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Hundreds attend hearing to call for action on evictions
Tenants, organizers and residents impacted by Ellis Act evictions packed the Board of Supervisors Chambers at San Francisco City Hall today, Thu/14, for a hearing called by Sup. David Campos on eviction and displacement in San Francisco.
"It seems to me that we have a tale of two cities," Campos said at the outset of the hearing, which was held by the Board of Supervisors Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee. "The vast majority of individuals are struggling to stay in San Francisco. We must act urgently to address this crisis, which I believe is a crisis." He added, "We are fighting, I think, for the soul of San Francisco."
Tony Robles of Senior and Disability Action, who showed up at the hearing wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with pobre (the Spanish word for "poor") printed across the front, expressed his frustration with the surge of evictions taking place in the booming economic climate. "We have been overlooked – the workers, communities of color … it's almost as if we are an afterthought," he said.
Fred Brousseau of the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst's office delivered a report on his recent analysis of eviction and displacement trends across the city.
Overall evictions in San Francisco rose from 1,242 in 2010 to 1,716 in 2013, reflecting an increase of 38.2 percent, according to San Francisco Rent Board Data highlighted in Brousseau's report.
Ellis Act evictions in particular increased by 169.8 percent in that same time frame, he said, with the most recent data showing a total of 162 Ellis Act evictions over the twelve months ending in September 2013. That number reflects units evicted, not how many tenants were impacted.
Ted Gullicksen of the San Francisco Tenants Union emphasized that tenant buyouts, frequently offered in lieu of an eviction, are also driving displacement even though these transactions aren't reflected in city records.
"We need to get in control of these buyouts," he said. "There are about three of them for every Ellis Act eviction. When you consider them in combination with Ellis, the numbers are very dramatic."
Brousseau also showed a slide profiling the people who've been impacted by evictions citywide. Almost 42 percent had some form of disability, the data revealed, while 49 percent had incomes at or below the federal poverty level.
On the whole, Brousseau said, a total of nearly 43 percent of San Francisco households are "rent-burdened," a term that officially means devoting more than 30 percent of household income to monthly rental payments.
Throughout the afternoon, tenants shared their stories and fears about getting frozen out of San Francisco by eviction. "I'm looking at shopping carts, and I'm terrified," one woman told supervisors during public comment. "You have to do something. It might not be enough for me right now, but you can't do this to any more people."
Hene Kelly noted that elderly tenants are being disproportionately impacted by Ellis Act evictions. "They don't have the reserves, they don't have the jobs, and they don't have the money to be able to move if they are evicted," she said. Referencing landlords and speculators who are driving displacement, she added, "It makes me think of cabaret. Money, money, money, money, money makes the world go round."
Campos noted that he is working with Assembly Member Tom Ammiano on a proposal to grant San Francisco the authority to place a moratorium on Ellis Act evictions.
He's also working toward legislation that would create a mechanism at the San Francisco Rent Board allowing tenants to register complaints of harassment or other forms of pressure from landlords seeking to drive them out.
His proposal also envisions doubling the amount of relocation assistance that landlords would have to provide to tenants, in the case of no-fault evictions. He also mentioned the possibility of regulating buyouts, by requiring landlords to record these transactions with the rent board, and possibly prohibiting property owners from charging market-rate rent directly after completing a tenant buyout.
Meanwhile, Mayor Ed Lee recently announced that he is working with Sen. Mark Leno on legislation that is meant to reduce Ellis Act evictions. That proposal would require additional permits or hearings before an Ellis Act eviction could go forward, and place more stringent regulations on the sale and resale of properties where tenants have been evicted under the state law.
Just a couple weeks ago, a coalition of housing advocates proposed a sweeping package to turn the tide on evictions.
At the end of the day, it's clear that housing advocates are gaining momentum as the spike in tenant ousters continues in pricey San Francisco, where rents are the highest in the nation.
"We've never been late on our rent," noted Beverly Upton, executive director of the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium, who is battling an Ellis Act eviction. "We've paid for every improvement ever done in 25 years. And now we have to leave." She appealed for legislators to take action for the sake of the city's future, asking, "Once the advocates and the organizers and the people who care are gone, who will be left in our city?"
It's a drop in the ocean, so why all this whinery? Far more tenants get evicted for dumb stuff like late payment of rent or breaking their lease by getting a pet.
This effort should go into educating tenants on how to avoid getting evicted for fault.
And, for that matter, if these people cannot really afford to be in Sf, why are they here in the first place? Why can't they move to Oakland or Daly City? Or wherever they came from?
and on that note, why can't people who work in San Francisco afford to live in San Francisco?
Area. Not everyone who works in Manhattan can afford to live there either. So they live in other boroughs.
step up with you dimes and nickles to play!
It was so popular with goebblins and other dark minions that they just couldn't get enough!
Step up with your dimes and nickles to play!
then move to manhattan asshole
think if they just keep repeating the same asinine bullshit against tenants and rent control over and over again that the elves and humans and hobbits will believe them
even Sauron didn't have minions this stupid
generate yet another asinine endless broken record troll vomited thread to turn the blog into a cesspool of petty blabbering
and still carrying the residual effects from my most recent 48 hour crack binge.
Power to the people!!
to shoving the stupey greg/marcos/troll banter to the curb
thank you dorky!
forever in your debt ;)
Major crisis!! Time to abolish private property and impose vacancy control!!
and food?! I find your thinking rather confused.
piece of living shit deceptive bitch asks others to lay out "facts"
that's what i'm talkin' about
Errrr - sorry again. Still drunk and high and feeling it after my 48 hour crack binge ended this morning. Repeated viewings of the LOTR trilogy and my glass pipe have fried my brain.
by playing ski ball!
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are all around you
(bet they think it's Shakespeare....)
and feeling the residual effects of my most recent 48 hour crack binge.
Power to the people!
with same drunk-crack comment ball spin over and over again
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brightly flagging himself as a punk ass loser
also still carrying some of the residual high from my recent 48 hour crack binge.
for helping kick the stupid conversation below
down the road
in your debt, we are
or not... Is this "the big lie?"
stupey minyun
actually attempts to imp a randomly rotating handle!!!
keep trying minyun
eventually -something- you say
will not be laughably stupid
kind of like enough monkeys on typewriters.... ;)
that would be cool
need a time machine
ah well
that is another story
to be told another time
vicious sarcasm all over everyone like battery acid
glad I am not one of her family
the abuse she dishes out must have made them warped bitter shells of human beings
like her
my oh my....
Partied with the glass pipe for 48 hours (ending this morning). Just me, my rocks and the LOTR trilogy.
Power to the people!
put some LIFE into it monion!
Still feeling the effects of my 48 hour crack binge while watching the LOTR trilogy on repeat.
Power to the people (or elves).
would not have had a prayer of creating enough bumps without your help!
your replies are BOOOORRRRINGGGGG.....
get it UP! so that people can actually get EXCITED about you opening up your raincoat
Average working renters are the new gypsies now? Shit, dude, psychopaths have no empathy either.
so everyone pays attention to the gypsies instead of the fascists
but these gypsies are actually, faeries, with powerful magic
the fascists are kicking a faerie hornets nest
faerie hornets have sting
it was bounced by the court. I do not see how this can be any different. Parties are always free to terminate contracts in return for some payout.
In fact, maybe the real solution to the housing problem is for the city to formally ratify the idea that landlords buy out all rent-controlled tenants, followed by a repeal of rent control.
That would lead to a massive amount of new supply, while the tenants would get a once-in-a-lifetime windfall. Win-win for everyone.
creates no new units so no "massive amount of new supply."
when he should just pull out his sword and slice the webs asunder
of rent control. Abolishment would bring those units back on stream
As is inscribed in the scriptures, as is in realty, er, reality!
Personally I think it is much lower than that - maybe just a few thousand. Personally I know one 4-unit building where 3 of the units are kept vacant.
And of course others that are not vacant but used for AirBnB etc.
It says a lot for how bad rent control is that owners would rather get no rent than be stuck with a "loser lifer" hoarding the unit.
Some progressives claim that the Earth is Flat.
will destroy the species or that cars are evil or that San Francisco has to take anyone who wants to live here who feels slightly uncomfortable somewhere else.
And that vacancy rate has nothing whatsoever to do with rent control. It is the result of large scale real estate speculators and landlords holding them off the market on purpose to create a false scarcity, whereupon that false scarcity keeps rents high and rising; far higher than they would be in a true free market.
Commodity traders pull this kind of crap to raise prices all of the time.
Similarly employers make sure that unemployment is always high enough, that a core of workers will be always desperate enough, to cave in and accept lower pay and benefits.
And, before you repeat your inevitable broken record reply, of -course- there is no overt evidence of this collusion by speculators and landlords, because such collusion is illegal, and they would go to jail if they got caught doing it. Instead, they make up ludicrous fig leaf excuses like the desire to skirt rent control, when they clearly would make more money from any given unit if they simply rented it out.
The only time that rent control would figure into this equation, is when speculators and landlords believe that there is about to be a dramatic increase in rents (like our current one) at which point they will gamble with holding some of their units (-both- controlled and not controlled) off the market, in hopes that they can trap tenants, a few months down the road, into far higher rents than those units would have otherwise garnered.
But such dramatic rent increases were definitely -not- happening or predicted to happen during the run-up to the 2010 Census which was during the economic collapse, when there was no way in hell that rents were going rise dramatically.
So the only logical explanation for holding units off the market during that very slow growth period, was to create artificial scarcity, and through that illegal manipulation, push citywide rents up far higher than the natural market would have set them.
A high HOME vacancy rate is exactly what you'd expect with rent control.
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Jordan Siemens, the Providence business student who won the provincial entrepreneurship championship last month has been declared the co-winner of the western regional championships.
From the ACE website: " ACE NAMES 2011 WESTERN CANADA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS"
"Post secondary students who balance a full-time course load and a full-time business competed in the Student Entrepreneur Competition, and two regional champions were named:
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"Every year, our students continue to amaze us with their dedication and determination to become leaders, create connections and build a better Canada", explains ACE President Amy Harder. "Due to this ongoing commitment, we know the future of this country is in good hands."
Regional champions will move on to the national level of competition, taking place from May 9th to 11th at the 2011 ACE National Exposition in Toronto, ON. "
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Around 3,000 motorcycles will roar through Main Street in Monroe this Sunday when the Green Ribbon Ride honors the families of the Sandy Hook School shooting victims. The theme is "Riding to Remember and Honor Newtown's 26 Angels."
Monroe Police Lt. Brian McCauley says people are welcome to park legally along the bike route and cheer the riders on as they go by this Sunday, but for those who don't, he recommends avoiding the area between 11 a.m. and noon.
"We anticipate large traffic tie ups and major intersections will be closed as motorcycles go through," McCauley said. "We anticipate up to 45 to 50 minute delays at each intersection."
The swarm of bikes will leave from the corner of Howe Avenue and Cornell Street in Shelton and follow a police escort up Route 110 to Route 34 in Derby, Seymour, Oxford, Monroe and Newtown before making a left onto Route 25 and heading south through Monroe and Trumbull.
The bikers will turn right onto Main Street in Trumbull, before ending their route at the Trumbull Westfield Mall.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Newtown Surviver Fund, Newtown Police Union, Newtown EMS, the five Newtown fire departments, local children's charities, The Center for Women & Families and Al's Angels.
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Fred Garrity Jr., who is executive director of the annual CT United Ride remembering 9/11, is also the director of the Green Ribbon Ride. Other ride officials include Greg Gnandt and Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Assistant Chief Anthony Capozziello.
The Green Ribbon Ride is sponsored by all five Newtown Fire Departments — Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co., Hawleyville Fire Co., Botsford Fire Rescue, Newtown Hook & Ladder and the Dodgingtown Fire Co.
The start of the ride is hosted by the Town of Shelton and its Mayor Mark Lauretti.
There is still an opportunity to ride. It costs $20 per person and there is a limit of 3,000 riders.
Pre-registration will be at Carl Anthony Restaurant at Clock Tower Square, 477 Main Street in Monroe, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Registration on the day of the ride will be from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the starting point in Shelton on Sunday.
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First Sgt. Joseph Henson, a Rock Hill native, will march near the president, as part of the U.S. Army band, Pershings Own. Henson plays tenor saxophone in the 99-member band that has escorted all presidents since 1925.
And because he is an Army sergeant first and foremost, Henson, 41, calls his duty: An important mission.
His mission is to play loud and great, with an audience of the country and world.
It is a wonderful honor to be a part of such a historic occasion in the country, Henson said. It is a privilege to be part of it.
A 1989 Rock Hill High graduate, Henson is a classically trained musician with music degrees from the University of South Carolina and University of North Texas. His normal duties are playing for the U.S. Army Blues, a jazz band that is combined with a ceremonial band and concert band to make up the inaugural band. He has played all over the world in shows in the past 15 years. But Mondays show is larger than a normal audience.
About a half-million people will see Henson perform in person, with millions more on television.
We will be leading the parade, right there in the front, Henson said. Everyone will see us. And hear us.
Pretty big stuff for a guy who started playing saxophone for Rock Hill Highs Marching Bearcats all those years ago, but Henson said he is ready for the big show.
The parade is almost two miles long, and the musicians will play several patriotic songs. Before the parade, the band members will also be near the podium where Obama will take the oath of office.
It is expected to be cold - 20s - Monday.
But when you are an Army soldier whose mission is to play saxophone in front of the whole world, it doesnt matter if your lips turn purple with cold.
I will warm up afterward, Henson said. This is a time when you have to be great - no matter the weather.
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Starks (knee/ankle) won't play in the regular-season finale.||||||| The Packers will have a first-round bye and won't play again until Jan. 15.
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---- — DERRY — Pinkerton Academy social studies teacher Joseph Lee doesn't even consider himself the best teacher in his own department. But yesterday, he received an honor much bigger than that.
Lee, 29, was named the 2014 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year by the state Department of Education.
"I'm still shaking," Lee said after he was surprised with the award in front of 3,000 students at Pinkerton's fall pep rally. "It's a range of emotions. I'm overwhelmed."
Lee was one of 36 teachers in the state nominated for the award.
"Comparing me to the other 35 teachers, I kind of wrote it off immediately," Lee said. "I thought it would be a nice activity and then I'd go on to my regular job."
Instead, Lee will represent New Hampshire as the state's candidate for the National Teacher of the Year.
"He truly exemplifies what we want with education found in the classroom," said Cindy Chagnon, a member of the state Board of Education.
In addition to being a social studies teacher, he is the head golf and ice hockey coach at Pinkerton. He also is the co-director of Pinkerton's China Exchange program.
Lee was nominated in February by Beverly Lannan, Pinkerton's Dean of Faculty. Lee received an application in the mail, and wrote a couple essays about his teaching methods.
"A teacher is a leader," Lee wrote. "A teacher must recognize the unique characteristics and strengths of each student, and work to hone their strengths and overcome their challenges."
Leadership is also the first thing that came to mind of Eric Byrne, a senior tri-captain on Pinkerton's golf team.
"He's just such a great leader," Byrne said. "He is definitely someone who deserves this award."
In August, Lee was named a semi-finalist, which led to more essays and interviews with the Department of Education. Department officials observed Lee at Pinkerton and interviewed colleagues, parents and students.
"He's an enthusiastic, energetic and a wonderful teacher," Pinkerton headmaster Mary Anderson said. "The kids like him, he relates the class materials to their level and he's just a really deserving person for this."
Lee said he takes a humanitarian approach in his teaching.
"I try and relate to the students and try to establish mutually respecful and honest relationships with each of my students," he said. "It's something I truly take to heart. I hope the students see the effort I put into each class and I hope they reciprocate that with the same effort, respect and honesty."
As the New Hampshire Teacher of the Year, Lee will have the opportunity to attend the National Teacher of the Year Conference in Arizona in January and the National Teacher of the Year Announcement Ceremony in Washington, D.C, next April.
"It's going to be a great year," Lee said. "One of my goals is to grow as an educator. This is just going to expand the amount of people I can brainstorm with and share ideas with, both around the state and around the world."


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4/5 rDev -7.2%
07-22-2014 02:08:31 | More by PastorMeat
4.75/5 rDev +10.2%
07-09-2014 20:45:59 | More by lakersfan16
4.1/5 rDev -4.9%
This is quite the nice little restaurant and beer bar. They have about a dozen and a half taps, mostly local alaskan and northwest, with some SN and a couple imports (Ayinger) mixed in.
The service is friendly and knowledgable, always quick to get you a new glass if you want. The bottle selection is also quite nice and varied. The food is good, particularly if you go at brunch. Hearty portion sizes, but a lot of good-and-good-for-you foods. The decor is pretty cool, especially in the bar side. The only complaints I have are that sometimes the acoustics in the place are troublesome, making it hard to hold a conversation at times and that the stools at the bar (at least mine) were a bit uncomfortable. Otherwise, this is a great place for a sandwich and a beer!
08-21-2010 06:31:58 | More by jsprain1
4.28/5 rDev -0.7%
By some odd coincidence, I am writing with a Cafe Amsterdam pen today as I work to transcribe all of my notes.
My C/S hostess was working, but another C/Ser who wanted to meet me suggested that she take me out here where we could meet her boyfriend and then run me home. I was down with that plan.
An angular, wide front with the entry on the right facing side. The m.d.s. with built in glass display case of logo items was immediately left. The long, blonde wood bar was straight ahead with the nineteen (19) taps attached to the bar. The two-door cooler of approximately 80 beers was off to the left of the back bar.
Speaking of off to the left, through an abbey-like archway, there was the restaurant area with a lot of standard table and chairs and the kitchen in the back left corner. The restaurant area had its own entry in the center of the bank of windows on that side of the space.
A chalk blackboard hung above the cooler, listing their "Tap Beer(s)". In the right corner of the bar area were a pair of wrought-iron tables with corresponding chairs and covered by Chimay and Corsendon umbrellas. I got to meet the owner, Ken, who remembered a visit from an ASN colleague, Warren Montiero. We had a great bartender, Will.
12-25-2009 14:39:52 | More by woodychandler
4.85/5 rDev +12.5%
Cafe amsterdam is a european street cafe in midtown anchorage. the front bar is just like a street in europe. The great thing about cafe amsterdam is that they have a wonderful beer selection. everything from samichlaus to le coq russian imperial. chouffe brews, alaskan brews, brews from the homer brewing co in homer alaska. midnight sun brews, brew from all around alaska including alaskan baltic porter. Lots of belgians and unibroues on tap (including scaldis noel and maudite) They also have the best reuben sandwich in town and some great deserts. Good eggs benny too. ( That is kind of sad that i had a full bottle of n'ice chouffe and a scaldis noel with my eggs this morning, but hey, when in amsterdam...) Overall a great place to take a friend for lunch. If you like belgians this is the place for you in anchorage.
12-20-2007 04:54:22 | More by AKBelgianBeast
3.98/5 rDev -7.7%
Café Amsterdam is an eclectic beer bar that never lets me down on beer selection. They consistently have several Alaska based and West Coast microbrews on tap and a good cross section of Belgians. The rotating taps are always a surprise. The atmosphere in the dining area is typical strip mall restaurant, but the bar area is set up to resemble a European street. The brews look like they are well cared for and they serve them in the proper glassware for each style. Service was very good; they struck the right balance of attentiveness. The menu is limited, but they make a consistently good Reuben. Many of the menu choices are European inspired dishes.
As for price, some of the bottled brews can be spendy. The tap brews and the low-end menu items are reasonably priced for Anchorage. Overall, it is a good value and a good choice for lunch and a beer.
12-15-2007 05:55:06 | More by SargeC
4.43/5 rDev +2.8%
I went here for dinner tonight and it was a delight. I sat at the bar and talked with four or five other beer lovers including Ken the owner/bartender. Ken is very knowledgeable and open to hearing aobut other beers. Since I learned about the place through this site, I told him about BA. The beer menu is three pages long with mostly belgian, german, and local AK beers. There are about fifteen taps and 100 bottled beers as a rough estimate. I tried four beers I'd never tired before including the berliner wiesse (with and without the rasberry syrup), Ij Zatte, the midnight sun M, and a dusseldorfer alt called Uerige Sticke. The alt malt flavors did blend very nicely with the snitzel. The food was better than expected. The prices are a little high for down south but are reasonable for Alaska. I rate the selection as exceptional because many of the beers i'd never heard of before and all were tasty. i would recommed trying the Ij brewery from Amsterdam. The beers are delicious, rare and unique.
The other patrons at the bar were all open to talking about and what they'd had recently had that was worthy for others to try. I'll be back the next time I am in Anchorage. Any beer lover would find plenty to enjoy here.
03-31-2006 08:56:14 | More by beersabound
4.13/5 rDev -4.2%
This place is a hidden gem for Belgian beer lovers. Most Anchorage locals know of it, but I don't think it gets much foot traffic from visitors. It's a small, intimate cafe located on Benson in the Metro Mall, right across from the Sears Mall.
Owned by Ken and Shauna Pajak. Ken was a brewer at the Regal Eagle Brewpub in Eagle River. He now offers some of the best Belgian and local beer selections in the city at Cafe Amsterdam.
You enter into an area, reminiscent of a street cafe, with a few tables and chairs off in the corner near the window wall which, by the way, lets in tons of sunlight. That is especially appreciated during the winter months when sun is at a premium. If you arrive for dinner and there is a waiting line you can enjoy a great beverage at the bar or one of the cafe tables.
The dining area is quaint, has an intimate feeling in the winter evening when it's dark outside and the lights of the restaurant are dimmed.
It's nice to note that the full menu can be had at the bar in the cafe entry as well as in the dining room.
The beer menu is usually heavy on bottled Belgians, with a few of them on tap along side some great local offerings. You won't find any Bud, Miller or Coors in this place. The wait staff is knowledgable with regards to the beer, but if you really want answers talk to Ken or Shauna. One of them is always there. They are quick to offer alternatives to those that come in and ask for a Bud. Doing their part to spread the word of good beer.
There are usually 16 or so beers on tap (a few from Midnight Sun and Glacier Brewhouse, Unibroue, Chimay and others, I've seen meads and ciders on tap as well) and somewhere in the vacinity of 80 bottle selections. For example: Orval 11 oz. $8.50, Westmalle 11 oz. $7.50-8.00, Abbaye Des Rocs 11.2 oz. $6.00-$6.50, Duvel 11 oz. $4.50, Maredsous 10 750ml $13.50, Dupont Saison 750ml $11.50, Liefman's Gluhkriek 12oz. $9.00.
A few French ales like Castelain Blond Biere de Garde 750ml $15.00 and a few English ales like Fullers 1845 16oz. for $6.00.
There are some German ales and lagers like Einbecker Pils 11oz. $5.00. American and Canadian offerings are from Unibroue, Ommegang or local. The beers are always served in the appropriate glassware and at the appropriate temperature, a big plus. The beer menu changes depending on what's available. This list is just a partial.
I want to remind anyone reading this that my take on assigning $$ value to this place is based on the fact that I live here and I find their prices to be reasonable as compared to other places in this area. Visitors from outside may find them expensive.
The food menu is ever changing as well. Seasonal specials are common for the menu and I believe the menu is changed weekly or so with some items remaining the same for each menu. They serve breakfast all day, every day and have the best eggs benedict in town. Lunch offers many varieties of sandwiches, both hot and cold. Big salads are a staple on the lunch menu as well. There is a fantastic artisan cheese plate available also!
The breakfast and lunch menu are served from 7a -9p. They used to have a night menu, but no longer....AND beginning May 3, 2009, they will be open on Sundays!
For dessert maybe a burnt cream or brownie sundae ($5 each).
They've also been known to throw beer dinners during the fall and winter months.
This is a place that we enjoy visiting once a month or so.
If you find yourself in Anchorage, stop by and check it out.
Something I should mention; Cafe Amsterdam is the only place, that I know of, in town that does a slow-pour pilsner, when they have it on tap.
10-21-2005 16:30:12 | More by juzy
Cafe Amsterdam in Anchorage, AK
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India Pale Ale - Bass Brewers Limited
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Ratings: 119 | Reviews: 34 | Display Reviews Only:
3/5 rDev -9.4%
07-29-2014 00:36:00 | More by Sellen
3.75/5 rDev +13.3%
07-07-2014 22:00:10 | More by Pat_McWilliams
3.25/5 rDev -1.8%
06-24-2014 19:45:19 | More by toppoop
4.04/5 rDev +22.1%
Frankly, I am unsure as to where this came from. It might have been a part of the last box courtesy of my local, in-person trader, tone77 or I may have bought it as part of a mixed sixer. At any rate, I am working to reduce some of the backlog.
From the bottle: "Brewed in the tradition of William Bass Brewers Limited"; "This fine Inidia Pale Ale has been brewed in the Great British tradition using traditional English Fuggle hops"; "Iconography - from the makers of the original Pale Ale comes Bass India Pale Ale. Made with all malt and a blend of imported and domestic hops, including the traditional English Fuggle. Bass IPA is then dry-hopped in aging tanks for a remarkable aroma. Perfect for anytime you want to enjoy an intensely satisfying beer."
My initial, aggro pour created just under two fingers of fluffy, tawny head with good retention. The sticky lacing that it left in its wake was magnificent. Color was a deep-amber (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled remarkable in that earthy way that Fuggles imparts. This was definitely an English IPA, but I was down with it. Mouthfeel was medium and between the earthiness of the hops and the biscuity quality of the malts, this had a much spicier taste than I expected. It was quite tasty, with a sort of peppery bite, especially on the finish. Speaking of which, I would characterize it as semi-dry to dry. This was probably one of the best iterations of the style that I have tried. Muy bueno!
06-20-2014 23:37:08 | More by woodychandler
3.5/5 rDev +5.7%
06-08-2014 13:55:49 | More by wrightst
Rhode Island
3/5 rDev -9.4%
06-02-2014 02:48:13 | More by Schmuckles
New York
3.33/5 rDev +0.6%
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. The label lists the abv at 6% and there is a short description of the beer as well.
Appearance: Bass IPA has a honey amber color with a slight haze and some visible carbonation. On top sits a tall frothy head. The head is light tan in color and long lasting which makes some slick lacing on the glass.
Smell: It has a very nice sweet malty character with some bready notes and notes of caramel, honey, coffee. Further off in the background I get some mild herbal and very mild citrus hops.
Taste / Palate: The flavor doesn't quite live up to the aroma but it still brings a nice balance of hops and malt. (If you are looking for a big tasty hop bomb you won't find it here.) There is a nice mellow bready maltiness up front and though out with mild hop bitterness coming in late in the finish. These hops add citrusy orange pith like bitterness.
05-27-2014 08:38:17 | More by generallee
New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev +13.3%
05-24-2014 02:07:26 | More by Latarnik
2.25/5 rDev -32%
05-21-2014 22:45:19 | More by KevMo84
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev +5.7%
05-08-2014 00:18:35 | More by Uncledoobz
4.25/5 rDev +28.4%
04-25-2014 23:01:10 | More by DOCRW
4.25/5 rDev +28.4%
04-24-2014 03:50:47 | More by maniaczak
3.75/5 rDev +13.3%
04-16-2014 01:47:45 | More by Notacraftdrinker
3/5 rDev -9.4%
03-30-2014 01:39:56 | More by Wiscodrinker
New Jersey
3/5 rDev -9.4%
03-12-2014 20:20:05 | More by ArtZan
3.25/5 rDev -1.8%
02-10-2014 05:07:33 | More by cambabeer
2/5 rDev -39.6%
02-10-2014 01:14:15 | More by Freemanclaypowell
New York
3.38/5 rDev +2.1%
Pours clear copper color with a thick 2 finger foamy tan head that did not budge for a while and left very good spotty lacing and rings as it went down.
Smells of caramel, floral hops, graham cracker, bread and some light honey; not the hoppy IPA nose like the American IPA's but still nice smelling.
Taste is also lighter in the hops than expected, but rich and full of malt and caramel, with floral hops, graham cracker, bread, herbs, a touch of honey, very mild spices, grass and some sweetness like brown sugar or toffee; tastes good, but very far of course even for an English style IPA.
Mouthfeel was medium bodied to almost chewy, with average carbonation, a buttery to watery feel and a sweet malty after-taste that was slightly bitter. A nice beer and one I'd have again as it reminds me of a good English beer to drink while playing darts. Not one to satisfy your hop fix, but decent overall.
02-08-2014 05:01:07 | More by CHickman
New York
3.5/5 rDev +5.7%
01-20-2014 00:28:02 | More by osant37
3.75/5 rDev +13.3%
12-27-2013 18:41:16 | More by Dolfan907
South Carolina
3/5 rDev -9.4%
12-22-2013 18:26:20 | More by pintofparadise
3.75/5 rDev +13.3%
12-09-2013 02:55:58 | More by ridgeline23
3.25/5 rDev -1.8%
11-21-2013 03:36:18 | More by kguard
New Hampshire
2.25/5 rDev -32%
11-20-2013 23:07:29 | More by RRC03
North Carolina
3.49/5 rDev +5.4%
A: Pours a relatively clear orangish amber in color with moderate to heavy amounts of active visible carbonation streaming from the bottom of the glass and some light golden yellow highlights. The beer has a finger tall foamy light beige head that reduces to a thin film covering the entire surface of the beer with a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Overall the aroma is fairly light for this brew with a light amount of caramel malts with a touch of honey-like sweetness and a light amount of floral + herbal hops.
T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of pale and caramel malts with a touch of honey-like sweetness. That is followed by a moderate flavor (which slowly builds from a light flavor) herbal and floral hops. Light amounts of bitterness in the finish which fades pretty quickly.
M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Lightly smooth with a bit of crispness upfront.
O: This is a pretty average beer that is fairly easy to drink - reminds me of my thoughts on Bass Ale back when I was drinking it in the mid-1990s... The alcohol was well hidden and this is a beer I could have a couple of.
11-12-2013 01:53:21 | More by dbrauneis
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Christmas is coming early this year at Lewis Automotive — United Way's 4th annual Wonderland of Trees will be set up and ready to decorate Oct. 29 in the Suzuki showroom.
"It feels like the perfect place to showcase our beautiful Christmas trees," United Way of Southern West Virginia Executive Director Margaret O'Neal said. "A big open space with great windows and lots of parking makes an ideal place to display our trees and hold our auction."
For the past three years, the Wonderland of Trees has been housed in a vacant part of the Crossroads Mall. This year, however, the mall is at capacity, so the United Way had to search for a new venue.
Sarah Abrams and Rachel Hopkins offered to host the event in Lewis Automotive's Suzuki showroom, and O'Neal thought it would be an excellent location.
The Wonderland will have 50 trees, half of which have already been sold, but O'Neal said the United Way is still looking for additional businesses or organizations that would like to participate.
Trees, which are 7.5 feet and pre-lit, can be sponsored for $125. They will be set up and ready to decorate by noon Oct. 29 and decorations must be completed by 4 p.m. Nov. 1.
The decorated Wonderland of Trees will be on display Nov. 2-16. Visitors can vote for their favorite tree for a $1 donation to the United Way. Votes may also be cast online this year at www.wonderlandoftrees.org. Voters will be registered to win a flat-screen television for each vote.
Also during the two-week display, collector edition tree ornaments will be available for purchase. Ornaments from the first three years will be available, plus a new ornament based on the people's choice award winner from last year, which was the T&K Karts and Hobbies Airplane-themed tree.
All four glass ornaments are hand-crafted by Tamarack artisan Doug Coleman.
"We feel like adding these collector ornaments, designed and created by a West Virginia artist, has been a huge success," O'Neal said.
Last year, the event raised nearly $40,000 for the United Way, but the goal this year is to increase that amount by at least $5,000.
The live auction will be at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16. For trees that auction for $750 or more, the United Way will deliver the tree to the winner's destination of choice. Trees can also be donated to those in need.
"This is a great way for the community to get into the Christmas spirit," O'Neal said.
For more information, call 304-253-2111 or visit www.wonderlandoftrees.org.


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Electric drop-in range with a 4.2 cu. ft. self-cleaning oven with Select Clean®, two integrated handle racks, EasySet™ 335 electronic oven controls and deluxe coil elements with porcelain drip pans. Features oven temperature readout, temperature recall, and delay cook and clean options.
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This has to be a great product and a great buy for under $700. You can't beat Kenmore products. They last forever. Ordered it on line and had it delivered to my daughter for Mothers Day.
I'm glad I got the email from Sears telling me about the sell and the great savings. I ordered it before it went back up to $700.
My daughter is going to love cooking on this stove and being it has the self cleaning oven in it too.
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I have had this unit for 2 years and to come find out that it had faulty wiring in it and to have to spend over half of what I paid for it to fix it not worth it.
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Up front, we're Kenmore people. From refrigerators to washer/dryers, we've never owned a lemon. We bought this drop-in to replace one that was 18 years old and starting to look its age. So far, it hasn't disappointed. The SEARS installers accomodated our schedule and couldn't have been nicer. For some reason, Kenmore has changed the dimensions of their drop-ins over the last 18 years and the installers had to remove a thin strip of countertop on either side of the old opening. The height of this dropin is about 3 inches less than that of our old Kenmore. Kenmore provides a solid skirt that screws in place at the bottom front that covers what would be an unsightly gap under the stove. It is purely cosmetic. The after-installation checkout went smoothly. All four burners lit up and the oven did what the oven was supposed to do. Since then, we've used or tested all of the oven features with no problems. This stove is a younger, fresher version of the one we replaced ... exactly what we wanted.
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We bought this stove for several reasons. We wanted a drop in to replace the broken stove. I wanted to get a stove that had self cleaning. Also we needed for it to be white to match the rest of our appliances. The only problem that we had with the purchase was the delay in recieving the stove. Our order was on back order. Once in, the install was fairly simple. I can't complain about anything regarding the actual stove.
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Drink spiking leads to four sex assaults a week in Essex. (From Essex County Standard)
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Drink spiking leads to four sex assaults a week in Essex.
12:30pm Friday 14th March 2014 in News
GIRLS are being sexually assaulted after having their drinks spiked at a rate of up to four a week in Essex.
Work is being done to try and catch the sexual predators responsible.
However more advice needs to be made available for people going for a night out, according to Colchester Council's community safety representative Tim Young.
The report, issued by police and crime commissioner Nick Alston, stated: "Female victims are reporting sexual offences caused by their drinks being spiked - approximately three to four reported incidents per week.
"There is some good proactive work from Essex Police in addressing this and the use of CCTV and other methods are being used to identify suspects."
See the full story in Monday's Gazette.
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Passengers fume over rail fare rise
2:40pm Wednesday 18th August 2010 in Rayleigh, Rochford Association of Voluntary Services
RAIL commuters face the prospect of at least a 5.8 per cent price rise in season tickets in the new year following yesterday's inflation figures.
The increase could be more if, as some fear, the Government scraps the current price-rise formula.
Under the formula, train companies are allowed to raise regulated fares annually, which include season tickets, by 1 per cent above the previous July's retail price index inflation figure. The RPI for July was 4.8 per ent, which would mean a 5.8 per cent fares rise in January, 2011.
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond cannot say whether the RPI plus 1 per cent formula will remain, meaning fares could rise above 5.8 per cent.
Ashwin Kumar, rail director of train customer watchdog Passenger Focus, said: "Passengers continue to tell us their top priority for improvement on the railway is better value for money. Now is not the time for train companies to sweat passengers off the train."
Passenger Focus said it would also like to see continued the policy of limiting the flexibility of train companies to increase fares on individual routes.
Mr Kumar added: "In the past, the average fare rise has masked increases on some routes of 10 or 11 per cent. We hope the Government continues to limit train companies' flexibility so passengers don't face double-digit rises."
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5:02pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Voter99 says...
The railway companies are laughing at the funing passengers.
What will the passengers do other then fume?
Nothing - just wallow in resentment which is why the rail companies can keep hiking up their fares.
6:43pm Wed 18 Aug 10
SUFC1906 says...
8:47pm Wed 18 Aug 10
geezer, innit says...
9:14pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Anna Key says...
No, we wont get anyway moaning to Tory MPs about it. They were the ones who sold off the family silver in the first place.
9:51pm Wed 18 Aug 10
SUFC1906 says...
10:00pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Boris says...
Commuters will carry on commuting because they know that jobs in London pay a lot better than jobs near where they live, if indeed there are any.
10:14pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Anna Key says...
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12:48am Thu 19 Aug 10
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10:20am Thu 19 Aug 10
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Anna Key wrote:Anna Key wrote:
Wow! Amess is still about! I thought he'd died! There was a time when he seemed forever on the tele. Presumably he won back Basildon this year, so I look forward to him warning of the dangers of a fictitious drug again! No, we wont get anyway moaning to Tory MPs about it. They were the ones who sold off the family silver in the first place.
Wow! Amess is still about! I thought he'd died!
that's just the putrid, smell of his rotten, decaying political career that makes you think that
11:19am Thu 19 Aug 10
Baker_Boy says...
but thats life i earn more by going to london so understand the price to pay i could not do my job where i live
most companies offer season ticket loans which help a lot
1:33pm Thu 19 Aug 10
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5:33pm Thu 19 Aug 10
Audioman says...
Bring back BRITISH RAIL!!or the old L.N.E.R. if people can remember the good old days before 1948 !!!
6:13pm Thu 19 Aug 10
Anna Key says...
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12:12pm Sat 21 Aug 10
Baker_Boy says...
GSXR750 wrote:In other words you want to be a criminal
It's cheaper to get caught without a ticket and pay a fine for the amount of times inspectors check tickets. I suspect that's what will happen, and I'd consider the same if they put fares up that much! I've not had a pay increase for 3 years and my wife recently had a 5% pay cut.
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My sister-in-law is an architect (dub-studios.com) and made these for us in photoshop. We had seen someone do something with the subway before so we kind of took that idea and made it our own. You'll see that the advertisement above the subway is actually a picture of me and Aaron (we got dressed up in Spain and took one of those cheesy tourist photos). The picture is taken at the NR stop on Prince Street and Broadway, next to Dean & Deluca. The back of the postcard was written as if this were a piece of art, and we wrote in personal notes to every guest before sending!
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Love your blog and saw your post on STDs. Must share ours, which my future brother in law fashioned. We have just under 3 weeks to go, and am beyond stressed. When I saw your post I had to share just for a second to take me back to how happy and calm I was just a few months ago…
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I am a fan of your blog and saw a few of the other save-the-dates posted so I thought I'd send you ours. It was a single card with info on the front and back that looked like a Craiglist ad. I met my fiance, Brett, a few years ago when I answered a craigslist posting for a room in a house in Philadelphia. One of Brett's roommates moved out and they posted the ad. I didn't take the room but we ended up chatting through email and eventually got together. We are getting married on Nov 29 and I can't freakin wait!!!
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In Sunday night's 102-77 loss to the red-hot Los Angeles Clippers, Jermaine O'Neal picked up his league-leading eighth technical foul. For most coaches, this would be a cause for concern, after all the 17-year veteran is already halfway to a one-game suspension. But Alvin Gentry isn't exactly in a position to lecture O'Neal.
Late in the first half of Sunday's game against Los Angeles, Alvin Gentry was unhappy with official Rodney Mott's decision not to blow his whistle on what looked to be a clear-cut foul on Phoenix guard Goran Dragic.
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What Imani says about diversity is absolutely true. If you don't talk "black" enough, friends ridicule you. I know that when it comes to acting "black," I'm one of the first to joke around. It's not that African Americans do it on purpose, it's just how most of us were raised. If you weren't "black enough," you were made fun of, point blank.
Acting that way, however, is not just a black thing; other races do it, too. Imani was right when she made the point that even though a school is diverse, it doesn't mean the people are tolerant. Races hang out with their kind. That's the way it is. Since people rarely notice, most don't care enough to try to change.
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Why is it such a snug fit for me? Let's just quote The Hollywood Reporter, "Loglines are being kept under wraps, but Fun is described as a cross between Superbad and Adventures in Babysitting that is set on Halloween." First off, set anything on Halloween and I'm instantly in (Trick 'r Treat is like one 82-minute long geekgasm for me). And second off, Superbad and Adventures in Babysitting occupy my favorite spirit-of-youth movie niche; single-night stories that spiral out of control.
No directors or stars are attached to the comedy yet, though that's no surprise considering its pick-up came a little prematurely. Josh Schwartz's production company, Fake Empire, signed a two-year first-look deal with Paramount, but that won't be effective until June 1st. Schwartz loved the script so much, however, he gave Paramount the first-look before their contract kicked off. Turns out they loved it too and are already moving to put it into their production pipeline.