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Labor of love: Top chef tackles BBQ
Craig Hartman, well-known as the executive chef at Fossett's, the AAA Four Diamond award-winning restaurant at Keswick Hall, not to mention an early adopter and star of the Hook's Restaurant Week, opened a new restaurant in Gordonsville with his wife, Donna, on February 16. But don't worry, he won't be leaving Fossett's, as Ms. Hartman is handling the day-to-day operations of the new place on Martinsburg Avenue in the old Rudy's Hardware space.
While a chef of Hartman's stature, which began when he became, at age 21, the head chef of the country club at North Carolina's exclusive Pinehurst Resort, might be expected to open a fancy French-style bistro, or a high-end steak house, Hartman's choice came as a surprise to Dish: an old school BBQ joint called the The Barbeque Exchange. Yup, it appears the chef has a soft spot for the art of slow-cooked meat.
"You know, it's actually easier to grill a steak and serve it up with some nice vegetables than it is to serve one good pork BBQ sandwich," says Hartman, who describes getting the temperature right, injecting the meat, enduring all that smoke, monitoring the cooking–- not to mention all the pulling and chopping over the 48-hour process. "A true BBQ restaurant is a labor of love," he says.
Indeed, Hartman says he and his wife have always wanted to open a BBQ joint, as he believes that creating a good BBQ experience is, like winemaking, an artisanal task.
"People are pickier about cole slaw and potato salad than they are about lobster bisque," says Hartman. "At Fossett's, people think I'm an expert, but the people who come to the BBQ Exchange don't care that I'm a chef. In fact, they're more skeptical, like, oh, here's a chef who thinks he knows about BBQ."
For now, Hartman says they are open seven days a week from 11am to 7pm, serving up pulled-pork BBQ and chicken, brisket, ribs, and half-chickens. They also bake their own rolls and cornbread, serve up a mean mac and cheese, and offer down-home desserts like whoopie pies.
"Our goal is to make you feel like you're at a state fair pavilion," says Hartman, "a place that's laid back and fun for the whole family."
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I live in Barboursville and will go check it out. I have eaten at Fossets twice, was not impressed but did not have to pick up the check either time. Maybe the barbecue is really his calling.
Excellent! Pulled pork is the best I've ever had in Virginia -- believe me we have tried to find good BBQ here. It's hard to do! Brunswick Stew is outstanding. Three different slaws to choose from. Ribs are very good and real meaty with a nice smoke ring, but I wish they'd dry rub them. Cornbread was delicious! Good variety of sauces, but none "grabbed" me.
Donna Hartman is delightful. She's very enthusiastic about providing a quality product. Prices are reasonable. Well worth the drive to Gville. Nice time of year to head up that way.
We're going back soon!
They have the best Ribs ever!! Best BBQ in the area.
I love the sauces!!
My only criticism: Not enough color selection in the crayola buckets on each table. As a 65 year old, I need a 32-64 color box to use on the butcher paper he has on each table. Correct this minor deficiency, and he has a go!
Good luck Chef see you for lunch...
I lived all my life in Gordonsville, I have witness this town develop, I am so glad that we have such a good BBQ joint over here. I grew up around Barbecue and his is one of the best I ever had. and boy I had a lot of BBQs in my 70 years of life.
I am getting in the habit of eating over there once a week.
I just love it.
I loved the enthusiasm. I loved the set up and the passion. My trouble is they do not know how to run a an offset smoker. i tasted the pork and chicken and notice initially a pretty decent flavor. I liked the bark on the pork. But after the first bite i notice an ash tray flavor. my suspicion was they were not cooking with a clean fire. When i went to see the smoker, again impressed with the southern Yankee rip off smoker . I notice a cloud of white smoke , which is a very bad sign. White smoke in full of impurities . Very bad and maybe somewhat toxic in the long run. i asked the very nice gentleman three times did he ever run a cooker like that one. He assured me that he has been cooking for over 30 years. i truly appreciate his experience , but the reality is that one must have a clear or blue smoke to produce superior bbq. I will say this . If they can learn how to cook with a clean fire, there product will become out standing. But for now it is ash tray quality at best !
The brisket there is no hope, sorry.


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The news that director Baz Luhrmann would be filming his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, "The Great Gatsby," in 3-D was certainly the cause of quite a few raised eyebrows. It seems a strange fit for the 3-D craze of explosions, aliens and objects flying off the screen. 3-D, it seems, is better suited to action films than serious dramas.
The news that director Baz Luhrmann would be filming his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, "The Great Gatsby," in 3-D was certainly the cause of quite a few raised eyebrows. It seems a strange fit for the 3-D craze of explosions, aliens and objects flying off the screen. 3-D, it seems, is better suited to action films than serious dramas.
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I had never thought how closely the story of "Moulin Rouge" reflected that of "The Great Gatsby" — a poor young man arrives in a big city and finds himself surrounded by a world of debauchery in which he finds himself completely lost, drawn in by an enigmatic figure eventually ending in death.
"Gatsby" is a more thematically rich text, of course, than the swirling sensory pleasures of "Moulin Rouge," but Luhrmann brings it to life with his trademark visual panache. Gatsby's world of endless parties and constantly flowing alcohol in the speakeasy era of the 1920s is brought to raucous life, dazzlingly realized in some of the best 3-D we've seen since Martin Scorsese's "Hugo." It's a deliciously decadent, sumptuous spectacle, buoyed by vibrantly modern music that may be historically anachronistic, but brings the era to life with the same kind of rowdy verve that would have been felt by the people of the time.
But "Gatsby" isn't all about style. It is, after all, based on what is arguably the great American novel, and Luhrmann does not forsake the story's more serious roots. He uses the emptiness of the spectacle before us to echo the emptiness of Gatsby's own life, a seemingly never-ending sea of parties thrown in service of the one thing that money cannot buy him. When the time comes for the story to become serious, Luhrmann pulls back and allows the performances of Leonardo DiCaprio as the wounded and mysterious Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as the naïve young Nick and Carey Mulligan as the flighty and confused Daisy to speak for themselves.
DiCaprio's Gatsby absolutely crackles, but Mulligan nearly steals the show with her own haunting brand of damaged innocence. Luhrmann allows the performances to shine beyond the outrageousness of the visuals, forming a pulsing undercurrent of sadness underneath the loud and lurid parties of Gatsby's cavernous mansion, and in doing so does great justice to the power and timbre of Fitzgerald's prose.
Audiences will likely be reminded of "Moulin Rouge" by much of the film, and while "Gatsby" doesn't have the same kind of raw emotional power, it achieves something much more subtle. Beneath its glossy veneer and the swirling lights and shimming costumes, even behind the modern gadgetry of the 3-D effects (itself a kind of extended affectation of empty excesses of the Jazz era), "The Great Gatsby" does justice to the work of Fitzgerald while bringing the story to thrilling life in a way modern audiences have never seen before. It retains the raw power of the original story without sacrificing thematic intimacy, and that is a rare achievement indeed.
Matthew Lucas, a former Davidson County resident, studied theater and film studies at Appalachian State University. He now resides in Banner Elk and has a blog where he posts movie news, reviews and commentary at www.fromthefrontrow.net.

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Toshiba continues to tease us with its prototype liquid fuel cell-powered gadgets: last year it was a Gigabeat media player, and at this year's CEATEC you can check out a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that's been crammed inside a cell phone, lending it a robust six hours of talk time (compared to the paltry three or four hours of a traditional battery). Toshiba won't reveal the capacity of the DMFC, but they have said that a 50ml cartridge is good for about 15 refills. No release date yet, but the phone "might" be available "as early as next year." In the meantime, enjoy this picture of a woman holding a flip phone with "DMFC" clearly visible on the display.
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I have a confession to make: I actually like Chef Boyardee's Beefaroni. I ate quite a bit of it when I was younger. As an adult, I have eaten Lean Cuisine's Chili Mac, which is very similar, several times. My husband hates Chili Mac. He says that it reminds him of his days in the army. Apparently, he ate quite a bit of it when he was in the army and he got sick of it.
But Corey isn't home, it's my day off and it has been cold and rainy all day. Enter: comfort food!
The only time I got dressed today was to do an hour on the elliptical. After a workout like that, I needed carbs and comfort in a bowl. I was debating on what to make myself for lunch. I was trying to think of something comforting (yet healthy) I could make and then eat while I was snuggled on the couch in my pajamas.
So I decided to make my own version of Chili Mac. It came out quite tasty if I do say so myself. All of the ingredients were ones that I already had, it's warm and comforting and the best part was that it only took me half an hour to cook it!
Because I spent so little time in the kitchen, I was able to get back into my pajamas quickly. For the rest of the day I watched girly movies that I knew my husband would never watch, like Ramona and Beezus and Anastasia. I miss Corey, but I love my alone time. 🙂
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1 lb. ground beef
8 oz. elbow macaroni, uncooked
1 (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
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¼ c. chopped onion
1 medium green pepper, chopped
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½ tsp. black pepper
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1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
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Black Sheep Sunday is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites.
To participate in Black Sheep Sunday simply create a post with the main focus being an ancestor with a "shaded past."
Fred Gostelow is my wife's great grand uncle – brother of her great grandmother Sarah Ann Gostelow.
Fred was born in 1863 to parents Samuel Gostelow and Emma Padley, my wife's 2x great grandparents. His birth is registered in Q4 at Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
In the 1881 census Fred is working as a farm servant and living and working at Brick Kilns Farm, Broughton, Lincolnshire.
In 1887 Fred married Alice Stuffins sometime in the June quarter – the marriage is registered at Caistor, Lincolnshire.
It was during this period that Fred got in to trouble and found himself the subject of report in the Lincolnshire Chronicle of 8 July 1887.
Blyborough – At the Lindsey Quarter Sessions at Lincoln, on Friday, before Sir C H J Anderson and other Magistrates, Fred Gostelow, farm servant, aged 23, was indicted for stealing a purse, a £5 bank note, and three sovereigns, the property of Albert Scott, at Blyborough, on the 14th May. The jury found the prisoner guilty and recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good character. The Court, taking into consideration the recommendation of the jury, sentenced the prisoner to two calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour, a sentence which the Chairman described as very lenient.
So not the perfect start to married life.
Fred and Alice had five children:-
Ethel – born 20 March 1888
Walter – born 1 January 1890
William – born 11 December 1892
Wilfred – born & died about March 1896
Cyril – born about March 1897 – died in WW1
Between 1891 and 1911 the family lived in Barnetby, Lincolnshire.
Fred passed away towards the end of 1921 – his death is registered in the December quarter.
Alice remarried at the age of 58 in 1924 to Joseph K Smith. I haven't located a death registration yet for her.


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FDI Changes Are Partial Answer for Retailers
The Indian government made concessions to foreign retailers on Thursday, reducing investment requirements and amending regulations that potential investors complained were nearly impossible to fulfill.
But the changes only address a portion of retailers' concerns, say analysts.
"The news could have been better, but it is a step forward," said Pinakiranjan Mishra, head of retail at Ernst & Young's India office.
India wants to attract foreign direct investment to help spur economic growth, which fell to 5% in the quarter ended March 31. Foreign investors have been skittish, despite the government liberalizing investment regulations across numerous sectors. FDI fell to $35 billion in the past financial year ended March 31, a 38% drop compared the year prior.
The trade minister, Anand Sharma, announced three changes that foreign retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores, had requested.
A requirement that 30% of goods be sourced from small businesses was amended to include larger companies. The original regulation said that these products had to come from companies whose maximum investment in factories and machinery did not exceed $1 million; this has now been increased to $2 million. Retailers had argued that small businesses did not make anything that they would want to sell in their stores.
Additionally, the sourcing requirement only applies at the outset of the relationship between the retailer and the supplier. For example, if Wal-Mart approaches a small garment manufacturer to produce children's clothing, Wal-Mart can continue selling clothes made by that supplier even if the company expands and grows beyond the $2 million limit. That is, the supplier and Wal-Mart are not punished for creating a profitable business relationship. This seems to be a win-win both for India and foreign retailers, and serves the ultimate impetus behind liberalizing FDI rules in India: to help modernize India's manufacturing industry.
The investment requirement in back-end infrastructure, such as logistics networks and warehouses, is now capped at $50 million, or 50% of the $100 million mandatory minimum investment in retail. The original requirement was that half of the total investment be put in to infrastructure. Retailers opposed the original requirement saying that running back-end infrastructure, such as logistics networks and cold storage facilities, was not part of their business model.
Finally, the government scrapped a requirement that foreign retailers limit their operations to cities with one million residents or more. They will now be able to open stores in smaller cities, subject to state government approval. Thus far, only 12 of India's 35 states and Union Territories have said they would allow foreign retailers, said Mr. Sharma, the trade minister.
The response from foreign retailers to the changes has been largely positive.
"We appreciate the Government's willingness to consider our requests for clarity on conditions contained in the new FDI policy," said a Wal-Mart India spokeswoman.
Analysts welcomed the amendments as well, but cautioned that the regulations probably would have to be changed again.
While the changes to the local sourcing rules will make it easier for international retailers, such as Tesco PLC and Carrefour SA, to run grocery businesses in India, it did little to address sourcing problems in other aspects of the business, Mr. Mishra said.
"Non-food sectors have not been touched," he said. "Electronics, watches, high fashion, these are products India doesn't make, and they can't be done in small-scale industries."
Mr. Mishra hypothesized that India may have done as much as it could to address investor concerns. Certainly, the ruling Congress party seems to be concerned with appearances, not wanting to be seen acting at the behest of foreign companies.
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In response to criticism that the party's policymaking was driving away foreign investment, a Congress spokesman said that policy is not made at the behest of any particular company. "The government has not made the policy for one business house," Congress spokesman Raj Babbar told the Indian news channel NDTV in July. "If Wal-Mart has gone, more marts are there."
Those other "marts" might be encouraged enough by the changes to take a second look at India as result of these changes, said Mr. Mishra. He cautioned, however, that India would have to be prepared to further amendments.
"I would say that they have to go further to attract investment, this is not enough," Ernst & Young's Mr. Mishra said.
If enough retailers begin making investments, then it could build impetus for more liberalization of the FDI policy.
"Tesco and Wal-Mart are already in India. These changes could enable more players to come forward. With a bigger set of players asking for concessions and clarifications, it would be easier for the government to make a case for amendments," Mr. Mishra said.
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Rep. Barickman Agrees with COGFA vote in Support of Dwight Correctional Center
Springfield, IL…On Tuesday, members of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) voting in support of keeping Dwight Correctional Center open. State Representative Jason Barickman (R-Champaign) applauded the committee's decision and said their opinion was more proof that the Governor's proposed closure was not well thought out.
"I think that the decision by COGFA to oppose the Governor's closure proposal for Dwight reaffirms what many of us have been saying all along; closing the prison would be detrimental to the state and the area," said Rep. Barickman. "Numerous legislators, local officials, economic development groups, unions and public safety officials all agree that if the state were to close Dwight it would simply create more problems and potential costs."
COGFA issued their advisory opinion to keep Dwight Correctional Center open by a vote of 7 to 3. The commission's opinion is nonbinding and the Governor is not required to follow COGFA's decision. However, the COGFA ruling is an important signal to the Governor and legislators who will determine funding levels within the budget for state institutions such as Dwight.
"The community and the entire area did an outstanding job rallying support for the facility and the employees. They deserve a lot of credit for today's decision," Barickman said. "However, it is important that we keep this issue at the forefront and continue to make our case for Dwight. The next step is to ensure that the budget includes revenue to keep Dwight Correctional Center open and I am hopeful that COGFA's decision will encourage legislators to do just that."
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Nah, safety features are very dangerous! Gives drivers both a false sense of security, and something to push to the limits to keep driving exciting. With nasty results, especially for other drivers.
All automated safety features should be outlawed!
Well, some ppl drive like idiots in unsafe cars too. Not sure automated safety features can make them drive worse.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity! Hear about the woman who successfully sued Winnebago because when she brought it up to seventy on the freeway, set the cruise control, and went into the back to make a coffee and sandwich it ran off the highway and rolled? She got big bucks plus medical expenses.
True story. There's now a bolded section of the owner's manual warning not to leave the wheel while using cruise control.
Remember the original Murphy's Law:
"Nothing can be made fool-proof, because fools are so ingenious!"
P.S. Skipped a bit of info above: she'd just bought it off the lot and had it out for its first drive.
Wouldn't it be easier to just say that "not using your brain is denied".
I find it funny what that stupidity of people can achieve using your legal systems, for example there is now warning in all fast food restaurant coffee-cups that contents are hot. Coffee is supposed to be hot, duh. I suppose nobody has thought about suing someone because their coffee didn't taste like hot chocolate?
In here suing someone because you were stupid wouldn't work, you at most would end up in some news as funny section for how stupid people can be.
One of these days I'll give up chiming in regarding the woman who sued because her coffee was too hot. But not quite yet :)
On the surface, that looked like a totally ridiculous lawsuit. But the facts were different. That particular McDonald's had been warned numerous times that the coffee was at a temperature that would scald. They failed to reduce the temp to what coffee is normally served at because if they had a lot of coffees to serve, they could pour more, and it would stay hot for a longer time.
The woman who sued had the coffee spill on her lap and suffered third degree burns requiring skin grafts. I saw the pics.
If the restaurant had not been warned repeatedly, I'd buy that it was an accident. But they knowingly kept their coffee at a scalding temperature and as a result, a person was severely harmed.
So yes, now a lot of restaurants warn that coffee is hot. It's not because people are stupid - of course they know it is hot. It's because the restaurant is trying to limit liability.
And c'mon! ... the cruise control story is fake. There have been versions of this story circulating since the 70s. I'm going to assume you were trying to punk us all and don't believe it, either.
Snopes.com is always a good place to check for urban legends ... http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/cruise.asp
Volvo has amazing safety features and should be at least considered in the Model S. Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure Warning and of course Pedestrian detection with automatic brake should be standard on the Model S, especially considering the low level of noise an electric car makes.
It may sound stupid, but these things could safe your or other people's lives, or at least do less damage. A no-brainer, without any doubt!
My belief is that certain safety features are "nice to haves" or "fluff". I think most of the features on certain ICE cars are a way to differentiate themselves from competitors or offer "option confusion" so the consumer can not make a good comparison.
The problem with these extra safety features is that during the development of the car resources are diverted from critical areas (engine, drive train, components, etc and the reliability of the car invariably suffers or the cost of the car is increased).
Maybe to put in that safety feature, they may go with cheaper materials of constructions, choose a vendor whose part reliability is 5 years, instead of 10 to save a $1. Maybe even knock down the warranty.
The whole point of a car is to get your from Point A to Point B and back on a reliable, cost effective basis and I think that should be the main focus of Tesla. I think other car companies have not made that a priority and I think Tesla could and should exploit that.
I think blind spot notification and lane deviation notification should ONLY be on cars in which the manufacturer has all of their case going over 200,000 miles.
While your are speaking about FORD, yes, that person may have all those bells and whistles, but when they are broken down on the road and you drive past them with your Model S, you'll have the last laugh. Heck, in 2009, in FORD's new cars they had 1228 things gone wrong per 1000 cars, and they are PROUD of that score. To me, that's more things wrong than cars they sold- That's unacceptable. My guess is Tesla's score will be somewhere around 20 or lower per 1000 when the Model S starts selling
Here's the ford artcile
I hope they implement the adaptive cruise control differently than Mercedes at least! When the feature was new a magazine testet a Mercedes with it. It worked fine, but the car could not be more than 2 seconds(!) behind the lead car. That is a pretty stupid (and unsafe) implementation as you are supposed (at least over here) to keep at least 3 seconds behind the vehicle in front of you. This was impossible with the adaptive cruise control activated...
I usually keep about 4 seconds back, hopefully Teslas implementation will work fine with that distance.
I agree completely about the need for cutting edge safety features. All new electronic innovations were disparaged--until they become essential. Things like navigation systems, rear view cameras, cruise control, air bags, satellite radio, automatic transmissions, electric and windows and door locks, and on and on. I can get from point A to be about as well in a 1950s car as a 20113. What makes today's cars better are the safety, convenience, comfort, and economy. At $85K+, Tesla is not competing on economy, so it better excel on the three other things. The one thing not mentioned was electronic lparking assist, front and back. If you live in an urban area like the bay area where Tesla's are made, you often have about 3 feet of space in which to maneuver your car into a parking slot. The Tesla S is a rather long car, and I would hate to park one on a regular basis in San Francisco without parking assist.
TM is competing on electric power and silence. So far, no problem.


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I've used these ribbons with Gaynor Minden, Freed, and Russian Pointe shoes and they never disappoint! Super nice color and not too shiny.
Age: 15 to 18
Perfect ribbon color -- pairs seamlessly colorwise with most pointe shoes (I use them with Bloch and Grisko brands.)
I prefer these are not stretchy as it helps with the stability of the shoe during movement.
Age: 30 to 39
I think this ribbon is really comfortable and the colour matches almost exactly with my Grishko Elite pointe shoes. It might be slightly too pink for Russian Pointe and too light for Capezio and Freeds but overall great ribbons!
Age: 15-18
My daughter just sewed these ribbons on a new pair of pointe shoes yesterday. She wore them today only to have her picture taken, and already every end is unraveling. One end unraveled about 1/2"; at that rate, it won't be long until there isn't enough left to tie. The ribbon is also very thin - she noticed right away that you can see through it. I expected much higher quality.
Age: 40-49
I had these ribbons, I hated them. When you tie them, the knot stays, but it gets very loose and doesn't support your ankle. The color is too pink for Russian Pointes, and is white on capezio and Grishko!!! My advice, save your money and buy other ribbons.
Age: 22-29
I used them on grishko 2007 pointe and on grishko performance canvas, but the go with almost every pair or shoes, im not sure about russian pointe lumina, for the russian i buy the russian ribbons
These ribbons works with many shoes types and always look beautiful. They give you plenty for both shoes and they stay gleaming and almost wrinkle free after many wear. I caution you to burn the ends to stop the fraying, and to make sure you sew shiny side up. If the grainy side is up, (a mistake I'v made) it will look strange, like it is almost a different color. Finally, if performing with these tuck the ribbons good and give them a good shot of hair spray to stop slippage.
I haven't found anything special about these ribbons. They're your typical ribbon, have one side shiny and one side matte, and need tended to on the ends so they don't fray. I fold the ends twice and sew them, and I've never had issues with fraying. I actually prefer using the matte side up (shiny against my tights) because I've found it gives me less slippage and a nicer look, personally. Great ribbons.
These pointe shoe ribbons are great! They match Grishko, Sansha, Capezio, Russian, and Gaynor Minden Pointe shoes perfectly (I have tried all of these types). The satin is high quality and stays tied. However, make sure to burn the ends before sewing the ribbons because they will fray. This is a great product that I would definitely reccomend.
I use the Grishko ribbons because they are the only ones available at ,y local dance store. Now I know why! These ribbons are amazing! Their color matches every type of pointe shoes I've ever gotten-- from Russian Pointe to Capezio, these ribbons won't let you down! You MUST burn the edges or else they will fray. In addition, you have to be careful when you sew them because they will leave holes where you took the needle out when the needle is too big. But overall, these are the only ribbons I'll ever use!
Kudos to you, Grishko. This is a good ribbon. The only flaws it has are flaws you'd expect from a ribbon (frays if you're not careful, hurts if tied too tight), but it's exactly what I need for pointe overall.
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As long as you don't forget to either use clear nail polish on the ends or carefully burn the ends they work great!
I am a beginner on pointe and these ribbons have worked very well so far. While I haven't been using them everyday, they have so far held up very well and are quite durable. Some classmates complained about them fraying...yet I singed both ends before sewing them on and have not had ANY problems with fraying. The color (almost a pastel peach) and texture are also very nice. They match perfectly with my Gaynor Minden pointe shoes. Awesome product by Grishko, yet again!
I have been using these ever since I got on toe and I LOVE them!!!
They are soft and the knots don't come out when dancing!
Every time i tie my pointe shoes with this ribbon the knot always slips and comes undone.
These honestly may have been the best pointe shoe ribbons I have ever had. i think they are just perfect, because they don;t become lose at all. Sadly, I have Capezio pointe shoes, so I can't really buy the Grishko ribbon anymore, because of the difference in the colors. If you have a pointe shoe similar to the Grishko pointe shoes, I would full-heartedly recommend these ribbons.
Since I am required to have ribbons on my pointe shoes (of course!!) AND my flat shoes, I had to find a ribbon that i could stick to. These are so light weight. but when i was burning these, they almost went up in flames! So just be careful when burning the edges!
Very nice ribbons, the do fray a little and are pretty thin.... but they work very well. I have Grishko pointe shoes so it's a pretty good match in color.
I was overjoyed when I found these! The other ribbons all seemed thin and cheaply made. They were also a very strange orange/pink color which doesn't work with most pointe shoes. These Grishko ribbons are durable and a very pretty shade of pink. The color especially works well with Russian Pointe and Grishko pointe shoes. I would recommend these to anyone and everyone.
I have the Grishko 2007 and I bought these because my friends say they work great. They are soft, but they fray way to much, even after I burned the tips. They started fraying the second I took them out of the package, and when I went to sew them, it had already started fraying. I just sewed it a few cm above the frayed part but after like 2 or 3 classes it had frayed up to the stitch and now i have had to resew it twice. they are pretty and soft, but very cheap material and not very comfy either. I don't recommend these.
I use this ribbon for my pointe shoes, and they are very nice and work well.
I love these ribbons. They are great. Make sure you burn the edges though. :) I love them. They go very good with my pointe shoes which are the Heritage.
These are very nice ribbons. I use Bloch Serenade MKII and these match almost perfectly. I am very satisfied =)
So no, this ribbon isn't the best but it works. It was cheap enough for me to get two packs. It does fray easy but most ribbon does that. As long as you're not doing a photo shoot or something, this ribbon is great :)
They are perfect! They go great with Grishko 2007s, too! I have so far, only used these ribbons. I will keep using them. They fray easily but still GREAT! I am, by the way, 11 and a beginner pointe student. I recommend these ribbons.
This ribbon is the one that all my teachers recommend. We have been wearing it ever since we got on pointe. It has worked fabulously!
I like the color, and it matches well with Grishkos. It's pretty soft, and it ties well.
It's very pretty and tough but when I'm rolling up thru demi-pointe, the edges of the ribbon cut into my ankles! I've started using Capezio ribbon on my Grishkos and they match very well.
This is very pretty ribbon, and it looks really nice, but I've found that it doesn't hold a knot very well. Partway throughout class I have to stop and re-tie my ribbons, since they've loosened. Otherwise very nice, classic, and pretty. If you're going to use shiny ribbon, you might as well buy these!
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My husband and I left the house at 6:30 PM in search of dinner before going to the Pet Shop Boys concert at SMART Araneta.
Spontaneously we decided on Kimpura, and while waiting for my food, I felt my age kicking in.
I was sleepy.
"I wish the Pet Shop Boys would perform in our bedroom," my husband said.
Jeroen, who wakes up at 6 AM everyday, was feeling his age too.
But the Pet Shop Boys are already in the 50s, so maybe they were sleepy too?
Thankfully dinner was lovely. I feasted on steak, oysters and mixed fried rice. Then off we were to the concert.
Not too many people coming in when we arrived at 8-ish, so that felt kind of odd and sad.
But on our way in, I saw people from the '80s and '90s. Old friends who make me feel young again.
The concert crew in their neon orange jumpsuits looked so chic! I loved it already!
The venue started to fill up, but not to capacity. My cousin got us tickets to the 4th row so we were right in front of this huge screen.
I can't even describe to you how awesome the graphics were! My Samsung S4 camera phone was the only tool I had, so it didn't turn on fast enough for me to capture the entrance of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe in their black dunce caps!!
Neil Tennant's 2nd outfit is banned in many places in Metro Manila—illegal na po ang plastic straw!!
But never mind, said my Insta-friend Kat. The straws are bound to be recycled during their world tour.
Mich Dulce, Jujiin Samonte, and my sister Ana would've loved all the headdresses and the dancing.
I especially freaked out when Chris Lowe came out in a mirror-ball hat which illuminated the coliseum when the spot light hit it. Collective sighs from the young people behind me.
My Samsung S4 is really awesome by the way
And Neil Tennant sounds exactly like he did in the '90s
One thing I find really unnecessary is when this security guard stops people from going to the front to dance or take pictures—even when the concert was about to end.
Seriously from an artist's point of view, I don't think the Pet Shop Boys would've minded at all! if more people came nearer to dance and just let go. But this annoying security guard was "just doing his job" of killing our joy!
And what is a Pet Shop Boys concert without the '80s anthem, West End Girls?
My only letdown is that they didn't play my favorite Pet Shop song, Love Comes Quickly
Nevertheless it was a night to remember—a feast for both ears and eyes. So worth it!!


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The Liberty City Swingers are a major-league baseball team in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV. The biggest star on the Swingers is troubled star power pitcher Ernesto Asaltacunas. Their stadium is supposedly located in the Meadows Park area in the borough of Dukes, though no stadium can be found, only two small baseball fields (which are likely not used by an apparently major team like the Swingers). They seem to be an amalgam of the New York Yankees, New York Mets, and the original Brooklyn Dodgers for a number of reasons. Mostly judging by the colors and logo, which features a martini glass instead of a baseball bat, their stadium being in the Mets' location, their nickname resembling the original Brooklyn Dodgers in style and name, and having a mascot that somewhat resembles the Mets' mascot. The Swingers are a hugely popular team, and their merchandise can be purchased on the internet, as well as seen on various pedestrians and criminals. The nickname has a double meaning, as it refers to swapping sexual partners, as well as the necessary swinging motion of the baseball bat within the sport. The Swingers are one of four known baseball teams in the GTA universe with the San Fierro Packers, the Las Venturas Bandits, and the Los Santos Saints. According to Weazel News, the city agreed to build a new stadium for the Liberty City Swingers, which is a reference to the New Yankee Stadium that broke ground in 2006 and was completed in 2009.
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News out of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival has Patrick Wilson (Insidious) and Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) teaming up to star in Caught Stealing. The adaptation of author Charlie Huston's first installment in the "Hank Thompson Trilogy" was adapted by David Hayter (X2). The wrong-man picture finds Wilson as the trilogy's title character, a one-time California baseball prospect who ended up as an alcoholic bartender in Manhattan. His life takes a turn for the worse when his neighbor leaves him with a cat who is the key to a secret sought after by Russian mobsters, a Samoan hitman, two psychotic brothers and one sadistic cop (Baldwin). Hit the jump for more on Caught Stealing.
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Within twenty-four hours Hank is running over rooftops, swinging his old aluminum bat for the sweet spot of a guy's head, playing hide and seek with the NYPD, riding the subway with a dead man at his side, and counting a whole lot of cash on a concrete floor.
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Wasn't sure where to put this but got a kick out of this picture.
Looks like Jim Mutscheller and Don Shinnick.
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I'm old enough to recognize the names but I have NEVER seen such a 'show and tell' props setup. It's like Football 101 for housewives. ("Hon, I just can't figure out those X's and O's.") What a riot!
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HaHa, it showed up on a Facebook page, "Baltimore Old Photos"
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Whoa... I haven't even seen most of the aforementioned people in the forums, except Shi Tong and Fin. Did they all leave, or just stop posting?
Shen Ai wrote:Eh, hard to say. Striga and I joined very close together, so we talk a lot, so probably him. I enjoy talking to LuXunmaster and Dong Zhou. Dong Zhou is like the wise mentor figure with a always changing sense of humour.
Same to you. I think the age may also have something to do with it.
Hmm, Dong as a mentor. I guess that works, he is on SYYS and SYYSA more often than the rest of the mods and admins, and corrected my mistakes quite often in my early day. Going on that logic, maybe even Qu Hui as a mentor.


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Pictures, text chart 100 years of Grand Central history
The launch of the year-long 100th anniversary celebration of Grand Central Terminal earlier this month included the publication of a gorgeous Abrams coffee-table book, "Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark" ($40).
A joint effort of the New York Transit Museum and historian Anthony W. Robins, the book contains dozens of pictures charting the history of the venerable railroad terminal and the many changes it has gone through over the years.
Those of us who weren't around for the first 50 years of GCT will be startled to learn about such long-vanished features as the newsreel movie theater on one of the corridors leading to Lexington Avenue. The theater was opposite Track 17 -- a space now occupied by a wine store -- and screened newsreels, cartoons and short subjects from the late 1930s through the 1960s.
Robins points out that the Art Moderne-style theater was designed as a place where commuters could kill some time and get caught up on world and national affairs while waiting for their trains.
"A large incandescent clock above the screen reminded theater-goers of the time. At the rear of the auditorium was a standing-room section, and a small bar was located near the theater's entrance," the book notes.
I suppose the same function is now served by the TV monitors in the Hudson News Shop near the site of the theater, but wouldn't it be fun to still have a place in GCT where you could sit down and see cartoons and short films during those awkward 15 or 20 minutes before the doors open on your outbound train?
The Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant on the lower level has been a part of the terminal since it opened in 1913. The restaurant was briefly closed for renovations after a fire in 1997, but retains the menu, the look and the vaulted, Gustavino tiled ceilings that have attracted seafood connoisseurs for 100 years.
Robins points out that diners and commuters quickly caught on to an acoustical quirk of the vaulted ceilings in front of the restaurant that has caused it to be dubbed "the whispering gallery." A person standing in one corner can hear someone standing in the opposite corner perfectly no matter how softly they speak. The fame of the eatery has spread so far and wide that there are two branches in Tokyo, one of which is near Tokyo Station.
The book includes pictures that chart the addition of garish advertising signs over the years -- including the mammoth Kodak display over the east end of the Grand Concourse.
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When GCT underwent a complete renovation in the late 20th century, the giant ads -- and the enormous Newsweek clock near the main 42nd Street entrance -- were all removed.
Robins reminds readers that we almost lost the terminal in the 1960s when the same real estate development thinking that led to the destruction of Penn Station on West 34th Street went into gear across town.
Grand Central was to be razed and the space occupied by an office tower. The station area would have been reduced and put underground a la the ugly tunnel network at the current, diminished Penn Station.
Fortunately, the razing of Penn Station caused a movement in favor of historic preservation -- led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis -- and Grand Central was saved.
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The purpose of the discussion is to improve the way $assert is managed.
The current signature, $assert : function (id, value), take an id to easily retrieve the error location.
The result is that we put a lot of $assert with number, like "this.$assert(284, this._mdp != null);".
The issues with this implementation are :
- The numbers doesn't help much in finding the location, as a simple breakpoint do the trick,
- By the way, they add an useless code, increasing the files size (even if it's not much off course, but still useless),
- They are hard to maintain :
- if we want them unique, it's hard to find what is the next one,
- If we want them to be related to the line number, this information will be unrevelant with the future file changes.
So, if it's useless, why not just removing them ?
Moreover, the "expected" assert pattern is not completly followed. I mean, if an assert is used in the code, my expectation is that all the following code isn't worth to be run, as I havn't my requirement (the assert test). So the assert function should throw an exception instead of just logging an error.
The new signature could be :
$assert : function (test, errorMsg, throwException)
with :
- test : the value to be tested,
- errorMsg : either a string or a json with a string and some parameters, to be used with a this.$logError
- throwException : true/false, to throw or not an exception is the test fails. The default value has to be defined, but in my opinion, it should be true, as an assert is assumed to be always true !
To be suitable to every case, the return value will be true or false (usefull if throwException = false).
The other advatage of this new signature is to reduce the code size, avoiding these kind of test :
if (!myTest) {
which would be replaced by (here the code size change isn't revelant, the second case is more interesting) :
if(!this.$assert(myTest, {msg:"myMsg", params: [myParams]}), false) {
Or if we want to assume that myTest should absolutely be true :
this.$assert(myTest, {msg:"myMsg", params: [myParams]});
Also note that the error messages is usefull only if myTest has to be provided by external users, an internal check doesn't require it.
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As you might imagine, IR sensors work faster than Ultrasonic sensors (light travels faster than sound).
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Letang Is The Truth wrote:Unrelated note, it sounds like there are some creatures outside my window munching on the prickly pear catci which seems like a silly idea
canaan wrote:Oh, and I tried watching a couple episodes of The Wire and was bored senseless.
canaan wrote:I started watching Archer--good times.
Oh, and I tried watching a couple episodes of The Wire and was bored senseless.
newarenanow wrote:My shows are as follows:
How I Met Your Mother - This weeks episode with J Lo was ok. Marshall is starting to get all of my nerves though. He is acting to gay.
Rules of Engagement - I enjoy this show. Thought tonights was good.
Two and a Half Men - I'm pretty much done with this show. Used to love it, but it got stale. I may quit.
Big Bang Theory - Great show. Tonight's was pretty good IMO.
Modern Family - missed last weeks, still need to watch it. Both moms are hot as hell IMO. Great show.
Community - Loved last weeks. Great show overall
The Office - Didn't really like the baby episode. Few parts where I laughed. To me, this show either strikes out, or makes me pee my pants. There is no gray area.
The Simpsons - Missed last weeks. The show isn't nearly as good as it once was, but after 20 years of watching, it is just habit.
Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:I watch pretty much everything that NAN watches except for the Simpsons, which I stopped watching a couple years ago. You can add 30 Rock to the list, and occassionally Parks and Recreation if nothing else is on. I also like Ghost Hunters and GHI.
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Our latest list of incentives and special offers is a roundup of April deals on some of our favorite new hatchbacks. Shoppers interested in hatchback deals can find several good ones here, whether they're looking to lease, finance or buy a new hatchback outright this month.
Ford Fiesta
The 2013 Ford Fiesta is a subcompact car offered as a 4-door sedan or 5-door hatchback. Many shoppers interested in the Fiesta hatchback can get a great deal in April, as Ford is offering incentives for cash buyers and finance customers. For shoppers interested in financing a Fiesta, Ford is offering interest rates starting at zero percent for up to 60 months, or 1.9 percent for 72 months. In addition to the low rates, finance shoppers can also take up to $500 cash back. And for cash buyers, Ford is offering up to $1,250 back plus an extra $500 back for shoppers currently leasing a competitive brand.
Honda Fit
The 2013 Honda Fit is a 5-door hatchback that's among Honda's smallest U.S. models. Three offers are available in April. One is for qualified shoppers looking to finance the car. Through the end of the month, Honda is offering 0.9 percent interest on all Fit models for up to 60 months. The other two deals are lease offers. The first boasts payments starting at $169 per month for 36 months after $2,199 at lease signing. The next is a zero-down lease deal that's also available with a 36-month term, though it bumps payments to $230 per month.
Kia Forte
The 2013 Kia Forte is a compact car available as a sedan, 2-door Koup or 5-door hatchback. In April, it's the 5-door hatchback model that offers the best deals. For qualified shoppers looking to finance a Forte, Kia is offering interest rates as low as 1.9 percent for up to 36 months. Better yet, that deal can also be combined with a cash offer of up to $1,000 back. Buyers paying with cash can get the same $1,000 back on the Forte 5-door as well. And through the end of the month, college students and graduates can take another $750 off the price of the Forte, for a total savings of nearly $2,000.
The 2013 Mazda3 is a sporty compact car available in 4-door sedan or 5-door hatchback body styles. In April, it's offered with two incentives. For buyers interested in financing the Mazda3 hatchback, Mazda is offering zero percent interest for up to 60 months. Those willing to consider a leftover 2012 model will see that offer rise to zero percent interest plus up to $500 cash back. For drivers who would rather lease a 5-door Mazda3, the brand is offering a 36-month term with payments starting at $199 per month after $1,999 at lease signing. Shoppers who don't need hatchback practicality can get an even better deal on the Mazda3 sedan, as payments on the 4-door model start at just $149 per month for the same 36-month term.
Scion xB
The xB is a boxy 5-door hatchback from Toyota's youth-oriented Scion brand. In April, it's offered with two incentives. The first is a lease deal: Through the end of the month, shoppers can get a 2013 Scion xB for 36 months, with payments starting at $199 per month after $2,198 down at lease signing. Unfortunately, Scion isn't offering any low-interest or cash-back deals in April. But it is touting a College Graduate Program, which provides $500 back to any buyer with a college degree who purchases a new Scion model. In addition to being available on the xB, that offer includes the tiny iQ and even the sporty new FR-S coupe.
Volkswagen Golf
The 2013 Volkswagen Golf shares a platform with the compact Jetta, though it offers a hatchback instead of a trunk. In April, VW is offering a lease deal on the Golf. Through the end of the month, the 2013 Golf is available for 36 months with payments starting at $209 per month after $1,999 at lease signing. There's also a lease deal available for drivers who would rather have a sporty GTI. Through April, shoppers can lease the 200-horsepower hatchback for $289 per month for 36 months after putting down $1,999 at lease signing.
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Volvo C30
The 2013 Volvo C30 is an upscale, sporty hatchback sold only as a 3-door. While it's slated for cancellation later this year, it's available in April with two good offers. The best deal is for shoppers looking to finance the C30, because it's available with zero percent interest for up to 48 months. To enhance that offer, Volvo is also adding $1,000 cash back — a rare money back deal from an upscale brand. Shoppers looking to lease the C30 can get payments starting from $299 per month for 36 months, an offer that requires only $1,598 down at lease signing.
What it means to you: If you're looking for more cargo room than a sedan offers, a hatchback is a good choice. Our list of hatchback deals will help you get a good new model at a reasonable price.


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Welcome to The Cheese Impresario! Where cheese matters.
Welcome to The Cheese Impresario!
Here we are going to talk about all kinds of cheeses from all around the world. We will learn together and I will help you bring the world of cheese closer to your heart and learn the great enjoyment that it can bring to you, your family, and your guests.
I am the cheese columnist for The Beverly Hills Times and write the monthly "Cheese Matters" column that covers all things cheesy. I will keep you posted on events that I will be covering and other cheese events in your local area. Stay tuned for the next up coming event!
Barrie Lynn ~
The Cheese Impresario
Learn to increase your knowledge and pleasure of artisanal cheese with
Barrie Lynn - The Cheese Impresario!
Where will you be able to experience The Cheese Highway next?
See below for the exciting places Barrie Lynn - The Cheese Impresario will be!
I'm ecstatic to report that I've teamed up with Small Screen Network to produce a web-based video series on all things cheese, aptly named, CHEESE RULES. I'm so excited to have found a new medium in which I can share my passion with cheese lovers everywhere. On CHEESE RULES, I have videos on "What is Cheese", "How to Store Cheese", "To Rind or Not to Rind", "How to Taste Cheese", and "How to Throw a Cheese and Wine Pairing Party". As I am especially interested in pairing cheese with unusual beverages, I have included videos on "Cheese Pairing with Cachaça" and "Cheese Pairing with Mezcal." I just finished shooting a new series of episodes. It was totally fun. I paired cheese with Aquavit, Rum, Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Belgian Beer and even Coffee. It's in the editing stages now so check back soon to see the new shows.
I'm excited to share my knowledge of cheese so together we can take a ride down The Cheese Highway.
Click on this link and let me know how you like CHEESE RULES:
Cheese Rules Episodes
PS: Check out my shows with cheese connoisseur, NFL star Shaun Phillips, who plays for the San Diego Chargers.
Where has The Cheese Highway traveled recently?
See below for the exciting places Barrie Lynn - The Cheese Impresario has been!
November 1 & 2
Monona Terrace
Madison, Wisconsin
I'll be conducting my Artisanal Cheese & Fine Brandy Pairing Adventure. I hope to see you there!
Tickets go on sale in September
For more information on The Festival and on Wisconsin Cheese Originals:
Come join me in Madison, Wisconsin for The American Cheese Society's 30th Year Anniversary Conference & Competiton:
"A Dairy State of Mind"
Cheese and cheese and more amazing cheeses. Cheesemakers galore at the Meet the Cheesemakers event. Seminars on the science of cheese, the art of cheese and pairings. More cheese than you could ever eat…this is a true cheeselover's paradise. The Festival of Cheese will blow your mind as it does every year for me. Tables and tables of fine artisanal cheeses! This is an event every cheeselover should experience once in their life…one of those bucket goals. I attended once some years ago and have been a passionate ACS member and attender of the Conference & Competition ever since. Speaking of the competition, it's like the Oscars for cheese. You will be amazed at the number of magnificently talented cheesemakers and the plethora of stunning cheeses they craft with great passion.
July 31 through August 3
Madison, Wisconsin's Architectural Masterpiece - Monona Terrace that was envisioned by Frank Lloyd Wright. This stunning venue right on sparkling lake Monona will host this celebration of American cheesemakers and the cheeses they take such pride in producing.
More information will be available in May. I'll keep you posted on an update.
I hope to see you all there!
Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario
The Cheese Impresario's Artisanal Cheese & Wine Pairing Seminars
Presented at 8th Annual LA WineFest
at Historic Raleigh Movie Studios
Italian-Style American Artisanal Cheeses & Wines Featured at 8th Annual LA WineFest
For the 8th year, The Cheese Impresario will be presenting her Artisanal Cheese and Wine Pairing Adventure seminars. This year's classes will feature a lineup of Italian-style cheeses made by the artisan cheesemakers of Wisconsin. "These amazing artisanal cheeses, crafted with high quality cow's milk are winning significant awards and I can't wait for you to taste them paired with the fine wines made by Bill Mosby" says The Cheese Impresario.
These stunning artisanal cheeses will be paired with the Italian-style wines of Mosby Wines. Mosby has devoted their winery to crafting some of the finest Cal-Ital wines from estate-grown fruit in the Santa Ynez Valley. When asked to describe winemaker Bill Mosby's character, wife Jeri answers with a smile: "Strangely enough, I would describe my husband much the same way I would characterize his wines. He's about integrity, intelligence, strength, tenacity, passion and complexity. He's rebellious — not afraid to dream, then make those dreams come true."
The venue is unique…the historic Raleigh Movie Studios. Come join The Cheese Impresario and Rosenthal Estate Winery and learn while having fun!
Artisanal Cheese & Wine Pairing Adventure Class.
The class will be held:
Saturday June 8th 3:45pm - 4:30pm and Sunday June 9th 3:00pm - 3:45pm at, both will take place in the Raleigh Studios café.
These seminars will fill up. First come gets the limited number of seats. If you want to learn more about cheese before you get to LA WineFest, check out my show, CHEESE RULES.
For tickets and more information click here.
Cheese & Rum Pairing
at The Ministry of Rum's Chicago Rum Festival
I have selected amazing artisanal cheeses to present as delicious pairings with exotic rums from around the world. The Ministry of Rum's Chicago Rum Festival is where you can learn about this magical pairing. Ed Hamilton, founder of The Ministry of Rum is considered by many to be the most knowledgeable person on the planet on all things rum. Ed was just featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood talking about rum and its history. Ed loves cheese and rum, as you'll see when you check out The Cheese Impresario's show, CHEESE RULES. She and Ed Hamilton did a show on cheese and rum pairing:
Click here to watch the CHEESE RULES episode with Ed Hamilton
At the festival, people will bring their rum to me and I'll choose the perfect pairing cheese for them. I'll then demonstrate my tasting methodology, The Cheese Highway, and talk about the cheese. Then I'll make a plate of a taste of all of the artisanal cheeses. Each guest will receive a Cheese Scroll with all the information about each of the cheeses and the cheesemakers who takesuch pride in what they produce.
The Ministry of Rum Chicago Rum Festival will be held The Bottom Lounge's Volcano Room & Patio on Thursday June 14th.
Press & VIP 5:15-6PM
Rum Festival 6-9PM
Click here for tickets and more information
The Cheese Impresario's Artisanal Cheese & Wine Pairing Adventure Seminar
Santa Clarita WineFest
Saturday March 3rd
Sip, nosh, and mingle at the Bridgeport Marketplace in Valencia, March 3. This year's 2nd Annual Santa Clarita WineFest will feature 350-plus wines, spirits, beers and Lifestyle Exhibitors for your enjoyment. This year the Fest will be benefitting The Michael Hoefflin Foundation.
My Artisanal Cheese & Wine Pairing Adventure will be at 2:30 PM and will sell out. Be sure to purchase this delicious and educational seminar in advance.
Where: Bridgeport Marketplace, 24061 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia, CA 91355
Parking: Free
Who else but beer lovers would have a week that lasted 14 days!
Come explore the creative beer culture in Los Angeles and Orange County and heft a glass or two to the brewers who bring us so much pleasure. Our beer scene is growing like crazy and there's so many breweries and brew pubs to discover. Check out the link below for a plethora of beer events. I'll be teaching my Artisanal Cheese & Beer Pairing Adventure Sunday October 23rd with G. Schneider & Sohn's own Jay Baum. Come on down Sunday to historic Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for the LA Beer Week Festival. I'll be pairing fine artisanal cheeses with these extraordinary weisse brews.
For tickets and event information:
San Diego will be awash with all kinds of spirits at the San Diego Spirits Festival June 25 and 26th. I'll be there conducting her Artisanal Cheese & Single Malt Scotch Whisky Pairing Adventure Seminar at noon on Saturday June 25th. The Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier is the venue this year and it should be beautiful with the San Diego Bay sparkling all around us. My teaching buddy is Diagio's Ed "Dirt" Adams, Master of Whisky. We'll be turning people on to the thrill of pairing artisanal cheeses with a selection of whiskies from Scotland. Come and rock out with us!
To purchase tickets:
Artisanal Cheese in the Desert
Enjoy the beauty of Palm Springs and celebrate The Culinary Institute of America for a weekend of chefs, food, wine and artisanal cheeses. The Cheese Impresario will be sharing her passion at The Viceroy Bubble & Groove Lounge Saturday April 12th. This evening's event is hosted at the Spa Resort Casino and sponsored by the Viceroy Hotel Palm Springs, Wine Spectator and Piper-Heidsieck Champagne. Explore the events during the weekend and then come savor the pleasure of artisanal cheeses and Champagne...a true delight.
Artisanal Cheese & The PGA
Saturday April 5th The Cheese Impresario will be presenting her Artisanal Cheese & Wine Pairing Adventure class at the Livermore Valley Wine Country PGA Championship held at the picturesque golf course at Wente Vineyards.
The Cheese Impresario will be conducting her Artisanal Cheese & Wine Tasting Adventure
at the Great Tastes Culinary Festival...the Mid-Atlantic's Premier Culinary Event.
Come join her on February 23rd in Baltimore, Maryland and taste world-class artisanal cheeses and handcrafted wines.
On Thursday October 25th The Cheese Impresario will be sharing her passion for artisanal cheese with VIP guests who attend Wine Spectator's
New York Wine Experience. This event is known to be one of the best wine events in the country. Come and join The Cheese Impresario and enjoy outstanding vintages, rare wines from the producers' cellars and top-scoring wines from around the world. This will be an experience not to be missed.
You can now see
Barrie Lynn - The Cheese Impresario
in Elle magazine!
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a sneak peak!
Barrie Lynn The Cheese Impresario heads to the Oscars!
Read all about it!
Barrie Lynn Now heads to the Emmy's with cheese!


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The Reading Device: A Short History — From Scroll To Screen
Centuries before e-books changed the way people read, the codex (bound books as we know it today) replaced the scroll.
This short history of the reading device first appeared in the September 4, 2011 issue of THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW under Lev Grossman's byline.
With the codex book, for the first time, you could jump to any point in a text instantly!
SOMETHING very important and very weird is happening to the book right now: It's shedding its papery corpus and transmigrating into a bodiless bibliographical equivalent of the rapture. if anything we may be lowballing the weirdness of it all.
The last time a change of this magnitude occurred was circa 1450, when Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type. But if you go back further there's a more helpful precedent for what's going on. Starting in the first century A.D., Western readers discarded the scroll in favor of the codex – the bound book.
In the classical world, the scroll was the book format of choice and the state of the art in information technlogy. Essentially it was a long rolled-up piece of paper or parchment. To read a scroll you gradually unrolled it, exposing a bit of the text at a time; when you were done you had to roll it back up the right way, not unlike that other obsolete medium the VHS tape. English is still littered with the words left over from the scroll age. The first page of a scroll, which listed information about where it was made, was called the "protocol." The reason books are sometimes called volumes is that the root of "volume" is volvere, to roll; to read a scroll, you revolved it.
Scrolls were the prestige format, used for important works only: sacred texts, legal documents, history, literature. To compile a shopping list or do their algebra, citizens of the ancient world wrote on wax-covered wooden tablets using the pointy end of a stick called a stylus. Tablets were for disposable text — the stylus also had a flat end, which you used to squash and scrape the wax flat when you were done. At some point someone had the very clever idea of stringing a few tablets together in a bundle. Eventually the bundled tablets were replaced with leaves of parchment and thus, probably, was born the codex.
But nobody realized what a good idea it was until a very interesting group of people with some very radical ideas adopted it for their own purposes. Nowadays these people are known as Christians, and they used the codex as a way of distributing the Bible.
One reason the early Christians liked the codex was that it helped differentiate them from the Jews, who kept (and still keep) their sacred text in the form of a scroll. But some very alert early Christians must also have recognized that the codex was a powerful form of information technology — compact, highly portable and easily concealable. It was also cheap —- you could write on both sides of the pages which saved paper — and it could hold more words than a scroll. The Bible was a long book.
The codex also came with a fringe benefit: It created a very different reading experience. With a codex, for the first time, you could jump to any point in a text instantly, nonlinearly. You could flip back and forth between two pages and even study them both at once. You could cross check passages and compare them and bookmark them. You could skim if you were bored, and jump back to reread your favorite parts. It was the paper equivalent of random access memory, and it must have been almost supernaturally empowering. With a scroll you only trudge through texts the long way, linearly. (Some ancients found temporary fixes for this bug — Suetonius apparently suggested Julius Caesar created a proto-notebook by stacking sheets of papyrus one on top another.)
Over the next few centuries the codex rendered the scroll all but obsolete. In his "Confessions", which dates from the end of the fourth century, St. Augustine famously hears a voice telling him to "pick up and read." He interprets it as a command from God to pick up the Bible, open it at random and read the first passage he sees. He does so, the scales fall from his eyes and he becomes a Christian. Then he bookmarks the page. You could never do that with a scroll.
Right now we're avidly road-testing a new format for the book, just as the early Christians did. Over the first quarter of this year — e-book sales — were up 160 percent. Print sales — codex sales — were down 9 percent. Those are big numbers. But unlike last time it's not a clear-cut case of a superior technology displacing an inferior one. It's more complex than that. It's more about trade-offs.
On the one hand, the e-book is far more compact and portable than the codex, almost absurdly so. E-books are also searchable, and they're green, or greenish anyway (if you want to give yourself nightmares, look up the ecological cost of building a single Kindle). On the other hand the codex requires no batteries, and no electronic display has yet matched the elegance of clarity and cool matte comfort of a printed page.
But so far the great e-book debate has barely touched on the most important feature that the codex introduced: the nonlinear reading that so impressed St. Augustine. If the fable of the scroll and codex has a moral, this is it. We usually associate digital technology with nonlinearity, the forking paths that Web surfers beat through the Internet's underbrush as they click from link to link. But e-books and nonlinearity just don't turn out to be very compatible. Trying to jump from place to place in a long document like a novel is painfully awkward on an e-reader, like trying to play the piano with numb fingers. You either creep through the book incrementally, page by page, or leap wildly from point to point and search term to search term. It's no wonder that the rise of e-reading has revived two words for classical-era reading technologies: scroll and tablet. That's the kind of reading you do in an e-book.
The codex is built for nonlinear reading — not the way a Web surfer does it, aimlessly questing from document to document, but the way a deep reader does it, navigating the network of internal connections that exists within a single rich document like a novel. Indeed the codex, is optimized. The contemporary novel's dense, layered language took root and grew in the codex, and it demands the kind of navigation that only the codex provides. Imagine trying to negotiate the nested, echoing labyrinth of David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas" if it were transcribed onto a scroll. It couldn't be done.
God knows, there was great literature before there was the codex, and should it pass away, there will be great literature after it. But if we stop reading on paper, we should keep in mind what we're sacrificing: that nonlinear experience, which is unique to the codex. You don't get it from any other medium — not movies, or TV, or music or video games. The codex won out over the scroll because it did what good technologies are supposed to do: it gave readers a power they never had before, power over the flow of their own reading expeience. And until I hear God personally say to me, "Boot up and read," I won't be giving it up.
My personal thanx to Lev Grossman for this wonderful essay printed in the New York Times Book Review.
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