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Albemarle County tied for first place with Arlington County in its population category in the 2009 Go Green VA Challenge, which is part of the Virginia Municipal League's larger Go Green Virginia environmental initiative that kicked off in late 2007.
The Board of Supervisors will acknowledge this award at its meeting on Wednesday, December 2, at 9:00am in Lane Auditorium of the County Office Building on McIntire Road.
The Go Green Challenge is a friendly competition designed to encourage implementation of specific environmental policies and actions that reduce the carbon emissions generated by both the local government and the broader community. Cities, towns and counties can become a certified "Green Government."
Local governments earned "green points" by implementing or adopting up to 30 policies and actions divided into 11 categories ranging from energy efficiency and green buildings to land-use and innovation.
Albemarle County earned a total of 185 "green points" in areas such as energy efficiency, climate protection, water resources, smart growth, and renewable energy use.
Included in Albemarle County's total of 185 were 25 "innovation points", including the County's support of a Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), the implementation of a Countywide Environmental Management System (EMS), working with the City and University on a Local Climate Action Planning Process (LCAPP), and engaging in various public education and outreach efforts and organizations, such as the Rivanna Regional Stormwater Education Partnership (RRSEP) and the Rivanna Environmental Management System Alliance (REMSA).
The total of 185 points earned Albemarle County a platinum certificate, certifying that Albemarle is a "Green Government", along with a $2,500 cash award that will be put back into environmental sustainability efforts such as energy efficiency and climate protection.


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Powers Church, nine miles east of Angola on Old Indiana 1, will have its final summer service at 7 p.m. Sunday. Darius Hillman, a local youth evangelist, will give the devotional and The Little River Chapter of the Sweet Adelines will provide music.
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A Valley community is mourning the death of a Wilson Memorial High School student who died after her Jeep overturned.
The accident happened at about 9:30 Tuesday night on Barrenridge Road in Fishersville.
State police say 16-year-old Evanne Coffman was driving when she ran off the road and overcompensated by making a hard turn, which caused the Jeep to flip.
They say she was in the car alone and she was not wearing her seat belt. State police are investigating the cause of the crash but believe the rainy weather may have contributed to it.
On Wednesday, Wilson Memorial administrators had additional counselors on hand and they say the most important thing a school can do is let students grieve.
One student, Jennifer Mitchell, says, "They let the close friends take their time, and there were some posters up with messages to Evanne, and her parking space is being decorated."
Staff at the school say they are planning a way to memorialize Coffman.
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|28 Jan 2010
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"Add a search filter" greyed out
I haven't been able to find a solution for this:
I have an explorer window open, either pointed to the root of my C: drive, or to some folder (say C:\data). When I click the Search window, the drop-down appears showing previous searches, but the "Add a search filter" is greyed out.
What's causing that?
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|29 Jan 2010
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Hi Selden,
Have you read through this thread? Might be a solution here: How do I add search filters?
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|29 Jan 2010
Hello Selden, and welcome to Seven Forums.
In addition the yellow TIP box in the tutorial below may help with this as well.
Search in Windows 7
Hope this helps,
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|30 Jan 2010
How do you "add a search filter" when it is always grayed out? I have not seen this question DIRECTLY answered by anyone.
I gave up on the Windows 7 search long ago and use Search Everything and Cathy instead, but would still like an answer to that question since I occasionally do use the W7 search.
Edit: Nevermind, I see what is meant by that now. Very unclear.
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Hello Bily,
You do not really add a filter, but select one instead. The yellow TIP box in the tutorial link above can help show you more on this though.
Hope this helps,
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|01 Oct 2011
Google couldn't seem to figure this one out for me and no matter what I tried the 'add a search filter' option was always greyed out. Supposedly W7 would know what I needed for filters based on folder type but then why couldn't I have a dimension filter in a picture library?
Turns out I could. By querying the search box. I thought it might be crazy enough to work and after a bit of poking around I found that it does.
dimensions:>599 x
as a search parameter will return all images 600px+ wide. I think the colon tells the search that this is an attribute filter as opposed to a text search. The left side is whatever attribute you want to search on. You get <>=(looks like = is default, in other words an exact match) and I assume other operators you might care to experiment with. This would be in fact the actual filter as set by the string on the right. When I say string I mean it literally. I haven't tested enough to make this claim as fact but it looks like it's a mix of the operator, the number value, and then a string weighted against what you would see in Explorer as the value of the attribute. What I mean by this is that 'dimensions:>599 x' will return on width but 'dimensions:>599' (no trailing nbsp and 'x') will return on both height and width. Whatever is a match in the '800 x 600 (for example)' string you would see in Explorer. So in this particular case, searching on image dimensions, ' x' would return on width, and 'x ' would return on height.
Pardon my enthusiasm here but this is frikan brilliant. It boggles my mind that my searches on this matter turned up a lot of deflecting corpspeak and zero mention of this awesome tool. There must be potential here to filter by any attribute in whatever capacity one might need. The 'add' option being greyed out I dunno. I'm on 64 Pro and all I can figure is that it's an unfinished piece that they didn't clean up before release. OR (still unfinished yes) clicking the 'add a filter' shoulda/woulda brought up a dialogue to plug in the discussion above. Too bad, cause it rocks.
No doubt some smart cookie out there will find a way to combine search criteria as well. I poked around a bit with semi-colons and pipes but no luck. However, for example, consider this,
'dimensions:>599 x' returns all images 600px+ width. Re-querying this result set with 'size:>100 kb' filters out everything under 100 kb.
What couldn't you do with this? Every possible attribute attached to any file type looks to be within reach so in theory you couldn't query anything that it couldn't return exactly as you needed. It's all there for you to experiment with so please don't ask me for a quick fix. Get in there and play.
and oh groan yes i see this is an 'old' question. i dunno why some insist on pointing this out when searches are immemorial. so there.
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|01 Oct 2011
I forgot to mention...
Again on the pictures themes but I have to assume this would work with any date. If you query the search box with 'datetaken:' a date picker pops up after you type the colon. Whatever dialogues might apply to other criteria might be worth investigating as well.
So weird that it's all there but yet...
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|02 Oct 2011
REBBAY, great find!
I stopped the indexing by Windows of my drive long ago because Windows search seemed to be so useless so I have to wait to try it out and get results.
But, a preliminary test on "datetaken:" in a folder of jpegs DOES turn up a CALENDAR and a list of choices like "A long time ago", "Yesterday", etc.
How long they worked on Vista and Windows 7 and yet left this vital part of their search engine unfinished?? This is really bad considering they touted over and over how wonderful the search engine for Windows 7 was.
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We can sign Nick Young to another deal but only if the price is right. He is completely one dimensional and has no aspirations to do anything on the floor except score, which means this guy needs to score 25 a game just to breakeven with the opponent he is guarding. Sorry dude, but it's the way it's gotta be…and honestly if young is our first option we're not going to be a playoff team for a long time and I frankly, am already sick of that
Hello Turkey, Hello Australia… From Nick Young With Love
Now, this dunk wasn't on, on Australia's Andrew Bogut, but we'll include him for diplomatic reasons. Turkey's Ersan Ilyasova getting smacked around by Los Angeles' Nick Young is really the big winner here.
One of the first things that comes to mind when looking at a picture like this is that there's no way he's making it to the rim.
He did.
You'd think some big time NBA advertising partner would want to sponsor a secondary dunk contest. Wouldn't that haul in some bank on television? TNT, are you there? I understand the desire to make the official dunk contest on NBA all-Star Saturday night an elite and exclusive event, but there are too many good dunkers in the NBA not to have more than four participants.
Apologies to you, Nick Young, but also, here's to you.
Young started Wednesday night's game versus the Milwaukee Bucks with a traveling turnover and a couple missed shots that looked completely forced. He didn't score his first field goal until the 10:59 mark of the second quarter, but then caught fire over the remainder of the period with 11 points on 5-8 shooting, including this dunk, as the Wizards out-scored the Bucks 25-18 to take a 47-37 lead at half. But just two of Young's second quarter field goals were assisted by a teammate.
In the third, he came out more within the offense and paced the Wizards with 13 points on 5-7 shooting. This time, all of his buckets were created by a teammate. Washington took a 77-60 lead into the fourth.
Down the stretch, the Wizards made some unforced turnovers, and some forced, the quick hands of Brandon Jennings coming into play against Kirk Hinrich. Washington coughed the ball up eight times in fourth, and Young didn't make a basket, but the Wizards had built up a big enough lead behind Young fighting his way through a rough start with a strong middle 24 minutes of the game. And the Bucks only out-scored Washington 25-23 in the final period anyway, ultimately falling 85-100 and breaking Washington's eight game losing streak.
It was another Nick Young "specialist" game. He scored 26 points on 10-19 shooting (3-5 from beyond the arc), thanks to three assists from John Wall and a couple from Andray Blatche. He got to the free-throw line just three times, making all of them, snagged four rebounds, all defensive, and shared just one assist to three turnovers. Young did have two blocked shots and a steal. Early in the third, he jumped in the passing lane, pushed the ball up the court, gave it up to Wall on the two-man break, and finally got it back for the oop-dunk.
Young has found a niche scoring role within Flip Saunders' offense, draining corner threes thanks to John Wall, throwing down a dunk every now and then, and with the final ingredient being a bad shot here and there. He plays adequate defense, but any other contribution is purely coincidental. Will he further improve? Because one thing people also miss when debating Young's merits is how much his confidence has improved and how much further it could go.
That being said, it'd be no surprise if we've arrived at Nick Young's ceiling. As his audition for a contract spans the rest of this season, the debate over whether he's worth re-signing for whatever his value may be rages.
But on this occasion, let's just thank him for the dunk.
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Nick Young can score, but he needs to do something else too.
I can't believe these comments. Since when is scoring such a bad thing? Doesn't the team w/the most points win? Nick is awesome – I've seen incredible growth in the last 3 yrs & since when does 1 player determine whether they go to the playoffs or not. Without Nick I'm not even interested in watching the Wizards….plus his 'fro is awesome!
Nick – keep scoring, we love it
Sneaky Europeans! Nick Young got his revenge?
oh, ps. To the guy in 228 who yelled at Andrew Bogut to "go back to Europe", well, he is from Australia, which is a continent to itself…
it's like, better the seats, worse the fans…
What, Australia is not part of Europe?
Young plays good man to man defense, he doesn't turn the ball over, and he scores efficiently in volume. No he's not an excellent rebounder but he's really not that bad: his numbers this year are comparable to Ray Allen for example.
People clamoring for him to 'do other things' don't realize that there are only a few players at that position who excel in all aspects of the game (e.g. Kobe, Joe Johnson) and they are paid accordingly as superstars. No one is suggesting that we pay Nick that money; in reality we are looking at giving him something in the $6-8 million range, which given his production and skills I think is well worth it.
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More often than not, summer league basketball games wind up offensively challenged. Teams run few, if any, set plays. There are limited time-outs to make adjustments. Lineups are constantly shuffled. (more…)
More often than not, summer league basketball games wind up offensively challenged. Teams run few, if any, set plays. There are limited time-outs to make adjustments. Lineups are constantly shuffled. (more…)
The members of the Riverhead girls basketball team are a good group, as their record indicates. They all bring their own individual talents and abilities to the table.
What does Sam Dunn offer?
Well, one doesn't need to watch Dunn play for long to understand that she's all about hustle and determination, admirable qualities, to be sure. (more…)
It's been only five months since the end of the high school basketball season, yet Riverhead coach Dave Spinella has already seen his team grow by leaps and bounds.
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Growing pains were to be expected. But they still hurt. And none more than Tuesday night.
For 28 minutes, the Riverhead girls basketball team showed glimpses of why the future looks so bright. A team that resembles more a junior high team with three eighth graders in the starting lineup, the Blue Waves used their speed and size to gradually build an 11-point lead when sophomore Dezarae Brown sank a pair of free throws with 6:32 left against West Islip.
It was the first double-digit lead for Riverhead all game. And just as it looked as if the Blue Waves were about to put away the Lions, it all came crumbling apart.
The Lions, behind a full-court press that the Blue Waves couldn't shake, rattled off a 17-1 run over the final 5 minutes for a stunning come-from-behind victory, 52-47, at Riverhead High School. It was the fourth straight loss for the Blue Waves, who dropped to 1-6 in League III and 3-7 overall.
Afterward, a dejected Riverhead coach, Dave Spinella, shouldered the blame.
"That's on me," he said. "I got to get these kids to finish the game."
It was the third straight game the Blue Waves lost after holding a fourth-quarter lead, Spinella said. The Blue Waves lost yesterday to Smithtown East by five points. On Saturday, they lost to Smithtown West by three points.
"I'd rather get blown out by 20 every game," Spinella said. "Because it just means we're that close. When we're that close, regardless of our age, when you're in a game that close, it's on me as their coach to get them through the rest of it."
The Blue Waves have been a perennial playoff team under Spinella the past decade. But barring a huge turnaround the second half of the league season, the Blue Waves' streak of recent playoff appearances will come to an end. Riverhead will need to go 6-1 over its final seven league games to finish with a record that qualifies for the postseason.
For now, the Blue Waves are simply trying to find a way to pull out one of these close games.
"These kids are playing excellent basketball," Spinella said. "They're doing everything we ask."
West Islip senior guard Lindsay Darrell ignited the turnaround for the Lions. She scored nine of her game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter. An all-league player last season, Darrell drained a 3-pointer with 5 minutes left that started the run.
West Islip (7-4, 4-3 League III) forced seven Riverhead turnovers in the quarter, which allowed the Lions to get some easy hoops. Sarah Feminella, Vanessa Constantino and Darrell each scored baskets over a 27-second stretch that got the Lions back within two points at 46-44 with 3:33 left.
Darrell tied the game with a driving layup with 2:40 left. Riverhead briefly regained the lead on a free throw from eighth-grader Faith Johnson-DeSilvia, but Darrell answered right back with another strong drive to the hoop, eluding Riverhead defenders all the way to the basket for a layup.
Riverhead went the final 6:55 without a field goal and shot 1-for-12 in the fourth quarter.
"It's all about effort," West Islip coach Chris Scharf said. "The effort wasn't there in the beginning and it was there in the end, fortunately."
A longtime coach at West Islip, Scharf said he has faced plenty of young teams over the years. But he noted one difference.
"It's something to be young, but to be young and talented, which they are, it's a good thing," he said.
As if the loss didn't hurt enough for Riverhead, with 1:45 left in the game, senior Kyra Miller went down hard on a drive to the basket. She remained on the court for several minutes and had to be helped off the court and into the trainer's room. She didn't put any pressure on her left leg with an apparent knee injury. The extent of the injury was unclear.
Spinella said he was hoping it was just a twist. Miller is a standout track and field athlete in the spring season.
Miller was the only player to come off the bench for Riverhead until the final minute. She first came into the game midway through the third quarter.
Spinella said the rotations haven't always been as short and he's typically looked to sub more in the first half.
"I thought our first group was playing really well," he said. "Maybe that's part of it. Just trying to find the right mix. No one does enough wrong to warrant being taken out of the game."
Sophomore Sam Dunn led the Blue Waves in scoring with 19 points. She was the only player in double figures. Brown added nine and eighth grader Kate McCarney scored eight. She hit two 3-pointers.
Riverhead returns to action Thursday at home against Smithtown West.
At times this year, the Riverhead girls basketball team may field a lineup on the court that features no one older than a 10th-grader. A youth movement that began last year will continue into this season for the Blue Waves, who lost their top two scorers to graduation.
While the Blue Waves may be young, they do return a team with varsity experience, led by the towering duo of sophomores Sam Dunn and Dezarae Brown.
Both started last year as freshmen and now with a year of experience under them, they'll take on even greater roles this season. Brown is listed at 6 feet and Dunn at 5-10.
"I think we might be bigger than we've ever been," said Riverhead coach David Spinella.
Dunn's all-around game has improved this season, Spinella said, and she'll be relied on to provide some of the offense.
"She's really worked on her offensive skills," Spinella said. "She's a lot smoother with the basketball. She can handle the ball a lot better and is stronger."
Brown will be key on the boards for Riverhead, getting put-backs for some easy hoops, Spinella said. The Blue Waves have an advantage in that both Brown and Dunn can run well and get up and down the court in a hurry. That could lead to fastbreak opportunities for both players.
The Blue Waves will feature a backcourt of eighth-graders. Kim Ligon, who played on varsity last year, will play the shooting guard. Kate McCarney, in her first year on varsity, will handle much of the point guard duties.
"She's making quite a jump but she's played a lot of AAU with the Long Island Lightning," Spinella said. "She has stepped in and done a tremendous job. The ball's going to be in an eighth-grader's hands most of the season."
For all the youth on the team, the Blue Waves do have some seniors as well. Carolyn Carrera will likely get some big minutes along with Kyra Miller, Spinella said. The Blue Waves also have seniors Destiny McElroy, Shakiyla Sykes and Gabby Green.
Carrera, a star lacrosse and soccer player, brings leadership to the team with the way she approaches everything she does, Spinella said.
"She approaches it all with such a businesslike mentality," Spinella said. "The kids appreciate that because she wants to win."
The Blue Waves expect to continue to rely on their defense to ignite the offense. Spinella said the team has a lot of room for growth and he expects the Blue Waves to only get better and better as the season progresses.
"Defense is something that takes time, especially to play it the way we want to play it," Spinella said. "With a lot of young kids, it's a lot to learn."
The Blue Waves also return juniors Joanna Messina, Jessica Cheatom and Amanda Baron.
Riverhead opens the non-league season Friday with a home game against The Stony Brook School. The league season kicks off Dec. 17 with a challenging game at North Babylon.
As a first-year varsity coach, Adam Lievre has a problem most coaches would love to have: competition for playing time between a number of kids who can all play.
"There are lot of girls of equal talent," said Lievre, who replaces Dennis Haughney as the girls coach at Shoreham-Wading River. "They're trying to prove themselves so that's been very beneficial."
The Wildcats have been a perennial playoff team in recent years and that figures to remain in place this year. Shoreham returns a strong nucleus in Shannon Rosati, Taylor Whiffen, Courtney Clasen and Kerri Clark.
The biggest question early on this season has been who will fill out the rotation next to those four.
The Wildcats feature a mostly veteran team with seven seniors and five juniors. Lievre said two freshmen will play varsity.
Sophie Triandafils, who played varsity lacrosse last year, and Mackenzie Zajac, are the two freshmen. Lievre said Zajac is a year-round basketball player who plays AAU ball as well.
Year-round basketball players are a rarity these days, but the Wildcats have two of them in Zajac and Whiffen.
The Wildcats will feature some new wrinkles on offense this year with a new coach. But their staple will continue to be defense. The Wildcats have always excelled by their defense fueling fastbreak opportunities.
With quick, athletic players like Rosati and Clasen roaming the court, the Wildcats should be a tough matchup for teams. An added bonus this year for Shoreham is the new 10-second rule, which forces a team to advance the ball past half-court within 10 seconds.
The Wildcats played together during the summer in the Town of Brookhaven League and won the small school championship. During that time, it gave the younger players a chance to mix in with the older group and develop some chemistry. Lievre, who was previously the junior varsity coach, also got a chance to get reacquainted with some of his former players.
The Wildcats scrimmaged Riverhead Monday and Lievre said he liked what he saw in the team's first action. Shoreham will kick off the regular season Saturday with a non-league game at home against Babylon. The league season begins Tuesday at home against East Hampton.
Looking ahead to the league, Lievre knows there's one team to look out for: John Glenn. "We all know that's our big game of the year," Lievre said.
The Wildcats defeated Glenn in double overtime in the final game of the regular season last year, but lost to the Knights in the playoffs.
One night a few years ago, Dave Spinella ran into former Riverhead principal John Merone at the movies. Spinella learned that the Merones' son, Adam, was working with the New York Islanders and had started his own strength and conditioning business called Project Game Day.
Spinella, the varsity girls basketball coach, emailed Merone to see if he might be interested in working with his team.
In the fall of 2011, before the start of Riverhead's Long Island championship season, Merone began training some of the Blue Waves' players. He has now become like an extra coach, Spinella said. "He's like part of our program."
As practices for the 2013-14 season began last week, the Blue Waves were already seeing dividends from the offseason hard work.
"From August we did some bench testing and then we tested again just recently right before tryouts," Spinella said. "The improvement on some of the kids was unbelievable."
Some kids gained nine inches in a broad jump, Spinella said. Some knocked 4 seconds off a shuttle run and nearly five minutes of the 1 1/2 mile run.
"Crazy," Spinella said.
The Blue Waves will feature a mostly young team this year, and Spinella hopes the extra work in the offseason will translate well on the hardwood. The Blue Waves graduated two big-time players in Shanice Allen and Naysha Trent, who handled the bulk of the scoring duties last season.
Still, the Blue Waves expect to play a similar, up-tempo, high-octane style of basketball. And the expectations remain high.
"We expect to do the things we've done for decades," Spinella said.
The Blue Waves will benefit from a rule change this year that they hope will be like adding an extra defender. A 10-second rule has been implemented this season, which requires a team to advance the ball past half-court in 10 seconds. Before, there was no limit to get the ball across half-court in girls basketball.
Spinella said the NCAA adopted the new rule for this season and it quickly trickled down to lower levels.
"It's great for us because we're usually up the floor in two or three seconds," Spinella said. "But defensively, to get through what we try to do defensively in our full-court press, teams try to be patient, move the ball and work for their accurate passing. But we're going to try to force their hands a little earlier."
Spinella said he's been impressed early on in practice with the focus and attention to detail the kids have put in.
"Not wasting any time," he said. "Every minute of practice is being utilized effectively, so it's great."
The Blue Waves under Spinella have always played a competitive schedule in non-league games and scrimmages to prepare for the season. This year is no different.
Riverhead will scrimmage against Longwood, Shoreham-Wading River and William Floyd among others. The non-league schedule features matchups against The Stony Brook School and Walt Whitman.
The Blue Waves will be tested early when the League III season opens with a road game at North Babylon Dec. 17. North Babylon and Copiague are expected to be the top two teams in the league.
"We expect to compete for our league even though we have two of the top teams in the county in our league," Spinella said. "That makes it difficult, but we still have the same expectations."
So, apparently there is life after Shanice Allen. Not only that, but it might not be a bad life.
The Riverhead girls basketball team lost a lot this past spring when its all-time leading scorer, Allen, left high school behind. She is headed to play for Pace University. In her wake, the Blue Waves have been left with only three players with prior varsity experience: Dezarae Brown, Sam Dunn and Kim Ligon. It would only be natural for one to expect a major rebuilding project for Riverhead. The thing is, coach Dave Spinella doesn't consider this to be a rebuilding phase at all.
"I don't think we're rebuilding, I really don't," he said. "By the end of the next year we'll be in the [League III] mix."
He continued: "We refuse to take steps back. We're going to keep going forward."
Call Riverhead a mystery team. Well, at least a mystery for the rest of Suffolk County, which may be anticipating a big drop by the Blue Waves.
To that the Riverheaders might respond, "Not so fast."
As it turns out, for all of their inexperience, the Blue Waves have not done badly in the Town of Brookhaven Summer League. With their 23-21 loss to Smithtown East at Sachem East High School on Monday, their record evened out at 4-4. Riverhead's only blowout loss was by 19 points to a strong Longwood team. Its other two losses were by 3 points each to Central Islip and Centereach.
Despite the fact that Riverhead has only one senior on its summer roster, Carolyn Carrera, the sense is that the team chemistry is coming along fine.
As for coming in under the radar, Dunn seems to like that. "I think everyone's so used to hearing 'Riverhead' and the first thing that comes to their mind is Shanice," the sophomore forward said. "I like the feeling that people aren't expecting so much of us. No one really knows that we're there."
Riverhead may not have the big names it has had in the past (Tiffany Trent, Jalyn Brown, Melodee Riley, Allen), but it is stocked with young talent that is progressing.
"I think if we play the way that we're capable of playing that we will surprise some teams," said Ligon, an eighth-grade shooting guard.
Even in defeat they have shown signs of encouragement. Take Monday's game, for example. Playing in the same gym in which they lost a Suffolk County Class AA quarterfinal to Sachem East this past winter, the Blue Waves showed tenacity. They twice trailed by as many as 9 points before pulling ahead, 20-18, when Carrera sank a big 3-point shot. Smithtown East (4-4) regained the lead at 23-20 before Dunn dropped a free throw for the final point with 36.1 seconds to go. Riverhead's only attempt at the basket after that was a shot by Dunn that glanced off the glass and the rim.
Riverhead actually shot a higher percentage from the field, 36.4 to 26.1, and outrebounded Smithtown East by 19-7. But the Bulls went 10 for 18 from the foul line. Riverhead went 2 for 12 on free throws.
Dunn was Riverhead's leading scorer with 7 points in addition to 4 steals, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.
Spinella said the biggest adjustment newcomers to varsity basketball must make is the speed of the game. But Dunn mentioned another factor: nerves. "I remember I started last year as a freshman, and every time I got on the court, I was like shaking I was so nervous," she recalled. "It's more pressure for everyone."
The new Riverhead has a decidedly different look, with an emphasis on team.
"It's a total team effort, man, it really is," Spinella said. "Any night it can be someone different. It's great."
Asked if there are going to be any surprises among the new players once the school season starts, Spinella replied, "Nobody knows these kids, so everybody is going to be a surprise."
Riverhead was under no misconception. The seventh-seeded Blue Waves knew they were facing a tall order, trying to upset No. 2 Sachem East in Wednesday's Suffolk County Class AA girls basketball quarterfinal.
Even so, perhaps Riverhead couldn't have imagined its challenge being as difficult as it was.
The most telling numbers of the game might have been these: With its reserves in the game, Sachem East put up a measly 2 points in the fourth quarter — and still won by 25!
A 25-10 third-quarter blast sent Sachem East on the way to a 63-38 trouncing of the visiting Blue Waves and its seventh straight county final four. The Flaming Arrows (16-1), who also ousted Riverhead from the playoffs in 2010, will play Bellport or Walt Whitman in a county semifinal on Saturday at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue.
"I expected a better fight, honestly, I did," said Riverhead coach Dave Spinella.
But Sachem East, the League I champion, brought too much for Riverhead to handle. Two juniors, Katie Doherty and Kathleen Everson, spearheaded the offense for the Flaming Arrows. Doherty led all scorers with 21 points to go with 6 assists while Everson put up 16 points and 10 rebounds. Emily Carmel chipped in 11 points with the aid of three 3-pointers, and Sammy Drake grabbed 10 rebounds to go with 8 points.
Doherty scored her first 6 points within the opening 3 minutes 22 seconds as Sachem East, like a basketball tsunami, flew out to a 10-0 lead. Riverhead (12-8) committed 8 of its 19 turnovers in the first quarter, which ended with Sachem East holding a 17-11 lead.
Then, Sachem East distanced itself further from Riverhead in the second quarter. While Riverhead struggled with 1-for-9 shooting from the field in the quarter, Sachem East closed out the first half on a 14-2 run for a 37-15 halftime cushion.
Another 14-2 run by Sachem East in the third quarter made the score 53-20. The rest of the game was little more than a formality.
"They execute so well," Spinella said. "They're big and they can move, and they can all shoot. It just makes it a tough situation. We didn't play very well, but that's a tribute to their defense. Our youth kind of got exposed."
Asked what the decisive factor in the game was, Doherty replied: "I think it was really our energy. We came out really hard. Everybody was going for loose balls and rebounds, and I think that motivated us to win."
Second-chance scoring opportunities didn't hurt, either. Sachem East hustled for 16 offensive rebounds. The Flaming Arrows outrebounded the visitors, 43-32.
"In spots of the game, they played as well as we can play," Sachem East coach Matt Brisson told reporters.
Asked if he was surprised by how well his team performed, Brisson answered, "They never surprise me."
The game marked the end of the Shanice Allen era for Riverhead. With the senior's five-year varsity career concluding, a poignant scene developed late in the game. After sinking a pair of free throws for her 13th and 14 points of the contest, Riverhead's all-time leading scorer with over 1,400 points, was pulled from the game. When Allen, who is headed for Pace University, arrived near the bench, she received a hug from Spinella, and then more hugs from teammates.
Brisson had some words for Allen after the game while the teams exchanged handshakes. "I said, 'What a legacy you leave behind,' " Brisson said. "She should be so proud of herself for what she accomplished in her time over there."
Sachem East is looking to accomplish a lot with a team that has the talent to win a second county crown in three years.
Brisson was the head coach of Sachem for two years before the school split into two schools, Sachem East and Sachem North. He could just as easily be the Sachem North coach now, but he chose Sachem East.
"Every now and then I think to myself, 'Which way should I have gone?' " Brisson said. "My momma raised no fool. I came the right way."
Brisson credited his players for the team's success. "Katie Doherty walks into the gym and Kathleen Everson walks into the gym, and all of a sudden I'm a pretty good coach," he said.
What are Sachem East's expectations?
"We want to win," Doherty said. "We want to win as much as we can, and we're going to go for it."
Riverhead, which had lost 10 players from the team that reached the New York State final four last year, couldn't feel too bad about its season.
In addition to Allen, Riverhead will lose Denise Brunskill, Naysha Trent and Jocelin Zaneski to graduation. The bulk of the team will be back next season, though, including two freshmen starters, Dezarae Brown and Sam Dunn. One can envision enhanced roles for Kim Ligon, Destiny McElroy and Kyra Braunskill.
"We lost 10 kids from last year, and we were one game from the [county] final four, so what can you say?" Spinella said. "This whole year has been a tremendous success. Our youth got so much extra time, extra games and so much more experience. Extra games and extra practices, all of that adds up in the long run."


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North Beach Restaurant
- Address:
1512 Stockton St
San Francisco, CA 94133Neighborhood:
North Beach
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $31 to $50
North Beach Restaurant
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.northbeachrestaurant.com/
- Phone: (415) 392-1700
- Hours of Operation:
Open 7 days a week 11:30AM to 11:45PM with the kitchen serving continuously.
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian
- Executive Chef: Bruno Orsi
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Beer, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: Private Parties are available for Lunch and Dinner
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- Private Party Contact: Manager 4153921700
- Entertainment: Located only a 1 minute walk from the North Beach Restaurant is Beach Blanket Babylon, San Francisco's longest running hit musical www.beachblanketbabylon.com Celebrate at the North Beach Restaurant before or after the theatre with our dining room open 7-days a week from 11:30AM to 11:45PM!
Getting there
- Cross Street: Between Union St. and Green St. on Stockton St.
- Public Transit: Located at the corner of Stockton Street & Columbus Avenue in North Beach, available MUNI Bus lines are:
*30 Stockton
*15 Third
*45 Union
- Parking: Valet
- Parking Details: Valet Parking continuously from 11:30AM to 11:45PM!
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Since 1970, the North Beach Restaurant has been renowned as San Francisco's #1 Italian Restaurant for its Tuscan culinary excellence, relaxed ambiance, warm hospitality, and great service by Bay area families, tourists, romantics, conventioneers, business managers, politicians, sports celebrities, and movie stars!
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***Authentic Tuscan cuisine prepared with freshest ingredients including antipasti, polenta, home-cured prosciutto, focaccia, risotto, fresh pasta, seafood, veal, lamb, chicken, beef, and homemade desserts!
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Buon Appetito and Salute!
Since 1970, the North Beach Restaurant has been renowned as San Francisco's #1 Italian Restaurant for its Tuscan culinary excellence, relaxed ambiance, warm hospitality, and great service by Bay area families, tourists, romantics, conventioneers, business managers, politicians, sports celebrities, and movie stars!
The North Beach Restaurant is a must-visit San Francisco dining experience that offers:
***Authentic Tuscan cuisine prepared with freshest ingredients including antipasti, polenta, home-cured prosciutto, focaccia, risotto, fresh pasta, seafood, veal, lamb, chicken, beef, and homemade desserts!
***Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wine Lists with over 500 bottles and Petroni Vineyards wines -
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North Beach Restaurant reviews from OpenTable diners
205 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food4.3Service4.4
- Ambiance4.1Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (109)notable wine list (105)special occasion (104)fit for foodies (81)good for groups (63)romantic (62)great for lunch (21)hot spot (19)late-night find (11)vibrant bar scene (6)kid-friendly (5)great for brunch (5)great for outdoor dining (3)Show More
- Constant Upsale, SnootyAnnonVIPDined on 11/18/2014We were a party of 3. Two arrived early and the restaurant was not very busy. They decided to wait at the bar for the third party to arrive. They were then asked if they would like to be seated at their table and wait there, which they accepted. But the Maitre D then commented that he wouldn't do that on a Saturday night. OK...it is a Tuesday and the place is pretty quiet. The waiter was attentive...but way too attentive, constantly trying to push this dish or that. When we declined one appetizer, he would suggest another, then another, then another....We can read the menu, these weren't specials. And then when the bill arrived with a $30 corkage fee!! Really!! There are some great North Beach restaurants, that offer a much nicer experience with as good if not better food. We won't be back.
- Mediocre at bestJacobVIPDined on 11/16/2014The food was alright, but for the price we paid, I would have expected more. I found the restaurant to be clean and nice, but thought it was a bit bright for evening dining. With the number of good Italian restaurants in North Beach, try another.
- One of my favorites in San Francisco.JoleneDCVIPDined on 11/15/2014I took my daughter for her 16th birthday. Most of the food was wonderful and we had a wonderful time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Meal-fabulous service!HappyDinerVIPDined on 11/14/2014We picked this restaurant from Open Table recommendations and it did impress in a great way! Neighborhood Italian restaurant with fabulous service by Duke who was attentive but not overly-perfect! The barata was fresh and delicious. My husband had the veal saltimbocca and I had the homemade cannelloni. Both dishes were cooked erfectly and served at a nice temperature. The bread was soft and seasoned just right, Cant say enough about this place. It was a great find!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Same as Ever in a Good Way!MichaelDined on 11/14/2014We were late for our reservation, and on a timeline for the show across the street. The entire staff were happy to see us, and genuinely made our dinner relaxed and fun. It was a special occasion for the four of us, no time for desert…but the House Barolo was superb and decadent!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 11/14/2014Been there twice over past 4 years and both times consistently good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingMerrileeVIPDined on 11/13/2014One of our favorite restaurants for over 30 years. Our son requested we go for his birthday. Service was cold and the food was very lackluster. We have no problem paying a high price for high quality food and service, but neither the food or service warranted the prices. There are so many fantastic restaurants in S.F., we will not be returning which is sad as it's always been a family favorite and a restaurant we have taken friends and clients to.
- ClassicoLocalSourceVIPDined on 11/13/2014High end, classic Italian dining. Reminiscent of a bygone era updated for the modern diner and gourmet.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FavoriteGnogasDined on 11/8/2014We always go to North Beach when we are in San Francisco. It's our favorite restaurant. The food is how italian food have to be, delicious! We are looking forward to go againSpecial Features:
- Wonderful evening !OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 11/7/2014The dinner could not have been better. The waiter was great; selections of appetizers, food, wine, and desserts, was just perfect for us.Special Features:
- Average at BestNOLAFoodieVIPDined on 11/7/2014A typical tourist trap restaurant that is mediocre to average. Prices are a little high for what you get. The antipasto for 2 is way too big, boarding on gross. Our server was pretentious and condescending. I see no reason to go back.
- lavozderazonDined on 11/4/2014I ate at the North Beach twice last week, having been introduced to the place five years ago through a friend in San Francisco. I took two groups of friends/client there last week, the second time with 15 minutes notice to the restaurant. Suffice to say we were thrilled and pleased and I am well aware as to why the North Beach is my friend's favorite place in San Francisco.Special Features:
- Number4Dined on 11/1/2014Their satimbocca and house-made meat sauce are some of the best we've had in ~40+ years of dining in the Bay Area. The Servers were notably attentive, knowledgeable, and friendly, and never intrusive. Pretty dining room, well-spaced tables, comfortable chairs, and the acoustics were such that it was easy to have a conversation. It wasn't just dinner, but a relaxing, totally enjoyable dining experience.Special Features:
- Yum, Yumsatisfied333Dined on 11/1/2014The food is wonderful especially the risotto. The staff is very accommodating and easy to attract their attention when needed.Special Features:
- Always excellentJKCollinsDined on 10/31/2014Classic dining at its best. Great food, extremely accommodating for diners with food allergies. We dined on Halloween and it was so sweet to see the staff treat all the neighborhood trick or treaters with candy treats! Family friendly.Special Features:
- Great Foodmeesh55Dined on 10/30/2014The front door host was just Fabulous! The restaurant was not crowded and our waitress was not very attentive. Again the host of the restaurant was very charming. We will go back again when we get back to San Francisco.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great meal!ExpectingMoreDined on 10/30/2014Stopped in prior to Beach Blanket Babylon. Food was excellent...especially the minestrone! Everything brought to the table hot, fast, and very politely. Would definitely recommend this restaurant to others.Special Features:
- FrancisDined on 10/27/2014When visiting the West Coast, we wanted once again to eat abalone, which was abundant when we first went to San Francisco and Monterey in the1960's but now is extremely hard to find. Our hotel concierge f9und this restaurant as one of the very few, if not only, one serving it. It was extremely expensive as expected, but beautifully prepared, and the kitchen split the order (as they did other dishes) so the price was somewhat mitigated. Wines are great, and our waiter seemed truly to care to get us a truly memorable meal. Go there, even if you don't order abalone.Special Features:
- OUTSTANDING!TomCDined on 10/27/2014I ate at this restaurant a year ago when I was in San Francisco. It was outstanding then and still is. I highly recommend this establishment as first of all the ambience is wonderful but the wine is fabulous and the food as well, especially the lamb and carpaccio. Raj, the sommelier definitely knows his wine and is a pleasure to talk to. If you ever get a chance to eat here, please do. You won't be disappointed!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Favorite Italian Food for DecadesJDRobinDined on 10/26/2014My family and I started going to North Beach Restaurant in the 1970s and it is still as great as it was then. The service was attentive, and the food was great. The gnocchi was fluffy (not heavy like it is in some places) and the tomato basil sauce that the restaurant makes there was delicious. The semifredo (sp??) dessert is to die for. I will definitely go back.Special Features:
- Old style ItalianFoodloverDined on 10/25/2014This was an old style Italian restaurant and by that I mean by way of decor, service and ambience, elegance and style. We were not rushed and items on the menu were readily and pleasantly explained to us. There was a comprehensive wine list some from their own Petroni vineyards. We started with mussels which were succulent in a tomato based sauce and I had Parma ham and melon, which was very tasty. For mains I had a veal and prawn combi dish and my wife had aubergine parmigiana both excellent. Too full for desert regrettably we finished with two coffees. Altogether a lovely evening.Special Features:
- Very goodFood4thoughtDined on 10/25/2014had gnocchi with Gorgonzola. Best gnocchi I ever had! Service were kind and attentive!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastique as alwaysBobbieVIPDined on 10/25/2014I took my wife to North Beach restaurant after enjoying a luncheon there last year. We were both delighted with the wonderful food, presentation, and gaiety of the place. The quality of the food is only equal to the best restaurants in Italy. SUPERB!Special Features:
- Great evening in North Beach:KCfoodieDined on 10/25/2014Have been coming to the North Beach area and this restaurant in particular for several years, and it never ceases to please. Attentive service that started with Raj at the door, and Marco as our server. Marco took time to go over the menu in detail, and later took the extra effort to split our multiple orders on multiple plates so that we could share the food. Once again, taking the extra effort to make the evening go well. My wife is from northern Italy, and the food can be as good as we could get there. The ravioli was some of the best I have had in years, and the prosciutto and melon appetizer is as good as I have ever had. The Brunello di Sonoma was a find and I highly recommend. Great wine, food, location and night.Special Features:
- North Beach Restaurant a pleasuresouthernDined on 10/24/2014My last time at North Beach Restaurant, I sat in the upstairs dining room and thought it was very elegant. This visit we sat downstairs and I was at first unsure of how I would like this, ( it looks a little like you are going into a cave), but I really enjoyed my dining experience. Our waiter, I think his name was Nino?? was fabulous and made the evening. He gave us a tour of the prosciutto cave. Really enjoyed the evening and will return.Special Features:
- Fun and DeliciousjjbirdVIPDined on 10/24/2014We had a great time at the North Beach Restaurant. Our waiter Nino basically picked our entire menu. It was delicious and entertaining!Special Features:
- Somewhat dissappointingMickeyLDined on 10/20/2014The waiter over sold. The salmon was particularly dry!Special Features:
- Great ExperiencealgeeVIPDined on 10/20/2014Great food, great wine list (on the high end price scale), great service and great ambiance. If you enjoy Italian food you will enjoy this restaurant.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 10/18/2014I understand reservations can run behind, but we had to wait 45 minutes past our reservation time - so I think that's a bit too long. After we finally got seated, the waiter made us feel like we were an inconvenience and that he had to tolerate us, so that's unfortunate. I felt guilty when I had to ask a question about the menu. The food, however, was fantastic! I rarely treat myself to a pasta dinner, and I'm glad I did that night because it was so delicious!Special Features:
- AwesomeSogara2VIPDined on 10/18/2014Great food. Great Service. Came here with a group of 7 and they accommodated everyone in the party. Will be backSpecial Features:
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- Fresh and TastyWineTimesDined on 10/18/2014Had the eggplant Parmesan and it was amazing. Everyone in my party raved about their meals, everyone ordered some kind of pasta dish and salad to start. The house cab was also very good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very SteadyBigSurSteveDined on 10/17/2014When we go to SF, we like to eat at North Beach Restaurant (and have for many years). We've never had a bad meal, a corked bottle of wine, or a surly server. It's a very steady and excellent restaurant in a city with a ton of competition.Special Features:
- I left my heart in northbeachwineabitDined on 10/17/2014Excellent service and the food was incredible. Veal osobuco, veal picata, and linguini carbonara - still dreaming of itSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Mauihaoles123VIPDined on 10/17/2014Olt time northern Italian restaurant which has been in existence since 1916 in North Beach SF and in its current location since mid 70's. A must go if you are in the neighborhood, or even not. Just go. Old fashioned service from old fashioned waiters. Wonderful food and service.Special Features:
- North Beach is FabulousangeleyesDined on 10/15/2014My experience at North Beach was outstanding. Raj, the maître de was very knowledgeable and accommodating. The food, atmosphere and wine was the highlight of my dining experience while in San Francisco!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Top 3 meals everJimLVIPDined on 10/13/2014My wife and I stopped here for lunch on out way to SFO after a few days in wine country. We were warmly greeted by Mel and he ensured a perfect meal. We are very accustomed to the finest Italian food in NYC and I very comfortable saying the meal at Northbeach rivals if not beats some of the best I have ever had. This place is a gem and a must try. The cave aged prosciutto is simply amazing. The veal saltim boca and pasta Della casa were beyond perfect. I cannot say enough wonderful things about our meal and experience. Thanks Mel and The Petroni family!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- CapocooksDined on 10/12/2014Classic Italian restaurant. Waiters in black tie. Excellent food. Fun people watchingSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- NotafoodieDined on 10/11/2014The menu was limited even though there are many listings but the listings are the same food prepared slightly differently.Special Features:
- Fantastic ServiceSandiVIPDined on 10/10/2014Our waiter truly helped make the evening memorable and fun.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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I'm now setting up SCCM in this school and am hitting a snag.
I've basically followed all the instructions at windows-noob and am having an issue deploying the client. If it auto-deploys, it doesn't install as it claims it can't find the AD settings
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Ryan Giggs - United 3-0 Nottingham Forest, 1998
The best goal on the day was saved until last - Giggsy chipping the ball delicately over David Beasant, the keeper who'd concede eight when the sides met again in February.
Roy Keane - United 4-0 Bradford City, 1999
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- modernist Nov 29, 2006 10:39 PM
ill be in shanghai and beijing for 3 weeks this december and my primary goal is to eat...
im not interested in trendy expat, local nouveau riche, xintiandi type dining. i want OG locals only type places. are there any good websites or food blogs or flickr sets that you know of that are particularly good?
I do indeed have recommendations for you.
In Beijing, let's start easy. Quanjude for the most wonderful, smoky, delicious Beijing Duck you've ever had. There are two locations, but I went to the original one located on the street "Qianmen Dajie" which is directly south of the bell tower at the southern end of Tiannamen Square. The one thing about this duck that made this duck different (and far superior in my opinion) was the intense smokiness of the duck that was lacking at the two other places we went (Liqin Roast Duck, worth the trip just for the old hutong surroundings which are quickly being demolished for ugly condo highrises) and Made in China, located in the Grand Hyatt east of the Forbidden City.
There was one total hole in the wall place that served fantastic baozi (pork buns) and dumplings for breakfast, and super terrific dough slice noodles. It's in a random little hutong, and you'll be able to tell the place because there's usually a guy right in the front window slicing the noodles into a vat of boiling water. There is no name, but the address is 155-2 Lishi Hutong 100010 (postal code). To get there, orient yourself by going to the Dongdan metro station. Walk north on Dongdan Dajie (sometimes called Dondgan Nandajie or Dongdan Bedajie, depending on the part of the street you're on). This street runs parallel to the hugely touristy Wangfujing Dajie (Dajie means "street" in Mandarin) so it's not hard to find. Now as you're walking north, look for a Kodak Express on a corner on the east side of the street. The alley next to this Kodak Express shop is Lishi Hutong. (I believe across from the Kodak Express on the other side of the Hutong is a red store called "Meisse Underwear". Walk east down the Hutong, and this little shop is on the left side, next to a shop that sells stewed stick of various veggies and meaty things. Really, the baozi and dumplings (pronounced like "shway-jiao") here were absolutely killer, and the dough slice noodles..... wow! Also, it's hard to go wrong wandering the old alleyways (hutongs) and eating grilled lamb skewers at outdoor tables sitting on little kid sized chairs that Chinese people are so fond of.
My last rec for Beijing is a place called "Old Beijing Noodle House". It's not hard to find, near Temple Of Heaven park and west of the Pearl Market. I'll have to check my notes for the business card and report back.
As for Shanghai, we were largely disappointed with the food here. It tends to be very sweet and very greasy, though we did find a little hole in the wall... gotta research my notes on that one as well.
Mr Taster
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re: Mr Taster
I must concur with Quanjude! We had the most delicious Peking Duck, perfectly crispy skin and greaseless, tender, flavorful meat.
I had planned to try Da Dong (from CH recs, confirmed as good duck by a chef we met at Yung Kee in Hong Kong) but our driver brought us to Quanjude saying that Da Dong would require a long wait.
There are actually six Beijing Quanjude locations: Tiananmen Sq is the original, a bigger fancier one on Wangfujing near the Beijing Hotel, three others (locations written in Chinese on my flyer so I don't know where they are) and Yayuncun, where we went, at 309 Huizhong Beili, between the 4th and 5th ring roads in Chaoyang district (north of Datun St).
Our driver deposited us there since we were coming from the Summer Palace (and I think he lives on that side of Beijing). It is close to the new Olympic Village and bills itself as 'sports themed', ready to cash in on the Olympic crowds, with private rooms named after (and decorated in the styles of) cities that have hosted the Olympics. We ate in the high-ceilinged, spacious main floor room with views into the kitchen and at of the ducks emerging from the fruitwood fire oven. The service was really excellent, we were seated at a large table, lots of room between tables, definitely a top notch, comfortable experience.
Duck with all the trimmings and soup at the end was Y198. That's two types of pancakes and also sesame-covered biscuits and lettuce for wrapping up your duck, with ginger and garlic as an alternative to hoisin. It is supposed to be 4 ways of eating Peking Duck. I loved that you actually got to eat the whole duck--in NY it seems that you get about ten slices from one duck. At Quanjude they say that each duck is sliced to produce 108 pieces, and you get the head, of course, also (the brain is not bad and the skin off the head is quite good). We also had duck gizzards (chewy but nice), jelleyfish steeped in a dark, winey vinegar, dao miu (I don't know the english spelling, that spinachy veg with garlic and black bean sauce, yum), an outstanding green bean with minced pork dish (my friend's uncle from Hong Kong said it was the best he had ever had), and little duck shaped cookies at the end. Dragon Seal cabernet sauvignon/gamay is really pretty good Chinese wine and only Y88 a bottle. All in all, for the total price for 4 (about Y500, $60), this was an outstanding meal in luxurious surroundings. Highly recommended!
I disagree on the topic of Quanjude. I find their duck to be pretty flavorless, and the factory feel of the place does not appeal to me, either. Better choices are Dadong (on the 3rd Ring Road) or Liqun (near Qianmen).
For Shanghai, you should probably go to Yuyuan Garden for a taste of touristy old Shanghai, where you can have the famous xiaolong bao at Nanxiang, though they are not as good as some you can find for a fraction of the price at street-side places. Also you should try shengjian bao at a street place; ask your hotel for recommended locations near where you're staying.
Never tried Dadong but I couldn't disagree more about Liqin. We went to both Quanjude and Liqin on consecutive days and Liquin's duck was good (and the neighborhood more old-world Beijing than touristy Qianmen) but the duck was missing the intense smoky flavor that Quanjude had in droves.
Incidentally, the hutongs around Liqin were in the process of being demolished, so who knows how much longer they will be around... I do recommend a visit if for no other reason than to see it before it disappears forever.
The original Qianmen Quanjude neighborhood, incidentally, is currently surrounded on all sides by massive construction and scaffolding as Beijing reinvents itself for the Olympic masses. Quanjude, however, remains untouched... it's strange to see Quanjude a the only open shop while literally every building around it is shut down. It's tragic really, as I have heard the plans for the neighborhood are to tear down buildings that had been built up to nearly 600 years ago and replace them with all new buildings which are designed to appear old. Yes, you read that right... but that's the new Chinese government for you. What a waste. Thankfully someone in the Communist party seems to like original 150 year old Quanjude restaurant and was spared the wrecking ball.
Mr Taster
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Well, I was going to keep my big mouth shut but... I couldn't agree with you more about Liqun!!! People go to there thinking they're getting an "authentic" experience because it's in the hutongs... but it's filled with foreigners and I think the duck is terrible. The owner is some self-promoter.
In case you were wondering what happened to some of the old Beijing restaurants in the Qianmen area, a bunch of them moved into one courtyard house in Houhai, near Soong Chingling's house. It's actually very charming, sort of a traditional lao Beijing food court. You grab a tray and walk from stall to stall gathering dishes. They have tripe, douzhi, dalian hushuo dumplings, sliced mutton, more sweets and bing than you can shake a stick at. The place is called Jiumen Xiaochi.
re: Petitpois
Your first clue to the fact that you're not getting a "local" duck experience at Liqin are the hordes of bicycle rickshaws that congregate outside. Of course they're outside Quanjude too, but that place makes no efforts to hide the fact that they appeal to tourists. Having said that, I really don't care that it's touristy when the duck is authentically prepared (hanging in the special oven fueled with the fruit wood), and really is *that* good.
Mr Taster
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To each his own, I loved Quanjude (it's a big operation but in my experience they take care to ensure quality duck, run their own farms for consistent supply, and "bony"? not the one I had...).
I didn't try Liqun but Chinese friends who went there on a Beijing trip a month before we were there agreed with Petipois that the duck there "sucked". They wished they had gone to Quanjude after our descriptions. I wish we had had time to try Da Dong and compare...a big attraction of that place may be that it is less expensive for excellent duck, but long waits are usually involved from what I hear.
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Well, none of these places are cheap! Liqun used to be inexpensive, but the owner saw RMB signs... it's not now.
I have to admit, I have not been to Liqun/Liqin, and also that I am not a big fan of Beijing duck. However I truly do not care for Quanjude at all, since I feel the ducks there are just bony and not very tasty at all.
No one is mentioning Bianyifang. Is it gone? their oven was different than Quanjude's - which is more of a hearth.
Maybe too late to help you, but for Shanghai, here's an extensive listing of small eats places beloved of locals, with addresses and nutshell characterizations of most:
hey everyone, just a brief update, im now in beijing after spending about 4 days in shanghai. i have about ten more days in shanghai after this....
some brief notes that i should elaborate on later:
first day in beijing: xinjiang food at the place by workers stadium north gate. food is good, not hardcore xinjiang like the old "xinjiang villages" where they used to offer you hash once you stepped in, but good noneless for "la tiao" and "lamb plate"
dinner at "made in china" two ducks. the works... good stuff. i think ill check out the new da dong in the ming dynasty grainery two days from now.
shanghai: i've been cock blocked on the xiao long bao front. went to ding tai fung at 3:01. they closed at 3. ended up at zen for dim sum... went to jia jia tang bao at 6pm. sold out...instead had so so tang bao at that one pedestrian food street off of nanjing lu... was supposed to have lunch again at ding tai fung with friends but my ayi made wontongs for me so i felt guilty and cancelled and ate her rather bad dumplings...
my friend took me for great chiu chow fresh crab congee at 4am which i believe was in xujiahui somewhere. ill find the info...
cooked fresh in clay pot with fresh crab and shrimp.
had yunnan food that my friends raved about but i thought was kinda touristy and designy with so so food. they have yunnanese minority dishes and some burmese dishes. its called "lost heaven". mostly expats in a designer setting with dramatic lighting...
had an amazing hunanese meal at "guyi" with seven friends..
had a few good meals in hangzhou. one by the lake near xihu that had a so so beggars chicken. and had a good meal in a small town called ning ping. my friends coworker even managed to call ahead and arrange a plate of "xiao ma chuan" which are sparrows and actually illegal to eat cuz of endangerment and they help fight insects... woops! they were tiny and you eat the entire bodies as they were fried and the bones are crunchy. i also had the famous hangzhou wontons with skins made of fish meat. that was very delicate... steamed pork balls covered in sticky rice... hmmm. i have pictures so ill have to elaborate more...
but thanks again for everybodies input...
im on my way to check out some artists villages right now.
i also saw the beginnings of rem koolhaas' cctv headquarters...
re: modernist
In Shanghai, if you happen to be doing the Lu Xun Park/Duolun Lu thing, there's a little place nearby that happens to have what many consider to be the best "san xian" (three-flavor) wonton soup in town. I can't vouch for that, but it was very good. It's Wan Shou Zhai at 123 Shan Yin Lu, just down the street from the memorialized Lu Xun residence. The xiaolong bao there is thought highly of as well by the locals, but at lunchtime they appear to stockpile it; my order came much too fast and the top-knots on the XLB were a little dried out and the wrapper generally showed signs of brittleness. At any rate, they are only 7 kuai for 16 baozi; compare that to Din Tai Fung's 45 yuan for 10, and cut Wan Shou Zhai a little slack.
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Are the three flavors distinctly "taste-able"? What were they?