translator) We used to think police could solve all these problems alone, but that doesn't work. We have to solve this together. And we have to understand that drug users - the severely addicted - they need help. They need treatment, not punishment.
OVERGAARD: To that end, Majlund has established a two-square-mile free zone in this Vesterbro neighborhood where officers don't arrest adults for possession. Dealing is a different story.
Of course, not all Danes support DCRs. Critics, like Conservative People's Party member Tom Behnke, say they condone criminal activity. But even he says the bigger problem is that DCRs give Denmark an excuse not to do more to fix a broken treatment system.
TOM BEHNKE: (Through Translator) I have met people who've struggled for years to get treatment. And it's so hard to get treatment in Denmark that it's a lot easier to live on the streets as a drug-addicted person.
OVERGAARD: Even proponents caution that DCRs are, quote, "not a Danish fairytale" and there remains work to be done. Still, the concept has been deemed enough of a success that other cities, like Aarhus, are jumping on board.
OVERGAARD: As politicians and advocates gathered here to cut the ribbon on the country's newest DCR just last month, their choice of hymn may have summed it up best.
OVERGAARD: If there were not anything to fight for, the song went, what would our purpose be?
For NPR news, I'm Sidsel Overgaard in Denmark. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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John Aitken, American (born Scotland), c. 1760/65 - 1839. Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American (born England), 1764 - 1820. Decorated by George Bridport, American (born England), 1783 - 1819.
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British-born architect B. Henry Latrobe is known to have designed furniture for the interiors of many of his commissions and, between 1808 and 1810, at least two painted furniture commissions-for the White House of Dolley and James Madison that was destroyed in the 1814 burning of Washington, D.C., and this one, which was made for the home of Philadelphia merchant William Waln and his wife Mary Wilcocks Waln. George Bridport, a London-trained draftsman and ornamental painter of walls and furniture, executed the ornamental wall decoration for the drawing room of the Waln's house and the painted decoration on this set of drawing room furniture.
The other surviving components of the set include a pier table, a pair of card tables, a Grecian sofa, a window bench, and at least fifteen side chairs. This chair, with its klismos form---characterized by curving legs and a concave tablet top---and its flatly painted surfaces represents the earliest American manifestation of the decorative style known as Etruscan. While the chair's design is related to that of the other pieces in the set, no two tablet backs have the same central ornament. The modern yellow silk upholstery is based on careful investigation of remnants of the original.


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A new hybrid breed of couture florists masterfully mixes humble and haute
The Art of Arranging Flowers
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening—or walking through your local park—can make one see leafless tree branches in a whole new light. Winter's exterior decor is so organically lovely, it might inspire you to bring the outdoors in. Gather up fallen specimens from, say, an Eastern White Pine, and arrange those fringy, green-needled twigs in a vessel, accenting them with apples, quinces, or pears. You'll be in very good company: Talented floral designers from across the country are using simple, naturally beautiful elements in their work to utterly stunning effect.
More and more, edibles and/or humble flora—from potatoes to pinecones, lettuces to leafy greens—are doing strictly decorative duty. A new style of artfully arranged flower design is taking root in refreshingly unpretentious ways; they're as flexible as bare branches in winter winds and as lyrical as a Robert Frost poem. The names to watch in floral design are finding inspiration in nature for their poetic, understated compositions that favor form, foliage, foodstuffs—and let's not forget forsythia!—over flash.
The arrangement above is as sumptuous as a Dutch flower painting, but these botanical marvels—a mix of air plants, pine branches, peonies, roses, and ranunculus—are the real thing as styled by designer Bridget Vizoso. "Prague" frame by Larson-Juhl; "London Clay" paint by Farrow & Ball.
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Fruits and Flowers
With its subtle splendor, this sculptural floral style is quietly stealing the spotlight in even the most elaborately decorated homes. Ariella Chezar is known for her mouthwateringly lush pairings of fruits with garden roses—and the fancy flowers aren't the scene-stealers. "To my mind, a cluster of berries or a pile of apples is as exquisite as a bunch of roses, so by combining fruits and flowers I get the best of both worlds," says Chezar, who divides her time between San Francisco and New York. Bridget Vizoso, of New York City's Designers' Co-op, says, "I like to have the feel of a micro-garden in my arrangements. So I'll start with a small strawberry or raspberry plant, say, and work flowers around it. And I like it when a bit of the centerpiece falls on the table and gets eaten."
Above, Salt Lake City designer Sarah Winward banishes the chills with an arrangement good enough to eat. "Marais" frame by Larson-Juhl; "Dove Tail" paint by Farrow & Ball.
Ariella Chezar
"A cluster of berries or a pile of apples is as exquisite as a bunch of roses, so by combining fruits and flowers I get the best of both," says floral artist Ariella Chezar.
Fashionable Florals
Meanwhile, at Intérieurs et Fleurs, her atelier in Bethesda, Maryland, the Obama-appointed White House floral designer Laura Dowling is renowned for using offbeat materials, including fruits and vegetables, to create impactful arrangements. On her Web site, Dowling offers detailed, easy-to-follow instructions on how to make charming wreaths utilizing such surprising elements as purple onions and blue potatoes.
After decades of male dominance, when the rarest, most expensive "status" blooms were de rigueur in bouquets and centerpieces, women are now commanding the floral spotlight. These artful arrangers—call them Flower Powers—are restoring a resourceful, womanly touch to the art of floral design. They're downplaying hothouse flowers and giving star billing to seasonal plants, letting Mother Nature show her true colors, textures, and shapes on her own schedule. Some are even using weeds, raising humble materials to the status of art.
In her trademark style, Emily Thompson used a vintage umbrella stand as a container for the arrangement above. "Art Deco" frame by Larson-Juhl; "Studio Green" paint by Farrow & Ball.
Channeling Constance Spry
And to a woman, these trendsetters (like contemporary floral artist Bridget Visozo, shown above) are channeling the undisputed queen of Flower Powers: Constance Spry (1886-1960). The Mayfair florist and homemaking authority who became a household name in Britain liberated floral design from a rigid prewar aesthetic that prized rarity over composition. With her ageless creations—some including plant material she plucked from hedgerows—Spry popularized the use of inexpensive, ordinary components, proving that humble design could be charming and homemaking glamorous.
In wartime England, when so many had so little, necessity was the mother of that kind of innovation. There¹s a radical element to the Spry style, sprouting from the notion that, with imagination and guidance, anyone can be uplifted by cheerful flower decor, not just the well-to-do. "I do feel strongly," she once wrote, "that flowers should be a means of self-expression for everyone." Spry famously created a centerpiece out of curly kale and repurposed tableware—like footed soup tureens—for a more horizontal, expressive silhouette.
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Chicagoan Cornelia McNamara designed a festive bouquet with cymbidium orchids, feathery astibles, and maroon-colored coleus. "Chateau" frame by Larson-Juhl; "Incarnadine" paint by Farrow & Ball.
Sarah Winward
Today, with the United States just beginning to emerge from a general economic downturn, a more modest approach to accenting the style in lifestyle strikes a chord with taste-conscious Americans. And creating flower artistry on a budget can be a year-round art. Fresh-faced floral designer Sarah Winward of Salt Lake City, Utah, likes to combine summer tomatoes on the vine and fresh basil leaves for an arrangement. "It's fragrant and long-lasting," she says, "perfect for a summer dinner centerpiece or just to display in your kitchen. Plus, you can pinch the basil for your cooking needs!"
Emily Thompson
Modest materials produce a surprisingly magical effect, as Emily Thompson proved when she was invited to help decorate the White House for Christmas 2011. She arrived bearing hundreds of spiny, spherical, surprisingly sculptural pods shed by the sweet gum trees in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Thompson and her team had gathered the pods from where they'd fallen, then strung them together with velvet ribbon to create "necklaces" to embellish the East Room's mirrors in lieu of pine garlands. "I think acquiring material—from the most banal things to the most exotic—in a garden or a park is a wonderful choice," Thompson says. "Branches are a real focus for me. I love working with the flowering branches of spring, the foliage branches of summer and fall, even the bare branches of winter."
Dandy Pink Arrangement
Floral design at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue had been very formal until First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy introduced arrangements influenced by 16th-century Dutch still-lifes. Emulating Spry, she repurposed antique china as vases, including 18th-century dessert coolers used by the Madisons and items from the presidential collection of vermeil tableware. It was during the Kennedy administration that the position of chief floral designer was established.
Now, a new generation is rediscovering Spry and the inexpensive, cheerful charm she championed. "Constance is someone I've looked to from the beginning," Thompson recalls. "I found an old book of hers at a junk shop once and was hooked. I spend a lot of money in New York City to create things that look like they came from your backyard."
Utah florist Winward echoes Spry when she says, "Anything you think is beautiful can go in an arrangement." Winward creates verdant neo-romantic vignettes with greens common in a garden but not typically used as focal points: sweet pea foliage, ferns, and begonia leaves. Herbal arrangements incorporate humble elements; she even uses Queen Anne's Lace (a.k.a. wild carrot, found on most roadsides), giving this ubiquitous white botanical pride of place in her poetic bouquets.
Pictured above is flower designer Ariella Chezar's fruitful arrangement. "Ambrosia" frame by Larson-Juhl; "Mahogany" paint by Farrow & Ball.
Cornelia McNamara and Bridget Vizoso
"I don't like it when people put rules to floral design," says New York City's Bridget Vizoso (right, above). "It should be pleasing to the arranger's eye. Constance advised going into your garden and taking whatever you find. I like to incorporate dried branches with ranunculus, which never have a straight stem. I also put in unusual fall foliage, like clusters of acorns."
Cornelia McNamara (left, above) of Chicago takes a sustainable approach to her métier. As a working member of the Chicago Honey Co-op, an urban bee farm and community garden, McNamara raises crops of her own specialty flowers and uses only beeswax votives in her event designs. She's also a fan of foraging; her signature style is the prairie grasses native to the Midwest, including the stunning Bluestem grass, as well as milkweed pods, which are "as beautiful when they're brown and dried as when they're fresh and green." Incidentally, the pods are also edible—and delicious—whether parboiled, fried, and/or stuffed. An arrangement combining the pods with native grasses is "urban floral foraging at its best," she concludes.
Somewhere, Constance Spry is smiling.
How-To Tips from the Flower Experts
■ Lettuce and chard can look decorative, but they tend to wilt quickly. Designer Doan Ly, of Sprout in Brooklyn, prefers burgundy kale for its sturdy leaves. "Burgundy is a good accent color," she says. "Combine it with white ranunculus or roses in a soft blush color for a neutral palette, or do a really vibrant palette with red, orange, and yellow."
■ "Use a pedestal vessel—a porcelain tureen, a silver goblet, or a Japanese ikebana stand," advises Bridget Vizoso. Find containers at flea markets.
■ "To me, the ultimate combination is golden-toned garden roses with peaches or apricots," says Ariella Chezar of California and New York. "Clear, peachy currants look beautiful with white or yellow garden roses."
■ "I like to incorporate everything—from tight buds to blossoms at their peak," says Vizoso. "Catch them at the right moment because it's bloom and bust! A lovely reminder that everything is ephemeral—that life is beautiful, but it also decays."
Flower Artists
Fashioning flowers ladies (from lower left) Bridget Vizoso, Emily Thompson, Ariella Chezar, Sarah Winward, and Cornelia McNamara in New York's wholesale flower district on West 28th Street.
How to reach the new "flower powers":
■ Bridget Vizoso Designers' Co-op 212/721-2188; thedesignersco-op.com
■ Emily Thompson 347/529-5145; emilythompsonflowers.com
■ Ariella Chezar 413/528-3285; ariellaflowers.com
■ Sarah Winward 801/231-3088; sarahwinward.com
■ Cornelia McNamara 773/252-2276; corneliamcnamara.com
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