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I've been daydreaming a lot lately. Yesterday, as I was walking to see The Giver, I started flying. It was such a leisurely, casual swim through the air that no one noticed. I soaked in the sun. Flew to some of my favorite buildings, especially the ones with round corner rooms, and I wondered how I would fill them. It usually involves a piano… I'm playing a simple, tight succession of chords while looking longingly out the window. I'm even sad in my dreams.
The other one that has come up a lot lately is the 23rd St. yellow line hat dream. I never get off at this stop, but all along the platform are these hats, mosaics on the wall. Just floating, whimsical hats. I imagine myself making a ghost-like jump through the window pane onto an inverted purple bowler's hat. I start weaving through the subway tunnels, chasing trains.
I have another one that has to do with this sign:
The boom box started it… mostly because we don't have boom boxes anymore and it makes me think of John Cusack. So I usually imagine a crowd of people rebelling against these signs but getting it all wrong. Like instead of cigarettes, the people are all waving these batons with flowing material coming out of one end. The middle littering man picture varies… sometimes it's a bunch of people doing a weird dance with yo-yo's or glitter. And the boom box one I of course imagine everyone dressed up and posing like John Cusack with the thing on their shoulder… except that it's quiet because they all have their phones, listening through headphones.
My daydreams are mostly in transit, when I'm walking or taking the subway. I've got two related categories of things falling on me versus me falling down into things. The former are fears and the latter are exhilirating. So I'll imagine an air conditioner or big block of ice break away from a building and crush me into the sidewalk. Or the elevator will get loose from it's pulleys and I will free fall into a pillow at the bottom of the shaft. The falling ones always involve a pillow… Restaurants have these sidewalk entrances into their basements like storm cellars in the midwest. I imagine myself walking toward one of those, not realizing it's open and falling down into a pillow and laughing. So I suppose my dreams are more happy than sad.
The way thunder sounds… and other things I love about "the city"
- The way thunder sounds. I swear they use these sounds for bombs in movies, because the first time I heard a thunderstorm in the city, I thought we were being attacked. It's an echoey, sustained sound.
- Conversations with strangers. It doesn't happen everyday, but occasionally someone starts saying something to you and you don't mind responding. Sometimes it is drunk people on my walk home, but don't tell my mom this.
- Food, languages, colors… all in great variety.
- The magic of the express train, especially when it pulls up as you reach the platform.
- Feeling like the hulk when you pry open closing train doors.
- Running in Central Park
- Walking everywhere
- The peace of a Sunday morning (esp. the 5am-6am window) and a snowstorm
- Union Square Farmers' Market… on Saturday when it's crazy, on all the other days when it's not… I love it.
- Slices… Prince Street Pizza, John's near Union Square after work.
- Delivery… from pretty much whatever restaurant for no delivery fee. Also, delivery of laundry and basic stuff like paper towels… though I haven't really gotten that far.
- The ability to find any ingredient your heart desires.
- I love how a place like Chipotle, which seemed absolutely necessary in my life in AZ, has rendered itself useless in this city with a wealth of options
- Broadway. Musicals. Plays. Talented people coming together to entertain and inspire. And the ability to get reasonable tickets if you live on a budget.
- Giving directions to tourists, then realizing you gave them the wrong directions (almost 95% of the time), then chasing them down the street (okay I don't do this every time).
- Being forced into simplicity because of the size of your apartment and the cost of living.
- Elaborate, ridiculous storefronts. My favorite right now is the life-size purple and black zebra at Alexis Bittar. When I first moved here, it was a turquoise buffalo… also life-size.
- Community gardens.
- Parks with big trees.
- Parks in general… people sitting on benches. Musicians. Artists. Fountains. Playgrounds. Picnics… it all makes me happy.
- When cafes spill onto the sidewalk and you know spring is coming.
- The difficult game of trying to avoid eye contact with people when the train is packed.
- Fireflies in parks and gardens in the summertime.
- Paper vortexes on the sidewalk on windy days.
- Abandoned, broken umbrellas on rainy and windy days.
- The ability to go places anytime of the day and night, but especially at night.
- Christmas in New York. So magical.
I may come back and continue to expand this list… been keeping a list on my phone.
I finally found it.
Well it finally happened.
And let me tell you, it doesn't feel like I thought it would feel.
I thought it would feel like being cured from blindness. A perpetual high. And that bubbling over with joy and rainbows sort of feeling… all the time.
But it's not like that at all.
I just feel content. Grateful. In tune. In stride. Fewer thrills and chills. More peace and centeredness.
I finally found what I love to do. Three months ago, I walked into a room full of people like me. Creators, perfectionists, dreamers, difference-makers. And a good dose of introverts! Yay. And then someone handed each of us a set of knives. And we learned how to cut mirepoix without losing fingers. Eventually that mirepoix went into a pot, and we learned how to cook.
And… a couple months from now, people will call us chefs.
And I'm loving it.
I'm still trying to sort out how I got here. Slowly discovering foreshadows in my story, but it still feels a bit random. I wish I could draw a map everyone could follow to this kind of contentment.
A Closed Book?
It usually happens around a table. Your friends have had their turn, they've shared some crazy story from their job or their latest Oprah-esque "aha" moment. You've been mesmerized by their ability to compose a narrative on the fly, with all the right exaggerations and details and comedic timing. But eventually, if the group is the right size and the occasion is long enough, you start to feel the pressure rising… your turn is coming up soon.
It's not that you don't have anything to say… your mind is full, you just aren't sure where to start. And once you do start, you aren't the type to offer a lot of opinions or conclusions, and you feel like that's what people want to hear. But if you exist in this tension long enough without delivering, without speaking up, you start feeling like a closed book.
I started feeling this way about a year ago. Not only was I in daily contact with two of the most open books I've ever met (my roommate and my boss), but I went on a few dates with yet another open book. Talk about an intimidating table. I would share a story, a piece of my world with him, and he wanted the whole universe… or at least that's how it felt. I started to wonder if there was something wrong with me. I wondered if I had made my heart "impenetrable", hiding it in the "casket of [my] selfishness"…
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable. – C.S. Lewis
I'm grateful to have a father who understands me. He said I am a closed book and I need to own that. I probably won't share everything with any one person, but I do give pieces of it away to different people. "Closed book" probably isn't the right metaphor, but honestly, it is how I feel around extroverts (at least those who aren't self-centered and expect me to reciprocate).
So where does someone like me feel most open? Usually in places where there's a lot of nonverbal activity and not all the pressure is on a conversation. When I'm immersed in raw nature, on a hike or a walk on the beach. Playing cards or board games. Listening to music. Making music. Driving and listening to music. Dancing. Cooking with friends. All of these are valid conversations in my world. All of these are my book wide open. I'm counting on you to not miss out on that, both for my sake and for others like me. :)
Tonight I write in a quiet apartment. I can hear the sounds of the AC unit and the fridge's cooling system, and the occasional car with a messed-up exhaust. As much as I love sitting with the sounds of a good folk song or an acapella choir, nothing can match silence for me. Even in the car… lately I've not wanted to turn my car into a karaoke machine or even have the windows down. I don't feel free. I feel trapped, and my way to survive is to just drive and think.
Yesterday I was in another world. The world of kids yelling and laughing and tumbling. The world of a million questions directed to me. I had a three-day glimpse into the world of motherhood. And I loved it. Even though I broke down to tears in a Target aisle as kids bolted off in all directions. Even though I didn't have silence, or much thinking time, or time to figure out who I was.
I am a mother. It's one of my destinies, whether if its with children of my own or not. One of my callings is to be a mother. I am sure of that now.
Sweet Potato Flatbread with Chive Cashew Cheese, Fig, and Arugula
Inspired by my favorite sandwich, a pinterest find, and a cashew cheese I've been wanting to find a good use for… sometimes everything just comes together for the win! I just wish I could take prettier pictures… camera phones are just too accessible.
Fig preserves I used are from Loveless Cafe in Nashville, TN, only has 4 ingredients (figs, sugar, pectin, and lemon juice), and can be purchased online here. And this is the pizza dough I used.
Broccoli and "Cheese" Soup
Broccoli and "Cheese" Soup: Add 1 cup steamed broccoli and some additional water to the blender after making a double-batch of the sauce in this recipe. Blend, then add 2 cups of small steamed broccoli florets and serve. Makes 3-4 bowls of soup.
Fool them all: Vegan Mac and Cheese
I usually don't like vegan recipes that imitate non-vegan recipes. First, because they contain fake, heavily processed ingredients like soy curls or TVP (ick!). Second, because they never seem to match up to the original… "it tastes so much like it!" just doesn't cut it for me (think The Polar Express and its uncanny valley issues). Except when it comes to this mac and cheese sauce.
(based on this recipe from VegNews)
Sweet Potatoes and Broccoli…
Dr. McDougall (who I kinda see as the "grandfather" of the plant-based diet) has been known to say that if you really want to make things simple, just eat sweet potatoes and broccoli for a while. You wouldn't believe how much nutrition you can cover with these two veggies!
I just started using cronometer this week… it's this food diary on steroids. I love how you can make it fit your diet, unlike other food tracking sites that have built in recommendations that I don't agree with! But following the USDA recommendations, I inputed five sweet potatoes and four cups of broccoli, both cooked, and here's what you get:
Do you realize how amazing this is!??! I wish I could take this space to show you what olive oil, milk, and chicken look like… you just can't get the same nutrition from concentrated oils or animal foods!
Anyway… off my soapbox now.
So here's something to dip, pour, or smother over your SP&B:
(based on this recipe)
(chili paste is at safeway or here)
(okay! one more: I like to drizzle this sauce cold over hot food. When sauce thickens the next day, thin it out a bit with some more hot water so you aren't caking on the heavy sauce)


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With roots dating back to 1887, the Library serves the Township of Uxbridge - an evolving community with a population of 21,000 in two locations: Uxbridge and Zephyr. The Board, which reports to Council, is comprised of twelve members, two Councillors and ten citizen appointments for a term of four years. The Board meets the third Thursday of the month excluding July and August at 6:30. Along with the governance, legal and fiscal roles, Library Board Trustees are expected to support and participate in the community engagement by: maintaining an open dialogue with the community, developing strategic partnerships with community groups and leaders, and being aware of the municipal planning context. For more information see the full Trustee Job Description or phone Alexandra Hartmann, CEO/Chief Librarian, at 905-852-9747 ext 204. The deadline is Friday, November 28.
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It's 3 p.m., a few hours after lunch but several hours away from dinner. You're feeling exhausted, your energy is depleted and all you want to do is curl up and have a quick nap. Since very few office settings provide for such naps, many of us head for the coffee machine or the vending machine for a chocolate bar, because we're tired, it's much harder to control sugar cravings.
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With all the talk about good fats versus bad fats, the conversation can get a little confusing. Even more problematic, many manufacturers of unhealthy oils find ways to market themselves as healthy, making the landscape even more difficult to navigate. (Plus, experts failed to mention that the fat-free food trend just meant we were eating a lot more sugar, which on the whole is much more dangerous than fat.)
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Nov 13, 2014
Dean Davis
Our bodies are made up of about 75 percent water, and we need it for virtually every function, including thought. Research has shown that those who drink two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner are better able to lose weight and keep it off, as long as they stick with the healthy habit.
Nov 11, 2014
Dean davis
With a new respiratory virus aimed at kids sweeping across America's northeast, there's more need than ever to start thinking about protecting ourselves from winter illness.
Nov 09, 2014
Julie Goodman
If you are looking for the perfect way to rehydrate on a hot day or after intense exercise try this simple watermelon and coconut water blend.
Nov 06, 2014
Dean Davis
In the United States alone, women spend about $30 billion dollars per year on beauty products for their hair, skin and nails.
Unfortunately, many of those products simply mask the real problems rather than solve them – kind of like putting a fresh coat of paint on a car with an engine that hasn't run for seven years.
In most cases, it's our health that's to blame, and one of the biggest indicators of less-than-ideal health is the condition of our hair, skin and nails.
Nov 04, 2014
Dean Davis
Whether you spend all day on a computer or operate heavy equipment, those repetitive injuries run the risk of sparking joint and muscle aches including carpal tunnel syndrome.
And while we have been conditioned to believe that as we age, joint pain and arthritis are just part of the natural process, it doesn't have to be that way.
Pain is your body's way of saying something is wrong, and in most cases, it is linked to inflammation. And inflammation is something that we can control.
Oct 31, 2014
Dean Davis
When Ralphie's little brother Randy wouldn't eat his dinner in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story," his desperate mom made a messy game out of mealtime to encourage her fussy eater to take a bite.
And while her fussy eater was a challenge, Ralphie and Randy's mom certainly not alone.
Oct 28, 2014
Dean Davis
Antioxidants are wonderful things, the peace makers of the nutrient world. They go to work fighting free radicals, which are damaged cells that act like evildoers, ravaging the body in search of a molecule they need to be restored, causing aging and inflammation that is linked to disease in their wake. Antioxidants work not by killing the free radicals, but by donating the molecule the free radical needs to be normal again, so both antioxidant and free radical – now a healthy cell again – can live in harmony.
Oct 24, 2014
Dean Davis
Stress is a gift from our caveman ancestors, who needed the physical responses it triggers in order to survive.
When we feel stressed, our fight-or-flight hormones surge into action, flooding the body with adrenalin and cortisol, which elevate our heart rates and blood pressure and encourage the release of glucose – our body's primary form of energy - into the bloodstream.
Oct 21, 2014
Dean Davis
While we've only started hearing about the power of apple cider vinegar over the last few years, raw organic apple cider vinegar dates back to the days of the pharaohs, where it was documented by Egyptian cultures for its myriad health benefits.
However, although it may have many beneficial properties, you shouldn't think of it as a silver bullet or miraculous healing solution.
Nevertheless, given its lengthy history – including a mention from Hippocrates, considered the father of modern medicine – it's likely the health benefits are as steeped in truth as those behind tea. Fads pass quickly, but apple cider vinegar has centuries of supporters giving it the thumbs up.
Oct 17, 2014
Caramia Hartley
Imagine if you lived to be a healthy hundred years old or beyond. Do you think there would be particular reasons for your longevity? Or would it be due to luck and good genes?
Do you think your reasons would be the same as for today's Centennials? Is that realistic given that their lifestyles have been very different from ours?
These questions came to mind when I read about the death of one of the world's oldest men, Alexander Imich, at 111.
Oct 14, 2014
Julie Goodman
Keep your skin aglow with this antioxidant rich blend. A {super-yummy} Zupafood smoothie loaded with fruits boosted with Zupafood for SKIN to help energize you and make your skin glow from the inside out.
Oct 12, 2014
Caramia Hartley
As many of you know, statins are the acclaimed LDL-Cholesterol-lowering drugs which are amongst the biggest-selling medicines in the world, generating billions ($27 billion in 2009) in revenue for pharmaceutical companies (ref. 1).
But what you may not be so familiar with is the heated controversy surrounding their efficacy. This past month has seen that controversy come to a head in the UK.
Oct 09, 2014
Caramia Hartley
A recent trip to the dentist led to some insightful revelations. Specifically I discovered:
How prevalent poor oral hygiene and health are.
That there is a close relationship between oral health and general wellbeing – especially cardiovascular and heart health.
Insights into what may be the "real" causes of dental cavities and gum infection.
I thought these revelations may interest you, too.
Oct 07, 2014
Caramia Hartley
As the Ebola Virus was becoming mainstream news, this August we published a blog reviewing the facts about what was then a little known disease in the Western world (ref. 1).
At the time we quoted The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan, who said that: "This outbreak is moving faster than our efforts to control it. If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives but also severe socioeconomic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries." (Ref. 2).
Oct 02, 2014
Dean Davis
"Tired is the new black," said comedian and mom of two Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation"). And while she was probably joking (at least a bit), Poehler is hardly alone. According to experts, fatigue is one of the top complaints patients bring up with their doctors, and it's no surprise, given what most of us have on our plates on any given day.
Jobs with growing hours and responsibilities, family time, bill paying and endless housework turn us into circus-act jugglers as we struggle to get everything done in the limited hours we have available each day.
Of course we're exhausted.
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Just before 1:30 this morning, Louisiana State Troopers began investigating a single vehicle crash that occurred on LA Hwy 16 south of LA Hwy 1028 in Livingston Parish.
Troopers discovered 22 year old Cameron G. Bordelon of Baton Rouge, was driving a 2005 Toyota Corolla northbound on LA Hwy 16 when the crash occurred. Bordelon, for unknown reasons, began to drift off the roadway to the left towards the raised center concrete median. He then overcorrected to the right and the vehicle exited the roadway to the right. The Corolla overturned and struck a tree. After striking the tree the Toyota continued rolling down an embankment into a canal.
Bordelon was unrestrained at the time of the crash, and was ejected from the vehicle. He suffered fatal injuries as a result.
A 16 year old male was restrained in the front passenger seat. He suffered serious injuries and was transported to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge.
Driver impairment is unknown at this time; however, a toxicology sample was taken from Bordelon and submitted to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for analysis.
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If you've been searching for a low-cost Android device on the Now Network, LG has got you covered. The previously leaked LG Optimus F3 is now official on Sprint, and it clocks in at just $29.99 after a 2-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate. That makes it the least expensive LTE handset on Sprint.
Perhaps you've noticed tantalizing flickers of AT&T 4G LTE on your handset in recent weeks. That's a sure sign something about to break loose, and now it has. AT&T is firing up LTE in 22 new markets and expanding coverage in 10 others. Most of the new markets are mid-size cities, which really tells you how far along AT&T is in its rollout.
AT&T's upgraded LTE network has finally expanded enough that it can generally be counted on in most major metropolitan areas, but the lion's share of the coverage area is still rocking ye olde HSPA (AKA "just 4G"). For residents of Dover, Salem, Asheville, Roanoke, and a few other midsized cities and towns, AT&T has flipped the Long Term Evolution switch. Here's the full list of 11 new markets:
- Dover
North Carolina
- Asheville
- Goldsboro
- Leonardtown
- Ocean City
- Salem
- Culpeper
- Roanoke
- Longview
- Shelton
- Port Townsend/North Whidbey Island/Camano Island
AT&T is also expanding LTE coverage areas in Casa Grande, Arizona, Albany, New York, Calvert county, Maryland, Linglestown, Pennsylvania, and both Stafford and Spotsylvania counties, Virginia.
Verizon managed to gobble up national licenses to a wide swath of the 700MHz Block C spectrum a few years back, and it is this slice of electromagnetism the carrier used to deploy its 4G LTE network. That's not Verizon's only plan of attack, though. It has also been putting together a second spectrum range running on AWS. Well, this space is almost ready, and the Galaxy S4 is going to be the first device to access it.
Since their announcement last month, we haven't heard too much about the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 (barring rumors of a delayed release). That doesn't mean Samsung plans on breaking its pattern of timely (or early, depending on your perspective) kernel source code releases. Keeping with form, Samsung has released kernel source for the 6.3" Mega's I9205 (LTE) variant.
There's no sign of the Mega's I9200 version (or the Mega 5.8) just yet, but given Samsung's track record, we can expect it any time now.
Most mobile users these days are happy to get LTE service (and a few of us just wish we could get 3G reliably) but there is already a surprising push towards the next big thing in wireless speeds. Samsung thinks it has the solution, or at least what might become one: expanding existing LTE networks into the super-high 28GHz range, the lower part of what's known as the millimeter wave bands.
When I reviewed the First, I realized it was much, much more than just a Facebook experience device. Sure, it's sporting Home out of the box, flashes a Facebook logo during the boot process, and is adorned with that same logo on the back, but it's not just about Facebook. This little diamond in the rough is running stock Android 4.1.2 beneath Facebook Home, so you're quite literally three (or so) taps away from a Nexus-like experience.
AT&T continues to pursue an aggressive 4G LTE rollout strategy, activating towers in Missouri, Texas, and North Carolina over the past couple of days for a total of 16 new markets. It's all part of the carrier's larger plan to reach 250 million Americans with LTE coverage by the end of this year. AT&T's LTE network currently covers almost 200 million.
Here's a list of cities graced with AT&T's fastest this week:
Does anybody remember when Verizon started deploying batches of new LTE markets by the week? Well, it seems that AT&T wants to be in on some of that action. Earlier this month, the second largest carrier launched a string of new sites with the promise of several more to come this summer. As of today, new or expanded coverage came to 20 more locations.
- Alabama
- Huntsville
- Arizona
- Phoenix (East Mesa and Sun City)
- Tucson (Oro Valley)
- Arkansas
- Monticello
- Mountain Home
- Florida
- Lake City
- Ocala
- Louisiana
- Shreveport / Bossier City
- Michigan
- Lansing
- Mississippi
- Gulfport / Biloxi
- New Hampshire
- Manchester (Nashua)
- North Carolina
- Henderson
- Pennsylvania
- Mechanicsburg
- Tennessee
- Chattanooga
- Texas
- Athens
- Corsicana
- Huntsville
- Nacogdoches / Lufkin
- Paris
- Washington
- Centralia
This comes in addition to a 12 other sites that went live over the last couple of weeks.
AT&T took the lid off a truckload of new LTE markets today. The list encompasses the four corners of the the United States including New York (Binghamton), Washington (Mount Vernon), Florida (Palm Coast, Lakeland-Winter Haven and a bunch of others) and California (Fresno), as well as a bunch of markets in between. Here's the full list:
- Fort Smith, AR
- Martin and St. Lucie counties, FL
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- Palm Coast, FL
- Las Cruces, NM
- Binghamton, NY
- Carbondale, IL
- Jefferson City, MO
- Mount Vernon, WA
- Montgomery, AL
- Fresno, CA
- Temple/Killeen, TX
- Beaumont, TX
- Houma/Thibodaux, LA
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Over the years, I have found that unfortunately, one of the best kept secrets among patients with diabetes is the Medicare Therapeutic Shoe Program. People with diabetes are instructed that they need to make sure they wear proper shoes. This is a program that makes this possible! Per Medicare guidelines, patients who qualify can receive one pair of shoes per calendar year, and three pair of accomodative inserts. Three pair of inserts are allowed because over time, they lose their ability to cushion the feet. By dispensing three pair, patients can change the inserts every 4 months, thus insuring that they always have proper cushioning and support in their shoes. While not every diabetic patients on Medicare qualify for this program, the truth is that many do qualify, and there are many who qualify who are not taking advantage of this program.
For a shoe to qualify for the Medicare Therapeutic Shoe Program, it needs to meet certain criteria. These include:
Have more interior depth than a normal shoe, which allows for at 3/16" accomodative insert.
Must be made from leather or a material of equal quality
Must have some form of closure (usually laces or a Velcro closure)
Must be available in full and half sizes
Must be available in at least 3 widths.
Many diabetic patients are concerned that the shoes will be big, heavy or unattractive to wear. This is simply not the case. The variety of shoes styles available means that it is extremely rare not to be able to find a pair of shoes that meets your need, both medically and aesthetically. On top of that, the shoes are designed to be comfortable!
To qualify for shoes, you need to be examined by your doctor to see if you meet Medicare's guidelines for receiving the shoes. Once it's determined that you qualify, a letter will need to be received from your primary care physician who will certify that you are diabetic and would benefit from receiving the shoes. This is one of the few programs that Medicare offers that is intended to be preventative. Studies have shown that by wearing proper shoes, the risk of developing an ulceration in the foot can be greatly reduced. In other words, you don't have to already have had a foot ulcer to qualify, you just need to be at risk of developing an ulcer. You also do not have to be on insulin to qualify.
Most offices will do a fitting, then order the shoes for you. Once the shoes are shipped to the office, you will be contacted for shoe dispensing. In our office, we recommend that you wear the shoes indoors until you are certain that they are right for you. If for any reason they are not, they can be returned for a more appropriate size or style.
If you have not taken advantage of this program, talk to your podiatrist & see if it is something that you would benefit from. And if you have received a pair of shoes in the past, perhaps it's time for a new pair. Your feet will thank you!
Foot and ankle athletic injuries are very common. We specialize in sports medicine getting you back to sports as soon as possible. The most common foot and ankle sports injuries are plantar fasciitis, ankle sprains, shin splints, Achilles tendonitis, peroneal tendonitis, stress fractures, posterior tibial tendonitis, anterior tibial tendonitis, neuromas, tarsal tunnel syndrome, ankle instability, and metatarsalgia. Gait problems can also cause ileotibial band syndrome, patella tendonitis, back pain, hip pain and piriformis syndrome. Medications, injections, splinting, orthotics and/or physical therapy are often quite helpful in treating most injuries. Our doctors will discuss your injury and prescribe a course of treatment that will return you to sport stronger than when you came into the office.
Fall down, go boom? Foot and ankle trauma is extremely common no matter how young or old you are. Fractures, torn ligaments and tendons, sprain and strains, puncture wounds and toenail trauma occurs every day. Our physicians can help put you back together so that you can recover from your accident as fast as possible. Don't wait too long to seek medical advice after your accident or injury. Delaying treatment often only worsens the problem!
Foot pain related to congenital and acquired foot and ankle deformities is extremely prevalent in our society. Pain can be from flat feet or a high arched foot and associated gait problems; or be from a progressive deformity like a bunion or a hammertoe. Our doctors are extensively trained to diagnose and treat the underlying deformity to help you function at your best. We want to prevent your problems from getting worse, no matter what you inherited from your family! God may have had a sense of humor when he created your feet, but we will work with you to optimize your biomechanical function and aesthetics! No one should suffer from ugly, painful feet!
Neurological foot and ankle issues can be a burning or shooting pain, numbness, weakness or just a "pins and needles" sensation. Nerve can be affected by compression at the spine level, knee level, ankle level or in your foot. Neuropathy can be a subtle nerve degeneration from aging, diabetes, and a myriad of other causes. Do not assume your nerve issues will go away or that nothing can be done. A proper diagnosis can lead to alleviation of your nerve troubles.
Healthy Steps Shoe Store Grapevine welcomes patients and their families as well as the surrounding communities of Grapevine, Southlake, and Colleyville. Our Newest location in our Keller office serves Fort Worth, Trophy Club, Roanoke, Watauga, and beyond to help them with their therapeutic shoe gear needs. A certified shoe fitter is always available by appointment for consultation. An extensive array of prefabricated and custom orthotics as well as many foot care essentials are also readily available to compliment your shoe and sandal purchases. We carry a wide variety of comfort shoe gear that are as pretty as they are comfortable.


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RICHMOND--State wildlife regulators agreed Thursday to take a closer look at the little-known sport of setting loose hunting dogs on foxes in fenced preserves, a practice called legalized animal fighting by critics but defended as a Southern tradition by proponents.
Opponents urged the state Board of Game and Inland Fisheries at a meeting to outlaw fox-penning as cruel, inhumane and a close cousin to cockfighting. A neighbor of a fox pen in Mecklenburg County in Southside Virginia told board members the sound of hounds pursuing and capturing foxes was so "hideous" she had to keep her windows shut year-round. Others called the fox-penning an embarrassment to the state, which permits the practice.
Proponents, including operators, said the foxhounds set free in pens rarely catch their prey, which can slip into holes to escape baying hounds.
The board, which could have enacted a ban, instead decided to let staff at Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries continue to study the practice and consider the possibility of tighter oversight. The board will likely take up the staff recommendations in June, said Curtis Dixon Colgate, a board member from Virginia Beach who proposed the review.
"The process needs to start somewhere in order for our constituents to talk about the regulations," Colgate said. The range of actions, he said, could include a "full-blown moratorium to everything in between."
While proponents say fox-penning occurs throughout the Southeast, in West Virginia and in some Midwest states, it started to gain popularity in Virginia only in the 1980s.
Thirty-seven fox pens now operate in Virginia, and each must have a minimum of 100 acres. Many are located in Mecklenburg County, near the North Carolina line, and are intended to give hound hunters a place to work their dogs. Competitions are held, too, among hunting dogs.
Operators insist the foxes are treated humanely and enjoy a good chase.
Jennifer Hackett represents most operators at the Virginia Foxhound Training Preserve Owners Association, and she and her husband also run a 317-acre fox pen in Appomattox County. The association, she said, is opposed to a moratorium but is open to more state regulations.
Michele Taylor is a member of the association's board and operates a fox-penning operation in Mecklenburg County.
"Not all fox are trapped on the outside and brought into a life of terror, as they say," Taylor said, referring to claims by opponents. "They're born and bred there. If there was anything cruel or anything inhumane, I would personally not be involved."
Thousands of foxes have been stocked at pens over the past few years in Virginia. Fox pen operators say many die naturally or escape the enclosures, while opponents say they are killed by foxhounds.
Opponents such as the Humane Society of the United States said they were pleased the state would take a closer look at fox-penning, but made it clear they would prefer to see it end.
"It's a form of animal cruelty and so, altogether it should be stopped," Laura Donahue, director of Virginia Humane Society, said.


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|Jim Gordon
The first snow storm to hit my area, leaving more than 7 inches of snow in my driveway inspired this one.
|Arcadia Flynn
During a long distance phone call to a friend in South america, the subject of men, relationships and love arose. My friend said (in her thick accent) "Don't worry darlink...all you need is 'appiness" I think this is what she meant .
|Are You Talking To Me?
|Pat Cannard
She took a deep breath as she paused in her stride, Her lips slowly parted, her eyes opened wide.
|Datsun Awful Night
|Tony Parry
Written around Valentines Day after reading one 'soppy' card too many!!!
|Dinner At Sweetie's (Ex Top Ten)
|Arcadia Flynn
I had dinner with my sweetie At his home the other night I knew hed make a special treat At least I hoped he might...
|Fate's Cruel Blow
Searching for my long lost love I'd inch across the plate...
|He's One Of A Kind
|Stephanie Moran
He never leaves the seat up. I trained him well you know. He likes to think he's got me trained, And I let him think that's so. ...
|Lady Love
|Joe Pamanian
Mount carefully to avoid damage.
|Le banker heureuse (The happy banker)
|Roger Wooller
I'm happy just because I'm going banking, I'm putting all my money in "la bonk". I was feeling sad and very slightly wonky because my only option was to wonk.
|Love Came Cautiously
|S. Sorrensen
like, at first, I tried not to notice her she was lovely, lovable, loved everybody loved her I didn't want to notice her ....
|Love Doesn't Make You Fat
|Joel Bjorling
People are searching for new diet and exercise programs, but love is a natural.
|Love Poem
|Stephen Cree
I love you like a cold pint on a red hot summer day...
|Mary, Mary
|Joe Pamanian
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, Laughing through the greenwood races,.....
|Morwena Dream
|Ephraim Crud
I were hand in hand upon the golden sand of a tropical island beach with Morwena Hogg......
|My Little Coconut
|E.G. Harne
A sort of companion piece to "Seltzer Sue" A poem about love and loss -- in a grave yard..
|My Phallic Lover
|Arcadia Flynn
You're the train inside my tunnel You're the finger in my glove You're the gear stick in my gearbox My god this must be love .
|Ode To A Beaut Sheila
|Noel Free
The Aussie male as a romantic? You be the judge.
|Of Course I Love You (Ex Top Ten)
|Janine Haig
How can you doubt that I love you? Didn't I marry you, eh? And though I don't say it too often, I show it in all sorts of ways.....
|Old Tom's Daughters
|Roger Wooller
Old Tom had five hardworking girls. He kept them on the run. Molly mustered Tilly tallied...
|Only You!
|Arcadia Flynn
You turn me on, you handsome hunk With your sunken, hairless chest In your skinny white arms I feel safe from all harm Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! ...
|Joe Pamanian
When I fell in love with Rita, Life, I thought, could not be sweeter, .....
|She Caught Me in Her Knicker Drawer
|Andrew Mee
This poem is a short tale of a teenage guy who gets caught in a girl's knicker drawer at a party, and his explanation as to why he is there.
|Seltzer Sue
|E.G. Harne
A poem about love and loss in a bowling alley.
|Shoot The Breeze
|S. Sorrensen
It sorta just came out - I really shouldn't have sex with my mouth open. Despite my caution - I mean, after infatuation, what then?
|Snow White's Secret
|Mildred Achoch
Everyone has secrets. Even a beautiful fairy tale character? ;-)
|Paul Bearer
When lovers really do see face to face!
|The Bush Romantic
|Mark Feldman
As I stick my sweaty arm up the vagina of a cow ... ... I think of your moist, warm lips ... and wish you were here now. The warm and friendly feeling of a cow turd on the ground ... ... Reminds me of your gentle warmth I feel all year 'round.
|The Dancing Dentures
|Suzanne Kelman
Every divorced woman's worst nightmare....
|The Lovers
|Jennifer Haig
The sun went down and above the town The sky became deep blue; A meeting made, above the glade Between these special two. ...
|We're Through (Ex Top Ten)
|Tess Rowley
Mel Gibson and I are through, well just what's a girl to do It's always been a one sided kind of affair while I've admired his strong, tanned arms He's never once noticed MY charms I'm still single- when we could have been a pair....
|Wet And Wild (Ex Top Ten)
|Gay Liddington
Mountin'women like mountin' men!
|When Audrey met Henry
Audrey was a spinster with a 'man hunt' on her mind. She'd set her eyes on Henry, just moved in the flat behind......
|Why I Pity The Preternaturally Pretty
|Peter Traynor
Wry comments from a man still struggling to come to terms with his lack of charisma.
|Will you still love me...
|Elizabeth Lindberg
Is this poem about a car or a person? You decide.
|Young Men
|Robyn Scott
Young Men are delicious, Healthy, virile and strong, With smooth skin, a firm fleshy arse, And hair growing where it belongs. Somewhere between adolescence and a mid-life crisis,..
|You're In My Prayers
My wife use to moan all the time, "You never write me any poetry" so I wrote this and she's never asked again.


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Hilmar High School students will now be developing a stronger proficiency in science and mathematics for the upcoming New Year, thanks to local farmers.
Twice a year, at Christmas and Easter, little girls in the Turlock area are gifted holiday dresses hand-made by students at Pitman High School. On Tuesday, the Pitman High fashion class once again collaborated with the Kiwanis Club of Turlock for the 10th year in a row to make dresses to donate for the Salvation Army.
Several University of California, Merced students are taking their engineering skills out of the classroom and into the field.
Growing up in Vernalis, the child of immigrant farm workers, Lupe Robles harvested fruits and vegetables every morning before school. After school, she was back in the fields.
Trustee Abe Rojas, of Turlock, has been named the new Chairman of the Yosemite Community College District Board of Trustees.
Over 400 concerned parents and community members filled the Denair Middle School Gymnasium on Thursday night to have their worst fears realized as the Denair Unified Board of Trustees voted to layoff teachers and staff members, and close the Denair Charter Academy.
In response to proposed immediate teacher lay-offs and budget cuts, parents of Denair High School students created a Facebook page to encourage students to walk out of their classes early Thursday morning.
The fall 2013 application cycle has set a new California State University record for submissions – the fourth straight year of record high system wide applications.
The Stanislaus County Office of Education has stepped in to help right the financial wrongs found in the Denair Unified School District, however, a plan of action has yet to be released.
Twelve Turlock High School students are putting their robotic skills to the test for the Central Valley Region Sack Attack Tournament VEX Robotics Competition this Saturday at Modesto Junior College. Fifty-four teams will come together for a non-stop, action packed day of competition where they will battle against each other with robots created from the VEX Robotics Design System.
The Delhi Unified School District is giving their educators a lesson on the art of teaching through a five-day training exercise.
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June 17
Greetings from Newfoundland. Wish you were here.
Out of nowhere I'm asked to direct The Grand Seduction and before I know it, I'm out here on the farthest edge of the continent, the Bonavista Peninsula, two and a half hours north of St. John's.
Every turn of the road presents another jaw-dropping vista. It shouldn't be hard to find locations, only to narrow them down. I only need one small town. Top contenders now: English Harbour, Elliston, Red Cliff, Keels, New Bonaventure, Old Bonaventure.
I am looking for somewhere that can pass as an outport town, remote and romantic, only accessible by boat. This presents serious practical complications of course and a bit of a scouting paradox, because I am scouting by car.
There is a parade of icebergs down the coast. One parked offshore at Old Bonaventure, bigger than the local church, a spectacular focal point in the deep-set harbour. But I'm told they will all be long gone by summer. I ask about the possibility of towing one down from up north for our shoot and my producers pretend they don't hear me.
Barbara Doran, our Newfoundland producer, makes her famous martinis with a chunk of iceberg in each glass. A reckless and gutsy cocktail: each year a handful of adventurous mixologists die chipping chunks off bergs, which are capricious and flip without warning.
July 21
Greetings. Mid-prep.
In the end, as predicted, I couldn't pick: I've made our fictional harbour out of bits and pieces from all my favorites: the church from Old Bonaventure, the pier from New, the post office from Red Cliff, Kathleen's house from Elliston, etc.. We're calling the amalgamate Tickle Head ("Tickle," local lingo for a deep, narrow channel, and "Head," meaning headland), a name that after much discussion, pleases all and passes muster with the locals.
I see a moose almost every day. They are more dangerous than the icebergs. The locals are hesitant to drive at night. I thought they were joking at first, until I witnessed an incident myself: a full grown bull striding out from the forest and straight onto the road as if our car was invisible.
August 10
Greetings. Very happy.
We're shooting and it looks great. Love, love, love my cast. As Mayor of Tickle Head, Brendan Gleeson is brilliant, as predicted, but the entire population around him is hilarious and persuasive.
I'm staying in Port Rexton in an ultra-charming trad house. Taylor Kitsch is my nearest (and only) neighbor. On off days, he jogs by shirtless down Ships Cove Road, a ritual that must have won him some new fans down at The Two Whales Cafe by now.
After work, I can barbecue on my veranda and watch the whales frolic in the bay, but I rarely do. Usually too tired. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, Doug, my Director of Photography, comes over and cooks Indian food. Tonight it's Lamb Dansak. Seriously, he's an excellent chef—not why he was hired, but it doesn't hurt.
There are few restaurants within driving distance, and the two good ones stop serving at ten, although sometimes, if we call ahead, they'll stay open for us. God Bless them. The people that live around here are almost insanely tolerant and accommodating of this restless crew of mainlanders who have tripled the local population and filled every empty bed and bar stool in a 20 mile radius.
Many of the locals are also good actors, as you will soon see.
August 31
Me again. I'm still alive.
The weather out here is famously fickle. A year of seasons pass in a day. But somehow, we've lucked out. They're calling it "The Best Summer Ever." So sunny I'm afraid Newfoundlanders won't believe we shot here. Not even a morning of fog.
Oh, okay, there was one hurricane. Yesterday. Two years ago this whole area was devastated by Hurricane Igor and many communities are only now recovering, so locals were genuinely concerned at the prospect of another. So was my Supervising Producer. He made us stop shooting when the winds picked up. (You can see the ominous stirrings in the scene with the boy running to Murray's to wake him in the middle of the night.) We battened down our sets and went home to wait it out.
A dramatic night and morning. The waves in the bay were enormous and my little house was shaking and moaning, but then, around ten in the morning, the storm passed as quickly as it came and the sun burst forth in an absurdly blue sky.
I was eager to shoot, and so was the entire crew, but the unions in Montreal wouldn't let us. According to their reports, Hurricane Leslie was still blowing strong somewhere inland.
"But not here!" I said, echoing generations of frustrated Newfoundlanders. "Why are we letting someone 2000 miles away decide when it's safe to work?"
September 20
That's it. Newfoundland is wrapped.
And we're all sad to leave.
I think it's safe to say that all of us, like the doctor in our film, have been seduced by this place. Many of us outsiders have fantasized about buying houses and settling down here (some, in fact, will). It's beautiful, of course—staggeringly so—but the people are the chief lure. Their traditional way of life is endangered, more than the cod stock, but the depth of the Newfoundlanders passion for their culture and their land is stirring and persuasive.
There will be blinkered urbanites, I suppose, who will resist the appeal of such a place, who will assume that the desire to preserve this culture is by definition reactionary. But it's impossible to feel that way when you're here. The people I've met aren't close-minded or afraid of progress. They're actively working to save their communities.
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Tapenade in Little Osaka - Thank you carter and prawn...
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- bulavinaka Apr 20, 2013 07:28 AM
As a rule, if we don't have reservations on a weekend night, I won't go out to eat unless we get an early start. We didn't get an early start, but the weather was just too nice last night so i waived this rule. I was rolling through my feeble memory banks for some place that was different, out of our rotation, and would hopefully have enough variety to keep our daughter's interest (our son is our ChowPlow so no issues with him). And of course, it had to be something off the obvious list that would have almost no chance of seating us in a reasonable amount of time.
I recalled Hounds carter and prawn making favorable mentions of Tapenade in Little Osaka. It seemed to be a unique place for that neighborhood with a lot going for it:
- Non-Asian cuisine in a neighborhood neck-deep with Asian eateries. Hopefully this would make Tapenade a not so obvious choice for those attracted to this neighborhood.
- chef with strong chops.
- a variety of small plates and entrees with an emphasis on quality ingredients and competent technique.
- slightly off Little Osaka's grid, located in the Olympic Collection building at the corner of Olympic and Sawtelle. In the event that Tapenade didn't work out, we'd still have a lot of other eateries close by to choose from.
We walked in really without any specific expectations other than hoping the food in general would be "good." The hostess was very warm and cordial, greeting us and offering us any open seating that we liked. It was about 7:30PM and the restaurant was about half-full - this part was attractive to me because of the immediacy of seating. The space was nicely laid out, giving the majority to a nicely spaced interior with a large four-sided bar in the center, but more than enough of an outdoor patio area in front to take advantage of the good weather we all live here for. The seating is spacious, comfortable and has a casual Franco-centric feel to it. Since the evening was quite nice, we opted for the patio.
Looking over the drinks menu, they have a handful of beers on tap, a wine list with more than enough options to choose from, and some house-made lemonades that were adult enough for non-drinkers, yet approachable enough for kids as well. I think corkage fee was $15 - pretty reasonable.
The food menu has six sections (apps, salads, vegetables, to share, entrees and desserts), each having about six to nine selections. The majority of the dishes are southern European with a California sensibility to them. Furthermore, there's enough variety in the menu to please most types of eaters.
We ordered the crispy brussels sprouts, warm eggplant caviar, bacon-wrapped dates, flatbread, grilled squid with beans and chorizo, lamb agnolotti, sea bass, yogurt panna cotta with passion fruit coulis and the walnut bread pudding. All were prepared with a deft hand and with first rate ingredients. The portion sizes for most dishes were more than generous enough to share. Our daughter who is the local vegetable hater, was wowed (as were we) by the brussels sprouts and eggplant caviar. The grilled squid was so sweet and tender, and the beans and chorizo added nice dimension to an already pleasing dish. The lamb agnolotti was cooked perfect and served with a lovely truffle sauce. And the sea bass was a huge portion, perfectly cooked. The saucing in general was perfect for our palates. Not heavy with subtle nuances that complimented the dishes without overpowering them.
Service here is very warm, attentive and receptive. Our lovely server did a great job of organizing our various dishes and pacing them in a sensible order. On one hand, I hope this place gains more attention as the food and service makes for a very enjoyable meal. On the other hand, if it does gain more popularity, walking up and grabbing four seats on a friday night might not be in the cards anymore.
re: Servorg
The tab was ~$170 including two non-alcohol drinks and a $54 bottle of wine, less tip. So figure about $25-30 for food only per. I thought it was good qpr.
re: bulavinaka
Thanks for the data on costs http://tapenade.la/#!/splash-page
Thank you also very much.
But more importantly, I am glad you were able to appreciate a place that deserves way more attention and business than it is currently getting.
Even veggie haters will like this place, you say!
That bread pudding is very good, and the only other one locally that can keep it company is the one at the Weho Bistro on La Cienega & Holloway, in Weho.
Thanks for the review! Sounds delicious. The price doesn't seem so bad, taking into account the bottle of wine and the fact that you ordered so many dishes. Do recall that they didn't seem at all crowded when I passed by one night (was it a Friday?). Hopefully they'll stay open long enough for me to try it out....
Okay, so I finally made it out this evening. My friend and I had originally planned on AYCE Korean BBQ, but w/ the weather being what it is, we decided to change venues.
Food was quite good overall. We had the lamb agnolotti, burrata salad, original brussel sprouts, and shrimp salad.
Thought the lamb agnolotti was the best dish. Sauce had a bit of an odd flavor to it (anise?) but the filling was really tasty. Burrata was good, and the strawberry/vinegar combo was surprisingly harmonious. Loved the brussel sprouts. They came out a bit too charred for my friend, but I like them that way. =) The components of the shrimp salad were good, but there were too *many* components btw the various types of greens, shrimp, mango, and dressing (my friend called it "incoherent").
The grilled bread was delicious; not sure why we had to ask for it, though.
I thought the pacing was fine, but my friend thought that they should brought the dishes out at different times and one patron at another type rather rudely admonished the waitress for bringing out the dishes too quickly.
My friend enjoyed his rose wine. I had a soda since my stomach's been upset for a few days.
Portion size was pretty generous for a tapas-style place. We were very pleasantly full w/ the 4 dishes.
Service was polite and friendly (and having a waiter w/ a charming french accent doesn't hurt, either). The place still doesn't have a ton of business, which is sort of a shame. Sitting on the patio was actually quite lovely.
Would return again.
re: ilysla
I'll hit this spot up soon.
How were the desserts ?
And don't they have a famed eggplant pate housed in an old canning jar ?
Btw. I do believe an incoherency in execution applies to a myriad of joints around town.
Hmmm. If its not that great, I can always hit up Kiriko for a few morsels of sushi and perhaps follow it with a couple dishes at Tsujita and then plan check. Sounds like a pithy food crawl.
re: kevin
Didn't even take a look at the dessert menu since my friend was in a bit of a rush to go (for reasons completely unrelated to our experience at the restaurant).
Have they open long enough to have a famed dish? Don't recall reading much/anything about the eggplant dish but haven't looked extensively at reviews.
Cannot imagine going to Plan Check after all that food! ;)
Update on Tapenade nearly one year later, as in last night.
First time driving over the 405 for a dinner in the 310 post Jamzilla weekend. No time at all, and I arrived about 6:45. Ah, yes, hope springs eternal for its completion.
The dinner was really wonderful. Had no entrees, but the 4 smaller plates more than sufficed.
Started with the Grilled Spanish Squid salad with tomato, chorizo, white beans & tapenade croutons. Oh was that delicious, and that coming from me who really dislikes calamari in its fried incarnation. The subtleties truly stand out.
Also, the most decadent pork confit brulee you could imagine. Had to have been prepared over more than one day, yet that carmelization atop combined with that delicate flavor of pure pig - pure bliss!
Second pair:
A roasted pepper salad, combining both orange & red peppers, with mozzarella, olives, pine nuts, basil with a red wine vinaigrette. This dish should be served in every Italian restaurant in LA to convince people like me that not all Italian food is the same old, same old, yet realizing if they did that it too would become same old, same old.
The other item was a warm crab salad in a mason jar with grilled bread, homemade btw. Pure taste of crab on toast.
Wines - I had one glass of Trimbach Gewurtztraminer, 2009, and a glass of Chapoutier Syrah/Grenache, $15 & $12 respectively. That Trimbach will make white wine lovers out of people like me who prefer reds.
Note - Tuesday nights they have a 3-course special for $29, which permits one entrée and 2 other items on the menui. Also, bottles of wine are 20% off.
Apparently the announcement went out on Twitter regarding this special, because the Twitterati were there in significant numbers.
Ressul showed his French school training in a major way. Just hope it continues to attract sufficient crowds to stay open. All in all, a truly wonderful evening of wonderful food.
Total $100 or so for 2. Companion had one ginger beer, btw.
www.tapenade.la for more info.
Menu changes daily, so check daily to determine what you might, or might not want on any given evening.
re: carter
thanks carter, you had me at crab salad in the jar. i'll try that and maybe the italian salad.
any desserts, i thought it was big dessert type joint too ??? is that right ?
btw, you actually made it up from the valley to specifically go here or where you already in the area ?????
re: kevin
The dessert my companion had was a peanut butter cheesecake with grape & one other fruit atop.
I am not a dessert person, so had a small bite, which was quite good.
I went specifically for an evening at Tapenade - 25 minutes as I said, arriving earlier than expected at 6:45 or so for a 7pm reservation.
As to Servorg's comment regarding its mehness factor, if that is the standard you hold up to for a meh rating, you are one tough critic.
re: kevin
I'll be interested in your take on it if you go, kev. We went once and for us it was a "one and done" place. Nothing really stood out and for the price and the verging on meh dishes we tried I just won't be rushing back. The service was very warm and the setting is nice-ish. But the food just didn't hit those high notes for us.
re: Servorg
damn, that doesn't sound that great.
and i really don't want to drop dollars upon dollars for meh food.
but anyhow, i probably give it a run for it's money.


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Christine Johnson of Schofield ended up taking home nearly $9,000 in cash and prizes.
Johnson and her boyfriend, Jayson Dykema flew to Los Angeles in October for the taping.
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Films By Sally Cruikshank
Further adventures with Quasi and Anita, and introducing Snozzy who looks like George Raft as a duck. ... Read more
A science-fiction adventure story at an amusement park of the future. ... Read more
A sample of the proposed animated feature, Quasi's Cabaret. Cruikshank is still looking for the 'right' producer. ... Read more


text: ESPN Feed: anthony anderson http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif ESPN en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. ESPN's Sam Alipour laces up for Clippers star Chris Paul's celebrity basketball game. Here's what happens when an Average Joe, whose hoops career peaked in middle school, balls with CP3, ESPN's Jalen Rose and rappers The Game and Common.]]> October 25, 2012 08:21:56 PDT