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There's a new online resource for Minnesota's child welfare community featuring current information about public policy developments at the federal, state, and local levels. The University of Minnesota's Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare has launched the resource to keep the state's child welfare community informed about the latest policy proceedings and relevant research findings that impact Minnesota's child welfare system. With this online knowledge base, child welfare professionals and stakeholders will have the opportunity to play a more active role in policy debates and decisions that will determine the future of child welfare practice and provisions in Minnesota.
News about the latest policy proceedings will be published weekly on the site's child welfare policy blog during the legislative sessions and monthly during the rest of the year. The blog gives Minnesota's child welfare community the ability to track the progress of legislation through committees, relevant hearings, and key votes. The website also features a listing of other resources that provide reliable and relevant child welfare policy news updates and information. Visit the center's new online resource.
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, suicide is the third leading cause of death among our nation's adolescent and young adult population. Youth in foster care are particularly vulnerable due to traumatic life experiences. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), a national resource center that provides suicide prevention support, interventions, and training, has deployed a new online resource for foster families. The online resource What Foster Parents Can Do to Prevent Suicide provides a wealth of information on suicide and suicide prevention to help foster parents recognize and respond to the warning signs associated with suicidal behavior and access professional help for the youth in their care.
SPRC's customized website for foster families is available here.
Health Beat
Finding foster families for medically fragile children with special needs can be a difficult undertaking. The possibility of placing them in a loving, nurturing foster home is greatly increased when the prospective parents know they will have the training, resources, and ongoing support they need. The Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) program at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, is committed to recruiting and empowering prospective foster parents who have the desire to help and the capacity to love a medically fragile foster child who would otherwise spend his or her life in institutionalized care.
In January, the Baltimore Sun featured an article about Jason and Hollie Costa, who were eager to become foster parents and eventually adopt. It was love at first sight when the Columbia, Maryland, couple met 5-year-old Daeonna (DiDi) Smith who was born with spina bifida, a birth defect that causes a loss of feeling below the waist. However, they had deep concerns about their ability to meet DiDi's multiple needs and handle the inevitable challenges associated with her medical condition. Their reluctance changed to resolve when they learned about the Krieger Institute's TFC program.
With the help of the Krieger's interdisciplinary team of experts and support groups, the Costas have the confidence, skills, and the continuum of around-the-clock support services to be great caregivers. DiDi has been thriving ever since she moved in with the couple and their 8-year-old son Benjamin (who is also adopted) last summer.
To read the Sun article, click here. For more information about the Kennedy Krieger Institute's TFC program, visit www.therapeuticfamilycare.org.
Tech Trends
Mobile devices are not just for techies anymore. Increasingly, child welfare systems and agencies across the country are realizing the productivity gains and substantial savings--especially on printing costs and the improved service delivery that can be achieved with mobile computing technology.
Child Advocate Shirley Salomon using her mobile phone to access information for one of her cases.
Like many of its counterparts, ChildNet, an agency in Broward County, Florida, is making a move to mobile case management as a way to reduce printing costs and improve data collection. The longstanding practice of lugging around loads of large bulky binders to court and home visits will be replaced with the portability of mobile technology when ChildNet begins supplying its workers in the field with Google's Android-driven smart phones and tablets. Mobile case management has huge potential for enhancing accountability, transparency, and the efficiency of workers in the field.
Using this technology, ChildNet's caseworkers can perform all their duties in the field rather than making frequent trips back and forth to the office. Through the power and portability of the mobile devices, caseworkers will have immediate access to case files and the ability to update their cases and submit the information remotely. To officially implement the mobile case management system, existing case files will be digitized to make them accessible on the Android devices and indexed to comply with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Account-ability Act) privacy standards.
The Children's Advocacy Centers in Georgia (CACGA) are putting new technology in place to expand the medical capacity and expertise employed in the assessment of alleged child abuse cases statewide. The centers are in the process of deploying Telehealth's long-distance medical assessment technology, which gives local providers immediate access to a multidisciplinary team of experts in all aspects of child protection services who will remotely participate in the assessment of child abuse cases.
Using Telehealth technology in suspected cases of child abuse or neglect, local providers will be better equipped to make the best medical evaluations and more timely child safety decisions. The technology also reduces travel time, costs, and the trauma to injured children who would have to travel long distances for further medical evaluation and treatment.
Already, 13 of the 39 CACGAs are making use of the new equipment. A grant from the Georgia Governor's Office for Children and Families will fund the purchase of the equipment for the other 26 centers. In January, CACGA featured the Telehealth technology at a summit of CACGA medical providers at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. CACGA's centers serve more than 10,000 children a year in 146 counties.
Speaking Out
"As silly as it may sound, Extreme Recruitment was inspired by the television show Extreme Home Makeover, an exciting race against time to build a house in just a week by coordinating hundreds of professionals and volunteers.... I was watching the last few minutes of the show on a Sunday night in March 2008 when I thought, if they can build a home in a week, why can't we apply the same principles to finding permanent homes for hard-to-place children in foster care?"
-- Melanie Scheetz, Executive Director of the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition in St. Louis, Missouri, who pioneered the Extreme Recruitment quest to find forever families for foster youth. Extreme Recruitment partners with social workers and private investigators in a race to match youth with a safe, lifelong family connection. In just 12 months, they have matched 42 out of 60 youth--three times the number of matches in a third of the time as usual. Scheetz hopes to eventually replicate Extreme Recruitment nationwide. To read a TIME article about the initiative, click here.


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A new drug testing policy, approved last spring by the Mineral Wells ISD school board, will kick in for the first time beginning with the 2013-14 school year.
The new policy will install random, drug-testing procedures and is intended to deter students from using illegal drugs and alcohol, and to better enforce a drug-free educational environment for MWISD students.
It will effect any students in grades seven through 12 who represents the district in University Interscholastic League extracurricular activities, competitions or community-service events. Students who are involved with school-sponsored clubs and organizations and high school students wishing to park a vehicle on campus during the school day must comply with the testing policy.
"Early last year, our school board requested that I research student random drug testing," MWISD Superintendent Gail Haterius explained of the new policy. "Our School Health Advisory Committee did so and helped develop a policy that we hope will serve as a deterrent to discourage students from using illegal drugs."
"One of our school board members expressed the feelings of the board well when he said, 'If this testing keeps one kid off of drugs, it will be worth it,'" she added. "We are always concerned about the development and safety of all of our students and we are hopeful that this new policy will work in conjunction with other programs that we have to help keep our students safe."
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All students who need to comply with the policy must attend a mandatory student orientation session and submit a consent form, signed by their parent or legal guardian prior to competition, school representation and issuance of a high school parking permit. Orientation sessions will explain the drug-testing program, review the policy and consent form and provide an educational presentation on the harmful effects of drug and alcohol abuse.
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Sessions will last approximately 30 minutes. The district advises that attending these sessions will prevent delays in the issuance of parking permits when students pick up their class schedules.
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A father caught his child contemplating his dietary choices out loud in the bathroom.
Meet Hashtag Jameson, a newborn baby girl who has reportedly been named after the metadata tag used on Twitter.
YouTube filmmaker Patrick Boivin, the cool dad who made a viral splash a couple years ago with an Iron Man parody video starring his baby girl Marguerite, presents yet another baby warrior action short featuring Iron Baby's little brother Romeo as the "Dragon Baby."
Well, Snooki just gave birth last night. It's also known that the ancient Mayans foretold 2012 as the End of the World.
COINCIDENCE? Yes, probably. Snooki and co. could never possibly amount to anything that important.
Karl Kesel, a writer and inker for DC Comics, is selling a trove of old comics that he's been collecting and preserving since childhood.
What for? The Kesels recently adopted a baby with heroin-addicted birth parents, and need money to pay for the child's rehabilitation costs.
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I think I'm getting another childhood here.
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'No favourites' for Champions League final
24th May 2011 - Alma Shera
Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has said that there are no favourites for his team's clash with Manchester United in the Champions League final on Saturday (May 28th).
The Spanish champions have been in wonderful form this season and this year's showpiece is a repeat of 2009's final, where Manchester United lost 2-0.
Speaking to the BBC's Football Focus programme, Mascherano said: "In a final, there are no favourites. It is one game so it depends how the teams are on the day.
"We will try to do everything we can to win, in the 90 minutes, or 120 minutes. We don't know how long it will take but we have confidence in ourselves."
Barcelona sealed their place in the Champions League final after beating their arch-rivals Real Madrid 3-1 on aggregate.
On the other hand, Manchester United progressed to the tie after beating Schalke 6-1 over the course of two legs.
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Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
We all know how crazy the Twins starting rotation has been this season. The club keeps moving guys around hoping to replace those who are hurt or ineffective. And it keeps happening because guys who are given a chance aren't always making the best of it. All these moves remind me of a metaphor that TwinsGeek John Bonnes likes to use: moving deck chairs on the Titanic.
It's an intriguing phrase that perfectly describes
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
The family and I took a nice little vacation to Beloit, WI, to catch some minor-league ball and get a glimpse of some future Twins. We attended games on two steamy evenings, Friday and Saturday.
The Snappers, the Twins Class A affiliate, are a pretty typical minor-league team. There are several features of the
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
The Twins have placed RHP Matt Capps on the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation. He had a MRI on Monday, which indicated that there is no damage, just inflammation, and it sounds like he's going to have a cortisone shot this week.
Left-handed pitcher Tyler Robertson was recalled to take Capps' roster spot.
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Hi. It's been a while. Nothing like a busy-at-work-busy-at-home lifestyle to put a dent in one's blogging ambitions. But anyhoo...
I have a few thoughts.
My thoughts on Ben Revere
How much fun has Benny been to watch lately? The plays in the outfield, the improved hitting, the smiling, the adorableness, the little chicken wing thing he does in the batting box, the plays in the outfield ...
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
So, I didn't really get a chance to pay much attention to this series. I was kind of busy with the "having a life" thing -- watching my kid play baseball, improving my golf game (this is a hilarious statement if you've ever seen me golf), etc. But I was able to check in from time to time, so I'm not completely lost
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Seems to me that the best starting pitching performance of the series
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
Another series win! We all could get used this, right? There's nothing like winning to make everyone all confident and happy.
A couple of notes:
I think that my buddy Brian Dozier needs a day or two off to clear his head a little. It seems like he's scuffling a bit, especially with his glove. I think he'll be fine, though.Did you see that sick Ben Revere catch on Saturday? That perfect somersault in
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
A SWEEP! A real, honest to goodness, three-game sweep! A fun come-from-behind win! An even funner walk-off win! And a strong-pitching-performance win! Yay, winning!
And all these wins came with the classic "M" caps. So you know that we'll be seeing more of them. I like the "M" logo and all (even though I still
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
On Friday when the Twins were beating up on the Brewers, for as much as I was enjoying the production, I was thinking to myself that they should save some of their hits for another day when they needed them. It's a cliched joke, I know, but considering how shaky this season has been, I worry about such things.
But I'm reasonably pleased that the Twins still took the series, and things have been looking less glum. And, yeah,
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
I know it was another short series, and I know the wins weren't pretty, but it still counts as a series sweep, so I'm breaking out the broom, mostly because there's a real chance that I won't be able to break it out any more the rest of the season.
Some notes from the series:
Hits. Hits. Hits.Taking
Updated 05-17-2012 at 10:46 PM by Kirsten Brown
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
Short series; short recap; short paragraphs.
Men left on base.
Leaving pitches up.
Shin-Soo Choo.
Grounding into double play.
Grounding into double play.
Grounding into double play.
Grounding into double play.
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
After a truly awful, embarrassing effort by the Twins on Thursday, they got it together and acted like a big league team the rest of the series. A split of a four-game series against a pretty good team isn't bad, and Saturday's loss was at least somewhat respectable (if there is such a thing as a "respectable loss").
A few notes:
Brian Dozier keeps flirting with me. I was happy for him for his
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
Turns out the only guy who can breathe some life into the Twins' anemic rotation is a rookie. In fact, Scott Diamond is so magical, he even breathed some life into the Twins' hitters too. Alas, his magic only lasted one night.
Some notes on the series:
I'm so happy that the Twins are done with the Angels, and more specifically Albert Pujols. I love Albert, I really do, and I'm happy that I can start
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
Remember back in late April when the Twins faced the Red Sox and Royals and lost like 6-7 and I said "if you score six runs, you ought to win the ballgame" (well, I didn't actually say it so you could hear it, but my husband heard it, so just work with me here)?
I miss those days.
The Twins have officially become "that" team. You know, the team that all other teams, even if they're
Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog
Oy. That was a punch in the gut. Followed closely by a knockout punch to the jaw.
There's no need to go into detail about how awful that was. Not only has the starting pitching failed to improve to a satisfactory level, but now the offense has taken a break from acceptability. Let's hope that a day off in beautiful Seattle helps matters. Although we all said that for the last off day...
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Date: January 16, 2013
by: Eddie Kirsch | Web Editor
+Overnight mooring causes sinking feeling
Longbeach Village residents sent an 'SOS' to Police Chief Pete Cumming last week.
+County fair is the biggest, most challenging yet
Higher feed prices have forced Youth Livestock Show exhibitors in the 97th Manatee County Fair to get creative to sell their steer.
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The performer needs approval from both the city and the state before the event.
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Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson discussed the future of Big Pass, term limits and speed limits with the Siesta Key Condo Council, Jan. 15, at a Siesta Key Condo Council meeting.
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Nye County Sheriff's detectives Tuesday arrested three people for use and possession of controlled substances.
According to detectives, Barbara Bell of Pahrump called them on Wednesday to report an undisclosed crime.
When detectives arrived at her home, they smelled marijuana and noticed Bell exhibited signs of being under the influence of drugs.
When they investigated, they discovered drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine and a Hydrocodone pill. The paraphernalia was still warm from having just been used.
Detectives discovered that Barbara Bell, 55, Antionette Bell, 23, and Michael Sylva, 48, had been smoking meth and marijuana in the residence prior to their arrival.
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Los Galanes Restaurante Mexicano is located in Detroit's Mexican Town, a small enclave of Mexican restaurants and businesses. Most of the businesses are located along one block of Bagley Street, a neighborhood southwest of the Michigan Central Depot and just a block or two from the Vernor Highway exit of I-75.
Los Galanes provides customers with a monitored parking lot very close to the Vernor Highway exit. The entrance to the restaurant itself is located at the corner of Bagley Street and 23rd Street. A wide, covered sidewalk along 23rd Street connects the parking lot to the restaurant's entrance. In the summer months, it is transformed into an outside dining area.
The restaurant itself is decorated so as to give diners the illusion of an outside patio. It has brick archways decorated with fairy lights, paper flags strung along the ceiling, and a couple of faux, terracotta clay tiled roofs that cut into the dining area. The only threat to the illusion is a brightly lit kitchen at the back of one of the main dining areas. The seating in the dining rooms is made up of wooden tables with colorful tablecloths and colorfully decorated ladder-back chairs. On a Saturday night, there was a nice mix of people, with families, young people on dates and large groups.
The chicken chimichanga dish consisted of two tortillas filled with chicken and then dunked (rather than dropped for an extended period of time) into a deep fryer. This gave the edges of the tortillas some crunch but is a departure from the bubbly, crisp chimichangas served elsewhere. Unlike the large eggroll-like versions, often filled to overflowing with chicken, Los Galanes' chimichangas are more about the blend of fresh ingredients, which include a topping of rancherito sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole.
The wet burrito was grilled on a flat grill rather than baked. This was apparent in the way the burrito was browned on the outside. This also allowed the filling mix – chicken, beans, onion, cilantro, sauce -- to be evenly warmed. The real standout, however, was the sauce, which was sharp and flavorful.
Most of the dishes at Los Galanes are served with rice and refried beans. The rice was very flavorful and different. It had a coarse texture that seemed to absorb the sauce. The refried beans were tasty but too pureed.
The fried ice cream was served as a perfect ball of vanilla ice cream covered in a mix of sugar and cinnamon mix. While beautifully presented with dollops of whip cream and a perfect envelope of caramel, the outer coating ended up soggy and too thick.


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Waffle Mania Belgian Waffle Truck at Civic Center Farmer's Market - SF
This morning at Civic Center Farmer's market I came across a waffle truck! The man at the truck said that they are usually at the Marin Farmer's Market, but today was their first day at Civic Center. According to the truck sign, they are based in Mill Valley.
I tried a waffle (3 dollars) and it was really really good. The outside was crispy, and parts were almost caramelized along some of the edges. The inside was soft and still very hot...almost slightly undercooked, which I loved. The waffle was topped w/ powdered sugar which made for messy eating as I walked around the farmer's market since the powder blew all over my clothes and face. It was, however, delicious. I am excited that the truck is here and I hope it stays! If you're in the area, I recommend stopping by.
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Presumably it's the same folks who sold me a waffle at the Oakland Grand Lake market several Saturdays ago - wasn't bad, though the crust seemed a tad chewier than I'd have liked. Still, a nice change from the usual crepes/steam-table Thai/etc I usually see at the local farmer's markets.
My wife and I just tried it based on your post. It was very good. Although the inside wasn't as hot as we would have liked, it had a nice texture and we liked the contrast between the crispy outside and the chewy center. The owners said that they plan to be there every week for the entire day, but they would have to see how business is going at that location. They also said that they get their batter from Belgium and claimed to be the only U.S. distributor. Hopefully they'll stick around, it's a nice addition to the usual farmer's market food trucks.
Interesting...if these are the same people at Oakland Grand Lake, I think they charge a dollar more there, which is why I've never tried the waffles...four dollars for a small waffle is outrageous to me. They better be good (and hot) for that price!
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I'm not sure if it's the same ones that are in Oakland. The man only mentioned Marin. I didn't even ask about toppings, since toppings are 1 dollar extra. However, I got a sample of an apple slice to eat along with my last few bites, and that worked very well.....it'd be a good experiment to carry a waffle around to see which fruits in the market go best with it.
does anyone have a telephone number or an email address to get in touch with the owner of the truck? I'm pretty sure his name is Derby Preston.
Here's a picture of the waffle truck from sfeater.com which credits the tip to Chowhound
Here's a picture of the waffle itself topped with chocolate hazelnut spread and whipped cream.
There is a good article (repeated in the flicker link) from the Marin Independant Journal.
The batter comes a Belgium company called SoGood ... hey SoGood calls it batter. However in the Marin IJ article the owner says it is yeasted dough that is squeezed.
SoGood is one of the leading Belgium waffle companies which exports the flash-frozen yeasted dough. It is the pearl sugar made from beets which is not available in the US that gives them the crunchiness. Nice pictures of the dough on the SoGood website.
They are good up to 5 days and can be reheated in a toaster or toaster oven.
Plans are for a permanent waffle cart on Pier 39, the warming hut and ski resorts in Mammoth and South Lake Tahoe.
They are a street food called gaufres in Belgium. .
The Marin IJ quotes one of the owners....
""Basically this is the same as what originated in Liege - a town in Belgium where the waffles were invented sometime in the 12th century," says Derby Preston, who says that they were baked by miners' wives who would give them to their husbands as snacks when they walked in the door."
The other partners are Belgium-born Jean-Louis Van den Bosch and Alain Dupont
Where they currently sell
Civic Center Farmers Market Wednesday morning
Fairfax Wednesday night market from 6 to 9 p.m.
Downtown San Rafael Thursday night market from 6 to 9 p.m
Grand Lake farmers market Saturday morning
Marin Civic Center farmers markets Thursday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
re: rworange
...or if you'd like to make them at home.....
The truck was not at the Civic Center Farmer's Market today (Wednesday Jan. 30) when I walked through at 7:20 a.m. Anyone know what happened?
Last week you couldn't miss it because of the magnetic aroma. I thought $3 was a bit much to pay for a small waffle that wasn't hot, but then again I never thought anyone would pay the prices at Mrs. Fields for cookies they could make at home.
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I went by around 9:30am and they were there, although not busy. The waffle was warm (not hot) and was pretty good--it's a yeasted dough, as others have pointed out, so it doesn't have that typical american-waffle fluffy/crisp thing going on. It's dense and bready-yeasty, more like challah/brioche in flavor, with a slightly crunchy outside. Did I love it? No, not really, but it's a cute idea. I don't think they have toppings at Civic Center; I asked and was told that it didn't need them--just a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Maybe I've have gotten Nutella if I've begged, but I settled for the standard $3 plain.
Went by this morning and there was no sign of the truck...does it still come every Wed? I got there at 8am, then shopped around for about 40 minutes until I lost faith in the truck appearing and got 3 All-Star tamales instead...they were tasty in their own right and a good attempt at sans-waffle-consolation, but I really was looking forward to my first waffle. I left the market at 9:10 with no sign of the truck. Is it usually parked right by the tamale and falafel vendors? I'll try again next week.
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re: justtryit
you know it's no longer a truck but a stand
same location and same good stuff (dough) from belgium
i was there wednesday also and the waffleguy wasnt around. i know he sometimes caters elsewhere on assignment so it's a bummer when we can't get our waffle fix. he needs to get himself a retail space or partner with one of our fancy coffee shops
re: kewlio
The stand was at the Civic market this morning, and the waffles were gloriously delicious! I had one without sugar, and found it to be the perfect level of subtle sweetness. Need to learn how to make these myself -- has anyone made these successfully at home?
FYI, he said he usually arrives around 7:15, to be set up and serving around 8 am.
A regional variation of Waffles are Waffles Liegeois (of the town of Liege, in the south), aren't meant to be crisp. They should have so much sugar that the outside is a little chewy simply because the sugar is somewhat melted and fluid. The comparison to churros is somewhat apt - they're that sweet, although unfried.
So, perhaps these are Liegeois instead of Bruxellois?
In Liege the waffle guys have a stack of premade but will be making one every now and then, as the smell is the calling card. You want to wait around until a freshie comes off the griddle
There is commonly a choice between standard (vanilla) batter and chocolate batter. I think y'all would have mentioned the chocolate batter if they had it.
Dang, I could really go for a waffle now....
Daily Candy reported in January that Waffle Mania was planning a permanent home in North Beach. I've seen no evidence of it yet, has anyone?
This article is out of date -- I wrote it for one of SF's major newspapers about seven months ago, but things didn't pan out. Anyway, I thought readers and waffle lovers would be interested in the background information. I haven't been to the Civic Center market in a while, so I'm not sure about the latest.
It's Waffle Mania
By Alexandria Rocha
Morgan Davis, a 24-year-old public relations director for the Orpheum Theater, had her first waffle from Waffle Mania in 2007.
She was intrigued by a thick smell of vanilla and sugar coming from the Civic Center farmers' market as she stepped off the bus at Hyde and Market streets one Wednesday morning.
She continued toward the usual bagel and coffee shop for breakfast, but stopped short after eyeing a small white truck boasting authentic Belgian waffles next to the rotisserie and tamale vendors. She got into the long line.
"Powdered sugar?" the man asked, winking.
"Yes, please," she said, a little intimidated, handing him $3.
It was crisp, chewy and warm, just like in Brussels. Definitely not frozen.
"We had Eggo waffles," Davis said of her childhood experience before her parents bought a waffle maker. It was then waffles made from cinnamon batter, drenched in butter and fruit toppings, were introduced at Sunday brunch.
Waffle Wednesdays is now a permanent routine for Davis and her co-workers at the theater. It's a lot like the episode of NBC's "The Office," she said, where everyone gets a little too excited for pretzel day.
"There is a buzz in the office. Everyone talks about the smell," she said. "I really do make sure I go to the ATM Tuesday so I have cash for my waffles Wednesday morning."
Since its debut at the Heart of the City Farmers' Market a year ago, Waffle Mania – either a converted ice cream truck or standard market tent equipped with two gas-powered waffle irons – has spurred a waffle fever of sorts, not unlike the San Francisco crepe craze. Its customers, who are about 60 percent women, range from workers looking for a breakfast alternative or an adult take on a school-day treat to those hoping for a flashback of a European vacation or semester abroad. There are plenty of market shoppers and tourists who eat them, too.
Co-owners Derby Preston, of Danville, and Alain Dupont and Jean Louis Van Den Bosch, who are both of Belgium and now live in Marin County, hope to carve a niche for the waffle among the European street foods San Franciscans already enjoy, such as crepes and gelato.
"Waffles are a proven product beyond the lifespan of America. I looked at a painting of Bruegel, and there was the waffle," said Preston, a care bear of a man with white hair and beard, regarding the 15th Century Belgian painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder's paintings, which often featured waffles.
There are only a handful of full-time Belgian waffle purveyors in the U.S., said Edith Mayeux, a New York-based commissioner in charge of the food sector for the Belgian Trade Commission. "A lot of people have shown interest in opening a business and selling these waffles. Nobody has succeeded yet."
Mayeux said rents in cities such as San Francisco are typically too high for would-be purveyors of the specialty snack.
"This is why waffles are only sold at diners as part of a range of products," she said. "The Belgian concept of having a little place on the street where you can attract customers by the smell on their way to work has not been possible."
A mobile truck, however, could be the key, she said.
Waffle Mania has been a 30-year-old dream for Preston and Van Der Bosch, who both make their living outside the waffle business as jewelers. The two met while working as heavy equipment operators in Walnut Creek in the 1970s.
Becoming fast friends, the two took a trip to Belgium in 1981, where Preston had his first waffle in Brussels. A year later, he imported two 80-pound waffle irons from Belgium. He wasn't an entrepreneur, but thought waffles could be big. The irons sat in his garage for 24 years.
Like many chefs trying to replicate a recipe, Preston and Van Der Bosch failed again and again. They tested various recipes throughout the years, but couldn't seem to get it right. Finally, after meeting Dupont, then the owner of Crepes Factory at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market on the Embarcadero, they decided to buy dough directly from the source.
They hooked up with a company about 10 minutes outside Brussels called So Good, which flash freezes waffle dough for shipments around the world. The ingredients are simple: flour, butter, water, eggs, yeast, salt, vanilla and Belgian pearl sugar. The pearl sugar is made from beets and hailed as the special ingredient – it's coarse, large grains melt down for a crunchy texture.
Unlike toaster waffles or the ones served at IHOP smothered in maple syrup and whipped cream, the Waffle Mania cakes have a bread-like texture that is soft and fluffy with pockets of pearl sugar on the inside and a crispy outer layer. Dupont, the waffle-ologist of the group, encourages customers to eat them plain, but has powdered sugar and chocolate sauce on hand for the sweet-sweet toothed.
The product rivals the waffles in Belgium, said Dupont, who returned to that country for waffle training after signing on with Waffle Mania and selling Crepes Factory.
"I try to keep it as authentic as I can," Dupont said. "People have asked me for maple syrup, and I say, 'No way, it will ruin it.'"
At 360 calories each, the waffles are a bit indulgent all on their own.
"I tried one, and I was hooked," said Sun Lee, a stay-at-home mom who brings her two daughters to the market each week. "I've never seen another authentic Belgian waffle purveyor. These are more substantial being yeast raised," rather than baking-powder raised as is common in the U.S.
Art Institute student Aziza Odeye trades a cold pastry for a warm waffle on Wednesday market days. "I say I'll get one, but I'll get two," she said. "If they had fruit, that'd be a wrap for me."
During her first visit, Myke Buster, a student at City College of San Francisco, asked Dupont for sugar-free syrup.
"What's that?" he asked.
"It's a way to cut back on the fat," she said, accepting a dusting of powdered sugar instead.
"It's moist, definitely flavorful," she said, after the first bite. "You don't need syrup on these."
While additional toppings are not likely, the co-owners are envisioning a full-scale waffle enterprise. There is already talk about selling the waffles out of bakeries and coffee shops throughout the city, including North Beach and Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf, and possibly on ferryboat charters to Alcatraz. The owners plan to sell the dough to other waffle purveyors, and have already contracted with a baker in Los Angeles who wants 30 cases.
They hope the lines at the Wednesday Heart of the City market are an indication of things to come. For now, the owners are setting up a tent at the market, while the truck is in the shop.
"Sometimes they're long gone, and people still come asking for them," said Sara Manivong, whose family sells produce at the market.
She buys her waffles first thing in the morning.
re: Alexann
If the previous post has whetted your appetite for Belgian waffles like it has mine, you should call and confirm that they are going to be on site tomorrow before making a special trip. I just called and they aren't sure they will be there tomorrow. They are waiting for the dough.
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re: kewlio
According to the schedule above they do the SF Civic Center Wednesdays but *not* Sundays, because Sundays they're at the Marin Farmers market. And Saturday they are at the Oakland/Grand Lake market (where I've seen them and smelled them but never tried them), not Ferry Plaza.
In other words, don't look for them in SF on the weekends!
re: kewlio
Ruth Lafler's quoted in SF Weekly about "The Public Shaming of the Waffle Truck Guy"
for her comment here,
How are 'hounds liking the waffles these days? Now in Oakland and SOMA, as well as Civic Center.


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biggimp Posts: 8The Saab should be much less expensive up front, even if you get the Aero. I got a new '07 Aero 'combi w/ some options for $27,800. A similarly-equipped Audi (w/ the smaller engine which has 55 fewer hp than the Aero), would still be thousdands of dollars more expensive.
ggs2 Posts: 18i am currently looking at the saab 9-3 2.0 vs audi a4 2.0. i have recently driven both and slightly favor the saab because of more room inside and turbo felt stronger.i would like to hear from some of you who have purchased either of these two cars within the past couple of years and learn how reliable they have or have not been and any other comments you may have.i would prefer to purchase the car and hope to keep it for several years.
there are two people in my office that own later model A4's, 2003 and newer, and both of those guys have had to service their car multiple times a year in the two years i've been on the job. Plus, the dealership doing the work charges $75.00 an hour, so they're quite expensive to maintain once the warranty expires. I picked up a 2006 9-3 Aero with only 2,000 miles on it back in February. I have driven it an additional 3,000 and the only service I needed was to adjust the xenon headlights. It has done great in the snow and been very reliable. My annual insurance premium went down an additional $600 for picking the Saab for its safety compared to my last car. I recommend them over the Audi. Plus, they're a little less trendy than an A4. Everybody and their mother has an A4 or a 3 series BMW. Saabs have more of an original substance to them and they're a good blend of style, performance, safety, efficiency and originality. go with the saab.
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Bucks County Playhouse's third 2012 production since being renovated and reopened as a nonprofit resident Equity theatre will be a Dec. 13-30 run of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry.
BCP, once a star-filled popular summer stock theatre in New Hope, PA, is now under the leadership of Broadway producer Jed Bernstein (Driving Miss Daisy).
Directed by Gordon Greenberg, choreographed by Lorin Latarro, and inspired by the classic American film of the same name, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a "studio audience." According to BCP notes, "This beloved American holiday classic, that tells the story of idealistic George Bailey as he considers his demise one fateful Christmas Eve, comes to captivating life with the help of an ensemble that brings over two dozen characters to the stage. It premiered in 1996 and has since been produced countless times around the country to critical acclaim."
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Located 90 minutes from New York City, the Bucks County Playhouse opened in 1939 on the site of a grist mill dating from the late 18th century. The structure was at that time in danger of demolition, but playwright Moss Hart and the local community rallied to save the building and re-opened it as a theatrical venue, which quickly became one of the country's most famous regional theatres. It remained in continuous operation (under a number of operators) until December 2010. Bridge Street Foundation, the non-profit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty with Tanya Cooper as president, reopened the venue on July 2, 2012, exactly 73 years and day from when it originally opened in 1939. The Rodgers & Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing launched the 2012 season.
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Therefore, not all pregnant women who want to receive the prenatal diagnosis will be able to do so. The companies apparently intend to take advantage of the expected situation, according to sources.
Some experts see such a move as problematic because the test, which involves the issue of the fate of the child, is to be conducted commercially. It is likely to cause controversy and even invite calls for legal regulation, observers said.
Unlike the standard amniotic fluid test, in which a needle is inserted into a pregnant woman's abdomen, this prenatal diagnosis is simple and has little chance of causing a miscarriage.
According to a Tokyo company that has partnerships with overseas medical institutions in Guam and on the west coast of the United States, it expects a doctor to visit Japan to "see patients" in late April.
The blood of pregnant women will be taken at a clinic in Tokyo and sent to a testing company in the United States.
In addition to 25,000 yen ($266) for blood sampling, the prenatal testing will cost about 350,000 yen. The test results will be available in 10 days to two weeks, the company said.
A company spokesperson said, "We initially planned to ask pregnant women to travel overseas, but instead we made arrangements to take their blood samples in Japan."


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Georgetown football hosted Colgate on Saturday, October 26 during family weekend.
Recruits: Northern New Jersey, Texas (Dallas area), Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed named Rob Sgarlata (C'94, S'12) the 31st head football coach in program history. Sgarlata has served on the Hoyas coaching staff for the past 18 seasons, including the last eight as Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator.
Sgarlata took over as the interim head coach on January 30, following the departure of Kevin Kelly and was selected following a national search for coaching candidates. Sgarlata becomes just the fourth person to have played football and graduated from Georgetown before earning the head coach title, joining Joe Reilly, Jack Hagerty and Maurice Dubofsky.
"Rob Sgarlata brings a wealth of relevant experience to his new leadership role in our football program," Reed said. "As a coach and an educator, he has shown his commitment to the holistic development of student-athletes as well as his passion for the game of football. I look forward to working with Rob to ensure that Georgetown football is a quality experience for his players."
As defensive coordinator under Kelly, Sgarlata helped guide the Hoyas to its best stretch since joining the Patriot League, between 2010 and 2012. GU possessed the top-ranked scoring defense in the Patriot League in 2011 and featured the second-ranked scoring defense in the league in 2012.
"When I was a student-athlete at Georgetown, our Athletic Director, Frank Rienzo used to say that we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us," Sgarlata said. "During my time on the Hilltop, I have witnessed this sentiment first hand. I have been fortunate to play for Scotty Glacken and work under excellent former head coaches Bob Benson and Kevin Kelly. I look forward to the challenge of guiding this program forward. I am extremely excited to work with the group of football players we currently have on the Hilltop."
Sgarlata has helped develop four All-Americans, including Michael Ononibaku in 2005, Alex Buzbee in 2006, Andrew Schaetzke, just the ninth consensus All-American in Patriot League history in 2011 and Robert McCabe in 2012. Buzbee would go on to play in the NFL with the Washington Redskins and the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Toronto Argonauts. Schaetzke and McCabe each went to NFL rookie camps, following brilliant playing careers on the Hilltop.
During his tenure as defensive coordinator, the Hoyas have featured four ECAC First Team selections and 20 All-Patriot League selections on defense.
Within the defense, Sgarlata worked with the defensive line in 1995-96 and again from 2002-04, where he coached Buzbee, Ononibaku and 1996 MAAC Defensive Player of the Year Janne Kouri. He worked with the defensive backs from 2005-12, where he worked with All-Patriot League performers Brian Tandy, Travis Mack, Jayah Kaisamba and Jeremy Moore.
Prior to his work on defense, Sgarlata worked with wide receivers and tight ends from 1996-2000, helping the Hoyas to consecutive MAAC Championships in 1998 and 1999 and an appearance in the 1998 ECAC Bowl.
In addition to coaching, Sgarlata has also served as an academic advisor, career and alumni liaison, financial aid liaison, internship director and computer and technology liaison during his 18 years with the football program.
Sgarlata, a four-year letterman at Georgetown is among the program's all-time leading rushers. He was a team captain in 1993 and the recipient of the John J. Hagerty Award presented annually to Georgetown's outstanding back, following his senior season. He also excelled in the classroom, being named to the 1993 GTE District II Academic All-America Football Team and was also named to the MAAC Football League Academic All-Star Team.
Sgarlata graduated from Georgetown in 1994 from the College of Arts & Sciences with a degree in government and international relations. In May 2012, he completed his master's degree in sport industry management from the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown.
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