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Margaritaville~ Key Colony Beach w/views & Dock in Key Colony Beach
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Paradise in the Keys! KEY COLONY BEACH VACATION RENTAL~ Margaritaville
Margaritaville offers pure perfection from the expansive views of the tropical bay to
the perfectly appointed new kitchen and furnishings.
This open and airy two bedroom and two full bath half duplex has an inviting flow.
Cooks will delight in the gourmet kitchen with granite counter tops and stainless
steel appliances. The kitchen is completed by bar stools along the granite
counters .
A nice sized living room boasts a flat screen television, cable and opens to the
screened porch.
The porch overlooks the tranquil waters and is the perfect place to enjoy early
morning coffee or an evening margarita because in the Florida Keys it's always 5
o'clock somewhere!
There is a full bath in the hall with a tub. Adjacent to the bath is the guest
bedroom with a queen bed.
Down the hall, is the master suite. The master has a king size bed and cable
television. There is a walk in closet, as well as a master bath equipped with a
This home has up to 30' foot of dockage for your use and plenty of deep water for
your boat. In minutes you can be on the ocean side reefs or crossing the Vaca Cut
for a gulf side excursion.
Walking distance to Sparky's Landing bar and restaurant to enjoy dining on the water with evening music for entertainment
Key Colony Inn or Cabana Breezes bar and restaurant are within a few blocks. And, Key Colony has walking and bike trails all around the island.
Boat rentals, snorkeling trips or kayak rentals are just a block from your Keys
vacation home at a Deep Blue Dive shop. Tell Jeff Coco Plum Vacation Rentals sent you.
Or take a short walk and enjoy Sunset beach for a memorable Keys sunset on a
sandy beach.
There is no boat trailer parking on the property however, we can arrange to have your trailer stored during your stay for a nominal fee.
Instructions - Garbage pick up is on Tuesday morning and Saturday morning. All
barrels must be left with lids at roadside after 4 pm on the day before pick up and
returned thereafter.
townhome rental amenities
Air Conditioning
Gas Grill
Fully equipped kitchen
Private Screen Enclosed Porch
Extra Deep Canal
Community Features:
Beach Access
activities and attractions in Key Colony Beach The Florida Keys
Golf course
Beautiful Waters
vacation rental rates
Low Season $700.00 a week or $3,300.00 a month
Mid Season $ 800.00 a week or $3,500.00 a month
Peak Season $1000.00 a week or $3,700.00 a month
Holiday Season $1200.00 a week or $4,000.00 a month
Kelly Willey 3052892212
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Learn more in our Security CenterTop things to do in Key Colony Beach
- Shopping
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Top things to do on a budget
- Eat at a Local Resturant
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- Go to the 7 mile Bridge
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- Fish off of the Dock
Top things to do with a family
- Star gaze
- Enjoy the calmness
- Enjoy a nice walk
- Go to the Turtle Hospital
- Go to one of our many beaches
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The winning design for a public memorial in Pasadena commemorating the Armenian genocide was announced Tuesday.
The design by Catherine Menard – a student at the Art Center College of Design, which submitted the concept to the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee for consideration – was praised as an "an emotionally compelling design" that would serve to "inspire a similar emotional connection in those who encounter it, for generations to come," according to an announcement issued Tuesday.
The central feature of Menard's design -- a carved-stone basin of water straddled by a tripod arrangement of three columns leaning into one another -- is a single drop of water that falls from the highest point every three seconds, each "teardrop" representing one life lost, according to the college.
A rendering of the winning design was not immediately available.
Over the course of one year, 1.5 million "tears" will fall into the pool, representing the estimated number of people who died during the Armenian genocide of 1915 to 1918, which occurred under the Ottoman Empire, or what is now the modern republic of Turkey.
The Turkish government disputes that a genocide took place, claiming the victims were killed in the chaos of World War I.
The project is slated for Memorial Park in Pasadena and is expected to be completed in time for April 24, 2015 – the 100th anniversary for commemorations of the genocide.
Menard – a 26-year-old of French Cajun heritage who is majoring in environmental design at the college – had to first immerse herself in the brutal history of the Armenian people to come up with concept.
In a statement, Menard said the research process was engrossing and inspirational.
"At first I felt unworthy -- who am I to respond to such loss?" she said. "But art lends itself to the deepest, darkest parts of human experience. It can create sympathy, empathy, understanding. I wanted to pair this horror with something uplifting and beautiful, to create a way to remember.
"I developed three different ideas and settled on the one that I felt most terrified and most moved by."
According to the organizers, the decision was unanimous.
"This was a competitive process, and we considered a number of very fine proposals," committee Chairman William M. Paparian, an attorney and former mayor of Pasadena, said in a statement. "But our final decision was unanimous. We were deeply impressed by Catherine, who developed and presented an emotionally compelling design for a historical event that she initially knew nothing about.
"We hope that this memorial will inspire a similar emotional connection in those who encounter it, for generations to come."
Menard's concept was one of 17 submissions the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee received.
In December, the three finalists were chosen by an independent panel of judges -- Stefanos Polyzoides, a principal of Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists; architect Ruben Amirian, who has served on the Design Review Board and Historic Preservation Commission in Glendale; and Neshan Peroomian, a contractor and Armenian-American community leader, according to the college.
A budget and construction timeline for the memorial is expected to be developed over the next several months, according to the announcement.
[For the Record 3:15 p.m.: An earlier version of this post incorrectly referred to the Art Center as a joint organizer of the competition. Students at the college were merely among the competitive pool of candidates.]
--Jason Wells, Times Community News
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
More Print Gallery Quilts
First up is my version that I posted a couple months ago.
Rachel made a version with Secret Garden fabrics for her sister.
Colleen created her own version for her sister with some Echo fabrics and goldfish in bags.
It was fun for me to see how both Colleen and Rachel put their quilts together. I especially love how Collen framed the goldfish bags. I'm thinking of using this idea and framing small prints in solids using this layout again on another quilt. I've tossed around the idea of actually creating a pattern for this quilt. We'll see how adventurous I am in the next couple months.
15 comments:
- Sarah Lou said...
It's obviously a great pattern, all three quilts look brilliant even though they're really quite different. Well done!
- February 21, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- Katy Cameron said...
These look great! Your original one inspired me to make something like a picture wall with framed prints using some fat 16ths of Echo that I had, but I'm waiting on the solids to frame them coming in (had to wait til this month for the fabric budget for them ;o) ) I can't wait to get started now though
- February 21, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Claire Jain said...
Wow! These made some really great kits! It's great to see the fabrics of all different scale.
- February 21, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Colleen said...
Be adventurous! I will proofread for you ;) it was a really fun quilt to make. Thanks for letting me play.
- February 21, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- Flying Blind... said...
Super lovely trio x
- February 21, 2012 at 3:17 PM
- Jen said...
It's a wonderful pattern Katy! I love this one!
- February 21, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- Court said...
It's a GORGEOUS pattern and it doesn't look as intimidating as the chevrons (which are totally gorgeous). DO make it into a pattern!!! :)
- February 21, 2012 at 7:29 PM
- Tubaville Quilts said...
I love this concept!
- February 21, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- Leah Grace said...
Your Print Gallery Quilt is beautiful! What a great way to show off those lovely prints! I just discovered your blog today and I look forward to following your sewing adventures :)
- February 21, 2012 at 8:50 PM
- Becky said...
Very cool! That's one of my favorite parts of quilt along and quilt shows... seeing how the same pattern can turn out so different and distinct each time it's made! Thanks for sharing, and I think you should try to make a pattern! It's a great quilt!
- February 22, 2012 at 9:22 AM
- Jessica said...
Great pattern, and it is so neat to see it in different prints and styles! Also love the idea of framing the smaller prints, really makes them stand out!
- February 22, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- tusen said...
It's so great to see how different fabric choices make the pattern look so different each time. And a great idea to post them together. I love all three of them :)
- February 22, 2012 at 1:11 PM
- Patti said...
How amazing that a pattern can give 3 decidedly different looks! They both all so beautiful.
- February 22, 2012 at 5:48 PM
- Samantha said...
Love your original creation- and all the others as well! Inspiring me to dig out some of my fave fabrics...
- March 9, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- ColleenaMareena said...
I saw this quilt when you first posted it, and I've loved it ever since! Have you written up a pattern? If not, would you be willing to send me the pdf also?
- September 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM


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Back in 2010 a little bit after my move out to LA, New York played host to a week long festival titled WBF - World Basketball Festival.
Jordan Brand was at the forefront of course with a pop-up shop dead smack in the middle of Harlem at the Atmos sneaker store.
Fans where treated to a bunch of exclusive products made especially for WBF, including recreations of all the AJ1-23 in the classic UNC colorway. I'm not sure if these where for display or for sale.
So what does all this have to do with me? you ask…well, I designed the limited edition WBF exclusive figures of Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade and Carmello Anthony. Here's my designs in concept…
…and here they are on the shelf at the event, Holler!!! The pieces where super limited to like 10 a piece so good luck finding them.
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If you look at my join date you know where I'm coming from. I might be way too old to play games at this point but I got such fond memories of D1 and D2 that I really want D3 to work.
I can sum up this post in 5 points
- No free weapon choice
- No primary attack
- No attribute choice
- No access to the build you want untill level 50+
- No sense of commitment to your build
I am sure that there are a lot of people out there that could care less about these points. Perhaps people have been spoiled with previous games. But I just can't help feeling that these are some serious let downs.
No free weapon choice & primary attack
My first point, why can't a barb use a wand? Why can't a barb use a bow? It certainly can't be his physique. Especially the way the barb is setup right now there are so many options for barbarians to be skill spammers. I could see myself walking around as a Barmage with Wand or Staff that has +xx fury regeneration Magefists, SOJ's and an Arachnids Mesh and bring my enemies to a world of pain spamming skills. It's just such a shame that this option ain't available.
I know that a Sorc could probably be a melee mage as well but blizzard took away this form of customization by not giving primary attack a slot, and making it obsolete in general. Why? This is something I just don't understand. Why take away the option of throwing with Javalins manually. Why does every attack need to do something special? If you do something over and over again it doesn't become so special anymore. I liked primary attack, I liked that in D2, you had to have some decent gear atleast to do "something awesome"(insert skill) all the time. That this also disallows some form of customization is one unneccesary side effect that I do not expect from a game with this development time.
No atttribute choice
I know this has been beaten to death. And when you look at the topics where it has been beaten to death, you'll likely find my posts. Limiting attribute choice is yet another step in limiting customization. Yes, for a certain build there is a definite optimum to be chosen. And as such, you could argue that stat points are a meaningless form of customization. BUT in order to do a variant build you need to alter your stats to be as effective as possible. Sure there are countless of new players that don't know anything about stats. But instead of just taking the option away entirely, the sysem could suggest a good stat allocation.
No access to the build you want untill level 50+
This is a big deal for me. In fact, it seriously ruins a large part of the game. In D2, you had your build finished at level 30, as in - you had all the skills. After that, all you were doing is making your build stronger. For some reason, Blizzard got the idea that it is a good idea to limit their users by making skills available near the end of the game. Some builds do not work without a certain rune effect. It is absolutely beyond me why Blizzard took this route. Playing past level 60 might happen. I dislike the idea (in practice, it's also one of the things I dislike about Guild Wars), but why do you not allow your players to enjoy the build they came up with untill the game is almost finished. This is seriously a very bad design choice. It is one thing to give players a sense of accomplishment, but this is taking it a step too far.
No sense of commitment to your build
Your skill bar is entirely meaningless. You got all skills and all runes at your disposal at pretty much every point of the game. As such, the mathematically correct thing to do is to make use a build while attacking mobs and switching out these skills when you face a boss. I was facing leoric and cleaving him to death, but all I was doing was cheating myself. There is absolutely no reason to switch out cleave and leap and take other skills to deal with a boss fight. I am not a player that is going to stick to a build because I got a sense of righteousness and the game developpers did not intend the game in a certain way. It is the task of the game developpers to give meaningfull limits to the game (in which meaningful is not taking away bows from Barbarians - totally senseless). The developpers give a clear indication that they do not want you to switch skills all the time, that's why there is a cooldown. But their limitation imposed is completely ineffective. A let down and bad design in my opinion.
There's actually a lot of things I do like about the game. Like the lore, the way quests are told, the crafting system, the champion packs, the match making system, the abundance of subbosses. But these points above are just so... annoying and unneccesary that I can't help but feel an overall sense of let down.


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The gourmet ingredients and eco-friendly attitude seem to overshadow the restaurant's decor, which the Riverfront Times describes as "unassuming … with no obvious flash or flair." But subdued is sometimes best, as the paper named Onesto's "simple" patio as Best Outdoor Dining of 2010, hailing it as "an escape from the hustle and bustle of other St. Louis restaurant patios."
What began as Yemina Mata's passion for healthier living through a natural-food- and supplement-based diet resulted in La Buena Salud, a grocery store stocking only natural and organic products. Opened in 1997 in the Soulard farmers' market, La Buena Salud today lures visitors to its current storefront—tucked away just off Washington Avenue—with an impressive array of locally grown meats, eggs, and produce, vitamins, and supplements. Yemina gregariously shares health food and natural-healing wisdom as patrons meander aisles of organic teas from Tulsi and Traditional Medicinals, specialty items, such as piloncillo cane sugar, and natural-health and diet books, all of which earned the store praise from Feast magazine and a polite thank-you note from Mother Nature.
Most butcher shops cut your meat for you, but few give you the skills to cut it yourself. For the experts at John's Butcher Shoppee, sharing their skills is just a part of serving their community, something they've been doing for more than 38 years. The expert butchers set up shop at local Cabela's locations, where they lead sessions on how to process deer into steaks, sausages, and ground meat. Back at their two locations, customers load up on homemade sausage, tender pork chops, and exotic meats such as elk, bison, and ostrich. The owners of the family business are often behind the counter, and take the time to cut or karate-chop a steak or pork chop to a customer's desired size for no extra charge. Regular customers also take note of the butcher's weekly meat raffle, dubbed Meat-O, wherein one lucky customer wins $25 in free meat to be served or bathed in however they see fit.
At Max Muscle Sports Nutrition, rows of shelves and neatly stacked displays flaunt energy bars, diet and energy supplements, and massive jars of protein powder. The vast arsenal of dietary boosters work hand in hand with exercise routines, supplying the body with natural amino acids or tasty, protein-packed blends that help muscles grow strong and healthy enough to lead fulfilling lives full of flexing. Diet capsules help athletes slim down and prevent unnecessary weight gain, and a wide range of herbal and wellness supplements promotes healthy lifestyles by providing essential fatty acids, detoxifying bodies, and strengthening joints.
When Terry Yake found his way off his family's farm to pursue a career as a professional hockey player, he didn't dream that it would lead him back. During his time with the St. Louis Blues, Terry would return from every trip back home to Manitoba, Canada, with a care package under his arm, packed with the farm's fresh, free-range beef. His teammates got a taste at a backyard barbecue and began clamoring for more beef like a carnivorous pack of parrots. When Terry returned to the St. Louis area, so did the demand for his family's meat. He began running a bare-bones operation out of his garage, which eventually grew into a retail outlet that allows Terry to share the fruit of his family's labor with the community he now, happily, calls home.
All of T-Bones Natural Meats's beef comes from cows that graze freely, without the effects of hormones, steroids, or antibiotics. The same can be said for the free-range poultry, pork, and bison that the team procures from area farms. The animals eat what they would in nature, which Terry believes results in a better taste, a better conscience, and better nutrition—as studies have shown. Their sausages are made from pigs that have been raised equally kindly; the meat is wrapped in natural casings with all-natural add-ons, such as fresh mushrooms, just-chopped apples, and pure maple syrup. All the meat is flash-frozen, a more eco-friendly way of salting it and storing it in an ice palace.


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Mrs. Ida Frances Holloway, 82, of Valley, Alabama, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2012 at the St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. Mrs. Holloway was born December 3, 1929, daughter of the late Salmor and Martha Brewer Cornelius. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Don McClintock of Phenix City, AL, Judy and Mack Johnson of Bowden, and Dale and William Hogg of Columbus; son and daughter-in-law, Bill Holloway and Linda Brown of Valley, AL; grandchildren, Dana Dennis-Copley, Tim Cook, Rex Holloway, Will Hogg, Amy Lambert, Brandon Johnson, Phillip Brown and Tracy White; great-grandchildren, Emily Dennis, Jack Copley, Phoenix Ward, Adam Brooks, Zack Cook, Cheyenne Cook, Tanner Cook, Levi Lambert, Colton Johnson, Carter Johnson, Austin Taylor, Andrew Taylor, Kassidy White, Dewayne Brown, Rosa Brown, and Kyndall Brown; and a sister, Beatrice Walker.
Funeral services will be at 3:00 Sunday at the Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel with the Rev. Jody Overton officiating. Interment will be in Shadowlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 2:00 until 3:00 before the service.
Condolences may be expressed or memories shared at www.hunterallenmyhand.com .