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Vamos Restaurant
- Address:
348 First Ave
New York, NY 10010Neighborhood:
Gramercy / Flatiron
- Cuisine:
MexicanPrice: $30 and under
Vamos Restaurant
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://vamosnyc.com/
- Phone: (212) 358-7800
- Hours of Operation:
Saturday & Sunday: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Monday - Sunday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Executive Chef: Chef Victor Rodriguez
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Delivery, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Entertainment: DJ on Friday Night and on Saturday and Sunday Brunch.
A word from Vamos Restaurant
Tacos and tequila rule at Vamos and are complemented by intriguing contemporary renditions of other Mexican staples. All presented in a colorful industrial loft with a south-of-the-border sensibility setting. The taco selection is one of the city's largest with 11 voluptuous offerings, each made to order by in the always bustling open kitchen that welcomes the mixing-and-matching of ingredients to personalize taco choices. For tequila enthusiasts there are 100 to choose from.Continued
The large square bar that greets guests at the front of the restaurant generate congenial gatherings as do the dining room's three congenial communal tables that can seat up to 30. More intimate meals are equally well accommodated by inviting banquettes and seductive lighting.
The large square bar that greets guests at the front of the restaurant generate congenial gatherings as do the dining room's three congenial communal tables that can seat up to 30. More intimate meals are equally well accommodated by inviting banquettes and seductive lighting.
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Vamos Restaurant reviews from OpenTable diners
4 reviews since July 30, 2014
- Food4Service4.3
- Ambiance3.8Noise LevelEnergetic
good for groups (3)fit for foodies (2)late-night find (2)hot spot (1)neighborhood gem (1)special occasion (1)vibrant bar scene (1)Show More
- Don't vamos from here .stay n enjoyDelishdelightsVIPDined on 10/10/2014My girlfriends and I decided to come here for a girls night just us four on a Friday night. We had happy hour drinks and some apps ..appetizers were a bit small so we had to order a bunch but margaritas are best I ever had and I have had my fare share..lol atomosphere was very nice dim lights good music..music got louder and more danceable after ten on which was great. Servers were attentive and friendly. We can't wait to go back eat drink dance and be merry.Special Features:
- The following 40 reviews are from the Vamos Restaurant reviews archive.
- Great food,good margs,so-so serviceasreviewDined on 5/16/2014We went to celebrate a friends birthday, we were a large group but it took 15 minutes for a drink order to be placed, and 20 to see chips and salsa. After speaking with the hostess the service picked up. We love coming here and hope this was just a fluke.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love the New MenuOpenTable Diner Since 2004Dined on 10/27/2013It had been some time since I visited Vamos because its menu was nothing new or exciting. I recently wanted to celebrate my nephews 18th birthday and, knowing that he loves Mexican food, I checked out Vamos' menu. I was delighted to find that it had changed. Our group had a wonderful time and the food was excellent. Our waiter was attentive and made sure that we had everything we needed. I live in the neighborhood and plan to dine there again. If I have one complaint, it would be that I made the reservations 2 weeks in advance and unfortunately when we arrived, our table was not ready. No apologies from Hostess, she told us we could sit there and she walked away.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ehhhscottDined on 10/21/2013Nothing really stood out about the place. I would say it exceeds at being average. Nothing bad/nothing great.Special Features:
- It's goodjjstarheartDined on 8/31/2013Went here for brunch with friend. The music level was a little higher than I would have like and our burritos were slightly burned but the food was good overall. This is not a place to go if you have food allergies or particular dietary restrictions since it seemed that little could be modified for any given dish. Otherwise, a cool place and would probably be a lot more fun in a large group with the $9 unlimited drinks.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The Worst Service I've ExperiencedJenJenVIPDined on 8/4/2013I am usually pretty pleased with the service I receive in restaurants; however, I was astounded by the horrible service at Vamos. I was there for bottomless brunch, which only lasts for 90 minutes. No one greeted my table for about 15 minutes, then once the server arrived, he didn't take our order right away. Then another 5 minutes or more later, he came to take our orders. We received one margarita and then never received another one for another 45 minutes. I had to ask the busboy, the hostess, and then the server for a refill (got into an argument over it). I could've paid $15 for one margarita anywhere in the city. This was not a deal because they only give minimal margaritas in 90 minutes. The food was average at best.Special Features:
- Need to change managerOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 6/29/2013Food is always run of the line Tex Mex. There were 6 of us on a Sat eve, the place was empty, they brought 5 meals and my side, and never came back. Waitress never checked. Finally asked busboy who told me someone else got my meal. Manager spent her time harangueing the staff and not once spoke to a diner, not even the guy who never got his meal. Not going back.
- Awesome Brunch!kykyDined on 6/9/2013Delicious food and frozen margaritas keep on coming!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Awful Service and Lots of Childrenerikjn83Dined on 6/8/2013I'll start with the good aspects: hostess was wonderful, we arrived 15 mins early but she was very welcoming and even found us a table outside, busboys were great, when our waitress was absent (most of the time) he was great about taking drink orders from us, Food was overall good, no complaints, I had steak fajitas, and we both had several margaritas. BADS - the waitress was terrible, she was very curt and rude. I asked her questions about menu recommendations and her answer was "I dunno its all good, what do you want?" Then she disappeared until she handed us our check. The other major problem - the children. I was surprised that a restaurant which seems to cater to a young professional crowd would have massive amounts of childrenSpecial Features:
- All You NeedOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 5/31/2013Vamos was exactly what I was looking for in a dining experience. Quality service, really good drinks, great drinks and while it was a tiny bit pricey for my budget ( maybe im just a naive bostonian still) it's definitely a great spot for a once a month food and drink night with friends. I'd recommend this place any day!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The service was atrociousOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 5/29/2013The service was atrocious & the servers were rude and speaking of the customers (us & others) in Spanish. Good thing I was in AP Spanish for 4 years & called the waiter out. I don't recommend it to anyone.
- Vamos is good but...OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 5/5/2013When it gets busy there the service drops significantly. Our waitress was overwhelmed, we paid for the unlimited drink brunch and she came only once to refill. In addition she forgot one of our orders, but by that time we just wanted to go. Food is really good though.Special Features:
- Great Food, Fun TimeOpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 4/19/2013Everything was fantastic however the service was extremely slow - - I am not sure if it was just the night but they kept forgetting to bring us food / drinks.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food was delicious. ServiceOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 4/12/2013Food was delicious. Service was great. The DJ (yes a DJ) was amazing. Free shots with the bill? Yes please. Definitely will be coming back here.Special Features:
- Had some really good guacamole.Das1987VIPDined on 3/22/2013Had some really good guacamole. The rest was sort of standard tex mex, but you can order the lunch sized portion for dinner, which was nice if you aren't starving and want a less expensive option. Nice staff too. Would be good for a casual dinner with a large group.Special Features:
- meh, food and drinks are notOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 2/12/2013meh, food and drinks are not so great. the guacamole is fresh and good.Special Features:
- big party of 12 people. waitressOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 1/20/2013big party of 12 people. waitress was friendly and very attentive, took awhile to order but thats expected with 12 people. We stayed over the hour and a half limited and our margs were refilled WAY before they even were close to the bottom of our cups. Lots of fun!Special Features:
- We had a group of 10 peopleOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 1/18/2013We had a group of 10 people for dinner on a Friday night. They sat us right away and our waitress was great. Delicious margaritas, and if you check-in on Yelp you get a free shot, which of course we all did. The food was great and the vibe of the place was really fun, and as the night went on the music and scene was a good time. Definitely recommend it!Special Features:
- Unlimited brunch margaritasOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 1/13/2013Unlimited brunch margaritas with any entree for $7 keeps us going back.Special Features:
- Food was good--margarita'sAnonymousVIPDined on 1/6/2013Food was good--margarita's were event better. The brunch deal with the $7 all you can drink margarita's for 90 minutes is a good deal. Portion size was average. Ambiance is a bit rustic (i.e., long tables--very cafeteria style).Special Features:
- Still my favorite local taco/tequilOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 12/28/2012Still my favorite local taco/tequila place. Chips and fresh guacamole are great although the portion is small. I recently brought a friend here on a Friday night. It looks as if Vamos is starting new nightly promotions - tacos and salsa dancing/ladies' night/late night happy hour. I usually love the salsa music that plays during dining, but this time they switched over to a DJ playing current hits. I didn't mind it as the mix was good and the place was still packed with people. The food isn't the absolute best in the city, but it's still great and the ambiance is amazing. This place is a lot of fun. I suggest the Vamos Salad with shrimp.Special Features:
- I had the steak, margarita,OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 12/15/2012I had the steak, margarita, and guac - all were delicious!Special Features:
- This was my second visit toOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 12/9/2012This was my second visit to Vamos and I enjoyed it just like the first time. I was my boyfriend who had the bacon and cheddar omelet which he loved and I ordered the chicken sandwich. Frozen margaritas aren't my favorite but for $7 unlimited, how could you pass it up. I would def go back to try something different.Special Features:
- The experienced was Great.OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 11/25/2012The experienced was Great. They still accomodate 2 people that come very late cuz of traffic.Will be back again.Special Features:
- The waitress wasn't greatOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 10/27/2012The waitress wasn't great but I'd been there before and was returning for the food, not the service. Not all the staff was bad though - the bartendar was great!Special Features:
- I can't remember the lastOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 9/30/2012I can't remember the last time the service in a restaurant was so bad. Both the hostess and waitress acted as if they could not care less even though they weren't very busy. The waitress would disappear for long periods of time and then walk right by us as if we didn't exist. Avoid this place!
- We had a great dinner here,OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/27/2012We had a great dinner here, but were a little put off by the fact that they sat us at a table literally in the middle of the room right between the kitchen and the bar. People were constantly walking by and it seemed like we were in the way. Also notable that they only have pitchers of frozen margaritas. Would highly recommend the cilantro margarita!Special Features:
- Love this Gramercy/East 20'sOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 6/15/2012Love this Gramercy/East 20's mexican tequila gem. Very neighborhood feel, but cool vibe. The food is yum yum yum. Prices have gone up recently.Special Features:
- By NYC standards the MexicanOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 6/10/2012By NYC standards the Mexican food is a 4, by California standards the food is a 1, not enough fresh ingredients. Servers are very nice, drinks are good, great view of Stuy Town. What is up with East Coast people and mayonnaise on everything??
- Horrible service and we wentOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 5/28/2012Horrible service and we went there because of specials they had advertised on their web site only to find out that they weren't honoring them as they said they were old. I was expecting them to give us the special after us telling them that was the reason we chose this restaurant and they did not. Then we continued to have horrible service through the whole meal. It took over 30 minutes to get our bill.
- Always a great meal and greatOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 5/13/2012Always a great meal and great drinks. Can't go wrong!Special Features:
- Guacamole was great - tacosBigDaddyfanVIPDined on 5/7/2012Guacamole was great - tacos marginal. Service was awful and since we were only one of maybe three tables, a bit unforgivable.
- vamos a no-go RestaurantaggieDined on 3/31/2012vamos a no-go Restaurant is in our neighborhood so it is convenient but certainly nothing to go out of your way for. The food was a little tired-tasting as in the stewed pork with pineapple which tasted like a three-day leftover and needed a few squirts of lime juice to give it some life. Also lacking in quality (cottony-pink tomatoes in the guacamole, grisly skirt steak)Seems like someone doesnt care anymore in the kitchen. Drinks were zippy. Service was pleasant and prompt. Place is dark and noisy and not particularly festive.
- Better than Taco BellBonnemamanVIPDined on 3/27/2012There were 14 of us and service was slow, but not unexpectedly so for a large group. We were early, so very few people there. Food was okay, drinks were good. Better than Taco Bell.Special Features:
- The noise level makes conversationJMNYCVIPDined on 3/9/2012The noise level makes conversation challenging, but the food and service made up for it. Will go there again.Special Features:
- The food was fantastic. TheOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 2/17/2012The food was fantastic. The waiter was very friendly and very helpful. We had a minor incident with a glass falling, the wait staff noticed it immediately and it was cleaned within two minutes. This place was great.Special Features:
- Great for large groups too :)OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 2/11/2012I had my 27th birthday party and it was completely flawless--I had made reservations for 15 and they accommodated us so easily. 17 people showed and they had no problem with it. The staff was superb--sooooooo nice! The food (I had tacos) was delish (and I'm a real Mexican)--and the margaritas--oh my! :) I couldn't have chosen a better place to celebrate!!!!!!Special Features:
- There are better Mexican placesOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 1/27/2012There are better Mexican places out there but I hear the brunch is a great deal
- Verso ReviewOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 1/10/2012Here is my detailed review of Verson. http://matteatsnyc.blogspot.com/2011/11/verso-lower-east-side.html Please feel free to leave your comments and/or read my other postings. If you enjoy my blog you can follow me on twitter @MattEatsNYC for updates as I continue to eat my way through NYC. ThanksSpecial Features:
- The food was great and ourOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 11/11/2011The food was great and our waiter was great. However, the restaurant made an error and didn't write down the open table reservation in their book. We had 6/12 people there but they made us wait for an hour till the whole party arrived. This clause should be mentioned in the confirmation e-mailSpecial Features:


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Posts by Tuomo Stauffer
89 posts • joined 17 Apr 2007
Microsoft's Courier tablet dies before it lives
What's going on
Now, for obvious reasons, I can't say how or what but what I have seen last two (or three, four?) years MS is really not getting their acts together. A lot of good people there who I know, a lot of strange decisions by "management" which have caused literally / maybe hundreds of canceled projects and "road maps". Especially on the "mobile" side - creating new organizations, departments, buying new development locations, reorganizing on many levels - all for the show, "where is the beef"?
Yes, MS has some of the brightest minds in this business, are they allowed to do what they do best? In my mind - no! Not that I personally care, I'm an OS X and Linux user on toy systems and z/os, nsk, unix, linux, whatever on large systems, but it's a pity because we need all the systems just for different tasks!
SCO: jurors too busy Facebooking to rule on Unix claim
I love this
So - if they are granted their wish (by some fairy?) so I can do whatever and always (forever, next 200 years) get a new "court day" just because the previous jury was too stupid, not really didn't understand my side (whatever it was!) or maybe they were not the right color or maybet they were watching Simpson in smartphone?
Well - as far as I know, it really could happen in USA (not in America, that's another story!)
Highly Available: Systems design and stuff like that
Well, maybe learn some history
Great - but only after these systems get even near a global Tandem, oops - sorry, HP NonStop, network! Nothing wrong with all the marketing hype, that's how we all make the money, but it's really hilarious today what people don't know! Unfortunately it's mostly customers - I have been on both sides 40+ years and the customers / users (actually their management?) is always fooled with nice and bright powerpoint presentations?
Something wrong in this picture and lately it has got even worse? IT seems to go for commodity, no knowledge need, just buy whatever the used car, oops - IT product, salesman offers! If there are some problems later, just blame you own IT people, fire them, hire some new - everybody happy?
Looking back at packaged application rigidity and lock-in
Tim S, you are right, even I have designed systems like yours.
But - and a big but, you really don't see the logistics behind that, so simple as for example taxes, varies by source, destination, product, etc - even worse pro-rated changes, changes to when sent or received, tolls, whatever. Now, add to that the currency changes, fluctuating daily or maybe hourly, non-payments, disputes, even returns (rules change, you know) and maybe changes in accounting laws, regulations, etc - again maybe pro-rated. And because you are VAR (or whatever), all these work on both sides, both on your providers and on your customers. Find me a software package which can handle all those including your house rules without a lot of re-work.
Believe me these were just the simple examples, systems change, infrastructure changes, vendors go out of business, service contracts fail every day, business grows and needs more resources, new laws are created which can change almost anything, knowledgeable people change jobs, get sick, retire, even die - your system is built for one OS which gets obsoleted and the vendor doesn't care, your system only supports one type of interfaces / browsers / etc which are found to be unpractical / unsafe / etc, the management wants to add new business functions, get new types of reporting, connect to new financial interfaces / institutions, whatever.
The current problem with ERP or whatever systems is that they are not achitected to (your) business needs (most often, not a rule) but try to force the business to follow the ways products work. These can be easily dealt when you design a system from your business perspective instead trying to force your business to match whatever is the current fad.
Some business is so volatile (dynamic) that I sometimes wonder (not much, another story!) how they can even think some outside system provider knowing better than they what they do / need?
A repeating pattern
Actually, ERP was there before "canned applications" - it was easy when applications were built in-house. I designed one in 70's, huge insurance company, 18K applications and all what was needed just one API wherever resources (money mostly) was moved. The management had "real time" view, the checks and balances automatically reflected for any systems, etc.
But, as the article says, then came the clueless spending on "canned applications" and the whole system came obsolete, more and more was missing from total! Total chaos after a couple of years, more spending on "special" applications, more people needed to manually do what was already automated, and so on. And one day they couldn't any more manage it, sale time. What's new?
Firefox 3.6 beta promises speed injection
I definitely hope
That it's less memory hog than previous versions, I have been using Firefox (and ilk) since day one but lately have had to use others - current Firefox just eats too much memory when I'm working, not just browsing. Safari, Chrome, Opera, Konqueror, Chrome, even (horror) IE have smaller memory print after a while. If all you do is browsing or a little other work, it's great but.
About "Open Source", yes, if I just would have time, maybe in next couple of months. Memory management isn't difficult but changing it in an existing system can be a huge task, especially today when the memory is not really managed but the task is left for languages and libraries.
Anyhow, I'm positive, not yet tested this version, that sooner or later we once again have the mean and lean browser, and maybe it is next Firefox - one of them.
vBulletin denies busting downloads in paid-up protester ban
Seems expensive
Not a specialist in forums but free forums as lefora.com , etc seem very good? Of course - some companies, once they have trapped the customers, do the same. Doesn't make it more fun but how much did you pay of that Vista service pack, sorry, something 7? At least I only use vendors / products which can be moved to something / somewhere else just by one sweep.
(Former) IT consultant confesses to SCADA tampering
Where do they find?
Where do they find and why this kind of people - definitely not a professional! Management error, yes, he is a bad apple but who and why selected him when there is, especially today, overflow in market for real professionals? Also, bad systems management - it's not difficult nor expensive to have systems where you manage everyone, even managers (specifically managers, they are often the weakest link and can cause even more problems - heh!)
Michael Dell faces questions in crime-camera case
A rose?
Are you sure, what world do you live? So tomato (no matter what you call it) really is a fruit and not a vegetable even in US? Remember, the law is not so simple. The missile I sell to you is a "peace saving device" if you use it as I want but, if you use it by your own it may turn to a "weapon of mass destruction". Kind of difference between those two definitions, or? Now, I don't know a law which says that an object can't be renamed or the name or an object can't have several meanings. That's why we need(?) lawyers, politicians, judges and other blessed by some higher understanding / god to explain others what all the terms and names mean at any time and place, said / written by different persons!
VMware piles up next virtual stack for servers
Citadel etc
This was a commercial article, of course. But anyway, as @herman mentioned, the Exchange reference is a little strange? Has Exchange really gone so bad, hard to believe but possible.
Now, as usually, they (VMware) are touting capabilities which have been in virtual world ages, at least since 70's as far as I know. Of course they are new in PC world which still has a long way to go before the hw / systems are on the level mainframe virtualization was a long time ago. Virtual is real, nice.. Separate execution and management.. Fault tolerance - maybe they should look a little closer why Stratus way hasn't been so successful in real world, NonStop still beats it for a reason.
Anyhow, good to see that at least the (VM) development didn't end when some key people left.
To beat Google, Microsoft will become Google
Interesting opinion
So - it seems that Microsoft will go with the virtual containers after all - maybe? An age old technology but not much used - a container can be anything from a corporation to a "data center" or a message or a database view or a process or .., uniquely addressable, dynamically configurable, location independent, include and/or share other containers, and so on. A simple architecture in theory - hard one in current Windows platforms. Once done you can add services, nodes, programs, messages, routes, etc just through configuration to a living system. Same interface to every service (process, program, procedure, etc) - cuts the APIs down to a couple of dozens. Easy recovery / takeover - a service is fully location independent, etc, etc..
Anyhow - anyone who wants to compete Google needs a simple architecture, not the millions APIs as currently in Windows, .NET, Java, even Unix / Linux, whatever. And of course wouldn't make everyone happy - some just live in complexity and confusion, makes one feel important and gives a false impression of the job security.
AT&T will slash 12,000 from workforce
As the US car manufacturing - bail out the execs and let the workers go? Or banking? Or trade? Or whatever? Actually not an US trend alone, seen all over.
Think - you make a mistake which causes problems, what's the result? You are fired, not rewarded! Now, you belong to the "old boy" network and make a mistake which causes problems, stock price going down, hundreds or thousands going unemployed, etc - you get the "socialist" government (oops, sorry, the US government) to bail you out so you can keep your houses, cars, servants, boats, whatever. And in case they have to let you go, you still have the "golden parachute" giving enough to live the rest of your life kind of well (very well)?
This is kind of funny(?), Register being in UK things are different. In Europe there is at least some level support for unemployed people, in US there is almost none. Even the unemployed counting is weird - after 6-10 months you are not any more counted as an unemployed in US? I just wonder what the real numbers are? I know about 90% of my friends in age group of 55 to 65 are unemployed but not counted! Just a couple of hundreds, what do I know? Actually even I wouldn't hire them today, the insurance costs for older workers go through the roof in US! Or maybe they know too much - some mishaps and problems in large (huge!) corporations show the total inexperience none of the persons I know would have allowed? The cost == millions??
Anyhow - very old issue. It's not really the corporations / companies but (mostly) the middle management which hire too many resources (headcount - headcount is power!) and then run to the trouble. Why this is allowed has always (over 35 years for me and for historians over 3000 years!) amazed me - and probably will next xxxx years!
E-voting fears run high as election day looms
Politicians and computers
Sorry Tuija, try to test it more again - maybe it turns right some day? But we Finns are stubborn, we will test and test and test it until we get the correct result or there has been so many tests that the number of incorrect results is statistically insignificant and can be ignored - problem solved!
Goodbye to physical Fibre Channel
Why not..
Anyone remember Network Systems Hyperchannel and RFCs 1044 and 1223? Interesting - actually I would have thought the speed going up even more and with four trunks but they got bought out.. Light will be faster (photons versus electrons) but maybe we have to wait - again? NSC HC was actually more than just disks (or any I/O) - and very easy to write drivers / applications. Of course, today those skills are (maybe) only on vendors, no user / customer has any more skills to create that level systems, they buy and operate (sorry, administer) what they are sold - sad!
Motorola's navel gazing Android delayed
What were you waiting?
Having 50 developers and trying to hire 300 more for Android they need that time to find a cubicle for each developer? Seriously - Motorola is a good hardware company but any time it comes to software, they are lost! They still think that headcount is the most important thing in software development and, of course, Six Sigma, etc. So - they will deliver but it takes time.
Microsoft's 'ordinary Joe' promises Windows 7 bliss
Let's see
"By integrating the test teams into the planning process at the beginning"? What? What happened to agile? So - they have had even more design problems than I thought. Integrating all teams at the beginning was the mantra when I started with computers 1972! Has worked well since then.
Now - I still don't think that 7 will make a difference, big corporates just can't change the design / development culture that fast, maybe 8?
Should software developers do it for themselves?
Can't be true..
If a company making as much profit as MS thinks every fourth person must be a manager (Windows 7 development) who am I to argue?
Now, personal experience over 30+ years, yes, managers are needed otherwise there is no time to build systems, to design, to program, to administrate, to .. But one of four?
Logistics, politics, budgets, etc are necessary but boring - so, let's leave that to managers as long as they get us what we need (beer, and so on.. and maybe computers / tools / toys sometimes also) and stay out of how, it seems to give them headache - maybe sometimes asking why because they have to have a good story to tell upwards.
Big Blue shares cloudy thinking with developers+dog
Won't be the first time..
IBM has had "cloud" in their mind as long as I remember back to 70's, especially after Series 1 and 8100 (the canceled 8000 series) came out. Series 1 was seriously fun systems! Of course the TP monitors were able for distributed processing and it was very easy to write RJE jobs, JES3 managing several computers, actually using non-IBM technology 100s of miles apart even in non-IBM systems. Systems programmers dream land!
Now, they have killed it as many times they have started (same as VM?) The problem with huge and slow moving corporation.
I don't know if they are serious this time? But at least they are aiming to large / very large corporations - the interfaces are not what a small company would use, times have changed! Lotus is really for large corporations - nice system but UI, etc not up to date. And binding it to Windows and even Java - what do they think?
And really, feature wise - what do you get more than in other systems? Or even without - I have documents perfectly safe in global services (encrypted!), manage / share X number of projects, one address book, can start video, whiteboard, telephone, whatever conferences at any time with my peers, share or not share files, etc, use any chat or IM or whatever at the same time, and so on - all this independent if in OS X, Linux or Windows (without SharePoint - heh!)? So - what would this give me more than I already have?
Reg readers: Distributed software development is hard
Interesting study and comments
Doing global (and local) development since 70's, sometimes managing, sometimes designing, sometimes just coding or testing so I have seen X number different projects (and results!) There is also a difference between internal and external projects, and also if you are a provider overseeing (helping) a customer or another provider project - many flavors.
The study really hints what I have always thought and why I'm big fan of social networking and collaboration. And agile - long time before marketing came with that word.
The differences today are really all the tools and toys available. Used correctly they can be very useful but often misused and causing some problems. Earlier using for example phone and transferring massive amounts of documents, code, etc were very error prone, slow, and so on. Today there is no need for that, distributed systems take care of that. For design, negotiation, checks, etc just fire the video conference and whiteboards up in computer - almost as good as sitting in same room. I can do that 24h from home, helps a lot in global environment.
Now, some things haven't changed - the management of a project is still and probably will always be a lot of manual work! It just needs personal touch today as much as ever. Worst projects I have had are when some group on other side of globe are given very detailed definitions and too much autonomy. No contract,SLA, project plan, etc ever is perfect but some cultures see them that way and execute them to the letter but nothing else. Time to fly there and when one way is 16-26h it definitely isn't fun but if the other option is to negotiate over phone, take two-three weeks (or sometimes months!) to even start something then the flying over and managing it in place seems a good solution. And no - Six Sigma or whatever disciplines are good and needed but can't replace common sense!
So, technically distributed projects are not bad but the logistics! Even locally distributed projects can keep you busy, separate buildings, campuses, whatever combined with todays "management model" where we build the railroad from east, the other organization from west and some day we will meet - but half a mail apart!
Facebook summarily denies undeniable user-menacing security hole
More - and sane people...
Right and besides Hyde Park is a lovely park, one of my favorite places in April but unfortunately not able to visit it often, FaceBook - no flowers, no spring rain, definitely no entertaining and funny people, no pub's near, .. Yes, if I have something to say, I will go to Hyde Park. Try it, you will love it! Next time I'm in London, hopefully in April, see you there and not in Internet. Besides, it's totally safe except of course from some, very good British humor, the comments are way better than what you see in Internet!
Agency sues to stop Defcon speakers from revealing gaping holes
So - MBTA is a business..
A correct action - "A Dutch judge rejected the request.", good for dutch! Any corporation that skimps in security should be responsible. It is not that it is difficult, expensive, or whatever, especially today, we have a technology for security, just don't go and buy from next guy who promises free air-miles or whatever perks, design it if you need it! Security is NOT a product, tool or toy - get real! The more the failures in security and other areas in IT are published, the better. It is not just RFID cards, look around - the corporations are slacking instead of working.
It doesn't make any sense to go around failing suits when the problem is in own house. A tiring subject - comes out more and more. I hope that MIT, etc fights this - there are problems and they have to be found. Lately it seems that corporations are not taking the business seriously - and the security is not the only one!
Rich data: the dark side to Web 2.0 applications
Why is this news - again?
Maybe because we don't learn - "don't mix data and code"! Maybe we even get self modifying code next that the user can send to systems? Sorry, seems that I'm a little slow today, we already have it - again! As long as the corporations or their minions buy whatever "new" and glorious technologies without any criteria - it will go on and on. Besides, it's not "rich data", it's "rich code" if there is anything that causes execution - and would someone give the official definition of Web 2.0 or a standards definition - I have been looking it now for a while, which RFC?
Mandriva's Linux on a stick will wow all the ladies this Summer
On this side of the pond..
It is unfortunate in US that Mandriva is not even mentioned in most articles of Linux. Yes, Mandriva has had their ups and downs but as a (paying) user I have found that Mandriva is a nice balance between casual user and hard core user. Paying because even currently running on my own, I still think that the small amount you pay even if you can get it free may make a difference.
Even I moved from programming to systems design and architecture a long time ago, I still love USB (or CD, DVD, whatever) capability to boot (in) a computer. Often the environment I have to work just doesn't have the tools and toys, and in case like that your "own" system is a huge time saver. Of course Mandriva is not the only one, I carry a couple of other Linux distros, Open Solaris, BSD, etc on several USBs, CDs and DVDs (with different database systems, etc) with me. I can even bring up VM and MVS on almost any system - now, if I could do that legally with Windows?
What I learned from a dumb terminal
Dump terminal times had some benefits..
Mostly you knew that there was something not really(?) working, even the data entry and office personnel were at least used to get what they waited and mostly knew their limitations. Today - it has changed! I'm now out of it because got too tired of managers, CIOs, whatever who have absolutely no idea what they are talking but because they are "big bosses" they think that yelling is more important than trying at least a little to understand the computer systems.
Yes, a customer is a customer, but when you get 2am support call THIRD time and already guess that a manager in a state wide infrastructure has removed the same cable again(!) because it doesn't look right(!) - and I was on 3td level of support so two other people already got yelled.. Unfortunately they had fired all the admins - everything runs nicely so why would we need any admins, we can save money just having some console operators? Who, actually, left because even they with their small experience knew better! It was kind of funny - first time was confusing, second time was frustrating and third time(!) - I probably broke some some vendor / customer rules, he got promoted and we never had at least that problem again!
And, don't ever get involved with a relative as a customer! They don't even have to be one of the "stupid" relatives but because they are a relative! They assume that you are there to solve any problem and stop even trying, first sign of ANY problem and you are supposed to come and fix it! I had one - never again!
BOFH: The all-clicking, all-whirring Roboboss
A long time ago I used to work with(!) operators and they really have day dreams! Which I often had to enjoy. Maybe operators have evolved - in my days (of course only in dreams!) we only could lose a boss to (sound proof) fire stairs, doors somehow locked both up and down but eventually opened 8 hours later. Or maybe the bosses key code was found when someone used the executive bar or private lounges, saunas, etc in the night - actually good quality drinks and very hot saunas, not that I would know anything about those - just operator dreams! Or when some bosses got stuck between garage doors in a limo full of student girls coming to study the company process 3am - strange, the doors really did work for me a little earlier(?) but was kind of interesting in internal (of course, recoding) TV-circuit, and we, of course, were not allowed to even report anything about that system, a secret and another department! They really didn't do good work, tapes got lost and then somehow ended published in our internal publishing system just at lunch time when everyone was supposed to watch it? Kind of miss those times - the dreaming(?) is not as common today or maybe I just don't deal with operators as much as I used?
MySQL quits Torvalds' former BitKeeper love interest
I love and use git, cvs, subversion, accurev, perforce, mks, even ClearCase and SourceSafe, whatever but they all are missing something, the real view of complexity of development on business level. Even ClearCase and other very expensive (and hard to manage) systems are not on the level for example Panvalet was on late 70's. So - of course you go on what you need but, unfortunately, these system are made from engineering point of view, not for user, not for managing projects, not for development teams on different locations and time zones, not really have all the capabilities to manage several development branches and versions, etc.
BitKeeper is no different, a nice system but instead of of functionality they are more interested of the money and marketing. And good for them IF they can make it. Which seems possible in todays IT environment.
HP dishes 24 hour party people blade
Need not to stop - try NonStop
Tandems, or as they are today HP NonStop systems are and have been amazing since first 16bit systems back in 70's. Of course banks, trade companies, etc love them but there are other who also need uninterrupted 24x7 operations, manufacturing also loves NonStop systems in such cases. They run warehouses, just in time manufacturing, robots in bank vaults no person ever allowed (yes, there are such), etc. Unfortunate how short sighted the IT industry often is - as John Benson says, some system I designed in 80's are still running and scaling up with new systems without any code changes. User interfaces may and will change but the core components don't have to. About SCOBOL and TAL (Tandem languages) both are still very versatile - TAL (based on Algol syntax) is what C, done right, should have been. 300K+ is really not much when you talk about the whole business, it just looks big in one check but compared to a whole IT project over xx years? Best ROI you may get - often, sometimes? And security - try NonStop or a mainframe!
IBM dumps Rational tools on unsuspecting users
Isn't it great?
All these collaboration and team tools! Out lives are getting easier and easier, instead of thinking, planning, designing and developing, just push a button in a tool and if there still is a problem, push another button and problem is moved to someone elses plate! Life is too short to plan, design and develop, just use one of these great tools, don't get tired thinking on day, save that to the pub - think how much better your life will be! Oh, you don't like Clear...., why would you even care, now you can move your problem to build manager, resolution manager, build technician, build architect, product manager, deployment manager, delivery manager, or even to the poor systems architect who is responsible of the build scrips with on push of a button. Life will be great - sorry, I hate marketing!
Tech luminaries honor database god Jim Gray
Jim Gray!
I had the luck to work with Jim a couple of years and can tell, he was the person you can read in this and other articles. And more, our kids were always welcome to his (small) office, he always had papers, pencils and TIME for them. They still remember him after many years. We stayed in contact after going to separate companies but I definitely will miss his Xmas greetings every year and his always nice and immediate answers when I did ask anything, mostly stupid questions. I'm sure that many other besides me did learn that being technically good (not brilliant as Jim) is not good enough, you also have to be a human who understands others.
Potty-mouthed hackers steal comcast.net keys, go for a spin
Preventing and monitoring?
Preventing this kind of things happening can never be 100% but aren't they monitoring it? You would think that any company which is relying on, let's say DNS, would be monitoring that resource? Doesn't really cost anything, just a couple of messages time to time. Weird!
Too much code, too few application security specialists
Agile and security?
Agile is nothing new, it is just a new word for an age old way to do things. And what it has to do with security - security is much, much more than just some word, technology, method, whatever. And if the "security specialist" means just IT - a lost case already. Of course application and system security are important but saying that a (computer) development method solves security problems is, in my mind, a little (or more than a little) dangerous, someone might even believe that?
Don't get me wrong, I love agile, it brings the old teamwork back which was lost to (wrongly understood) waterfall (another story) , but saying it replaces education, thinking, planning, designing, checking, testing, etc is just a little too much marketing to my taste.
TJX employee fired for exposing shoddy security practices
It's not just TJX..
Yes, it is easy to be PCI compliant and still totally insecure. When does it get through - security is not rules, regulations, tools or toys. Security is protecting property, information, and even humans and access to something which could be harmful or cause problems in wrong hands. PCI is mostly nice acronyms and abbreviations, none really defined what they mean but assumed to describe something which has to be protected and how. Think of PCI itself, maybe it is "Peripheral Component Interconnect" - as good as "Payment card industry" or is it "Per capita income"?
It would be so simple to write regulations as "you mishandle customer information in a way which causes loss or grief to a customer, you are denied the rights to do xxxxxxx." Leave the how to corporations, they always find a way to comply just because it would be a good business - don't make the security itself a lucrative business for snake oil companies which always find ways to sell "secure" solutions for other companies.
And IT because this is not an IT problem but much, much wider.. IT is not paid the salaries where this kind of problems are solved.
Microsoft slides out second HPC Windows 2008 beta
MS and HPC?
Doesn't fit to the same page today - HPC is something else, be it high computing power or processing huge amounts of data. With their huge resources MS could handle it but no real results yet? 1000 clusters - who cares, old news, what are results? Same, more, less, ?? than old Cray or Big Blue, or mainframe clusters, or what?? High performance is a little confusing term, used to describe too many things, but it definitely is not how many systems you can connect but what is the result - anything else is just marketing - maybe good for (some?) management but not real.
BOFH: The Boss gets Grandpa Simpson syndrome
Kids, give some respect
Some respect to UK computer history - Elliot 503 (and 803) was a machine! Even Tony Hoare said so! The only problem was to collect the paper tape from floor after run but the machine itself had a real nice voice when processing. Full Algol besides.
Mag-lev flywheel UPS firm says shipments speeding up
Flying - literally
Backtracking - spinning things can do interesting damage. This company gave up the flywheel UPS's after we watched a FASTRAND drum storage go through a brick wall when it jumped out of the case. Decent size hole, have to say. But fast service - next day delivery from Univac a new one but the flywheels were replaced shortly after that - they were a little heavier and also promised never to break?
Microsoft slings sack of green at US universities
Everyone saying it's hypocritical is right! MS can be anything but green today - their systems and applications use more cycles and more (on desktop) graphics (i.e. hotter cards) than anyone else. They really have to do more - they are doing in some areas but green - no! Even with enhanced, lower power systems, MS systems just seem to eat more and more. I have to laugh when I remember the days when people were complaining that the systems used more than 10% of cycles compared to applications! Do you see those complains today??
Men could have kids with chimpanzees - gov must act
Who ever said..
"Improve the average human intelligence and diminish the average chimpanzees' intelligence" - this wins, hands down! Thank you - haven't had a good laugh for a while.
Homeland Security takes pity on terror list Ted Kennedys
Good but still
Good start but.. Long ago I got involved in an insurance case - same name, same birthday and living in apartments cross each other! Guess which one our collectors hit - the wrong one! And a manager in one of our largest customer on top of that. Took a while to cool it down. So, maybe they are not out of the loop yet?
Standalone security industry dying, says guru
RE: Infosec is mostly voodoo
Why didn't the first ask all (most) of questions? A very good question, I have wondered the same thing? Nobody can probably think every detail but security, physical and logical, has been around a long time and there are some very good checklists, maybe not all in one but you can put one together rather easily.
Maybe the problem is the "specialists"? They see one problem, want it fixed but don't see that fixing it will cause other problems? Adding a camera is easy, guaranteeing it stays up all the time, there are enough people watching the new circuits, etc may not be so easy? Adding a new security protocol, encryption, etc may be easy but what it does to performance, capacity, current AA management, etc may again be not so easy?
Same as adding ABS breaks, be ready, the behavior of the car may change a lot! And it takes time to get used to it OR you may have to change other parts to make the car really drivable again.
Security experts warn against Web 2.0 charlatans and 'premature AJAXulation'
Ever done a large system?
There is not much difference protecting security than protecting against other coders or other applications in system. It should teach everyone to design the part they do against all kinds of misuse - or do you want to go tracing, debugging, whatever your own part when someone else makes a mistake?
An advice, don't ever trust the spec. or defaults - sooner or later it will bite you. Unfortunately today the push to deliver is so high that even the best sometimes make shortcuts. I'm amazed that companies do that but maybe the short time benefits look too attractive, next quarter up, year from now - huge problems but who cares?
Is SOA getting boring?
IBM a dinosaur, maybe but..
IBM may be a dinosaur but it has a lot of raptors in flock. SOA is huge and IBM has both the business savvy and the technical people to handle both sides - they have done it through all the changes in business and technology a long time.
SOA is definitely not boring - it's just too big to grasp if you don't have both business and technology background. Time shows - SOA is nothing new except new acronyms, terms, thankfully some new standards, definitions, etc but the idea is old. It was old 30+ years ago, just not formalized.
Spam busters blacklist MessageLabs and chums
You get what you preach
It's getting old! These "block lists" are there to make money to some company, nothing really blocking spam or whatever. The e-mail system has gone bad - my e-mails (from many servers I have to keep just because one day Google is black listed, one day it is a group of IPs where my private server is, one day my Hotmail, and so on, a long list), I'm lucky if I get 5xx error (or some other error to tell me) but often the mail just goes to NULL. And every time it is one of these "services" to block SPAM. There are much easier (and cheaper on long run) ways to fight SPAM and other things you don't want to come through your e-mail!
IBM offers 4,000 frequent flyer miles per core to abandon HP
Nothing new
We had a network administrator who had very nice vacations all over the world until the management realized that he selected the gears by who gave most miles - in US for some strange reason companies buy from third hand, not from vendor? So there are always some kinds of perks included - I just wonder how IRS looks that?
Rethink code cohesion
Yes, a nice article
Makes sense so much that don't present your ideas if looking a job in a huge software company as a developer. I tried and was told that I don't understand objects? Good luck for them getting out of the mess later. Yes, it did work a long time ago and it still works (obejcts or no objects!) to make testable and maintainable systems.
Your business communications are a mess
UC - sometimes handy
Unified is here - I have 6 phone numbers in two countries (for local, cheap calls), Skype, Gizmo, VoIP and cell - no POS. Pennies (literally) compared what it used to be a couple of years ago, You call any one and if not answered routes through options to leave a message or route to my cell. I can use voice, chat, send / receive files or have a video conference over devices which support it. Sounds good to me. This is where my MacBook comes handy but I also have the same capability in a couple of Linux systems I use - all in .11n networks, fast enough but not expensive. Or maybe I'm in a bar which offers free WiFi.
Extreme Programming in risky position, says co-creator
I don't know if this is even worth of commenting? We tried XP and SCRUM and agile and a couple more which don't have current "new" acronyms in 70's with 400+ developers / programmers in a controlled environment! AND the result - some methods work in some special cases but no magic was found! And the same methods didn't work in all the phases - actually the agile design did show a lot of benefits when moved out of site but that has been known a long time, isolate the design group somewhere without interruptions you get better results. Code development did work well when the roles and requirements were well defined, duh! So, before any of these "new" methods are tested and proven in a CONTROLLED environment, I think they really are just fluff and, as some have said, there to make money and fame.
IBM gives mainframe another push
A mainframe refresh course
No, mainframes are not best for everything. But, if you need real reliability, performance, security and easy to operate at the same time nothing beats z/OS (aka MVS) in mainframe. And yes, even a mainframe can go down. There has been some OS problems which made it unusable, of course, no electricity - no computer, an operator error and a catastrophic hardware failure (which usually leaves it running but with so much reduced power that it is basically unusable - seen one and have rumors of other.) About name mainframe, it can be argued but when it comes to raw information, not computational, power I don't think that there are other (today) than a real z/OS based system from IBM. It is unfortunate that Hitachi, Fujitsu, Amdahl, etc are not any more competing, it was an interesting time. About real ROI - if running hundreds or even thousands of Linux (business or development) servers in a mainframe there is no question that it is much less expensive in every way than separate servers. And it is a myth that mainframes are more difficult to manage than Unix, Windows, etc. When an installation has a good systems programmer taking care of the systems I still can teach the administrators (used to be called operators,heh) in a couple of weeks and after six months expertise they will be fully fluent. And development is same as in any other platform except the developers don't have to care make files(?), libraries, versions, etc - all that was taken care (in a good installation) already in 70's. JCL ? what is that, in no organized mainframe shop using source/configuration management to manage the environment has required the developers, etc to know except basics - mostly how to fill your credentials, run conditions, output requirements and maybe accounting information, the system takes care of rest and has done that 30 years. Now - add VM to that. Each group and even a person has own mainframe or maybe own Linux to develop, to test, to QA, etc just by starting it (once again - if the installation is even a little designed and organized right!) Mainframes just got a bad name for a while because of the same reasons other systems have/will get a bad name - business didn't understand how to use them and IBM has to take some blame on that, they moved to marketing instead of their at one time excellent education and training.
VMware rains hardware deals on Microsoft's parade
Good for VM
I really have to wonder MS with all their resources? They have very good people in development so that can't be the problem, why so late? It will get interesting, now MS doesn't have to fight just VM but get to all these hardware vendors after the fact. And they must offer something better than VM if they want to stay in game. Not easy, these are business systems and not home servers. They will run many other OS's than just Windows and all the management problems it creates. MS is enhancing Windows management to more standards based but how long will that take? And will it be really interoperable with existing infrastructure management systems? Too many questions still - interesting times coming!
Get some respect in data management
Life and IT
It is not just DBA's, the whole IT is in denial. Life (==business) is not IT but making money. Until IT is a separate utility / service function, which has only business relationships and people who liaison between, it better to talk business language, not technology babble. Even inside IT it is sometimes difficult to find same terms, is it then no wonder that people outside don't understand those ever changing, millions of acronyms and different ways to show how it works. And it works another way round too - half of my work is to find why these nicely modeled, fully normalized and even formally tested databases have no performance when business functions change as they do almost day by day. In business a nice, static diagram is good a week - if you are lucky, world goes on.
Former contractor sues Google for $25m
Same concept
It is the same concept you often see in movie world. All he can hope is his name in credentials and maybe a token payment but even that is goodwill by company. It is a contract issue and if not specifically stated in contract then it is a non-issue. And when working always document the background of any idea. It protects both you and the company - that way they don't think (should not think) owning the idea but they will own the work. The problem often comes when you have been working a long time and know or at least have knowledge of a lot. Some ideas which seem new are in reality very old but the players are new / uneducated / unexperienced who have never heard of those and may try to own them. I personally have had a couple of those - then you just have patiently go back and explain how it works, it often helps to have customers lawyer included so they can explain it to the customer in what ever terms they use in that company. Just don't let them intimidate you, they will try!
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Victoria's Hotel Grand Pacific Decks the Halls for the Holidays
From US Thanksgiving to New Year's, property promises to delight young and old alike
There will be bright lights, bears and baubles this holiday season at the Hotel Grand Pacific. Along with playing host to the annual Bear Wear fundraiser, the property is again offering an array of events, special menus and packages for visitors and locals to celebrate the holidays right on Victoria's twinkling Inner Harbour.
"We love being part of people's holiday memories," says Reid James, General Manager of the Hotel Grand Pacific. "Whether families are coming by to enjoy the Bear Wear display, or colleagues and friends are getting together to toast the season over a meal, we're so honoured to be part of their celebrations and traditions."
Kicking things off for American guests, The Pacific Restaurant will offer an American Thanksgiving menu on November 28 and 29. For $44 per adult and $19 per child (12 and under), guests will enjoy three seasonal courses with options including confit butternut squash & goat cheese salad, free-range turkey and pumpkin pie with Chantilly cream.
The Hotel Grand Pacific is proud to once again host the annual Bear Wear event, benefitting the Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island. Running from November 26 through to January 2, 2014, a display of teddy bears dressed up in costumes will grace the hotel's lobby, providing a family-friendly event for all. Entry is free, but for a suggested donation of $2, guests can enter a draw to win their favourite bear. Each bear is sponsored and dressed by a Victoria business or an individual donor; money raised is directed into programs at the Children's Health Foundation to support children and youth in need and their families on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. More information about the event can be found at www.childrenshealthvi.org.
The Hotel Grand Pacific is also right in the middle of Victoria's "Holiday Harbour Stroll," a stretch of holiday lights, decorations and seasonal exhibitions down the south side of the city's Inner Harbour from the Fairmont Empress to the Inn at Laurel Point, and including the new Robert Bateman Centre. Families can stop for a delicious hot chocolate and a sweet treat at the hotel's Courtyard Café before continuing their way along the stroll.
Moving into December celebrations, the Pacific Restaurant will again offer its popular Christmas Lunch buffet – at just $29 per person, it's perfect for a Christmas catch-up lunch with a friend, entertaining clients at the end of the year, or an indulgent meal before hitting Victoria's shopping streets. Dishes includes both the classics and some modern twists - roasted turkey with double smoked bacon and apple dressing; tabouleh quinoa salad with almonds, olive oil, lemon and mint; and desserts including warm Christmas pudding, chocolate mousse and mincemeat tarts. The buffet is available weekdays from December 9 through 20 inclusive, from 12:00pm – 3:00pm.
The restaurant will also offer a Yuletide set menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, available to the public as well as hotel guests. Priced at $56 per person (exclusive of taxes and gratuity) diners will enjoy three courses, each with both traditional options and mouth-watering modern choices. On New Year's Eve, restaurant guests can enjoy an exclusive five course tasting menu along with entertainment from Victoria's own Kristina Helene later in the evening. Tickets for the evening are $65 per person.
Bookings for all seatings at The Pacific can be made online here, or by calling the restaurant at 250-380-4458.
For out-of-town guests looking to celebrate Christmas in Victoria, the hotel is also offering a deluxe three-night Christmas Package which covers everything from a Christmas Eve welcome reception and group dinner, through to a brunch buffet and three-course dinner on Christmas Day, as well as Boxing Day activities including a city tour of Victoria, the Christmas lights at Butchart Gardens, and a visit to the Royal BC Museum, and more. The package is priced at $670 per person for the three nights, December 24, 25 and 26, and is based on double occupancy. For more information, please visit the hotel's website here.
The Hotel Grand Pacific offers guests what they want, where they want it. Conveniently located on the Inner Harbour in downtown Victoria, it is the perfect choice for the lifestyle traveller seeking an alternative from the traditional branded hotel stay. With 304 spacious guestrooms and suites, the Hotel Grand Pacific is renowned for delivering an exceptional and personalized guest service experience. With a focus on health and wellness, the hotel offers complimentary access to the Victoria Athletic Club, located on-site. Relax at Sora Spa, or dine at the all-day Pacific Restaurant or The Mark, an award-winning fine dining restaurant. The Hotel Grand Pacific is a proud member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
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text: Tidings came to brave Robin Hood under the Greenwood tree "Come prepare you then my merry men we'll go yon sport to see." Forth from the Greenwood they are gone with hearts all firm and stout Resolving then with the sheriff's men to have a hearty bout… -- "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" Come one and all who have skill with bow and swordsmen who would see justice done in Nottingham! A grand contest of the bow will be held in Sherwood and as Robin's men will undoubtedly contend the sheriff's men will not be far. Armed skirmishes are sure to break out! The Barony of Bjornsborg invites you to enjoy a Day in Sherwood. The morning's activities will include novelty target archery shoots as well as a "live target" combat archery shoot. A luncheon feast will be served followed by an afternoon of melees for both heavy weapons and rapier fighters in the woods and in the open field. Heavy weapons melees will include combat archery. This will be your last chance to get in some melee practice before Gulf Wars and your last chance to be authorized for GW combat archery. As the day wanes a Bardic competition will be held under the spreading Gallows Oak. Prizes will be awarded to the best target archer the best combat archer the best bard and the person who best exemplifies the spirit of Sherwood. A war chest will be filled to be divided among the victors of the melees. More information can be found on the Bjornsborg website: www.bjornsborg.org. Site Fee is $13 for adults, $12 for 17 yrs old to 6 yrs old, And free for 5 and under. Receiving a 2 dollar discount for using ACCEPS. Family max- $39 at gate and $33 using ACCEPS Luncheon Feast $7 Luncheon Menu by Oksana Goncharova All the dishes come from "Forme of Cury" (14th Century English) Tables will be set with: Roo & Pygges in Mawe (Venison Sausages) Neowe Fruyt (Fresh Fruit) Chese (Assorted Cheeses) First Course: Roo Broth (Venison Stew) Rapes and Pasturnakes in Pottage (Carrots and Root vegetables) Frumente (Barley) Payndemayn & Botere (Bread and Butter) Second Course: Bukkenade (Meat and vegetable dish with almond milk) Perrey of Pesoun (Peas and Onions) Rauioles (Ravioli with cheese and sweet spices) Third Course: Peeres in Confyt (Pears in a sweet wine sauce) Daryols (Custard tarts) Rysshews of Fruyt (Fried balls of mixed fruit) Steward: Elisava "Bess" Illiesca Nys Thornton 10119 Windburn Trail ConverseTexas 78109 210-391-6386 thebloodymistress at satx.rr.com -- MODO LUDETE ALEA DAMNANDIS


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Sunday Morning Yellow Sky Lyrics
(When the darkness falls like a curtain
And the night ahead is a long and uncertain dream
Beyond the loss and the hope of redemption)
At the broken heart of the city
Where the hollow light of day never reaches in
A man can break down and fall into pieces
He will fall asleep like a baby
And the unforgiving arms of the cradle
Rock as hard as the face of the city pavement
Hide your eyes
Hide your eyes
He can see the face of a lover
In the lonely face of the angel above him
Carved into the stone that is changing around him
He can feel her breathing inside him
And the unforgiving visions deny him
Life can only be what a man can make it
Hide your eyes
Hide your eyes
Sunday morning
Yellow sky
The sun is floating diamond high
Hours passing
A baby cries
In the arms of someone you imagine
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
He can feel his skin like a prison
Like a dying cage he struggles to live inside
He tries to call out but nobody hears him
At the ragged edge of the silence
In the calm that only comes with the violent sleep
Inside the heart and the hope of redemption
Hide your eyes
Hide your eyes
In the heart of someone you imagine
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
Close your eyes
This is your lullaby
(Down, down, down
Would the fall never come to an end?
Wonder how many miles I've fallen
Must be somewhere near the centre of the earth
How funny it will seem to come out among the people
Who walk with their heads downwards
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Would the fall never come to an end?)
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Magazines, television, the "in-crowd" at school. Teen girls get messages from all over about how they're supposed to look. It's no wonder they often think they're too big, small, short, or tall.
As a parent, you can help your teen daughter like what she sees in the mirror. Work on building her self-esteem and she'll learn she's beautiful, inside and out. Here's how.
Help her realize why she's special. Every night before she goes to sleep, ask her to list 3 happy moments from the day. Give her ideas if she's stuck—that good soccer play, the math problem she solved, the funny joke she told.
Point her toward realistic goals in school, sports, and life. Setting the bar too high can lead to feelings of discouragement and failure. But, at the same time, encourage her to push herself toward achievable, if sometimes difficult, goals. She should feel challenged and that she's aiming for a higher purpose. We all need to feel we're great at something. Encourage her to pursue her passions.
Encourage exercise. Studies show active teens have a better body image regardless of their weight. Drive your daughter to practice, cheer her on during games, and model healthy physical activity yourself. Get dad involved, too. Fathers may have an especially important effect on their daughters' self-perception.
Eat together. Family meals lead to teens who are better adjusted and less likely to engage in risky behaviors. A bonus benefit? They'll also have a healthier diet.
Guide her toward places where she can belong. Help her get involved with friends, schoolmates, sports teams, or religious or neighborhood groups. Volunteering is a great way for kids to take on a meaningful or useful role—and realize there are more important qualities than outer beauty.
Be a self-confident family. This makes your teen feel good, too. Study your heritage, get involved in the community, and care for extended relatives. Praise each family member for his or her strengths.
Even in happy, supportive families, poor self-esteem can happen and it can lead to eating disorders, including anorexia or bulimia. Watch for warning signs, such as an unusual concern about weight, using medicines such as laxatives, or an obsession with calories. If you spot them, talk with your child's health care provider.


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A sign that appeared recently on the side of the Avenue Diner in Hampden had us a little suspicious. It re-titled the old Hampden standby Breeze, and offered breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now, the Avenue Diner wasn't anybody's idea of fine dining (fine food sign on the window notwithstanding) but it offered diner food cheap and quick. In other words, it did what it was supposed to do. This Breeze place sounded suspiciously organic--like maybe it was part of the ongoing march of yuppification. All it took was one question when we walked through the door on a near 100-degree summer day to set our fears to rest--the same question asked a thousand times a day in diners all over America: "Can I get you a cup of coffee?" Of course you can. And we'll take a look at the menu. Breakfast standards at 5 or 6 bucks, dinners like fried steak or liver and onions coming in under $10. We'll take the hamburger deluxe ($5.99) with gravy fries and a pickle, and we will sit in the cool quiet room in the high-backed vinyl booth watching the video-poker players by the counter. And so what if there's nothing particularly "deluxe" about the hamburger when it arrives? It is a hamburger, and it is good. It does what it is supposed to do. Just like Breeze.


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About: Muncie, Indiana
The area was first settled in the 1770s by the Delaware Indians, who had been transported from their tribal lands near the east coast to Ohio and eastern Indiana. They founded several towns along the White River including Munsee Town, near the site of present-day Muncie. The tribes were forced to cede their land to the federal government and move farther west in 1818, and in 1820 the area was opened to white settlers.
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Muncie City Hall
300 North High Street, Muncie, IN 47305
Phone: (765) 747-4831
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3705 South Madison, Muncie, IN 47302
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3705 N. Walnut, Muncie, IN 47302
Phone: (800) 311-4634
Muncie Visitors Bureau
3700 South Madison Street Muncie, IN 47302
Phone: (765) 284-2700
Muncie-Delaware County Chamber
401 E. Colfax Avenue, Suite 310, South Bend, Indiana 46617
Phone: (574) 234-0051
Website: www.sjchamber.org
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Delaware County Regional Airport
311 W. Carl Simmons Drive, Muncie, Indiana 47303
Phone: (765) 747-5690
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IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
2401 University Ave., Muncie, IN 47303
Phone: (765) 747-3111
Local Organizations:
YMCA of Muncie
500 S Mulberry St. Muncie, IN 47305
Phone: (765) 288-4448
Area Colleges
Ball State University
2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, Indiana, 47306
Phone: (765) 289-1241
Scheumann Stadium
2000 W. University Ave. Muncie IN 47306
Phone: (765) 285-8251
Points of Interest
National Model Aviation Museum
5151 East Memorial Drive, Muncie, Indiana 47302
Phone: (765) 287-1256
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Zip Codes associated with Muncie, Indiana: 47302, 47303, 47304, 47305 .
Towns/Cities near Muncie, Indiana : Albany, Yorktown, Winchester, Hartford City.
Jim was born in Bowling Green on July 5, 1945, a son of Geneva "June" and the late Wayne Becker.
A 19-year-old Fort Wayne man is facing a preliminary charge of underage drinking after allegedly being found passed out on a toilet. Indiana State Excise Police responded to a home near Ball State University in the 1200 block of West Ashland Street in Muncie early Saturday morning, where they took the suspect into custody.
This Saturday, the sports spotlight will focus on one of the deepest, most storied rivalries in all of collegiate sports: Michigan versus Ohio State. This comes just as the Wolverines prepare to head to Columbus, Ohio for their much anticipated game against the Buckeyes.
Manager Greg Barnes, a community leader in Industry neighborhood was on hand with Chase executives to show off the new electronic banking machines that cash checks and perform all other banking functions. And the new branch across from Marsh Supermarkets at McGalliard and Wheeling is the first in the state to issue instant debit cards.
Muncie woman charged with welfare fraud A Muncie mother is accused of stealing more than $14,000 in Social Security benefits. Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://tspne.ws/1r0hDki A Muncie mother is accused of stealing more than $14,000 in Social Security benefits issued for the support of her son, who no longer lived with her.
Remember when there used to be just three major networks, with PBS being a distant fourth? It was really only about four decades ago. But now, when you look at the 200-plus channels available through Comcast XFINITY in Muncie, you'd think we were on "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." (That's an old NBC TV show reference, by the way.)
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Have you ever been stalked on the streets? Have you ever received a phone call from a total stranger? These situations would probably scare you, especially if you are a girl. Because of these incidents, people who are being stalked often live in fear of possible danger that awaits them. Being stalked entails someone who does not introduce himself to the person and follows the person's every move and keeps tabs of the person's routines. Some stalkers are harmless, though some are dangerous because they have become pathological followers who may end up hurting or killing you if you do not submit to their demands once they show up.
In line with this, people who are being stalked can still maintain their safety by employing a number of safe practices. First, if you have a feeling that you are being stalked for the first time, do not be afraid to inform someone who can be trusted that you are being stalked. This entrusted someone can be a close friend who you can inform of your whereabouts. In return, this friend can also keep track of you. Hence, when you are in danger, you can easily call your friend. Also, your friend will be alerted and will be able to help you as soon as possible.
Second, it is also recommended to bring protective weapons or devices such as peppermint sprays and stun guns. These devices are easily accessible and available for purchase in shopping malls. Be sure to keep these with you in whatever bag you bring. Also, ensure that you keep them in the same pocket every time so that you can easily grab this when you feel that your stalker is about to attack you.
Third, be courageous enough to call and shout for help when you are already faced in a dangerous situation with your stalker. Also, do not act meek and helpless in the presence of your stalker. Showing weakness and helplessness will trigger the stalker's urge to scare you more. Furthermore, if you let fear overcome you, this will render you motionless hence you will not be able to protect yourself. Also, even if there is no actual danger yet but you feel the presence of the stalker, move to a safe place such as an open convenience store. Let your time pass there or better yet, call a family member to fetch you from the place. This may sound as an overreaction to a perceived threat. However, remember that it is better to act paranoid than regret being a victim later on.