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Eatalian - new and exciting Italian in the South Bay
While perusing the LA Times, I came upon a review for a new Italian place in Gardena's industrial section. The review made me skeptical, but thought I would take a look.
Located just east of the 110 Frwy just off Redondo Beach Blvd, it's in an industrial warehouse building. The inside is spacious and very clean with lots of windows which enable you to watch them make mozarella cheese, gelatos, bread and pastries. Next to those rooms is a bar behind which they make their Neapolitan pizzas and various pasta dishes.
I tried their gelato sandwich, which was really a sandwich. Hazelnut gelato inside a roll, not a cookie. Delicious.
The staff the was very friendly; I was offered a variety of breads with olive oil while waiting for my pizza to go. I ordered the "Rock" which has spicy salami, blue cheese, spinach and bacon.
The pizzas are thin but not as crispy as I would like. not quite up to par with Antica, and the ingredients are a bit sparse. Still it was good.
As they are a brand new place, I will come back and try it again, maybe to try the pastas along with the pizza, and desserts.
If you in the area, Eatalian Cafe is definitely worth a look. They open for dinner Thursday, June 10th.
The pizza may not be Antica, the gelato may not be Bulgarini, but it's a one stop restaurant serving all the best things Italian.
Looking forward to what others have to say.
Eatalian Cafe
15500 S. Broadway St.
Gardena, CA 90248
re: buttermarblepopcorn
Just marveling at all the equipment behind the glass, whether it be the Mozzarella cheese makers (when they get up and running), the gelato makers, or the bakery, was totally worth the "price of admission".
I haven't gotten into the swing of taking pictures for posting, but in this case, a picture is worth a thousand words to describe the place.
I will go back soon and report.
re: buttermarblepopcorn
Here is a link to the LA Times Review
Thanks for the review, and for the notice that they start opening for dinner tomorrow. Gelato sandwich sounds great!
re: kevin
it is exceptional. Well, they say Gardena, but its on the other side of the 110. I am in that area often enough, and I discoved it when they had just opened before the review. The pizza looked really good, and I was just surprised there was anything that good in that vicinity. I thought that was Compton. It might not be Compton, but its close enough that it opens a great place to eat that is lacking in the area. I didn't have time to eat that day, but I have gone back after the review was posted. It's good food, the toppings are sparse.
Sorry, but does anyone know if they really did open the place up for dinner? I was considering taking my parents for dinner tomorrow (Saturday) night, but I just called the number (I double- and triple-checked it against the LA Times article, Yelp, and Ogawak's listing above), at a little before 6:30 pm on a Friday, and nobody answered. I let it ring forever before hanging up.
So... no dinner yet, then?
(btw, apparently Chowhound never sprang forward during DST, so it appears that I posted an hour before I claimed to have made this call.)
re: buttermarblepopcorn
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7113... (this will fix your non compliance with daylight savings problem too)
re: Servorg
Ah, goody, thank you Servorg -- problem solved. Hmm, but I'm guessing this will keep happening as long as I log in through the pop-up login, which is what I'm taken to whenever I get logged out and want to log back in. Blearg. Not a big deal.
re: buttermarblepopcorn
I don't know why they didn't answer the phone but they are open for dinner.
re: apple7blue
Yes they are open for dinner but they are closed Sundays.
Warning: this is a really disorganized, rambling narrative of my lunch at Eatalian. Please read at the risk of losing eyeball control from rolling your eyes in frustration at my lack of coherence.
I went yesterday (Saturday) for lunch with my parents. We knew the location was in an industrial part of town, but were still kind of amused/shocked at first to see the entrance, which had some nice big signs (including "PEN" which I took to be "OPEN" but somehow missing the initial "o") around what looked like a prison entrance, with gates.
Anyway, the interior was as beautiful as the LA Times review pictures: huge, spacious, bright, with skylights that let in tons of bright, natural light that help the place save on electricity. The giant glass-walled "laboratory"/cheese factory with its floor-to-ceiling stacks of aging parmesan was there, and it was beautiful.
I won't continue waxing poetic on the visual aesthetics; the interior is simply gorgeous.
Like Ogawak, we ordered a rock pizza, as well as linguine alle vongole and a Roger calzone. The pizza crust was very thin but it wasn't crisp enough... oh hey I'm echoing Ogawak's sentiments, but yeah I have no clue what could've helped, maybe a hotter oven or something, but it tasted slightly undercooked. The toppings were really delicious, though.
The Roger calzone was nice and big, but for whatever reason it arrived at our table barely warm on the outside. The inside was fine, though, so maybe it just loses heat really quickly... or I don't know. It was topped with a generous amount of pancetta. I don't remember what exactly was inside, but I do recall the mozzarella was REALLY mozzarella-y. I mean, it was the nicest-tasting mozzarella I've had in a long while, and made me really enjoy every chew (not just every bite).
I was SO disappointed they were out of gnocchi! I asked if they were made in the restaurant and our waitress, Kim, said she believes so. Kim was, by the way, so clearly an experienced pro. I felt kind of bad for her when I noticed that the entire restaurant had only one other waitress besides her. The place filled up fast shortly after I'd arrived, and I could only guess that it was the LA Times review earlier this week that created this sudden wave of diners. It was impressive and heartening, because Eatalian's location is pretty freaking awful, but you spend one minute inside and find yourself hoping it doesn't get done in by that factor.
But back to Kim, she was amazingly coordinated, ubiquitous, responded immediately to eye contact or a subtle hand gesture, and never made us wait -- when my mom ordered a cappuccino about five minutes after Kim had already taken our order, Kim just went and made it and brought it right over. Much later in the meal, I asked for an espresso and again she did the same thing: made it right away and brought it over. And by this point the whole place was full and there were ten or twenty people waiting by the sleek leather couches (i.e., waiting area) to be seated.
Even more disappointing, though, was no gelato that day!! I was so looking forward to having a gelato sandwich, but their freezer display case was broken, which meant no place to hold the gelato. I vow to return for the gelato sandwich.
The linguine was okay; the clams were really badly prepared in that they were totally filled with sand and grit! In each shell there was visible residue, and in the puddle of broth at the bottom of the finished bowl was more sand. The flavors were nice and clammy and the linguine were al dente but I'm not sure it justified being 13.75.
Anyway, I really want to go back, alone this time, and sit at the bar and have a pizza, a gelato sandwich, and a cappuccino.
P.S. They had a tv projector strung up high that projected the USA-England World Cup match onto a big patch of white wall where everybody could see; it was a nice setup even though the room is too bright during the day to see projection tv images clearly; I do like it better than flat-screen tvs, this somehow feels more festive and communal and less bar-like.
P.P.S. While I stared longingly at the cheese-making room and looked all around at the gelato case and the bakery case and the espresso machines in the center and the open kitchen with the fiery oven, I wished they would offer to give tours of the place, because everything looks so fun and fascinating. Anyway...
re: buttermarblepopcorn
Oww! my eyes! just kidding I followed perfectly. I live in SD but work in that area sometimes. Sounds cool I'll have to check it out. I love fresh Mozzarella.
re: buttermarblepopcorn
Thanks for the report. I agree about how beautiful the place is. I wished the pizza were a little crisper and I really want this place to succeed as a restaurant, though I understand they are a wholesaler for the mozzarella, gelato and baked goods. The South Bay needs a place like this. Actually I've never ever seen or heard of a place like this.
re: buttermarblepopcorn
Correction! Dumb me, it wasn't giant slabs of pancetta generously covering the calzone, it was prosciutto -- probably speck (I don't remember what the menu specified). Duhhh...
re: buttermarblepopcorn
The location is great. Why should the same neighborhoods get good places to eat? There is nothing in Compton which it is closer to than most of Gardena to get a good pizza from. The best pizza around there used to be chains.
re: apple7blue
I think the location is totally bizarre. Nothing against Gardena (I love to eat Japanese food there), but I don't know if it is Gardena . It was such an industrial area, that the restaurant was hard to find and the parking stunk. Great location if it was an Earl Sheib and I was looking for a paint job. All the surrounding places were auto shops.
re: bsquared2
only in la!
jaybee's is also tucked away in the middle of an industrial area. what other restaurants can we add to the list?
They are open for dinner now. We went there for dinner Fri night and thought the pizza was very good (one pie) to outstanding (the other pie). I wish I could remember the names of the pizzas, but the one that was only good has cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, reggiano, pancetta or speck (I can't remember which pie had which), and some other stuff. The one that was outstanding had mozzarella, blue cheese, pancetta or speck, and porcini mushrooms. This pizza had an incredible smokiness to it that we just loved. Sorry to hear that others experienced pies that weren't crispy, but ours were light as air and quite crispy--perfect crusts. Husband and I are not pizza experts by any means, so it's hard for us to judge what is the most authentic or best by others' standards. That said, we greatly preferred this pizza to Antica, and husband pronounced the smokier pie the best pizza he'd ever had.
While the gelato case was indeed broken, gelato was still available upon request. We got 2 gelato sandwiches. We liked the raisin bread, and thought the hazelnut gelato was very good, but the nutella gelato was just okay. We enjoyed the gelato sandwiches quite a bit, but have had better gelato elsewhere.
The chef/owner, Antonio, was extremely nice and friendly. He explained that while he was thrilled by the L.A. times review, it has been hard for them to keep up with the flood of people that it caused. Indeed, the waitress who served us seemed pretty stressed out. That said, they are kind people serving up great Italian food. We plan to make their pizza part of our regular rotation.
re: Nicole
Thanks for letting us know about the dinner option. I'll have to try the mozzarella, blue cheese, pancetta or speck, and porcini mushrooms pizza next time. Sounds great.
re: Nicole
My husband picked up a pizza on his way home today. Very good once again, although it did get a little soggy on the journey home. Now with take-out menu in hand, I can tell you that the pizza we love is the pizman, and it has tomato, mozzarella, speck, porcini mushrooms, bacon, and blue cheese. The one we thought was good but not great was the gitana. Husband says that the gelato case is now fixed. He also says that they hired extra help, so hopefully service will continue to improve.
re: wienermobile
They opened last Thursday, June 10th.
re: Servorg
Went for lunch Thursday at 2PM and joined a line for tables that soon snaked out the door. Seated in about 25 mins. Server was clueless but clearly doing her best in a "deer in the headlights" way. A case of LA Times overwhelm. Ordered a large green salad, Margharita pie and a "yellow fin" tuna panini.
Took ages-35 mins to get salad and panini and another 15 mins for pizza. I thought Marg pizza included fresh basil as a topping? This one did not so I snagged some from the plant that was on the cashier counter (after asking the owner). Made a big difference to our enjoyment of the pie. Agree with some that the crust, while agreeably thin lacked the crisp and chewy quality I prize in pizza. This said, it was still very tasty and at $7 dollars-a bargain. The panini was not as expected-our fault, we should have asked and not assumed it would be a grilled piece of fresh fish, rather than tuna salad-I did not try it but partner thought it was just okay. No gelato while we were there and still not available today when I called. Case still broken and they said they were not serving any. hmmm. However, I did try the choco bigni from the bakery. For ONE DOLLAR, these are a steal and so delicious! Choux Pastry Puffs stuffed with chocolate pastry creme with a schmeer of dark chocolate on the lid. Fantastic! and not just because they are ONLY $1 each. The bread served with our lunch was not bad either. Both white and unbleached wheat. The tiramisu looked very good too and I saw lots of people eating it.
I thought the interior too stark and furnishings bit shabby-the chairs are rickety. The stacks of industrial size tins of tomatoes adds nothing. Are they for sale? I wish they had a larger market section-more products, better displayed would be nice. Maybe that's coming? I like the spaciousness though-hopefully they will improve on the design aspects. It will be good when (I hope not if) the cheese making begins.
re: Densible
the place changed a lot since they first opened, they seemed more for selling equipment and goods and making cheese, than when I went after the LA Times review--it seemed like more cafe.
Went tonight for dinner tonight around 7pm. There was no wait but the very large restaurant was full. They've only been open for dinner a little over a week and service was slow. The servers were a bit overwhelmed but were very friendly and made sure you were taken care of. The pizza was very very good. Extra thin crispy crust and fresh mozzarella with really good high quality fresh toppings cooked in a wood burning oven. Nice salads with very fresh ingredient, light dressing and fresh cheese and meats. The homemade nutella gelato was wonderful. This place is definitely worth a trip. Can't wait to go back.
re: wienermobile
Thanks for the report. I went back for lunch this week and the pizza was noticeably crisper. What I like about them is that the ingredients are thinly sliced, then mixed together. In the case of the the Pizman pizza, the tomato, speck, porcini mushroom and bacon are thinly sliced and mixed together a little, so you get a blend of the ingredients.
I was less than thrilled with the tortelli with butternut squash and pancetta.
Their hazelnut gelato seems to be one of their better flavors. and the gelato sandwich really does work.
Service is a bit slow, but they seem understaffed. The staff is very friendly and tries very hard to be helpful.
re: Ogawak
I also can't wait until their Willly Wonka looking cheese factory starts churning out that homemade mozzarella.
I had dinner there today and asked about the cheese making equipment. Apparently their cheese maker was refused a visa, so the equipment will sit unused until they find a replacement.
Gelato counter was working and definitely worth the price. I liked the pizza, but I agree with other posters that it is a bit on the limp side.
The service wasn't that great and I didn't like that there were 5 or 6 baskets of bread sliced and waiting, when there weren't tables that needed them. It was pretty obvious that the bread for my table had been sitting sliced well in advance of us getting there. They were also out of gnocchi.
Overall I liked the place and I do plan on going back.
Went here last night. Overall, I was VERY pleased.
Had the rock pizza (the one with blue cheese everyone was raving about) and it was AWESOME! I hate blue cheese too, but this was the perfect accent.
We had another pizza too, but i don't remember the name. Both were crisp (unlike some people here mentioned). My only complaint is that the pizza needs to be eaten hot, b/c if you let it sit for more than 10-15 minutes, it looses its wow factor.
We also had a mozzarella salad (nothing to write home about) and a Carbonara spaghetti which was FANTASTIC! Real carbonarra (aka, not bacon mixed in with spaghetti alfredo). Perfect portion too.
Service was slow, but there was a group of 100 in there from some auto convention. However, we were always taken care of and our server told us to come back on a Wednesday when all cylinders are running. While not yet efficient (they said they were overwhelmed), definitely sincere.
I also spoke with the owner (Antoni?). WHAT A GREAT GUY!!!! Stereotypically Italian: very warm, loud, lots of hand movements, jokester, and we probably talked for about 10 minutes. His wife was also there and is also a very nice woman.
My only complaint was that the ABC Family channel was being projected on the wall. I'm sure something pleasant could go there instead!
Overall, I want to go back on a less busy night and really explore the menu. A very welcome addition to the LA dining scene!
re: upstarter
>>My only complaint was that the ABC Family channel was being projected on the wall. I'm sure something pleasant could go there instead!<<
I don't know the profile of the customers here, but I could see them playing something like, "Visions of Italy," that is often aired on PBS:
It sounds like their lack of staffing is the major issue for most. But considering how overwhelming the local response has been, I'm sure they just need more time to hire more qualified folks.
re: bulavinaka
When I was there Friday night the World Cup was on.
re: wienermobile
Now that's Italian... And if Team Italy could just get a W.
re: bulavinaka
Staffing issues are still present. At 5:30 on a Friday (last night) I counted at least 11 employees, yet there was only 1 server actually working the floor. Fortunately I always make a point of ordering a pizza when I put my drink order in, because it was about 10 minutes longer than it should have been to get my pasta order in.
As always, food was great.
Went for lunch today. I won't contribute much by saying the pizza and gelato were top notch, but I do have a few other comments to share:
"Thanks" to a post on yelp, I ordered the lasagna. It turned out to be a bit dry and lacked heartiness. Server agreed that it was probably the weakest entree in their menu. Skip it, especially for $13.
The espresso machine is a gleaming showpiece that screams for a talented barista at the helm. One who could steam milk properly and pour latte art would go a long way towards bringing the coffee presentation up to par with the pizza and gelato. I could imagine a coffee station with additional coffee prep methods such as at Intelligentsia's Venice location. I did order a regular cup of drip coffee and it was actually quite good. They use Miscela D'Oro beans.
From the pastry case I tried the cream puff and cannolini (sp?), a smaller version of a cannoli. The $1.50 puff definitely trails behind Chantilly or Beard Papa. However, I was impressed with the cannoli. Now if they could produce focaccia like SF's Liguria Bakery or Stella Pastry's sacrapantina...
Perhaps due to their overwhelming popularity, prices have increased. I was charged a dollar or two more than the prices listed on the menu for some of the entrees and coffee. It would be wise to double check your bill against the prices listed on the menu, at least until the menu is revamped.
re: ristretto
Thanks for posting. I love cannolis, so looking forward to trying the pastries next time out. They certainly are trying hard in so many ways, and I hope they succeed. I too found the pasta dishes weak and will tend to stick with the pizzas. Did you notice whether the mozzarella was being made?
Being charged more than the listed prices seems wrong, however.
re: Ogawak
I saw wheels upon wheels of cheese stacked up but no activity so, no, I don't think the mozzarella was being made.
Look forward to hearing your comments on the cannolis. I'm no cannoli expert, but I think the salt helped bring out the flavors a bit. I saw a few other pastries that seemed worthy of trying.
Re: prices, you give your written order to the cashier. The order doesn't have pricing (just the menu number of the item), and the receipt you receive only shows the prices but not the corresponding item names or number. Hopefully they'll update their menus and cash registers to print clearer receipts.
re: Ogawak
being charged more than the listed price is illegal
re: Ogawak
Their "cannolini" is going to disappoint if what you are looking for is the traditional cannoli. Theirs is tasty but it is basically a puff pastry cone with pastry cream(a sparse amount at that). I detected no ricotta and the shell was definitely not fried.
re: baloney
I think they are trying to increase their profit margins by a lot, because the ingredient use is unusually sparse. They have reasonable prices, making the food accessible. However, I'd rather pay more and get a normal amount of toppings on pizza. It seems from what you said that it spreads to their other foods too.
re: apple7blue
anyone know if they are still open from 7am and can you get lunch, aka pizzas, from that time?
re: kevin
They now have a web site and according to the site they are open 7am-9pm Monday-Saturday. No pizzas until 10:30 am.
re: apple7blue
This is gourmet food. Everything about the restaurant incliuding the location adds to the uniqueness and experience of this upper scale Italian restraunt. Little is more when using quality ingredients. Those that like alot of gooey pizzas will not like it and should thus go elsewhere. This is real Italian not fake Italian. This is Gardena and it's a great location. If it's not to your liking go somewhere else. We love everything about it, even the cans of tomato sauce. This is no mistake, we get it. It's a great place. Thanks for the location!!!
My boyfriend doesn't have an account and insisted I posted his review for him. He's a New Yorker, hence some of the references:
"In short: Imagine the graciousness of the Soup Nazi with the all the zest of The Olive Garden.
My girlfriend is a bit of a foody and found this place on Chowhound. As such, she dragged me from my 'hood (Venice) to Eatalian on the promise of authentic Italian in a funky warehouse setting.
We get there and the place is packed. No problem.
We sit down in a open and airy warehouse setting. Yes, it is VERY out of the way but hey, it's a new experience: No problem.
I look at the menu and don't see anything that really stands out: Concerned.
They have two Calzones. Both with Mushrooms and Ham: Worrying
I ask for a Calzone with different toppings and told this is not allowed. I ask for the same Calzone without the Mushrooms and Ham. They say this is not allowed. I push for the manager and the waiter comes back and says maybe they can do but it will take an hour!?!?!?!?! Considering that these are all handmade from scratch while you are there: Houston, we have a problem
I go through all this back and forth negotiation to have a Calzone because I drove all the way to Crenshaw and Drive-by for a menu of Pasta and Pizza and then given STALE, TASTELESS bread? Seriously? You are going to pull the Eurotrash 'no substitutions' line when you can't do the most basic food?
I politely thanked the waiter - who you could tell from his face that he has been through this before and truly understood the stupidity of the situation this owner/manager put him in - and left.
Some places can indeed get away with this kind of blackmailing of what you can and cannot eat. Think Father's Office. However, their food is a. Good. b. They offer a fantastic selection of beers and c. THEY ARE NOT IN A WAREHOUSE IN WEST COMPTON!
Nuff Said."
Me again.. Yes, I realize they aren't technically in West Compton (they are in Gardena), but for all intensive purposes, they are in West Compton.
Eatalian Cafe
15500 S. Broadway St., Gardena, CA 90248
re: mstinawu
What is wrong with mushrooms and ham?
re: mstinawu
Not sure what's so aversive about actually ordering off the menu. I think your comment "Imagine the graciousness of the Soup Nazi with the all the zest of The Olive Garden" is way off target. I found the owner extremely friendly and gracious. He is a nice guy. They are super-busy, so I can imagine that special requests might take more time. It seems a bit unfair to compare the food the Olive Garden when you didn't actually taste any of it. Yes, it is simple fare--pizza and pastas. I'm sorry if for some reason you had the impression that the menu was something it was not. I happen to think that the pizza is excellent. Many chowhounds are willing to drive to Gardena for good pizza, and order from the menu, if you aren't among them that's fine.
re: mstinawu
It isn't Compton City, it isn't Gardena City. It is unincorporated pocket of Los Angeles County. I believe it now goes by the official designation "West Rancho Dominguez-Victoria" although many maps are still going to say West Compton.
I wish the enterprise good luck despite their location considered unfortunate by those priveleged enough to live in Venice.
We like this place. The setting is a bit weird since you're in this open dining area that seems to be smack dab of a big industrial space. But it's nice to be able to see people behind the glass working on the different products.
Everything tasted really fresh for us. Agree with the assessment that the pizzas could be crispier. We were excited when it was brought out because it was that think cracker type we liked. Ingredients tasted good but disappointed at how floppy the crust was. As is our custom, we tend to overorder for leftovers. The next day the pizza crisped up in the toaster oven pretty well and the crispyness was more to my liking.
Service is friendly but a bit disjointed. They use a team approach but unfortunately the team doesn't communicate really well with each other and we had to repeat requests a few times. Still, nothing bad. They were friendly and trying so we just rolled with it.
Pricing and portions are very reasonable. You don't get huge chain style portions but the prices won't break your bank too. Pizzas are 12 inches and round $10 give or take a buck depending on what you want.
We also got the carbonara and lasagna. Liked the carbonara a lot. The lasagna was a bit drier than my personal preference. I wouldn't go out of my way to get it again but wouldn't complain if it was a part of a meal. With portions and prices being so reasonable, it's easy to get a few items to share and have different tastes without breaking the bank. Overall, we liked the freshness of the ingredients and the execution. I wouldn't drive all the way down there from the Westside, but it I'm in the general vicinity, I'd head over there.
one advantage that this place had at the time i went is that it didn't have any type of liquor license nor did they allow any byob/corkage.
this made it a good place for a party filled with folks who are 'recovering" and also for parties that were made of up late teens that would have loved to take a swing of someone else's drink. . .
for me, even though i don't fall into either of those categories, i would probably frequent the place more often if it was more geographically desireable for me. (i live 5 minues from antica pizzaria)
re: westsidegal
Since the original posting, Eatalian Cafe has moved to Broadway and the pizzaiolo who worked there has opened a spinoff at the old location called Eatalian Pizza. Well worth a trip for excellent tnin crust!
Eatalian Cafe
15500 S. Broadway St., Gardena, CA 90248
re: lapizzamaven
"Since the original posting, Eatalian Cafe has moved to Broadway..."
I see the address information in the original post as being on Broadway (specifically 15500 S Broadway) so I'm a little confused? Even the LA Times review had it there as well. Where was it before (address) and how did this original review have it at the Broadway location, do you know?
Eatalian Cafe
15500 S. Broadway St., Gardena, CA 90248
re: Servorg
It was always there on Broadway--that's the original. They opened another place at 14842 Crenshaw Blvd
Gardena, CA 90249
I assumed it was the same owners, but maybe lapizzamaven is correct about it being a spinoff.
re: apple7blue
Now, I'm thoroughly confused in all respects.
re: kevin
Eatalian Pizza on Crenshaw is a soin-off...its independently owned but they get their gelato, cheese etc from the original. I was told Eatalian Cafe started on Crenshaw but possibly Im wrong. Regardless, It is one helluva pizza...Unequivocally, one of the best around.
Eatalian Cafe
14842 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA 90249
re: lapizzamaven
Ok my dear, so should I go to Broadway or Crenshaw for my one pizza in town?
(Glad I checked in here, the Mariscos Chente(s) situation already made my head spin, now I've got pizza confusion too!)
re: Melanie Wong
Mel, don't take this to the bank, but I think I recall reading here that the Crenshaw spin off (pizza specialty) came to an end fairly recently? So the original on Broadway is still open. Just check before you go (although they aren't far apart in any case).
re: Servorg
Thanks much! Crenshaw is still listed on the website . . . may be out of date.
If anyone's interested in chowing down for lunch tomorrow, shoot me an email to address in my profile.
re: Servorg
The Crenshaw one is still open, although they are mostly a lunch operation. Although I LOVE the full service Eatalian, Crenshaw is my favorite because they have a 46... My favorite pizza ever...
Also, if they have the Cesar dressing, get that... really outstanding freshmade version without too much anchovy...
Eatalian Cafe
14842 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA 90249
re: Dommy
Thanks for the update, Dommy. I went back and found the post I was referring to here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7904...
re: Servorg
Interesting! Thanks for the heads up! :)
re: Melanie Wong
I haven't been to the newer Crenshaw location, but the original Broadway one is the place to go. As someone else said, it's a Willy Wonka-type factory operation for making mozzarella, gelato and their baked goods, although they aren't making their own mozzarella right now. I hope you enjoy it. I greatly appreciate your contributions to the Bay Area board since we travel to SF at least once a year.
re: Ogawak
Thanks all for the updates. Think I'll go to Broadway for the set up since the pizzaiolo has changed. Just hope it's not as disappointing as my PHX Pizzeria Bianco experience.
re: Melanie Wong
Hey Melanie, i have to hear about your Phoenix disappointment....did you post about it somewhere?


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Walking into the woods, on a cold December eve, no one around nothing but the snow under foot and the cold winter breeze at my back. The silence covers everything like the blanket of fresh snow, no sound of the tree frogs, or the grass hoppers that usually plague the forest in the summer. the first entry into the woods things seem to change, things seem to slow down. The only sound I could distinctly hear is this consistent breathing, and the sound of my boots crunching through the snow. The deeper into the woods things begin to change, the scenery changes; trees that seem to be dead old and dry, no brightly green colored leaves to block out the sun, the once grass filled fields are now white; just a few foot prints of what was, but I know to follow them would be a fruitless venture. The sky is dark grey in the setting afternoon with colors of magenta pinks and purples of different hues display a totally new world, that could even rival the beauty of the summer setting sun with its deep reds and oranges. Maybe on that day I learned the true beauty of Winter or something like that.
The unfortunate truth is that all life is continual weather we go along with it or not. I myself also gets left behind by lack of motivation but I promise to do better (15th time I promised that this month and there has only been 13 days this month). Like the little rain drop, the occasional effort can erode mountains.


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it's a great everyday mascara, good at separating and giving a little volume. it almost never clumps on me, so easy to apply without having to use an eyelash comb to get rid of excess. im a fan of super dramatic, over the top lashes any day of the week, so to get that look, i would layer this with another mascara. will buy again cuz it's so darn affordable!
By far my favorite mascara yet and I have tried so many I can't even count.
I prefer mascaras with a normal brush wand rather than the new plastic/rubber ones. This wand is the perfect size and shape. It fans out my lashes really well and I don't need to use tons of layers of mascara to achieve the look I want. I like that the formula is slightly dryer than many because this actually helps my lashes stay curled and fanned out. I have this in black and brown and both are pretty much the same as far as performance.
I like this wand so much that a lot of times I apply other mascaras with it. It just works really well for me. This is the only mascara I've used that makes my lashes look like false lashes. It does not flake on me at all. The best part is that it costs only about $5-6 at most drugstores. I've repurchased a couple of times and will continue to do so.
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Yes, supper thick and clumpy... This isn't the best or worst mascara I have tried. It's completely mediocre.
The main problem I have with it is that it makes my eyelashes stick together in clumps, which means I have to then get my old Maybelline XXL volume+length microfiber mascara brush (best brush design ever) to un-clump them. That completely defeated my goal of making the process faster, so my search will continue.
I just want to find a brush like the XXL volume+length. The only reason I haven't broken down and just bought that stuff again is because it's expensive, and I really don't need the Length part of the bottle, and the actual mascara part of the tube is only .35 fl. Rip Off! UGHH..
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At first, I really liked this mascara and I used it everyday for school, since it's more ideal for a natural look. It doesn't flake and since my eyes arent watery, it didn't smudge(If you have watery eyes, I do not recommend this) and it has minimal clumps! However, as I used it more and more, I realized that it made my lashes sort of hard and dry looking, didnt curl/hold a curl, and it sometimes stung my eyes, which was annoying.
I do love the brush, because personally, the less "extravagant" the brush of a mascara is, the better the results are(at least 80% of the time) because its so simple to use.
This mascara makes my medium length and somewhat sparse lashes a bit fuller, but not by much. The other thing I did not like about this mascara was the packaging because it looked cheap, which it was..I think I bought this from shoppers for $5?
Overall, I recommend this product for those blessed with nice lashes and beginner mascara users, because it's so inexpensive.
well this dries out my lashes and flakes a bit because its so dry, but I liked it when it was new (: Too bad it doesnt hold a curl, either ):
This mascara is awesome. It applies quickly and pumps up your lashes without needing multiple coats. The brush is thick and easy to use. You can also go back and add more coats once it dries a little, and it doesn't get goopy or spiky. No smudging around my eyes or on my eyelids, and it washes off easily with face cleanser (unlike Voluminous). The price is super-cheap too.
The only worry I have is that it may dry out a little quickly, but it's so cheap and the performance is so good, it's okay. Way better than Great Lash, and cheaper than Voluminous.
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Love, love, love this mascara! I've searched high and low for a mascara that doesn't smudge on me and leave me looking like a raccoon. This is it! And I found it thanks to all the reviews at MUA. The mascara can get a little clumpy on the brush but other than that, it's great. It really adds volume to my thin asian lashes. And the price can't be beat.
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A reviewer below made a bold statement when she said a product shouldn't be rated this high. Obviously this works for most women who've reviewed it, and we've all tried a ton of mascaras. I've been looking for a 2000 Calorie replacement for months. Some women have very fine and short lashes. It takes a lot of effort for them to get substantial lashes. I have thick lashes that are long enough, but they can always be longer/thicker so I don't have to wear false lashes. I curl my lashes and let them rest for about five minutes. Once you do that then your curl will last all day with mascara. Otherwise applying mascara right away makes them fall and go straight. I know Cover Girl pushes Lash Blast constantly, but it's not that great. It has a huge wand and the formula isn't my favorite. I'm a fan of Max Factor 2000 Calorie, L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black, and Prestige My Blackest Lashes. The last one is the best option I've found, but this one is less than $5 and so much easier to find. Cover Girl keeps their older mascaras at the bottom of the shelf, but they still work! It's a good mascara to have in your makeup collection. The formula is a little dry for a reason. It builds lash volume quickly, and that's the reason we buy it.
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Wow! I'm so glad I read the reviews for this thanks MUA because I would have never tried this otherwise. The packaging doesn't stand out just nothing stands out for me to grab this or want to try it. I read the reviews and I had to try it. Now mascara is not one mascara fits all but I would say allot of people do and will love this since the formula is easy to work with. What makes this mascara unique is that is so buildable and buildable and buildable without clumping or looking like spider legs. I apply this for about a half of minute I just keep building no kidding and I'm left with lashes that are soo long but somehow natural looking since the brush comes off clean and smooth clump free.And it separates the lashes PERFECTLY..and it slighly CURLS and LIFTS the lashes up too..........I can't believe it does ALL of those things. It also makes the lashes look like fan. For me I get some thickness but the length I obtain from when I keep going and building without it cluping looks like I have fake lashes on!!I love it and I'm glad MUA told me about it cause this mascara does not scream out pick me in the store. I got this at a dollar general for around 4.75 and used a dollar off coupon
UPDATE I still cant believe how good this mascara is and I found it can be found at dollar general,family dollar,and I would say everywhere..so theres no excuse why you dont have it for it being so readily available!! It does kinda come under my eyes at the end of the day but it easily comes off and is easy to remove.
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So I was looking for a new mascara and checking out the top rated products on here. This one came out pretty high so I went and bought it at London Drugs $6.99 - awesome price. But this really disasspointed me. It really was a waste of $7. I have dark lashes already and pretty long - my fave mascaras in teh past have been Dior Show and Bad Gal...I've been trying to find a cheap version so I don't have to fork out $30 when I need a new mascara.
Professional Super Thick Lash was a joke. It didn't do anything! I didn't have issues with flaking at all but it gave absolutely no volume, lengthening...NOTHING. I usually get complliments o my lashes no matter what mascara I wear but this didn't earn me a single one.
I used it for a week and then just stopped and went to buy a L'oreal Voluminous which is already MUCH BETTER - lengthens and makes my lashes look waYYY better.
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This stuff definitely doesn't creat super thick lashes like it claims. The whole tube dries out pretty quickly and it flakes off. Not worth it.
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WASHINGTON — Ryan Walsh of Vocativ looks at data from the Pew Global Attitudes Survey and remarks that "the U.S. gives the most aid to countries that hate it the most."
The obvious exception, he notes, is Israel, which is both one of the largest recipients of U.S. assistance and has the lowest percentage of people viewing America as an enemy in the survey. But other than that, he writes, "the 13 countries that consider the U.S. an 'enemy' at an above average rate receive 50 percent more aid than the 24 countries that hate us the least, according to the survey."
There are a few holes in this. The biggest is that Pew only asked the question "Is the U.S. more of a partner, more of an enemy, or neither?" in 37 countries. A wider sample would probably reveal more exceptions. In Colombia, for instance, the leading recipient of U.S. aid in Latin America for 2012, President Obama has a significantly higher approval rating than he does at home. Liberia is a major recipient of U.S. aid, and 37 percent of its population would immigrate to the U.S. if they could. People in Kenya, the eighth-largest recipient of U.S. aid, have shown very positive opinions of the United States in recent polls.
But I think the basic point stands: U.S. aid doesn't always buy popularity. The Palestinian Territories, where 76 percent of the population views the United States as an enemy, is in the top 25 aid-receiving countries. As are Pakistan (64 percent), Jordan (29 percent), and Egypt (26 percent, which seems way too low.)
On one level this makes perfect sense. The U.S. doesn't give aid to those countries as a reward for good behavior. To put it bluntly, it's because we're worried there are people in those countries who will try to kill us (or kill our friends, or get their hands on nuclear weapons), and we want their governments to do something about it.
The problem is when this aid starts to look like a perverse incentive. An analysis by Navin Bapat of the University of North Carolina found that between 1997 and 2006, U.S. military assistance correlates with a 67 percent increase in the duration of terrorist campaigns in the country receiving the aid. Do Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan actually need a certain baseline of militant activity to continue in order to keep the U.S. aid money flowing?
Like many counterterrorism policies, it makes sense in the short term to support governments fighting insurgents that also threaten the U.S., but it can quickly get you trapped in a frustrating relationship of diminishing returns. (See: Karzai, Hamid.)
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Dear Parents,As of October 6, 2014 HSS will be implementing an update to our dismissal plan. The gates on the north side of the school, the West Bellfort side, will be closed at 3pm. No entrance will be permitted after 3:00pm, and thru dismissal. Once the dismissal process starts at 3:15 the east gate will be opened for EXIT ONLY. The Sugar Land Police will be on site to assist with the adherence of the rules and policies in place. These officers are able to give citations for any violations. Please keep in mind all procedures on campus are in place for the safety of the staff, parents, and most of all the students. Thank you.
Imagine�warm, sunny day with a light breeze passing by. There are children outside enjoying the freedom of being kids running about on a turf field. A field that children can run and play on without getting any bugs bites. Students will release all of the energy bouncing wildly inside of them during recess and/or gym class. Harmony School of Science is on a mission to make that idea into a reality. We want to build a fenced, turf soccer field for our students and we need your HELP to make this a dream come true. In order to reach our goal, we need the parents support to raise money for the soccer field. The estimated cost will be about $40,000 and we propose to raise the money through our chocolate fundraiser! This year, you do not have to buy the box of chocolate in advance. You will sell the chocolate, and then turn in the money. Unlike last year, we cannot sell the chocolate during school hours due to new health regulations. In other words, we are very mindful of our students overall health by promoting a soccer field and preventing excess eating of chocolate during school hours. Parents, we need your support to reach our goal. Let�s sell, sell, and sell!We also need your support for the ground work and for the fencing. If you know anybody for construction for ground work and fencing, please let us know. You can also make tax deductible donations for our soccer field project. If you have any question, please email to Mr. Zorba (email@example.com)
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While The Nebraska Cornhuskers are still trying to figure out who will start at linebacker in 2013, Will Compton is playing well in Washington. The former Husker helped his chances of making the Redskins roster last night, recording five tackles in the their 24 to 13 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Compton had a breakout season for Nebraska in 2012, becoming the heart of The Blackshirts by seasons end. His impact in last night's contest showcased what the rookie linebacker is capable of at the next level.
Washington running back Roy Helu also made an impact in the win. He slammed the door on Pittsburgh with a thirty yard touchdown run with three minutes and twenty-one seconds left in the game. It was his only carry in the game. Through two preseason games Helu has rushed for 83 yards on just 14 carries, giving the back an average of 6.2 yards per carry. Helu currently leads the team in rushing.
DeJon Gomes also had a solid performance in the Redskins second preseason game of 2013. The third year safety had four tackles for Washington, which brings his total through two games of preseason play to 10. He is currently tied with Brian Keihl for the team lead.
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text: Today was John LeVique Pirate Days and I met so many people! I also (after a year) was reunited with my lovely Joe and I finally got to see Bill again and him and I hugged so many times! I met a woman named Lilly who was just the sweetest. More pictures incoming when I get them! (Also the first picture is of me hella drunk.) jlv john levique


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Wet Cold Ethiopian Summer
Like many Americans, I went to summer camp when I was a kid. I have some great memories of my time at Camp Hoover, going on hikes, singing songs, swimming in the lake, learning new crafts, and making friends from all around the area.
As you might suspect, this is not a common experience for Ethiopian children. "Camping" isn't really a thing here (why would you sleep outside when you could sleep inside?), and "hiking" — climbing up a hill just for the fun of it — is bound to draw attention. Very few people have cars, and travel, even by bus, is pretty expensive for most Ethiopian families. Many people can count the number of times they've left their birthplace.
Peace Corps Volunteers in Ethiopia and all over the world have been trying to bring the summer camp experience to children in their host countries through camps centered around certain themes. The folks in my region, Western Oromia, decided to hold Camp GLOW — Girls Leading Our World — at Wellega University in Nekemte at the end of July. Working with Ethiopian counterparts, we spent a week with 35 girls (including 3 junior counselors) playing games, singing songs, doing crafts, and — oh yeah — holding sessions on gender equality, leadership, health, and environmental issues.
I was a little scared on the bus ride there. One camper was puking the whole way. The bus we'd rented was almost silent. The nine girls from my town and the two from another 40km away barely looked at each other. My dread mounted after we arrived: the dorms weren't ready for the girls; they ate lunch in silence; a downpour, confusion about which cafeteria we were supposed to eat in, and some terrible misur wot made dinner a debacle. The campus was packed with summer students, and since we didn't know most of the girls, we were terrified one would get lost in a sea of unfamiliar faces.
Finally, though, we were back in the dorms and the campers did a great job of brainstorming rules for themselves. We sent the girls off to bed to write in their journals (more on that later) and the counselors had time to regroup. Together we looked at the programming for the next day, and adjusted the packed schedule on the fly. Sports were a no-go, because we were in the thick of rainy season and the entire campus was just one big mud puddle. We combined some sessions that seemed to have a lot of overlap. Rhetoric was bumped to free up some space.
The next day, we gave the girls bright yellow Camp GLOW t-shirts to wear, thereby making them stand out almost as much as the farenjis. We started off the day with a self-esteem activity and a scavenger hunt to help acquaint the girls with the university. We secured a private space to eat breakfast, and arranged to have lunch and dinner at a restaurant across the street. The girls were divided into four groups — Lions, Eagles, Elephants, and Monkeys — and quickly started competing for spirit points that we gave out for enthusiasm, courage, brains, and thoughtfulness, Hogwarts style. We were in business.
I was really proud of the sessions I helped plan, especially the one I led on HIV, which I'll write about in a separate post. We handed out journals to the campers at the beginning of the week, and I came up with two prompts for them each night. One, which doubled as a tool for monitoring what they'd learned during that day's session, they were to answer in English. The other was intended to be a little more reflective, and could be answered in whatever language they chose. I worried that they'd view the journal writing as a chore, but the girls were consistently eager to write in their journals. One evening, we decided it was too late, and that journal time would be canceled. I'd already written out the day's prompt on a piece of flip chart paper, though, and some girls found it. When they were supposed to be getting ready for bed, we came across them in the dorm lounge copying it down.
It was a long week. Every day, we were up with the girls by 6:30, and our nightly counselor meetings kept us up to at least 11. Despite the stress, all the counselors held it together — no one got snippy or slacked off. The Ethiopian counterparts and junior counselors were amazing, and consistently went above and beyond what we asked them to do.
Most gratifying was the girls' eagerness to share what they'd learned — everything from gender roles to friendship bracelets — with their friends back home. We gave them time to plan girls' clubs while still at camp, and the campers from Mettu had their first meeting a few days after they got back. They all showed up in their bright yellow t-shirts. I almost cried.
Pictures to come.


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|Ed Gein
Ed Gein circa 1958
|August 8, 1906
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
|July 26, 1984 (aged 77)
Madison, Wisconsin
Cause of death
|Respiratory and heart failure due to cancer
|Other names
|The Plainfield Ghoul, The Mad Butcher
Criminal penalty
|Served life in the Mendota Mental Health Institute
|2 (known)
|United States
Date apprehended
|November 16, 1957
|Ed Gein
Ed Gein circa 1958
|August 8, 1906
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
|July 26, 1984 (aged 77)
Madison, Wisconsin
Cause of death
|Respiratory and heart failure due to cancer
|Other names
|The Plainfield Ghoul, The Mad Butcher
Criminal penalty
|Served life in the Mendota Mental Health Institute
|2 (known)
|United States
Date apprehended
|November 16, 1957
Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein (/ˈɡiːn/; August 8, 1906[1] – July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. Gein confessed to killing two women – tavern owner Mary Hogan on December 8, 1954, and a Plainfield hardware store owner, Bernice Worden, on November 16, 1957. Initially found unfit for trial, after confinement in a mental health facility he was tried in 1968 for the murder of Worden and sentenced to life imprisonment, which he spent in a mental hospital.
His case influenced the creation of several fictional killers, including Norman Bates of the movie and novel Psycho and its sequels, Leatherface of the movie The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) of the novel The Silence of the Lambs, Ezra Cobb of the movie Deranged, Bloody Face of the TV series American Horror Story: Asylum and Eddie Gluskin of the video game Outlast.
Edward Theodore Gein was born in La Crosse County, Wisconsin on August 8, 1906,[1] the second son of George Philip (August 4, 1873 – April 1, 1940[2]) and Augusta Wilhelmine (née Lehrke) Gein (July 21, 1878 – December 29, 1945[3]), the daughter of Prussian immigrants. His birthdate is widely and incorrectly reported as August 27, 1906, but this was the date of his Christening, per his own words from court transcripts and interviews published by the judge who presided over his case.[4] Gein had an older brother, Henry George Gein (January 17, 1901 – May 16, 1944[5]). Augusta despised her husband, and considered him a failure for being an alcoholic who was unable to keep a job; he had worked at various times as a carpenter, tanner, and insurance salesman. Augusta operated a small grocery store and used the proceeds from the sale of the grocery store in 1914 to purchase a farm on the outskirts of the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, which became the Gein family's permanent home.[6]
Augusta relocated to the farm to prevent outsiders from influencing her sons.[6] Edward left the premises only to attend school. Outside of school, he spent most of his time doing chores on the farm. Augusta, a fervent Lutheran, preached to her boys about the innate immorality of the world, the evil of drinking, and the belief that all women (except herself) were naturally prostitutes and instruments of the devil. She reserved time every afternoon to read to them from the Bible, usually selecting graphic verses from the Old Testament concerning death, murder, and divine retribution.[7]
Edward was shy, and classmates and teachers remembered him as having strange mannerisms, such as seemingly random laughter, as if he were laughing at his own personal jokes. He was sometimes bullied. To make matters worse, his mother punished him whenever he tried to make friends. Despite his poor social development, he did fairly well in school, particularly in reading.[8]
While Gein was devoted to making his domineering mother happy, Augusta was rarely pleased with her boys, believing that they were destined to become failures and alcoholics just like their father. In their teenage years and early adulthood, Henry and Ed remained detached from people outside of their farmstead, and had only each other for company.[6]
George Philip Gein died of heart failure caused by his alcoholism on April 1, 1940, aged 66. Subsequently, Henry and Ed began doing odd jobs around town to help cover living expenses. By all accounts,[specify] both brothers were considered reliable and honest by residents of the community. While both worked as handymen, Ed also frequently babysat for neighbors. He enjoyed babysitting, seeming to relate more easily to children than adults. In 1941,[citation needed] Henry began dating a divorced, single mother of two, and planned on moving in with her; Henry worried about his brother's affection for their mother, and often spoke ill of her around Ed, who responded with shock and hurt.[9][10]
On May 16, 1944, Henry and Ed were burning away marsh vegetation on the property;[11] the fire got out of control, drawing the attention of the local fire department. By the end of the day — the fire having been extinguished and the firefighters gone — Ed reported his brother missing. With lanterns and flashlights, Ed, Augusta and two deputies[citation needed] searched for Henry, whose dead body was found lying face down.[12] Apparently he had been dead for some time, and it appeared that death was result of heart failure, since he had not been burned or injured otherwise.[12] It was later reported, in Harold Schechter's biography of Gein, Deviant, that Henry had bruises on his head.[9][13] The police dismissed the possibility of foul play and the county coroner later officially listed asphyxiation as the cause of death.[9][13] The authorities accepted the accident theory but there was no official investigation and an autopsy was not performed.[14] Some suspected that Ed Gein killed his brother. Questioning Gein about the death of Bernice Worden in 1957, state investigator Joe Wilimovsky brought up questions about Henry's death.[11] Dr. George W. Arndt who studied the case wrote that in retrospect it was likely that Henry's death was "the "Cain and Abel" aspect of this case".[15]
Gein and his mother were now alone. Augusta suffered a paralyzing stroke shortly after Henry's death, and Gein devoted himself to taking care of her. Sometime in 1945, Gein later recounted, he and his mother visited a man named Smith who lived nearby to purchase straw. According to Gein, Augusta witnessed Smith beating a dog. A woman inside the Smith home came outside and yelled to stop. Smith beat the dog to death. Augusta was extremely upset by this scene. What bothered her did not appear to be the brutality toward the dog but the presence of the woman. Augusta told Ed that the woman was not married to Smith and so had no business being there. "Smith's harlot," Augusta angrily called her. She suffered a second stroke soon after, and her health deteriorated rapidly.[16] She died on December 29, 1945, at the age of 67. Ed was devastated by her death; in the words of author Harold Schechter, he had "lost his only friend and one true love. And he was absolutely alone in the world."[13]
Gein held onto the farm and earned money from odd jobs. He boarded up rooms used by his mother, including the upstairs, downstairs parlor and living room, leaving them untouched; while the rest of the house became increasingly squalid, these rooms remained pristine. Gein lived thereafter in a small room next to the kitchen. It was around this time that he became interested in reading death-cult magazines and adventure stories, particularly those involving cannibals or Nazi atrocities.[9]
Gein was a handyman and received a farm subsidy from the federal government starting in 1951.
On November 16, 1957, Plainfield hardware store owner Bernice Worden disappeared, and police had reason to suspect Gein. Worden's son told investigators that Gein had been in the store the evening before the disappearance, saying he would return the next morning for a gallon of anti-freeze. A sales slip for a gallon of anti-freeze was the last receipt written by Worden on the morning she disappeared.[17] Upon searching Gein's property, investigators discovered Worden's decapitated body in a shed, hung upside down by ropes at her wrists, with a crossbar at her ankles. The torso was "dressed out like a deer".[18] She had been shot with a .22-caliber rifle, and the mutilations were made after her death.[19]
Searching the house, authorities found:[20]
These artifacts were photographed at the state crime laboratory and then destroyed.[32]
When questioned, Gein told investigators that between 1947 and 1952,[33] he made as many as 40 nocturnal visits to three local graveyards to exhume recently buried bodies while he was in a "daze-like" state. On about 30 of those visits, he said he came out of the daze while in the cemetery, left the grave in good order, and returned home emptyhanded.[34] On the other occasions, he dug up the graves of recently buried middle-aged women he thought resembled his mother[35] and took the bodies home, where he tanned their skins to make his paraphernalia.
Gein admitted robbing nine graves, leading investigators to their locations. Because authorities were uncertain as to whether the slight Gein was capable of single-handedly digging up a grave during a single evening, they exhumed two of the graves and found them empty (one had a crowbar in place of the body), thus apparently corroborating Gein's confession.[36][37] Allan Wilimovsky of the state crime laboratory participated with opening three test graves identified by Gein. The caskets were inside wooden boxes; the top boards ran crossways (not lengthwise). The tops of the boxes were about two feet below the surface in sandy soil. Gein had robbed the graves soon after the funerals while the graves were not completed. They were found as Gein described: One casket was empty, one Gein had failed to open when he lost his pry bar, and most of the body was gone from the third but Gein had returned rings and some body parts.[38]
Soon after his mother's death, Gein apparently decided he wanted a sex change and began to create a "woman suit" so he could pretend to be female.[20] Gein's practice of donning the tanned skins of women was described as an "insane transvestite ritual."[39] Gein denied having sex with the bodies he exhumed, explaining: "They smelled too bad."[39] During state crime laboratory interrogation, Gein also admitted to the shooting death of Mary Hogan, a tavern owner missing since 1954 whose head was found in his house, but he later denied memory of details of her death.[40]
A 16-year-old youth, whose parents were friends of Gein and who attended ball games and movies with him, reported that Gein kept shrunken heads in his house, which Gein had described as relics from the Philippines, sent by a cousin who had served on the islands during World War II.[41] Upon investigation by the police, these were determined to be human facial skins, carefully peeled from corpses and used by Gein as masks.[42]
Waushara County sheriff Art Schley reportedly assaulted Gein during questioning by banging Gein's head and face into a brick wall. As a result, Gein's initial confession was ruled inadmissible.[13][43] Schley died of heart failure in 1968, at age 43, before Gein's trial.[44] Many who knew Schley said he was traumatized by the horror of Gein's crimes and this, along with the fear of having to testify (especially about assaulting Gein), caused his death. One of his friends said: "He was a victim of Ed Gein as surely as if he had butchered him."[13]
On November 21, 1957, Gein was arraigned on one count of first degree murder in Waushara County Court, where he pled not guilty by reason of insanity.[45] Found mentally incompetent and thus unfit for trial, Gein was sent to the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane (now the Dodge Correctional Institution), a maximum-security facility in Waupun, Wisconsin, and later transferred to the Mendota State Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia.[46]
In 1968, Gein's doctors determined he was sane enough to stand trial. The trial began on November 14, 1968, lasting one week. He was found guilty of first-degree murder by Judge Robert H. Gollmar, but because he was found to be legally insane, he spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital.[47][48] Robert H. Gollmar, the judge for the Gein case, wrote: "Due to prohibitive costs, Gein was tried for only one murder—-that of Mrs. Worden."[49]
Gein's house and property were scheduled to be auctioned March 30, 1958, amid rumors the house was to become a tourist attraction. On March 27, the house was destroyed by fire. Arson was suspected, but the cause of the blaze was never officially solved.[50] When Gein learned of the incident while in detention, he shrugged and said, "Just as well."[51] Gein's car, which he used to haul the bodies of his victims, was sold at public auction for $760 to carnival sideshow operator Bunny Gibbons.[52] Gibbons later charged carnival goers 25¢ admission to see it.[53]
On July 26, 1984, Gein died of respiratory failure due to lung cancer at the age of 77 in Stovall Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute.[13] His grave site in the Plainfield Cemetery was frequently vandalized over the years; souvenir seekers chipped off pieces of his gravestone before the bulk of it was stolen in 2000. The gravestone was recovered in June 2001 near Seattle and is now in storage at the Waushara County Sheriff's Department.[54]
The story of Ed Gein has had a lasting effect on Western popular culture as evidenced by its numerous appearances in movies, music and literature. Gein's story was adapted into a number of movies, including Deranged (1974), In the Light of the Moon (2000) released in the U.S. as Ed Gein (2001), Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007) and Hitchcock (2012). Gein served as a model for several book and movie characters, most notably such fictional serial killers as Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), and Jame Gumb (The Silence of the Lambs).[51]
At the time, the news reports of Gein's crimes spawned a subgenre of "black humor".[55] Since the 1950s, Gein has frequently been exploited by transgressive art or "shock rock", often without association with his life or crimes beyond the shock value of his name. Examples of this include the song titled "Dead Skin Mask" from the band Slayer's album Seasons in the Abyss, "Nothing To Gein" from Mudvayne's album L.D. 50, and "Ed Gein" from The Ziggens' album Rusty Never Sleeps.[56] Ed Gein: The Musical premiered on January 2, 2010 in Menasha, Wisconsin. Ed Gein's atrocities were also satirized in Blind Melon's "Skinned" off the 1995 album Soup which juxtapozed cheery instrumentation with semi-factual representations of Gein's crimes, arguably towards a comedic end.[57][58]


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Since 1984, the SBTDC has helped over 130,000 small to mid-sized businesses start and grow. Here we highlight a few of the entrepreneurs and small businesses that the SBTDC has worked with to help make their businesses better. They represent the thousands of small to mid-sized companies across North Carolina that are innovating, retaining and creating jobs, and helping boost North Carolina's economy. To learn more about the SBTDC's efforts, view our most recent annual report.
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3C Institute
Cary, NC
The technology commercialization assistance Melissa received from the SBTDC has contributed to 3C's success at being awarded a record number of 45 SBIR awards.Read more »
A.W. Brinkley Hardware
Gates, NC
The SBTDC has been wonderful in guiding us to smarter business decisions.Read more »
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Concord, NC
With the SBTDC's support, AppleBlossom Insulators had nearly 100% growth in annual sales, added employees, expanded training programs, and opened a new office.Read more »
Automated Solutions
Sawmills, NC
The expertise of the SBTDC has helped us go from an inventor mentality to a manufacturing mentality, and that has made a positive impact on our business.Read more »
Ball's Machine & Manufacturing Co.
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Ball's Machine is thriving – Solar sales have shown a steady increase of more than 250% every year since the 2008 launch, and DIY kits have sold in 15 states.Read more »
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Brushy Mountain gives the SBTDC credit for making their business a little easier to manage. "The SBTDC's expert analysis made decision-making so much easier for us."Read more »
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Calyber Boatworks
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Camras Vision
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The SBTDC gives us confidence. There's a sense of comfort knowing that we're ready for the next step.Read more »
Carolina Management Team
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Carolinas IT
Raleigh, NC
In the last year, our revenue has increased by 23%. In the last five years, we have increased the staff from 43 people to 55.Read more »
Lumberton, NC
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Converters Unlimited
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After closing on a $280K loan with BB&T, they purchased a building in Lenoir, NC, and crematory equipment and now have 6 employees.Read more »
Cross Company
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After assessing the knowledge, experience and professionalism of the SBTDC team, Steve felt they could get a high-quality strategic plan for a fraction of the cost of a private consultant.Read more »
CTC Supply, Inc.
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In May 2012, we learned that with our help CTC Supply received a 5-year GSA contract under Schedule 56.Read more »
Edge of Urge
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ERD, Ltd
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FLS Energy
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Garris Grading & Paving
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Geological Resources
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H&H Farm Machinery
Monroe, NC
Now I can assess the health of the business, see where problems are developing and fix those areas to stay on track.Read more »
Raleigh, NC
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Island Cycles
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JB Media
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Little River Trails Aquaculture
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At a minimum, sales will quadruple in 2013.Read more »
Mighty J's Restaurant
Pembroke, NC
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Mind Your Business
Asheville, NC
Mind Your Business has seen a 50% increase in staff since 2007, largely due to their success landing government contracts at the state and federal level.Read more »
Miss Jenny's Pickles
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Ocean Atlantic Rentals
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Rhino Assembly Corporation
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Roberts Law Group
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Rogers' Screen Printing
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S3T, Ltd
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I have taken advice from the SBTDC counselors at every major decision point through the last couple of years and my business has benefited greatly from sound advice and research provided by the SBTDC.Read more »
Seaside General Store
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Slice of Life Pizza
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Speech 4 Kidz
Wilmington, NC
I have learned more, truly, in my 30-60 minute sessions about small business and strategies than in all my years of just breathing.Read more »
Technical Control Consultants
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• Crosspointe Church, 75 Walker Industrial Drive, Ringgold, Ga.; 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays, Nov. 24-Dec. 15; "Christmas in Ringgold," progressive drama features drama, music, crafts, food, petting zoo; free; 706-935-2000, www.christmasinringgold.com.
• Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, 951 N. Orchard Knob Ave.; Dec. 6-8; marriage seminar for married couples features Dr. and Mrs. Kitson Francis speaking on the topic "Why Did I Get Married"; $45 per couple; registration deadline Monday; 961-0215.
• First Baptist Church, 506 E. Eighth St.; 5 p.m. Sunday; concert by Chattanooga Gospel Orchestra; free; 265-3229.
• Galilee Baptist Church, 2000 Jackson St.; Chattanooga Mass Choir 27th annual pre-Thanksgiving concert features Trinity Youth Praise Team, In His Steps Spiritual Dancers, Prophecy Mime and The Gospel Gems; free but donations support choir's assistance fund and the Chattanooga Food Bank; 635-4539 or 902-9947.
• Long Ridge Baptist Church, 11279 New Highway 68, Tellico Plains, Tenn.; 11 a.m. Sunday; concert by The Greesons; free; 253-7900; also, Notchey Creek Baptist Church, 5529 New Highway 68, 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
• Nonaburg House of Prayer, Highway 39 East, Englewood, Tenn.; 7 p.m. today; gospel concert by Jim Ricketts and Crystle Elam; free; 421-4269; also, White Creek Baptist Church, 121 Adel Valley Road, Rockwood, Tenn., 11 a.m. Sunday, Eagle Furnace Baptist Church, 159 Eagle Point Drive, Rockwood, Tenn., 6 p.m. Sunday, and Cooke Ministry, 714 Walter St., Athens, Tenn., 7 p.m. Friday.
• Second Presbyterian Church, 700 Pine St.; 5:30 p.m. Sunday; Chattanooga Bach Choir presentation of "Music in Honor of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War"; free but donation of $15 suggested; 423-883-9801 or www.chattanoogabachchoir.org.
Thanksgiving meals/services
• Bethlehem Baptist Church, 130 Bethlehem Church Road, Madisonville, Tenn.; 7 p.m. Wednesday (meal and service).
• Falling Water Baptist Church, 523 Roberts Mill Road, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (meal and service).
• Heritage Pointe Baptist Church, 60 Dyer Bridge Place Road, Ringgold, Ga., 6:30 Tuesday (meal).
Clint Cooper is the faith editor and a staff writer for the Times Free Press Life section. He also has been an assistant sports editor and Metro staff writer for the newspaper. Prior to the merger between the Chattanooga Free Press and Chattanooga Times in 1999, he was sports news editor for the Chattanooga Free Press, where he was in charge of the day-to-day content of the section and the section's design. Before becoming sports ...


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With all-round concern about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam forcing the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to use water in the Idukki hydel reservoir for maximum power generation, the State's power scene appears set for a major crisis.
The decision to lower the water level in the Idukki dam by going in for generation of more power so that the Idukki dam could act as a buffer in the event of a breach in the Mullaperiyar dam would see water level in Idukki falling to precarious levels during summer. This would, in turn, force the State to purchase power at higher prices and that would be possible only if additional resources were found to finance such purchases. What this could all lead to is a resource crunch for the KSEB and a further widening of its revenue gap from the present Rs.1,300-odd crore to Rs.1,400 crore-Rs.1,500 crore.
Asked about the likely scenario at a news conference here on Wednesday, Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed said the KSEB was generating 11 to 12 million units of power every day at Idukki against 3 or 4 million units normally generated during this time of the year. As things stood, Kerala generated only 40 per cent of its total power requirement of about 3,200 MW. Even now, the KSEB was purchasing power at costs ranging from Rs.3-Rs.4 a unit to Rs.12 a unit from different sources. Idukki was capable of generating 740 MW annually. This year, the general storage in the reservoir was less than what it was last year. The normal practice was to store water in the Idukki reservoir so that a fair part of the demand could be met during the summer spell. That may not be possible this time round, he added.
Keywords: KSEB, Mullaperiyar dam