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Ball culture
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Ball culture, the house system, the ballroom community and similar terms describe an underground LGBT subculture in the United States in which people "walk" (i.e. compete) for trophies and prizes at events known as balls. Those who walk often also dance and vogue while others compete in various genres of drag often trying to pass as a specific gender and social class. Most people involved with ball culture belong to "houses" led by a single leader.[1][2][3]
"Houses," also called "families," are groups composed primarily of the LGBTQ Community, banded together under a respected "house mother" (sometimes a drag queen or a transgender person, but not always) or even a "house father".[1][4]
|Notable Houses
|(Manolo) Blahnik
|Chanel International
|House of Xtravaganza
|Legacy International
|St. Laurent
The "houses" listed are among others which were shown in the 1990 documentary film Paris Is Burning. Houses across the United States function similarly to one another, with the majority of houses found in major cities on the east coast, midwest and south (e.g., House Of Infiniti, House of Mizrahi, House of Aviance, House of Overness).[2][5][6][7]
Other LGBTQ-based families also have developed the usage of the term "House" within their community that are classified as neither a "Ball House" nor "Pageant House". Some have been created under the Imperial Court System or ICS (founded in 1965 in California, and one of the world's largest LGBTQ-based organizations with chapters located throughout North America), and range from "Royal Dynasty"-based families (such as the "House of St. James") to the more modern day "Non-denominational" houses such as the "Imperial House of Black Inc.", which is one of the only LGBTQ houses in the world to incorporate and is headquartered in Virginia, with other chapters located elsewhere in the US, Canada, South Africa, Asia, and Europe.[8][9][10]
According to the Village Voice:
...houses are loose-knit, typically same sex, confederacies of "children" who adopt a family name, usually swiped from a fashion designer, and adhere to rules set up by a presiding "mother" and "father".[11]
Members of the house led by Willi Ninja, for example, adopt "Ninja" as their surname in ball culture; members of the house led by Angie Xtravaganza used the surname "Xtravaganza", and members of the house led by Avis Pendavis use the surname Pendavis.[5][12][13]
One theme discussed in Paris Is Burning is that people of color, queers, and poor people face certain disadvantages and are each a marginalized group; to qualify as all three may place one within serious social controversy, potentially creating a social stigma of "pariah". In response, drag houses are
...a whole new way of living, one that's highly structured and self-protective. The structure consists of system of houses where the young men function as apprentices. Reflecting a minority coping with hatred, the houses are associations of friends, presided over by a "mother", [...] that provide a substitute for biological families.[4]
Living under the house parents are
...a big raucous band of "children": drag queens, butch queens, transsexuals—mostly MTF but some FTM, a few non-trans girls and one or two straight guys. The smattering of girls and straight guys notwithstanding, the houses are, essentially, cabals of young black and Hispanic men obsessed with being fashionable and fabulous.[14]
House parents can provide wisdom, guidance and care for young people who otherwise might be homeless and without a parental figure. An exploratory study of two houses in Newark, New Jersey employed qualitative research methods including participant observation and in-depth interviewing to discern that:
Strategies employed by "house parents" have had an impact on the choices made by children of the houses regarding HIV risk behaviors. These strategies can be adapted for use by well-established community-based HIV prevention programs when they are comprised of staff who mirror the characteristics of "house parents" and engage in relationships that parallel this alternative family structure.[1]
Besides providing a support system for their members, the main function of these houses is to "walk" or compete against one another in "balls" in which they are judged on dance skills, costume, general appearance, and attitude. Participants dress according to category in which they are competing and are expected to display appropriate "realness".[4]
Dominated today by contemporary hip hop fashion and featuring much hip hop music, these events are actually part of a vivacious and ever-changing culture and are
...a tradition dating back to the 19th century and going strong into the 21st. Balls continue to be held in bars or Masonic halls or other improbable venues. Across the country and throughout the five boroughs legends are still being born.[11]
While these competitive walks may involve crossdressing, in other cases the goal is to accentuate a male participant's masculinity or a female participant's femininity so as to give the (almost always false) impression that the walker is heterosexual.[4]
Some categories and their descriptions[edit]
- Butch Queen Vogue Femme/Female Figure Performance – Give a stunning performance using the five elements of vogue: hands, catwalk, duckwalk, floor performance, and spins and dips
- BQ Realness – Judged on participants' ability to blend in with heterosexuals by giving Thug, Pretty Boy, School Boy, or Executive
- FQ Realness – Judged on participants' ability to blend in with female heterosexuals
- Realness With a Twist (Twister) – Judged on participants' ability to blend in with heterosexuals, then come back and vogue fem
- BQ/FQ/FF Runway – Judged on participants' ability to catwalk, usually with a requested outfit or color
- Bizarre – Judged on participants' creativity to design a costume based on what the category asks for
- Labels – Judged on how many of the year labels a participant is wearing and their authenticity
- BQ/FQ/FF Face – Showing off your clean, perfect, smooth face
- BQ/FQ/FF Sex Siren – Giving sex appeal mostly in sexy underwear such as thongs, briefs, or bikinis
- Commentator vs. Commentator' – Allows aspiring and current MCs to showcase their chanting ability to the music and ability to hype the crowd
- Dipology – Like Vogue Femme but involves spins into dips only
- European Runway – Often a Butch Queen Category, European runway is brought in over the top effects that are more likely to be seen in a high-cost European fashion show; the person walking walks like a female or feminine model, not like the male models of America.
- American Runway – Much like European Runway, American Runway is usually a Butch Queen Category but is often walked by TransMen and Butches/Studs, but the models walk as a masculine models from America, not feminine models like in European Runway.
- Butch Queen up in Pumps – Basically the same as Labels or Runway but you must wear heels usually six inches or more
- FQ/BQ in Drag Female Figure Performance – Give a performance (usually lip-synched) of a famous female figure
- Hands Performance – Give a voguing performance using hands only
- Virgin Vogue Femme – The same as vogue femme but for participants who have been voguing for less than one year, as per Legendary Icon Selvin Khanh
- Virgin Runway – The same as Runway but for participants who have been walking Runway for less than one year, as per Legendary Icon Selvin Khanh
- Best Dressed – self-explanatory
- Legendary/Iconic Categories – Only the legends and icons of the ballroom scene can participate in categories such as Face, Runway, Realness, Performance (all voguing categories), etc.
In Regards to ball competitions and its importance to the culture and people involved, one participant wrote:
There is more to the ballroom scene than chopping, mopping, "fierceness" and shade; and there is more to vogueing than striking a pose. Drag is a form of control. By looking good one can feel good. By looking powerful, one can feel powerful. One can be powerful. Therefore, beauty begets control. Artifice equals power ... Then again, it may just be a bunch of bitches competing for trophies. Either way, its fun. There is of course a distinction between the casual runway that would erupt at a "normal" club, and the formal runway of a ball, where there are judges and prizes and actual vogueing.[15]
Having evolved over the years, the largest balls are competitions that go on as long as ten hours. There can be dozens of categories in a single evening . No longer attracting the same number of spectators, almost everyone comes to compete. Some of the trophies are twelve feet tall and a grand-prize winner can take home $1000 or more.[14]
As a phenomenon of a counterculture (or of several countercultures), the origin of ball culture is a story of both necessity and defiance.
New York City[edit]
As told by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Cunningham, the ball culture of New York City is the product of
...the underground drag balls that had been going on in and around New York City since the thirties. Those balls were merely drag fashion shows staged by white men two or three times a year in gay bars, with prizes given for the most outrageous costumes. Black queens sometimes showed up but they were expected to whiten their faces and they rarely won a prize.[14]
In the 1960s, black drag queens started holding their own events in Harlem where they took the concept to
...heights undreamed of by the little gangs of white men parading around in frocks in basement taverns. In a burst of liberated zeal they rented big places like the Elks Lodge on 160 West 129th Street, and they turned up in dresses Madame Pompadour herself might have thought twice about. Word spread around Harlem that a retinue of drag queens was putting together outfits bigger and grander than Rose Parade floats, and the balls began to attract spectators, first by the dozens and then by the hundreds, gay and straight alike. People brought liquor with them, sandwiches, buckets of chicken. As the audiences grew, the queens gave them more and more for their money. Cleopatra on her barge, all in gold lamé, with a half dozen attendants waving white, glittering palm fronds. Faux fashion models in feathered coats lined with mylar, so that when the coat was thrown open and a two-thousand-watt incandescent lamp suddenly lit, the people in the first few rows were blinded for minutes afterward.[14]
Eventually the participants in these balls split into factions centered around influential and charismatic leaders:
In 1977 an imperious, elegant queen named Crystal LaBeija announced that a ball she'd helped put together was being given by the House of LaBeija, as in House of Chanel or House of Dior. It was a p.r. gimmick, something to add a little more panache and, not incidentally, to increase the luster of Crystal LaBeija. The concept caught on, and suddenly every ball was being given by a house. Some queens named their house after themselves, like Avis Pendavis' House of Pendavis or Dorian Corey's House of Corey. Others took the names of established designers like Chanel or St. Laurent. [...] By the early eighties younger, less experienced drag queens were declaring themselves members of this house or that house, and competing in balls under the house name. Some went to court and had their last names legally changed, to Pendavis or Corey or Chanel or St. Laurent. [...] Houses came to be ruled by their biggest stars, who were known as mothers and who exhorted their members—their children—to accumulate as many prizes as possible for the greater glory of the house.[14]
In 1989, The House of Latex was created as a call to action in the ballroom community to bridge the gap between HIV/STI prevention and the underground ballroom culture. The House of Latex has been led by various leaders. The most influential and memorable was the Legendary Arbert Santana Latex/Evisu, who died on March 3, 2011 (Big Boys Runway) and Mother Aisha Diori Latex/Prodigy (Legendary Women's Face) who were put in place to educate, provide a safe space, and inspire creativity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth of color involved in the ball scene.
Born in 1989, out of a collaboration between GMHC and members of the ballroom community who were concerned about the growing presence of HIV and AIDS within the ball scene, the House of Latex was committed to outreach and prevention, primarily among LGBT youth of African American and Latino descent, for 20 plus years. The name "Latex" was given to HOL by members of the community because one of the house's primary functions is to distribute condoms at balls and other events, in addition to participation within the scene. Most other houses are named after famous designers or famed community members.
HOL became an official "house" in 1993 and held its first annual ball, which quickly developed into one of the largest events held by any house in the New York City ballroom community.
One of the famous ball themes for the Latex Ball was The Latrix, a play on the Hollywood blockbuster, "The Matrix" Mother Aisha Latex Prodigy and founder of the WBT House of Iman, explained that the theme was chosen because the movie is a pop culture classic in which the "reality" of day-to-day life turns out to be an elaborate façade created by machines that control the "real" world. This relationship, she said, parallels the attitude many people display toward the "machines" of HIV and AIDS—instead of fighting back through prevention and education. Essentially, they deny the truth and passively accept the authority of the disease. The Latrix, the evening's program explained, aimed at allowing members of the ballroom community to tackle issues such as racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, HIV, and AIDS head-on by competing in over 40 different categories and sharing their talents and creativity with the community.
"Our chances lie in the acknowledgement of these issues," the program read. "If we free our whole community we can survive. There is hope." "The House of Latex works in partnerships," stressed Arbert Santana "Our partnerships with other agencies are very important."
HOL's partners include People of Color in Crisis and Gay Men of African Descent, among others who were present to distribute literature and safe-sex packets. The David Geffen Testing Center at GMHC was also on hand to provide free HIV testing. At 10:30, the runway came to life with several performances by members of the community who were trying to make it as entertainers outside the ball scene. Performers included singer/dancer Harliquin, fashion diva Princess Xtravaganza, rapper Inhance, and the punk rock sounds of Blue Doll. This was followed by a short awards ceremony in which allies of HOL were awarded for their activism and creative use of their talents. One notable award went to Selvyn Givenchy, who won the Eric Christian Bizarre Lifetime Achievement Award, which is bestowed upon a community member who carries on the legacy of the late Eric Christian Bazaar, a renowned ballroom commentator who died of AIDS in 2001.
Before actual competitions commenced, HOL held its "Grand March," which is the traditional way for the host house of a ball to present itself and its theme to the community. The Grand March for The Latrix 2003 featured HOL members dressed as characters from "The Matrix" parading their elaborate costumes down the runway, and acting out a skit which featured HIV and AIDS as the enemy to be destroyed through awareness and education. Following the Grand March, members of the community competed in dozens of categories (competitions continued until almost 4 am) with the goal of freeing the most souls in order to win the Grand Prize. That night's Grand Prize went to the House of Allure. Mother Aisha Latex was quick to point out that HOL's goal in the festivities was to involve the community in promoting AIDS awareness, intervention, and prevention. One category Santana was particularly proud of was the Mini Grand Prize for the best safe-sex poster.
In addition to its annual ball, HOL also "walks" balls throughout the year, handing out educational pamphlets and safe-sex packets; does outreach on the streets and in clubs, and provides peer space for LGBTQ youth by holding discussion groups, or "House Talk," twice a month. Santana explained that HOL specifically focuses on youth of color between the ages of 15 and 25, because "if we are able to provide intervention at an earlier age, we can stop the spread of HIV and AIDS." The House of Latex has changed its direction from a walking house to primarily service/drop in resource for the LGBTQ house ballroom community, since Mother Aisha Latex moved on to create and implement the KiKi Ballroom initiative targeted at LGBTQ youth and young adults involved in the mainstream ballroom scene. The Kiki ballroom scene created by Mother Aisha Latex is being replicated nationwide via various CBOs.
Washington, D.C.[edit]
This account from the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area describes how ball culture and drag houses developed there around 1960:
Some regular house parties became institutionalized as drag "houses" and "families." The leader, or "mother," often provided not only the opportunity for parties but also instruction and mentoring in the arts of make-up, selecting clothes, lip-synching, portraying a personality, walking, and related skills. Those taught became "drag daughters," who in turn mentored others, creating entire "drag families." Drag houses became the first social support groups in the city's gay and lesbian community. House names often came from addresses of the house 'mother', such as Mother Billy Bonhill's Belmont House at 15th and Belmont NW, or associations with the "mother's" chosen personality, as Mame Dennis's Beekman Place.[2]
At this early date, the styles of dance that came to characterize drag houses had not been developed, and competitions between drag houses involved more standard drag performance in which entertainers lip synced or, more rarely, sang.
In contrast to the NYC houses shown in Paris Is Burning, some of the Washington, D.C. house mothers were white. Still, African-American drag queens were a prominent part of this community:
Venues for drag shows and competitions were a constant challenge in the 1960s. The Uptown Lounge sponsored monthly drag contests, an event later duplicated at Johnnie's on Capitol Hill. Chunga's drag shows at the Golden Key Club in North Beach, Maryland were a popular Sunday event. The major hotels' resistance to drag events was not broken until February 1968 when African-American drag impresario Black Pearl staged the gala Black Pearl International Awards at the Washington Hilton. It was the drag event of the year.[2]
Today in Washington, D.C., the ball community consists of mainly African-American and Latino participants, and has taken on a lot of the attributes of the NYC houses shown in Paris Is Burning. While the drag shows and competitions of the 1960s era still exist, they have created their own audience and scene in itself. Ball patrons will find a lot of the same categories, such as "banjee thug realness" and "vogue", as an audience member.
The founding members of the Washington, D.C. ballroom scene (founded 1986) are Icon Lowell Adonis-Khanh (Lowell Thomas Hickman) and Icon Eric Christian-Bazaar. From 1986 through the 1990s, Icon Lowell Adonis-Khanh fought with fire, brimstone, temperament, and frustration to put the Washington, D.C. ballroom scene on the map. In the 1990s, more houses appeared in Washington, D.C. thanks to Twain Miyake-Mugler ("father" of the House of Miyake Mugler, D.C. Chapter), Legendary Shannon Garcon and Legendary Whitney Garcon (founders of the House of Garcon and original members of The Legendary House of Miyake-Mugler, D.C. Chapter). Washington, D.C. has become a leading ball city within the past few years through the contributions of successful houses and leaders within the scene such as legendary Harold Balenciaga (founder of the House of Balenciaga, who was formerly a Mugler). The first N.Y. house to have a chapter in Washington D.C was the iconic House of Ebony (c. 1979) in the middle 1980's. Through networking and introducing new and innovative talent to the area, these ball culture figures have managed to make the nation's capital one of the US ballroom capitals as well. Washington is now hosting an annual D.C Awards Ball in which contestants from all over the world come to the capital to compete.[16] D.C also host an annual series of balls. Contestants in these balls compete for trophies and cash prizes. Contestants are then able to be nominated for the title of "____ Of The Year" (E.G.- Vogue Femme Of The Year), which simply means they have dominated their prospective category for that year, similar to an athletic conference MVP. Before the Awards ball, each house selects two leaders. These leaders will then vote for who they think should be "____ Of The Year" for their category. The winner is announced at the ball. These titles are a new trend in a ball culture that is becoming a lot more mainstream and easier to access in post Paris Is Burning days, where websites such as www.walk4mewednesdays.com are making ball culture ever more accessible.
Leading houses in the D.C. area include the House of Khanh,[17] House of Balenciaga,[18] House of Comme des Garcon,[19] House of Miyake Mugler,[20] House of Ebony,[21] House of Milan,[22] House of Evisu,[23] House of Prodigy,[24] House of Revlon, House of Allure,[25] House of Manolo Blahnik[26] and House of Xcellence.
While still very much an underground phenomenon, ball culture has had a wide influence on notable individuals and on mainstream culture including the following:
The most recognized influence that ball culture has had on mainstream society is its creation of "voguing," a dance style originating in Harlem ballrooms in the first half of the 20th century and popularized worldwide by the video for Vogue, a song released by Madonna in 1990, the same year as Paris Is Burning. One source asserts that "many people only know of underground ballroom culture from Madonna's 'Vogue' or the film 'Paris Is Burning'." More recently, the dance group Vogue Evolution from America's Best Dance Crew brought vogueing to domestic and international popularity once again.[12][15]
Occasionally, certain ball culture terms discussed above are used in more general ways. For example, "drag mother" may be applied to any drag queen in the role of mentor, and "drag house" sometimes refers to any group of drag performers allied together personally or professionally.
Terms like "fierce" and "fierceness," "work it" and "working it," "fabulous" and "fabulousness" and so forth are all part of the argot heard in Paris Is Burning and were central to the lyrics of "Supermodel (You Better Work)," a hit released in 1992 by drag queen Ru Paul. These terms quickly became more widely used in gay slang, fashion industry jargon and the mainstream colloquial vernacular.[27]
Ball culture has long been a fertile ground for new forms of House Music and Electronic Dance Music through DJ's including Carlton, Vjuan Allure, Angel X, MikeQ, DJ Robbie Rob, DJ Lucky, Chip Chop Ninja.[15][28] The culture has also been a significant influence on a wave of queer hip hop artists who emerged in the 2010s, including Mykki Blanco, Cakes da Killa, House of LaDosha, Zebra Katz and Le1f.[29]
Arguably, the fashions and manner of depicting masculinity in ball culture has influenced "the über-puffed-up peacock sexuality" of contemporary, mainstream hip hop." Regarding this interchange between gay black culture and the mainstream, a professor at New York University said this: "Today's queer mania for ghetto fabulousness and bling masks its elemental but silent relationship to even more queer impulses toward fabulousness in the 1960s and 1970s."[30][31]
Kevin Aviance, whose appearances include Flawless, The Tyra Banks Show and America's Next Top Model, is a member of the House of Aviance founded 1989 in Washington, D.C.[32][33]
Mainstream influence[edit]
In 2006, Beyoncé Knowles told a reporter from The Independent "how inspired she's been by the whole drag-house circuit in the States, an unsung part of black American culture where working-class gay men channel ultra-glamour in mocked-up catwalk shows. "I still have that in me," she says of the "confidence and the fire you see on stage..."[34]
See also[edit]
Reference notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Podhurst, L.; Credle J. (2007-06-10, page 13; Intl. Conference on AIDS. 1998; 12: 913 (abstract no. 43338). NJAETC at UMDNJ, Newark 07107-3000, US.). "HIV/AIDS risk reduction strategies for Gay youth of color in the "house" community. (Meeting Abstracts)". U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ a b c d "The Rainbow History Project: Drag in DC". Rainbow History Project. 2000–2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ House system", in this sense, is unrelated to the house system used in British schools and those modeled along these lines.
- ^ a b c d Levy, Emanuel (2004–2007). "Paris Is Burning (film review)". Emanuellevy.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ a b [1] Paris Is Burning (1991)
- ^ [2] Bent Magazine
- ^ [3] How Do I Look, an instruction DVD with limited distribution in New York City and Philadelphia, delves into the houses of the New York City ball culture.
- ^ "San Francisco Bay Times". Sfbaytimes.com. 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ Imperial Court System [3]http://www.imperialhouseofblack.org/
- ^ "Business Entity Details". Sccefile.scc.virginia.gov. 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ a b Trebay, Guy; Credle J. (January 12–18, 2000). "Legends of the Ball: Paris Is Still Burning". Village Voice. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ a b [4] Ottawa Citizen September 6, 2006
- ^ "House names" are also used and passed along in the Imperial Court System. While these imply a degree of friendship and trust, these are not a primary means of organization and an individual in the Imperial Court may belong to an unlimited amount of houses.
- ^ a b c d e "The Slap of Love" by Michael Cunningham
- ^ a b c [5] House of Diabolique
- ^ "Walk for Me Wednesdays Online - The ORIGINAL Ballroom Community Website". Walk4mewednesdays.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "The House of Khanh". Myspace.com. June 25, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ The House of Balenciaga
- ^ "The House of Garcon". Thegarcons.com. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ The House of Myake Mugler
- ^ The House of Ebony
- ^ The House of Milan
- ^ The House of Evisu
- ^ The House of Prodigy
- ^ The House of Allure
- ^ "House of Blahnik". House of Blahnik. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang by Paul Baker
- ^ [6] Hang the DJ(2006)
- ^ "We Invented Swag: NYC's Queer Rap". Pitchfork, March 21, 2012.
- ^ [7] Pic Up the Mic at Toronto Film Festival.
- ^ [8] "Don't Hate on Us, We're Fabulous: Notes on the History and Culture of Black Glam"
- ^ [9] IMDb Bio for Kevin Aviance.
- ^ [10] House of Aviance
- ^ [11] The Independent Online, September 3, 2006
- Voguing: The Message (1989) – short documentary on YouTube
- House of Ovahness (Overness)==External links==
- Walk For Me Wednesdays Online
- House of Khanh
- House of Blahnik
- House of Illusion
- House of Garavani
- House of Aviance
- House of Beigen
- House of Comme des Garcons
- House of Diabolique
- House of Enigma
- House of LaPerla
- House of Parangon
- [12]
- House of Efficacy
- House of Infiniti
- House of Savage Beauté!
- How do i look -documentary
- Legends of the Ball -Article
- Paris is burning -documentary
- Slap of Love -Article
- [13]
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New York City Restaurants Ban Food Photography By Customers.
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— If you're one of the thousands of people who snap pictures of your food and instantly share them on social media, you might be surprised to learn that some restaurants are now banning photos of their food.
As CBS 2's Emily Smith reported Monday, you see it all the time – not art or fancy photography, just cell phone pictures of our meals.
"I think, inherently, New Yorkers want to brag about the fantastic restaurants that are here in New York," a woman said.
"My mother-in-law, my father-in-law, they take pictures of the food wherever they go," a man said.
And it is something that has gone from awkward to mainstream, via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. What is sometimes known as "food porn" has taken on a life of its own, and some restaurants have decided to ban it.
"It can shatter the experience when you're asking your fiancé to marry you, and a flash is going off at a table next door," said David Bouley, owner of Bouley Restaurant.
At Bouley, located on Duane Street in TriBeCa, a new protocol is in place. Guests may only take photos in the kitchen, and by next week, Bouley will be providing a photo to customers with the check.
"This whole system here will be set up very soon, so we can shoot their food and have it delivered to them before they leave; before they pay their check," Bouley said.
At Brooklyn Fare on Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn, the owner confirmed no cell phone pictures are allowed whatsoever, citing distraction as the reason.
Pop culture expert Adam Hanft said the problem could be a lot of things. "Somebody doesn't like a restaurant, somebody has a grudge against the restaurant, they can manipulate the food," he said.
So what's behind the "food photography" craze?
"It's another example of us wanting to document every little piece of our lives," Hanft said. "We're strapping on things to measure how many steps we take, and now we take pictures of our food."
Steven Hall, a spokesman for dozens of other restaurants in New York City, said food photography is a phenomenon that more and more chefs cannot accept because of presentation.
"There's no way you're going to take a beautiful shot of food in a dimly-lit restaurant," Hall said.
But restaurants that ban taking pictures of food also know they're banning free advertising.
Food photo policies vary from restaurant to restaurant. They can include anything from an outright ban on cameras to just a ban on a flash.
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I can see "no picture -> one star review in Yelp" threats.
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No picture, didn't happen!lol
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To survive elk hunting, I need a tough leather high top boot. I want one with not over 600 grams of Thinsulate. If they have much more then I'm going to get too hot while hiking around. If I'm sitting around, will I get cold feet? Sure but for sitting around, you need some heavy duty insulated boots.
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Whether it was a square of chocolate,
of ice cream, a meal was not
complete for my mom until she gave in
to her sweet tooth. My father preferred
his glucose in liquid form—liters of soda.
Either way, growing up, I had access to
virtual mounds of sugar. I have little to no
doubt that this has manifested itself into
my penchant for Port, ice wine and other
sweet libations.
The main component necessary for the
production of wine starts with the natural
sugars found in grapes. Isolating this component
during the cultivation or production
of wine will yield what is referred to as
"stickies" and "the nectar of the gods": Port
and Ice Wine, respectively. Regardless of the
style or country of origin, these wines are
dense and highly aromatic, and a few ounces
are a fine option for dessert in a glass.
The basic formula for turning grape
juice into wine is simple. After grapes are
crushed, they come into contact with yeast
cells that convert sugars into alcohol and
bubbles. Those bubbles are what gives
Champagne its sparkle, but that's a whole
other story. During the fermentation of Port,
the addition of a neutral spirit—think
flavorless brandy—is added.
This boosts alcohol levels
to about 18-20 percent,
and leaves unfermented
natural grape sugars in
the finished wine. This
method was employed
during the 18th century
after many barrels
destined for
England from northern
Portugal arrived
badly spoiled or oxidized.
Following this
fix, the Brits got their
wine and the world was
given an array of differentstyled
Ports—from the fiery,
young and fruity Ruby to the
classy, polished and nutty aged
Wine has an alarming amount
of water; they say it's about 80 percent.
The remainder is composed of acids,
esters, proteins, minerals and sugars,
among other things. As any fruit ripens,
sugar content naturally increases as acid
levels drop. Try a darker, ripe raspberry
next to an under-ripe pink raspberry
and notice how tart the under-ripe pink
berry is compared to the sweeter, darker
berry. Late harvest wines are just that:
wine made from grapes left on the vine
long enough until sugars soar and
acids plummet.
A more enticing and
balanced late-harvest
version occurs when
a vineyard is graced
with a fungus euphemistically
to as noble rot. This
occurs in regions
with higher humidity
such as the maritime
vineyards of
Sauternes, France.
The fungus pierces
the grape skins while
attaching itself,
which allows for
the natural evaporation
of water, thus
concentrating the
sugars and acids. The
finished wines are less
cloyingly sweet due to the higher ratio of
acidity—exactly what lemons do for sweet
tea. These wines have flavors reminiscent
of honeyed peaches and apricots, layered
on a rich, dense palate with accents of
In colder climates such as Canada's, the
likelihood of frost and below-freezing temperatures
following harvest allow for the
production of ice wine. A very similar tale
of concentration is played out in these frigid
vineyards. When the grapes form a solid
core of ice, vineyard workers painstakingly
begin harvesting, assisted by floodlights
and headlamps in the middle of the night.
The grapes are transported quickly and
pressed ASAP. The frozen ice crystals are
left in the press and the concentrated grape
sugars and acids are made into a syrupy,
tropical, poignant dessert wine appropriately
referred to as the nectar of the gods.
With the amount of concentration and
depth of flavors put forth by these sweeter
wines, they're certainly worth a sip or
two—especially when the nagging of your
sweet tooth is as audible as mine.


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ABC throws us into the lives of a 3 generation spanning family filmed in a "mockumentary" style. I am not a big fan of "mockumentaries" but that's a personal preference. At least they keep the camera shaking and odd camera movement to a minimum. The style element used most is the "on the couch" interview of the characters which can be quite amusing at times. Read more
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of bullshit, there is very little that is offensive about this show. The humor is pretty family friendly and there are a lot of jokes that just go by or happen in the background so if you're not supposed to get them, you won't. Personally I enjoy the writing style, there are big "LOOK HERE" things going on, but if you're paying attention you'll catch things like Luke mimicking Phil in some innocuous way that seems totally natural, even though when Phil did I wanted someone to slap him. Read more
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Gillian Grace Lyden was born in 1933 in Worcester. When the Second World War started in September 1939, Gillian, then six, and her father George Pearce needed to evacuate to Little Aston while her mother Grace Blanche Hines-Pearce and her younger brother Gordon stayed in Worcester with their Great Aunt Florence and her husband James Turton. Her education started early in West Bromwich at Beeches Road Junior Infants' School. From 8 to 18 years of age, she attended St Johns Junior School for Girls and Worcester Grammar School for Girls respectively. She also attended Trent Park Training College from 1951-1953 and was trained as an infants' teacher. In 1955, she married George Kenneth Millington, a music teacher turned organiser of music in Rochdale. They had a daughter, Rachel Fay Georgette born on 10 February 1969. Gillian and Kenneth divorced in 1972. Gillian and Rachel then moved to Stevenage. Gillian was a Teacher-In-Charge of Music, Art and Display when she was introduced to Cyril Thomas Lyden. She married him in 1975 and she was then appointed to Teacher-In-Charge of a 24 place Nursery Unit in Maidenhall Infants School in Luton. In 1977, when the Nursery Unit expanded to 100 place Unit, Gillian got promoted to a higher scale. She became pregnant but had miscarriage. Gill and Cy divorced in 1985. Her daughter Rachel married Philip Green in 1986. They had three children ndash; Rebecca, Aron and Philip. But they got divorced in late 1990s. Gillian retired from teaching in 1992 but she did supply work ndash; mostly music to infants' schools for a few years after that. Her final retirement was in 2000. She met Colin John Toten in 1995 and now lives in Kensworth, Bedfordshire.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Associated Press
HOUSTON – Two Houston employment agencies that allegedly recruited immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to be cheap labor for restaurants in at least seven states were shut down Thursday after a series of arrests, federal authorities said.
Federal agents prepare to enter a business during a raid, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in southwest Houston. The raid was part of a crackdown on an alleged human smuggling ring operating in Texas and other states.
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A federal agent helps a person into a vehicle after raiding a business, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in southwest Houston. The raid was part of a crackdown on an alleged human smuggling ring operating in Texas and other states.
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The Hong Li and the Tai Shan employment agencies were competitors that both provided workers, mostly from Mexico and Central America, to Chinese restaurants in Texas, Louisiana, Maine and other states, said Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
"The agencies recruited and solicited the workers and sought the business of these restaurants to feed their demand for cheap labor," Moskowitz said.
According to the indictments, the two agencies used Chinese language newspapers and Internet sites to solicit the restaurants and "offer Hispanic unauthorized alien workers, commonly referred to in this context as 'amigos,' to them."
Officials estimate that in the 10 years the agencies operated, they supplied restaurants with hundreds of workers.
"The entire business model rested on the shoulders of illegal workers," Moskowitz said.
The agencies are also accused of housing the immigrants in often cramped homes and apartments and transporting them to restaurants in various states as part of services to their clients.
"There is no doubt (the workers) were complicit, knew what was going on. But they were also exploited. They paid them below minimum wage, worked them 12 hours a day, six days a week, did not allow them to take gratuities and sometimes housed them in substandard facilities," Moskowitz said.
Authorities say 32 people were charged in two separate indictments. Each indictment had 16 people from each employment agency. The indictments – handed down in November and unsealed Thursday – came after a more than three-year investigation by ICE agents.
Nine of the 32 people indicted face a conspiracy charge under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO. The others face charges of conspiracy to transport and harbor aliens, Moskowitz said.
Most of the individuals indicted are immigrants from China legally living in the U.S., Moskowitz said.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Beaumont will be handling the prosecution because several of the restaurants accused of being supplied with workers were located in that area of southeast Texas.
Moskowitz said the agencies used the same business model and had offices next to each other in southwest Houston and sometimes helped each other. Investigators are still trying to determine if there is a family connection between the two groups.
Agents with ICE and other law enforcement agencies on Thursday arrested 21 of those indicted. During the arrests, agents also took into custody nine people who are living in the country illegally.
Court records did not list attorneys for those who were arrested Thursday.
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A federal agent escorts an unidentified man after a business was raided, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in southwest Houston.
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U.S. Attorney John M. Bales, right, and Brian Moskowitz with Homeland Security address media Thursday Jan. 30, 2014, after several raids in Port Arthur and Houston that allegedly involved a large operation of illegal employment in multiple states. Twenty three arrests have been made.
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An official, holding handcuffs, prepares to arrest suspects after raiding a business, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in southwest Houston.
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Oh my…that is one beautiful pizza! I love the flavors!!
Thanks for visiting my blog! You've got beautiful photos…can't wait to check it out!
Inspiration: There really just aren't a lot of things better than homemade pizza on a Friday night. When B and I were on our honeymoon a few years back, we ate at an Italian restaurant in San Francisco and ordered their "California" pizza, which had avocados and cilantro as a couple of the toppings. It was the first time that we'd ever had those flavors on a pizza, and we really loved it. With a spare avocado to be used, I decided to make my own avocado pizza.
What we Loved: I think that this is the best pizza that I've ever made (aside from our margherita pizza, which is our all-time favorite). This was a good pizza. It's heavy with toppings (literally heavy), and the toppings all taste really great together. I used Vidalia onion slices, bacon, chopped cilantro, and sliced avocado, and along with pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese, the flavor combination was just amazing. I really can't rave enough about how good I thought this tasted. I particularly loved the salt from the bacon and the creamy richness from the avocado, which, by the way, I used plenty of.
Helpful Hints: There's nothing too difficult about making this pizza. Just prepare and enjoy.
Bacon Avocado Pizza
Source: Original Recipe
1/2 recipe pizza dough (recipe follows)
1/2 recipe pizza sauce (I used this recipe)
1 small Vidadlia onion, cut into slices
8 slices bacon, cut into strips and sauteed until browned
1/2-2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 large avocado, sliced
1. Grease a pizza pan. Spread out the pizza dough on the pan, using flour if necessary to help spread the dough. Top the dough with the pizza sauce, the cheese, the onion slices, and the bacon.
2. Cook the pizza in a preheated 400 degree oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the bottom of the pizza crust is browned and the cheese is browned.
3. Top the pizza with the cilantro and the avocado. Slice and serve.
Pizza Dough
Source: Adapted from Cooks Illustrated
*Makes enough for three thin pizza crusts.
1 3/4 cups water, divided (1/2 cup of the water should be warm, the rest should remain at tap temperature)
2 1/4 teaspoons dry active yeast (1 envelope)
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
Non-stick cooking spray or extra virgin olive oil for brushing bowl
1. Measure 1/4 cup of warm water into a mixing bowl. Sprinkle in the envelope of yeast, and let stand until the yeast dissolves, approximately 10 minutes.
2. Add the remaining 1/4 cup warm water to the bowl, plus the remaining 1 1/4 cups of tap water and the 2 T of olive oil. Meanwhile, mix the flour and the salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the liquid ingredients (holding back a tablespoon or two) to the flour mixture and combine. If the dough does not readily form into a ball, add the remaining liquid and continue to mix. Process until the dough is smooth.
3. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead by hand to form a smooth, round ball. Put the dough into a large oiled bowl, and cover with a damp cloth. Let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
4. Place the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and use a chef's knife to cut the dough into three equal portions.
Oh my…that is one beautiful pizza! I love the flavors!!
Thanks for visiting my blog! You've got beautiful photos…can't wait to check it out!
Oh Gracious – I couldn't have dreamed up a better ingredient combination! AMAZING!
Ooooohhhh that pizza TOTALLY has my mouth watering! It looks outrageous!
Sounds great!
omg, wow!!!!
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The entire time I was eating this pizza, I kept exclaiming to my husband that it was the best pizza I had ever eaten! Truly delicious! Thanks for the idea.
Loooooove the blog! So creative and delicious.
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Each week for the past few months I have been trying 2 new recipes. This week my boyfriend requested that I make something with bacon and avacado and after seeing your pizza recipe I knew it would be the perfect thing to make! And oh was it! The only thing I changed was that I left out the cilantro (I never really liked it) and added feta cheese. MMMMM!
My family LOVED this pizza recipe! I was so surpised my the incredible taste. I will definitely make this again!
Trying this tonight! Thanks for the great idea. Ever tried it with garlic, black beans, tomatoes, & black olives as well? Here we go!


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Findings from newly launched Mobiquity Labs threaten benefits for retailers and other early adopters
BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile engagement provider Mobiquity (www.mobiquityinc.com) today has determined that significant enterprise functionality lapses still exist in current deployments of beacon programs. This gap – in monitoring, authentication and authorization – could significantly impact the touted benefits of this new technology aimed at retailers and other early adopters. The findings are a result of the "Micro-Locationing Project" from Mobiquity Labs (www.mobiquityinc.com/labs) a newly launched applied technology lab that explores the feasibility of technology and aims to help Mobiquity clients design mobile solution prototypes that integrate emerging technology.
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The Result: A Gaping Divide
Mobiquity Labs' "Micro-Locationing Project" found that there are currently no processes in place to monitor beacons, making it difficult to measure whether they are working or effective. Not only does this impact the value of the beacon program, but it could lead to significant security risks, such as stolen beacons.
"While beacon technology is incredibly easy to use and deploy, we were shocked at the gap that exists around enterprise-class deployment," said Ty Rollin, chief technology officer. "With no consistent tracking and monitoring system, there is no stopping the movement of beacons from one location to another, and no way to track whether a beacon is truly effective. This can – and should – be a concern for anyone looking to deploy beacons technology. We believe that beacons will greatly change mobile interaction in 2014. As a result we have employed our Labs group to identify, build and deploy strategies and solutions to solve these and other related gaps."
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Mobiquity Labs: Exploring the Digital Experience of Technology
Mobiquity created Mobiquity Labs as a way to help clients test ideas in the real world by turning their concepts into tangible prototypes that can be used for further testing, ideation, experimentation and/or securing buy-in. Focused in the areas of M2M, wearables, retail and security, Mobiquity Labs offers three ways to experiment: Community Labs, Private Labs and Co-create Labs.
"Mobiquity Labs represent a structured framework through which we can deliver Mobiquity services," said Bill Seibel, co-founder and CEO of Mobiquity. "We are now able to provide an educational and research tool where ideation and feasibility testing help our clients explore growing areas of technology. Through the development of tangible prototypes in the Labs, Mobiquity and its clients can demonstrate real-world use cases of today and tomorrow's emerging technology."
Mobiquity Labs' "Micro-Locationing Project" was born out of the need to demonstrate beacon technology and its effectiveness. Mobiquity Labs purchased beacon hardware from multiple vendors, built their own beacons using Raspberry Pis as well as mobile applications and services. Next, the team tested the technology in real-world scenarios, such as receiving welcome messages and awards at specific points of interest identified by multiple beacons.
Mobiquity is currently leveraging the findings from the "Micro-Locationing Project" to create more effective beacon solutions for its clients, one of which was demonstrated at the recent National Retail Federation (NRF) show. For more information about working with Mobiquity Labs, visit (www.mobiquityinc.com/labs)
About Mobiquity
Mobiquity is a mobile engagement provider creating innovative solutions that drive business value. Because mobile is in our DNA, clients benefit from how we expertly and effectively blend the three key disciplines that unleash the power and innovation of mobile computing: strategy, user-centered design and core technology. Since inception in 2011, we have worked with more than 150 companies, including CVS, Fidelity Investments, MetLife, the New York Post, Putnam Investments and The Boston Globe. To learn more, visit www.mobiquityinc.com.
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