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Bikini lounge phoenix
Judy from Fairfield Age: 24. A charming little girl with a cute smile, a fairy in bed. In fact, miracles! I will give an unforgettable meeting!!
The drinks were well poured and strong enough to be considered ideal tiki. We learned that the owner makes a special mug every year for the NYE party and that they were pre-order only - and all sold out. Meanwhile, Maui Brewing Co. It's friendlier with two.
Faith from Fairfield Age: 31. I'm a very good girl.
Get Bombed At The Bikini Lounge
Before that, you can set the sonic mood yourself with the hulking internet jukebox by the entrance. The power finally came on before we left and we were able to see the bar in its full glory. Walking in we found that they had no power but that didn't slow them down at all. Everyone else seemed to be drinking pitchers of beer, but our crew insisted on ordering off the menu of tropical drinks. Sadly it is all unrealized. Reviewed April 19,
Nicole from Fairfield Age: 25. Hello everyone I am the best of the best write to meet you.
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The drinks were well poured and strong enough to be considered ideal tiki. Find the 10Best nearby. The owner is very accommodating to our local tiki group when we meet there. Tiki is having its second or third. There are tiki drinks, great taps of craft beer, cheap pitchers of cheap beer, an awesome pool table, and a touch tunes juke box. We will go back every time we are in the Phoenix area. As of November , the Bikini Lounge is selling a limited edition tiki mug I'm told there will be others in the future and has introduced a menu of tropical cocktails.
Beverly from Fairfield Age: 25. I'm exactly the graceful and sexy doll you've been looking for.

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Asparagus Tomato Stir-Fry
The recipe for this pretty medley comes from Elizabeth MacAulay in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. "Last spring, when asparagus was in the stores, my sister found this recipe, tried it and thought I might like it, too," she notes. "This fast-to-fix side dish is perfect after a busy day at work."
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makes4 servings
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh gingerroot, divided
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 3/4 pound fresh asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 4 green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 2 small plum tomatoes, cut into thin wedges
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, broth, soy sauce and 1/2 teaspoon ginger until blended; set aside. In a nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry the remaining ginger in canola oil for 30 seconds. Add asparagus and onions; stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms; stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Stir cornstarch mixture and add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Reduce heat. Add tomatoes and sesame oil; cook 1 minute longer.
Nutrition Facts3/4 cup: 68 calories, 3g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 268mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 3g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 1/2 fat.
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I wasn't impressed with this. The asparagus-tomato taste was awesome. The sauce was HIGHLY lacking though. Just didn't have much flavor, and the flavor it did have wasn't all that good. I think I'd try this again with a completely different sauce mixed it. We did really love the asparagus and tomatoes though. I used grape tomatoes and cut them long ways. I preferred it that way, more bite-sized.
Jan 8, 2012
This was tasty and easy. I added thinly sliced beef to make it a complete meal. I also slightly steamed just the stalks of asparagus prior to stir fry.
Nov 14, 2011
This is a family favorite but I make it as a main dish by adding cooked cut up chicken.


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For some the South Coast is often thought of as south of Sydney and Wollongong, but the real South Coast, in particular the Shoalhaven area, begins as you round the Kiama bends and pull over to take in the view from the carpark overlooking Gerringong and Werri Beach. This is where the mountains meet the sea and the start of your journey into a mixture of rural villages with community spirit bounded by a culture that loves the beach and the bush.
Less than two hours' drive south of Sydney, Gerringong is a little gem of a village perched high on a ridge within spitting distance of a right-hand point break. It's a great pit stop for a hungry traveller with a fine mix of cafés, boutique shopping and one of the largest surf shops in the Southern Hemisphere.
Just south of Gerringong, at the southern end on the Crookhaven Bight, the real year-round piscatorial delights begin, with the Shoalhaven River winding down to the ocean where offshore the famous Sir John Young Banks, now simply known as The Banks.
In December 1797, George Bass, sailing down the coast in an open whaleboat with six crew, discovered the mouth of a river. He disliked the entrance so much that he named it Shoals-Haven.
Six months later, Scot Alexander Berry entered the Crookhaven River in the Blanche after an attempt to enter the Shoalhaven River resulted in two men being drowned. Berry settled permanently at Coolangatta, on the north bank of the Shoalhaven, and the rest is history. Berry dug Australia's first canal, between the Crookhaven and Shoalhaven rivers, that changed these watercourses forever.
The river was damned in the 1970s and Lake Yurrungah, or Tallowa Dam, is a large and heavily timbered impoundment stocked with trophy bass and giant carp.
My favourite form of fishing bar none is a canoe or kayak trip on the dam or the upper reaches of the river absorbing the breathtaking scenery while targeting bass in the timber. It's a family-friendly experience and the serenity of the river minus the general population and their wakeboard madness instils a sense of connectedness to the land in an age of being too busy.
A good 2-4 kg rod with 6lb braid and 10lb leader will handle most situations. Best lures for summer are cicada patterns, poppers, crankbaits and walk-the-dog lures such as pencils. You can break your bass options down to three locations: The dam, below in the fresh, and then below Gradys Retreat in the brackish.
Recent tagging programs have indicated fish inhabit all these areas right through Summer and given the amount of fresh last summer you could even catch bass, bream and estuary perch within spitting distance of the Shoalhaven River Bridge in Nowra.
The bridge itself tends to be a fishing dividing line. Downstream is most popular for anglers targeting mulloway. They can be encountered throughout the salty part of the system but initial data from recent tagging programs clearly shows a preference for the lower reaches.
Numerous 40-50kg mulloway have been taken in the past year but the majority are 6-8kg. One 47kg fish taken by a solo angler on a soft plastic was the stand out for the year. Think creek mouths at tide changes and back eddies near rock walls as starting points.
There are numerous creeks downstream with Bomaderry and Broughton the most accessible. Both have 2wd access ramps and are a great place to start prospecting the miles of timber snags for bream, bass and estuary perch.
The main access to the river and offshore opportunities at the Banks are at Greenwell Point. A new dual-lane ramp, pontoon and big car park were constructed a few years back. Fuel, bait and takeaway food are close by, as are a great park with barbecues and picnic facilities.
The kids will enjoy fishing off the main commercial wharf next to the boat ramp, and at wide open throttle you can be fishing The Banks in under half an hour.
Much has been written about the Sir John Young Banks. Around five nautical miles north-east of the Beecroft Peninsula, near Currarong, The Banks are a series of shallow humps of around 20m quickly rising out of 80m of water inside the continental shelf .
Currarong itself now has a fantastic ocean launching facility for even the biggest trailer boats and you can be off the ramp and fishing the banks or below the cliffs in 15 minutes.
Inside the main humps are gravel beds and broken ground that is great country for reef species such as snapper and morwong. Kingfish abound year round, depending on the bait, and the main focus over the Summer is the run of small black marlin and sharks.
Gone are the days of chasing big fish from big boats; this is trailer boat billfish heaven on its day with plenty of 5m boats getting in on the action.
The preferred method these days is to slowly troll live slimy mackerel. In the height of summer the place is like a carpark with 30 or more boats within spitting distance of each other.
But The Banks is a year-round fishery provided you check the weather use your VHF or 27mHz radio to log on with Marine Rescue Shoalhaven, located at the Crookhaven Pilot House.
The weather in this part of the world is fickle and changes at the drop of a hat. Being caught with a raging current from the north and a southerly change can be hell, so be prepared and have a back-up plan, like the river or Jervis Bay, if the offshore weather is foul.
Currarong is one of those quaint little fishing villages you see in post cards. There is a caravan park and cottages and homes for holiday letting. The village is 27km off the Princes Highway and is surrounded by the natural beauty of the Jervis Bay National Park, Crown land and the Jervis Bay Marine Park.
As you continue to wander south it's worth mentioning that the South Coast has a very different flavour to the somewhat commercialised North Coast. Unspoilt natural beauty is the area's biggest asset. There's no high rise by the sea, no marinas full of game boats and yachts and for the majority of the year bar Christmas and Easter, no crowds.
That doesn't mean that you have to go without. Nowra has all the services and retail therapy required for the whole family.
McCallum's Tackle World and Nowra Marine are your best port of call for all your fishing and boating needs.
If it's boutique shopping and decaf lattes you hunger for then Berry, to the north, is the epicentre for all things quaint and expensive. The pubs do a great feed for all the family, along with the Hungry Duck restaurant, which serves Asian and modern Australian cuisine, is BYO and child-friendly.
Twenty thousand years ago, however, was a different story! The earth was ending an ice age and sea levels were rising. What is now the continental shelf off Jervis Bay (the locals say 'Jurvis') were mountain ranges to the east.
Around 7500 years ago the coastline as we know it today took its present form and the traditional landowners took up residence in this part of the world. Hundreds of Aboriginal sites have been identified right around the Shoalhaven region and even the untrained can identify the middens, the piles of shells from an easily acquired meal.
Jervis Bay is a testament to green triumph of sorts. Had plans from the 1960s to the 1990s eventuated, we could have seen the establishment of a city on the northern side, a Navy ammunition storage and wharf facilities, a petrochemical complex, a steelworks on a 6500ha site at Callala, major port facilities and, to top it all off, a nuclear power plant came within a whisker of being built at Murrays Beach in what is now the Booderee National Park!
These developments would have destroyed the Bay forever but thankfully we now retain over 50km of unspoilt coastline with beaches that have the whitest sand in the world and water where dolphins and whales.
One can only imagine the quality of the fishing prior to European settlement and even in the 1960s local fishermen could pole 3 tonnes of 20-30kg kingfish in an afternoon off Honeymoon Bay.
Unlike the establishment of other Marine Protected Areas in NSW, JB had a good consultation period, from 1998-2002. Not everyone was going to be happy with the outcome but you can't please them all.
The upside to all the politics and extreme-green-lockout madness is that the fishing got better, a lot better, and with the combination of the removal of much of the unsustainable, destructive commercial netting effort and the establishment of the NSW recreational fishing havens, the fish were finally given a chance to go about their business and replenish the system.
So gone are the days of netting the estuaries, hauling the pilchards, dredging the scallops, trawling the bay for flathead and squid and 10 years on the place is in better shape.
JB is a year-round fishery in that crossover zone between tropical and temperate zones and at certain times of year you can catch bream, snapper, salmon, bonito, kingfish and small black marlin within 100m of each other. If there's anywhere else in the world that that can be done then I want to hear about it!
Jervis Bay is now divided into marine park and Commonwealth waters (Booderee National Park) and rules apply, particularly in the sanctuary zones or no-take areas. Booderee also has a no jet ski or towing policy (tubes and water skiing, etc) to protect the little penguins, and no anchoring in less than 10m to protect vital seagrass habitat.
Best thing is to get a map and avoid the $500 fine for fishing where you shouldn't. Simple.
JB is a very large body of water, 14km from end to end and nearly 10km across.
The weather in this part of the world can change at the drop of a hat and if you get caught out, your day can turn from paradise to your worst nightmare in minutes.
Westerly changes in late Winter and Spring come with no telltale line of cloud and can generate up to 2.5m waves going out of the bay! Top priority is check your weather, have a marine radio and know how log on to Marine Rescue if you're venturing more than a few miles from help.
Have a good anchor with at least the length of your boat in chain and at least 150m of rope if you're heading offshore and under the cliffs. You can be 50m off the cliffs and in 40m of water at times.
Consider hiring a guide or a booking an offshore fishing charter. There are only three operators in JB and weekends are usually booked well in advance. See the fact box for more info.
Catching a feed isn't tough. Calamari are thick around the edges where there is clear water and seagrass. Drift for flatties in the middle of the bay with a paternoster rig.
Laying down a berley trail where rock meets sand (5-10m in the Bay and 25-35m offshore) works for reef fish. Fish lightly weighted floaters for best results although be prepared to catch 500,000 Port Jackson sharks over the Winter months.
Soft plastics really come into their own for reds with the 5" Gulp Jerkshad in nuclear chicken on a 1/6oz head hard to beat. The Bay has snapper year round but Winter is prime time for the bigger models.
Please consider releasing all snapper over 60cm because they are prime breeding stock and you won't starve if you choose to let the fish breed another day.
Come Summer and Autumn the pelagics really come into their own and the kingfish have bounced back from brink following the ban on floating traps a decade ago.
The average Summer king is now 80-90cm on some reefs with fish to 40kg a real possibility. Leave the bream gear at home! Minimum 50lb braid and 80lb leader with a live slimy mackerel or yellowtail will do the job – if you can dodge the seals.
Under Point Perpendicular in 20m is the best place to start but be aware The Tubes, a world-famous land-based game fishing destination is about 400m from the point. Exercise caution and keep your distance from the rocks.
Last Summer there were at least two LBG marlin cut off by unsuspecting skippers.
Ten minutes south of Jervis Bay along the Wool Road lies St Georges Basin, perhaps the jewel in crown of accessible South Coast estuary fishing.
The Basin is also an amazing success story in terms of nature's ability to recover from unsustainable estuary netting, following its declaration as one of 24 NSW recreational fishing havens a decade ago. The last declared commercial catch was around 119 tonnes, let alone the 'cash crop' and by-catch.
It took only two years to see the difference but what a difference it has made. Regular cricket-score catches of bream, whiting , snapper and flathead are now possible.
Every estuary has its peaks and troughs but the Basin is very consistent and home to some monster flathead, bream and tailor. Think Spring and Autumn for that 90cm flathead and year round for 60-70cm tailor and snapper to 3kg – in an estuary!
All we have to do as responsible anglers is put the big ones back and take only what we need for a feed and the system will take care of the rest. So do the right thing on your next visit.
The Basin has great launching facilities on the northern shores at Sanctuary Point and Basin View, and on the southern Side at Sussex Inlet.
Only experienced skippers should attempt to cross the very shallow and dangerous bar, but the reefs and headlands offshore receive little angling pressure and can be very productive.
There are three ramps to choose from at Sussex. With over 20 caravan parks and hundreds of affordable holiday homes to choose from, Sussex Inlet is still one of those great family getaways offering so much for the family and travelling angler.
South of Sussex there are myriad estuaries and creeks to explore along with some awesome offshore opportunities.
Lake Conjola is a small system with shallow access to the sea. Accommodation is at two caravan parks. To experience the lake at its best think Summer and Autumn.
The chances of encountering a mulloway are better at Conjola than at the Basin.
Further south, the area's commercial trawlers and longliners call Ulladulla their home port and generations of commercial fishers continue the tradition.
Ulladulla has all the services and be a great place to book an offshore fishing charter. It's also a staging point for the great estuary at Burrill Lake, another of the rec fishing havens on the South Coast.
If you're travelling from Canberra or inland NSW you can now access the coast by the newly sealed main road 92, which links Canberra to the coast, or you can turn off the Hume Highway at Goulbourn to save 40 minutes and the winding bends of the Kangaroo Valley.
Save the Kangaroo valley as great day trip from the coast or that bush camp on a kayak trip.
The ACT is now a comfortable two-hour drive through the Morton Wilderness area. Access the Nerriga Road through Tarago, not Braidwood, but don't tell anyone I told you that!
For non-fishing partners and families the dolphin watch cruise around the Bay and whale watching in season is a must. Jervis Bay is the Hervey Bay of the southern migration and it's common to have up to 20 whales in the Bay in late October to November.
There is also the offshore trip in a big rigid hull inflatable with quad 350hp outboards, which will get you offshore and back with comfort and speed.
Huskisson is the gateway to the Bay for cruise booking, accommodation and meals.
The new pub, Stonegrill, Seagrass, and Wild Ginger are the main restaurants to consider and no trip to Husky is complete without feeding the giant flatties in the pond at the Lady Denman Museum.


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germ toys
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Well can't say my day is so good I can hardly stand it but can say your post made it better.ReplyDelete
What?! I just HAD to go see if you were pulling my leg. It IS a whole website crawling with ... plush microbes! The fuzzy ones might be kinda cute, in a strange sort of way.ReplyDelete
But yikes! I sat with my mouth open (wonder how many microbes got in) while I watched the animated vinyl critters! Is there such a thing as "creepy cute"?
I still can't believe there is a guy making a living doing that... weird... Is this something that the nursing/medical profession uses?? Weird weird cuteness
But I gotta admit to saying "ewwww" when I clicked on the button: Choose a microbe!!! I didn't even WANT to know what a plush maggot or clap looks like, LOL!
I love those little germ guys!!ReplyDelete
They are for real and covered with germs inside and out!ReplyDelete
The gift that keeps on giving!
Great post. Love the nurses lunches. And yes, those fries are all natural ;)ReplyDelete
Those natural cut fries crack me up. Especially with the sea salt. Like the salt is the problem and not the fact that they are DEEP FRIED. You see fast food places using all kind of crazy gimmicks.ReplyDelete
Are those low-carb germs?ReplyDelete
Those little critters would be so great to have to teach my wee ones about germs. Feeling a bit better this morning, in fact almost human. Going to take the kids to the library. Thanks for stopping by. Glad your headache is finally resting. Take care and have a blessed day.ReplyDelete
Grom? Did you find out what that is exactly?ReplyDelete
Did you see this recipe online? Once a month a guest blogger will show a low carb recipe on her blog.
Thanks, TechnoBabe- I'll check it out!ReplyDelete
Must get me the catalog for those germ toys...they are adorable. Wish I had thought of that!ReplyDelete
nice germs! I have an award for you on my blog :)ReplyDelete
I ordered some of those germs last week. Great minds think alike. I love the mad cow one. And the chicken pox!!! They're actually for Rachel. I asked her if she wanted me to order the herpes germ so she could say her mom gave her herpes but she thought that was way too wrong. I guess I agree. :)ReplyDelete
I love those germ toys, I have two of them, ebola and HIV. They sit on my desk. Yes, I have a sick sense of humor it seems. ;-)ReplyDelete
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SO Im going to come GROM with you soon!!! And...Im not so much worried about the sea salt, or even the deep frying but uh---THOSE ARE POTATOES!!! oh no no no no that will not do!ReplyDelete
And thanks for introducing me to the Germs. Now I know what to give hubby for valentines day (and im not joking! LOL)
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM
This post had all of what I love- nay, not E.coli though.ReplyDelete
I'm glad we don't have those germ toys here...I'm sure everyone would give me the 'Mad Cow' one for sure! lolReplyDelete
I chopped up three heads of lettuce and grated carrots. It is GREAT to have a ton of lettuce in the 'frige!ReplyDelete


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Director Steven Lake Hangs Out at the Russian film premiere.
The award winning documentary premieres in Moscow on 2nd March at the EcoCup International Environmental Film Festival. Documentary director, Steven Lake, will be attending the premiere and participating in an audience Q&A after the film. This is the first time the movie has been shown in Russia where there is a growing environmental movement.
Steven has commented "In every stage of making and promoting Drying For Freedom we have to think about the environmental impact of our film footsteps."
Commenting on the flight to Russia, Steven said "There have been plenty of opportunities to travel to screen the film that we have turned down for the simple fact that the film itself can speak for us, and so there is no need for us to create more waste flying around the world. We have had to turn down the opportunity to fly out to a variety of lovely hot exotic places for this reason. In being invited to Russia I have decided to take the opportunity to explore a territory for the film that is incredibly foreign to us. I believe that the benefits of representing the film whilst there and doing all we can to make contacts relevant to sustainability and beneficial to our environmental cause."
The EcoCup International Environmental Film Festival is the first non-profit festival in Russia which introduces Russian audience with the best international environmental film.
For more information on the festival please visit http://www.ecocup.ru or search for the festival on Facebook or twitter.


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During the summer of 1969, Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman presented their first exhibition of gay artists and drew more than 300 guests to their Soho loft. This exhibit, which draws from their 50-year collection that grew into the largest collection of LGBTQ+ art in the world, explores the founders' ongoing advocacy for gay artists through themes including design, fashion, the erotic, the impact of AIDS and key moments in recent LGBTQ+ history.
"Untitled" by George Dureau. Courtesy, Leslie Lohman Museum Collection
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Karin Wolf at Mike Burns' "Updraft" sculpture, Brittingham Park.
It's Gallery Night, a breezy 82 degrees, and packs of Madison residents are roaming east-side locations looking at art. Karin Wolf, the city's art administrator, stands under the eaves of a temporary installation near the construction site at Union Corners, noting the way the structure blends in with the canopy of oak trees overhead.
Dressed in a zigzag wrap dress, orange beaded necklace and cool-girl glasses, Wolf is an attractive combination of sharp focus and free-range spark. As is often the case, her connection to this particular piece of art is strong. The sculpture, modeled on a Native American longhouse, received a $1,500 BLINK grant from the Madison Arts Commission, which Wolf administers. For the Intentionally Welcoming Communities group, which facilitated the creative process, the grant represented more than a pot of money; it was an important endorsement that allowed the organizers to tap other funding streams.
It's only 5:30 p.m., but this is already Wolf's second stop. The first was a poetry reading at Michelangelo's Coffee House on State Street. Rushing out of there, she ran into Andrea Musher, former poet laureate, and after a quick hug, promised to listen to a recording of Musher's newest project, a musical. Wolf's schedule is filled with such commitments. Her proposed agenda for Gallery Night was organized into frantic categories like "must go" or "try."
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Longhouse at Union Corners.
Before the evening is over, Wolf will have visited more than a dozen galleries, shops, new art spaces and the Central Library. If the arts administrator is anything, she's in demand. Wolf has spent almost a decade nurturing a vibrant network in a creative city; one that runs on little money. The Madison Arts Commission — an appointed advisory committee of 10 citizens and an alder — is responsible for public art projects, music programs, poetry, arts in education and basically any other project you can think of where an individual artist or organization creates something for the city. Wolf is the one full-time staff person devoted to pulling it all off. "Basically, I play with red tape and jump through hoops," Wolf says. "My role is to fill in the gaps."
But Wolf, 47, is more than just a bridge for artists. She's a proactive dynamo who has championed art and artists in an era of low to nonexistent funding. Since her hire in 2006, she has given herself over to the city's art community, so much so that they feel she belongs to them; and she's expert at incubating ideas and matching artists to funders. If she's overcommitted, working long hours, including nights and weekends, to be on hand for openings and events, it's in the service of her higher calling: art, which she calls "her religion." Moving into the future, Wolf hopes to institutionalize the city's financial commitment to art and artists. She is spearheading efforts to create through city ordinance a program that would provide guaranteed funding for art in multimillion-dollar city construction projects. If it passes, the Percent for Art program just might become her legacy.
Wolf's determination hasn't gone unnoticed. Katie Crawley, deputy mayor for public works and communication, says that in her five years on the job, Wolf stands out as a city employee she'd like to clone: "She's passionate. She's an inspiration. She's one of those people who say, 'I love my job.'"
Try as she might, Wolf can't be everywhere at once. On her whirlwind tour of galleries, an artist takes her aside, upset she'd missed a recent opening. No matter how much she gets to, there's just not enough of her to go around. "I'm always happy when I look up and she's at an event," says Trent Miller, coordinator of the Central Library's Bubbler program. "But she needs three assistants. There's just so much going on, and she's working on it all. It's an impossible job. Organize all of the art in the entire city? How do you do that?"
Boise, Idaho, a city with 30,000 fewer people than Madison, has a Department of Arts and History Public Art Program with 10 employees. Most cities have cultural affairs teams that tackle such activities as place planning, murals, arts in education and grants to artists. In Madison, Wolf administers all of these activities, working as a liaison with various city departments and neighborhoods and helping artists' vision merge with city needs. "She really knows the whole city infrastructure and how to navigate that," Miller says. "People don't realize how many people you have to talk to in order to get something to happen here."
In addition to the BLINK grants, which support creation of temporary pieces, such as the longhouse sculpture at Union Corners, the city offers a couple of different grant programs for public art, including one for permanent work. Mike Burns, a local metalworking artist, received a $5,000 seed grant from the planning department for "Updraft," a new installation at Brittingham Park that includes a giant steel arched sculpture, benches and ornamentation for the fence around the park's community garden. Burns says an earlier commission at a different site fell through, but Wolf stuck with him, helping redirect funds and supporting the neighborhood in fundraising efforts.
"As artists, we aren't skilled in all areas. Fundraising is probably the least of our skills. But Karin's creativity and persistence helps an artist take the long view," Burns says.
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Brenda Baker's "Seed Pod" at Monona Terrace.
Under Wolf's stewardship even a temporary artwork can have a long-term impact. In 2013, Brenda Baker, an artist and director of exhibits at the Madison Children's Museum, created "Seed Pod," a sculpture made of woven branches from invasive plant species. The egg-shaped structure was placed on the walkway to Monona Terrace as part of an ecological conference. "Monona Terrace had never engaged a local artist before," Wolf says. "It was all strictly Frank Lloyd Wright." But with Wolf's cultivation, and the early support of BLINK, more than 1,300 conference attendees from 57 countries had a chance to see it — along with countless local residents who visited the terrace.
"Everyone started taking photos there," Wolf recalls. "It became an icon for the summer. Then Monona Terrace said, 'why don't we always do this?'" Now sculpture is a part of the rooftop landscape; in 2014, the convention center started a temporary art program of its own, curated by David Wells, the gallery director of Edgewood College. It might not have happened without Wolf's behind-the-scenes intervention.
Wolf is proud that "Seed Pod," which later moved to a Milwaukee sculpture garden, began with a BLINK grant. She is passionate about inserting the arts into every setting. Currently, her position is housed in the planning department, which she appreciates. Planners know what's going to happen in a place before anyone else, and her mission is to include arts in discussions early on. She knows that not everyone agrees on the importance of public art. Part of her job is to raise public awareness of what the arts mean to Madison — how they contribute to the look and feel of the city, enrich citizens' lives and bring millions of dollars to the regional economy.
Last year, Wolf gave the keynote address at the UW-Madison Advocacy Consortium for Entrepreneurs. She showed a handsome photo of ice skaters in front of Monona Terrace and then flipped to another slide where the same photo was manipulated, replacing the convention center with a drab office building. Then she asked the group: "Which Madison attracts talent?" Her message, as she recalls it, was: "If you don't pony up, we aren't going to get Frank Lloyd Wright buildings without artists or attention to the environment."
Wolf speaking at "Creative Mornings," an online breakfast chat.
She isn't one to mince words. ("I take the path of least resistance, because there's so much to do. If you don't want a sculpture in your neighborhood, there are other neighborhoods that do. I won't beat my head against the wall.") At the same time, she prepares PowerPoints with creative options for new work in parks. She'll help a poet's widow craft an elegant book in his memory. If you can pin her down, she might even listen to the long musical you just wrote, headphones on, as you carefully explain the whole thing.
"Karin is a major driver for expanding the arts," says Barbara Schrank, chairperson of the Madison Arts Commission. "She'll meet with artists that are new to the community and help them make connections. To me that stands out, that she has the energy for that."
One thing she won't do is let you buy her a cup of coffee. As someone intimately involved with the grant-making process, Wolf learned early on not to take favors. "Lynn Eich [retired director of the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission] taught me total best practices — complete fairness, ethics. We give out grant money, so I do not take a cup of coffee."
Growing up in St. Louis, Mo., Wolf's earliest exposure to the arts came from her mother, an immigrant from Transylvania. The family had little money, but her mother's love of the arts kept her seeking new and inexpensive cultural experiences to share with her family.
Wolf's father and sister are both musicians; her sister plays oboe, and her father is a brass player. They were art-makers, Wolf says, while she and her mother were the supportive audience.
Wolf left home the day after high school graduation, yearning to escape the conservative bubble of St. Louis County. In Madison, she found the likeminded people she craved. She soaked up the radical culture like a sponge. "I'm very curious about everything," she says. "Everything fascinates me." That's evidenced in her undergraduate career at UW, which took 10 years to complete and spanned three majors — history, history of culture and Afro-American studies — and a minor in women's studies.
"I love education, but I resented being forced to learn a certain way. I was doing this kind of protest. But then my teacher said to me, 'Who's hearing your big protest against academia? Who are you hurting besides yourself?' She encouraged me to finish my degree. In the meantime, I collected classes."
Wolf (center) with her stepdaughter, Kaiya Solomon (right) and muralist Sharon Kilfoy at Allied Drive Pavement Painting, August 2014.
Classes and experiences. During that 10-year period, Wolf moved to Sierra Leone for a year, married Abu-Hassan Koroma, and became stepmother to his 4-year-old daughter, Nina. The two later divorced, but Wolf continued to raise their daughter, now 25, who attends UW-Madison. Wolf is now married to former Ald. Brian Solomon, and is once again a stepmother to his children, Kaiya, 12, and Tamirat, 10.
Her relationship with Nina was significant. Because Wolf wanted her stepdaughter to attend a good arts-based preschool, she started teaching there as a partial barter for tuition. Like her mother before her, she carted Nina to free or inexpensive programs in the city, including at the Madison Art Center (now MMoCA). "I called Sheri [Castelnuovo], the curator of education, and said, 'Hey I'm a poor mom, and I'd like my kid to do this.' I asked about scholarships. Sheri said, 'Just bring her.'"
Wolf began volunteering at the museum, teaching kids about contemporary art with simple materials like pencils and paper. The work called for ingenuity and performative flash. Wolf loved it, and hoped to follow in Castelnuovo's footsteps and become a museum educator. But in grad school at UW's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, she had an awakening. "I realized, maybe the city is the museum. Maybe I can do something more than just art in an exclusive domain. It's about breaking down those exclusions and creating access."
Kia Karlen, a member of the Madison Arts Commission and director of education at the Madison Children's Museum, says Wolf is intent on making sure all people, regardless of income or race, have access to participation in the arts: "[Karin] has been focused on equity in the arts and making sure they are accessible to everyone."
Wolf represented the city of Madison in Any Given Child, a multi-city Kennedy Center program that examines equity in arts education. Beginning in 2013, representatives from the Overture Center, the school district and the city collected input from the community, examining. racial and economic disparities in arts education in Madison's K-12 schools. Then the panel created an action blueprint for offering an "arts rich" environment for all schools, regardless of neighborhood income or individual school circumstances. "One of the great experiences has been asking for the truth and then hearing it and deciding what to do," says Wolf. "We had to face our current state and find out who is getting access and who isn't."
To this point, Wolf has accomplished much with very little funding. According to a 2013 study by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Wisconsin ranks 48th in the nation for arts spending. Minnesota ranks first, spending $6.36 per person, while our state squeaks by on just 13 cents.
Wolf with Elizabeth Doyle at "Feed the Dream," Allied Drive Mosaics.
The disparity is dismal. Yet the arts are an economic generator. According to the 2012 study "Arts and Economic Prosperity IV," published by Americans for the Arts, the arts generated more than $535 million for Wisconsin's economy in 2010; that's 66% more than comparably sized states. The Madison Arts Commission's grantmaking arm issues just $100,000 to artists and art organizations annually. But Wolf excels at leveraging that small pool of money. "Karin definitely helps us do a lot with a little," says Karlen. "She's created that culture among the committee members."
This summer, Wolf says she and the commission plan to propose a Percent for Art ordinance for the city, which could dedicate at least 1% of public construction budgets to art. That threshold amount is still being discussed, but Wolf predicts the ordinance would focus on projects with budgets exceeding $5 million. Madison has never had such a program, though the state had one for decades, providing two-tenths of 1% of public construction budgets for art. The 31-year program was repealed by Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2011.
Nationally, such programs exist in 28 states and several cities, including Boise, San Francisco and St. Paul. Interestingly, Joe Spencer, St. Paul's director of arts and culture, considers Percent for Art a baby step. ("Welcome to the '80s!" he says.) That city, which has 50,000 more residents than Madison, has had a Percent for Art ordinance in place for decades. It also employs two salaried artists and a full-time staffer who oversees funding for the arts generated from the sales tax.
At this stage, it's difficult to predict exactly how much money a Madison program could provide for art projects; but with 15 planned projects that exceed $5 million, it could generate as much as $1.71 million in the next two years.
Creating Percent for Art would be an important initiative for art and artists in the city, and passing it will require building a strong consensus, something Wolf plans to pursue with her typical devotion. "Whatever draft ordinance is presented, I'm going to make sure [city engineer] Rob Phillips and the Parks Department and all the other stakeholders have signed off on it so there isn't any resistance."
One of the possible ripple effects of Percent for Art could be additional city staff devoted to the arts. For this reason and more, Wolf wants it to pass. But she also recognizes that the low-budget environment has brought out a certain hearty, DIY culture among artists and organizations in Madison she doesn't want to lose.
She points to the Central Library, where the art budget was just $15,000. "But we have $300,000 worth of art in that library because we scraped together and convinced architects to use artist-made parts; it made the same financial sense. I love that library. To me, it's the best you can do."
Wolf says she wants to keep that resourceful spirit and work ethic, which, along the way, creates support for ideas and projects that otherwise might not have been there. "As a city, we need both [money and ingenuity]. I really want to try with Percent for Art to do it in such a way that it doesn't take off the pressure."
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Annie Stewart Fountain
Percent for Art is only one part of Wolf's strategy for spreading the gospel of arts. She's also looking at ways the city can better support neighborhood-based creative activity and deepen its relationship with the university. She'd like Madison to help more musicians earn a living wage. And she has a personal passion: restoring the crumbling Annie Stewart Fountain in Vilas Park, which was built in 1925. "After the mounds, this is the oldest art we have. It's history. It's the past's gift to us," says Wolf. "The neglect of it makes me uncomfortable. If we can't take care of what we have, I don't know if we should be aggressively pursuing adding more."
Wolf is still going strong at 9 p.m. on Gallery Night when she bumps into Faisal Abdu'Allah, a local artist and associate art professor at UW-Madison, on the stairs of the Central Library. He updates her on his project working with at-risk teenagers; how they seemed to come alive while working on the large self-portraits currently on display in the library windows facing Mifflin Street. Wolf listens attentively, excited about the future possibilities for the work.
"We are collectively making meaning together; fixing things, celebrating things, through arts and culture," says Wolf. "I don't want the light on me," she adds. "I want the light on all of us and what we are accomplishing together. My role is to do what needs to be done so that the vision and will of the citizens happen."


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CSL Behring has announced that IDELVION® (coagulation factor IX recombinant, rFIX-FP) its long-acting recombinant albumin fusion protein for treating hemophilia B is now available in a 3500 IU (international unit) vial size. This new vial size will reduce the reconstitution time that was needed to prepare multiple vials for a similar dose.
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AAUW Convention 2009
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National Convention
Photos courtesy of Betsy McDowell and Barbara Paulsen
Salem delegates to the convention: Alice Bartelt, Linda O'Hara, Betsy McDowell, Joanne Stern, and Gloria Martin
AAUW Oregon's delegation at the national convention
Oregon's own, Betsy McDowell, was elected AAUW Director-at-Large
Lilly Ledbetter was the keynote speaker on Friday
Marilyn Zook and Mary J. Mayer, delegates from the Gresham Area branch
The Grants Pass delegation: Karen Paxton, Kathy Passmore, and Barbara Paulson
Annmarie Huber (Klamath Falls) and Ann Evensen (Bend). Dedicated delegate Evensen drove her RV from Bend to St. Louis!
Joanne Stern (Salem) and Mardy Stevens (Gresham Area)
Alice Bartelt (Salem)
New AAUW President Carolyn Garfein; Past Educational Foundation President, Barbara O'Connor; Past AAUW President, Ruth Z. Sweetser


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Q January 2019 Playlist
Q's winter tunes! Our January mix includes Phantogram, Charly Bliss, Indigo Girls, and more.
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- Closer to Fine by Indigo Girls – Peter
- Glitter by Charly Bliss – Matt
- Answer by Phantogram – Todd
- Bittersweet Symphony by London Grammar – Christine
- American Dream by LCD Soundsystem – Andy
- Guiding Light by Mumford & Sons – Emily
- We Almost Lost Detroit by Gill Scott-Heron – Tom
- Chasin' Kendall by Stefon Harris, Blackout – Jeff
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While everyone in the world was relaxing on Buick, the automaker has silently been working on some of the most beautiful concept cars around, and its brand new all-electric SUV is a no different game. Dubbed the Buick Enspire, this latest concept would make its official debut at the Auto China 2018 in Beijing later in the current month. However, it is hoped that it soon would make the jump from the theory to the production.
On the exterior part, it seriously is a good looking car. Buick credits the aerodynamics for much of the sinuous shape, but it is clear that the Enspire shares plenty of common DNA with the earlier concept cars like the Avenir of the year 2015 and the Avista of the year 2016. While they were a sedan and a coupe, respectively, a similar design language translates well to an SUV.
Under the hood, Buick envisages an eMotion electric drive system, which could muster 410 kW. That is an impressive 550 horsepower. The automaker suggests that it is enough to go from 0-60 mph in just 4 seconds. In the meantime, as promised by Buick, the battery is sufficient for up to 370 miles on just a single charge. It could be recharged in one of two ways, too. While there is traditional wired charging, the Enspire even has a wireless charging support. With the right charger, it is capable of an 80-percent recharge in less than forty minutes.
In the interior part, Buick is defining the airy cabin as having a "surround skyline" theme, that is aiming at keeping the entire cockpit airy and lighted up. The center console and the armrests make use of natural wood grain collaborated with the microfiber suede. The OLED screens replace the traditional instrumentation, and there is an augmented reality windshield onto which the Enspire could project the navigation directions, the flag hazards, points of interest, and many more. As suggested by Buick, everything of that would be pulled over a 5G connection baked into the SUV.
Of course, as of now, the Enspire is only a concept, and Buick is tight-lipped on any production plans. Still, it is not at all difficult to see as to how such a car would fit into the line-up of the automaker. Buick has been a rising star over the last few years. It made a delivery of more than 1.4 m vehicles globally in the year 2017. In fact, China particularly being an eager market.
Buick indeed, launched seven new models in China last year, along with four models in North America. It also fleshed out its high-end Avenir sub-brand, to now make an inclusion of three models. In the United States specifically, Buick's SUVs witnessed the sales hike by up to 93 percent.
However, missing from the line-up is an all-electric car that ticks those same boxes. With GM stablemate Chevrolet is apparently planning a Bolt EV-based crossover, a more luxurious, but still affordable electric SUV that with the Buick nameplate would seem like a good application of the existing technology of the group.


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Samsung is offering the fourth-generation Galaxy Tab in three special sizes: 10.1, 8, and 7 inches. Samsung galaxy tab 4 10.1 is one of these type. This device offers up-to-date software, Android 4.4 KitKat improved with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface running on a 1.2GHz quad-core processor. Besides, this model offers a 1280 x 800-pixel display, 1.5 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, and a 6800 mAh battery. It also includes a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera, whilst the tablet is accessible as WiFi-only or with 4G LTE
Build and Design
Like most other Samsung Smartphones, The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1's casing is made of plastic. The front part is entirely covered in glass, though not with Gorilla Glass, but it presents a very smooth and comfortable feel.
Though Galaxy Tab 10.1's upper side has a slim chromed edge, the rest edges and the back part are carved with a single piece of plastic, which is believed to mimic leather. Like other Samsung devices Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 has no fake stitches on back.
Its having 0.78 pounds weighs and feels solid. It offers a thickness of 0.3 in. that is 8 millimeters and a dimension of 9.6 x 6.9 inches (243 x 176 mm). The bezels around the left and right sides are slimmer than that of the top or the bottom, which looks pretty natural.
Samsung galaxy tab Display
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1's spec sheet which's out of line with the times is the 10.1-inch display has 1280 x 800 pixels resolution, causing in a modest pixel density of 149 ppi. Though this resolution is considered as low resolution, it's possible to recognize individual pixels on the screen at a quick look, even from arm's length.
Color imaging is natural and accurate, and the colors are vivid and bright which is quiet satisfactory. The contrast is so good as colors; though this display does not present the purest whites and darkest blacks. The most positive attribute of the display is Contrast sustainability. Beside this, the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1′s viewing angle is pretty large. When hit with glare from the sun it automatically crank up screen brightness.
1.3-megapixel camera rests on the front part of Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 along with a Samsung logo while the power button rests just below the screen. Besides this "task" and "back" capacitive keys are situated below the display.
Large stereo speakers of left and right side are placed in a way that during use it doesn't get covered by hand, Whereas the audio jack is placed on the left side of the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1.
While The upper one contains an extra power key, a volume rocker, and also a microSD card slot, The bottom edge contains a microUSB port and a microphone. The back part of the tablet includes only a camera of 3-megapixel.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 Features:
The Samsung Exynos 1.2 GHz quad-core processor that is based on Cortex A9 structural design is the most favorable choice for a tablet like this. It presents a performance appropriate for daily use, at least for the sort of tasks proposed for a mid-tier tablet; functions like website browsing, watching videos/movies, or playing games.
The Android version 4.2.2 , the latest version of Google's mobile OS is fit as a low display resolution, help lessen demand on the processor.
- Processor: 1.2 GHz Quad Core
- Storage: 16 GB with additional microSD slot (upto 64 GB storage)
- Display: 1280×800
- Operating System: Android Kit Kat 4.4 with Samsung's TouchWiz UI
- Wireless Type : 802.11bgn
- Weight: 0.78 Pounds
- Screen Size:10.1 inches
- Rear Camera: 3-megapixel
- Front camera: 1.3-megapixel
- Color: Black / White
People who aren't fans of Samsung's TouchWiz IU will be delighted to know that it has never been less intrusive, nor has it presented less modification evaluated to the classic versions of Android OS interface.
It offers to set up widgets on the homescreen, like widgets for time, or Google searching, Facebook, in addition to icons for each applications. homescreens which is left can be personalized in the same way, which is a common feature for tablets with standard version of Google's operating system (OS).
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Canados' new Oceanic Yachts 76 line sold
The Italian shipyard Canados announced the sale of its Oceanic Yachts 76 line, even before its official presentation. The Oceanic range, a luxury yacht range was initiated and designed in 2013 with the objective of offering high performance and low fuel consumption. Continue reading
Alfa Nero – a Luxury Yacht
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One of North America's largest yachts 'Attessa IV' shows off all the glimmers and shimmers of high profile classy and lavish lifestyle. It not only has a number of guest cabins and dinning salons but it also swanks a swimming pool and two helipads.
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Asia's largest yacht brokerage company, Simpson Marine looks forward to expand its presence in Southeast Asia. The company will open its head office in Jakarta as well a sub-branch in Bali. The Indonesian offices will work in accordance with other nine sales offices across Asia. Xavier Fabre, the Managing Director for first Yacht in Dubai, will manage the functioning of head office in Indonesia. Continue reading


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Woulg – Last Time LP
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Outstanding Track: Blue Shift
This galloping, multi tempo experiment could fall in to the "grey area" category of drum and bass flavoured music, but then again, it could just be another slice of deliciously ambigious electronica. Distant thunder clap kickdrums rumble underneath a droning chord while pizzicato string sounds and a tortured vocal scream duck in and out until the closing crescendo. With experimental electronic music, there's such a fine line between creating something challenging but engaging and just publically masturbating with sound. For me, this falls just on the right side of the two extremes. Techno fans will appreciate the subtleties and drum and bass lovers will enjoy the chaotic switches between the sublime and the sinister.
The rest:
There are definitely some dark undertones beneath the ambient surface noise of this album. Though it makes for perfect background listening after a night out or perhaps on a lazy afternoon, it's the sharp, jarring, angular moments that make it what it is. There's influences from techno, ambient, drum and bass and beyond. There are even occasional bursts of Burial style garage vocals and juxtapositions of light and dark, quiet and loud, that Fuck Buttons would be proud of. I have no idea which subsection of which subgenre this music fits in to and I don't care much either. What I do know is that it captured my imagination enough to enjoy the whole thing without reaching for the skip button and that's a rare treat these days.


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Wisdom Tooth
I just got home not long ago. I don't feel like working on my screenplay today. I just can't be bothered, too tired. I went to hospital this afternoon to have my wisdom tooth extracted. But then, the dentist said it could be risky because it's very close to the nerve. What he would do was that he would have to cut my gum off and split my tooth into pieces in order to take the wisdom tooth out without it affecting the nerve. So, he wouldn't remove the tooth in one go. Then he would sew the gum back into its place. So I could have it pulled out if I wanted to. But, if it didn't cause any pain why should I bother since it could damage my nerve for good? That what the dentist at the hospital suggested. So I didn't have my wisdom tooth uprooted anyway. I must then keep an eye on it and take good care of my teeth. If my wisdom tooth did cause some pain in the future I could always have it detached.
So I just spent my day at the hospital for nothing. But it's good to know how dangerous it could be. The dentist said, it's not a high-risk procedure in terms of life or death. It's just that, if it's gonna have an effect on my nerve it would just make my mouth on that side, where I have my wisdom tooth taken out, go numb forever. Maybe about 70% – 90% of it. So, it's my choice whether or not I decide to get rid of my wisdom tooth. It's not that it's gonna happen. Maybe 1 in 100 persons or something like that. So I chose not to do anything with it for now since I have had it for years and it doesn't really give me any trouble.


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What I Ate Wednesday #150
I can't believe today is my 150th What I Ate Wednesday post. What's especially crazy about that is I don't think I missed many—if any weeks. Out of 150. And neither has the lovely host, Jenn of Peas & Crayons. I love that one blogger was of getting a look at what she was eating turned into a fun weekly link party. If you want to see more WIAW from other bloggers, take a little visit on over there.
It's kind of amazing how much has changed since Week One, back on April 14th, 2011 (yes, I had to go look back in the archives—I'm terrible at remembering dates). Here's what my day of meals and snacks looked like: Read the rest of this entry »
Deep Yogurt Thoughts
New York magazine recently featured various brands that have flourished in the past five years despite hard economic hard times. The individuals behind such companies as Tumblr, Chobani, and One King's Lane discuss how they built their business.This graphic of Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya made me giggle.
What I really want to know is how they decided on raspberry as the flavor? Is plain Greek yogurt just not exciting enough to bathe/drown in? Was blueberry too sad? Maybe blood orange would be too much? Or maybe he just likes raspberry and pink is pretty against his skin tone or something—I don't know. I think I just think too much.
Or maybe I'm just still recovering from sweating my brains out at Zumba this morning.
What flavor yogurt would you choose to be photographed partially submerged in?
What I Ate Wednesday #119
Good morning and happy Wednesday! How's your week going? Ready for another What I Ate Wednesday? I'm kind of loving that 119 is a prime number. So satisfying for some reason. Yes, I know I'm a little weird…Thank you as always to the lovely Jenn of Peas & Crayons for hosting the weekly link part. Take a visit to see more WIAW from other bloggers!
Monday was just another busy work day. After working on a project for another job after I got home, I was ready for some therapeutic cleaning and music-blasting. Some fridge-cleaning was also involved in the way of using up leftovers in overnight oats, convenient snacks, and a general theme of "stuff I need to use up" in a bowl. Whatever works!
- Breakfast: (unpictured) half a banana before the gym; Overnight oats (I skip the milk because I like it better this way) made with Greek yogurt when I got to work
- Snack: Celery with salsa
- Lunch: The same old work salad, same old photo
- Snack: Cottage cheese w/ blueberries & cereal
- Dinner: Leftovers…pulled chicken with kale, veggies, corn, and avocado
- Snack: Bourbon banana soft serve with PB2 and a few chocolate chips
What are some of your favorite ways to use leftovers? What's the best thing you've eaten recently?
What I Ate Wednesday #106
Wednesday comes quickly, no? Hope you're having a good week so far. Mine has been busy, but good-busy. Lots of things going on—I'll share more details later. So let's do this What I Ate Wednesday thing, shall we? As always, thanks to Jenn for hosting. To see more WIAW from other bloggers, visit Peas & Crayons.
Monday was something of a roller coaster, and more about food as fuel than anything. Sorry if my photos are a little blurry—I feel like I barely stopped moving all day.
- Breakfast: Oats w/ flax, plum & blueberries, topped w/ sunflower seed butter
- Lunch: Salad and toast with smoked salmon and avocado, a piece of dark-chocolate-covered ginger
- Snack: Plain Greek yogurt with berries, cereal, and fig & ginger preserves
- Dinner: This stir-fry—a recent favorite; a square of dark chocolate (yep, more chocolate)
- Snack: (unpictured) sliced banana w/ PB2
What's the best thing you've eaten recently?
What 200 Calories Looks Like
Yesterday my friend Caitlin sent me this fun list (with pictures!) of what 200 calories of various foods looks like. Some of these were foods you'd eat in their pictured context. Others…not so much. Here are a few examples:
Red Onions:
Werther's Originals Candies
Kiwis (this actually looks really good—why don't I eat kiwi more often?):
Mini-Peppers (too cute):
Some of my real-life favorite 200-calorie snacks of late:
Yogurt with berries & cereal
Beer & a mini Guinness Cupcake:
I also ate bone marrow on toast a few nights ago, in the context of a dinner-hour whiskey tasting. Even the small amount I had was probably more than 200 calories, but it was…interesting. I can't say I'd try it again, but I also can't say I wouldn't. The flavor was fantastic, but the texture…the whole experience felt really primal and strange. Some primal & strange can be very good (wink, wink), but bone marrow on toast—jury's still out for me.
What are some of your favorite 200-calorie snacks? Have you ever eaten bone marrow?
"Birth Control on the Bottom" Yogurt
Some of you who've been with me awhile know of my general disdain for yogurt commercials. Exhibit A. This was another gem.
Yesterday, my friend posted this hilarious video on Facebook of a commercial for a fake product, "Birth Control on the Bottom" Yogurt. Ahhh-mazing.
What do you think about yogurt commercials?
What I Ate Wednesday #71: Vacation Day
Happy Wednesday! I'm on vacation this week—more like stay-cation. The idea of traveling during my allotted vacation week just seemed too exhausting and expensive, so I've been enjoying taking these lovely August days at my own pace here in NYC.
It's also time for another What I Ate Wednesday. As always, thanks to Jenn for hosting the weekly link party. To see more WIAW from other bloggers, visit Peas & Crayons.
After working a busy Saturday at the hospital, I was so excited to start my week off. Sunday involved sleeping in (if you count 11-8 sleeping in…) and then brunch, beer and a whole bunch of walking.
Monday I had a lot to do (writing projects, cooking projects, life projects…), but I enjoyed begin able to take it at my own speed. I also had time for a pilates class. I love when I can do that because I learn things I can incorporate into solo workouts when I'm not able to get to a group class.
It was also nice not to have to rely on hospital cafeteria food and lab-coat snacks to get me through the day. I don't know if it was the heat or not being on my feet as much, but I definitely wasn't as hungry during the day. No complaints, though—I enjoyed some good stuff, and I was happy not to deal with the inevitable low-blood-sugar shakes & headaches.
Breakfast: rolled oats w/ flax, a white peach, blackberries, and sunflower seed butter
Lunch: a big salad; smoked salmon and avocado on an Ezekiel English muffin
Snack: a berry & greens smoothie w/ cocoa powder (sounds gross, tasted great)
Dinner: Homemade soup (one of the day's projects), toast w/ hummus
Snack: Plain yogurt w/ cocoa powder, cut-up frozen lazy-person brownie, berries
How did you spend your last vacation?


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William Stripp & Mary Payne were not one of my direct ancestors but they are related to me as later indirect generations of a direct ancestor.
Key Dates:
- 1797: William Stripp born
- 1826: William Stripp married Mary Payne
- 1821: First child born
- 1839: Last child born
- 1867: William Stripp died
William Stripp (Strip) was baptised on 26th July 1797 in East Grinstead, Sussex and was the son of Richard Stripp ( & Mary) who was the son of William Stripp 1715 & Elizabeth Underhill. He possibly married Mary Payne on 7th May 1821 in Godstone, Surrey (shown as Streape). William was a Shoemaker and he & Mary lived in Blindley Heath. In 1841 he was living next door to Francis & Sarah Strip (1780) who maybe looked after him after his parents died. William died in about February 1867 in Godstone RD, Surrey ('aged 69') and Mary was living with her son William in 1871.
Mary Payne birth details are not known.