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WESTERN SAN JUANS - The West Fork Complex wildfire continues its unchecked rampage this week through southern San Juan Mountain forests decimated by bark beetles.
It is, perhaps, a logical assumption that these vast swaths of standing dead trees are to blame for the fire's savage intensity.
But research conducted by Dr. Jason Sibold, a forest ecologist at Colorado State University who has studied wildfires and bark beetle outbreaks in subalpine Colorado forests for 15 years (and recently visited Telluride to take part in a forest health workshop sponsored by the Telluride Institute's Watershed Education Program), shows that wildfire risk in subalpine forests is extremely high during severe drought conditions, with or without bark beetle outbreaks.
The severity of the West Fork Complex wildfire should be blamed not on the massive beetle kill, Sibold maintained, but rather on the cascading effects of climate change.
"Everything you see says the fires are feeding on beetle-killed forest. But the big thing driving this is that it's so doggone dry, and it's been dry for 11 years, more or less," he emphasized. "That area is experiencing extreme drought, low snowpack, late onset of winter, early snowmelt and warmer springs and summers," he said, and "there are reports of incredible fire behavior all the way up at tree line. A lot of those places, in the old climate scenario, would still be under snow. There's no way they would be burning. We still don't know exactly what role beetles are playing, but this is a drought-driven fire."
Sibold has conducted extensive research at several sites throughout Colorado. One project took him into the exact area that has in recent days been decimated by the West Fork Complex blaze. Here, through extensive tree ring sampling, he discovered that spruce beetles are actually endemic to the area. Past significant outbreaks killed off only 30 to 40 percent of the trees, however, while the current infestation is breaking all the rules, with the beetles munching their way through every single drought-stressed tree they encounter.
"There are so many beetles, they will eat anything," Sibold said. "In theory, they are not supposed to attack seedlings and saplings; they cannot successfully reproduce in saplings, because the phloem is not thick enough for them to reproduce. But there is nothing else for them to attack; they are going after everything."
Sibold's research also shows that in spite of past beetle-kill outbreaks, the area where the West Fork Complex fire is now raging has been remarkably immune to wildfires in the past, going back as far as the tree record allows, due at least in part to the fact that the mountains used to hold onto their snowpack well into wildfire season, helping to keep trees healthy and wildfires at bay.
When wildfires did happen in the past, they behaved very differently. "They would spread halfway up a valley and stop because of avalanche breaks and higher elevation forests which would still be wet. But we are seeing that this fire does not care about topography or avalanche breaks.
"It did not get that memo," Sibold joked, and so, "it is breaking all the rules of at least the past 500-600 years."
Modeling work conducted by research ecologist Carol Miller of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Institute, the prestigious federal institute that funded Sibold's work in the San Juans, corroborates this theory that a new paradigm is at play. Miller's work shows that in the past, snow in the San Juans lingered for so long, there wasn't sufficient time between snowmelt and the start of monsoon season for a real fire season to develop. But with climate change, earlier snowmelt creates a true fire season in the San Juans, even at high elevations.
"This is a big change," Sibold said.
There are potential policy implications to Sibold's research. In April, he was called to Washington, D.C. to testify before the House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation regarding the Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act (H.R. 818).
This bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R–Colo.), seeks to decrease the perceived elevated risk of wildfire to mountain communities as a result of recent and ongoing bark beetle outbreaks by thinning tree densities in beetle-affected stands; and to mitigate the risk of future bark beetle outbreaks through forest thinning projects in healthy stands where the risk of outbreaks is perceived as high.
To the dismay of the bill's supporters, Sibold's testimony largely debunked the premises upon which it is based.
"The scientific evidence does not suggest that fire risk has increased as a result of recent and ongoing bark beetle outbreaks," he told legislators. "In contrast, the vast majority of evidence suggests that bark-beetle outbreaks have either no influence on fire risk or potentially decrease fire risk," due in part to the fact that as the trees die, their needles eventually fall to the forest floor, making the crowns of trees, where forest fires tend to feed, less flammable, "and that weather" – most particularly, drought – "is the dominant influence on fire risk in these forests."
Sibold also testified that thinning healthy forests does not seem to mitigate the risk of bark beetle outbreaks, particularly when they have already reached epidemic proportions nearby.
"In contrast, forest-thinning projects could result in several unintended consequences," he warned – including killing seedlings and saplings in beetle‐affected stands that are critical components of forest recovery, and increasing the likelihood of wind toppling remaining trees, which often acts as a catalyst for the development of bark beetle, he said.
Tipton himself, as the sponsor of the bill, has said he endorses the idea that it is important for beetle-kill to be harvested and healthy forests to be thinned, to prevent wildfires and restore forests, while critics of the bill allege that it plays on people's fears about wildfire to push through the timber industry's agenda.
Sibold maintains that the bill's supporters should simply call a spade a spade.
"If a lawmaker wants a more vibrant timber industry, then cutting trees is a logical conclusion," he said. "But people should not be fooled into thinking you can thin forests and decrease risk for fires; you just can't do it. I guarantee you, this fire in the San Juans is going through a huge range of tree densities, sizes, canopy structures and apparently does not care at all. Unless people are willing to have thinning to the point where it takes out a large percentage of the trees –over 50 percent – there will not be a whole lot of an impact."
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Sal Khan quit a job at a hedge fund to run his online school.
In retrospect I was unbelievably naive. Despite already having more views on YouTube than MIT OpenCourseWare and Stanford combined, the Khan Academy was still a one-person operation run out of a closet. Then I got an unexpected and providential e-mail from Ann Doerr, wife of famed venture capitalist John Doerr. She suggested we have lunch. When Ann asked how I was supporting myself and my family, I answered, "I'm not; we're living off of savings." She nodded, and we each went our ways. About 20 minutes later I got a text message as I was parking in my driveway. It was from Ann: You need to support yourself. I am sending a check for $100,000 right now. I almost crashed into the garage door.
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At Aspen...hundreds of people in audience...Bill Gates on stage, talking about you.
My mind immediately pictured all the half-assed videos I had made for my cousins -- where my son is screaming in the background or I'm trying to cram in a concept before my wife comes home from work. Did Bill Gates really watch those?
After about a week, Gates' chief of staff called. He told me that Bill would like to fly me to Seattle to meet and see how he could support the Khan Academy. I was staring at my calendar as he was asking my availability; it was completely blank for the next month. Sitting in my closet and trying to sound as cool as possible, I said, "Sure, I think I could squeeze something in."
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The meeting happened on Aug. 22. I was waiting in a conference room with several other people from the Gates Foundation. They reassured me that "Bill is just another human being. He's completely cool." After a few minutes all the people in the room began to look a bit more serious than they had 30 seconds before. Bill Gates had walked in and was standing behind me. Yeah, just another human being. I spent the next 15 minutes talking about what I thought the Khan Academy could do and how we would do it. He asked me a few questions and then said simply, "This is great." Two days later, an article came out in Fortune magazine titled "Bill Gates' Favorite Teacher." The headline was unreal. The article made my mother cry. It seemed that it was time for me to move out of my closet office. Adapted from The One World Schoolhouse, published this month by Twelve Books This story is from the October 8, 2012 issue of Fortune.
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The former Grand Theatre on Main Street in downtown Philippi is currently vacant, most recently having housed a coffee and tea shop from late 2005 into early 2006. It was last used as a movie house in 1999.
Further information on the Grand, also called the Philippi Grand, would be appreciated.
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Is this still for sale?
I have been through the area and like it, but not sure the area can support a venue like this?
Dear Dazeofmyth: Yes the theatre is still for sale. All contracts have expired since the interested party could not get financing. We have listed it full scale and on a first come first serve basis. I can be reached at 973-377-2166 or email at for all the information. My husband and I are the current owners.
Karen Miller
I think this theater may have first opened in 1926.
The Grand Theater would make a great Branson Type of Theater with live entertainment at a fraction of the cost that it cost to build a new theater such as the "American Mountain Theater" www.americanmountaintheater.com in Elkins at a cost of 1.7 million.A band comedy group for example such as "Lucky Enough" now performing at the Elks Lodge in Elkins would be a good match for example plus it would bring more tourism into Philippi and the downtown area.That type of concept should be studied upon.Branson Type Entertainment at the Grand in historic Philippi!!
Here is a November 2008 photo.
Still for sale here.
According to this site, "Brick building, basement is cut stone, Old Opera House built in 1840, burned 1927 and rebuilt in 1931. Known today as The Grand Theatre."
Close-up view of the entrance is here
I live in Belington and have been interested in maybe buying the theater off and on for the last couple of years. I was surveying the crowd at the 2007 Blue and Gray and had really favorable results but got sick that Summer. If its still for sale I'd love to talk to someone. My email is
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SHERIDAN — An arrest has been made in connection with a two-alarm fire early Wednesday morning that destroyed a rural Sheridan home at 16955 E. Rock Creek Road.
Brittany Rene Paschke, 23, who was living at the residence, was charged with one count each of first-degree arson, reckless burning and recklessly endangering anothere person. First-degree arson is a Class A felony and Measure 11 offense punishable by a mandatory minimum prison sentence on conviction.
Paschke was also wanted on a Marion County warrant for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
The fire was reported about 2:30 a.m., according to Sheridan Fire District spokesperson Wesley Rolfson. The first arriving unit reported the home was fully involved. An undetermined number of occupants were not home at the time.
Firefighters had the blaze under control in about 50 minutes, and a majority of the units were released at about 6.
The Yamhill County Fire Investigation Team was called out to determine a cause.
Seven pieces of equipment from the Amity, Sheridan and West Valley fire districts and 29 firefighters were on scene. Units and personnel from McMinnville and West Valley covered the Sheridan station.
The 728-square-foot, two bedroom/one bath home is owned by Stanley and Victoria Turnidge of Amity, according to the Yamhill County Assessor's office. It was built in 1938.
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Forty-nine companies participated in the competition, submitting 71 projects that were evaluated by a panel of qualified jurors.
The Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo, (Central American Environment and Development Committee) (CCAD), recognized Industrias La Constancia (ILC) for having cleaner production in brewing in the materials category. ILC was also awarded a special mention in the water category among the countries in the region (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic).
Forty-nine companies participated in the competition, submitting 71 projects that were evaluated by a panel of qualified jurors.
The company reduced its water use by 62% and solid waste by 58% during the last eight years. It also increased the recycling of post-production factory materials by 67% in the last year.
ILC's president, Martin van Dam, said that ILC is, and will continue to be, a company committed to the changes that the current world demands. The policy of sustainable development that the company embraces requires that the company continually improve its production processes to protect the environment.
The award recognizes the company's environmental achievements, such as reduction of water use, creation of waste reduction and recycling programs, installation of a recycling centre in the brewing plant, a more than 300% improvement in recycling prices of plastic films and cardboard, a 58% reduction of solid waste sent to landfills, and a 67.78% increase of post-production factory materials recycling in the last year.
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I have more than once had to spend time looking for my bike at the station, what's your method to remember the rack you put it in?
Do any town have a system of numbering or labelling the bike racks so it is easy to find your bike?
I have more than once had to spend time looking for my bike at the station, what's your method to remember the rack you put it in?
Do any town have a system of numbering or labelling the bike racks so it is easy to find your bike?
In these kind of situations I use the tips that a guru taught me when I was learning the ways of triathlon. In the transition area, where you leave your bike to collect at the end of the swim, you are quite often assigned a spot for your number (otherwise everyone clamours for the ends of rows).
So it's about landmarks, "3rd row, lake-side, half way down, past the second tree", and memorable things, so the the flag (or strategically placed towel) is a good idea too. Don't make the mistake of using temporary, movable landmarks. That nice Cervelo might well have come out of the water (or work) before you :)
The key takeawayss here are to make them instantly and accurately memorable. If you're in the same area day after day you don't want to to get too confused about whether you're remembering yesterday's or today's position, so @neilfein's rotation of possible locations is a good feint.
In triathlon you're trying to keep it simple (because your mind is inherently fuzzy when you're out of the water and trying to peel off a wetsuit), and at the end of a long day you probably haven't given much thought to your bike since about 2 minutes after you left it.
My bike is in a secure area in an underground car park, so I leave my helmet on the saddle which is generally still there, un-knocked-off, at the end of the day.
Aside from the fact that your bike is the only one you'll be able to unlock, the best thing for you to do is park in the same location every day. That can be an invitation to have your bike stolen, however. You can either:
Make your bike easily distinguishable from the crowd. Putting something brightly-colored on the bars might help, attaching a safety flag to the rear rack would be even better. Either of these calls attention to your bike, again this is something inviting bike theft. You could jot down a note to yourself for later -- "bike 3 arches down from the big ugly tree", for example.
What I would do is find three or four medium-traffic parking locations and rotate among them. That way I'd only have a few places to search, but I wouldn't be using the same spot over and over.
Use your phone to take a photo of your bike location, being sure to get some easy to find landmarks in the photo as well. E.g. if you had just taken the photo above and your bike is the front centre one, those two trees should be fairly easy to find again when you come back.
If it still takes a while to find (or the search area is very big) and your phone has GPS, you can probably tag the photo with the location as well.
Buy an electronic key finder. Attach the keyring part to your bike, when you want to find your bike you press the button on the remote and the keyring beeps and flashes. Range is 40 meters which should easily be enough.
Decorate your bike so that it stands out a bit. I usually paint the rear mudguard a bright colour and attach something colourfull to my handlebars.
And I try to park my bicycle in the same row each day.


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Today PS3Center.net (linked above) has ran across a free new iPhone application dubbed http://www.pocketblu.com/, which essentially turns your iPhone into a Blu-ray player and PS3 remote control.
It can be downloaded from the http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-blu/id334746192?mt=8 and is being labeled as "the perfect utility application to compliment your Blu-ray movie watching experience."
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|Golden Gate Quartet
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|Norfolk, Virginia
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|Paul Brembly
Frank Davis
Thierry Francis
Timothy Riley
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Henry Owens
Robert "Peg" Ford
A.C. "Eddie" Griffin
William Landford
Orlandus Wilson
Clyde Riddick
Cliff Givens
Alton Bradley
Orville Brooks
Eugene Mumford
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The Golden Gate Quartet (aka The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet) is an American vocal group. It was formed in 1934 and, with changes in membership, remains active. It is the most successful of all of the African-American gospel music groups who sang in the jubilee quartet style.[citation needed]
Origins and early career[edit]
The group was founded as the Golden Gate Jubilee Singers in 1934, by four students at the Booker T. Washington College in Norfolk, Virginia. According to the group's website,[1] the original members were Willie Johnson (baritone; d. 1980), William Landford (tenor; d. 1970), Henry Owens (second tenor; d. 1970) and Orlandus Wilson (bass; 1917–1998); other sources state that Landford and Wilson replaced earlier members Robert "Peg" Ford and A.C. "Eddie" Griffin in 1935.[2][3][4]
From 1935, the group sang in churches and on local radio, gaining a regular spot on radio station WIS in Columbia, South Carolina in 1936.[1][5] They began as a traditional jubilee quartet, combining the clever arrangements associated with barbershop quartets with rhythms borrowed from the blues and jazz like scat singing. They developed a broad repertoire of styles – from Owens' mournful, understated approach in songs such as "Anyhow" or "Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name", to the group's highly syncopated arrangements in "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego". Like The Mills Brothers in popular music, they would often include vocal special effects in their songs, imitating train sounds in songs such as "Golden Gate Gospel Train". Landford often sang lead, using his ability to range from baritone to falsetto, while Johnson narrated in a hip syncopated style that became the hallmark for the group. Wilson's bass served as the anchor for the group and Owens harmonized with Landford and Johnson.[citation needed]
In 1937 they moved to station WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, and soon afterwards won a contract with Bluebird Records. After their first recording session on August 14, 1937, in which they recorded 14 songs in two hours,[1] they were contracted to record 12 tracks per year. In 1938, they were recruited by John Hammond to appear at the first From Spirituals To Swing concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, after which their popularity grew. They stayed in New York and were signed up for a residency at the Cafe Society nightclub. As well as performing and recording gospel songs they also recorded some secular songs for RCA Records, who were intending to bill them as "The Four Chocolate Bars", but the recordings were not released. In 1939, William Landford left the group to form a new group, the Southern Sons; he was replaced by Clyde Riddick (1913–1999).[5]
The 1940s and 1950s[edit]
In 1940 the group signed a new contract with Columbia Records' subsidiary Okeh label, and shortened their name to the Golden Gate Quartet.[5] They soon had a nationwide radio program and the opportunity to sing at Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration in 1941, becoming the first black musical group to sing at Constitution Hall and later performing several times at the White House.[1] They continued to be popular during World War Two, making several appearances in Hollywood films and singing secular music, including some unique popular front songs such as "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" that mixed humor with political commentary. The Quartet appeared in films such as Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Hit Parade of 1943 (1943), Hollywood Canteen (1944), and the Danny Kaye film A Song Is Born (1948). In the latter film, they performed the songs "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" and part of "A Song Is Born" with Louis Armstrong and Virginia Mayo.
Johnson was called into the US Navy in 1943, followed by Wilson in 1944; they were temporarily replaced by Cliff Givens - who later left to join firstly The Ink Spots and then Billy Ward and His Dominoes - and Alton Bradley.[1] The group moved first to the main Columbia record label and then, in 1948, to Mercury Records. Johnson left in 1948 to form The Jubalaires, and was replaced by Orville Brooks (1919-1997).
The quartet lost their pre-eminent position in gospel music after the war, when they faced competition from the newer hard gospel quartets. They continued in their old style, offering sharper political commentary in songs such as "God's Gonna Cut 'Em Down", but losing much of their audience to quartets such as the Dixie Hummingbirds and the Soul Stirrers. Henry Owens left in 1950 to become a preacher and solo artist. Alton Bradley returned to replace him, but then left in 1952 when he was replaced by Eugene Mumford (1925-1977), previously of The Larks.
The Golden Gates revived their career in 1955, however, when they toured Europe for the first time, where they became widely popular. The group moved to Paris in 1959 and has continued touring, primarily in Europe, since then. During his stint in the US Army, in Germany, Elvis Presley, who was a huge admirer of their work since his early childhood, visited them backstage at "Le Lido", in Paris, and stayed to watch their entire show, staying also with them at the hotel "Prince de Galles". During this time there were further personnel changes: Orville Brooks left and was replaced by Franck Todd and later in turn by Caleb Ginyard (1910-1978), and Eugene Mumford was replaced by Clyde Wright (born May 1, 1928, Charlotte, North Carolina).[1][6]
Since the 1950s, the group has been primarily based in Europe. They toured widely in the late 1950s, including US State Department-sponsored tours around the world. In 1959, the group started a two-year residency at the Casino de Paris.[1]
Later activities[edit]
The group made their first tour of Africa in 1962, and during the early 1960s gradually expanded their accompanying band to incorporate guitar, piano, bass and drums. Through the 1960s they toured widely in Europe, with a long-established line-up of Orlandus Wilson, Clyde Riddick, Caleb Ginyard, and Clyde Wright. In 1971, Ginyard and Wright left, and were replaced by Paul Brembly (the great-nephew of Orlandus Wilson) and Calvin Williams.[5] Wright returned to the group in 1985 to replace Williams, who returned to the US.[1]
The group undertook a 60th anniversary world tour in 1994. Riddick remained with the group until his retirement in 1995, and Wilson, the last surviving member of the original group, until his death in 1998. Riddick was replaced by Frank Davis. Wright was replaced by Charles West (Nephew to Wilson) of Portsmouth, VA. The position of bass singer has in recent years been filled by Thierry Francis, Richard Phillips, and, since 2005, by Anthony Gordon.[1]
The Golden Gate Quartet was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
In his 2011 album "So Beautiful or So What" musician Paul Simon used excerpts from their 1938 recording of "Golden Gate Gospel Train" to mix into the song "Love & Blessings". In addition, the group's music was also featured in the video game Battlefield Bad Company.
Selected singles[edit]
- Bluebird 7564: Pure Religion/Remember Me (both recorded January 24, 1938)[7]
- Okeh 6713: Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer (recorded May 1943)/Run On (recorded March 1942)[8]
- Okeh 6741: I Will Be Home Again/The General Jumped at Dawn (both sides recorded March 16, 1945)[8]
- Columbia 37236: Atom and Evil/Shadrach (both recorded June 5, 1946)[9]
Selected albums[edit]
- 2010 – Incredible
- 2003 – The Good Book
- 2003 – Gospel Train
- 1999 – Our Story
- 1997 – The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet
- 1961 – Negro Spirituals
- 1957 – That Golden Chariot
- 1956 – The Golden Gate Quartet [Camden]
- 1950 – The Golden Gate Spirituals
- 1949 – Joshua fit the battle
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Golden Gate Quartet: History
- ^ Clyde Wright website: The Golden Gate Quartet
- ^ James R. Goff, Close harmony: a history of southern gospel, UNC Press Books, 2002
- ^ Document Records: Golden Gate Quartet
- ^ a b c d Seamus McGarvey, The Golden Gate Quartet, in Juke Blues magazine, no. 71, 2011, pp. 42–45
- ^ Clyde Wright: Biography
- ^ Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project – BLUEBIRD numerical listings 7500 - 8000". Retrieved February 21, 2011
- ^ a b Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project – Okeh (CBS) 6500 - 6747 (1941 - 45)". Retrieved February 21, 2011
- ^ Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project – COLUMBIA (Microphone label, USA) 37000 to 37500 Numerical Listing". Retrieved February 21, 2011
External links[edit]
- Clyde Wright official website
- The Golden Gate Quartet official website
- The Golden Gate Quartet discography and biography excerpts on singers.com
- 'The Golden Gate Quartet' Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page
- The Golden Gate Quartet at IMDB
- The Golden Gate Quartet recordings at the Internet Archive
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For many "dye-hards," Tish and Snooky's Manic Panic is a way of life. It's a temporary hair dye that comes in a range of outrageous colours, first popular with punks and goths, and now seen almost everywhere (runways, the drugstore, perhaps on your little brother). For brand founders, radical entrepreneurs, and original punk rock queens Tish and Snooky Bellomo, it's been more than just a way of living. The sister duo have been through a number of ups and downs over the past 35 years—turning the shop they started in 1977 while in their twenties into an internationally recognized brand with a cult following. It's no wonder this bright hair colour is so popular with a do it yourself audience—the brand's DIY story makes it a compelling choice for colour.
You guys are known for your line of hair colour and cosmetics that has this huge following all over the world. But my understanding is that you started your business without any experience, opening a very small (and very legendary) punk boutique on St. Mark's Place?
Tish > Well there were no punk boutiques in the Americas and we started the first out of necessity. There was nobody selling anything like it.
Snooky > We were always on stage, or out at clubs, and everybody liked our style and wanted to know where they could get something similar. So we thought we could sell stuff as a sideline to our singing career. We had no idea how to do it, but we just decided we would try. We learned how by doing everything, every step of the way. We had no business background, no business experience. We were just singers and we still are singers! When we were kids we were always putting on shows—charging pennies for entry and serving Kool-aid and stuff, you know, selling them refreshments. We had a little monopoly going on. It's funny how things turned out so similar.
What kinds of things were sold in the original Manic Panic shop?
Snooky > Basically, everything and anything we liked.
Tish > I was sewing clothes and Snooky was knitting. We were selling cosmetics, hair colour, things we picked up in thrift shops.
Snooky > Debbie Harry had turned us on to this great basement full of unused vintage shoes—all these incredible stiletto shoes still in their boxes. It was like this goldmine. We would go there and bring back tons of beautiful '50s and '60s stilettos and sold those. My boyfriend at the time, rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, drilled holes in the wall, and we stuck the stilettos into the holes. That's how we displayed them. When we started Manic Panic, we each had $250, and any money we made we just put back into the business. Luckily we were young (I was 25 and Tish was 23) and living at home with our mother, so we didn't have a lot of overhead. When we first opened, we hardly had anything to sell. But we got so much coverage from all the media—every newspaper, magazine, and TV station covered our opening because it was the first punk store in America. So we got all this press and people started coming; then we had to get stuff to sell because we didn't have enough! We just learned by doing and it's been great.
The cosmetics that you guys were selling, were you importing them or were they your own formula?
Snooky > It was a variety. We were bringing some in from the UK, we were buying some from various local companies. We were putting it all together. None of it had the exact selection we wanted. We wanted to make what we thought was the best cosmetic line in the city—which I think it was, actually—and there was nobody, especially in the downtown area, that sold anything that was the least bit theatrical. You could go to the theatre district and go to some of those makeup stores to find extreme colours or weird stuff, but I think it was our store that had the biggest variety.
Tish > Oh yeah, we definitely did. And we had cornered the market on cosmetics downtown. All the other store owners in the area were mostly men and didn't know about cosmetics or beauty products, so they couldn't compete with us. They knocked us off in every other area, in every other category of items we were selling. You know, we would find great stuff in England, great pantyhose or really cool stuff, and the next time we'd go back there, they'd say, "Sorry, we can't sell to you anymore, we're selling to your competitor down the street and they asked us not to sell to you." But we introduced a lot of these lines to America.
Snooky > Our competitors would say to these companies We'll pay twice as much as them, or three times as much as them, so sell to us. They used to send their employees in to buy stuff. We realized soon realized that we were just giving them all their ideas. But they couldn't really compete with us in beauty.
Tish > That's right, we were and are more beautiful.
Snooky > We knew what we sold. We wore what we sold and we loved what we sold. We were walking advertisements. But we still did really well with clothing despite the market. We just had to keep being one step ahead, and find other sources for fashion.
How have your personal styles evolved over the years?
Snooky > Mine hasn't really evolved. It's like I'm stuck in a time warp in the '70s. I still have all the same clothes—only more of them now—that I did when I was like in high school even! I still have the same things that maybe don't all fit, but I still have 'em and love 'em. My style did evolve from more vintage to a little more punk over the years.
Tish > I think I'm more of a fashion-follower or whatever, maybe a fashion leader. I like to change more than Snooky in general, I think I buy more stuff than she does and I've evolved over the years. I was like the kid that had to have pink, I had to have turquoise. I couldn't bear wearing anything that wasn't feminine. And when I became older, we had no money, so we took all the hand-me-downs we got, and I liked to sew, so I took the sewing machine and would make all these '50s outfits into new shiny dresses and revamp everything. I have way too much stuff. My attic is cracking my ceiling. Clearly, I have way too much, but I still keep buying and still keep wearing this stuff. I still have, of course, a punk attitude in most of my clothes.
Snooky > Tish is more tailored.
Tish > That's right, you know, somebody told us that the way he remembered the difference between Tish and Snooky is that Tish is tailored. T for Tish and T for tailored.
Snooky > So my husband said, "Well I guess that's S for Snooky and S for sloppy!" Which is about right.
What was the St. Mark's Place scene like?
Snooky > Well at first it was dead.
Tish > It was a pretty burned out neighbourhood, tons of empty storefronts.
Snooky > There were some vintage stores around the block.
Tish > Yeah, that was the look back then.
Snooky > And then when we opened, we were the wacky punk rock store end no one knew what to make of us.
Tish > As a matter of fact, we tried to sell some of our stuff before we opened to some of the places on St. Marks, and they thought they were disgusting. But then a year later they were opening up their own punk boutiques too.
Snooky > Yeah, they saw all the TV cameras coming into our store, and thought, Hmmm, I guess there is something to that. That looks like a good thing.
Tell me about your careers as singers.
Snooky > We've done it all. We were this wacky show at the Bowery Lane theatre called the Palm Casino Revue. That's kind of where we got our start. Yeah, you know, we were doing stuff before that, but nothing you could call Palm Casino Revue professional, but that was like a different level for us. On a real stage and in an old vaudeville theatre show.
Tish > It was really cool, with all different wacky acts and lots of drag queens. They'd sing a little song, and do a little tap dance or something. So Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (of Blondie) saw us at the show, and asked us to come to one of their rehearsals, and then we were in their band. We were in Blondie for a little while and we've been in lots of other bands since then. Right now, we sing with this adorable band called Blue Coupe, which is the founding member of the Alice Cooper group, Dennis Dunnaway, the original bass player. And Albert and Joe Bouchard from Blue Öyster Cult.
Snooky > So we sing with them, and we also still sing with the Sic F*ucks, our old punk rock band that started back in '77. The same year we started Manic Panic we also joined the S*c Fucks.
What was CBGB like?
Snooky > In the beginning, it was really pretty empty. When we were in the Palm Casino Revue we used to go across the street to CBGB with Eric Emerson, who was in the Magic Tramps; he was like a Warhol character. The place was basically dead, as a biker bar—the Hells Angels used to hang out there. Eventually there was a really small crowd of people in this very tiny bar. But it was this really cool underground club that nobody knew about, just a select few. It was like a secret society. I think everybody found out about it when Lisa Robinson came down to see the Ramones and wrote about it, and then everybody started coming and it became really popular. You could go on a Wednesday night and run into Lester Bangs, or Lenny Kaye from Patti Smith, and if you were in the scene you knew a million different people. And every night you went there, you knew everybody in the place. And it was all the big bands going to see other bands. It was the Dead Boys, Ramones, the Dictators, the Talking Heads, the Cramps. I mean it was just so much fun. You know, I think I used to go almost every night.
Tish > And the owner Hilly was like our father figure—we grew up without a dad.
How do you feel about Manic Panic's popularity over the years, and the acceptance of "not normal" hair colours? Having your hair dyed a bright colour is something friends of mine used to get beat up for.
Snooky > It was something you got beat up for, it definitely was.
Tish > I did!
Snooky > Oh, we got made such fun of and tortured. And it's great now they're using models in all these magazines and on the runway, and you know we just feel like it's about time the world caught up. It's so great that young people dress just like we dress. And I love that, you know, I love seeing kids in bright red mohawks. It's just the coolest thing.
How do you guys come up with the shades and the names for your hair colours?
Snooky > Coming up with oddball names was a fun thing that we did in the very beginning, and then lines like Urban Decay and Hard Candy started coming up with weird names for their products.
Tish > But we were the first!
Snooky > When we were younger we always loved cosmetics and we always thought that we'd have a cosmetic line and make really funny names. I mean I won't even mention some of the names!
Tish > We might still use 'em!
Snooky > Save them for other types of shops.
Tish > An X-rated line is coming soon.
Snooky > But we just loved colour and tried to do colours that other people aren't doing.
Tish > It's still all about what we like, colours we like, names we like. We like to do what we like!
Do you guys have a best-selling colour?
Tish > It varies throughout the years, I think for a really, really long time, Vampire Red was our biggest colour. Now I'm wondering if it's still Vampire Red or if it's Hot Hot Pink?
How did you guys move from importing cosmetics to developing your own formula? When did you move from being a small shop to an international brand?
Tish > We're kind of, Snooky and I, I won't say lazy because we work more than anybody on the planet, but we're so easygoing in a way: ride with the tide and go with the flow. We had our little shop, and to tell you the truth, if we still had that little shop, maybe we wouldn't have grown so much in the wholesale business. So circumstances have always brought us up to new levels, I feel. It seems to happen organically.
Snooky > What happened was our lease on St. Mark's Place was up, after like 12 years, and the landlord was quadrupling the rent, and gave us two weeks to get out. So we thought it was the end of our lives, the end of the world. We didn't know what to do. We had started wholesaling by then, so we just put all the merchandise into storage and just focused on the wholesale for a year, from my boyfriend's studio apartment. It was like three flights up so we went and received the dye that we were importing and we would roll it up three flights of stair. The two of us would pack all the orders and be on the phone taking in customer calls. And then we'd roll the boxes back down the stairs, put 'em in my car and race up to UPS every night. But we were focused on wholesale, and if we hadn't lost our lease and been forced out of the retail business, we probably couldn't have focused so much on the wholesale. So it was getting bigger and bigger, and the supplier in the UK couldn't keep up with the demand, they were like three months behind on the shipping.
Tish > Plus they were cheating on us. You know, we had an exclusive deal with them and they were selling behind our backs to our customers. It was another worst time of our lives, 'cause our mother was dying at the same time.
Snooky > So it wasn't like we could even spend our time fighting, 'cause our mother was dying, and we were at the hospital with her for months, so we ended up saying, "screw this, let's just make it ourselves!"
Tish > We tracked down the guy who invented it originally, and had him make it to our specifications. And we came up with more colours that we really liked, and it was just an exciting transition, but everything kind of happened because somebody was mean to us, I guess!
Snooky > First the landlord raised our rent and then the supplier was cheating on us, and our mother was dying, but we just kept growing! And you know, that's the way it's always been.
Tish > And we always know when things are awful and people are being really mean to us, which some people have been lately, we know it's just the start of another level for us. A higher level.
Do you guys have advice for young lady entrepreneurs?
Tish > Sure, we've got plenty of advice!
Snooky > You know, sometimes we speak to the Girl Scouts, or different organizations.
Tish > And we always tell everybody, if you do something that you love, and it's your passion, you're guaranteed to succeed. I mean, everything we do we loved. So, when we were singing, I can't even tell you how many times I forgot to get paid because I just loved doing it. And it's the same thing with this business. Well, it's not like we forget to get paid because we have a bookkeeper.
Snooky > Thank god! You have to love what you do and do what you love. And you also have to never take no for an answer. That's our other advice. Because we've been told so many times, oh no, that's it, you can't do that. And we're like, but wait a minute. What about this way? What about that way? And we always seem to get it done. You know, there are times when you can't, but in general, where there's a will there's a way. You just keep fighting for what you want. Young women are getting better at that. But the one thing that I do see, that I think we have that some younger people don't have is that people need to have a real passion for something and not think that somebody else is going do it for them. I don't know what they're teaching in school nowadays, but some younger people have an attitude that the world owes them something, and I don't think the world owes anybody anything. I think you have to make your own world. You have to carve it out yourself. And you really have to take the initiative and not sit back.
Tish > Yeah, and you just have to be ready to live and breathe it, 24-hours-a-day.
Snooky > It doesn't leave you. You know, it's not like a regular job where you can go home and forget about it. It haunts you in your waking and sleeping hours. And there's a lot of heartache that goes along with it as well as incredible joy. It's not really meant for everyone. A lot of people prefer to go home and forget about everything after your eight hours—if that's you, don't start your own business. We have a friend, Cleo Rose, who was a movie star in the '50s. And she started out with nothing. She was like us. She started out dirt poor. She was an actress, and didn't really like that too much. She got into real estate and dealing art, and all sorts of other endeavours. And now she has a castle in Italy, a townhouse in London, and a chapel in Tunbridge Wells in England, and all sorts of other places. You know, but when she was a little girl, she wanted a castle. And she got her castle! So anything's possible. She's our role model. She will just not take no for an answer. And our mother, too. Our mother wouldn't take no for an answer either. When our father left, she had two little girls. And at that time, it was really difficult. It wasn't like today where people get help, and it was a shameful thing to have children and no husband around. She went back to school when she was in her fifties. She started a whole new career; she was a greeting card artist, a commercial artist. And that paid so little that she went back to school and became an occupational therapist, one of the first occupational therapists in the country. And then she was asked by the head of visual arts at her school to start a program there and be the chairperson of the visual arts art therapy program. She worked until she passed away when she was in her late seventies.
Can you describe your sister in three words or less?
Snooky > Smart, practical and kind. Kind, she's very kind.
Tish > I would say smart, determined, and also kind.
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Hi everyone...my daughter and I will be starting BFL soon....right now she is on Easter break so eating six times a day will not be too much of a challenge. Once she goes back to school though (she is a freshman in highschool) this will become a problem. She goes to a private girls school where her classes are 1 1/2 hours long each. She only has a few minutes to get from class to class and there is no eating allowed in the hallways. So I guess my question is should I make her a larger breakfast and lunch until she gets home? Any advice I thank you in advance and good luck to everyone....noreen
Hi Noreen, Have you asked the principal of her school if you can get an exemption from the rule for her so she can pursue a health related improvement program. Maybe they would let her be 5 minutes late to classes or leave 5 minutes early so she could eat and not be seen by other students. I suggest asking the school how they handle diabetic students who need to eat more frequently and need privacy to take insulin. if they are willing to let her have extra meal times at the school I suggest fruits, and myoplex bars to avoid the refridgeration issue. Also for my kids I freeze single servings of cottage cheese and yougurts for them to take to school, that way by the time lunch hits they are defrosted buy still cold and good. If they won't bend the rules for your daughter to eat healthier I am not sure on the best way to adjust quantities. Hopefully another member can answer that... Good Luck!
Noreen-What is your daughter's school schedule; when does she have to be there, when is lunch, are there any extra breaks, does she have any activity classes (P.E. where she would have to dress out), and when does she get out of school.
I agree with Greg, talk with the administration and see if something can be done.
Glad you two have decided to do the challenge together! :0)
DebMO :0) Blessed to be a Blessing...
Tell the principal that he should go on the diet with your daughter and maybe he will make it a school wide policy to be on BFL!!!! :P
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But in all honesty, I went to a private girls school where the rules were quite strict. It was also a policy where we were not allowed to eat in the hallways, but my friend who was doctor ordered to gain weight after an eating disorder bout was ordered to eat frequent high protein/ carb meals. She was too scared to tell the principal / staff about her problem, so simply told them she had bad hypoglacima (spelling) . Without DR paper work, she was alloted 3 min's every 3 hours to eat a snack in the hall way without any disruption at all. The rule was just for the student body so wrappers and crumbs wouldn't be lying around the campus. It really shouldn't be an issue at all if you approach it as a health issue instead of a dieting issue.
Stacy Lynn
Thanks everyone for your advice.....She has homeroom at 9:30 about 2 1/2 hours after she would eat breakfast the only thing is she said she would have to eat on the sneak...I told her I would write a note but she said the teacher has no mercy!!! So I think for next week when she goes back I am going to make a larger breakfast and lunch for her and see how it goes...will let everyone know and thanks for the advice.
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Last night's episode of "Glee" wasn't "Wonder-ful," but it wasn't terrible either. After several weeks of PSAs about school shootings and sexual abuse, it was refreshing to see a more light-hearted episode.
Brittany's Absence
We were wondering how "Glee" was going to factor Heather Morris' pregnancy into the show.
As it turned out, MIT had offered Brittany early admission, and she was away touring the campus. Apparently, in the "Glee"-verse, perfect SAT scores are enough to earn acceptance into MIT, despite 12 years of poor academic performance, including having to repeat senior year.
I'm having flashbacks of Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) getting into Yale on "Saved By The Bell."
Finn's Absence
I was also wondering how Finn's (Cory Monteith) absence would affect the final episodes of the season. However, Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) were more than able to fill the Finn-shaped hole in my heart.
Mercedes was back in town to shoot the music video for her new single, and she wanted Mike and Jake (Jacob Artist) to participate. Mike's rocking dance moves had us saying "Hell To the Yes."
Unfortunately, Mercedes ran into some trouble with her producer when she refused to sex it up for the cover of her CD. The producer also threatened to use another person's photo for the cover, putting her in a difficult position. Mercedes had to decide whether to be true to herself, or to not let an entire year's work on her album go to waste.
In the end, she decided to take the high road, resulting in her being dropped from her record label. However, she decided to sell the CDs independently, and to find another way to get her music out there.
I'm loving Mercedes as the New Directions vocal coach. I also had a good laugh seeing her hit Marley (Melissa Benoist) with the maraca.
The Sunshine Of Our Lives
What better way to celebrate the World's Greatest TV Dad than with the music of Stevie Wonder?
I was not a happy camper when Burt (Mike O'Malley) revealed that he had prostate cancer. After Quinn (Dianna Agron), Burt seems to be the show's perennial punching bag.
In any case, in the days leading up to Burt's final test results, Kurt (Chris Colfer) had become increasingly superstitious, opting only to wear light blue socks and happy colors, even chastising his dad for wearing a dark navy blue plaid shirt because they colors were too funereal.
Fortunately, the combination of aggressive treatments and change of diet had cure Burt. He apparently now has a prostate of a 20-year-old.
To celebrate Burt's clean bill of health, Kurt serenaded him with with "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life."
Don't Put A Ring On It
I was so relieved to learn that "Glee" didn't plan on killing Burt off (at least for now). He's one of the only sane adults on the show. Couldn't they kill off Quinn's dad or Santana's (Naya Rivera) abeula instead?
Thankfully, Burt was around to put a stop to Blaine's (Darren Criss) hair-brained (or hair gel-brained) matrimonial plans. The combination of New York's legalization of gay marriage, and Kurt's struggles in coping with his dad's cancer had inspired Blaine to consider asking Kurt to marry him.
When Blaine approached Burt to ask for his blessing, Burt gave him a sobering reality check, reminding him of what happened to Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn. He also assured Blaine that if he and Kurt were really meant to be, then there was no need to rush.
I'm wondering if all that hair product is going to Blaine's head. Does he forget that he and Kurt are not even officially dating anymore? Besides, just a few weeks ago, Blaine was still crushing on Sam (Chord Overstreet) and moping over Phil Collins.
Katey Sagal Is Not An Old Hag
Artie (Kevin McHale) received an acceptance letter from a film school in Brooklyn. However, he was getting cold feet (or cold wheels?) about leaving Lima.
After some prodding from the newly reformed Kitty (Becca Tobin), Artie revealed that he felt guilty about leaving his mom (Sagal) because her whole life had revolved around taking care of him.
However, it turned out that Artie was just using his mom as an excuse to hide behind his own fears of moving to a city that may not be handicap accessible.
After learning about Artie's acceptance letter, his mom encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming a film maker. She also joked, "If you ever imply that I'm an old hag again, I will tip you over."
Everything Is All Right
Meanwhile, back in New York, Rachel was preparing for her "Funny Girl" callbacks when he two-timing classmates decided to rat her out to arch nemesis Cassandra July (Kate Hudson).
Cassie attempted to psych her out by moving her midterm to 6am the next day, and threatening to attend her audition, along with Barbra Streisand and James Brolin, to watch her choke at her first Broadway callback.
As it turned out, Cassie's year-long abuse was actually a form of tough love. She had been testing her the entire time. Her relentless attempts to break Rachel's spirit had failed, and Rachel was still standing tall and proud. As a reward, Cassie and her dance class performed a jubilant rendition of "Uptight" in order to wish her luck at her audition.
Next week, New Directions will compete at regionals, and Ryder (Blake Jenner) will continue his quest to learn the identity of his internet mystery girl.
This has been a sporadic and uneven season of "Glee," but I'm hopeful that they'll be able to end the season on a high note.
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1829 Cleveland Ave, Charlotte, NC | Directions 2820335.210094 -80.857199
Monday To Friday From 05:30 PM To 10:00 PM Saturday From 05:30 PM To 11:00 PM
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Terrible Experience – I will never go back to Bonterra. I purchased a gift certificate from the Charlotte half off website and unfortunately when I brought it to the restaurant to use it the waiter was completely rude to me. He seemed annoyed that I had the gift certificate and I was shocked by his attitude. He glared at me and told me that I could not use the $40 gift certificate towards alcohol. I was taking my boyfriend out for a surprise dinner for his birthday and the least expensive entree on the menu was $26. I definitely was planning on spending at least $52 on 2 meals that evening. I explained this to him but he still gave us terrible service all evening. He was late to bring our drinks and our bread. Everyone around us was receiving great service. When it was time to leave I gave him a 20% tip on the entire bill before discount. I only did this to prove to him that he didn't need to be so rude and that I was going to leave him a good tip. I really shouldn't have done that! The total bill came to over $100 so I don't know what this guys problem was. Basically my boyfriend and I left the restaurant hungry and frustrated and I had spent more money on dinner than I ever had anywhere else. What a waste of time and money! I wouldn't have minded that the portions were so small if I had actually received good service. I tried to contact the owners twice via phone but was told by my waiter that I would never be able to reach them. He told me that I needed to write an email from the website which I did, but of course did not receive a response. I also wrote 2 letters in the mail. I wasn't asking for a refund or even an apology. All that I asked from the owners was an explanation as to why they would advertise gift certificates on Charlotte Half Off if they were going to be rude to the customers who actually decide to take advantage of the offer. I would not advise anyone to visit this restaurant.
Excellent Food - Atmosphere good after dark – Went Saturday night. Valet parked in the parking lot? Little strange but I guess they are trying to avoid the lot being used by the neighbors.
The atmosphere was a bit stark for my taste, with all the white walls - still looked like a methodist church in the day light - suggest adding some fabric to warm up the atmosphere and bit.
The service was good - the waiter was polite and knew the menu - not too pushy and let us take our time. The food was fabulous - can't say enough. We started with the bbq duck spring rolls and the calamari - the calamari was a unique recipe and presentation and was absolutely wonderful.
The filet was cooked to perfection and came with potatoes with a port wine reduction and horseradish - it melted in your mouth.
Wine was fabulous. Wonderful place to take customers, groups, or for a special romantic dinner (after dark).
Could be one of the City's best – Overall a wonderful experience. My wife and I were in Charlotte on business and went to Bonterra to celebrate our 16th wedding aniversary. We were not disappointed with the food, wine or waiter. Really enjoyed the wine selection (even though it is hard to read on the menu because of the print and deem lighting). We both started with salads (Magnolia and Azeala) which were wonderful. We both had Filet Mignon which was made to perfection. I complimented my steak with a fried lobster tail which was insane! The mixture of the fried lobster with the filet created a wonderful tastebud experience. We finished the meal with a very good creme brule and cappacinos. Abosultely adored the ambience and deep south setting.
I hate to mention a negative, but feel I must since our bill was $325. For that much money, I expect everything to be perfect. Needless to say, they need to work on finding a more personable hostess that has high end restaurant experience. We had made our reservation online through Opentable for 8pm and noted that we were celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary. We were greeted coldly and seated right next to a loud bar filled with afterwork locals. There were plenty of other table selections for her to have put us because the restaurant remained more that half empty the rest of the night. Not only would I had handsomely tipped her for being observant of a couple wanting a romantic dining experience, the review would not had included 500 characters of negavitity on such a good restaurant.
one of my favorites! – This restaurant is wonderful! I enjoy my meal every time and I have never been led astray from a good glass of wine. A little pricey but worth every penny...
Wonderful menu, service and food – We were looking for a special restaurant and absolutely LOVED Bonterra. Two of us had the fried lobster tail, which was amazing, and the duck and scallops were also delicious. The Magnolia salad was perfect; they gave you a large hunk of goat cheese on top. The individual souffles were amazing and they had an extremely extensive wine list. We did think it was extremely strange that you were forced to valet park but the parking lot was right there. It would have been way easier to park ourselves. The spot was two feet away from the door!
Other than that, everything was wonderful. We will go back for another occassion.
Spectacular all the way around! – Ryan and I were celebrating two years together so he made a reservation about two weeks before we went in last Friday (Aug. 4th). The directions they gave him over the phone were easy to follow, the valet promtly took our car, we were seated immediately, and greeted with fantastic service that continued throughout the duration of the meal. We had been planning to for sometime but hadn't had the chance, however, I now know it was well worth the wait! We started with the extensive wine list, had magnolia salads (with warm goat cheese - delicious) moved onto duck with gnocchi and pork tenderloin with a grit cake and pancetta topped peach - both were tender and very well paired and prepared. Dessert is typically my favorite part of the meal yet here everything was so good it's hard to say it was absolutely my favorite but we were again, impressed. One chocolate molten cake with homemade (slighty tangy - a nice surprise) cherry ice cream and the Barking Dog chocolate sampler we were incredibly full and satisfied. The atmosphere there was perfect for an anniversary - we had privacy, impecable service, an outstanding meal (Ryan has cooked for various upscale restaurants, caterers, and country clubs so he's hard to impress - he was), and the environment was warm, formal without being stuffy. The only thing some may not enjoy is the menu's limited selection of about ten entrees, however, if that's the kind of cuisine you want there's something there for everyone - chicken, fish, beef, pork, duck, etc. Highly recommended to anyone looking for fine cuisine, a welcoming environment, and friendly yet professional staff.
Not quite what i expected – Definetly had a great experience at bonterra. There was about 25 of us for a birthday party a couple of weeks ago and we had an awesome time. We were probably a liitle annoying to the wait staff but you would have never known. The servive was absolutly great as well as the food. It was a little pricey, but what do you expect for incredible food?! I would love to go back for a more intimate setting and a full meal. I look forward to my next visit!!! Complaments to the chef!!
Excellent – One of the finest restaurants in Charlotte. Be prepared to spend over $100 for 2 people because it is expensive but well worth it. Service is excellent and the food was amazing. The server knew exactly which wine to pair with each course and was very attentive to our needs. Impressive interior and elegant styling. Wonderful place to take someone you really want to impress.
Very Classy & Romantic Dinner – The food was excellent & unique! The wine list was amazing & the waiter was very helpful. We had reservations & were seated upstairs in the balcony at 6pm on a Saturday. It was very quiet. Within the next 2 hours, the restaurant filled up downstairs at the tables & wine bar. It was noisy down there & much more casual. I was so glad to be upstairs for our romantic dinner & glad that we went early. The setting is neat, but it doesn't look as "churchy" as I had expected, particularly up in the balcony. The food & service were great though. Recommended as a special occasion restaurant.
A celebrated wine list and innovative American cuisine served in a renovated church. – The Scene
The setting is impressive: Partners John and Buddy Duncan have spent some money to upgrade a 100-year-old church-turned-gardening shop into a clean, airy dining spot. The textured walls are cream-colored with dark wooden accents, including a curved balcony and an elegant bar.
The Food
The wine list is impressive, offering 200 wines by the glass from bottles kept in custom-designed refrigerated cabinets. Servers happily make suggestions for matching wine to dinner. Crab cakes and seared jumbo scallops make nice starters. For the main course, try the pork loin (juicy and tender around its apple walnut stuffing) or the grouper, which is one of the best seafood dishes in town. For dessert, the large creme brulee has a silky body and the perfect crunch, and the chocolate pyramid is worthy of the sweet tooth gods.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nearly a year after the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, a strong majority of Americans—81 percent—views nuclear energy as important to meeting the nation's future electricity needs. Moreover, a solid majority of Americans believes nuclear power operations in the United States are safe and secure, according to a new national public opinion survey that reveals that popular support for nuclear energy has stabilized.
Overall, 64 percent of Americans favor the use of nuclear energy in the United States, according to the Feb. 17-19 telephone survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Bisconti Research Inc. with GfK Roper. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. When Bisconti Research/GfK Roper last conducted a national survey of energy attitudes for the Nuclear Energy Institute in September 2011, 62 percent of Americans voiced support for nuclear energy.
The survey shows the strength of support for views on the future importance of nuclear energy. While 81 percent of Americans express that view today, 80 percent of those surveyed last fall said they believe nuclear energy will be important to meeting America's electricity needs in the years ahead.
Eighty-one percent of those surveyed recall hearing or reading about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in Japan that resulted from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.
Nearly a year later, 74 percent of Americans believe that "nuclear power plants operating in the United States" are safe and secure.
Eighty-two percent of Americans believe that lessons learned from the Fukushima accident should be applied to existing operations and that the United States should continue to develop nuclear energy plants to meet growing electricity demand.
"Attitudes toward nuclear energy stand at approximately the level seen in a large number of the surveys in the past decade, but a bit below a pre-Fukushima peak," said Ann Bisconti, president of Bisconti Research. "The weight of public opinion toward nuclear energy and the building of new nuclear power plants continues to be favorable."
The new survey shows that two-thirds (65 percent) of Americans would find a new reactor operating at the site of the nearest nuclear energy facility acceptable. This support was highest in the Midwest and Southeast—69 percent and 68 percent respectively. But solid majorities also hold that view in the West and Northeast—61 percent each.
A near-consensus 82 percent of poll respondents say that U.S. energy policy ought to "take advantage of all low-carbon energy sources, including nuclear, hydro, and renewable energy." Eighty two percent of Americans also support renewing the licenses of nuclear power plants that continue to meet federal safety standards, according to the research. Additionally, 58 percent of Americans believe that the United States "should definitely build more nuclear plants in the future."
On the subject of managing used nuclear fuel, the survey found that a strong majority of Americans (76 percent) would like to see the by-product of nuclear energy production consolidated at one or two storage facilities at volunteer host sites. While the federal government by law was obligated to begin removing used fuel from reactor sites in 1998, it has not met its obligation and used fuel continues to be stored at plant sites.
A recent presidential commission on used nuclear fuel management recommended that a new federal corporation be created to manage the fuel, and pursue volunteer interim storage sites while also developing a permanent repository. An overwhelming majority of Americans (80 percent), the poll found, support the federal government developing a final disposal facility for used nuclear fuel as long as it meets U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements.
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