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By: Ruth Crean of Nice Day Designs
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I've been working selling my wares at weekly markets for the past 4 years, and I always have other crafts people asking me for some tips and tricks to do them.There are two sides to doing a market, the nuts and bolts of display, tables, and getting your stall. And also what to do/say to your customers to make the best of your stand. Both aspects have their difficulties, and trust me I've learned the hard way by making every mistake in the book.
Firstly you need a great display, this can take a long time to figure out, it's taken me years to really get to grips with properly. Maybe try to do some research online and at markets, take photos of the displays that you like and try to learn from them. Here are some easy pitfalls.
To help with creating a better display use risers, either by propping up some boards with boxes covered with a table cloth. Alternatively buy two notice boards and hinge in the middle so they can be free standing. I easily covered my boards with white cloth so the pieces can be viewed better against a fresh background. Other things like pretty baskets and hat boxes are fantastic for displaying your work in.
Shop around in the pound/thrift shops, even in the garden or kitchen ware sections, think outside the box for what you can use. Also places like Aldi and Lidl sell mini easels and chalk boards, which can really add to the charm of a display. If it's possible try to contrast or conordinate the colours of your table cloth to your logo, it will really give your display that extra punch that it needs. It's all about creating depth and texture, if there is a lot to look through people will stay browsing, but it must be well organised so it doesn't appear chaotic and cluttered, you just need to find a balance.
During the Summer is a good time of year to go shopping for market equipment, things like fold down tables, chairs and gazebos are all easily available in Argos, B&Q etc, look in the camping and garden sections. In the past I've used fold down tables that are used for wall paper pasting, they are very affordable and the heavy duty one is still working 3 years later.
What ever you do if you need to provide your own stall do not buy the one in Argos that is a pole assembly, it is a nightmare to put together and it's useless in British weather, it may look like a bargain but trust me it will break your heart (and your back!). At the start try to find a market that is indoors or provides cover for you. For your first market it will be quite daunting to deal with this aspect as well as your display and selling to customers.
Signage is also very important, you want people to remember your brand and know what to call you when talking about how amazing you are later to friends and family! I made my own banner with my sewing machine, but in the past I've used a long laminated sign, that cost about 40 euro from my local printer. Just like with your etsy shop it's good to keep your look consistent, so my banner matches my tags, and my smaller price signs.I got this great stamp on etsy from Jlmould, and it's really helped with my packaging, while keeping my costs low.
Now that your stall is looking stunning all you have to do is figure out how to talk to people. Doing your first market can be daunting, and it's difficult to know what to expect, one thing I hadn't factored in was how to interact with my customers, I figured it was no problem since I had worked in the service industry for so long. But I discovered it's different when you're selling your own work, on my first day I didn't know what to say to people because there wasn't that buffer of the being at a checkout/bar/till. Suddenly it seemed far more personal and I got really tongue tied, it took me a little while but I learned tricks to get around this:
Recently I've starting giving out DL sized flyers with all my info on them, shop, facebook, and blog with info and images from my business. This seems to be more effective than business cards as it supplies more information. If you do custom orders this would be a good way of letting customers know.
Sometimes it can be a very long day if you are at a stall, especially if it's quiet and there aren't many customers to talk to. The temptation is to bring a book and read it, but I would highly recommend not doing this. It's like adding another barrier between you and the customer, lots of people won't interrupt you, and you will miss opportunities to talk to browsers. This one-on-one interaction is what massive companies would pay millions for, so use this opportunity to add a face and a personality to your business.
One tactic I use to pass the time is to bring some sewing with me, it makes it obvious that the products that I'm selling are made by me, I get work done during quiet times, and it's a way for opening up a dialogue with customers. It has the opposite effect of a book, it makes people curious and I end up talking to lots of people about crafting.
Another handy tip is to wear your product if possible, it shows a pride in your work and it also illustrates how well your pieces look when they are worn. Sometimes it can be a little thing like this that make that last final decision in a sale.
This is also something you can do in your everyday life too, I often wear my felt brooches, and if someone comments I tell them I made it and either give them a business card, or tell them that I sell at a local market. Moo keyring business card holders come in very handy at those times! I know it may seem pushy but you are marketing yourself and your business, and it does lead to sales.
Recently I've found my facebook fanpage to be a fantastic resource for the market. It's a great way to advertise locally for free, during the week I post pictures of the things I've made to build up an interest for my weekend market. Then the day before I post a reminder about the market, with opening times and a link to the website.
Without fail every week I get a new customer at my stall saying that they were reading about my work on facebook and they came down because they read my update. I can't recommend it highly enough, it's not that time consuming and it's free!
For the past few years things have not always been rosey at the market, sometimes it can be tough. Here are a few things I learned the hard way:
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In my attempts to begin a local group we have questions that pop up from time to time (like I'm sure happens with all new groups). I'd like to pick your brains please to make sure we're either doing it correctly or make the appropriate change if we're not.
First question is on the photon when starting a scenario at WS III. Looking at S4.13 it states that multi-turn weapons may be assumed to be fully armed and being held and that holding energy must be allocated on the first turn. Holding cost for a standard photon is one point each. I understand this so far. Now, S4.32 states prior turns arming for WS II or WS III cannot include overload energy. I understand this as well.
Now the exception in S4.32 allows for photons to have two points of free overload energy per tube from prior turns. Now this brings up these questions:
1. The WS III photon does NOT have to include the 'free' two points of overloaded energy does it? I'm assuming that it is the owning players option to begin with standard loadings or with an overload. I can see many situations where you may not want to start with overloads such as not wanting to be limited to the 8 hex range.
2. If the two free overload points are used, this is a 6-point overload? This is what it sounds like to me i.e. prior turns for a standard would be 2+2 with an additional +2 free overload points for a total of 6, correct?
3. If #2 above is correct and it is a 6-point overload, the first turn holding cost would be two-points?
4. If you wanted to have a full overload i.e. 8-point overload (for 16 damage) would you then have to start turn one with 4-points allocated for the tube i.e. prior turn was 2+2+2(free OL energy)+2 (to make 8 total for the photon)+2 to hold the photon?
Appreciate any insight you can provide on this. Last game we did this; 3-points per tube for full 8-pt OL i.e. prior turns were 2+2 +1 (to hold) +2 (free OL points per the rules) +2 to make it a full overload. But I'm thinking we should have gone with #4 above and did 4-points for a full overload rather than three.
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My second question is on the ESG. As I understand it, an ESG has a capacitor that can hold up to 5 points of energy.
1. If the ESG is loaded at less than 5, can you add energy on subsequent rounds to bring it up to 5? I'm pretty sure you can, just want to make sure.
2. When the ESG is activated (assuming 5 points were in the capacitor) do you have to use all 5 points when it is used? Or can you use part of the 5 and the rest stays in the capacitor for future use (after the cool down turn)?
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1-1: You do not have to use the overload energy provided in WS-III if you do not want to. You can simply have held normal loads if you wish. In fact, you can come in with tubes empty if you really want to.
1-2: You can distribute the energy as you wish. So, if your ship has four photons, you could have four photons, all with 12 point warheads, or you could have two with 16 point warheads and two normal loads. It is up to you.
1-3: If you do not use fractional accounting, then yes, 12 point warheads are held for two points. If, however, you do use fractional accounting (which has been the case 100% of the time I have ever played, seen played, or heard about being played) then the hold cost is 1.5 points.
1-4: If you use the overload energy evenly, then each of your torpedoes have 6 points of energy for 12 point warheads. You must immediately use 1.5 points per tube to hold those overloads. If you wish to fully overload them, then you must pay an additional 2 points per tube, for a total of 3.5 points per tube, for a total of 14 points if you have four photons.
2-1: Yes. However, you are usually going to always want to allocate energy in Energy Allocation, as that is where you have the freedom to allocate all of your energy. Once the turn starts, you only have your reserve power available, and on most ships you don't have enough batteries to get very far.
2-2: If your ship has an ESG capacitor, you may chose whole numbers of energy points to release, from 1-5 (assuming you have that much energy available). If you do not have an ESG capacitor, all of the energy in the ESG (1-5 points) must be released all at once. Assuming GW-era combat, you most likely have a capacitor.
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Thank you for the responses and the links. I need to get over to the other board and poke around more, I see it has a wealth of information.
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WOWT anchors and photographers will be in the parking lot of Aspen Fitness to take donations and load a truck, provided by Two Men and a Truck, and in the Hy-Vee parking lot at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion. Canned food items can be donated from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at either location.
All proceeds will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. General Manager Dan Detches says the need is huge this year. The organization has been forced to turn people away and cut their pantry days down to just one a week.
"There's a lot of people out there that really could use the food pantry and stuff and to cut it off like that it's tough for us to do, to see that happen, but we have no choice at this time."
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- Brooke Hogan discusses her new music
Brooke Hogan recently revealed on Twitter that she experienced an earthquake for the first time in her life. The former TNA knockout is now living in Los Angeles, where she is still attempting to launch her music career.
Batista and Brooke Hogan worked on a comedy thriller movie together last year called LA Slasher. It was initially to be released in 2013, but delayed until 2014. It now appears that the movie may be in permanent limbo, as no release date has been announced yet.
Brooke Hogan posted a picture of herself on Instagram, where the daughter of the legendary Hulk Hogan is wearing a "winter beach" outfit.
A picture of the Brooke Hogan wardrobe malfunction during the Impact Wrestling segment where she got married to Bully Ray.
Batista and Brooke Hogan are both featured in an upcoming movie called LA Slasher. Batista plays an undercover cop, while Hogan plays a reality TV star. The film was initially slated to be released in 2013, but could be pushed back to 2014.
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Preston's at Loews Miami Beach Hotel
- Address:
1601 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139Neighborhood:
Miami Beach / South Beach
- Cuisine:
MediterraneanPrice: $30 and under
Preston's at Loews Miami Beach Hotel
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.loewshotels.com/en/Miami-Beach-Hotel/dining/restaurants
- Phone: (305) 604-5442
- Hours of Operation:
Breakfast Daily: 7:00am - 11:00am; Lunch Daily: 12:00pm - 2:00pm; Dinner Nightly: 6:00pm - 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: American, Mediterranean
- Executive Chef: Jason Prevatt
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Entertainment: After dinner at Preston's, enjoy live music in the adjacent Hemisphere Lounge. Tuesday through Saturday evenings from 9pm to 12midnight, guests can enjoy Latin and Latin beat music. Hemisphere Lounge also features a DJ on Fridays and Saturdays playing today's top pop and rock music.
Getting there
- Cross Street: Collins
- Parking: Hotel Parking
- Parking Details: Discounted valet parking at Loews Miami Beach Hotel is available for visiting guests of Sushi SoBe. Please bring your parking ticket for validation to receive the discounted rate of $18. Garage parking is also available across the street from the hotel for $1 per hour for the first three hours.
A word from Preston's at Loews Miami Beach Hotel
Boasting one of the only oceanfront restaurant views in South Beach, Preston's features coastally inspired Mediterranean cuisine enhanced with local farmers prepared with Floribbean influences. Executive Chef Frederic Delaire introduces signature items like the Key West Fish Tacos, Florida Lobster Nicoise Salad, Diver Scallops Pappardelle and Mediterranean Couscous. Guests can enjoy traditional favorites with our very own twist along with specially designed children's menus. Dine indoors or outside on the terrace and view the breathtaking Atlantic Ocean and beach. Serving over many different wines by the glass and signature cocktails with freshly made ingredients; it's the perfect setting to enjoy South Beach. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7:00am to 11:00pm. Preston's is also ideal for groups up to 45 guests and offers several choices of customizable family style menus.Continued
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Preston's at Loews Miami Beach Hotel reviews from OpenTable diners
16 reviews since August 1, 2014
- Food3.4Service3.5
- Ambiance3.8Noise LevelModerate
scenic view (4)great for outdoor dining (4)great for lunch (3)special occasion (2)kid-friendly (2)fit for foodies (2)good for groups (2)romantic (1)great for brunch (1)Show More
- Excellent meal hereStephenSDined on 11/5/2014This was our first time here and the whole experience was a good one. Food was delicious but very pricey. The service was also excellent. We look forward to going back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Overwhelmed KitchenKARANDTARVIPDined on 10/24/2014It was raining, a convention was in the hotel, and Preston's is the only dining location. The staff was graceful under pressure and warned us that the wait for food was at least on half an hour, which we appreciated the heads up. Food was good, nothing spectacular. My husband had a turkey club and I had the Caesar salad.
- Delightful surpriseelimarVIPDined on 8/31/2014Prestons had a very nice Miami Spice luncheon menu. The snapper was very fresh and cooked perfectly. As it was Labor Day weekend, they seemed to be shortstaffed and service was a little slow. The food was well prepared. Would try it again.Special Features:
- Avoid Unless You Need $$$$ FuelOT4spiceDined on 8/31/2014Not fit for foodies. Average restaurant in a pricey venue. Diner's, Drive-Ins, and Dives would have a hard time finding anything appealing.Special Features:
- Exceeded my expectationsRealEstate1Dined on 8/28/2014During our stay at Loews, we went to Preston's for my husbands 50th Birthday dinner. We had a table overlooking the pool and beach. The weather was perfect and so was the service and food! Great place to have a dinner experience for romantic dinners as well as a nice family dinner just a wonderful place we will be back soon.Special Features:
- not that good and too much money.OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/15/2014That says it all. The hotel is awesome but the restaurant is not. The beach houses much better restaurant for the price. Definitely to elsewhere.
- Paul & Rachel HoneymoonMrCumminsDined on 8/5/2014I thought Preston's was fantastic, we felt really looked after by our waiter Darrell, they even brought us complimentary champagne to celebrate our honeymoon. Food was great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 44 reviews are from the Preston's at Loews Miami Beach Hotel reviews archive.
- Take your date herePrestonswascoolDined on 5/22/2014This place is great. Food, service and a view all incredible and at a decent price (especially for the location and demand). Only drawback is that valet is expensive, but they validate half off. Try and take a cab over if you're close by. Go here.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not badladybugDined on 4/26/2014The place is beautiful, right next to the hotel pool with a beach view if you eat outside. The service was great but the food was ok. We had the watermelon mojito which was amazing!Special Features:
- Came with children. OrderRichardDined on 3/17/2014Came with children. Order didn't arrive as ordered. Computer with movies--one worked, one didn't causing one child a bad experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A great dining experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 2/22/2014Exquisite food in a dressy casual atmosphere, we thoroughly enjoyed our experience at Preston's !Special Features:
- Large, a little impersonal, priceyJakesmartA8Dined on 1/5/2014To the place's credit, we picked a bad day. It rained so we had to be moved inside half way through our meal. The live music was mediocre. The food was good but expensive for what it was. One got the feeling one was paying for the chi-chi location - South Beach - more so than the food. The saving grace was our server, Ralston, who tried to compensate for the negatives.Special Features:
- SurprisedAnKoDined on 1/3/2014We were staying at a nearby hotel and decided to give this restaurant a try based on the outside appearance of the hotel (looked like a nice spot to have dinner). Although the service was GREAT (and made our meal --- we were given complimentary drinks as well!) and the food was pretty good, the ambiance was awful. If they remodeled and gave the staff nicer attire, it would go a long way.
- Enjoyed meals at PrestonHugefoodieVIPDined on 12/21/2013We ate at Preston's twice the week we were at the Loews Hotel. We sat on the back patio. The ambience was great. Enjoyed the ocean breeze. My husband enjoyed both of his fish dishes and I enjoyed my salads. The wait staff was very attentive to us as well. I highly recommend Preston's for a great meal with a loved one.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good food but bad service.AndyDined on 12/7/2013Good food but bad service. Also a little on the expensive side, even for Miami since not suppose to be trendy restaurant
- Lunch with the in-lawsRyanDined on 8/18/2013My in-laws from Minnesota had a great time! We walked down to the beach after our meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wasn't aware of existence.mediocreVIPDined on 8/13/2013Wanted reservations on open table for 9:00 but the options were 9:30 and on when we arrived at Prestons there were only 1-2 other tables. Lobster mac was disappointing however I enjoyed the risotto.Special Features:
- Food-Amazing | Service-PoorbeachrayzDined on 8/10/2013The food & cocktails were absolutely delicious. Unfortunately, the service was poor. The waiter did not know the menus, didn't ask us for refills or try to sell us on anything. I couldn't even tell you his name. Too bad because the food and ambiance was great. I'll give them the benefit of doubt and chalk it up to a lousy waiter and try again :)Special Features:
- First course good. SecondRichardDined on 8/3/2013First course good. Second course very weak. Once the waiter realised that we were not enjoying it, he more or less abandoned us. He just left our uneaten meals on the table. They were still there a long time after we had paid the bill. Staff seemed a bit demoralized. Shame, we love the Loews, have stayed there many times, just revisiting for a meal for good-time memories with the kids. Please don't publish, just pass to management. Too much over-cooked pasta, rubbish pizzas. If you're going to do Italian, get a pizzaiolo. Not sure what too advise otherwise. We'll be back, especially for breakfasts, but can't rely on memories forever.
- AwesomeJustMeDined on 7/25/2013The food was awesome, the service was awesome! Great experience, I recommend it to everyone!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- PrestonsOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 5/12/2013Nice for a brunch, breakfast or lunch with the kids. Great for outdoors ocations.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Horrible horribleWingoDined on 5/1/2013We had eaten there the nite before and had excellent Service and the food was good. It rained so we decided To come last nite. Our server was beyond horrible. I have never had so poor service in my life. The Server kept stating how sorry he was - stated they Pulled him to the dining room . Still a server Is a server. Plus we waited at least 45 min for Our food !!! Will never ever go back. Even the guests Next to us were complaining!! Our server from the Nite before was great and he had to bring us our bread!!! Totally ridiculous!!!
- Great Food! great Service!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 4/13/2013Great Food! great Service! Quiet and comfortable place to enjoy with friends and family!Special Features:
- Down "low" at Preston's at LoewsTorontonianTravellerVIPDined on 4/9/2013Well the locale is great and the Loews is a beautiful hotel but I am not thrilled with places that treat you like you are doing a favor to dine there. The snapper and fish tacos were great. However we waited over 20 minutes for the chocolate tart with salted caramel ice cream. The tart was tasteless to boot and this was nothing special, we have seen tarts like this is a number of bakeries. The waiter was unfriendly, and even though the patio was less than a third occupied and the dining was absolutely barren, he seemed distracted, and eventually ignored us and passed us over to another waiter. Note - they add a 20 percent tip to the bill - which definitely did not go down well all considered.Special Features:
- Excellent serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 3/29/2013Reserved thru opentable in the afternoon for the same night, and added a note that it was a bday dinner and they even sang happy birthday and gave us free drinks and dessert. Excellent serviceSpecial Features:
- The ambiance is beautifulOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 2/23/2013The ambiance is beautiful and outside there is a killer view. However, for the two of us (with no drinks, no dessert, and just one appetizer) our meal was over $100 (side note: I got spaghetti, he got fish). The food is decent but way overpriced. I am a little disappointed in OpenTable for how they advertise the pricing of this particular restaurant. It's a lot more expensive than what they say!Special Features:
- This restaurant is in thealwayshungryVIPDined on 2/15/2013This restaurant is in the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. We had a great experience. My wife's request to substitute got messed up so the wait was long. When it did arrive all was well and they ended up comping my wife's meal which we did not request. A dessert or cocktail was also offered to make up for the inconvenience. They went a long way to make up for a minor mistake.Special Features:
- We arrived and they sat usOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 2/14/2013We arrived and they sat us outside, after 15 minutes it became clear no one was serving outside. Moved inside was not much better. Food was bland. We stayed in the hotel for a week, but did not eat here again.
- The fish tacos were fabulousOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/16/2012The fish tacos were fabulous for a light meal along with drinks. The staff was very attentive but also allowed us to visit after our meal so we didn't feel rushed.Special Features:
- Nice evening for two.RonHDined on 9/21/2012Outstanding service along with a diverse menu. The portions were just right and the steak and the scallops were delicious. Adequate wine menu.Special Features:
- We were there for MiamiSpiceShellislandVIPDined on 9/16/2012We were there for MiamiSpice menu. Very good portions and delicious food.Special Features:
- Incredible experience. TheOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/7/2012Incredible experience. The food was perfect and the staff was attentive. Will recommend to friends.Special Features:
- Miami spiceOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/18/2012Had Miami Spice menu. Food was good but like expected small portions. Difficult to have a romantic dinner because of loud music coming from bar across the way but very nice ambiance.
- Service was excellent - FoodEggy22VIPDined on 8/18/2012Service was excellent - Food not that good. Actually enjoyed the bread basket the best. Appetizer-Crab Cakes-good taste Miami Spice Menu - Steak - ok flavor have had better Sea Scallops w/lump crab & red sauce pasta - scallops could of been a bit more seared, lump crab & pasta made whole dish mushy... dessert - Beignets - good taste - nice size sauces for dipping.
- We had the miami spice menuOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/18/2012We had the miami spice menu at lunch and it was not good at all. The appetizers did not taste right and were quite small. And the steak was tough. Will not plan to be back.
- Ordered surf and turf. LobsterSavloveDined on 7/13/2012Ordered surf and turf. Lobster was tasteless and came without butter. The filet came sliced more like roast beef. Overall quality was horrible! Our waiter was nice but never asked us if we wanted a cocktail and never explained any of the dishes.
- Toyota food for Ferrarri pricesOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 6/30/2012Great atmosphere. Good service. Slightly above average food. Very high prices. High price is to be expected on South Beach in the Loews hotel, however quality of food for price is way out of whack. For what we spent on food/drinks one would expect food that's better than TGI Fridays or Chillis - it is not. If you want really good food, skip it and find something outside the hotel. It's just not worth it.Special Features:
- Food was outstanding but theOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/20/2012Food was outstanding but the restaurant was very dark inside.Special Features:
- We ate here for my son's birthdayOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 4/4/2012We ate here for my son's birthday and overall had a great experience. The maitre'd did not mention my son's birthday although we had mentioned it in the Open Table booking, so we had to tell the waiter. Our waiter was very attentive and did a great job. The food was competent and the kids particularly enjoyed the desserts, especially the decorate-it-yourself cup cakes which were fun and great for kids. Steaks were perfectly cooked and the food was nicely presented. Nice ambiance on the patio, although it was not vey busy on a Wednesday night. Overall we enjoyed our visit and wil go back if we are in the area again.Special Features:
- How can you not love thisOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 3/12/2012How can you not love this place? Outdoor dining with a view of the ocean on Miami Beach. Great service and ambiance. Food was good to very good.Special Features:


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Of Verdi's middle-period operas, A Masked Ball (1859) is one of the few not to undergo extensive revisions following its initial run of performances. In contrast, Simon Boccanegra (1857/1881), La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny, 1862/1869) and Don Carlos (1867/1884) were significantly reworked after they premiered, and today are most often presented in their later versions, which means that different stages of Verdi's artistic development co-exist side by side in those works, sometimes juxtaposed all too obviously.
A Masked Ball, on the other hand, was composed relatively quickly. And for all of its variety of musical styles, it is an opera that moves forward in a user-friendly, easy-to-follow single span (compare that with the confusing, sudden chronological leaps one finds in Simon Boccanegra).
A Masked Ball is unique within Verdi's operas for the degree to which it relies on humour and lightness – both in situation and in its musical forms. We hear these elements mainly in the songs Verdi wrote for Riccardo and Oscar – and we can literally call them songs rather than the traditional Italian operatic term arias. When the King dresses up as a fisherman to visit the fortune-teller Ulrica, he sings a canzone (song) with a decidedly popular, waltz-like rhythm. Likewise, Oscar's two "arias" are labeled ballata (ballad) and canzone and share the two-verse structure we associate with the song form rather than the more developed, complex structure Verdi would use in a full-blown aria.
The almost wholesale adaptation of A Masked Ball's Italian libretto from the existing French libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal Masqué at least partially explains Verdi's use of these lighter musical forms. In the 19th-century French opera tradition, it was common to find more popular two-verse couplets (i.e. song in which all verses are sung to the same music) very similar to the canzone favoured for Oscar. Given that the operas' two librettos run almost parallel – number by number and line by line – and that the later piece is most often a direct translation into Italian from the French, it's not surprising Verdi opted to try out musical forms more associated with French opera. Verdi peppers humour and lightness throughout the score: Oscar's quicksilver contributions; Riccardo's carefree, tripping, dance-inspired rhythms; the conspirators Sam and Tom literally "ha-ha-ing" their way into the distance at the end of Act II – these elements are brilliantly melded with traditional narrative and thematic materials (love story and heavy melodrama) to make A Masked Ball the most surprising of Verdi's mature operas.
Musical Excerpt #1
Act I, introduzione, ensemble: "Signori: oggi d'Ulrica all magion v'invito" ("Gentlemen, today I invite you to the dwelling of Ulrica")
Connection to the Story
Riccardo has been asked to sign a banishment order for the fortune-teller, Ulrica. Oscar defends the supposed prophetess, and Riccardo, as a lark, suggests that the whole retinue visit her in disguise.
Musical Significance
This ensemble is part of a larger integrated musical section Verdi designated as the opera's introduzione (introduction), comprised of a chorus, three arias (Riccardo's sortita or entrance aria; Renato's cantabile or song-like aria and, Oscar's ballata or ballad). The main melody at 00:48 starting at "Ogni cura" ("every care") has a very "Offenbachian" quality as characterized by its skipping rhythms which require the singer to be nimble in his text delivery, and to keep the mood light and fun. French composer Jacques Offenbach was the premier composer of operetta (light, frothy, comic musical theatre pieces) during the 19th century, and his confections were performed all over Europe. It's not surprising to detect Offenbach's influence on A Masked Ball given that its libretto was directly based on Auber's French precedent (see Introduction above). Listen to the main theme's reprise at 2:18, when the tempo accelerates, and the dance rhythms seem to owe much to the famous can-can from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld!
Musical Excerpt #2
Act II, duet: "Non sai tu che se l'anima mia il rimorso dilacera e rode…" ("Do you not see that if remorse corrodes and cuts my soul…")
Connection to the Story
Riccardo joins Amelia for a clandestine meeting on the outskirts of the city. After declaring his love, he forces her to admit that she too loves him.
Musical Significance
This grand love duet, one of the most technically challenging and musically complex in all of Verdi's operas, features a different type of vocal writing and characterization from what we find in Musical Excerpt #1. The bright, almost comical mood created there by the quick rhythms and catchy tunes is replaced here by long-lined, sweeping melodies which serve to express Riccardo and Amelia's tormented passion for each other. The role of Riccardo is often compared to the Duke of Mantua, a tenor part from Verdi's great opera Rigoletto (you've surely heard the Duke's famous aria, "Le donna è mobile," sung here by Spaniard Plácido Domingo). Riccardo and the Duke both share light-hearted elements musically speaking, yet the vocal line Riccardo sings in this duet sets him apart from the Duke's libertinism and marks him as a noble character. He genuinely cares for Amelia and knows that, because she is married, it is wrong for him to be in love with her. The sheer variety of his music makes Riccardo one of Verdi's most complex tenor roles.
The climax of the duet is its slow middle section in which Riccardo beseeches his beloved: "M'ami Amelia" ("Love me Amelia" – listen at 2:44) and then she, knowing she risks losing both her life and family if she reciprocates, replies, "Me difendi dal mio cor!" ("Defend me from my heart" – 3:11). After this slow section, the cabaletta (generally the quicker, more rhythmic musical response to a slower movement, beginning here at 4:19) is broken into three verses, one for Amelia, then Riccardo and then both together (at 6:44).
Musical Excerpt #3
Act II, aria: "Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima" ("It was you who besmirched that soul")
Connection to the Story
Believing that his wife Amelia has been unfaithful to him with Riccardo, Renato decides to kill his former friend. His emotional reaction is multi-faceted, however, as he also laments the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of an important friend.
Musical Significance
This is the most complex and elaborate aria Verdi ever wrote for the baritone voice and remains the most famous musical number from the opera. Verdi was almost single-handedly responsible for creating a new type of baritone – now unsurprisingly labeled the "Verdi baritone" – who could manage the high-lying tessitura (where the music lies in a singer's range) of an aria like this one, and emit the kind of rich, warm timbre required to fill out its long-breathed phrases. To this day, the Verdi baritone is one of the rarest voice types; it's extremely difficult to find singers who can meet the demands of this type of vocal writing.
"Eri tu" has a two-part structure: in the opening section, Renato addresses a portrait of Riccardo, not only angry because of the affair he suspects Riccardo had with his wife Amelia, but because he laments the loss of a trusted friend whom he admires. The second, less overtly dramatic section, called the cantabile (song-like piece), begins with the passage "O dolcezze perdute, o memorie" ("O lost sweets; O memories" – listen at 1:06). Here, the spinning melody which movingly conveys Renato's grief and disillusionment is supported by an appropriately light, arpeggiated (broken chord) harp accompaniment.
Musical Excerpt #4
Act III, aria: "Saper vorreste di che si veste" ("You would like to know what he's wearing")
Connection to the Story
At the ball, the conspirators are worried that Riccardo could have discovered their plot and stayed away. Unwittingly, Oscar acts as their accomplice: he thinks Renato wishes to play a joke on his friend, and after some hesitation, he reveals Riccardo's disguise.
Musical Significance
The role of Oscar comes out of the well-established tradition of pants roles (male characters sung by sopranos and mezzo-sopranos) stretching back to Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (1786) and going forward to Richard Strauss's Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier (1911). The high tessitura of Oscar's vocal line signifies his youthfulness, joy, and uninhibited emotion. Oscar's high spirits in this little aria add sparkle and form a contrast to the grim conspiracy that underlies the glamour of the masked ball. Listen as the cheeky page taunts the men who are plotting Riccardo's assassination with his "tra la las" at 00:25.
Oscar's music is based on French musical models (see also Excerpt #1). "Saper vorreste" is a straight-forward French couplet (two-versed song), a relatively simple musical form appropriate for a servant character. Contrast this with Verdi's music for the more socially exalted Riccardo and Amelia who express their emotions in a formal style, with full-blown arias, cabalettas and grand duets.
The tracks listed above are excerpted from from Un ballo in maschera, Deutsche Grammophon 453 149-2. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Claudio Abbado, conductor. Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson, Edita Gruberova
Photo: (banner) Catherine Naglestad as Amelia and Piotr Beczala as Riccardo in the Berlin Staatsoper production of Un ballo in maschera, 2008. Photo: Ruth Walz
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In 2014, we resolve to offer you some of the best musical experiences in the city! We're making good on that New Year's resolution this month with iconic jazz artists and promising rising stars, a plethora of classical recitals, and an intense dance performance you won't want to miss!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 5:30 p.m. - Joe Sealy Trio - Winter Reflections
Canadian jazz piano icon Joe Sealy and his acclaimed sidemen (Paul Novotny, bass; Daniel Barnes, drums) ease us into the New Year with a mellow, intimate hour of standards and original compositions reflecting on life's seasons. Watch Joe and Paul perform "True Blue" in the video below.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 12 p.m. - Christopher Goodpasture - Etudes and Fantasies
Put a little fantasy in your January, as award-winning 23-year-old American pianist Christopher Goodpasture amazes with dreamy works by Schumann (Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17), Chopin (Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12), Debussy (a selection of Etudes from Book II) and Jacques Hétu (Fantasie, Op. 59). Check out a sneak preview in the video below.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12 p.m. - Infusion Dance - The Colours of Kathak
Infusion Dance artistic director Parul Gupta illuminates the ancient art of Kathak in a performance demonstrating the beauty and elegance of this classical dance from the temples and courts of North India. Watch Parul demonstrate this beautiful art form in the video below.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 12 p.m. - Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio - The School for Lovers: Highlights from Così fan tutte
Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio present highlights from Mozart's wry comedy Così fan tutte, coming soon to the COC's mainstage, one of the greatest and most enduring pieces about relationships ever written. Join us for this preview concert and then make sure to catch their special Ensemble Studio performance of Così fan tutte on February 7. You can learn more about it here.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 12 p.m. - Trio Arkel with Les Allt and Erica Goodman - Tour de France
Join Trio Arkel (Marie Bérard, violin; Teng Li, viola; Winona Zelenka, cello) and friends (Les Allt, flute and Erica Goodman, harp) on a midday escape to France. Their program features the work of three rarely heard French composers hailing from Paris, Brest and Bordeaux: Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, Jean Cras and Jean-Michel Damase. See Trio Arkel perform in the video below:
Let us know which January concert you're most looking forward to in the comments!
Photo: (top) Artists of the COC Orchestra in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. Photo by Chris Hutcheson; (bottom) Artists of the 2013/2014 COC Ensemble Studio. Photo by Karen Reeves.
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Like Don Giovanni which came before it, Mozart's Così fan tutte is identified in its libretto as a dramma giocoso, an Italian term for operas that contain both comic and tragic elements. Conventionally thought of as light, frothy and joyful, Così is also shot through with a decidedly poignant, sad and cynical edge. Our responses are always being played with: the two sisters are clearly devastated when their fiancés must go off to war and the men join in on their sorrow… and yet, we know the latter two are just play-acting. This constant state of ambivalence might partly explain the opera's difficult critical history.
Unlike Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro – Mozart's two previous successes with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte – Così fan tutte does not follow the normal pattern we expect in a play or an opera: there is no hero nor any one character who grabs the audience's immediate attention the way, say, the scandalous Don Giovanni does. The other stumbling block which plagued this opera for the first 100 years of its existence is the manner in which audiences reacted to what they perceived to be its controversial subject matter (two sisters falling in love with each other's fiancés). Even once Così had finally re-entered the standard repertoire in the 1930s it was treated with little respect, suffering brutal cuts, including Dorabella's short Act I aria "Smanie implacabili," ("implacable restlessness") one of only two arias she gets to sing in the entire opera!
Mozart uses an astonishing variety of instrumentation in Così resulting in a sound-world particular to its Italian setting in a villa just outside the coastal city of Naples. For example, the extensive use of the clarinet creates a languid, voluptuous atmosphere meant to evoke the sunny southern landscape with its bracing sea air, precipitous sea vistas and lazy afternoons on the beach.
Act I, terzettino: "Soave sia il vento" ("May the wind blow softly")
Connection to the Story
Fiordiligi, Dorabella and Don Alfonso wish Ferrando and Guglielmo a safe voyage.
Musical Significance
Mozart achieves a startlingly realistic effect at the start of this trio by using the upper string section of the orchestra to imitate the sound of the rippling sea – very appropriate as Fiordiligi and Dorabella send their fiancés off to war on a boat! The harmonious union of the voices at 00:07 produces a sweet effect which telegraphs their sincere, heartfelt wishes that Ferrando and Guglielmo be blessed with good weather on their journey. However at 1:24, Mozart introduces a dissonance within all this tonal gorgeousness, specifically on the word "desir" ("desires"), as if to say "be careful what you wish for." The girls want their fiancés to return but the mild discord in the harmony indicates perhaps the men will come back changed or that the women will be terribly deceived in their wishes. The beauty of this trio is further soured by its underlying sense of irony: its scintillating strings and heart-tugging harmonies are powerful enough to make us believe that even the cynical Don Alfonso (the mastermind of the plot to test the two girls' constancy) is emotionally affected by this "heartfelt" farewell. However, listen at 1:51 as his vocal line snakes up and down, hinting at a repressed deviousness, even though he expresses the same "calm sea and prosperous voyage" sentiment as the women.
Musical Excerpt #2
Act I, aria: "In uomini, in soldati" ("In men, in soldiers")
Connection to the Story
Despina pours scorn on the notion that men can remain faithful.
Musical Significance
Generally, it's possible to divide the type of music Mozart wrote for Così into two categories: there is the sublime, grand music of the ensembles (excerpt #1) and virtuoso arias (excerpt #3). But between these two general types we can find buffa (comic) elements, embodied in the character of the servant, Despina. Her role fits into a category of soprano characters collectively known as the "soubrette," usually sung by lighter, lyric voices. Other soubrette characters written by Mozart include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. The orchestration for Despina's music tends to be a little thinner than in other parts of the opera: in this aria we hear Mozart using just one flute, one oboe and one bassoon (rather than the expected two). The aria starts out with a frank reflection: "You look for fidelity in men, in soldiers? Don't tell me that, for pity's sake!" and continues on in this expository manner until 1:34. At this point, Despina's playful nature comes to the fore with a more jaunty melody, and then some appropriately coy interplay with the orchestra as she sings "let's love them to suit our convenience and our vanity!" (2:02 – 2:08).
Musical Excerpt #3
Act I, aria: "Come scoglio immoto resta" ("Steady as a rock")
Connection to the Story
After being introduced by Don Alfonso to his two "Albanian" friends (really Ferrando and Guglielmo in disguise), Fiordiligi dismisses their advances, declaring that her constancy is as firm as a rock.
Musical Significance
This is decidedly the biggest solo aria in the opera and probably one of the most challenging in the history of the genre, barring some arias in later bel canto works and the stamina-testing, heavily orchestrated music of German composer Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883).
From a technical point of view, this aria makes huge demands: the singer must be able to encompass the extreme highs and lows of her range, often with very little time in between (0:19 – 0:40); there are several passages that are difficult to negotiate, full of scales, trills and leaps (1:46 – 2:06) and, the piece also demands plenty of spitfire temperament!
It's generally agreed that in "Come scoglio," Mozart was taking on the tradition of the grand showpiece aria, which would have been treated with dead seriousness in the earlier period of opera seria. Here though, it's almost as if Fiordiligi is being mocked: just as she is saying "I'm like a rock that remains unmoved," musically, the rock has already fallen and we, the audience, know she is doomed. Listen from 3:03 where the vocal line becomes extremely unstable with the singer having to sing scale after scale, never really settling into any kind of melody – all the while protesting her absolute steadfast commitment to Ferrando!
Musical Excerpt #4
Act II, duetto ("duet"): "Il core vi dono" ("I give my heart to you")
Connection to the Story
Guglielmo pursues Dorabella, giving her a heart-shaped locket. He asks for hers in return.
Musical Significance
This is the only true love duet in the opera (which perhaps speaks to a cynical strain running through this opera, given that it's supposed to be entirely about amorous relationships.)
Even though they have yet to discover their love, the piece begins with such a lovely melody for Guglielmo that there is little doubt where their relationship is headed. Again, as in the excerpt #1 trio, Mozart laces this duet with a bit of irony: it is traditional to view Dorabella as the light-hearted sister, and Guglielmo as the frivolous ladies' man, but here, they sound very serious in their expressions of love. As we heard in Despina's aria (excerpt #2), the vocal lines are given the simplest orchestral support until we come to the long coda (that is, the end piece, starting at 3:10) when we hear delicious frissons from the violins and some tremulous flutterings from the woodwinds which are entirely appropriate to the couple's burgeoning feelings. There are also onomatopoeic elements in the orchestration: listen at 1:24 for the detached figures in the strings which mimic heartbeats just at the point they sing the words, "ei batte così" ("and that's what's beating so").
The tracks listed above are excerpted from Così fan tutte, Decca 478 3050. Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Voices, Sir Georg Solti, conductor. Renée Fleming, Anne Sofie von Otter, Olar Bär, Frank Lopardo, Adelina Scarabelli, Michele Pertusi.
Photo: (banner) Preliminary costume sketch by set and costume designer Debra Hanson, for the COC's new production of Cosi fan tutte, 2013.
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Heavy backpacks can severely injure a child. Dr. Justin Burton, program director for the National Center for Children's Rehabilitation at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, says backpacks can create problems that stem from the neck and stretch all the way down to the heels.
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