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Andrew Rostan was a film student before he realized that making comics was his horrible destiny, but he’s never shaken his love of cinema. Every two weeks, he’ll opine on current pictures or important movies from the past.

Inside Out

One of the most indelible memories of childhood moviegoing was twenty years ago, watching a cartoon the likes of which I had never seen before called Toy Story. Since that day in 1995, Pixar has given the world a gift of extraordinary all-ages films from studio chief John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and others that have redefined both the style and substance of modern filmmaking. However, Pixar post-2010 has fallen into a rut, mostly producing films of lesser quality. Inside Out, the new feature from Docter (who also helmed Monsters, Inc. and Up), is a sign that this trend is about to change.

The Dueling Forces That Drive Pixar

Inside Out was a cause for celebration in my mind even before its release, and to understand why requires a very brief look what I see as the dueling ambitions of Pixar.

On the one hand, Pixar unquestionably wants to not just push the envelope of animation, but send it falling over the cliff into a storm until it is ripped into confetti. This goes right back to Toy Story and the early films, in which the studio tested how far and how detailed computer animation can go. Watching the film-by-film progression is stunning, all the more so when thinking of how genuinely good those movies were. By the time of Finding Nemo in 2003, the animation was in an unprecedented place, and at this point Pixar, as an established brand, began developing original and almost unprecedented stories, fusing the Disney style with the aesthetics of not just Hayao Miyazaki, whom the studio chiefs worship, but also the great American independent lineage that stretches from the Hubleys to Richard Williams to Ralph Bakshi. The run from 2003 to 2009 that gave us Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up was a series of unexpected and not obviously commercial plots (A rat becomes a chef? Two robots on a destroyed Earth? An old widower flies his house to the middle of South America?), remarkably intelligent screenplays, and breathtakingly executed animation, all with a sense of heart and wonder to charm even the most icily analytical critic.

Say, this guy.

Say, this guy.

Maybe I overstate the case, but I can remember seeing those films in cinemas and being filled with wonder and something close to rapture at how smart, funny, beautiful, and inspiring these movies could be.

I left one picture out of that list above, because it speaks to Pixar’s other ambition: to be a blockbuster factory on par with Disney at its best.

As Charlton Heston once said, "It can do nothing for me but make me a big pile of money."

As Charlton Heston once said, “It can do nothing for me but make me a big pile of money.”

The missing movie is, of course, Cars, lifelong automobile lover John Lasseter’s pet project. Though made from a place of great heart, Cars was an overly cartoony, less interesting film with a derivative plot and a great deal done in service to Larry the Cable Guy’s “wackiness.” This drop in Pixar quality didn’t matter, because they—and Disney—realized that talking, friendly-looking cars were a marketing dream. Cars raked in a fortune, and suddenly Pixar was developing films as properties that could tie in to past successes and attract an audience eager to pay to revisit characters and earn a mint from the accompanying merchandise. The ambitious Brave was an anomaly in a string of giant sequels, and while Toy Story 3 mixed some terrific comedy with a genuine tear-jerker of a plot, Cars 2 and Monsters University were two of the more pointless movies ever made. Watching these films come out, I realized that Pixar in the 2010s was losing its luster, especially with Disney’s own animation studio surging back to the forefront with the critical and commercial smashes of Tangled and Frozen.

Therefore, a highly unusual film such as Inside Out led me to conclude that Pixar had gone again in search of the magic, to make a film that would be both a giant hit and, more importantly, give audiences something they had never seen before.

The former aim is an open question for now, but they definitely succeeded with the latter.

The Genius and Emotions of Inside Out

Inside Out is a film with no anthropomorphism and nothing automatically marketable in sight. The film concerns itself with 11 year-old Riley Anderson–an average, very happy girl from Minnesota whose family moves to San Francisco–and even more specifically concerns itself with Riley’s emotions of Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger, who “run” her mentality from their Headquarters. The tumult of the move causes an occurrence in Riley’s mind that flings Joy and Sadness from Headquarters, and the two end up on a tour of her consciousness while Fear, Disgust, and Anger try to hold things together. What the viewer sees is that Riley’s imagination, knowledge, and critical reasoning are all linked to her memories and the emotions that shape these memories, the whole combining to form her personality. This concept alone makes Inside Out a wise film; so often, intellect and emotion are portrayed as different ends of a scale (think Kirk and Spock), but this film demonstrates how they are inextricably linked in a way anyone, especially the target audience, can understand. However, the movie goes further.

The heart of the movie comes from a misunderstanding on the part of Joy. The emotions all get along well, but Joy has never understood why Sadness is there and what purpose she serves. The journey they take together results in Joy having a revelation as to why Sadness is necessary for the personality. I don’t want to give away too much of the plot, but the final conclusion of Inside Out is that people live a great life not when their existence is full of joy, but when they can be honest about their emotions and let those emotions emerge at the times they are needed. In a climate where so many movies define success as triumph and contentment, and reserve emotional complexity for more downbeat stories, the message of Inside Out is an outstanding one for an impressionable mind and heart.

Moreover, the ideas are perfectly executed in the animation and casting. Docter and co-director Ronnie Del Carmen create the most all-encompassing of Pixar’s universes. The real world is depicted with expected and ever-more-refined care and detail, but Riley’s head is a smorgasbord of styles, from the 1950s retro futurism-meets-Broadway musical (in the animators’ own words) of Headquarters to the grandiose color explosions of Imagination to the darkness of the Abyss (where obsolete memories are pushed to be forgotten) to my personal favorite, Abstract Reasoning, a world that owes a great debt to Chuck Jones’s most ambitious cartoons. The emotions themselves are rendered with some of Pixar’s most complex and beautiful designs ever; Docter conceived of the constantly active emotions as “a massive collection of energy” and their bodies constantly shift and sparkle. It delights the eye and boggles the brain as to how well they pulled it off. In addition, the visual palette is reflected in a whimsical and moving Michael Giacchino score that seems to use every instrument conceivable.

The animation, and the screenplay by Docter, Josh Cooley, and Meg LeFauve (who is now working on Captain Marvel, which is an exciting thought) is accompanied by a terrific voice cast. At the center of this cast is Amy Poehler, and anyone who doubts she is a national treasure will be convinced by her portrayal of Joy.

Just like Leslie Knope, Joy takes charge.

Poehler bursts with spirit, strength, and an irrepressible cheerfulness as Joy, but also knows when to rein her joyfulness in for the two most effective and moving scenes of the picture. One is the opening, when a newborn Riley opens her eyes, sees her parents, and makes Joy the very first emotion to be called into being. The other is Joy’s revelation about Sadness, which occurs when Joy accidentally lands in the Abyss and picks through a multitude of memories. No Pixar sequence will ever match the opening of Up in terms of making you weep, but this part of Inside Out runs a very close second. I don’t want to say much more…just watch the movie.

Poehler’s performance works in large part due to her interplay with Phyllis Smith, who is wonderful as Sadness, by turns so mopey she can’t even walk and very empathetic, with a drooping but strangely warm voice to match. (I also love their designs: they look like two 1950s liberal arts students, Joy the chic one with an Audrey Hepburn cut, Sadness the intellectual with owl glasses and turtleneck.) Lewis Black, Bill Hader, and Mindy Kaling are just as perfectly cast and provide some necessary light touches to the serious story. Richard Kind does his borscht belt best as an imaginary friend, and the rest of the cast is full of wonderful little turns from very welcome voices. A final mention must be given to Kaitlyn Dias, who excels as Riley, conveying all her different moods with conviction.

Riley is the reason I urge any reader with children, nieces and nephews, little cousins, or any youths in their charge to go see Inside Out. It is a work that fulfills its ambitions and offers something valuable to take away. And it restores Pixar to the forefront of innovative cartoon-making. AND it has the funniest closing sequence in the studio’s history.

Get ready to cry again, just like at this scene...

But before you hit that point, get ready to cry again, just like at this scene…

Images from Fat Movie Guy, IMDB, Red Oak Junior High School, Subscene, and Chicago Now.

Andrew Rostan

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Andrew Rostan's first graphic novel, "An Elegy for Amelia Johnson," was named one of the best comics of 2011 by USA Today. His second book will be published by Archaia/Boom! Studios in 2015. When not telling fictional stories, he enjoys nothing more than conversing with his fellow Recorder members and the rest of the world.

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WIWT 2010 Summary

Preparation for the wedding has started since we only decided on the wedding date around December last year. So many things to do but the first thing we did was to find a designer for my wedding dresses :)

I've started being more busy on the wedding preparations, more time & blogposts spent on that.

MARCH - No WIWT shots, final month before I become a wife. Naz left for a business trip in Japan for 5 weeks and came back a week before we got married, I had to do everything by myself. I thought I could have died of fatigue.

I know I've started feeling unlike myself, I get tired so easily, I didn't enjoy our mini honeymoon coz I was tired tired tired all the time.

Only 4 posts this month of May, first I said I was sick and wrote "Take care while you still have your health". Don't know why I said that, sounded so serious. Second post, I was still sick (constant fever, diarrhea, pale, fatigue, shortness of breath) but I posted photos of our solemnization day I got from our wedding photographer. Third post - I finally mustered some energy to go out & mingle, went to Leftblock x Nike event. Fourth - the shocking newsflash.

Uniform for months - with the occasional sweater, beanie and proper matching socks.
Zero posts around these month, was in and out of the hospital most of the time. 3-4 weeks in hospital, and then a few days resting period at home then back to the hospital. I tweeted most of the time. I'm really grateful for those who came to visit, even people whom I've never met (blog readers) came by, such kind hearts. My mother instantly moved in the ward with me, taking care of me like ol' times. Husband came by every single day after work - all the way from Bangi to Ampang. He never slept in our bedroom at home when I wasn't there, he slept on the sofa instead. He told me to keep on writing but I just couldn't. He wrote instead.

Feels so good to be back at home after so long, I got a full month leave from the hospital during Ramadhan and celebrated Eid at my hometown. Finally wrote a post about my cancer, surprised that there are still people reading my blog and giving me support eventhough they only know me through words & pictures.

Was determined to make full use of my stay-at-home leave to meet my friends and go out and just be happy. Attempted to wear the hijab ala Yuna but failed. Was nervous meeting Jezmine & Adriani, in my first maxi skirt and two toned hijab. I'm liking more & more the versatility of styling hijab and loving all the supports from family and friends.

Can't tell you how much I love this month of the year, too many good things happened. Grown closer to really good people, met more amazing people, made new friends. Loved a lot and laughed a lot. All in all, happiest December so far ♥

As a conclusion, 2010 has it's positive streaks - hardships & happy moments preparing for our wedding, designed my own wedding dresses + solemnization outfit, got married to the love of my life after 7 years of courtship, moved in together to an apartment, made new friends, finally met Yuna in person and the infamous Hana Tajima, started wearing hijab permanently (best decision ever).

And the negative side - got diagnosed of leukemia, but hey I won't let it define my life! :)

  1. Ami I cried reading this :'(

    You've got so much strength with you. InshaAllah, you will be better :)

  2. what a year kan ami... hopefully all the changes makes us to be a better person.. InsyaALLAH..

    akibat tido petg tadi, aku mimpi ko lagi gi makan2 kat Klang ngan awin. ko makan kuew tiow udang banyak sgt. ( maybe means that ur getting better! )

  3. YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!
    We're here for you every step of the way. :)

  4. hey ami,
    after reading this entry, i feel like saluting you.. wait no.. I salute you...

    When I read this entry, this is what i feel...
    `It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters`

    u have definitely made an impact on me, even if you don't realize it. keep that strong spirit in you!!! dont ever let it go away.

  5. Nicely done!!
    I know this year has been a hard year for you and hubs..I wish you all the health and wealth for your 2011, ami! :DD

    *Group hug!!*

  6. @Z *wipes your tear* toksah nangeh nanti kita pun nangeh gak sob sob

    @cecima, hang mimpi aku banyak sangat ni mesti anak hang comel cam muka aku kan kan nanti? hehe.. amin la yea..

    @adriani, but but i'm a girl...
    huhu thanks angel!

    @hanna, i hope i inspired you in a good way :)

    @shea, tq shea! *group hug*

  7. dear ami y strong gle.....lawa...

  8. Hi,

    Stumbled upon your blog while readign Jezmine's. Good luck Ami and take care. You are amazing in so many ways :-)

  9. AMI!
    i feel very fortunate to have met you, and eventho i dont know you so well, but i honestly love you =)

    may Allah bless you with much much fortunes for the next years to come,

    and as from me, i will always support you! =D

    love much much,
    maria bising much. ehee!!

  10. semoga 2011 lebih tabah, lebih ceria, lebih klasik, lebih vintage.

  11. photo overload:D

    All the best for 2011 hunxxx

  12. more blessings and great things for you in 2011 ami nami.. amin..

  13. I'm really happy for you and I admire you alot. I've been reading your log for a while now, but never commented before and finally I decided to do it hehe

    Happy new year dear and may 2011 be fille with joy and more blessings from Allah. Be strong and Allah will always be there for you.

  14. ami....!!! i baru tau u cancer ape, after reading ur hub's blog..uwaaaaaa...!!!! all this while, i just tau u were down with cancer je...u mmg tabah ami...selama ni, i'm just a silent reader tapi after reading what he wrote, i mmg betol2 touched and terasa nak comment..hihi...harap u happy selalu k...aminnnnnnn!

  15. You are a STRONG WOMAN. You're truly an inspiration to every woman in the world ! Keep it up, honey !! And cheers about wearing hijab, Alhamdulillah :)

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La Vie en Rose Afghan | Crochet Pattern | Test of Revisions

The La vie en Rose Afghan and Border Crochet Pattern tests are in from my testers and what delightful testers they are!
I'm very fortunate to have these people in my life. 🥰
This is the test of my tester's edits. I'm not really sure what it is...
a large pincushion?
Maybe a stuffed animal or doll pillow?
Maybe just a little decoration?
 I've added at a little apple blossom from the Apple Blossom Branch pattern found by clicking here.

You can find the pattern for the La Vie en Rose Afghan with the border or just the border with my revisions in the
Apple Blossom Dreams Etsy shop by clicking here.

The new revised pattern should be out this week.
I'll announce it here on my blog and Instagram.
This is the backside.

You can find the original pattern for the afghan with my first revisions by clicking on the following links:

 This version is made with Stylecraft Special DK and Scheepjes Colour Crafter.
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Green Chili Pepper Family

Green Chili Pepper Oil Painting

Daily Painting #73 – Green Chili Pepper Family
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Oil painting on gessoed matboard
Approximately 6.5 x 6.5 inches — 16.5 x 16.5 cm
US$100 plus shipping
For purchasing information, please e-mail me: faith@artisticrealism.com

As the title suggests, here’s papa chili, mama chili and baby chili! Lately, I have been using thicker paint, especially for the brightest highlights.

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  1. Kathleen Says:

    Very nice! I like your cupcake painting too.

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    Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, Ms. Harrington! Glad you like my paintings!

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Archive: Issue No. 133, September 2008

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Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Mlwa ne Nkunzi 2008
diptych, archival ink on cotton rag paper
112 x 84.5cm each
photo: Lambro

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Europa 2008
archival ink on cotton rag paper
image size 100 x 100cm
paper size 112 x 112cm
photo: Tony Meintjes

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Nftombi mfana 2007
cowhide including ears, faces and tails, waxed cord
height 165cm

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Indlovukati 2007
cowhide, resin, polyester mesh, waxed cord
153 x 89 x 70cm

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
The Fighters 2006
cowhide, resin, polyester mesh, waxed cord
dimensions variable

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Silent Embrace 2007
digital print on cotton rag paper
173 x 91cm

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Balandzeli 2004
cowhide, resin, waxed cord
137 x 360 x 70cm

Nandipha Mntamb

Nandipha Mntambo
Idle 2004
cowhide, resin, polyester mesh, steel
90 x 47 x 59cm (approx)

Nandipha Mntambo
by Tavish McIntosh (September 2008)

As a youngster, Nandipha Mntambo wanted to become a forensic pathologist. Although that career never materialised, Mntambo brings to artmaking a focus on the organic nature of identity. Her interest is not of the test-tube variety, but instead the materiality of the variously lived and vacated body fascinates her.

Her breakthrough came in 2004 with Idle where she began moulding raw cowhides onto plaster casts of shop-dummy's legs. Mntambo converted a small, out-of-the-way studio at Michaelis into her 'laboratory' and started to develop her characteristic modus operandi. The original shop-dummy was soon replaced with plaster casts of her own body and those around her. These moulds would be enveloped by the still-malleable cowhide after its 'curative' chemical immersion. Once the cowhide was adequately moulded into shape, the body-cast was replaced with resin allowing the hide to form an empty floating bodily receptacle that subtly echoes the shape of the absent figure.

It is these strangely evocative hides and the garments that are sewn out of them that make up the bulk of Mntambo's work, and which form the basis for her more recent forays into photography and video. The skin of the cow is often also used as a covering for human bodies, thus the sculptures - without their bovine filling - oscillate between evoking the garments that can be shod at will and the bodies that once contained living, breathing, masticating beings with four stomachs.

Mntambo embraces this ambiguity, referring to the dresses of the Herero women in Iqaba Lami and elaborate couture trains with Lelive Lami. The glossy fur of the hides is alluring, but their undersides betray their traumatically organic origins. Mntambo plays with the tension between the sightly and the unsightly, the alluring and the repulsive, by manipulating how her viewers negotiate the two aspects of the hide. Indlovukati contrasts with the fighters in that the former refuses to render the unsightly underside up for inspection by facing the gallery wall, whilst the latter shows two figures facing each other so that the viewer is unable to view the glossy fur without stepping between them into the awkward space left.

Cowhide is a conceptually loaded substance and to conflate the (often dark) cowhide with the female figure is a contentious practice, which might arguably naturalize the ideological metonymy of women, blackness and nature. Other readings of Mntambo's work have centered on the traditional practice of 'ilobola' [bride-price] in South Africa, which is often criticised by feminists for reducing women to the level of possessions. Although these issues do play a part in Mntambo's attraction to the medium, it is reductive to read her production only in these terms. In filling out the vacated body of the cow with different forms, then vacating it again or re-embodying it herself, Mntambo utilizes the semantic layering embedded in her material to flesh out, exaggerate and ultimately - I would argue - deflate the terms which have kept people in subjugated states of embodiment. The quasi-scientific arguments which backed up the discourse of racism and sexism have long been discredited; however, their semantic legacy continues to haunt contemporary culture. It is this ghosting that Mntambo points to with her evocative and alluring sculptures.

But ghosting occurs on more than one level in Mntambo's work. Unable to fully capture the body which once filled them, the hides are also unable to escape the form left by that body. Mntambo notes how each incarnation of the hide leaves its mark, a residual impression on the form. The impressions, pulls, scars and even tears bear witness, haunting the outline of the hide to demonstrate the traumas of its various manifestations.

In the photographs Mlwa ne Nkunzi and Nftombi mfana Mntambo dons the cowhides in a play on the masculine matador's sumptuous and attention-seeking waistcoats. In so doing the artist muddies the gender roles usually cemented in the ritual bull-fighting arena, where men fight bulls in the ultimate expression of masculine virility. With these pieces, Mntambo investigates the cross-cultural struggles around gender-definition. That these forums for asserting masculinity make their way from the colonial centres into the former colonies (like the bull-fighting arena Mntambo found in Mozambique) demonstrates the colonial tides of cultural infiltration. Mntambo's work takes on the residual indigenous and imported cultural rituals that attempt to shore up the traditional distinctions between different bodies, using the repressed politics of these rituals to haunt the spaces set up for their adulation.

'My work is always greatly informed and influenced by the process of its making. My journey begins with the process of sorting through piles of salted cowhide for the perfect one. In the past I've had the hides tanned for me, but this time I purchased a home tanning kit comprising various different chemicals. Unfortunately the instructions in the kit didn't adequately prepare me for the next step: power tooling my way through thick layers of fat which need to be removed - a thoroughly nauseating process! After this the hide has to soak in a chemical bath for a week. I then stretch it over my mould - a combination of casts taken from my own body and the limbs of store mannequins, joined together using cretestone and resin. I have to really pull, stretch and nail down the hide so that it takes on the desired shape, but natural forces also play a part in the final result. Finally once it's dry I use a polyester mesh and resin to secure the shape. - Catalogue statement for 'In the Making: Materials and Process' at Michael Stevenson 2005.

'My intention is to explore the physical and tactile properties of hide and aspects of control that allow or prevent me from manipulating this material in the context of the female body and contemporary art. I have used cowhide as a means to subvert expected associations with corporeal presence, femininity, sexuality and vulnerability. The work I create seeks to challenge and subvert preconceptions regarding representation of the female body. The hair-covered but arguably beautiful female figures I create disrupt perceptions of attraction and repulsion. Being confronted with a hairy life-size woman which is not necessarily unequivocally repulsive causes various reactions, which have encouraged some viewers to re-think their ideas of the desirable.' - Catalogue statement for 'Ingabisa' at Michael Stevenson 2007.

'By experimenting with the process of tanning and casting cowhide into a shape, allowing drying, then re-wetting it, I have discovered that the hide also remembers the shape it was previously moulded onto and retains elements of this even in its new shape. This "material memory" that seems to live within the skin cells of the animals I use means that the medium itself can be seen as one that physically engages the concept of recollection, both on a cellular and physical level.' - Catalogue statement for 'Ingabisa' at Michael Stevenson 2007.

'The ambiguous space that exists within this (my "present/absence") is really intriguing me... I also enjoy the thought that anyone can occupy that space - viewers of my work can "step into" the shapes that are left empty and occupy the space I once did.' - Interview 2006.

'Just realising that there's more than just African connotations to the material [of cowhide] allows me the freedom to continue. Experiencing my work in different context, helped me with how I'd like my work to be read. Where I'm functioning from there's a very specific perception about the work. But I have learnt to channel these perceptions more and more.' - interview 2008

'Mntambo's concerns as an artist are cleverly reinforced by her choice of material: cowhide. It is a material variously associated with wealth and power. The literal hairiness of her figures also functions as a distancing device... Her work encourages us to critique the politics and aesthetics of femininity and beauty and is suggestive of the ways in which (black) women are re-interpreting their bodies and claiming visibility.' Gabi Ngcobo in Art South Africa vol 04, issue 03, 2006.

'Nandipha Mntambo works in a medium whose very substance as sculptural material depends on the fragility of memory. To reduce her work to the particular cultural and historical significance of cowhide in South Africa is to misinterpret the delicate line between culture, history and memory that her work traversesO^?�� The Nguni cultural practices associated with Mntambo's chosen medium are less inherent than inherited, and are often imposed on her along with assumptions about what it means to be a black woman artist working in contemporary South Africa. Mntambo defines herself as existing between several worlds, and refuses to be located in one particular identity.' Bettina Malcomess in Nandipha Mntambo, Michael Stevenson 2007.

Mntambo is currently editing her video piece, which is be her first foray into the medium. The video translates Mntambo's interest in femininity and cows into a cross-gender foray into bulls and the masculine arena of the bull-fight. It shows Mntambo as a matador in a deserted bull-fighting arena. She enacts a phantasmagoric bull-fight, making herself both the subject and the object of the work. For Mntambo, this video - although it puts her back into the frame of her work - continues with the theme of absence and residue because of the silent, vacated stadium in which it was shot. She will be taking the video to Berlin shortly for the exhibition 'Performing South Africa' curated by Stefanie Wenner at Hebbel am Ufer.

Mntambo graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art with a Master's degree with distinction in June 2007. Her graduate work was exhibited in a solo showing at the Michael Stevenson Gallery entitled 'Ingabisa'. The fighters, a sculpture on this exhibition, was a significant work for Mntambo because it showed her the possibilities for dealing with internal and external conflict through the dynamic created between her sculptures. The two figures were suspended in close proximity, so that the viewer was forced to deal with the underside of the hide facing them or to insert themselves into the awkward space left between them from where the glossy fur was visible.

During her studies and since, Mntambo has taken part in numerous local and abroad exhibitions. She was included in the Dak'Art bienale in Senegal, 'Erase me from who I am' in Las Palmas, 'Apartheid: The South African Mirror' and '.za' in Siena. She was a finalist in the MTN New Contemporaries Award in 2006, curated by Khwezi Gule. And before that she was awarded the curatorial fellowship for the Brett Kebble Art Awards in 2005 - for the exhibition that of course never happened.

Mntambo had her first public outing with the Sophie Perryer-curated 'In the Making: Materials and Process' at Michael Stevenson in 2005. Purge and Stepping into self that she showed here were later chosen to be included in Gabi Ncgobo and Virginia MacKenny's 'Second to None' at Iziko SANG in 2006.

Mntambo is setting up a studio in Salt River and plans to stay in Cape Town until the middle of next year whilst she prepares for her next outing at Michael Stevenson alongside Penny Siopis in May 2009. After that, she says, it's time to start spreading her wings and she intends to look for residencies abroad.

Born 1982 in Swaziland. Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.

Solo Exhibitions
2007 'Ingabisa', Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
2007 'Locating me in order to see you' (Master's exhibition), Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town
Group Exhibitions
2008 'Disguise', Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
2008 Dak'art, Dakar Biennale, Senegal
2008 'Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body', Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2008 'Skin-to-skin: Challenging textile art',t Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
2008 '.za: giovane arte dal Sudafrica', Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
2008 'The Trickster' at ArtExtra, Johannesburg
2007 'Summer 2007/8', Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
2007 'Apartheid: The South African Mirror', Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
2007 'Afterlife', Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
2006 'Olivida quien soy - Erase me from who I am', Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas
2006 'MTN New Contemporaries', Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2006 'Second to None', Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town
2005 'In the making: Materials and Process', Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
2001/2 Curated the Parliamentary Millennium Project (PMP)

2005 Curatorial Fellowship, Brett Kebble Art Awards
2003/4 Mellon Meyers Fellowship, Michaelis School of Fine Arts

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Gazidis: Wenger is targeting new recruits for the Arsenal defence

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is hoping to add a new defender to his playing staff chief executive Ivan Gazidis has revealed.

After news broke 30 minutes before the CEO was due to meet members of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association (AISA) that the Gunners had signed 17-year-old Alex Chamberlain, Gazidis was keen to point out the Frenchman was still in the market for additional players to boost his squad.

Chamberlain becomes the third Arsenal signing of the summer joining fellow teenager Carl Jenkinson and Ivory Coast international Gervinho in north London.

An AISA member asked the CEO: "Why aren't we aggressively going after a couple of centre halves?"

To which Gazidis replied: "How do you know we're not?"

The chief executive added:
"I have not had an evening off - and I'm leaving here to do some more work - we are working extremely hard on this but it's not a supermarket where you go in and pick good players off the shelf. That's not the way it works.
"I'm sorry but it's much much more complex than that."
He went on:
"Arsene recognises we need to have additions and addition or additions in our defence. He recognises there has been an issue there.
"And he will take steps to do that. Now they haven't been taken yet and I can't give you the whole inside story on every reason why that isn't the case.
"Of course ideally what you'd really want to do is sign players early. Manchester United have been successful in doing that this window. They're not successful every window in doing that. They've been successful this window.
"Other clubs haven't been that successful in doing that this window.
"We've also got a slightly different challenge than some of the other clubs.
"Some of the other clubs - our major competitors - have older squads where they've got players who's future they need to look at and they need to bring players in to replace those players.
"Our challenge is a little bit different. We've got a young squad and so we're actually looking the other way round. They're looking to sign young players to come in. We need a little bit more know-how and experience to supplement some of the young players that we have."
Gazidis concluded:
"We do have money to spend. We're in a financially healthy situation but we don't have the kind of money to go out and spend £50m on a player. I don't think that is what our fans are asking for."

Wenger has been continuously linked with moves for Bolton's Gary Cahill, Everton's Phil Jagielka and Blackburn's Chris Samba throughout the summer. However with five days to go before Arsenal take to the field at St James Park, it is up in the air whether the club will conclude a deal within the time frame before the start of the season.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Start Planning Your Weekend Now

I mentioned a few weeks ago that shows in September and October will make up for the show-drought of summer. It won't make up for the actual drought, or the fact that today is the 90th day of 2011 that it's been at least 100 degrees outside but let's get back to the matter at hand. Whatchu doin this weekend grrrrl? I only ask because you've got a butt-load of options. As I mentioned yesterday there are the Mohawk anniversary shows happening all weekend, starting tonight. However, there are lots of other options ranging in location and genre. Let's focus on Friday night first. You can yacht-rock it out with your dad at ACL Live where Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonals will be performing. Or you could ditch dad and head a couple of blocks north to Antone's for some bad-ass underground hip-hop featuring Murs and Tabi Bonney. Tickets for that Murs/Tabi Bonney show are still available and will only set you back about $15.

Tabi Bonney - Sunlight video via YouTube

You can head, slightly east for the Quiet Company album-release celebration show at the ND as well Friday night.

One last show to mention for Friday night. It looks like Meshell Ndegeocello is actually playing two sets at the One World Theater tomorrow night. Tickets for this venue range from $20-$95, the higher-end price includes dinner and possibly a hand-job? I'm not entirely sure though as I have never been to the One World Theatre.

Meshell Ndegeocello - Fool of Me video via YouTube

Moving on to Saturday night, it's all about Emo's for me. We, as a music community, only have about 6 months longer to enjoy shows at Emo's Red River location. The outside stage was shuttered a couple of weeks ago but the intimate, inside stage lives on through post-SXSW 2012. Saturday night, the members of Cymbals Eat Guitars cram themselves onto the tiny corner stage to perform tunes from their sprawling new record Lenses Alien. Tickets WILL sell-out before Saturday so grab yours now!

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Definite Darkness video via YouTube

The other show I want to mention Saturday night is taking place over at Red 7. It's a Disastronauts benefit show to help those, whose lives were affected by the Bastrop wildfires. The show features Her Space Holiday, Bangaar, Reaganometry, Party Wizard and will be headlined by The Octopus Project.

The Octopus Project - Hallucinists video via YouTube

You can watch the REAL video for The Octopus Project's Hallucinists over at Vimeo. I just posted the above one for the sake of format consistency. There you have it, lots of options for your weekend, starting tonight. Snatch up tickets to the things that interest you because most of what I've mentioned isn't sold-out yet but most-assuredly will be by the time the doors open.

Oh snap! I almost forgot to remind y'all about the FunFunFun Fest scavenger hunts! I posted all of the deets already but they take place Saturday afternoon!!!


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Monday, February 19, 2018

What Should You Look for When Buying Your First Home?

A home is not just a building where you happen to live. It is a place where a family lives together. Memories are made in homes, so it is important to make sure that you and your family are in a house that best suits you, while not costing too much money. When buying a first home, there are several important things to keep in mind.

There are many costs that are associated with purchasing a home. Having a budget and sticking to it is a crucial step. There are programs that can help you outline the costs that will be part of your purchase. These costs range from the solicitor’s fee and survey costs to insurance, setting up a mortgage, and decorating. These are all things that must be considered, on top of the cost of the house itself. The government has sponsored some programs to help people become property owners.

When it comes time to take out a mortgage, most prospective homeowners will have to have one. A mortgage is a loan that is taken out against a home to buy the home, paid back with interest. It is important to do plenty of research, as well as speak to an expert about the best options available to you.

While it is possible to take care of the legal aspects of your purchase on your own, hiring a conveyancer or a property solicitor is the norm. These experts will assist you in creating the contract and managing other legal aspects that you will encounter, like Stamp Duty and other connections with the Land Registry. You may be tempted to only reach out to conveyancers in your area, but there are many firms that work all over the United Kingdom. Conveyancing solicitors in Bristol offer assistance to those moving to and around Bristol but can offer guidance through their other offices all over the UK. Finding a good solicitor is important.

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It is important to consider the house itself before purchasing it. Not only should you visit the house, if you have concerns about any portion of the house, do not ignore it. It can be advantageous to have a surveyor come out and examine the property. They will check it for you and let you know if there is serious structural damage. An electrician can also examine the wiring. Faulty wiring can be very expensive to repair and can be dangerous to have in the home. Another thing to examine is the walls; check to make sure that there are no damp, mould, or leaks.

Repairing a leaky roof can be an expensive job. The fabric of the house is critical, but it is also important to consider the area around it. Is the area noisy? Are there shops nearby, or do you need to drive for every little thing? Can you easily access public transportation? These are all things that you will need to consider.

When looking to purchase a home for the first time, there are many things to consider, from the legal and financial aspects, to the house itself. Knowing what you need from your home, research, and assistance from experts can make this process less daunting.

Yiota said...

These are great tips Kim. Having a budget and sticking to it is so important but most of my friends that bought a house tell me that it is sometimes impossible to stick to it, there is always something extra you need to add. Happy Monday lovely xx

Rowena @ rolala loves said...

We got so lucky with buying out first home but it took over a year of searching. Glad we're still living in it.

Unknown said...

Great tips kim! Buying a house takes a lot of time and can be stressful, so it’s important to know all these!

Lorena said...

Good tips Kim.
I have purchased 5 homes in 15 years and each one is a surprise. Sometimes good, sometimes bad !
( OF course I don't own them all ;)!)

Fashionably Idu said...

Great tips Kim. We built our home 18 yrs ago and still love it although I'm starting to see things that need to be changed or updated. Happy friday.

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Why Braces and Other Cosmetic Dentures Give You Self-Confidence

Some people are thinking of getting braces because they feel that their teeth are crooked or maybe their smile is looking a little bit off. Try not to hesitate with this decision and just follow through because it will not only give you a nicer looking smile. But there are a lot of health benefits that come with getting braces.

Your smile is one of the things that people notice and it will be one of the factors that determine their first impression on you. A smile is also the secret to a person’s confidence and it will be hard to be a jolly looking person if your teeth are all crooked and displaced. Braces will be able to align your teeth and get you the perfect natural looking smile. Jaw problems are also another reason why people get braces. If your teeth aren’t straight especially your molar areas, then biting will just create stress for your jaw area.

And if your molars aren’t in the correct contact during the biting area then it can create further displacement. If you notice that you have a clicking sound in your jaw or if your jaw locks up every time you open it, then those are clear signs that you have jaw problems. Teeth move on its own even if all your permanent teeth are out and stable. It doesn’t matter what age you are but there a lot of factors that will lead to your teeth to displace from its socket. One of the main reasons why people wear braces twice in their lifetime is because they fail to wear their retainers that will keep your teeth in its place.

Even when you chew your food you are making your teeth prone to movement and displacement. Cleanliness of your teeth is also related into the alignment of your teeth. It is a fact that if your teeth are all crooked, then the it will be hard for you to get rid of the food that will get stuck in between them. It is also more prone for food entrapment that promote plaque accumulation and caries production that will lead to unhealthy teeth.

Technology has made braces cheaper and more attainable for everyone to get for themselves. Now there are wires and brackets made from different materials that make the cost a lot lower. It is also a lot more reliable and faster to get braces now because dentists now are more knowledgeable and confident with their craft when it comes to orthodontic practice. Invisalign is the newest discovery in terms of orthodontic practice, this technology is transparent like mouthguard that is able to move your teeth depending on the mold of your teeth.

It is convenient and easy to use because you put it on like a simple mouth guard and it doesn’t look like you have braces because of its transparency. If you fail to correct your teeth, then you are making yourself prone to other dental diseases. Make sure you cater to your teeth and visit your dentist so he can plan your orthodontic treatment and he or she can also suggest whether you need to see a cosmetic dentist or not.


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Got your head in the clouds on accounting solutions? A business at 3,000 metres who got it right.

In a vast glacial valley at an elevation of about three thousand metres in the eastern Himalayas, a remote village is home to the luxury small hotel, Gangtey Lodge.   Adventurous travellers in the pursuit of authentic luxury are rewarded with sweeping views of the valley and of the revered Gangtey Goenpa monastery.

Bhutan might not be a country you would expect to find a business implementing a cloud-based accounting system, but that is exactly what the owners did.

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Whilst Khin Omar Win and Brett Melzer had nailed many areas of the business (including a Condé Nast Traveller Hotlist award under the belt), getting easy access and up-to-date financial information to evaluate performance and plan further investment needed improvement.

"Something had to change.  Our lodge finance operations are split over two locations and I'm based in Australia and travelling the globe often.  We had to rethink our accounting processes and system.  Our CFO advisor, Jane, helped pull everything together using cloud-based software, Xero," said Omar.

Making a change to cloud accounting

Omar wasn't afraid of being the first Bhutanese business to use Xero.  And she wasn't afraid of the internet being a little patchy at times – it was easy enough to find a work-around for that.  “We are in a remote location!” she said.

The features of Xero including automated foreign exchange revaluations, invoicing, sales tax reports, budgeting and easy access to financial performance were strong lures that influenced their system choice.

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What these owners love the most is the simple combination of Xero with Skype screen share.  Frequent meetings are held where the team comes together from multiple places on the globe to review one set of financial data.

"With this model we can engage Jane, a qualified Chartered Accountant, on an on-demand basis to support not only us but our management and local accountants.  She can see every transaction and it's really easy for our accountants to edit things in Xero.

Our budgeting and cashflow forecasting run smoothly and it's really easy for us to make investment decisions with our General Manger, Mark," commented Omar.

(From left to right: Sonam Gyaltshen, Khin Omar Win, Mark Wright)

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The business recently transitioned to Bhutanese Accounting Standards for SMEs (mirroring International Accounting Standards).  With the support of Jane and Indian auditor Debdip Chakraborty, the production of audited financial statements was seamless and the Xero plus Skype screen share combination a real time saver.

Local accountant, Sonam Gyaltshen, loves the Xero sales tax report.  "The calculations are automated and there's a great audit report for us to check items before we submit to the tax office, it’s quicker than what we were doing before" he said.

After moving to cloud-based software the owners are unlikely to ever look back.  New ventures now sit on the horizon waiting for their Xero call.

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Tuesday, 14 April 2009
We had a rough day today.

Rowan has not been able to bear weight on her right leg since Saturday~ without warning she collapsed in pain ~ missed a long awaited birthday party (that breaks my heart)~ and is still unable to bear weight. The long and short of it is she has synovitis, an inflammation of the hip joint sheath. It should resolve in a few more days and she is not sick with it~ happy, crawling about, just can't walk.

But she had to have an xray, ultrasound and bloodwork.
We had good success with play acting the various procedures and staying connected by talking about feelings and fears~ so on the whole I feel good that my sensitive kid and I made it through with more smiles than tears. But it sure is hard on a mama's heart!

A couple of months ago I had Ro with me for a doctor's appointment and I had to have blood taken. I explained it all to her and she watched quietly. When we left the lab she broke down crying and started to wail "I don't want you to have holes in you". She was genuinely distressed and it took some effort to calm her.

So my trepidation was high when they mentioned the bloodwork today, but we got through it with assurances that the hole would heal IMMEDIATELY and thankfully she accepted them with a minimum of tears.

The world can be a scary place for little ones and today my heart goes out to all the parents and the children who deal with hospitals and illness and needles on regular basis~ with fervent prayers that the holes heal and the hearts stay strong.

Laura said...

Poor Rowan. I am glad to hear she is handeling it well. I have to give you good mommy points for talking it all out with her. When my son was 4 he fractured his arm. While on the way to the hospital I thought I was explaining everything to him so well. So, I guess I was not super clear on the X-ray and how it worked because about 5 minutes after I explained it a small voice asked me " Mommy will it hurt when they cut me open to take pictures of my bones?" Oh wow did I feel bad.

Shadow said...

Aww bless her. I hope full recovery is swift and she's over it all quickly.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Post 3931 - Yes. I am still alive.

Hello again, my friends.

It has been so long since I have written a blog post, that Blogger itself has changed its interface to one I do not recognize.

In the last few months, much has happened to me, and for me, and with me. I sold the house in the Valley at the end of April. I miss the place a lot, but the new buyers are doing right by the place, spending a tidy sum sprucing it up. I would never have been in a position to spend that kind of money on the place, not when I still have a mortgage here at Casa Bevboy.

I have spent a bit of the proceeds of the sale on this house. We got a new deck in the last few weeks. It is 10x10, so not large, but much bigger than the glorified landing we had before. And there is a privacy panel there now. We get along fine with our neighbours, but there is nothing wrong with having that panel. The deck and the panel were money well spent.

In about a month we are getting new doors and window as well. That is another significant cash outlay, but once again, it will be money well spent. The existing doors and windows are almost certainly original to the house, which was built around 1987.

Ten months after we retired, we are in a pretty good place. We do not regret retirement, but we fully admit that if we had known that the world would have gone to hell shortly after we left; if we had had some kind of intuition that there would be a pandemic, then one or both of us would have remained working. As it is, we are collecting our pensions every month, which comfortably pay our bills.

And, you know how you pay your bills according to your bi-weekly paycheques? (In my case, I always paid one day after payday). I still pay those bills bi-weekly, even though I just get the one "pay cheque" now. For those of you who are reading this who are eligible to retire, and are worried sick about whether you will have enough to live on, then unless you still have kids in school whose tuitions you still have to pay, then you likely have nothing to worry about, especially if you have little or no debt otherwise.

I have been thinking long and hard about this, and I have made the following decision. My cold case series at Frank is on... let's call it a hiatus. And for some reason Jordan Bonaparte at the Nighttime Podcast appears no longer to be interested in recording episodes about Nova Scotia cold cases with me. I am going to dip my toe into the podcasting world, myself.

I have some technical hurdles to jump through and over, first, which I will describe as I overcome them. But I just dropped a bit of money on a new microphone, a pop filter, and some of those little "socks" you put on the business end of a microphone, so I have begun this journey.

The full nature of the podcast, its shape and content, and its very name, will be rolled out in the coming weeks. It will not just be a recitation of my Frank articles, me just reading them into the mic. I think I can do better than that.

Please bear with me while I sort this stuff out.

And please forgive me for taking so long to write you guys. I do miss you. I had thought that I would have more time for bloggin' post retirement, but it hasn't worked out that way, has it? Sleeping in until 9 or so every morning cuts into this stuff, and my honey-do list is long and sprawling.

Let me try to make a pledge here. I promise to write more frequently. I miss you guys, and I hope you haven't forgotten me. I started this blog in 2007 for a reason, and that reason still exists.

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Letter to a Millennial Future Home Buyer

Jonathan Smoke

Dear Millennial Future Home Buyer:

This is shaping up as your year! Congratulations. You and your older siblings are jumping into the housing market en masse. And it’s happening for all sorts of reasons, including the fact that you’re getting older and wiser.

Approximately 43 million of you are 25 to 34 now. (Hey, where did the time go?) That’s the age when Americans typically buy their first homes, and we expect nothing less of you. You and your cohorts outnumbered all other age groups of home buyers last year—even though not as many of you were buying as usual in a healthy economy.

So it is no surprise to us that in June you officially became the age group most likely to purchase a home this year.

Why, you may be wondering, did it take so long for all you guys to get up to speed? There are plenty of reasons, to be sure, but the key problem was pure economics. You and your peers suffered big time during the recession. Your unemployment rate was higher, so you invested in more education or sought refuge in your parents’ home.

But that negative story is so 2013. Over a third of all jobs created in the past 12 months were filled by you. And that context is driving many life events. Can you even count how many weddings you’ve been to so far this year? And how about the baby showers? You might even have to subscribe to cable just for the Disney Channel.

Nothing drives demand for housing quite like life events, mostly marriage and parenthood. Your parents, the baby boomers, made the 1970s and 1980s huge years for housing—first for apartments and then for homes. Sound familiar?

Over 60% of you are looking at real estate online each month. More and more of you are waking up to the fact that rents are rising now faster than home prices. Because homeowning builds wealth over time, when home prices, rents, and mortgage rates are all going up—like they are now and will be for the next several years—there is a substantial opportunity cost to waiting to buy.

Sure, you’ll have some challenges. Average student debt is around $30,000, and that will affect your debt-to-income ratio and therefore the mortgage amount you can qualify for. But the good news is that most of you have very little debt outside of student loans.

According to what your peers have told realtor.com® in June, the No. 1 obstacle holding you back is finding a house that meets your needs. That’s no surprise, since the supply of homes on the market is very tight.

The best advice I can give you on the home-buying journey revolves around people and preparation. On the people side, find a local expert Realtor® who speaks your language, and then find a lender or mortgage broker to help you get pre-approved for a mortgage. These professionals will help you understand what you can afford, and that translates into the trade-offs you will need to make between your wants and needs. And yeah, there will be trade-offs. With huge upsides, however.

Preparation is all about doing your homework: preferences, household needs, realistic budgets. Then narrow down the neighborhoods that interest you most. If you can’t decide, consider a trial run on Airbnb!

One more piece of advice: Get ready to party! Almost two-thirds of you who are looking for a home to buy intend to purchase in the next three months, so plan on attending a lot of housewarmings this fall.

Welcome to the housing market. We’re glad you’re finally here.


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Kentucky - 47 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp)
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Lee Huber33419
Marvin Akers01141
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Kenneth England22336
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Notre Dame - 48 (Head Coach: George Keogan)
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Halftime Score: Notre Dame 28, Kentucky 19
Officials: Frank Lane and Dan Tehan
Attendance: 4600
Arena: Jefferson County Armory
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  • If you see a yellow flag waving, go as slow as you can, move back to start/finish line and wait there.
  • If you see a red flag waving, STOP, take foot off gas, put foot on brake, put BOTH HANDS over head and wait.
  • If you see checkered flag waving, pull into pits (where you start) and stop after crossing start/finish line.
  • White flag means less then 2 minutes left in this run (runs are 15 minutes long)
  • Anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be asked to leave the track/pits. Sorry, this is an insurance requirement. No consumption of alcohol or drugs on track or in pits.
  • 2 seat vehicles may be available. Passenger must be between over 3′ tall and over 5 years old, driver must be over the age of 18, and demonstrate that they can drive safely before having a passenger.
  • There is no reserving Karts, they are generally assigned randomly.
  • No smoking in Karts, on track, or in pits. EVER
  • Anyone on the track or in the pits MUST have a signed waiver, even if your not driving.
  • Track monitors word is law, if you want to argue, you will be told to leave. No discussion. If you feel you need to report a problem, see concession stand for filing a complaint.

Mini-Golf Rules

  • All facility Rules Apply.
  • No Food, drink, or gum on course.
  • All players putt, then proceed. Stay together
  • Player Limit: 5 per group.
  • Do not hold up other groups. If need be, let them play through.
  • Maximum strokes: 6 per hole
  • Out of bounds, replace ball, no penalty.
  • Obstacles, move ball up to 7″
  • Do not swing putters above knee.
  • Do not sword fight with putters.

Bouncy House Rules

  • All Facility rules apply.
  • No food, drink, or gum in bouncy house.
  • If you have any injury or medical condition which would make the bouncy house unsafe, you may not enter.
  • No glasses or jewelry allowed inside. Long hair should be tied up.
  • No flips, wrestling, piling or horseplay.
  • Do not bounce onto walls, doorway or ramp. Climbing on equipment is expressly forbidden.
  • No animals or sharp objects allowed inside.
  • If you have any kind of knife, leave with operator.


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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Irish Mule: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Lock & Key

The Irish Mule at Lock & Key
There comes a time on every trip to a cocktail bar that a patron glimpses at a menu and sees some sort of play on a Moscow Mule. The normally potent but refreshing vodka drink features lime and ginger beer. Fortunately, those flavors go with all sorts of spirits. Take for example, Irish Whiskey.

Lock & Key's Irish Mule features Tullamore DEW Irish Whiskey, an excellent choice for those of you who want to drink some quality Irish elixir. Add to that a squeeze of lime, orange bitters, and some ginger beer, and you've got quite a spin on the mule in every amazing way.

This drink could be suitable ever for people who aren't the biggest whiskey fans out there. The Irish variety is smooth and subtle in the cocktail, so you really won't miss the vodka. That being said, this is also a great drink for you if you enjoy whiskey and just want a little twist on a mule. Bottoms up!

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From June 11, 2016 until July 11, 2016
Paulaner @ Xintiandi

To cheer and support the German team during the 2016 European Championship in France, Paulaner @ Xintiandi is going to broadcast all German games on our big screens.

It’s a great choice to enjoy excellent matches in a truly German ambiance along with freshly brewed Paulaner Beer to celebrate the thrilling goals.

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Sunday, July 3rd @ 3:00 a.m.: Germany versus Italy

We will broadcast the following games, if Germany succeeds.

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