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Farid Johnson and Brandon Mills talk about Service Together’s upcoming concert, Soundtrack of War, and the importance of music as a tool for community building and reintegration. Brandon Mills is a singer,...

Service Together offers a variety of services to help individuals, organizations, and practitioners navigate the military-civilian divide. From our educational initiatives, to our community events featuring art and music, we’re dedicated to improving the lives of veterans and their families by supporting service providers, honoring individuals who serve, and bridging the military-civilian divide.

Military Cultural Competency Training

Intersections International’s military cultural competency curriculum, The Basics and Beyond: A Training Curriculum for Supporting Our Military & Veteran Community, was developed in partnership with the Military Resilience Project. Training events for your nonprofit agency, your school, or your corporation are available through Service Together, a program of Intersections International. The curriculum is paired with thoughtful discussions and interactive elements and covers a diverse range of topics related to working with military personnel, veterans, and their families while remaining engaging and educative. Our trained facilitators, led by Dr. Mike DeFalco, PsyD, and Aynisa Leonardo, LCAT ATR-BC, possess over a decade of experience working with veterans and their families in both inpatient and outpatient settings using clinical techniques, educational programming, as well as the arts and music. Our team is excited to work with clients throughout the New York/Tristate area.

The Basics and Beyond can be broken into Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced sections depending on your organization’s familiarity with military and veteran culture. Training events are available in half day, full day, or 3-day formats and each module can be presented in full, condensed, or partial format. Intensive training events covering each module in full can be presented along a weekly, monthly, or year-long continuum. Military cultural competency training may also be combined with Forum events to provide an immersive, moving experience. We are happy to work with you to create a training experience that best meets the needs of your organization.

The Basics and Beyond consists of six modules, each with three chapters. Please click here to download the entire table of contents and index.

Contact Molly Pearl, Program Manager, to schedule a consultation at or 646-723-7823.

Service Together began as the Veteran Civilian Dialogue, a program informed by clinical psychology that utilized therapeutic methods to build community. During a Veteran Civilian Dialogue, veterans and civilians came together to discuss their experiences of war, trauma, and the act of witnessing. Although the program has moved away from a therapeutic model to focus on community building through mutual service, social justice, and the arts, Service Together continues to host Forums in an effort to bridge the military-civilian divide. Forums are a shared space where veterans, civilians, caregivers, and family members discuss the importance of service, civic duty, sacrifice, and honor. They are a place for community conversation and sharing stories. Forum participants leave feeling connected to a community, spiritually recharged, and reinvigorated to make change. Forums are presented free of charge for all participants.

Past Service Together Forums brought together student veterans and their civilian peers, veteran service providers and mental health practitioners, Vietnam and Post 9/11 era veterans, and the family members and caregivers supporting those who serve. Read testimonials from our Forum participants below and check out our upcoming events to find out about future Forums.

Interested in hosting a Forum on your campus, in your community, or for your organization? Contact Molly Pearl, Program Manager, at

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Church Christmas Decorating

I just noticed in my dashboard site stats that I’m getting hits on some church christmas decorating I have done in the past.  I think I will dig through my digital photos and see what I can find.  I got to decorate at Northern Hills for 3 years, I believe and it was so much fun!

Here is one shot of the Celebration Center in 2009.

northern hills church christmas decor

The 3 wreaths hanging in the center over the stage look deceptively small in the pictures.  You can’t just buy these at the store.  I made them from recycling Christmas trees other people want to get rid of.  I basically did a Craigslist ad asking for old artificial trees for a non-profit organization and people would call and I picked them up.  These three wreaths used the branches of 7 trees.  We built a wooden frame and stapled them on.  The one in the middle is almost 7 feet tall and the 2 flanking it are about 5 1/2 feet tall.  I used 2 102″ red table cloths sewn together in the middle to drape through the wreaths.

At the time, the church had 3  really beautiful 9′ trees and I used one in the cafe and the other 2 on the stage, but the room is large, so I wanted to make them seem more grand and did so by placing them on 5 foot round tables draped in fabric.

The illuminated angels were the beautiful styrofoam silhouettes my amazingly artistic friend Pearl had created for the Garage venue a year or two earlier.  It broke up the black background and we uplighted them.

church christmas decorations decor

We lined the front of the stage with a giant “garland” also re-fashioned from recycled/upcycled old Christmas trees.  You really can’t just buy garland because a room that big will just swallow it up.  It is really quite large.  The “ribbon” was that florist-mesh wrap which can be twisted and tucked and glows prettily in the lights.

We used thousands of lights on everything because you have to overdo in a big space.  I think I had gotten all those gold-potted poinsettias for like 98-cents in an after-Christmas clearance the year before.  They are handy for lining edges and covering cords.

see more pics from 2009 here :)

Very simple, clean look.  The musicians and pastors need their space!  It was fun.  I miss doing it (plus I wasn’t out of ideas)!!!  Pastor Scott??

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Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou is located in the most central administrative and commercial district of Guangzhou, surrounded by high-grade office buildings such as Asia International, Guangdong International, goodworld and World Trade Center; It is close to Tianhe City, Beijing Road Commercial Street, Zhonghua square, friendship store and other leisure shopping centers; The downstairs of the hotel not only gathers Chaozhou, Guangdong, Hunan, Sichuan and other famous food, but also is adjacent to Jianshe Liulu road and Taojin road. They are all well-known bar streets with amorous feelings. They also concentrate classic food from all over the world; Tianxiu building, railway station, Baima clothing wholesale city, Buyun Tiandi, international leather goods city, Zhanxi wholesale Street and other foreign trade business circles are close at hand; At the same time, it is also one of the designated reception hotels of Pazhou International Convention and Exhibition Center. The subway can directly reach Pazhou Exhibition Hall. It's about 3 minutes' walk from the airport express and Guangdong TV station. It is your ideal choice for business, exhibition and leisure.
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  • How far is the hotel from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport?

    Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou is 26.8km from the airport.

  • Does Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou offer airport shuttle service?

    No, the hotel does not offer airport shuttle service.

  • What are the check-in and check-out time at Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou?

    Check-in time is from 12:00, and check-out time is until 12:00 at Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou.

  • Does Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou have a pool or gym?

    The hotel has a pool, but no gym. See details about other facilities on this page.

  • Does Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou have a restaurant?

    Yes, you could have a meal in the hotel.

  • Does Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou offer internet or wifi?

    Yes, please request it when you check in the hotel.

  • Does Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou accept prepaid room charge?

    Yes, please contact us after submitting a reservation.

  • Does Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou accept credit card payments?

    No, the hotel does not accept credit card payment.

  • How much does it cost to stay at Jin Ying Hotel Guangzhou?

    The room prices is from cny268, but it may vary depending on your stay(e.g. dates, room type etc.).

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  • AndyYoung212
    The cost performance is quite high, which is worth recommending
  • luoslin
    The air conditioner is not cold enough
  • BryanLaw
    The facilities are a little old, mainly because they are close to the place where they work, otherwise they should not choose her.
  • DingDDon
    The hotel has good sound insulation. Although the equipment is old, it still feels very sanitary and comfortable. The landscape outside the window is beautiful, especially at night!
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  • carol_tu
    The hotel has convenient transportation and good sanitary conditions. It has not checked out yet and has made beds, but the facilities are a little old.
  • e00088254
    Very good, good location, convenient transportation, the hotel is clean and hygienic, and will come again next time.
  • polarisgao
    I've lived many times. Let's get together. Many blacks and Middle Easterners
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  • beinini
    Convenient and applicable, convenient nearby, no breakfast, room smell, not good.
  • fabregas870614
    Overall, I think it's OK.
  • dinobaggio
    Convenient travel
  • m00058162
    The guests didn't like it
  • danielwo
    The service can't keep up with the decoration of the room, which is quite old
  • dingb007
    The location of the hotel is very good. You can see it as soon as you get out of the subway. It is still very convenient. The facilities of the hotel are relatively old, which may be the reason why the hotel is relatively early. The service of the waiter is OK, and the hygiene is also good. It is still a hotel with high cost performance. It will stay next time.............
  • e04599594
    Yes, it's clean and quiet
  • yolanda
  • eetting
    Pretty good overall.
  • luoyr
    It's hard to find the subway. Everything else was OK..
  • conniewang1974
    The hotel is old and delicious
  • dedys
    The transportation is very convenient, the service is very satisfactory, especially thanks to the waiter who helped me. He is very friendly, the room network is easy to use, there is a park nearby, and shopping is good
  • alicebyebyedo
    It's OK, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK
  • dsddgg
    The hotel is old
  • cjalec
    Subway entrance cover, first class location!! very good
  • Denli
    As the location of the event is close to the hotel, it is convenient and satisfactory
  • billab
    very good
  • jy0128
    just so so
  • E02210184
    Very comfortable
  • franc_y
    It's very close to the office. It's OK
  • gabyb
    With convenient transportation and complete foreign restaurants, it is suitable for foreigners to live in. Near Metro Line 5, Xiaobei station. It's close to the train. It's an old hotel. It's a prime location.
  • e00115136
    Inconvenient transportation
  • colorparrot
    Actually, it's OK, because I don't stay in the hotel much. But it can't be closer to the subway station!!! Travel is very convenient!
  • joannawang1113
    Not bad. It's just that the invoice is a military receipt, and the title of the chapter on the list is different from that on the invoice. I don't know if I can report it.
  • fangfangxie
    The hotel is an old hotel with some old facilities, but the hotel has no taste. The location is particularly good and the transportation is particularly convenient. It is located at the exit of subway B of Xiaobei station. There are subway and bus stations nearby. It is also convenient to take a taxi. Eating in fat sister-in-law tastes good. Eating, living, traveling and traveling are good. It is worth recommending.
  • bearlover
    convenient transportation!
    Cost performance is still relatively high
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  • pxdyj3
    The location is superior, but the room smells bad
  • yanpi520
    The hotel rooms are well equipped and the service is good.
  • abing
    After staying for a few days, I felt that it was better in the neighborhood, better than Huacheng hotel
  • fantasy2u
    Convenient transportation, close to Xiaobei subway station, recommended.
  • E01214715
    Clean and comfortable, very satisfied
  • jay405412435
    The transportation is convenient, just from exit b of Xiaobei subway station, the environment is OK, and the service is average
  • SuperDT
    The traffic is convenient. It's OK!
  • nicenice
    Good location and convenient transportation
  • Tuorist
    The hotel is OK. The surrounding environment is messy. Prices rose sharply during the Canton Fair.
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  • Bob Song
    ?? not bad
  • dilingren
    It's just that it's convenient to travel. Everything else is not very good.
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    Not bad
  • dell99
    The room on the 28th floor is very small and the bed is very narrow. It doesn't look like a luxury double bed room at all. The facilities inside are very old and the paint on the door of the wardrobe has fallen off. It is suggested that it would be better to decorate it. When you enter the room, there is a switch. When it is turned on, it is still dark. You have to turn on the switch at the head of the bed, and the key is broken. The transportation is very convenient. It's at exit b of Xiaobei. There are many Arab restaurants and Turkish restaurants nearby. It's not suitable for tourism. Business travel is OK.
  • fjb422
    The hotel has convenient location, convenient transportation and friendly service. I will choose it next time I have a chance.
  • Mr.yan
    The hotel is located in the city center, with convenient transportation and hygienic rooms.
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Michelangelo & the Morgue

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I was dead when I last saw Michelangelo. The year was 1492. The location was Florence, Italy. We didn’t know at the time but we were in the midst of a transformation of art, architecture, politics and humanism that three hundred years later would be called the Renaissance. During my living years, Michelangelo came to know me more intimately than my husband, grew to love me more loyally than my parents, and risked his life on my behalf as no one had ever done before.

Together, we would solve one of the greatest murder mysteries of the Italian Renaissance.

I first met Michelangelo in 1485 when I was fifteen years old and working at the ink and parchment booth across from Marco Pignolo’s fish stand at the old market. Marco was a kind man who was so tall and thin I imagined him blowing in a breeze like laundry hung to dry. The only things he loved more than God were displaying and selling his fish, spoiling his children, and building furniture that were precise replicas of the grandiose chests, beds and dressers of the Medici. He gave them away to the poor.

I was betrothed to Bruno Manetti, the parchment maker’s son. While my father had saved for my dowry, he had also lost most of it gambling on stone throwing. When my mother opened the worn case where my dowry was kept and discovered the savings were as small as a bead of sweat, arrangements were made for me to work at the Manetti family booth until I earned enough wages for my nuptial offering to be deemed sufficient.

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James's Light Meter Collection: Gold Crest (Lentar) PR-66
Gold Crest PR-66 exposure meter USA
Maker: Gold Crest (aka Lentar)
Model: PR-66
Circa: 1966
Price (new): $12
Cell type: CdS
Measure type: Reflecting/Averaging
Original battery: PX13 mercury

In which we stick our toe into the murky pond of off-brand Japanese light meters from the '60s.

When CdS came out, the Japanese went into overtime, and a ton of inexpensive meters flooded the American market under all sorts of names. Many of them, if you put them side by side, are identical except for branding. Some are simply cosmetic variations of the same thing.

This Gold Crest appeared in 1966, and then later in the early 70s under the Lentar name (Lentar branded all sorts of accessories and such); they're the same meter. Even the instruction books are identical except for the cover art.

There is nothing to identify the actual maker, but I suspect it's Showa-Koden, a Japanese company responsible for all sorts of meters under a variety of names. I also suspect (though the evidence is slim) that this is a continuation of the old General Electric meters. GE left the market in the early 60s when CdS changed the state of the art. My guess is that GE sold their meter operation (tooling, designs, you name it) to a Japanese company, and this is one of the results. I base it on the model name, PR-66, which continues GE's model numbering scheme (they used PR-n for years). It wouldn't surprise me at all to think that GE was working on a CdS meter when the unit was sold, and the Japanese took it over. Or maybe they started with a clean piece of paper, but kept it up anyway. I easily could be wrong, but I don't know why anyone would give a "PR-nn" designation for any other reason.

Nice little meter. It's clean and easy to use, and reminds me a lot of Sekonic's L-98 Micro-Leader. I got mine still in the original box, gently used, with the case, a shoe-string cord, and the instructions.

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Decreasing Crime & Increasing Safety

What does crime and safety mean to Joplin?

Through the City Manager’s Listening Tour, crime in the Joplin community is primarily defined by (but not limited to) increasing drug use and related criminal actions, as well as vandalism in public parks. To reduce such acts, citizens have asked to see harsher punishments for repeat offenders and increased police visibility and monitoring.

The reduction of crime to increase safety can be addressed by increasing citizen, business and community safety awareness through education. To do this, the City must make sure the proper technology for public safety services is available and that it is used to reduce repeat offenders and focus on drug related crime. These are only a few examples of what the City will have to proactively prioritize with future investments and resources.

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How does it affect the future of the community?

Public safety is a fundamental need for the entire community. Without a safe and secure community, our businesses, schools, and institutions cannot flourish. As the community grows, there will be a need to expand city provided Public Safety services. Additionally, more communities are embracing concepts that incorporate safety considerations into the design of physical environments.

Improved public safety would not only enhance quality of life for current residents, but would encourage and promote new families/ businesses to come to Joplin. Without community supported efforts to balance and deter those that harm, vandalize, and threaten the safety and viability of the community, it will hamper the City’s ability to grow and thrive.

How can these issues be addressed?

Please click on any of the links below to learn more about each strategy developed by staff in order to decrease crime and increase safety in the community.

To see the full set of 2021 Action Plans please click here.

We encourage our citizens to learn more about these initiatives that have been identified as potential uses for funding provided through the use tax that will be on the ballot on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. To learn more about the use tax as a potential source of funding please see the Proposition Action FAQ page.

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Welcome to the data Visualizations Section. We are currently importing all County Visualizations that focus on the following:

  • Budget allocations across key departments such as healthcare, education, WASH and social services
  • Number of PWDs accessing County Tenders

Why Visualize Data?
We want to tell accurate stories on how Citizens are participating in County Governance. This will help us understand the extent of involvement, particularly for Persons with Disabilities. Data visualization is a graphical representation of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, data visualization tools provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data.

What are the Challenges?

  • Lack of data. Even where data is available, it is poorly organized.
  • Low knowledge among Citizens and how they can use data to improve their quality of participation

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Currently, the Public Participation Data Visualizations are available at Agency for Disability and Development's internal portal. We are migrating this into this portal to create a unified public participation portal that is informative and with real-time visualizations. These visualizations shall dissect County Budgets and showcase how counties are allocation resources. The budgets are broken down into departments and sub-departments. Budgets that specifically target PWDs shall be tagged. Projects (these consume budgets) shall include basic information in relation to accessibility, documentation and how PWDs were involved in the budgeting and planning process.

For the period under review, the term disability or disabled does not appear in the Nairobi County Budget in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 budget.


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The Hatfield-McCoy Feud (Part Three: The Death of Ellison Hatfield and the Aftermath)

Eddison Hatfield

Written by Joanna Adams Sergent

On August 5, 1882, on an election day in Kentucky, a deadly mix of contempt and alcohol came together. Before now, there had been raids, kidnappings, and lawsuits that caused the families to despise each other, however, this day, the violence had reached its tipping point. Three McCoy brothers (Tolbert, Phamer (Pharmer), and Bud) got into a drunken argument and brawl with Ellison Hatfield and another brother, who were both the brothers of Anse.

One view is that the McCoy brothers were angry about the treatment of their sister, Roseanna, by the Hatfield family. Ellison was stabbed 26 times, some in the back, and was killed by a gunshot while he was laying on the ground. Some historians say that Elison lived for a very short time after this incident.

The sign that marks the spot of the Election Fight

The McCoy brothers were arrested by Hatfield Constables and were taken to Pikeville, Kentucky for trial. Anse arranged a large group of followers and force-ably took their McCoy prisoners before they reached Pikeville. Tolbert, Phamer (Pharmer), and Bud were taken by force to West Virginia and there killed by the Hatfields as vigilante justice. Each man was tied to pawpaw trees and was shot several times. A total of 50 shots were fired at the men and they are described as being “bullet-riddled”.

The spot where the McCoy Brothers died

Approximately 20 men, including Anse were indicted for the murders even though most people of the area considered the revenge to be warranted. All of the men eluded arrest and capture. This lead to the McCoys taking their own vigilante justice.

Perry Cline

Perry Cline

The McCoy family sought justice through Perry Cline who was married to Martha McCoy, who was the widow of Asa McCoy. It is believed through Cline’s influence, and political connections, to have the charges of murder of Tolbert, Phamer (Pharmer), and Bud, reinstated and have warrants placed for their capture. for the arrest of Devil Anse, Jim Vance, and others of the Hatfield clan, hoping to attract bounty hunters to the region to apprehend the fugitives in West Virginia and bring them back to Kentucky for trial.

Perry Cline is a very controversial character among historians and both families. He is often seen as the linchpin that caused the feud to escalate. The question becomes was he seeking justice for himself or for the McCoys. The possible motive could have been many years before the Election Day Brawl, Perry Cline had lost a lawsuit against Anse.

The lawsuit was over a deed to 5,000 acres of land and timber rights. He is either demonized or canonized for his actions in the feud depending on whose side that you take in the dispute. Later in life, Cline was responsible for the first African American School in Pike County, Kentucky. And being a very skilled politician became a Kentucky State Representative.

However, it is widely agreed that the portrayal of Perry Cline in Kevin Costner’s Hatfield and McCoys miniseries is not accurate. There was no love interest between Roseanne McCoy and himself because Cline was married at the time.

1886 Fred Wolford and Tom Wallace

Tom Wallace

Jeff McCoy killed Fred Wolford, who was a mail carrier. The reasons for this murder are currently unknown as well as his connection to the feud. Acting Constable Cap Hatfield and his friend Tom Wallace were acting upon a warrant to arrest Jeff McCoy for this murder. Both men shot Jeff while he was trying to escape on the banks of the Tug Fork River. Tom Wallace was found dead in the spring of 1887.

Websites used in the Video and in the research of the article.

All the Dirty Details About the Hatfield-McCoy Feud of the Late Nineteenth Century

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The Untold Truth Of The Hatfield-McCoy Feud

The Bloody Feud of the Hatfields and McCoys

What’s the Real Story Behind the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?

5 Things Hatfields and McCoys Still Feud Over

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Keeping the Ladbroke area special

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Origin of street names in the Ladbroke area

Until the early 19th century, the Ladbroke area was largely country and almost none of the current roads existed (the main exceptions were the Uxbridge Road – now Holland Park Avenue – along the southern border of the Ladbroke estate;  and Portobello Lane, now Portobello Road).

During the building boom of the 19th century, the owners of the area developed the land and what are today’s streets were gradually created. The main method of development was the granting of building leases by the landowners to undertakers (usually builders or surveyors), who then built whole terraces or in some cases whole streets of houses.

Apart from the “Ladbroke” streets (named after the original owner/developer of the area), most of the streets seem to have been given their names by the whim of the developer or builder concerned. Often they seem to have been named after some place with which that individual developer happened to be associated, or after a distinguished statesman whom the developer presumably admired. Originally, many of the individual terraces of houses in each street had their own names, but later in the 19th century these were formally incorporated into the streets on which they were situated and given their present street numbers.

Arundel Gardens

Built in the early 1860s. The south side of the street was originally known as Lansdowne Road Terrace (this is the name given to it, for instance, in an 1858 covenant between Richard Roy, the then main developer of this area, and the freeholders and leaseholders of building plots and “houses in carcase” on that side of the road). The origin of the street name Arundel Gardens is not known. However, Arundel in Sussex is the seat of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, and James Weller Ladbroke had his country seat near there.

Blenheim Crescent

In the 1860s, when the main construction began in what is now Blenheim Terrace, the section of street east of Ladbroke Grove was called St Columb Road and the section west of Ladbroke Grove was called Sussex Road. The different terraces of houses all had their own nomes. Blenheim Terrace was the name given to one of the first rows of houses built in the then Sussex Road, presumably after the Duke of Marlborough’s famous victory over the French and Bavarians at Blenheim in Bavaria in 1704. In 1866, the name Blenheim Crescent was officially approved for the whole street, replacing Sussex Road, and incorporating Arundel Terrace, Park Terrace, Blenheim Terrace, St Mark’s Gardens; and Ebury Villas.

Boyne Terrace Mews

Built around 1871. Probably named after Boyne House, which stood on the site of Holland Park tube station. The first four houses to the east of Boyne House (numbers 68-74 (evens) Holland Park Avenue) were originally called Boyne Terrace, and Boyne Terrace Mews provided accommodation for the horses and carriages belonging to these houses and those in the next terrace along.

Bulmer Mews

Bulmer Mews was built probably first in the 1850s. It seems originally to have been called Victoria Mews. But by 1881 it had been renamed Albert Mews or Prince Albert Mews after the pub down the side of which it runs. It seems to have been given its present name of Bulmer Mews in the 1930s by association with a little street called Bulmer Place that ran down the other side of the pub roughly where the service road for the shops on the north-west side of Notting Hill Gate now runs. It is not clear where the name Bulmer comes from.

Chepstow Villas

Built in the mid 1840s. The developer, William Henry Jenkins, came from Hereford and appears to have chosen the name Chepstow after the town of Chepstow near his home. The neighbouring Denbigh Terrace, Ledbury Road and Pembridge Road were named for similar reasons.

Clarendon Road

Built in the 1840s and 1850s. The street name probably refers the 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-1870), a well-known 19th century statesman, who occupied a number of senior Ministerial posts around the time that Clarendon Road was being built, including the post of Foreign Secretary during the Crimean War.

Originally, the section of the street between Holland Park Avenue and Lansdowne Rise was called Park Road, and many of the Clarendon Road terraces had their own names. These included Grove Terrace (Nos. 2-10 evens); Cambridge Villas (12-14 evens); Park Villas (Nos. 13-15 odds); Clarendon Terrace (16-26 evens); Clarendon Villas (41-71 odds); Clarendon Villas North; Hanover Terrace Villas (Hanover Terrace was the old name of Lansdowne Walk); and Gloucester Terrace (90-110 evens). These were all formally incorporated into Clarendon Road and given their current numbers in 1861.

Codrington Mews

Probably after Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), who commanded a ship at Trafalgar, led the fleet at Washington and Baltimore in the American War and commanded the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia at the battle of Navarino.

Cornwall Crescent

The present crescent was built in the early 1860s. The Rev. Dr Samuel Walker of St Columb Major in north Cornwall owned land here and lost a fortune from unwise building speculation. But the name more probably came from Prince Albert Edward, Duke of Cornwall and later King Edward VII, who came of age in 1862.

Elgin Crescent

Built mainly in the 1850s. Origin of the name unknown, but possibly after the contemporaneous Earl of Elgin, who was active on a variety of diplomatic missions and subsequently became Viceroy of India.

Originally, numbers 2-126 Elgin Crescent were known as Elgin Road. There were also two terraces with their own names: St John’s Terrace (numbers 63-81) and Wellington Terrace.

Holland Park Avenue

In 1641, Sir Henry Rich, subsequently Earl of Holland, inherited the estate of his father-in-law Sir Walter Cope. This included what is now Holland Park and a lot of other land around it. In 1605, Cope had built himself a house (the present semi-ruined Holland House in Holland Park), which was first known as Cope’s Castle. His son-in-law changed the name to Holland House, and the garden and parkland around the house became known as Holland Park. The Rich family title died out in 1759, but in 1763 the Fox family, the new owners of Holland House, were created Barons Holland, so the name lived on and was used for a number of nearby streets, including Holland Park Avenue.

Originally, Holland Park Avenue was known as the Uxbridge Road, as it was the main road out of London to Uxbridge (and its continuation beyond Shepherd’s Bush is still known by that name).  It is an extremely ancient thoroughfare, probably dating back to Saxon times, and formed the southern boundary of the estate acquired by the Ladbroke family in the mid 1770s.

Many of the individual terraces along Holland Park Avenue originally had their own names. These included Grove Terrace (between the Underground station and Clarendon Road); Boyne Terrace (numbers 68-74 evens, immediately to the east of the Underground station); and Notting Hill Terrace (east of Ladbroke Grove). Campden Hill Square, on the other side of the road, was also at that time known as Notting Hill Square.

Horbury Crescent and Horbury Crescent Mews

Horbury Crescent was built in the 1850s. The Crescent and Mews were named after Horbury in West Yorkshire, the home town of the then treasurer and deacon of Horbury Chapel (now the Kensington Temple).

Kensington Park Gardens and Kensington Park Road

“Kensington Park” was the name chosen by the developer Pearson Thompson when in 1842 he prepared a grandiose and only partly realised plan for developing this part of the Ladbroke estate after the collapse of the Hippodrome race-course. Kensington Park Road originally had a number of separately named terraces: Horbury Terrace; Kensington Park Villas; Kensington Park Gardens East; Kensington Park Terrace; St Peter’s Terrace; Kensington Park Terrace North (the name of which can still be seen inscribed on numbers 152 and 154, the central houses of the terrace); Howard Place; Sussex Terrace; and Convent Terrace.

Ladbroke Crescent, Gardens, Grove, Road, Square, Terrace and Walk

The Ladbroke family, who were wealthy bankers, acquired the land which is now the Ladbroke estate probably in the mid-18th century. It was then country. In 1819 the land descended from Richard Ladbroke to his nephew James Weller, on condition that the latter took the name of Ladbroke. The 1820s saw a boom in housebuilding in North Kensington, encouraging James Weller Ladbroke to invite developers to build houses on his land, and several of the new streets thus created were named after him.

Ladbroke Grove

There were a number of separately named terraces in Ladbroke Grove, including Ladbroke Place; Rosedale Terrace (numbers 11-19); Ladbroke Place West (numbers 21-35); Lansdowne Terrace (between Lansdowne Walk and St John’s church); Upper Lansdowne Terrace (numbers 67-75); Elgin Villas; Codrington Villas; Beresford Terrace; Buckingham Terrace; Rosedale Villas; Stanley Villas (between Kensington Park Gardens and Ladbroke Gardens); Codrington Terrace; and Elgin Terrace. These were all formally subsumed into Ladbroke Grove in 1869.

Ladbroke Road

Originally only the part of Ladbroke Road nearest Notting Hill Gate was known by this name. The part of the street between Ladbroke Terrace and Ladbroke Grove was called Weller Street after James Weller Ladbroke. The next section, between Ladbroke Grove and Portland Road, was earlier known as Ladbroke Villas.

Ladbroke Walk

Ladbroke Walk was originally called Ladbroke Terrace Mews, presumably because it served as mews for the horses and carriages of the occupants of the houses in Ladbroke Terrace.

Lansdowne Crescent, Mews, Rise, Road and Walk

All of these were built in the 1840s and were named after the Lansdowne area of Cheltenham, where the developers, Pearson Thompson and Richard Roy, had been active. Lansdowne Walk was known first as Queen’s Terrace and then as Hanover Terrace; and Lansdowne Rise was until 1937 known as Montpelier Road (Montpelier was a popular street name after the Napoleonic wars, as the French sent captured British officers there on parole, and many British prisoners-of war returned with fond memories of the place; Montpellier was also the name of another district of Cheltenham developed by Pearson Thompson).

Lansdowne Road had three separately named terraces: Lansdowne Villas (numbers 2-12 evens); Lansdowne Terrace; and Moreton Villas. They were subsumed into Lansdowne Road in 1863.

Portobello Road

Originally called Portobello Lane and under that name it dates back in the rate books to 1842. But it was in existence earlier and commemorates the name of the farm to which it led. The name probably derived from the 1739 capture of Puerto Bello in Central America from the Spaniards by Admiral Vernon (1684-1757) with only six ships.

Rosmead Road (built around 1898)

It was originally called Chichester Road: this is, for instance the name that appears on the Ordnance Survey map of 1894-96; by the time of the 1912 edition it had acquired its present name, probably after the 1st Baron Rosmead, a distinguished British colonial administrator (chiefly in the Far East and South Africa), who died in 1897.

St Mark’s Place and St Mark’s Road

Named after the nearby church of St Mark’s, built in 1863. St Mark’s Place was originally called Chapel Road after the Baptist Chapel that stood on the north-east corner of Cornwall Crescent.

Stanley Crescent and Stanley Gardens

Built in the 1850s. Probably named after the noted politician Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who became Prime Minister in 1852. There used also to be a Stanley Gardens Mews, which ran down the north side of St Peter’s church. All that is left of it now is the car-park behind the Notting Hill Brasserie.

Vernon Yard

Probably commemorates Admiral Vernon (see entry for Portobello Road above). The terrace of houses in Portobello Road that backs onto the mews was originally called Vernon Terrace, and the mews no doubt served these houses.

Westbourne Grove

Westbourne Grove was originally known as Archer Street, after a Mr Archer who owned land in the area. It was given its present name in 1938, although it continued to be called Archer Street by people in the area for some years afterwards.

The Westbourne is one of London’s lost rivers. It was a stream that ran down from Hampstead into the Thames, passing not far from Westbourne Grove, crossing what is now the beginning of Bishop’s Bridge Road. Today, it runs entirely underground except where it emerges above ground near Lancaster Gate to become the Serpentine.

Only the short section of Westbourne Grove between Kensington Park Gardens and Portobello Road is in the Ladbroke area.

Wilby Mews

Probably named after Benjamin Wilby, who was involved in several 19th century development schemes in the area.

Sources include:

Volume XXXVII of the Survey of London, published for the Greater London Council in 1973;

Kensington and Chelsea Street-Names: a guide to their meanings, compiled by B. R. Curle and Mrs P. K. Pratt, published by Kensington and Chelsea Libraries and Arts Service, 1980;

Ordnance Survey maps of 1862-5; 1894-6; and 1912.

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Where Is the Green Sheep?: Where are you??

Where Is the Green Sheep?
By Mem Fox and Illustrated by Judy Horacek
Harcourt Books, April 2004
Hardcover, 32 pages
Ages birth and up, though stated as 4+
Rating: Must read for picture book lovers!

There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep?

The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story from acclaimed author Mem Fox and popular Australian cartoonist Judy Horacek. Complete with sleepy rhymes and bright illustrations, this book is sure to delight children of all ages, from the very young to those just beginning to read.

Robot's Review: This is such a cute little book. I had read it the first time when child A was a littler child and decided to get it from the library again for child B. Stands the test of time. Still a great book. Includes some opposites. Perfect for bedtime (or other times you need a book!) And of course, the illustrations are great!

Swap Over: Stop complaining!

Swap Over
By Margaret Pearce
Astraea Press, 2012
Rating: Mehhh, if you're bored.
Content Advisory: There could have been a religious exclamation or something similar. I can't remember. It was late.

Maddy had a best friend who had everything, wealthy doting parents, attended an exclusive school, owned her own horse for gymkhanas, and she was well liked and popular as well.  Maddy lived in an ordinary over crowded little house, with two unpleasant sisters who crowded her bedroom and her life. Her parents didn’t have enough money for anything extra and didn’t seem to care that she was missing out on all the good things in life. She attended an ordinary school with her sisters.
Maddy’s wish that she could swap into Jennifer’s life is granted. So she has Jennifer’s privileged life, and Jennifer has her boring poverty struck life. So why is she still unhappy, and why is Jennifer still happy, well liked and popular?

Robot's Review: I browsed this title from my library's overdrive account, not realizing that this is I guess an e-book only kind of book. Hmm. First off, I guess I was given the impression that this was a book about maybe upper elementary grade kids. Which made sense in the voice of the book/main character, but also didn't in a way. She's a whiney, annoying, egotistical girl. She has a friend the same age who's sophisticated and kind. Okay that's fine. But really, it's not fun reading about a whiney, annoying, egotistical girl-which I guess she's just annoying because she is whiney and egotistical and rude.

Later we find out that they're in either 7th or 8th grade (or maybe I skipped the part where it made it obvious?).

To add to the mix, the author is either from Europe or Australia (she did go to Monash...and the reason I know that's in Australia is my maybe future sister-in-law went there.) So there's lingo in the mix or just words it seems like we don't usually use in the US. Or maybe I'm just not as knowledgeable. It seemed more often towards the end of the book than the beginning (or maybe I didn't notice early on) but it seemed weird that all of a sudden it was a different speech.

The book did seem to end abruptly. Again, those other book previews at the end of books can surely trick. I think the actual book ended at about 92% on my kindle.

So let's get to the GOOD things. Still entertaining-ish. If you can get over the MC's voice. It seemed quite obvious to the reader that she needed to be just content and happy with her regular life before she could swap back lives.

So if you dare to read this (did I help? =)), you can check it out from your library's overdrive account or you can buy it from Amazon for $1.99. Though I'm not sure I'd suggest this to my child in the future. Seriously, the whiney tone.

The Lemonade War: Big Brother vs Little Sister

The Lemonade War
By Jacqueline Davies
Houghton Mifflin Books, April 2007
Hardcover, 192 pages

Content Advisory: Bullying, 2-3 religious exclamations
Rating: Enjoyable smart read besides the content advisory

Evan Treski is people-smart. He is good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math-smart—but not especially good at understanding people. She knows that feelings are her weakest subject. So when their lemonade war begins, there really is no telling who will win—and even more important, if their fight will ever end.

Here is a clever blend of humor and math fun. As it captures the one-of-a-kind bond between brother and sister, this poignant novel subtly explores how arguments can escalate beyond anyone’s intent.

Robot's Review: I thought it was really "smart" to include business ideas into the book. Educating kids early on that stuff. Interesting you know.

The parts I didn't like: the random religious exclamations. I don't think it needs to be in children's books (or any book for that matter). And especially if it's less than you can count on your fingers, it seems random and unnecessary. As if it's not quite the author's usual vocab, but she put it in there anyway to make her book "cool". Meh.

Another part- There's  retelling of the bullying that gets to me. It's just sad and really cruel.

Oh and I guess I can add in another part and possible spoiler: (highlight to read- There's a boy towards the end of the book that steals over $200 of money from one of them. And he doesn't get caught. There's no resolution with him stealing. It's just done and the kids accept that. Maybe there'll be more in future books.)

But the plot was fun. A war between siblings. I enjoyed the different perspectives that were given by the two siblings and how misunderstandings can happen...quite easily. The poor kids! But I can see how this book can open up the possibilities of talking things out and understanding each other's feelings and why each person might be feeling a certain way.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery: Click!

Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery
By David A Adler
Puffin; Reprint edition March 2008
Paperback, 64 pages
Rating: Fun series for not scaredy cats

It is a big day at Cam’s school. The governor, who is running for president, is visiting for the dedication of a new library. Police officers, Secret Service agents, photographers, and news reporters are all there to hear the governor speak when . . . bang! A loud sound like a gunshot startles everyone during the ceremony. Was it really a gun, or a noisy cover for a crime? Click along with Cam as she teams up with the Secret Service to solve the mystery. An exciting installment in the much-loved series, this newest Cam Jansen mystery will win new readers and please longtime fans.

Robot's Review: I've read a few Cam Jansen books now, but I think this is the first one that I did. I thought it would be like a Jigsaw Jones book. And pretty much, it is, except that this girl has a photographic memory. Which is kind of cool to read about at first. (Of course the whole spiel is retold in the other pretty much the same way. Which I estimate to be about half a page's worth of writing. Basically- Cam's real name is Jennifer. But when they found out she had photographic memory they nicknamed her 'The Camera', which got shortened to Cam. And they also use to call her 'Red' because of her red hair. And she goes "Click" when she's going through her mental camera...or taking a picture. Yep.

Anyway, these mystery books are ok. The only problem I have with them, is that it's kind of scary isn't it? I mean to a first or second grader I think it could have the potential to scare them. Just worry about bad guys and stuff. But if you're not afraid of that, then this could be a good series for your kid. My son wasn't interested in these books. Well-he didn't even try to read one. But when I asked him if he would read it, he said no. So maybe for girls.

The Donut Chef: Donuts...need I say more?

The Donut Chef
By Bob Staake
Golden Books, Sept 2008
Hardcover, 40 pages
Rating: Must Read! Especially for donut lovers!

IN THIS DELICIOUS tale, a baker hangs out his shingle on a small street, and soon, the line for his doughnuts stretches down the block. But it’s not long before the competition arrives and a battle of the bakers ensues. In the competitive frenzy, both bakers’ doughnuts become “quite bizarre, like Cherry-Frosted Lemon Bar, and Peanut-Brickle Buttermilk, or Gooey Coca- Mocha Silk!” Some are not even very tasty: “Donuts made with huckleberry (don’t be scared, they’re kind of hairy).” One day, Debbie Sue, just barely two, enters the bakery, and searches in vain for her favorite doughnut, where “the choice of donuts left her dazed. Said Debbie Sue, “But I want . . . glazed.” A fun lesson in keeping it simple in which our hero chef decides to go back to the basics, and wins over the whole town.

Robot's Review: Oh this book is cute! And rhymingly delicious! And my son loves donuts (yes, me too). And this book does a great job of making you want more donuts!

I thought the rhyming was great and the pictures too. And now that I've gone gluten-free (day 3) I'll have to see if Whole Foods does a GF donut. Sigh...

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Keepers of the School: Keep the story going

Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School: We the Children
By Andrew Clements
Antheneum Book for Young Readers, April 2011 (HB published Apr 2010)
Paperback, 176 pages
Rating: Read if you have the next one on hand too.

Benjamin Pratt’s school is about to become the site of a new amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true! But lately, Ben has been wonder if he’s going to like an amusement park in the middle of his town—with all the buses and traffic and eight dollar slices of pizza. It’s going to change everything. And Ben is not so big on all the new changes in his life, like how his dad has moved out and started living in the marina on what used to be the “family” sailboat.

Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School: Fear Itself
By Andrew Clements
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aug 2011 (HB published Jan 2011)
Paperback, 240 pages

The Keepers of the School are back and the stakes are even higher. Time is ticking as the countdown to their school’s total demolition continues. Ben has been given a handful of clues that could help them save the school, but they are all written in maritime riddles. “After five bells sound, time to sit down.” What the heck does that mean? It’s hard to know where to begin when Ben and Jill don’t even know what they are looking for.

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I KNOW....another Andrew Clements book. Well, actually two more. But maybe it'll feel like "just one" to you since the ending of the 1st book was quite abrupt and not quite logical. I think grade school kids will find the books enjoyable though and won't be as HUH?! to the ending of the 1st. The ending of the 2nd happened abruptly as well, as I saw there were many pages left, and didn't realize the "discussion" pages were going to take up some space. But the ending didn't strike me as too strange. It was a more natural stopping point than the 1st book.

And even though I do enjoy the books--they're adventurous and mysterious, there was a part in the second book that I thought was so stupid. The kids did something kind of illogical, but I guess does carry the story on and make it more suspenseful. But who would do such a thing! Well, you'll just have to read it to find out what I write of.

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By Mari Kumada
Paperback, 144 pgs
Roost Books, September 11, 2012

Get your paper supplies ready for September, because you are going to want to make some really great pop-up cards!

Can you say creativity?! This book is for both young and old! For anyone who wants to give a homemade card to someone special. There's how-to instructions for cards for weddings, babies, Christmas, birthdays, etc.

Not only are there pop-up card instructions, but also instructions for pull-tab cards and also spinning cards so it's interactive! Also included are colored templates. Just photocopy and you're on your way! Let this book spark your imagination. What kind of card will you make?

Kids will LOVE this. Adults will LOVE this. Start getting creative and get some postage stamps to send your friends and family some happiness.

Rated: 5 Bites and more!

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March 29, 2012

I Trulli: Second Visit

For our quarterly staff lunch (courtesy of our oh-so-generous boss, Dr S), I suggested I Trulli. We got a spacious outdoor table on a perfectly lovely afternoon.

I had it on good information (from my last visit) that the mini calzones were a must try, so we immediately ordered a few plates of both the tomato/mozzarella and the scallion/mushroom (4 per order).

The tomato/mozz were insanely delicious--that flaky, fabulous dough alone is worth the trip. I didn't care for the scallion version, though. Long, stringy bits of scallion greens that were just not for me.

I ordered the Caprese salad, which came with crispy prosciutto on top. Where has crispy prosciutto been all my life? This was outstanding. I dared to share a bite or two with neighbors, even though I wanted to gobble it all up in two seconds flat. Pace yourself!

Another colleague ordered the pumpkin soup and said it was outstanding. It smelled like everything wonderful about fall.

CJ ordered the lasagna, which looked like a stunning work of art on its own. CJ confirmed it was as delicious as it was beautiful.

I did not waver-- I knew going in that I was going to get the 'dish that got away' last time--the rigatoni with lamb meatballs and goat cheese. So good. Where do they get this goat cheese? I need more of it in my life!

A few other folks ordered the fish dishes on that day's menu and raved about how great they were. They LOOK fantastic, don't they?

This group doesn't skip dessert, either. We ordered one of almost everything and shared.

I will not be sharing the tiramisu next time. Mine! All mine!

Another standout: the apple tart! I tried that last, expecting it to be a flat disappointment, but the crust was melt-in-your-mouth wonderful, the filling perfectly spiced, and I went back for seconds. Bravo.

The second visit confirms it--I Trulli has heavenly hand-made pasta, delicious salads, and shut-your-mouth desserts. Definitely put this place on your list!

I Trulli Ristorante/Enoteca

122 E 27th St # 1

New York, NY 10016

(212) 481-7372

March 07, 2012

Tea & Sympathy...and STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING!!!!

We had a lovely meal at A Salt & Battery (review here), but ABF (that's Awesome BoyFriend for you new visitors) & I weren't ready to go home yet. We walked around a bit before deciding to stop for some hot tea at another favorite spot of mine: Tea & Sympathy.

T & S is a tiny little spot just a few doors down from A Salt & Battery. They have high tea, sandwiches, hot and cold food, but for me, they do desserts best. I managed to convince ABF to make some room for a few sweet bites.

First, the tea--ABF ordered a pot of English Breakfast, and I ordered a pot of Earl Grey. They came out in steaming hot pots with lovely, eclectic teacups.

My first and last (until this ABF visit) taste of their sticky toffee pudding a good 8 years ago, and I've been thinking about it ever since. It's a delicate yet slightly dense cake swimming, deliciously swimming, in a pool of custard. ZOMG this custard!!

ABF ordered the ginger pudding, which also comes in its own custard bath. This was too gingery for my taste--almost bites you back, but ABF liked it. However, we BOTH preferred my sticky toffee pudding overall. So. Good.

Tea & Sympathy always has great, friendly service, and I've yet to try a custard that tops theirs. I mean not in London proper, not in my kitchen, nowhere! Blast! ABF & I are on our way back as soon as we can make it happen!

Tea & Sympathy
108 Greenwich Avenue
New York, NY 10011
(212) 807-8329

March 06, 2012

A Salt & Battery

As you may already know, ABF spent almost 7 months last year living in London. I think he's kind of missing it (in fact, I'm pretty sure), and I know I'm always longing for another visit. I decided that for Leap Year (aka Sadie Hawkins Day), I would treat ABF to some good old fish & chips in NYC's unofficial "Little Britain."

A Salt & Battery is a tiny space--only a handful of seats inside--but oh is it worth squeezing in and snagging a seat!

The menu is pretty basic-- a few different types of fish, bangers & mash, and other typical British fare. Yum!

We started off with some adult beverages--an icy-cold Strongbow (hard apple cider) for me. Crisp, tart, with just enough sweetness.

ABF ordered a Fullers London Pride beer. I'm not so into the beer, so I declined his offer to try it.

For my fried fish, I went with the haddock (my second choice if cod is not available), getting the smaller portion, which rings up at around 8 bucks. Their parsley (?)-tinged tartar sauce is FANTASTIC.

ABF ordered the same size but got the pollock (also $8). They were both delicious, and I am pretty sure I couldn't tell the difference between the 2 fish in a blind taste test.

It wouldn't be fish & chips without the chips (which come separately at A Salt & Battery)--these were quite tasty--meaty bits of potato, not too-cooked.

And our favorite side: mushy peas. These aren't as GREEN as the ones at Chip Shop, but they are just as delicious. So good.

We shared some typical British treats--a deep-fried Mars Bar ($4)--which to me is like a Milky Way but somehow so much better. It's super-rich, so splitting it was a good idea. Melty, caramel, deliciousness.

ABF ordered the banana fritter ($4), which probably makes your American mind think of a large, fried dough funnel cake type dessert, but this is literally just a deep fried banana. A ripe, sweet, almost melt in your mouth banana. Good, but I'd say the Mars bar was better.

It's not fancy-shmancy, but the food at A Salt & Battery is flat-out delicious. Tender, flaky fish that's not burnt to a crisp, savory mushy peas and tasty chips--and deep-fried desserts! Leave your passport at home and have a tasty meal in NYC!
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Friend of a Farmer: Breakfast

After a deeply disappointing dinner, I returned to Friend of a Farmer at ABF's request-- he'd had one of the best breakfasts EVER there, he insisted, and I should give it one more chance.

I was meeting up for a weekday breakfast with my friend Jeannie-- she lives a few states away but was in town for a conference. I couldn't pass up the chance to spend some time with her!

We got a cozy two-top in the upstairs area, where I've never sat before. Cute room! It has a fireplace, a country feel, and warm tones all around the open-air layout.

I was really hungry and almost picked a breakfast that came with pancakes, bacon, and more-- but opted not to get that one. I wasn't in the mood to take chances, so I ordered something I love: Eggs Benedict.

The dishes are very bare bones, no frills or even a fruit twist on the side. Mine came with a very small portion, maybe 2 heaping tablespoons, of home fried potatoes. My eggs, however, were perfectly cooked and delicious. The Hollandaise was very light with a bracing lemon kick to it, thin but very flavorful.

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Jeannie ordered the Farmer's Omelet, which came with spinach and cheese. She asked for an English muffin on the side instead of home fries (see my dish-she wasn't missing out on much!), so when her omelet arrived, it looked a little sad in the skillet with all that empty space where potatoes would have been. Aesthetics aside, Jeannie enjoyed her omelet!
We both got French press coffee, and this was fantastic. Velvety smooth, rich, and not a hint of burned or bitter flavors. Stellar brew!

The service was wonderful-- our server was friendly and funny, came at the perfect times to check on us, and while he did NOT rush us out of there, he was also quick to bring us back the bill so we could head out for a lovely walk through Manhattan..with a stroll right past nearby fancy-pants Gramercy Park, of course. Prices are also very reasonable (about 20 pp for breakfast and a pot of coffee, including tax & tip).

Friend of a Farmer definitely redeemed themselves in this instance, and I wouldn't hesitate to come back again for breakfast!

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jRPGs are an ode to the fans. They seem determined to recreate that special place for a very particular group of people at a certain time in video game history. Nostalgia doesn’t feel like living, however. It’s that familiar ghost of pleasant feelings without much thinking—nice to reminisce about—but a corpse to drag around if you cling to it. That’s how jRPGs feel to me now, a weight that I constantly rationalize carrying. I just feel too old for them now, grown past the usual tropes and mechanics. This is because jRPGs only earn such a title and standing by including a large amount of conventions from a niche of games, and if you mess with that formula too much, a game drops outside of the tastes of the fanbase.

In a sense, jRPGs represent a lot of what’s wrong with video games. Namely, things being there just because. Many of these titles advertise 60+ hours of gameplay, but a lot of that time is spent grinding levels and includes other filler tactics. The numerous cutscenes would be worth it if they were something other than the usual young genki girl flirting with the dismissive and brooding protagonist. Again. jRPGs are actually embarrassing to play now, as evidenced by the many sheepish smiles and explanations that I had to give my friends when they walked in on me playing Tales of Graces f.

Short of destroying genre lines entirely, I think that these games could revitalize a once high demand sector of video games. The later installments of the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series—and Altus games overall—have garnered wide attention. Persona 3 and 4 captured my own attention in a way that I’d consider indentured servitude if it meant that Persona 5 would soon be within my grasp. Those games obviously pander to the same crowd by choosing a setting common to a lot of anime (a Japanese high school) but also explore themes and mechanics that we don’t commonly see in jRPGs. All of the main characters are nuanced characters and resist the stereotypical roles that other games would have shoved them into, and the games themselves have a macabre overtone. The Persona series might stick to the usual aesthetics of the jRPG, but the themes have matured with the crowd following the series instead of transporting them to the past. While saving the world is a part of it, Persona 3’s main allure is exploring the strength of interpersonal ties and what it means to live. In its sequel, you’re solving a murder mystery and entertaining LGBT issues with some of your party members. These aren’t topics that you’d find in your favorite SNES RPGs and their predecessors. This doesn’t devalue jRPG classics, but rather implies their time has come and gone.

Ultimately, the context surrounding Final Fantasy XIII-2 describes what feels like the drawn out death of a genre. Artistic risks are treated with extreme disdain and the most blatant fan service is encouraged. Games are just another arrangement of the same mechanics alongside a thin story that barely justifies their presence, and aren’t we past that? Given the hyperactive cycle of the game industry, fans eventually are going to get bored of playing the same ol’ thing, especially when other genres are adapting jRPG elements to fit into their own arsenals. That might describe how I’m feeling about jRPGs now, bored and slightly disgusted. Developers will find themselves scrambling (if they aren’t already) when fans abandon their monopoly on a tradition.

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Pamela McMahon, Dale McMahon and singer-storyteller Helena Byrne. Photo by Gary Singh

Helena Byrne, an Irish singer and storyteller from across the Atlantic, is entertaining a group of 40 people with stories about the footprint of St. Patrick. She sings familiar songs and then conjures up a few pagan stories about Samhain. I'm in the back row, with all of us comfortably jammed into the parlor of Pamela McMahon's house in Santa Clara.

Byrne is on tour, her first time ever on the West Coast, and this performance is a fundraiser for the San Jose-Dublin Sister City Committee's educational programs, which include a trans-Atlantic academic exchange between San Jose State University and the prestigious Dublin institutions of Trinity College and Dublin City University. Sister Cities International includes 500 member communities around the world, with over 2,000 partnerships in more than 140 countries, but San Jose-Dublin is the only partnership featuring a graduate level scholarship exchange between two cities.

As I scarf on way too many handfuls of mixed nuts and homemade cookies in the McMahon household, I am reminded of Pat McMahon, Pam's husband, who passed away a few years ago. One of the local heroes that originally founded the San Jose-Dublin relationship back in the '80s, Pat McMahon was a lawyer, activist, community booster for all things Irish and a veritable legend around these parts.

When Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney showed up at San Jose State, McMahon was the one who introduced him. He was also the proprietor of Paddy's Pub on Santa Clara Street, San Jose's only non-smoking bar at the time, and also where many of us watched the 1994 World Cup matches, since no other place showed them. He was a big proponent of education, so the SJ-Dublin academic exchange is now officially called The Pat McMahon Masters Level Exchange Scholarship Series. His widow, Pamela, is hosting the event tonight, but the cosmic spirit of Pat McMahon definitely seems to be present. Just hanging out with Irish people turns me into a mystic. It happens every time.

Even without the physical embodiment of Pat McMahon, his house soaks in history. Numerous books occupy the shelves. On one wall I see a painting of Henry's Hi-Life and a rocking autographed poster of the Ali-Frazier "Thrilla in Manilla" fight. I also see remnants of Paddy's Pub everywhere, including signs, ephemera and a huge mirror that I think was behind the bar. The transnational nexus of San Jose-Dublin royalty reigns free at this property.

When it comes to academic exchanges, several graduate student engineers have now traveled from Dublin straight to downtown San Jose over the last few years thanks to this program, supported by Cypress Semiconductor. But as of right now, for the first time, funds were raised to support an exchange in the other direction, this time in the humanities. Gurpreet Pannu, a second year music education student from SJSU's School of Music and Dance, my alma mater, is now studying at Dublin City University until September. Raised in a small Central Valley town by parents from India, Pannu graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor's in music and a minor in education before coming to San Jose for graduate study, where she directed the SJSU Young Musicians' Project, a program providing private and group lessons to inner-city and low-income youth. Until this trip, she had never before traveled anywhere near Europe. Her passion for music and citizen diplomacy is evidenced by what she wrote in her application: "Music is the relation that binds people together, binds people to their cultures, religions, ethnicities, to family, friends and even the stranger next to you." Amen.

As someone who spent six weeks studying abroad during grad school at SJSU, also operating from the music department, I have a dream that travel should be required for every American college student. In my adult years, I started traveling at age 24 and never stopped. Travel opens the mind, increases curiosity, creativity and cultural literacy, all of which help chip away at xenophobia, racism and a variety of ills plaguing this country. Anyone who's traveled extensively will tell you this. You become a more enlightened person. The Pat McMahon Masters Level Exchange Scholarship Series is a righteous cause. Even better, you don't have to be Irish to donate:[ http://www.sanjosedublin.org/ ] sanjosedublin.org.


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