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COMMENTS ON STORIESSchool board discusses plan for Measure C oversight
With the May 5 passage of Measure C, members of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education are now faced...Original post made on Jul. 1, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSchools keep small classes for one more year
Despite the ongoing fiscal uncertainty at the state level, members of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District on Tuesday...Original post made on Jun. 26, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALWho is QUALIFIED to replace Ellen O. Tauscher?
Dear Dolores, Please read: http://www.contracostatimes.com/lisavorderbrueggen/ci_12019578?nclick_check=1 This morning's...Original post made by Community courtesy on Mar. 29, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALBuchanan kicks off her campaign for 10th congressional district seat
State Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan (D., Alamo), who was elected to represent the 15th District in November, kicked off her...Original post made on Jun. 15, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALCongressional election holds many twists and turns
Last week's confirmation of U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher of Alamo as Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security...Original post made on Jul. 1, 2009
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALSRV Times Editorial Cartoon
Does anyone have the slightest idea what today's editorial cartoon in today's SRV Times means?...Original post made by Rick Pshaw on Jul. 3, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESDanville businesses might get SBA assistance
A new program through the Small Business Administration may provide local business owners with the capital they need to get...Original post made on Jul. 3, 2009
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AROUND TOWNNip and tuck
In a crowded restaurant, a woman hikes up her skirt to show a plastic surgeon her thigh. At a private party, another corners...Original post made on Oct. 2, 2007
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AROUND TOWNIt's official - coast redwoods off protected list
The ongoing saga of whether or not coast redwoods would remain protected trees came to an end at the last Danville Town Council...Original post made on Jul. 1, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESLetters to the editor
<B>No MAC for Alamo Read the full story here http://www.danvilleweekly.com/story.php?story_id=6260 posted Friday, June...Original post made on Jun. 28, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESAlamo Today, Sharon Burke and the AIA: a good READ!
Dear Dolores and neighbors, In the Alamo Today arriving in your mail, you will find some quality review of Alamo area...Original post made by Hal Bailey on Jun. 30, 2009
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AROUND TOWNShould the Alamo Business District be its own special district?
Dear Dolores, I would hope your readers would consider Alamo's business district as a regional destination for retail,...Original post made by Hal Bailey, CDSI Research on Jun. 22, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESCheck out these videos of Starman
Phil "Starman" Hellsten lives on in his art, in people's memories - and on video. Check out these clips on youtube.com to...Original post made on Jun. 30, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESContra Costans are watching Alamo's MAC results!!
Dear Dolores, Contra Costans are becoming more one community with the advent of e-exchanges. This morning, Kensington,...Original post made by Community courtesy on Jun. 24, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIES1950s 'My Little Margie' star Gale Storm, 87, dies in Danville
Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little...Original post made on Jun. 29, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESBlackhawk residents rebuff plan to sell parcels
A recent proposal by Blackhawk Country Club to rezone two parcels of land from "Parks and Recreation" to "Residential" hit...Original post made on Jun. 29, 2009
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AROUND TOWNA cooler summer for Danville kids
The water features at Danville parks will be turned on July 1 since EBMUD has lifted restrictions on water usage that have...Original post made on Jun. 29, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESTauscher confirmed for top U.S. arms control post
U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Alamo, was confirmed by the Senate late Thursday as under secretary for Arms Control and International...Original post made on Jun. 26, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESA MAC: more reasons for a strong AIA!!
Dear Dolores, Mary N. Piepho is unilaterally creating a Municipal Advisory Council in Alamo as gatekeepers for Contra...Original post made by Community courtesy on May. 20, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESUndercover operation results in arrest
An undercover detail aimed at car burglars resulted in the arrests of a man and woman from Alameda County. From March to...Original post made on Jun. 26, 2009
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Large room, very clean, nice view, very friendly and helpful staff. The hotel is very close to the airport. I called for the shuttle which took us directly to the hotel in less than 5 min. There is a bus stop just 1min away from the hotel which takes you directly to the city center. I just had an excellen^t experience. I did not have time to visit the casino though. - Abbas
Lovely ,friendly owner.
Very relaxed stay.
Well stocked kitchen where you help yourself to food and drinks with a good choice.
Quiet. - Anonymous
The opportunity to see Basel as a first timer, recognising that it has been many years that one had been abroad to Europe.
Isabelle was an amazing host who was willing to help out in giving advise to what buses and trams would be ideal to catch in order to get around Basel. Also, she had documents, which the tourist information would provide, at the accommodation and therefore have been an extremely great help for me.
Although this was a stop over due to travelling into Germany, it was a great - Anonymous
The apartment is small but confortable. Fabian is very kind. He speaks
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Is 15 mins walk from the center and much cheaper than other places.
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My husband, my brother in law and his wife and I went to Basel for the Christmas Markets in November 2013 for two nights. Our two bedroom apartment at Casa Esperanza was wonderful! Walter, the owner of apartment, was very helpful and welcoming. The apartment was very clean, looks newly remodeled, it was warm (even on very cold nights), had plenty of hot water, and had everything we needed (towels, fully equipped kitchen). We received a free tram/bus card upon arrival to use for our whole stay an - Cori
Great little place to stay, more like a hostel. Self service breakfast, just help yourself from the fridge (ham and cheese), cereals, yoghurt, bread, coffee maker etc. Cooker available, also a dishwasher. Very helpful staff, a free mobility pass for use on trams and buses, you can even use it to get back to the airport. Large bedroom, ensuite and satelite TV. Very good value and close to city centre. - Clive
Staff. You have to meet the owner! The when you get in the apartment and start to get the city feeling, the care given to details, just to keep me confortable but also active. Nice kittchen, large rooms. Everything I needed was there. So I started cooking in the apartment. I wish I could live there! - Anonymous


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Anyone familiar with Olga's Kitchen?
I'm having a moment of nostalgia remembering eating here with my dad when I was maybe 10. They serve their version of gyros (copious amounts of melted cheese are involved) and I loved getting the original Olga with a side of curly fries and a small Greek salad.
One day we went to the mall in PA, where the restaurant was located, for dinner and the store was gone. Turns out they're a Michigan-based company and the PA store wasn't doing so well so they closed. Years later when I was in college I actually sent an email to the company via their Web site asking if they had any plans to open another location on the East coast and I got a reply saying they were only focusing on their Michigan base. They did, however, have a store in Thousand Oaks, CA. My father lives in CA and the last time I was out there I asked him to drive me and my husband to Thousand Oaks so we could eat at Olga's. The food wasn't quite as good as I remember, but it was still fun to take a trip down memory lane.
Anyone else ever eat at this chain? I just checked their Web site and it looks like the Thousand Oaks location is no more, but they do have a store in Ohio and two in Illinois.
they went through some tough times in the 90's but are looking to grow again. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_01...
they have about 25 stores in michigan, many of which are in malls.
i used to eat at the ren-cen location when i worked there in 1992. i liked the curly fries but i think that there gyros are mediocre and over priced. much better quality and value at anyone of the 10,000 coney islands around town.
I'm from Michigan, and Olga's is one of those childhood comfort foods that I try to indulge in when I visit the folks (we pick it up to go on the way from the airport); I get the 3-cheese Olga, which includes the meat plus lots of cheese and that oh-so-special sauce. Authentic - not in the least. But tasty in its own way.
I'm worked in Birmingham at the Village Green back in the 1970's and would go to the original Olga's in the
Continental Market every week for a souvlaki. Olga worked the counter with her sons...strictly a family affair. The pita was the best. I make it back to Detroit once or twice a year and always try to stop by an Olga's. The old Village Green in Birmingham where I worked is now an Olga's...or I go to the one in Livonia at the mall. Overall they aren't quite as good...however the pita bread is still freshly made and delish!
Olga's for breakfast- in Ann Arbor, State Street...same block as State Street Theater..in the 70's..fresh, hot pitas...
God, I miss Olga's. I grew up in Michigan and went there all the time. I loved the Olga bread and the Greek Salad. I still crave the Snackers with the cheese spread. I'll have to make a point to go there when I go home for Christmas.
I have not been there for awhile but used to frequent the Birmingham location and now they have one on Big Beaver in Troy. The break ROCKS, the greek salads are great, and the pseudo-gyros are the best.
As my main man James Todd Smith III says, "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years"
I've been to the location in Thousand Oaks. It used to be in the Oaks Mall, but I heard they lost their lease. As other posters have stated the bread is amazing and the greek salad. I also remember a really good soup, similar to the lemon soup from Daphne's.
re: the Ann Arbor Olga's
I probably saw you there, Cathy--as an impoverished University Cellar worker, Olga's was squarely in my "price-point", as the youths today say. :) and even though they paled next to the amazing gyros that the Parthenon (Main/Liberty) served, I useta love Olga's fiercely. (noticed they've got one out at Briarwood now...when I go back for the next Pioneer High reunion or whatever, I'm there...!)
Wow, I am having serious flashbacks. I used to work at Jacobson's in B'ham and Olga's was a regular lunch spot. I wish I could order some to be overnighted to California.
I am flashing back to high school. I spent my high school years working at Olga's Kitchen in PA as a waitress. I was so sad when they closed. There aren't any close to PA. Loved the spinach pie and the salsds. The tuna olga with super cheese was really good too. Good memories, not the greatest food in the world, but alot better than the other chain resturants!
I live in Maryland and when I was in college back in the early 80s there was an Olga's Kitchen at Hunt Valley Mall that I loved especially the salad and bread.....then after my DH and I married they also opened one near where we lived in Gaithersburg, MD at Lakeforest Mall that we used to frequent....definitely remember them fondly and wish they would return.
I love Olga's and I haven't been there in years. Their version of the gyro was not quite a gyro but also not something that anyone else can replicate. My only beef with them is that they got quite overpriced for what you got at one point. That may have been during their tough times in the 90s.
re: houndgirl
Hey houndgirl,
I worked at the Birmingham Theater when it was a theater in the late 70's that was my first real job. I still go back to Olga's right there in town when I come back to MI I live in NC now. I grew up in Birmingham. I went to Marion High.
I take great comfort that the Olga's I grew up with, the West Bloomfield, Mi location that was withing very short wlaking distance for me, is still alive and well. The peasant soup is still outstanding. And the Olgas, not quite a gyro, rweater is so correct, but so good in their own way.
Olga's and Orange Julius made for quite the combo when Tel-Twelve was still around.
re: Fibber McGee
I moved to AZ from MI 7 years ago (grew up in Southfield) and have to ask . . . Tel-12 is gone? it was still there when i left.
re: mdepsmom
The indoor mall is gone, but there is still a shopping center there. I don't think any of the original stores of Tel-Twelve are still part of the mix; lots of other things there, though. You may recall that the anchor stores (Crowley's, Montgomery Ward, Winkelman's) all closed permanently some time ago, so the mall just didn't flourish.
Remember The Giving Tree?! Used to buy all my cards there, buy a shirt from the Limited, some foundation at Merle Norman, and top it off with dinner at Olga's or Rickshaw.
re: amandaqtpie
I don't remember Giving Tree. As a teenager, I used to shop at the Winkelman's there all the time, and Spencer's, and a friend and I would have lunch at the cafeteria (the name of which escapes me). I'm going back to MI for a visit in September and I am definitely adding Olga's to my list of places to hit while I am there.
My husband and I both grew up going to Olga's; it must have been cheaper then, because now we only go when we're really craving the salad or the fries, or when his sister is in town from AZ. It's definitely pricy for a "casual" lunch or dinner, but it's very good.
Their "gyro," as you call it, is the "Original Olga" on their menu; it does NOT have cheese on it (I suppose you could request it, but it's not part of the original sandwich).
I think their trademarks are their pita bread, salad dressing (and the salad itself, a sort of version of a Greek you'd find elsewhere), curly fries (much more delicious than those at other joints, IMO), and we can't forget the orange cream cooler!
re: amandaqtpie
Finally, love for the orange creamsicle!
And to the above posters regarding the State Street Olga's in Ann Arbor, when I was a wee lass (about 6 years old) my family ate there all the time. I did not like the bread at Olgas. Once, we were dumping our trays at the end of our meal when another patron asked my mom if I was going to finish my bread. She gave it up to him and I was shocked to my core that some stranger would ask for that. Now, after living in A2 for 15 years, it seems pretty tame, even if the dude who was asking was the crazy guy with 5 garbage bags of junk strapped to his bike outside, and a transistor radio on all the time. We still talk about it, although my mother swears it was only a hungry college student asking for it.
Now I couldn't imagine giving up my olga bread to anyone. Sooo excited another Olga will be up on North Campus.
OK, all, I have been invited to an Olga's tomorrow. What should I order? I haven't eaten there for many years (and the last time I did, like several posters below, was at the Ann Arbor, MI, State St. location). I remember not liking the gyros, which I thought had a bizarre sweet flavor. Any other choices? Or is the gyros not sweet any more?
re: charlesbois
I've eaten periodically at Olga's since I was a U-M student (that much-missed location on State Street, right by the Frieze bldg where I had a lot of classes), and have never ever had anything except an Original--I like the sweet flavor, but realize YMMV.
Second the spinach pie, salad, curly fries and fresh sqeezed lemonade.
Also, for you Olga fans, the Olga bread and spinach pie is sold frozen at some local grocery stores--I've seen it at Hiller's and Kroger's. It's not quite the same as the restaurant but it'll do.
re: coney with everything
did you know the Frieze building has been since knocked down to make room for another dorm? I spent HOURS wiling away the time in the teeny computer lab there. Anyway, totally off-topic.
I'm kinda wondering what Jim M had and if it was good or bad. The last time I ate at Olgas was in the Briarwood Mall and the service was horrible. food was ok, but nothing to write home about. I hope the one on North Campus will have its stuff together.
re: charlesbois
We went to Olga's on Grand River Avenue near Wixom Road, and I had peasant soup (a reasonably tasty and healthful lunch), zucchini fries (not so healthful but not heavy for a fried food and an enjoyable junk food dish), and part of my friend's Vegetable Olga (not so great; I didn't think the pea pods worked in a sandwich). It was a pleasant place for a chain and was crowded with people from nearby offices and factories. I'm not counting the days until I return, but I'd go again if I wanted a cheap lunch in the area.
Hit the Java House Café in South Lyon on Pontiac Trail at 11 Mile to do some work on my way home--got crowded with students from the high school across the street when school let out, but a pleasant place to hang out in an area that doesn't have very many of them; reasonable cappuccino.
Ann Arbor, Michigan newest Olga's Kitchen (Plymouth Road & Green) gets two thumbs down. I placed a takeout order for an Olga's Origianal Plus Meal on 8/8/08 around 1:00 PM and picked it up in short order. I walked back to my office accross the street and the sandwich and fries were cold. It is if the food was pre-made and allowed to sit around a while for a forthcoming order. This was a warm day and food contents were properly bagged and packed to retain heat. The sandwich had little warmth and the fries were gummy and chewy. The only upside to the meal is the Cole Slaw which was very good.
I would rather go to the coney island accross the street.
Before we moved to TX in 2003 there was one in the mall in Fairview Heights, IL. I am not sure if it is still there but it sure was yummy!
I'm going back to MI in a few weeks and plan to have lunch at Olga's one day. Looked at their menu online and was disappointed to see they don't have the tuna olga anymore! That was my favorite :(
re: Cathy
I also loved that Olga's by the Frieze bldg, although when I was in school the Olga lunch was a splurge (I was working my way through mostly). At the time the McD's by Nichols Arcade was still there, had actually just opened, and you could get a cheeseburger, small fries and small pop for just under $1.
And I don't think I've ever had a non-original Olga!
re: coney with everything
Ah that McDonalds. Yes. Such wild architecture. It was said the City would not allow a 'traditional' stand alone to be built. Um, It was there in 1975...
We would do Olga's for breakfast or walk to the Coop and Farmer's Market downtown on Saturdays...after donating plasma and getting that $20 for the week...
Ahh, Olga's Kitchen. I worked at Olga's for about 1.5 years while in high school (Woodland Mall, Grand Rapids, MI). At the time (okay I'll date myself, it was '79-'80) Olga's was definitely something different from all the other mall chains. This was way before the Mediterranean diet was popular (outside the Mediterranean that is). I'm not trying to say that Olga's was in any way authentic but it was my first exposure to things like gyros, feta cheese and spinach pie.
At Olga's I first learned how to properly steel a knife blade, and to really appreciate a good blade. You needed a very sharp blade to thinly slice the gyro meat as it cooked. I also learned to love, and hate, feta cheese. Love because of the way it tasted. Hate because of what we had to do to prep it for salads. We would get the feta as large blocks in five gallon buckets of a brine solution. We would have to crumble it up be hand spread it out on trays and leave it in the walk-in for several days to dry out. This process was repeated a couple of times successively crumbling the cheese into smaller sizes until it was properly dried. After doing this your hands would reek of feta and no amount of washing seemed to eliminate the odor.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Olga herself once. Yes there really is an Olga, her name is Olga Loizon. She opened her first restaurant in Birmingham, MI. At the time I worked at Olga's (and met her) she had sold the business to its current corporate ownership but continued to do promotional appearances.
There seems to be a lot of love in this thread for Olga's among Ann Arbor/UM people. I went to UM myself but honestly don't recall frequenting Olga's while I was there. Maybe they hadn't opened their locations near campus at that time.
I think I need me some Olga fries.
re: kmcarr
Olga's was always my choice of place to go for my birthday. Every since my kids have been able to eat solid food (now 18 & 15 yrs old), it's their request as well. I live 45 minutes away from Olga's & would make special trips as much as possible to the nearest one (Franklin Park Mall, Toledo) I would only order the Open Face Mushroom Steak Monterey and a salad (with extra Feta.. Lol) The last time I drove 45 min only to find they no longer have the Mushroom Steak Monterey on the menu. :( They seemed to have cut their menu to a third of what it used to be & raised their prices considerably! Anyway, I absolutely loved the special creamy sauce on the Mushroom Steak Monterey! Do you happen to know how it was made? (FINGERS CROSSED). I crave it all the time and would love to be able to make it!!
re: Big N Fat
Please stop trying to pass off lies as jokes. They're not funny.
re: Fibber McGee
I think it's funny.....if you don't get it, just say so.
re: Big N Fat
Thought of the idea to start an Ogas while working out on the uneven bars.
I grew up going to Olga's original restaurant in Birmingham, MI. I even worked there for a month in high school at one point. I think they have revamped their menu many times since their hay days. However, when I used to go I loved the broccoli soups, pita chips, greek salad, some type of fried chicken pita and spinach pie. Their bread was amazing, and I remember you could get the regular or JAFF (just about fat free )version--but definitely not calorie free. I'm glad I used to come here during my youth when calories didn't matter because knowing how fattening the food is now, I think the things I loved I wouldn't order.
Ahhh, I miss you Olga's!
I love love love Olga's. I remember my dad taking me to the one in Lansing Mall as a kid. We'd go every Sat afternoon and spend quality time together. Now i go myself every other week. I love the Olga burger, curly fries, peasant soup and the snackers. Plus they have my fave drink Vernors. True they are pricey but the olga card does help specially if you go on double or triple coupon days.
There's something about the bread at Olga's that sets it apart from other pitas. A slight sweetness and softness, not the same old dry cardboard-like texture of "authentic" pitas. Maybe that's why so many kids and teens prefer it. I know I've always thought of pita as construction paper without the color. That is until I had an Olga's. A definite improvement.
All the die-hard Greek food fanatics are probably rolling their eyes and cursing me and my descendents, wondering "Who does this guy think he is? What does he know?" I know what I like, that's all. I'll take sweet bread over cardboard any day.
Also, I don't think Olga's in it's current form, is meant to be authentic Greek cuisine. Maybe when it first started in downtown Birmingham, but not now. It is what it is. Good food, generous portions, great variety, decent kid's menu, Orange cream coolers, moderate prices. What else can I say? I'm going to Olga's.
re: otisf
No, it was not intended to be traditional Greek cuisine.. Olga came up with the twists to attract the American palette.. and it worked! Love 'em!
I used to goto Olga's at Lakeside Mall in Sterling Hts all the time when I lived there, but have since moved to Florida.. I have learned to clone the delicious originals.. the bread recipe (or a close version anyhow) is all over the net. The sauce? Someone who worked there once told me it was equal parts sour cream and plain yogurt.. however, many sites on the net say its just plain yogurt.. anyone know for sure?
re: steve in FL
I worked at Olga's (Woodland Mall, Grand Rapids MI) way back in '79-'80. The Olga sauce is (or at least was) plain yogurt thinned out with a little bit of water. To prepare a batch for use, some plain yogurt from a 5 gal bucket was placed in one of those rectangular aluminum containers used in restaurants and then you would slowly add water while vigorously mixing with a spoon until the desired consistency was reached.
See my post upthread for what we had to do to prepare the feta cheese for the salad.
re: kmcarr
I used to work at Olga's during high school in the 90s. The bread was so good because they drenched it in oil that was slightly seasoned. That bread was so so fattening but also so so good. My favorite meal was always a small greek salad, broccoli soup, snackers with the cheese dip. Luckily I had a teenager's metabolism back then.
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My friends and I spent a lot of time at the Woodland Mall Olga's in the 80's. Hundreds of spinach pies were consumed.
Clearly we were young, because later we'd land at Mr. Fables for a burger.
I used to eat at the one in Pleasanton, CA back when I was like 12 years old (1992). I loved their chicken fajita olga w/ olga sauce guac and a side of curly fries. Ahhhh, I'm so sad they are no longer on the west coast!!!! So great to see so many people remember the yummy food! :)
I just dragged my husband to the mall in a failed attempt to find a bathing suit for an upcoming trip, and we stopped at Olga's. Turns out he'd never been there. I have rather fond, nostalgic memories of it. Yes, it's overpriced Americanized Mediterranean mall food, but it's actually still pretty good.
I found a buy-one-get-one sandwich coupon on Facebook/Twitter (good for another week or so, if you're interested), so it wasn't too bad. I had spinach pie (now individual and triangular and a bit bigger than my childhood memories) and an original, hubby had an original with curly fries. The whole thing came out to about $13 ($20ish without the coupon). Service was fast and pleasant.
I think you'll find a generation of people, mostly in Michigan, whose first introduction to anything Mediterranean was Olga's. As was said, it's not supposed to be authentic, but it's tastier than many mall options. I found the "Olga meat" to be quite nicely spiced and not dried out, tomatoes fresh and ripe, and damned if I don't still love that weird pita-ish bread.
I worked at Olga's Kitchen in High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland...Lakeforest Mall.. My friends and I had a blast working there...20+ years ago. I still dream of the Three Cheese Olga....the bread, the sauce. Amazing!! Whomever is still lucky to live near one should feel blessed....Yum, yum....
Wow--this is a stroll down memory lane. I worked at the Birmingham community house in high school (go Seaholm) and would go to the original Olga's all the time back in the day when Olga & her family worked there. I loved that place--still do. Even though I am in Ca. now I always go for an original when I am in Mi visiting family.
Nice to see all the memories, but let's talk today Chowhounders! The food, while satisfying in a bland way, is all obviously pre-prepared in a corporate kitchen. What exactly is that "meat"? Beef and lamb, but what else? What's up with the sweet, smushy "pita"? And Olga's sauce seems much more like mayo than yogurt-based. Salads built around iceberg lettuce. Maybe I truly liked this stuff in the 80s, but not so much now.
I live near the Olga's on Plymouth Rd; when we lose electricity at home, Olga is a reasonable option.
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Well for me at least, Olga's is all about the memories rather than the food quality. It's a taste of childhood and it's comfort food, so I can't review it as I would any old chain restaurant. I'd probably feel differently if I still lived near one, but maybe not, judging by some of the comments above.
I used to make the lengthy drive to the one in Thousand Oaks after I moved to CA, was very sorry when I heard it closed. According to a local newspaper article at the time, the owner wanted to move on, corporate didn't want to buy it, and he was contractually forbidden from selling it (no idea why that would be). So it closed. Now if I want an Olga's fix, it's a 2,000 mile trip.
re: Miketsu
Olga's is starting to expand again, but only in the midwest for now
I'm glad to find this thread. I'm an Olga's fan, especially of the peasant soup and Snackers with cheese spread. I also like the original Olga as a creative take on gyros and pita. When I had a job in downtown Birmingham (1991-1992), my coworkers and I regularly ate at the Olga's on Woodward, where we once had the pleasure of meeting Olga herself. This is one of the few chains I still like.
I'm headed to the Detroit area for a family wedding in a few weeks and want to be sure to have lunch at Olga's one day. Was looking at their online menu, and - what? no tuna Olga? Has it been discontinued??? Anyone know?
I am from Nor Cal, the Bay Area. They used to have an Olga's Kitchen in Pleasanton at the Stone Ridge Mall and we used to eat there almost 1 time a week..... I loved their chicken fajita olga! OMG that bread they made was so delicious!
They closed down many years ago, so sad! When I was in college I too wrote them main corporation asking if they would ever be back and where can I find them and got a very similar response and sadly I don't travel much so I have not been back to one in MANY years.....
I would LOOOOOOVE to eat at an Olga's Kitchen again!!!! Thanks for reminding me of a great food memory!
Yes!!! I used to go to the one in the Willow Grove Mall in PA. It closed and became an Aeropostal or something like that. The same thing happened to us! My mother and I went there for dinner one eve, and they were closed :( I went on the same hunt and am content today because I found the unofficial recipe for their salad dressing:
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By Vikings Fan from Afar (West) on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
By Mromo on Jan 16, 2010 | Reply
To many of us, tomorrow represents more than just another playoff game. It represents the hope that has lived within us for the last 30 years that we could possibly relive the years of the "Purple People Eaters"
For me personally, it is about having a team that brings back the memories of childhood and watching Fran Tarkenton dominate in his position with class, integruity and the will and passion to play to win.
As a young girl, I did not spend my Sundays riding bike or playing Barbies. If I did I dont remember. What I remember is my dad and I cutting up the summer sausage, lining up the crackers and cheese and cracking open the can of smoked oysters ten minutes before game time, each and every Sunday during football season. What I remember and charish is how the Vikings became a piece of my relationship with my father and a constant I as a child could always count on, me and dad watching football!
Unfortunately I live1200 miles away from my dad and wont be able to crack open a can of smoked oysters with him but I hope to continue the the tradition with my 2 sons. Perhaps we will replace the oysters with a plate of nachos but the memories that we build together while watching the Vikes will continue on to another generation.
And so, I hope every Viking playing tomorrow realizes that not only are they playing for thier win but for all of us out there that BELIEVE in them, that believe in the memories that have molded us into these crazy, fun and loyal Vikings fans!
Good Luck Vikings! We BELIEVE IN YOU!!
A Southern Vike!!
By jasmine on Jan 17, 2010 | Reply
I have also been a vikings fan since I was little and every year we get so far then its like they just give up. But this year it has been differnt like you take the chicago bears game on dec 28th they were doing a really bad job then after halftime it was like they did a 360 and was able to put the game into overtime , yeah they lost by 6 ponts but i they got them points on the score board and how quickley they got them is whast counts. now today they are playing against the cowboys and alot of people do not think that they can not win this but I dis agree I think if bret fayer can get the ball down the field , whice we all no he is one of the best quaterbacks in nfl history , and adrianne peterson needs to start catching that ball and getting down the feild like he was doing in the beging of the season, and we need to make sure that they do not even get the chance to sack bret . but I think the vikings have what it takes to beat the cowboys and even win the superbowl .Go vikings I have faith in you guys
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Styled Out: A conversation with Michelle Tea
Last Friday, awesome authoress Michelle Tea had a moment while riding in the van on the way to Pittsburgh for that evening's "Sister Spit: The Next Generation" performance to talk with me about her teenage goth days, the Valencia film project and why you shouldn't shave your head.
AfterEllen.com: Who had the biggest influence on your style as a teenager?
Michelle Tea: Well, I was a goth teenager in the '80s so I really liked sort of like, goth new wave, goth punk sort of stuff. I was really into Siouxsie, honestly was probably my top style influence as a teenager. I was also really influenced by Nina Hagen's style, I really loved her hair and I really loved her big crazy eyebrows and I would paint my eyebrows on really insane and like connect my eyebrows with my eyeliner and have all this insane face makeup on; and wear clown white (face paint) as foundation to get super deathly pale.
I had really big black hair, so she was probably my top style influence. I was also really influenced — I mean I had previously when I was a little younger — been really influenced by Madonna, and I think that Madonna at that era when she first broke, when she was wearing ratty black clothes and had black rags in her hair and her hair was kind of f–ked up. I think that kind of stayed as an influence.
I think about goth — I mean there's so many different kinds of ways to be goth, and in the '80s there was one way that was really pristine and kind of high goth and it was kind of perfect and Victorian. I thought that looked really beautiful but I was always too sloppy to pull that off, so I was more of a shabby goth. I must've looked more like a street urchin wearing like torn strapless dresses, like I always happened to be a little more messed up.
When I was 12, I had seen the film Times Square on USA [network] at 2 in the morning when I was supposed to be sleeping and that really changed my life. The style and the fashion and the costumes in that movie were totally great. Right from the very beginning to the very end; the make up, the weird fur shrugs, the vests and hats and the crazy make up that all the girls wear and the trash bag dresses.
AE: Has the style that you loved when you were that age transitioned into where you're at right now? Do you still see those people as style icons or has it changed?
MT: Well, I don't dress goth anymore … I feel like there are elements of every sort of style I was invested in, it was like I kind — I think that you carry that with you a little bit, you know? And maybe nobody knows that but me, but I don't have big Robert Smith hair but I really love big hair and I really love my hair to be as big as possible all the time. And I don't wear clown or white or make my face look really dead, but I do put very black eye make up on my eyes when I do wear eye make up. It's pretty much still like that.
I think that it would be weird to still be wearing the sort of subcultural look that you had in high school when you're 39. Fashion is really vast and exciting and it would just suggest that there was no growth happening kind of in your life and I'm a lot of the same person that I was in high school but I'm also really different.
AE: What is your point of fashion for spring/summer? [Note: "Point of Fashion" means the focal point of one ensemble's and is a reference originated by the Japanese fashion magazine Fruits.]
MT: Oh my God, my point of fashion changes every day! I really don't know what it will be, that's so hard to answer. I think that the whole idea of "point of fashion" is that it's really costume-y, like what is your point that day.
I think that my main point of fashion will continue to be my thigh high boots but then you know, especially for summer, I'm going to be in Mexico at the Radar Lab. It's a queer writer's retreat that I started, so my point of fashion during that part of the summer will be bathing suits. I basically sit at my computer all day writing in a bathing suit.
I went on a shopping moratorium so I haven't been buying anything, because I've just been like, "OK, time to reign it in." I'm going to be in New York for this tour. My more recent point of fashion has been bodysuits, I've been really into bodysuits. I have all these like, baggy jeans and kind of high waisted and interestingly waisted skirts and stuff that looks really great with a bodysuit. I love them, I'm so into them right now. My favorite one is like this pink one; it's a sleeveless, floral bodysuit that I got at Topshop — the color of all the florals are light tones and it's really great because you can wear it under sheer things or skirts.
And just because I'm little a lot of clothes don't fit me tightly so if you're wearing baggy pants or a poofy, baggy skirt and you have a shirt that you keep trying to tuck in and just keeps poofing out it kind of looks dumb, so I'm really into bodysuits right now.
AE: Do you have any shops or places that you can suggest to those who are more like you, smaller in stature where they would be able to buy clothes easily that do fit well?
MT: I do a lot of my shopping on the sale rack at Urban Outfitters when they mark down all of their clothes to like $9.99 and you finally get the chance to pay what they're actually worth and there are a lot of lines that they carry that make extra small which is actually fine for me, so I usually just get extra small stuff from there. But, I don't know, it's just knowing what lines run big and what lines run small.
I really am a big dork of all the "go international" Target lines, like when they do designer lines. I get really excited about it and will go at eight in the morning the day that they open. I got a really cute (Jean Paul Gauthier) black mini-dress with a big bold zipper going up the back and this weird kind of criss-cross detailing on the skirt but their line runs big, so even like an extra small might be too big on me at Target, so it's kind of just knowing that.
Some things look good big but some things don't. It sucks when they build tits and hips into the dress because I just don't have them. I like to find flannels and preppy button-up shirts in the little boy's department when I'm thrifting.
AE: What's the best piece of fashion that you can give to a baby dyke who's trying to find her sense of self through her sense of style?
MT: I would say first of all, first and foremost you don't have to shave your head. Just don't do it. Everyone regrets shaving their head. A shaven head looks good on very few people and chances are it doesn't look very good on you; don't shave your head.
But I think that the best thing that anybody can probably do for themselves is get a good haircut. I just didn't cut my hair for like a million years and it just didn't occur to me to ever get a haircut and I just kind of let it grow and grow and grow and then I had this weird triangular shaped long hair and then I don't know what happened, I just kind of like had a revelation and got a professional haircut and it just makes you look so rad when you have a good haircut. Especially if you're butch or you have a masculine gender, get a good haircut, go the extra mile. Make friends with a cool fag hair cutter who will give you free haircuts or something.
I think that one thing to be aware of is like, rocking a really trendy style will look really good in the moment but for some people it stays for the rest of their life — I just think it's really important to pay attention to what's happening in fashion. It's like art, like anything, there's movement and new things happen all the time and it's really exciting; you can follow fashion just like you can follow literature or music or film or any other thing where there's people actively trying to create and innovate. I think it's good to pay attention to what's happening and not get stuck in some sort of weird rut where you're like, "Oh, I can see that person came of age in 1997 and probably would like to have this person in town in… 1997." You totally have to watch out for that.
AE: Valencia the movie. What can you tell us about it?
MT: The Valencia film project is that I am inviting twenty one film makers to each take a chapter of the book and make a seven minute short film from it and then they will all be screened together at some giant, crazy art ouster. It's really exciting and there are some awesome people that have signed on to do it, Margaret Cho has signed on to do one, Jamie Babbit, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, all those awesome people who are established filmmakers are all doing some and also Amos Mac, who is one of the original folks from The Original Plumbing who is also a really amazing photographer.
Peter Pizzi, who's a really great independent film maker is making one and Michelle Lawler, it's really great. I basically asked everyone I know who makes films and then people who have been really cool, like Anna Albelo, a documentary filmmaker who has been really helpful as far as bringing in folks like Jamie Babbit and those sort of like, established queer filmmakers, so I'm really excited about it.
No one has started shooting their pieces yet, people are starting to plan what they're going to shoot and getting their crews together, casting who the people are going to be, but we're aiming to be done by 2012 and start submitting it to festivals and hopefully if we stay on track and are finding the support. It needs a lot of support, it needs producers, it needs some fronting, it needs a lot of technical support in order to bring in 21 short films and kind of like, put them all together.
Michelle Tea is on tour with Sister Spit: The Next Generation in North America through May 6th. For more information, check out her website.


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- hummingbird Jan 27, 2007 09:13 AM
Did anyone see this today.
She did Pork cooked the Tuscan way.
The recipe is not on her website, nor by googling.
It looked like pork tenderloin and it was roasted in a baguette with herbs.
I walked in as she was cutting it.
Just wondered if she use a store bought baguette and took out the inside breading, or if she made a dough and wrapped it in it.
Thanks in advance.
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But I gained a respect for Weir which I did not have before.
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Just curious - why?
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I caught the episode as she was browning the loins. Yeah Tivo!
Cut into a baguette like a hotdog bun and remove the inside. Brush the inside with olive oil. Brown the loins on all sides. Then roll the loins in what looked like about 2 T / loin: S&P, sage, fennel pollen, rosemary and garlic. Load the baguette with the loin and tie it up with string. Bake at 375 for about 16 minutes-internal temp is 155-160.
I found a source for the fennel pollen at fennelpollen.com-haven't actually ordered from them.
This along with the orzo salad will be our supper tonight!
re: yummola
Thank you. I have a tenderloin just waiting for something new.
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You can also buy fennel pollen from Zingermans.com. I just bought it from fennelpollen.com - it is grown in California so I was happy it was local.
I noticed I have 2 of her shows recorded on the DVR, but I haven't seen them yet. I'm looking forward to it now!
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That looks great, I'll be making mine this weekend.
So you cut this like a New England style hot dog roll? I'm not going to do fennel at all, as it don't like it. I may even change the the other spices and add some sort of cheese.
I was worried about the bread burning, but yours looks just wonderful. The salad looks great too. Thanks for the pictures and the directions.
It looks like you used a pork loin, not a tenderloin?
Tomorrow's episode looks like pasta day, at least here in MA/NH.
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I used a pork tenderloin... it was a thick one. It expanded a bit during the baking. my baguette was a bit on the slim side. I say go for whatever herbs make you happiest when it comes to the pork. I think mushrooms would make this special as well. I just know there must be a dried cranberry or cherry idea waiting to be explored. (this photo is before it was baked)
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I made this yesterday. I cut it the other way so I could open it up. Took out the insides,I spread some dijon on both sides, some swiss cheese on both sides. Sauteed onions, celery and mushrooms, added cooked dried spinch, mixed all that with some parmesan and spread that on both sides, then placed the tenderloin in it and tied it up.
Came out great.
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The release has only been withdrawn because a Census Fileset is not included.
Those of us who have upgraded will be able to import that Fileset when it is available on SupportNet.
Those with problems, are you on .Net4 EXTENDED?
Well we are an Academy but as far as I'm aware we have moved over to SIMS Direct Support.
@Sivadam Thanks, so it should be withdrawn then. Wish Capita would tell you this stuff.
It wasn't posted on Supportnet until the evening of the 23rd though (I checked)
See post here SIMS .net Autumn Release pulled from @PhilNeal.
SIMS August 2011 has been pulled due to a problem in the Pastoral Structure. The original issue with the Census file set was resolved.
My Email arrived on the 24th Nov and yet I had posted the reason for the release initially being pulled at 1.57 PM on 23rd Nov!
And I had seen it before then - I just wasn't logged into Edugeek and so had not seen this thread until quite a bit after I knew that the release had been pulled!
And importing the Fileset meant I did not have to run the second upgrade!
Last edited by Sivadam; 25th November 2011 at 03:33 PM.
This does not affect us - it seems from the other thread that only 3 schools are affected out of the 1,000 that have taken the release. This highlights the problem that Capita has in testing the releases! If I had been at UAT for this release then my dataset would not have picked up any issue! Release are tested extensively but there are now 22,000 schools with SIMS and they all use SIMS in a unique manner! That is SIMS strength - you can tailor it to the needs of the school.
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This is the latest on the pulled release, posted yesterday.
*** SIMS 2011 Autumn Release - Please Read 25/11/2011
We have completed our investigations on the Pastoral Structure changes caused by the SIMS 2011 Autumn Upgrade and can confirm that there is an issue.
Who is affected:
Customers who have Registration groups which have been in different year groups in the past. This could be caused by a number of reasons including:
1) At some point in the past the school have amended their pastoral structure to include a mix of Horizontal and Vertical Year groups. The registration groups would therefore have moved years from Year 1/Year 2 to Year 2 for example.
2) The school have decided to rename a registration group and assign it to a different year. In other words, instead of creating a new registration group for someone they have renamed an existing one and moved its year.
What effect does it have?: In SIMS it will appear as though a new Year has been created (for example Year 1/Year 2) and it will appear to take some of the Registration groups with it.
A hypothetical example of the end Pastoral structure view from an originally straight forward Year 1 and Year 2 structure might therefore be
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We are working on producing an updated version of the SIMS 2011 Autumn Release that will not amend the Pastoral Structure. In the meantime, the existing SIMS 2011 Autumn release will stay withdrawn in SOLUS2 and SOLUS3 and we would urge customers not to upgrade to this release using any copies they might have made before it was withdrawn.
We are working on a number of solutions to correct the data. Customers are also advised NOT to attempt to resolve the issue in the software yet as that will only correct the data from today going forwards, not for the historical information which might have changed.
I will update this news item on Monday with further details when they are finalised.
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Posted: 25th November 2011 by Jonathan Wood
So, i've been playing with the update - the broken one i downloaded before it got pulled. No pastoral structure issues on my data so thought i'd update on some of the features.
The new ability to add Tiers to staff is great. It adds a new section to staff details, section 10, and this just lists the tiers out of the pastoral structure so even admin staff can be allocated one. It's viewable by all staff by default, i guess that's why it's in a separate section so you could prevent access, not sure why you'd need to though.
I made up a false tier in the pastoral structure just for admin, so they aren't associated with any of the schools, as our admin are global. We could tick multiple tiers, but for some reports, we will want to just search for admin, so it works ( or will, hopefully) better this way.
The cool thing is Cover can now be filtered by Tier, so i don't have to tell primary school to add their absences late in the day so as not to affect the upper school cover. The downside is that we have to first go and allocate all staff to a tier in the staff section, it only automagically picked up the senior managers, i.e. head and deputy heads, from the pastoral structure. unless this error is tied to the issue in pastoral structures. Also in this version it's not affecting historic data even if i create new absence historically, but that's fine. Current stuff works and prints separately.
If any Capita lurkers are listening, then please add this filter to the missing registers homepage panel, please...
The other nice little treat is the ability to bulk change result sets in marksheets. don't need to use my script anymore !
The only slight issue is, you have to plan how you need it, as it does a blanket change across the whole marksheet, so if you want to progress a marksheet by a year or term, start with the last resultset and work your way back down. Do it in the wrong order and they all end up the same, but that's just common sense really.
The results are in, and patches are being sorted. The latest notification on the pulled release:
*** SIMS 2011 Autumn Release - Please Read 01/12/2011
We have concluded our investigations into the issues with the SIMS 2011 Autumn release and can confirm that two issues were present
We will be releasing a new SIMS 2011 Autumn Release (Autumn 3) with these issues resolved by Monday the 5th December. Customers can upgrade to this release from the SIMS 2011 Spring, Summer and previous Autumn releases.
- The upgrade could change the pastoral structure of the school if a registration group has historically been in a different year.
If this has affected you we can now confirm that it is safe to correct your pastoral structure within the SIMS software. A Knowledge Base Solution is being put together containing the details on how to do this and will be published here when it is complete. If you are unsuccesful in correcting the pastoral structure yourself please escalate this to us for further investigation
- The Registration certificate will display an incorrect address for a student if the student either had no contacts or their primary contact had no address.
A Patch will be created for this and its ID number will be published.
Please be aware however that if you do upgrade to this new release (Autumn 3) from either of the two previous Autumn releases that whilst the Registration Certificate Issue will be resolved, you will still need to correct your pastoral structure if it has been incorrectly modified.
Once again, we apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused,
Jonathan Wood
CAM (1st December 2011)
*** SIMS 2011 Autumn Release 3 - Now available
An updated version of the SIMS 2011 Autumn release has been made available via SOLUS to
1) Correctly maintain the pastoral structure upon upgrade
2) Correctly display the addresses in a registration certificate where the student has a primary contact with no address
We would recommend that all customers upgrade to this release. Customers can upgrade from the SIMS 2011 Spring, Summer or previous 2011 Autumn releases to the SIMS 2011 Autumn 3 release.
apologies if this has already been mentioned but I cannot find any reference to it.
Are SLG users able to install the autumn update? We usually have to wait for Capita to update SLG before we can update sims but since the autumn was withdrawn I have not heard anymore about SLG ...
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I have just installed WIN 7 ultimate 32 bit. I have come from XPsp3.
In XP I had quite successfully been using MediaPortal, virtual clone drive, AnyDVD HD and TMT3 to rip and playback dvd and Bluray in ISO format. Both MediaPortal and TMT3 were controlled via a Hauppage IR remote that came with my Hauppage NovaS2 HD satellite TV tuner card with remote commands going through a program called Eventghost.
Now to my quandry,
I know its best to start with a clean install with mediaportal and codecs required etc but having seen Windows 7 MC demos I'm not sure I want to go down the route of setting up everything how I had it before. I'm thinking 7MC and TMT3 (for Bluray) will be fine for me and I never used most of the stuff Media Portal could do anyway. I may also be under the false impresssion that setting up 7MC for what i want might be more straight forward.
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2) 7MC handling my Bluray iso files and mounting / de-mounting iso's.
3) I heard TMT3 incorportaes nicely with 7MC as a player for my Bluray? How does that work out then? Is that a good scenario? (I also have PDVD 8 but found TMT3 just played all my bluray without grumbling or failing)
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or to get a dedicated USB 7MC remote for simplicity. (i dont want to spend too much). Will an 7MC remote be able to control playback via TMT3 when its used by 7MC as a player?
5) My main use of 7MC would be for movies (particularly Bluray & DVD iso files) so i would like the movie thumbnails, backdrops, metadata etc to be displayed. What is the summary of the best way to do this. I've been reading about "Yammm", "My Movies", "Media Browser", "mount Image Plugin" and basically my head is spinning now.
P.S I don't bother with MKV files. Just strip and rip to main movie iso with Clown_BD (tsmuxer & eac3to GUI)
I can't remember most of the learning curve i went through installing the stuff I was using on XP and have never used windows Media Centres before so either way i am prepared to go through learning again but I can't decide which way to go and some thoughts and facts from users on the above points would help.
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No one offered any advice but I made an image of my almost bare set-up so far and have gone with trying to keep things simple but still have some nice features and "Eye candy" i suppose you'd call it. I went with the 7MC / media Browser / TMT3 route.
1st impressions are good. My Hauppage remote works well without any configuration or faffing about too.
Christ, i even think her in doors could figure how to watch a movie with it now. Not that she has the enthusiasm.
Time will tell if I prefer this over Media Portal which did more than i needed anyway.
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wow. To "junkie" I guess the name really suits you. Regardless of what or how much you used you can get clean. From the sounds of it you ought to take a suggestion or two from eminem. Your EGO seems to tell you that the harder the drugs you do the cooler you are. I am here to tell you that you sound like a fucking idiot. Grow up buddy. It is a beautful thing to get clean and I am very glad that Eminem has the oppurtunity to see that!
It helps when you switch to something else as a crutch right M.
lol vicodin c'mon theres more tylenol than morphine in that shit and methadone you mean that shit people use to ween themselves off of real drugs? he's not an addict he just can't handle his middle school drugs
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Shit i love rap and i think eminem is a great rapper but fuck..he aint going to be the same with out them drugs.hell i use drugs every single day and i fucken love it i love the fucken drugs so all i gotta say is fuck the world and enjoy being high.


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20 mins
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Wanted to share my version of this. I take it to pot lucks and it's the first to disapear. I have even seen people lick the bowl. LOL. My husband & kid's favorite sweet treat. Minimum chill time is the cook time. Enjoy!!
Units: US | Metric
Serving Size: 1 (148 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 10
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