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New CIA building taking shape; set for December completion
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Ingredients: 1/4 peck or about 30 fresh oysters in the shell.
large pot of boiling salted water.
wood chips for smoking
Step 1: Gather your crustations.
I'm no expert on how it is done but I've shucked enough to get by without injury. You will be needing an oyster knife, an old dish rag and perhaps a hammer for the tough ones.
Step 2: Time to start shucking.
I have a question though, is it necessary to blanch them before smoking the oysters? What difference does it make to the final result?
I thank you for your kind comments. I have done it with out the blanching step and was not as happy with the results. Like I mentioned in this Instructable, the blanching seems to firm the meats up just enough for easier handling.
On a side note, I've since begun gently steaming the oysters in the shell too get at the meats. This is now my preferred method. First, no shucking, and second, it accomplishes the blanching for you. Just steam until the shells start to open and scrape out meats.
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Hi Guys,
I've been playing with Win 7 and have been testing on our Domain.
On our current XP setup, the logon script reads a registry key that contains the room name the machine is in.
Then the start menu location key is changed to a shared folder on the server with the menu for that room.
Windows 7 - Seems to have changed the registry location this info is held.
Has anyone found a way to redirect the start menu in windows 7 from logon script?
I've tried in a few places, but the menu still appears blank when out test account logs on.


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Above, check out more than 20 then-and-now split-screen images of stars!
Last weekend was my third of four celeb-soaked encounters in the space of a month—first I hit up the Courts Celebrities Fan Fest, then New York Comic Con, then another edition of the Hollywood Show in L.A. (KEEP READING) and finally this past weekend's Chiller Theatre.
More on Chiller very soon.
First up, the L.A. Hollywood Show was quieter this time, leading some attendees to wonder if this type of non-genre autograph show might be dying off quicker than Old Hollywood. But it wasn't nearly as dead as the Courts version, so there was still a good flow of starfuckers to keep most of the celebs busy—at least on Saturday. (Sunday was a graveyard—never go if you can only go on a Sunday, when a chunk of the celebs will have decided to suddenly get a bad cold and not show.)
Above, in the gallery, check out juicy then-and-now photos. After the jump, my impressions of each star I met...


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Shop around (Miracles)
Please Mr. Postman (Marvelettes)
Jamie (Eddie Holland)
The one who really loves you (Mary Wells)
Do you love me (Contours)
Beechwood 4-5789 (Marvelettes)
You beat me to the punch (Mary Wells)
Stubborn kind of fellow (Marvin Gaye)
Two lovers (Mary Wells)
You've really got a hold on me (Miracles)
Come and get these memories (Martha & the Vandellas)
Pride and joy (Marvin Gaye)
Fingertips, part 2 (Stevie Wonder)
(Love is like a) heat wave (Martha & the Vandellas)
Mickey's monkey (Miracles)
Leaving here (Eddie Holland)
The way you do the things you do (Temptations)
My guy (Mary Wells)
Devil with the blue dress (Shorty Long)
Every little bit hurts (Brenda Holloway)
Baby I need your loving (Four Tops)
Dancing in the street (Martha & the Vandellas)
My smile is just a frown (turned upside down) (Carolyn Crawford)
Needle in a haystack (Velvelettes)
Baby love (Supremes)
Come see about me (Supremes)
How sweet it is (to be loved by you) (Marvin Gaye)
disc 2: My girl (The Temptations)
He was really sayin' somethin' (The Velvelettes)
Ask the lonely (Four Tops)
Shotgun (Jr. Walker & the All Stars)
Nowhere to run (Martha & The Vandellas)
When I'm gone (Brenda Holloway)
Ooo baby, baby (The Miracles)
I can't help myself (sugar pie honey bunch) (Four Tops)
First I look at the purse (The Contours)
The tracks of my tears (The Miracles)
It's the same old song (Four Tops)
Love (makes me do foolish things) (Martha & The Vandellas)
Take me in your arms (rock me a little while) (Kim Weston)
Uptight (everything's alright) (Stevie Wonder)
Don't mess with Bill (The Marvelettes)
Darling baby (The Elgins)
This old heart of mine (is weak for you) (Isley Brothers)
Greetings (this is Uncle Sam) (The Monitors)
Function at the junction (Shorty Long)
(I'm a) roadrunner (Jr. Walker & The All Stars)
Ain't too proud to beg (The Temptations)
What becomes of the brokenhearted (Jimmy Ruffin)
How sweet it is (to be loved by you) (Jr. Walker & The All Stars)
Love's gone bad (Chris Clark)
You can't hurry love (The Supremes)
Beauty is only skin deep (The Temptations)
Heaven must have sent you (The Elgins)
disc 3: Reach out I'll be there (Four Tops)
(I know) I'm losing you (Temptations)
Standing in the shadows of love (Four Tops)
It takes two (Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston)
The hunter gets captured by the game (Marvelettes)
Jimmy Mack (Martha & the Vandellas)
Bernadette (Four Tops)
Ain't no mountain high enough (Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell)
More love (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)
I heard it through the grapevine (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
I second that emotion (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)
I wish it would rain (Temptations)
I can't give back the love I feel for you (Rita Wright)
Does your mama know about me (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
Ain't nothing like the real thing (Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell)
Love child (Diana Ross and the Supremes)
For once in my life (Stevie Wonder)
Cloud nine (Temptations)
I heard it through the grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
Baby, baby don't cry (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
Twenty-five miles (Edwin Starr)
My whole world ended (the moment you left me) (David Ruffin)
What does it take (to win your love) (Jr. Walker & the All Stars)
I can't get next to you (Temptations)
Baby I'm for real (Originals)
Up the ladder to the roof (Supremes)
disc 4: I want you back (Jackson 5)
The bells (Originals)
Get ready (Rare Earth)
ABC (Jackson 5)
Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today) (Temptations)
The love you save (Jackson 5)
Signed, sealed, delivered I'm yours (Stevie Wonder)
War (Edwin Starr)
It's a shame (Spinners)
Ain't no mountain high enough (Diana Ross)
Still water (love) (Four Tops)
I'll be there (Jackson 5)
The tears of a clown (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
Stoned love (Supremes)
If I were your woman (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
Just my imagination (running away with me) (Temptations)
What's going on (Marvin Gaye)
Never can say goodbye (Jackson 5)
Nathan Jones (Supremes)
I don't want to do wrong (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
Smiling faces sometimes (Undisputed Truth)
Mercy, mercy me (the ecology) (Marvin Gaye)
I just want to celebrate (Rare Earth)
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"The show was a huge production, but it was also very important that Michael had these moments with just the audience," says Ortega. "He would say, 'I want to be looking into the faces of my fans who have waited for weeks and months to be here.' So we developed a seating arrangement so that thousands of fans could be close to Michael." Adds Payne: "One of our goals was to create those times that the fans had Michael all to themselves."
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The nose is quite light and smooth with plenty of sweetness. There are hints of dry spice and oily nuts, a touch of smoke. The palate is quite smooth and soft with notes of banana milkshake, a mixed nut note, a touch of caramel with crème anglaise. The finish is quite sweet with a little cereal sweetness and toasty oak.
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- Address:
18 King St. E
Toronto, ON M5C 1C4Neighborhood:
Downtown/ Financial District
- Cuisine:
Contemporary FrenchPrice: CAN$30 and under
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.beerbistro.com/
- Phone: (416) 861-9872
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday 11:30am - 4pm; Saturday - Sunday 11am - 4pm Dinner: Monday - Wednesday 4pm - 1am; Thursday - Saturday 4pm - 2am; Sunday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm.
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Comfort Food, Contemporary French
- Executive Chef: Brian Morin
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Late Night, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access
- Entertainment: Live Jazz every Saturday night starting at 8:30pm
Getting there
- Cross Street: Yonge St.
- Public Transit: King Subway Station on the Yonge Line; King St. Street-Car service 24-hour Queen St. Street Car Service.
- Parking: Street Parking
- Parking Details: Municipal parking lots, private lots and underground garages are abundant in the downtown core. The closet above ground lots are located on the south side of King St. at Toronto St. and the south west corner of Church St. and King St. Victoria St. parking Mon-Fri after 6pm and anytime Sat and Sun. Toronto St. parking available anytime and metered Mon-Sat 8am-9pm. Adelaide St. parking available from 9:30am-3:30pm and 6:30pm through the overnight Mon-Fri. Metering occurs Mon-Fri until 9pm.
A word from beerbistro
In a polished, comfortable, upscale space in Toronto's financial district, beerbistro does beer true justice. Aside from a carefully chosen selection of 120 ales and lagers, in the kitchen beer infuses, pitches, cures, marinates, poaches and stews in most of its imaginative fresh market cuisine. From mouthwatering sourdough pitched with Cantillon-a cherished belgian lambic, to pulled pork slowly smoked with coffee porter, to beer ice cream, beerbistro's menu is a veritable beer-kaleidoscopic wonderland. beerbistro delivers the great beer experience, celebrating it as an accompaniment to food, a versatile and flavorful ingredient and as a quenching refresher or soothing restorative. Don't know anything about beer? An incredibly hospitable and beer-savvy staff will convert even the toughest non-believers. Like beer? Hold on to the reins with both hands, as the leader of this industry's beer-cuisine genre, beerbistro is habit-forming. Come let us change the way you think beer.Continued
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145 reviews since August 1, 2014
- Food4Service4.1
- Ambiance3.9Noise LevelEnergetic
fit for foodies (59)good for groups (57)great for lunch (43)vibrant bar scene (43)hot spot (39)great for outdoor dining (33)neighborhood gem (32)late-night find (24)special occasion (22)romantic (11)great for brunch (9)notable wine list (6)kid-friendly (1)Show More
- Nice timeLuvGudFoodDined on 11/24/2014Nice pairing of dishes to beers (esp. the New England Mussels & Delirium Tremens). Steak Tartare was generous but could use more seasoning/flavour or accompaniments. Service was friendly enough but lacked attention to numerous little details (no cutlery with mussels, untimely check-in on satisfaction of our meal, etc.). Casually styled with an unpleasantly boisterous ambiance. Overall a good experience, but a tad too expensive for what you get. Not a place suitable to take clients (for dinner) but am considering a return visit for lunch to see if things are more conducive to the professional crowd.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- beerbistro Always DeliversMicheleBDined on 11/22/2014We always count on beerbistro to deliver great food and an amazing selection of beer and our last visit was no exception. The food was perfectly cooked and our server was knowledgeable and able to answer questions we had about ingredients, etc. We have always been delighted by beerbistro!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The food was amazing. Try the frites!arijean4Dined on 11/22/2014Everything on the menu sounded delicious. I had heard about the frites, as well as the mussels, and both exceeded expectations. The beer menu was also outstanding. One of my favourite things was that they had suggested pairings for each dish! I will definitely go back to the beer bistro!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great craft beer selection, dissapointed with foodbeertasterDined on 11/20/2014Would definitely recimmend for the craft beer lover. The craft beer selection was excellent and well laid out in the menu. I have only tried one food item, the rib pizza. i was disappointed as it had very little rib meat and filled with large quantities of mushy onions.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent musselsoldfriendsDined on 11/17/2014Great spot with off-beat menu, extensive beer selection and very good service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a tasty experienceluvgr8foodDined on 11/14/2014We loved our cheese fondue and fries!!!! Our beef short rib pizza and burger were also delicious and so full of flavour. As expected, our beers did not disappoint!!! I missed having a glass of Affligem (the beer alternative to a Chardonnay). Not bitter, light with a sweet finish. Good times!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Meal was delicious butkaryannDined on 11/8/2014I was solo dining so requested the chefs table. Mistake. You are completely removed from the dining room, but it is not at all private, as you are stuck sitting in the corridor that leads to the washrooms. People walking back and forth behind me throughout my meal. Not nice. Judging from the photos on the website, the place looked fairly classy, so I was surprised to see a tv at the bar, with a hockey game on. Meh. Good menu though, generous portions, and tasty. Very loud.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great as usualCleoVIPDined on 11/8/2014Went before a concert at Massey Hall. Just a 5 minute walk. Tried their Hog Wild Pizza (pulled pork, sausage, roasted garlic), yum. Large portion, took about half home, but we had the frites to start, because we can't pass up the best frites in the city - took about half home as well. No room for dessert, just cappuccinos which always come with a biscotti.Special Features:
- Nice Meal before the GameBabsDined on 11/7/2014We had a great meal before the Raptors game. Good beer list, of course, and even some ciders for the non-beer drinker. Waiter timed our food perfectly so we had a chance to enjoy the frites (must have!) before our mains came, and we still had plenty of time to get to the game. The lively "after work - pre-game" atmosphere was perfect for the start of a social night.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great AtmosphereRonnyDined on 10/31/2014As a lunch place to go with other professionals, it surprised us all. The beer choices are enormous.Special Features:
- Go8lateDined on 10/25/2014Great food, great beer, great service, and great lively atmosphere. Also very reasonably priced. Go to this restaurant!Special Features:
- Introduce friendsah2tasteDined on 10/25/2014It's been a while since I've dine at beerbistro but given an opportunity to get together with friends, I had to introduce them to beerbistro. The ladies in this group were wine drinkers but ventured to try the home brewed beer and like the recommendations offered by the bartender. The Belgium Frites were a hit and with Mussels you can never go wrong though I wished the baked Mussels were available on the Brunch menu. However, tried the Eggs Benedict which were just as good. Our servicer had great timing, allowing us to simply enjoy and, we ended up staying 3 hrs chatting the afternoon away. If you haven't tried beerbistro, give it a go trying the in-house brewed beer and food is tasty at a reasonable cost.Special Features:
- Always good!jgtorfoodieVIPDined on 10/22/2014Been many times. Always good food. Good service. Good atmosphereSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Go somewhere else!SiofishDined on 10/18/2014My husband and I went here with our friends from Newfoundland. We were here before a concert to have some food and good times (service was so slow we were almost tight for time). Our reservations were for 5:15, my husband and I got the cheese fondue for an app and our friends got mussels. The fondue was delicious, but really, how hard is cheese fondue. The mussels were good, they has the white wine sauce, and they were good- also not difficult. We all got pizzas- to split with each other. They got the pork one (I think) and we got the short rib pizza. I did NOT taste any meat and there was a pound of arugala on top! And the fact that they were $17 and a small child would maybe get full from eating one. Terrible! Not worth the price!Special Features:
- Delicious cheese fondue!CpuffDined on 10/18/2014Great choice of beers and staff were very helpful. Cookies and cream chocolate stout ice cream was amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/18/2014I have been to the Beer Bistro many times- it never disappoints! Service is great - the waiters are fabulous!Special Features:
- A great spotHonestOpinionDined on 10/17/2014I eat here about once per month because I love the moules and frites! The beer selection is outstanding and the service is always great!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great beer, Ok experiencemagoo12Dined on 10/9/2014Our dining experience was just ok. Beer Bistro is extremely loud, so it is nearly impossible to have a conversation with the person you are sitting with. Dining tables are placed very close together, so you feel like you are eating with the people next to you. I would recommend Beer Bistro for a few cold drinks and some appetizers, but not a special dinner place. Both the chicken (in a caesar salad) and the meet in the burger were both dry and overcooked. Our waitress was friendly and service fairly quick. The beer list is amazing.Special Features:
- Good ok restaurant for lunchWinstonDined on 10/8/2014The restaurant is ok not great. I would not invite a customer here.
- Pretty Great!VeronikaDined on 10/5/2014Loved the food, probably the best pizza and bison burger I'll ever have! But the service was a little eh; it took my waiter a really long time to get our check and everything I just didnt enjoy it too much otherwise it was a fantastic experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Oktoberfest menuLouLouVIPDined on 10/1/2014Both of us ordered off the special Oktoberfest menu - the wurst platter and the Wiener schnitzel. Both were delicious and authentic!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice FindgourmetgirlDined on 9/30/2014Reviews on Open Table for beerbistro convinced me to book a reservation and I'm glad I did. The scene was energetic, maybe a bit too so for a romantic dinner, but the service was attentive and the food! was outstanding for the price. Most noteworthy: the bistro salad and the frites.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great place in downtown!minarousDined on 9/26/2014We made reservations here for a Friday night, and glad we did, extremely busy place. We had two extra people coming and a seat opened up beside us, the hostess quickly reserved for our other guests that were on there way. Great choice of beers, and good food. I had the bison burger, it wasn't the most astounding one I've had but still very good, it came with coleslaw that wasn't my preference, but it had peppers which I can't really eat anyways, so I swapped with my husband for his corn on the cob. Great little place in the heart of downtown!Special Features:
- Loved It!konan881Dined on 9/26/2014Great beers, great Frites, Great Service, Wonderful Atmposphere. What else do you want?Special Features:
- Fantastic selection and serviceDoggaboneDined on 9/26/2014Recently I had the pleasure of meeting a few friends at beerbistro for dinner and, of course, beer. My steak was cooked exactly as I requested it - I like it nearly blue, and not every kitchen likes to send out a steak lightly cooked, and some don't let it rest enough and the juices run when it's cooked. It was wonderfully cooked, and dressed perfectly with carmelized onions. Great fries, too. The beer selection, as one should expect, is fantastic. Every round I tried something new - a couple of smoked beers, some truly hopping lagers, a stout or two. Our server was energetic, highly engaging, and very professional. She elevated the evening for me and I was very impressed by her work. I look forward to my next visit.Special Features:
- Service not so goodLunchDined on 9/25/2014The waitress we had was not very good, ask twice or three time for condiments, kept saying she would get it right away never received it. We had to ask for water twice.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loosing its lustreMarcelDined on 9/20/2014Beerbistro used to be my favourite restaurant in Toronto. Every time I would book a flight for Toronto, I would also book a table at beerbistro. Their goat curry was worth the flight ticket. I could find Mort Subite Gueuze. The ambiance was excellent. Last Saturday (2014-09-20), I asked for a tartar "bien relevé", but it was dull. I was not even offered fresh ground pepper. The crostinis were moist. I had the chicken curry. It was good, but I am confident that I can find comparable ones in Toronto. I used to recommend the place to friends, but now I wouldn't. Yes, the beer selection is excellent, but the food and ambiance are only okay. Ah well, I guess I'll be looking for a new favourite place the next time I'll visit Toronto.
- Great overall experienceBigBadBryDined on 9/19/2014Fantastic overall. Had the salmon and rice and vegetables. Salmon was fantastic and rice and vegetables were good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Average Drinks and FooddowntfoodieDined on 9/19/2014Their fries are ranked no. 2 in Toronto, but unfortunately it wasn't anything special. A full salad cost $10 but the portion seems smaller than a side...would only recommend if you go for some drinks, nice ambiance for a after work chil.
- Still great!LuncherDined on 9/15/2014It had been a while since I last was at the beer bistro and went for lunch on a whim. I don't know why I'm not there more often. Everything from the beer to the food to the service was top notch and reasonably priced for the quality. Don't miss out on the frites or the Dragon Stout ice cream. A very enjoyable experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- LOVED IT!shadyladyDined on 9/12/2014Great beer list, and I really appreciated the food-beverage pairing recommendations. Our server was also very knowledgeable, and was able to make additional suggestions that complemented overall dining experience. The only thing against BeerBistro was that the menu leaned to deep fried with not a veggie in sight - I was trying to eat healthy but struggled to find options. Everything we ate was amazing - especially the fries but I felt VERY guilty afterwards!Special Features:
- A beer lovermonalisaDined on 9/12/2014I met a client at noon for lunch and ordered a beer. I thought it was flat and when I tried to return it the waitress was argumentative and tried to dismiss my complaint. Other than that the food was good and I enjoyed ir.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not a good place for dinnerNomnomDined on 9/11/2014I made a reservation here because it was on the list of top Toronto gastro pubs. We had to wait 20 min extra for our table on a Thursday and the mains were mediocre (the bison burger had weird chunks of something - not sure if it was fat or something else that was chewy and not really edible; my friend got fish which he said was pretty meh). Their apps and drinks menu were awesome though. I'd recommend this place only for drinks and a light nibble (the atmosphere is pretty great).Special Features:
- Cpatt81VIPDined on 8/31/2014Spicy Thai mussels are phenomenal! Dip the bread in the juice- quite delicious. Oh, and their beer selection is vast ANC good - definitely a beer option for everyone.Special Features:
- Poor ServiceSadJaysfanDined on 8/31/2014Went in group of 3. Enjoyed some great beers and an appetizer. Unfortunately our waitress never returned to check on us or take our dinner order. She seemed to be too busy setting new tables, refilling the beverage fridge and socializing in the kitchen. Thoroughly disappointed we never had the opportunity to try some of the great meals on the menu.
- Attention all beer lovers!TornativeDined on 8/30/2014Very impressive beer menu and a nice friendly bar with a few screens for sports lovers. The patio is a quiet oasis in the centre of the city. The service is friendly too. The menu is not exhaustive, but had a nice selection of appetizers and mains for our Saturday lunch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/28/2014Consistently good service, great variety of beers and amazing fries.Special Features:
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- A great meal & excellent service!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/25/2014Great food, fun and yummy beer listing, and excellent server who was enthusiastic about the food and the impressive beer list. The food was good, the atmosphere was cheerful, and the great service ensured a faultless (mini) family reunion.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/24/2014The meal was tasty and our server was really attentive. Perfect level of service. Try the stout and skor ice cream it's amazing! We will be telling our friends to check it out. Friends of ours directed us to it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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10 Timeless Beauty Tips
Trends and tides come and go, but these timeless beauty tips last forever.
By Rosa Heyman
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Want radiant and smooth skin? Start exfoliating. How often you should exfoliate depends on your skin type, "Typically, you can tell you should exfoliate your face when you see a buildup of dead skin or your face isn't feeling as smooth and you're seeing dryness and texture after you apply makeup." Jones loves philosophy's Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash. To keep her lips smooth and soft, Jones scrubs them with a wet toothbrush, which removes the dead skin. Exfoliating your body regularly is important too "it brings blood to the surface of the skin, which helps remove cellulite," adds Jones.


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My son has asked for a computer, so I dug out an old one, seeing no harm in that. Of course he assumed all computers have internet access, and was
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If I give him internet access, what are the best options for protecting him from the "dark side" - he says he needs internet to research dinosaurs, Gormitis and do the
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I don't have the budget or need for the sophistication for a proper school filter, but this subject is entirely new for me so any pointers or suggestions most welcome.....


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I'm really looking forward to trying to form Maghreb. That region felt kinda empty to play ambition-wise, and Maghreb makes sense. The Middle East in general could use some more ambitions for players who like to play uncivs.
Btw, Rylock, can you do something like Maghreb => Arab Union => Caliphate? Sort of like a combo?
Is it possible to beat the Ottomans+the Europeans who want to cut you down to size?
Am I likely to get any GPs to support me?
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Riley Reiff, a former first round pick, is stepping into the starting lineup to replace a stalwart Lion. Is he up to the task? The entire team and fans certainly hope so.
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Cognitive ability, as measured by IQ and background factors such as socioeconomic status and demographics have historically been seen as the principal determinants of a students academic success. ... Vea más + However, a growing body of research from psychology, education, behavioral economics and neuroscience is showing that personality traits also predict academic and work performance. This change in paradigm suggests that education systems face a more complex challenge than traditionally recognized: to work not only with the different types of intelligence possessed by students but also with their different personality traits in order to produce academic success measured by cognitive and non-cognitive skills. This paper reviews the research findings from the different literatures (psychology, education, behavioral economics, and neuroscience) that relate to these questions. Several good reviews summarize the findings on aspects of these questions, but rarely address all of the questions above. In particular, those reviews do not shed light on how education can improve both cognitive and non-cognitive skills and how such skills promote creativity and labor market outcomes. The scientific literatures on human intelligence and personality are large, but our focus is on the subset of research findings that relate intelligence and personality to academic performance. Likewise, the literature on creativity, innovation, and productivity is extensive, but our focus will be on the research findings that relate academic performance to creativity and, ultimately, to productivity in the workplace. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 92212 NOV 04, 2014
King, Elizabeth; Rogers, Halsey
Although there is a general agreement in the literature of the importance of social-emotional skills for labor market success, there is little consensus on the specific skills that should be acquired or how and when to teach them. ... Vea más + The psychology, economics, policy research, and program implementation literatures all touch on these issues, but they are not sufficiently integrated to provide policy direction. The objective of this paper is to provide a coherent framework and related policies and programs that bridge the psychology, economics, and education literature, specifically that related to skills employers value, non-cognitive skills that predict positive labor market outcomes, and skills targeted by psycho-educational prevention and intervention programs. The paper uses as its base a list of social-emotional skills that employers value, classifies these into eight subgroups (summarized by PRACTICE), then uses the psychology literature -- drawing from the concepts of psycho-social and neuro-biological readiness and age-appropriate contexts -- to map the age and context in which each skill subset is developed. The paper uses examples of successful interventions to illustrate the pedagogical process. The paper concludes that the social-emotional skills employers value can be effectively taught when aligned with the optimal stage for each skill development, middle childhood is the optimal stage for development of PRACTICE skills, and a broad international evidence base on effective program interventions at the right stage can guide policy makers to incorporate social-emotional learning into their school curriculum. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS7123 NOV 01, 2014
Guerra, Nancy; Modecki, Kathryn; Cunningham, Wendy
This paper investigates whether a large-scale deworming intervention aimed at primary school pupils in western Kenya had long-term effects on young children in the region. ... Vea más + The paper exploits positive externalities from the program to estimate the impact on younger children who did not receive treatment directly. Ten years after the intervention, large cognitive effects are found -- comparable to between 0.5 and 0.8 years of schooling -- for children who were less than one year old when their communities received mass deworming treatment. Because mass deworming was administered through schools, effects are estimated among children who were likely to have older siblings in schools receiving the treatment directly; in this subpopulation, effects are nearly twice as large. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS7052 OCT 01, 2014
Ozier, Owen
Ficha integrada de datos sobre salvaguardias 89713 JUL 09, 2014
Knowledge, learning, and innovation are one of eight objectives that will be monitored in the Bank's new strategy. The independent evaluation group (IEG) is conducting a program of learning and results evaluations to promote a better understanding of how the World Bank acquires, captures, and transfers knowledge and learning in its lending operations, and what scope there is for improving. ... Vea más + The objective of the program is to delineate attributes of effective learning in World Bank lending. These attributes refer to learning into lending (inputs into project design); learning while lending (feedback and modifications of design and implementation while the project is underway); and learning from lending (lessons from the project that were transmitted to other projects). The evaluation program will assess how the Bank can become better at generating, accessing, and using learning and knowledge in its lending operations. It acknowledges the importance of the feedback from knowledge to learning and from learning back to enhanced knowledge. The report is organized as follows: chapter one gives approach and context. Chapter two explores two essential aspects of learning - knowledge exploitation and knowledge exploration and the factors influencing them. Chapter three examines the contribution of mentoring. Chapter four addresses the extent to which incentives, leadership, and culture are aligned to promote learning in lending. Chapter five considers the implications of the report's findings, for the Bank's change process, for IEG, and for the design of the second evaluation in IEG's learning and results series. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 89421 JUL 01, 2014
Carvalho, Soniya; Heath, John; Gaarder, Marie; Jimenez, Emmanuel; Heider, Caroline
This study explores the reintegration processes that ex-combatants, as well as the communities that receive them, go through in the transition from being soldiers to being civilians across the Great Lakes region (GLR) of Africa (Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, RoC, and Burundi). ... Vea más + This study uses a cross-country comparative approach capitalizing on survey data col¬lected between 2010 and 2012 from nearly 10,000 ex-combatants and community members across the GLR. This is the first time that such a large sample of data on ex-combatants from across multiple countries has been systematically compared and analyzed, thus the study represents the cutting edge of empirically driven quan-titative research on the reintegration processes of ex-combatants. An important component of the analysis of ex-com¬batant reintegration processes revolves around their position relative the broader community. As such, this study compares the reintegration processes of ex-com¬batants with those of community members and there¬fore, explores in turn the ways in which these two types of reintegration processes interact with each other. Notably, the core structure of the analysis presented in the detailed data analysis in annexes one and two is not only about ex-combatants and the processes through which they reintegrate, but also an investigation of commu¬nities themselves, i.e. their willingness and ability to absorb ex-combatants back into society. This study presents a snapshot of the social and economic dimensions of the overall reintegration process of ex-combatants and community members. However, the conceptual discussion and analysis of empirical evidence presented consolidates key knowledge and understanding about the broad trends of ex-combatants reintegration processes across the GLR. Further, the findings here no doubt carry weight for understanding ex-combatants reintegration processes in contexts beyond the GLR. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 92605 JUL 01, 2014
Rhea, Randolph; Cao, Qinyu
Plan de adquisiciones 88897 JUN 19, 2014
This document presents the work program and budget proposal for FY15 for the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) and indicative plans for FY16-17. ... Vea más + It outlines the results and impact that IEG expects to achieve; strategic priorities and alignment with the new World Bank Group (WBG) strategy; changes to business lines, including what IEG will be doing more and less of; and details on work program deliverables and resource management. IEG faces a unique opportunity to deepen its impact, and make a significant contribution to the successful implementation of the new WBG strategy. To achieve the twin goals, the WBG and its clients and partners need to better understand what works and the reasons why, and draw lessons and good practices from experience to inform decision making and future action. Independent evaluation is essential to help the WBG address these challenges and build a stronger internal culture for results, accountability, and learning. Ver menos -
Informe del Directorio 88079 JUN 02, 2014
This study examines whether financial incentives through pay flexibility can improve the performance of staff in government bureaucracies. Its main messages for pay policy are pay flexibility can improve performance, pay flexibility works most strikingly in changing managerial behavior. ... Vea más + Improving public sector performance does not need to wait for systematic pay rationalization or pay simplification throughout government. Pay flexibility can work with rather than instead of long-term career incentives. The strategy and implementation of pay flexibility reforms must take into account the extent of fragmentation and complexity of the existing public sector pay structure in the country. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 88486 JUN 01, 2014
This working paper presents a benchmarking analysis of School Based Management (SBM) using empirical data from the Philippines. School based management is widely used as a policy tool in many countries that seek to improve the quality of service delivery through decentralization. ... Vea más + School based management typically takes many years to have an impact on educational outcomes, but policy makers need to know sooner how well the policy is being implemented. The paper extends the well-known Rasch methodology from the literature on student achievement, including the Programme for International Student Assessment, to the measurement of the implementation of school based management by computing a Rasch measure of the implementation of school based management. To test whether the resulting benchmarked measure is plausible and has practical policy value, the measure is tested for correlations with standardized measures of personality and political skills of school principals, developed in the psychology and political science literatures. The paper will be useful for readers interested in studying school based management as well as those interested more generally in the methodology of benchmarking implementation of public policy where the ultimate results are subject to long implementation periods. The methodology presented in this paper can be applied to enhance the rigor of the ongoing Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) exercise to benchmark educational policies in various domains. That exercise is set to become one of the flagship policy analytical tools being developed by the World Bank and partner agencies. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6938 JUN 01, 2014
Parandekar, Suhas D.
Improved capacity of the civil service in Sierra Leone is critical to deliver services for citizens. The government is tackling challenges of poor performance through a flagship public sector reform program (improving productivity through management and pay reforms), a part of which involves reform of the civil service. ... Vea más + The World Bank is supporting the government on this civil service reform through a lending project on pay and performance. The project targets changes in three areas: (1) competitiveness in the pay of civil servants; (2) performance management and accountability of civil servants; and (3) recruiting and staffing to fill key positions. The World Bank leadership practice is supporting a collaborative leadership process to advance the pay and performance project results. They provided rapid results approach (RRA) coaching to approximately five inter-agency implementation teams to achieve the indicators set by the project, and facilitated discussions with the teams and the leadership team for the civil service reform agenda, in order to review progress and conduct problem-solving that will address implementation challenges. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 90177 JUN 01, 2014
Gold, Jenny; Roberts, Dawn; Fisher, Sharon
Educators believe that they are adequately preparing youth for the labor market while employers lament the lack of skills. A possible source of the mismatch in perceptions is that employers and educators have different understandings of the types of skills valued in the labor market. ... Vea más + This paper uses economics and psychology literature to define four skills sets: socio-emotional, higher-order cognitive, basic cognitive, and technical skills. The paper reviews the literature that quantitatively measures employer skill demand, as reported in preference surveys. A sample of 28 studies reveals remarkable consistency across the world in the skills demanded by employers. Although employers value all skill sets, there is a greater demand for socio-emotional and higher-order cognitive skills than for basic cognitive or technical skills. These results are robust across economy size and level of development, sector, export-orientation, and occupations. Employers perceive that the greatest skills gaps are in socio-emotional and technical skills. These findings suggest the need to re-conceptualize education and training systems. Taking into consideration the developmental process to acquire the skills identified by employers, this implies the need to recognize that (a) the job-skills development process necessarily begins at birth and continues throughout the life cycle so skills policy should, as well; (b) schools play a relevant, but limited, role in skills development and the role of parents, mentors, and the work place must be defined and enhanced; and (c) the skills most demanded by employers -- higher-order cognitive and socio-emotional skills -- are largely taught (the former) or refined in secondary school, which argues for a general education until these skills are formed. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6853 MAY 01, 2014
Cunningham, Wendy; Villasenor, Paula
What's the most effective way to reintegrate ex-combatants and reduce illegal activities? This policy note reviews an innovative program that had a big impact. ... Vea más + In Liberia, where civil wars were fought on and off between 1989 and 2003, the non-profit organization, action on armed violence, the Government of Liberia, and the United Nations developed an innovative program to help ex-combatants move into full-time farm work by giving them training, counseling, and start-up capital. The evaluation found that the program successfully shifted high-risk men from criminal activities into farming. The evaluation also showed that skills training aren't always enough. As policy makers in the region look to strengthen their economies and boost stability, the results of this evaluation offer guidelines for crafting successful programs. These findings will likely help development experts to create programs that help the millions of young people entering the labor force find meaningful and productive work. This Evidence to Policy note was jointly produced by the World Bank Group, the Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), and the British government's Department for International Development. Ver menos -
Resumen 88613 MAY 01, 2014
Marcus, Aliza [editor]; Berman, Daphna
There is a growing interest in the role that entrepreneurship can play as a catalyst to achieve economic and social development objectives, including growth, innovation, employment, and equity. ... Vea más + Entrepreneurship can manifest within an economy in a number of ways, and it includes both formal and informal economic activities for the purposes of creating wealth. In turn, entrepreneurship can contribute to economic development through high-growth enterprises or, as in the case of necessity-driven entrepreneurship, through enterprises that can serve as an important source of income and employment for vulnerable populations. The variety of potential beneficial spillovers of entrepreneurship in turn focuses attention on interventions that stimulate individuals' decisions to become and succeed as entrepreneurs. A current focus of entrepreneurship promotion is the role of mindsets and skills in enabling individuals to both recognize and capitalize on entrepreneurial opportunities. Research suggesting that several of these mindsets, types of knowledge, and skills can be learned situates educational institutions and training programs firmly within the broader discussions around entrepreneurship promotion. The remainder of this study is organized into four chapters: chapter two summarizes major findings and trends in entrepreneurship education and training, or EET research, particularly around the rationale for investing in EET and the potential role of government in EET programs. Chapter three sheds light on the difference between EE and ET and proposes a conceptual framework for analysis. Chapter four analyzes the global landscape of EET programs, using the conceptual framework and looking specifically at the achievement of outcomes, specific program characteristics, and the role of contextual factors. Chapter five summarizes the study's findings and lays out potential implications for policymakers. The chapter also presents a roadmap for informing EET program design and implementation and proposes areas for further research. Ver menos -
Publicación 87599 APR 22, 2014
Valerio, Alexandria; Parton, Brent; Robb, Alicia
In this paper on knowledge building environmentally sustainable infrastructure platform the authors state that during the first phase of this initiative, it has worked on the design of the conceptual model of the knowledge platform. ... Vea más + In addition to the analysis of other platforms / web pages and meetings with potential users, developers and managers of platforms, were carried out conducted a series of workshops. These workshops were mainly intended to gather information from potential users so on one hand it can adapt the design to the needs expressed and secondly to test whether the content decisions were going the right way. Workshop objectives included: Receive input, suggestions and ideas to improve the design of the conceptual model of Knowledge Platform; create interest in the potential users, collaborators or partners and assess their needs and; outline the key points that must be present in the conceptual model of the platform. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 86002 MAR 10, 2014
This report summarizes the experience from a series of pilot trainings in the Solomon Islands, organized by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and four provinces with support from the World Bank in an effort to provide practical information for operational teams seeking to integrate gender issues into disaster risk management program. ... Vea más + While the training has been specifically developed for four provinces in the Solomon Islands, the sample training program, documented in this report can inform teams in the region and beyond that are preparing similar trainings in terms of the design, implementation, content and sequencing of presentations, activities and discussions, and other practical considerations. This report is a product of the staff of the World Bank with external contributions by Australian Aid. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo 87033 MAR 01, 2014
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. ... Vea más + This paper provides new evidence of sharp differences in cognitive development by socioeconomic status in early childhood for five Latin American countries. To help with comparability, the paper uses the same measure of receptive language ability for all five countries. It finds important differences in development in early childhood across countries, and steep socioeconomic gradients within every country. For the three countries where panel data to follow children over time exists, there are few substantive changes in scores once children enter school. These results are robust to different ways of defining socioeconomic status, to different ways of standardizing outcomes, and to selective non-response on the measure of cognitive development. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6779 FEB 01, 2014
Schady,, Norbert; Behrman, Jere; Araujo, Maria Caridad; Azuero,, Rodrigo; Bernal, Raquel; Bravo, David; Lopez-Boo, Florencia; Macours, Karen; Marshall, Daniela; Paxson, Christina; Vakis, Renos
This paper studies the relative academic performance of students tracked or randomly assigned to South African university dormitories. Tracked or streamed assignment creates dormitories where all students obtained similar scores on high school graduation examinations. ... Vea más + Random assignment creates dormitories that are approximately representative of the population of students. Tracking lowers students' mean grades in their first year of university and increases the variance or inequality of grades. This result is driven by a large negative effect of tracking on low-scoring students' grades and a near-zero effect on high-scoring students' grades. Low-scoring students are more sensitive to changes in their peer group composition and their grades suffer if they live only with low-scoring peers. In this setting, residential tracking has undesirable efficiency (lower mean) and equity (higher variance) effects. The result isolates a pure peer effect of tracking, whereas classroom tracking studies identify a combination of peer effects and differences in teacher behavior across tracked and untracked classrooms. The negative pure peer effect of residential tracking suggests that classroom tracking may also have negative effects unless teachers are more effective in homogeneous classrooms. Random variation in peer group composition under random dormitory assignment also generates peer effects. Living with higher-scoring peers increases students' grades and the effect is larger for low-scoring students. This is consistent with the aggregate effects of tracking relative to random assignment. However, using peer effects estimated in randomly assigned groups to predict outcomes in tracked groups yields unreliable predictions. This illustrates a more general risk that peer effects estimated under one peer group assignment policy provide limited information about how peer effects might work with a different peer group assignment policy. Ver menos -
Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6787 FEB 01, 2014
Garlick, Robert
This paper investigates the effects of intermittent screening and treatment of malaria on the health and education of school children in an area of low-to-moderate malaria transmission. ... Vea más + A cluster randomized trial was implemented with 5,233 children in 101 government primary schools on the south coast of Kenya in 2010-12. The intervention was delivered to children randomly selected from classes 1 and 5 who were followed up twice across 24 months. Once during each school term, public health workers used malaria rapid diagnostic tests to screen the children. Children who tested positive were treated with a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine. Given the nature of the intervention, the trial was not blinded. The primary outcomes were anemia and sustained attention and the secondary outcomes were malaria parasitaemia and educational achievement. The data were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis. Anemia in this setting in Kenya, intermittent screening and treatment, as implemented in this study, is not effective in improving the health or education of school children. Possible reasons for the absence of an impact are the marked geographical heterogeneity in transmission, the rapid rate of reinfection following artemether-lumefantrine treatment, the variable reliability of malaria rapid diagnostic tests, and the relative contribution of malaria to the etiology of anemia in this setting. Ver menos -
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Halliday, Katherine E.; Okello, George; Turner, Elizabeth L.; Njagi, Kiambo; Mcharo, Carlos; Kengo, Juddy; Allen, Elizabeth; Dubeck, Margaret M.; Jukes, Matthew C.H.; Brooker, Simon J.
This paper assesses whether the Indonesia Early Childhood Education and Development project had an impact on early achievement gaps as measured by an array of child development outcomes and enrollment. ... Vea más + The analysis is based on longitudinal data collected in 2009 and 2010 on approximately 3,000 four-year-old children residing in 310 villages located in nine districts across Indonesia. The study begins by documenting the intent-to-treat impact of the project. It then compares the achievement gaps between richer and poorer children living in project villages with those of richer and poorer children living in non-project villages. There is clear evidence that in project villages, the achievement gap between richer and poorer children decreased on many dimensions. By contrast, in non-project villages, this gap either increased or stayed constant. Given Indonesia's interest in increasing access to early childhood services for all children, and the need to ensure more efficient spending on education, the paper discusses how three existing policies and programs could be leveraged to ensure that Indonesia's vision for holistic, integrated early childhood services becomes a reality. The lessons from Indonesia's experience apply more broadly to countries seeking to reduce early achievement gaps and expand access to pre-primary education. Ver menos -
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Hey all! I am looking to get my boss a nice holiday gift. I was thinking of getting her a nice high-end loose tea (with a french press and teacup) so she can brew some tea at the office. I'm still fairly uninitiated to the tea shops of LA and am in dire need of a recommendation for a tea that both looks and tastes incredible and is reasonably priced (I have no frame of reference for the price, but I would like to spend less than $25). I would love something incredible to look at while it brews (i have seen some flowers that open in the water), so if you have specific recommendations, I would love to hear those as well...
re: mikester
I have been to Peet's, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Teavana (i think it's called that) in the Sherman Oaks Galleria, but I guess I was looking for something slightly more exotic... I know I saw something like this in a korean pharmacy adjacent to a market on Victory & Sepulveda in the valley. They had some cool loose teas that had entire flowers in it, but it was super expensive... If I can't find anything someplace else I will probably hit up the place in the mall by me, but I would love to discover something amazing.
Did you try searching?
Some valuable threads in there...
I don't remember the prices, but the Palais du The on Canon Drive in BH has a great selection- 401 N Canon Drive. There's also Chado on Third Street just East of the Beverly Center
Hugo's in the valley has some pretty exotic and pricey teas.
There is also a chinese herb shop on magnolia near lankershim that has assorted teas. That was the only place my wife could find pure, loose sage tea.
Try Elixer on Melrose in West Hollywood. They have lots of gift-worthy tea-related stuff in addition to many loose-leaf teas of high quality.
I can also second Palais du The on Canon in BH. It is probably not the cheapest way to buy loose leaf tea...but it gets high marks for presentation & selection. (& the tea is good)
re: evans
Sadly, Elixir's store is no longer (closed earlier this year), but you can still buy teas/elixirs online:
I recommend Tea Garden Herbal Emporium, with two WeHo locations:
9001 Beverly Blvd. (310) 205-0104
8612 Melrose Ave. (310) 657-9300 (the old Elixir store
re: evans
Can't beat Palais des Thes for presentation. They have expensive teas (they showed me a Japanese tea that sold for something like $170 for a minimum purchase), but they also have plenty of less expensive teas as well. I like their Rose du Chine tea -it's a scented black tea. I usually hate scented teas, but I like this one because it is subtle. It is also not terribly expensive.
Palais des Thes also has a very nice selection of tea cups and cannisters.
re: omotosando
HIghly recommend LPdT also. I love their Montagne Bleu, a slightly floral black tea. A variety of price points, but top-notch presentation (they are French, after all!)
The kind that looks like an opening flower is jasmine and is usually available in better Chinese tea and herb shops. One of my favorite shops for Chinese tea is Ten Ren in Chinatown:
Ten Ren's Tea Time
727 N. Broadway Suite 136
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: 213-626-8844
They have many great teas, some of which are really expensive, but you should be able to stay within your budget.
re: WHills
+1. And it's cheaper than Ten Ren, etc.
The tea you may be looking for is one of my favorites, Chrysanthemum tea. You can buy the whole flower and it does look pretty and taste great too. Not too strong, mild flavor. Taste good as an ice tea as well.
re: jessiebelle
I believe the Tea Garden people took over the old Elixir space and made it a second location.
re: omotosando
i miss the hang over tea concoction they used to make. yum and happiness in a cup
re: omotosando
That location of Tea Garden changed to Dr T a while ago but is now about to turn over yet again. No idea what it will be, but its a beautiful space.
re: hrhboo
Did they close the Tea Garden by Doheny when they took over the Elixir space?
re: omotosando
I don't know. All I know is that the one on Melrose was replaced by Dr T which is now being replaced by something else.
You can try Aloha Boba in Monrovia on Huntington (same plaza as Toys R Us, Bed Bath & Beyond, etc). They have a good selection of loose teas, and I think they do sell "display" or flowering teas. There is also a tea shop at Paseo Colorado (Leaf Forever?), but I have not tried their teas.
If you want to order online, you can try Harney & Sons or Adagio.
re: dette
I will second Aloha Boba. They have a great selection of teas and they will make a great gift basket for you. They also sell an item called the ingenuitea that brews your tea and then strains out the leaves as it pours the tea into your cup. The small one brews 1-2 cups at a time and is a perfect inexpensive gift.
There is also a great tea shop in Claremont Village, but I don't remember the name of it. They have a HUGE selection of teas and all the things you would ever want to go with your tea. They have a lot of the more exotic stuff from all over the world.
You can find some flowering teas here: http://www.mightyleaf.com/searchresul... though i'm not sure if it would ship in time...
Urth Caffe also has some nice teas, though its more loose tea and not the ones that are flowering...
re: jennp
I just received a e-letter from America's Test Kitchen and they recommend MAIL ORDER TEAS FROM UPTON AND STASH
My wife and I drink a lot of tea and use loose teas purchased from Upton. She loves a basic Ceylon or English Breakfast; I am addicted to the smoky, "stinky" as she might say, Lapsang Souchong. They also offer many samplers so you can try a wide range of styles without being stuck with a 500-gram tin. Sure, there are lots of places to purchase loose tea but we have always been happy with the quality and service at Upton. You can purchase tins or packets from 15 up to 1,000 grams. However, they don't sell our favorite after-dinner tea, Linden Flower, which is available from Stash Tea. We serve it with a splash of Orange Blossom Water and a half-spoon of honey. Just the thing before "lights out." Stash also sells cast iron teapots from Japan that are enameled on the inside—take a look at the Dragonfly Tetsubin Teapot. If you pre-warm them with hot water, they keep tea hot for a long time.
re: luswei
I can also recommend Harney & Sons Fine Teas for mail order. www.harney.com. I've been impressed with their quality & variety; they do several of their own blends.
Also recommend Takashimaya. When my hubby worked for the Japanese consulate, many of his colleagues enjoyed the tea purchased here.
re: luswei
Thank you so much for your feedback on Ducky Life Tea!
I am the Top Duck!
We like to think that our teas are amongst the best in the world -- we work hard at it. But seeing it here -- is very gratifying!
Please, send me your address, and I will send you a tin or two of tea!
A friend just introduced us via a gift to DuckyLife tea. I don't know much about teas, but DH does, and he quickly took MY gift of five tins and declared it some of the best teas he's ever had. They were packaged very nicely and they seem to have attractive gift sets.
We gave similar gifts a few years back (We also added a 'bear' of our favorite local honey) and we used Urth Cafe Teas. They are just lovely in the french press (That is what they use too) and Urth still has that trendy cache... They also aren't crazy expensive either...
I get my loose tea from either:
1) Bamboo Tea House on Colorado Blvd in Pasadena (they have another store in Claremont); or 2) Lupicia Teas at Century City mall (have another location in Topanga Canyon mall).
They've got several varieties of teas in a wide range of prices. Bamboo Tea House also has a variety of Japanese cast iron tea pots in pretty colors and designs.
Bamboo Tea House sells loose leaves from canisters and you select the amount and they place in a bag and seal it up. Lupicia sells their teas already pre-packaged. You might want to consider this if your boss is picky about where she gets her foodstuff.
Palais des Thes at Beverly Hills is the best overall loose tea, I think, and I've tried quite a few. They have a gift box of multi canisters sets of teas that makes a very elegant presentation, but I think its more than $25. If you go try one of their more well known teas - it is called du Hamman. You can get a bag of that for $12-15, I think.
Another suggestion is Lupicia at Century City Mall. It's from Japan and they had a set of flowering teas like you described in a gift box - at least about a year ago when I was looking for Xmas gifts they had them (got it for my Dad). I think the set is $25-30. Individual pre-packaged teas there is about $8. Another one I liked there is strawberry champagne.
Another commonly loved tea is Mariage Freres. You can find their most popular flavor Marco Polo at most Williams-Sonoma stores. About $15 a can.
Uptown is OK, but the packaging is a bit utilitarian.
Chado has a big selection and a lot of teapots and accessories. But so far I still have not found a tea there that I like. They do have the flowering tea though, and I think they have a set.
Anyway, $25 doesn't go very far if you include french press, tea cup and tea. You may want to look for mugs that have strainers and a lid instead of the french press and tea cup. If you are set on flowering teas the best display for them are glass cups. They looked nice but personally I don't find them too incredible in terms of taste.
I know that it may be too late, but found this website for loose tea and other stuff...
re: bicoastalfoodie
I actually think Ten Ren is superior for all Chinese teas, especiall high mountain oolong from Taiwan/Formosa. Palais is great for European tea, but their Chinese varieties don't pack enough flavor for me.
re: Pei
The problem with Ten Ren is that you MUST know what you are doing. It's too easy for them to cheat you if you're a novice. If you're looking for something to brew in your pot at work to keep you going, you don't need $120 a pound top-quality long jing.
Also, you must watch them weigh your tea -- if you ask for a quarter pound, they have tried to give me 0.19 (which included the bag!!) and a very loud, insulting fight in Chinese resulted. This was in the store at the Great Mall of China -- the store in Anaheim is much less difficult but the warning about the upsell still applies.
Too late for the OP, but anyone looking for a glass teapot with the tea that opens up in the water (valentine's day coming up..), the recent Sur La Table catalog featured one from Teaposy:
Also too late for the OP, but for posterity, I'll make my usual plug.... if you can make the trip, check out Tea Habitat in RPV. See http://www.chowhound.com/topics/416979 and http://www.chowhound.com/topics/310655 for some other threads on good tea places in LA (and online), and general information about tea. The owner, Imen, has a good selection of Chinese and Taiwanese teas, especially Phoenix Mountain Dan Cong. She also has occasional classes (there was a recent Pu'erh class there, taught by Jason F. of the Livejournal Pu'erh tea community. http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/200... has some pictures, and http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/200... has an agenda.
Ten Ren mostly has Taiwanese stuff (though the one on Valley has a Ten Fu, the mainland version of Ten Ren, on one half). Most of the ones in the LA area are kind of pushy, and the tea is just so-so from my limited experience. If you like a certain style of Taiwanese tea, it's Ok, and probably better than a lot of other stuff around, but not the greatest.
Wing Hop Fung has a few good teas; however, the people who brew there do not brew to my taste, so I have a hard time finding anything there. But it's a great place to get cheap tea utensils, electric kettles, etc. By the way, they (Wing Hop Fung) are opening a couple of tea houses in the area (one in Pasadena, and one somewhere else) called Bird Picked or Bird Pick or something. The gf's mom (who does some work for them) got some advance samples of some of their stuff, and seems like they're going to be selling a lot of teabag type stuff; hopefully they'll also have some whole leaf teas at the actual teahouse.
The flowering teas are really mostly for show, and do not really taste that great - most of them taste like generic jasmine black tea. Personally, I think most whole leaf tea leaves are beautiful, and should be appreciated, but I'd rather have a tea that tastes good than one that looks good. That said, you can get the flowering tea balls a lot of places.
i agree with the above posters on WING HOP FUN. phenomenal tea selection. also LA MILL COFFEE carries very lovely teas and supplies tea to their buds at INTELLIGENSIA (no pun intended).


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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.