text: Robert Preston inThe Music Man Here's a list of great performances that does not include Ethel Merman in Gypsy, Angela Lansbury in Mame, or Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady. More's the pity, for those three ladies did not get to make the movies and recreate the roles that made them legendary on stage; other, less capable performers were given these plum assignments. But there have been a goodly number of musical theater performers who were given the opportunity to show the nation and the world through the medium of film just why they got Tonys and/or tons of applause for creating some memorable musical performances. How does one determine the 50 Best Musical Stage Performances Reprised for Hollywood? Here were the rules I followed: Anyone who recreated on film a role he or she originated on a Broadway or a London stage--even in a revival--was eligible. Anyone else who took over a role--even if it happened only weeks into the run, as when Michele Lee succeeded Bonnie Scott in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying--was not considered. What's more, I only included movies that were released in theaters, not taped or even filmed performances earmarked for television. (That can be another list entirely!) As always, I expect a lot of arguments and "corrections" from all of you out there. Good! Let me know what you think; you know where to find me. ******************** 1. Robert Preston (The Music Man): Ya got no trouble from me in naming him at the top of the list. 2. Yul Brynner (The King and I): He was great, terrific, stupendous, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. 3. Gwen Verdon (Damn Yankees): Much more than just a little brains and a little talent. 4. Zero Mostel (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum): Few people like the film, but what Mostel does right before he's about to say the sooth is unique enough to make us thankful. Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl 5. Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl): So she's the fifth greatest star. 6. Judy Holliday (Bells Are Ringing): Okay, the lady is a little chubbier than she needs to be, but the warmth and charm are what's most apparent, especially in the way she says, "He needs a mother." 7. The Marx Brothers (Animal Crackers): Here's where they really came into their own. 8. Joel Grey (Cabaret): While this characterization has lost a lot of its luster since the Alan Cumming rethinking, let's remember what galvanized us in the late '60s, the '70s, and points beyond. 9. Ethel Merman (Call Me Madam): All those theories that "The Merm" wasn't right for movies seem to be shattered by this performance. 10. Ron Moody (Oliver!): He wasn't part of the original Broadway cast, but he's the guy who made Fagin work in 1960 in London, and Americans had to wait eight years to see how special he was. 11. William Daniels (1776): This performance doesn't work as well on screen as it did on stage, but it's still pretty mesmerizing. 12. Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Show): One of the main reasons those midnight audiences returned for more and more. 13. John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch): Nice to have someone new, and terrific, on the list. 14. Lotte Lenya (The Threepenny Opera): To see that fascinating face in its youth is justification alone. 15. Ethel Waters (Cabin in the Sky): What bubbly warmth she exhibits when delivering "Takin' a Chance on Love." 16. The Marx Brothers (Cocoanuts): Terrific, though their material is better in Animal Crackers 17. Phil Silvers (Top Banana): This might have been higher on the list had they let him do "A Word a Day" with Rose Marie--who would have made the list, too, under those circumstances. Miyoshi Umeki inFlower Drum Song 18. Myoshi Umeki (Flower Drum Song): Especially when she does the joke about the two extra-terrestrials. 19. Marilyn Miller (Sally): While I appreciate that Turner Classic Movies uses the song "Look for the Silver Lining" to introduce many of its films, I'd like it so much more if they used Miller's rendition rather than that anonymous male voice. 20. Nancy Walker (Best Foot Forward): And to think that when the authors were creating her part for the Broadway production, they didn't even give her character a name. She sure got one in the movie, though. 21. Robert Morse (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying): Matthew Broderick could have learned a lot from the way Morse turned and look at the camera with quiet delight when things suddenly went his way. 22. Jimmy Durante (Jumbo): What elephantine talent! 23. Bea Arthur (Mame): Especially the august way she takes her curtain call after the operetta debacle. 24. Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady): Maybe he was a little bored with the part at this point, but there's still a lot of greatness there. 25. Ray Bolger (Where's Charley?): There's a moment in the "Better Get out of Here" dance where he suddenly lifts himself up so effortlessly that you'd swear it's a special effect. 26. Kevin Kline (The Pirates of Penzance): He is a pirate king and it is, it is a glorious thing to watch him swashbuckle. 27. Al Jolson (Big Boy): An in-your-face performance, sure, but a hint of what made him the idol of millions. 28. Eddie Cantor (Whoopee!): Not to current tastes, but still quite endearing, especially when he does the felicitous title song. 29. Helen Morgan (Show Boat, 1936): Though not all of her charisma comes through, enough does. 30. Victor Moore (Louisiana Purchase): He turns on a dime from a slightly befuddled fellow to one of great character. 31. Desi Arnaz (Too Many Girls): No wonder Lucy fell in love with him while working on this picture. 32. Ethel Merman (Anything Goes or, as some TV prints call the film, Tops Is the Limit): The show's so changed that The Merm is a bit at sea in more ways than one, but the vivacity is there. 33. Howard DaSilva (1776): Finally, we get to hear him sing his songs, which we didn't on the cast album because he was ill at the time of the recording. 34. Marilyn Miller (Sunny): A chance to see one of the earliest superstars of musical theater. 35. Paul Lynde (Bye Bye Birdie): Why can't today's comedians be like he was, perfect in every way? 36. Stanley Holloway (My Fair Lady): Love it when he explodes with laughter right in Professor Higgins' face, unaware that his breath might not be at its sweetest. 37. Eddie Foy, Jr. (The Pajama Game): The perfect person to introduce the soft-shoe and the show we're about to see. 38. Ray Walston (Damn Yankees): Those were the good ol' days when we had him in musicals! 39. Carol Haney (The Pajama Game): Shirley MacLaine couldn't have done it better. 40. Stubby Kaye (Guys and Dolls): When you see a guy turn in a performance like this, you have to smile--nicely-nicely, of course. 41. Jessie Matthews (Evergreen): Too bad the lady went (literally) crazy some years later and her life and career were ruined. Vivian Blaine in the filmof Guys and Dolls 42. Vivian Blaine (Guys and Dolls): A little broad, even for the broad she's playing, but still charming. 43. Kay Medford (Funny Girl): Though the part was whittled down from the Broadway show, she still managed an Oscar nomination. Bet she would have won had they let her sing "Who Taught Her Everything?" 44. Jack Gilford (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum): Love the supercilious way he says "Of course" when Philia says she's a virgin. 45. Stubby Kaye (L'il Abner): Especially for the grandiose way he introduces Senator Jack S. Farnsworth. 46. Nathaniel Frey (Damn Yankees): Love him in Fosse's baseball dance when he nonchalants (to use a hallowed baseball expression) catching a ball. 47. Alice Pearce (On the Town): Yeah, I had to be reminded that she created Lucy Schmeeler on stage, too. Vivian Blaine in the filmof Guys and Dolls 48. Juanita Hall (Flower Drum Song): She shows a great deal of love for her sister's husband and two nephews, even when she doesn't agree with them. 49. Ivy St. Helier (Bitter Sweet): To be honest, I haven't seen her in this, but two extraordinarily bright friends insist that the way she does "If Love Were All" warrants her making the list. I'll accede. 50. 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Make (& bake?) lasagna the night before
I have family coming. In order to minimize stress and maximize my time I'm trying to make some food ahead. I have chocolate banana bread in the freezer already waiting:)
I want to have a hot pan of lasagna waiting when my folks arrive. Which begs the question: if I have make it the night before should I cook it then also? Or just assemble it and bake it in time to eat for their arrival?
Decisions, decisions:) One things for sure I don't want it to be dry and that's what I'm worried about with the re heating.
Thank you.
Thank you Claire! I do like the idea of doing all the work the night before and just sliding it into the oven when they're an hour away. And garlic bread sounds sublime. I think I'll cheat and buy (rather than make) the bread and then turn it into garlic bread myself.
Appreciate that.
Sounds good to me.....that way you can have the mess cleaned up before they get there...
To keep your lasagna from being dry....be sure the sauce is "saucy".....and plan on letting the cooked dish sit for at least 20 minutes before cutting.
You will need to allow at least 1 3/4 hours from refrigerator to plate.
Every one likes lasagna!
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You might want to consider picking up a package of fresh noodles-- they cook so much faster, basically as soon as the cheese melts and the lasagna is hot all the way through-- and if you're going to be busy and stressed out, that might be a good thing.
Good luck :-)
Lasagna is fine made the day before and cooked the next day. The noodles do absorb some liquid so, as Linda says, make the sauce a little bit "saucier" than usual and be sure to let it rest at least 10 minutes before serving. The rest time allows the sauce and cheese to set up a bit so it doesn't run all over the plate when served.
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I agree, I'd make the lasagna the day before, leave it in the fridge overnight and bake it so it's hot and fresh the next day. I do that often, lasagna is one of the easiest "do ahead" dishes I make and everyone seems to love it except me so it's good for my diet too!
I have Baked Lasagna a week ahead of time and Freeze it, if there is going to be a lot of cooking,
on the day of a Family Dinner.
I have also baked a large one and froze it in portions.
I put it into a plastic container, that has just enough room to fit the Pasta.
Then into a Zip Lock or Plastic Bag. I lable and Date it.
I do put a few spoons of Xtra Gravy on top, in case it drys a little.
I will take it out of the freezer the day before and put it in the frige.
It can be nuked a few minutes, before putting it into the Oven.
I even bought Frozen Lasagna, at my favorite Pasta Store.
It costs about $14 for a 9 X 12.
Don't tell anyone, I do that.
Lou, I have done the very same thing, baking a lasagna and putting it in the freezer. Preportioned, and ready for lunches or dinner, it's great isn't it? A few minutes in the microwave, and it's a wonderful meal, whether it's prebaked and frozen, or freshly baked and eaten! And there's always prepared garlic bread, ready to go in the toaster or the oven.
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First Post - Looking for Feedback on Floor Plan
I am excited to finally join the forum after quietly lurking around for the past six months. I have read every thread and I have already learned so much that I can only say "thank you" to everyone for your contributions in the past. IMO this is the best home building forum on the web.
Little background on why I decided to join. We are in process of building our first custom home and are hoping to break ground in late September. We purchased our land and are working with a builder to finalize our floor plans. Our new home will be in the tradional Georgian style with a brick exterior on a walkout (unfinished) basement.
Our main concern is probably the same as everyone who is building for the first time - will our paper design translate into the home that makes sense? We took a stock plan and made major modifications and we are worried with all that change could have created a problem that we wont realize until its too late. We would love your thoughts - all suggestions/thoughts/ideas are welcomed and appreciated!
Here is the first floor:
Is it possible to post a larger picture? My eyes are old and I cannot see the dimensions. The closets in bedrooms 3 and 4 look too narrow to function as walk in closets, but depending on the dimensions, that may not be true.
Are you sure the billiard room is actually big enough for a table?
kirkhall is going to come along and tell you that the toilet rooms need the door swings changed to outward swings for safety, and she is right. Is bedroom 2 intended to be a shared bedroom? If not, I would get rid of the door on the toilet room, but then again I don't really like small, enclosed toilet rooms. YMMV
Is that a linen closet in by the utility room? Seems like a lot of wasted floor space, unless you are going to store a number of upright items like a vacuum cleaner there.
Is there going to be a tv in the family room? If so, where will it be placed and where will the sofa/viewing chairs be placed?
Where is the access to the screened in porch?
You have your pantry/mudroom areas--interior rooms-- occupying one of the choicest of locations in a home: the corner. You have an opportunity there to have a light bright kitchen with windows on two sides. That would be a MUST to change out.
You also don't have a good downstairs room to be able to be used as a bedroom for someone sick or injured or just old. The office could serve, but there is no full bath to serve it. If you flipped the stairs the other way, the coat closet could go under them and then a full bath could be located between the billiard room and office area, making it a lot more functional.
You don't have a formal living room, but you have a formal dining room, in addition to a breakfast area and island eating? Perhaps reoganizing the breakfast area into a more usable and versatile main eating area would work and then put the billiard room into the dining area. Or make it that downstairs living room/away space from the family room noise. I realize that a billiard table seems to demand it's own room, but you have to think about the next person to occupy the house and not build the whole house around owning a pool table! They do tend to turn into albatrosses over time, often with people ending up taking only pennies on the dollar to get rid of them. Think of what that room might be if it weren't dedicated to billiards.
Dekeoboe - I agree the picture can be hard to see, I will try to post another picture.
The closet in bedroom 3 is 5x5 and the closet in bedroom 4 is 6x7. These are designed to be the kids rooms.
You are right about the billiards room - its 12 by 14 which is tight for a table. We are calling this the billiards room because its the only spot we have for our pool table until we finish our basement game room. It will fit our table but its not ideal.
Bedroom 2 is intended to be a guest room and we had not considered removing the door - interesting idea for us to discuss with our builder!
Seems like you are catching quite a few of the things we have been wondering. That is a linen closet beside the laundry but we have been discussing doing away with that closet and having built in shelving there instead - maybe with a nook for the family computer/electronics station.
TV in the family room will be above the fireplace. I know that has been a hot topic in other threads but we decided to have a flush hearth to lower the height of the TV. The sofa and chairs will be centered in the room facing the fireplace wall.
Access to the screen porch will be from either sun deck (from the breakfast door or the billiards door). No direct access from the family room.
Thanks for the questions! Hope that helps.
Hmmm.. I'm getting a reputation. :/
But, yes, in every bathroom except bed 3 and bed 4's, the doors on the w/c are unsafe (this includes the 1/2 bath on the main floor). I can provide the explanation if you need it.
More importantly, how long do you think you will live in this house? How many people and what age? Anyone ever had a broken lower limb? Said person (with injured limb) will not like having to climb the steps every night they need a bath. Having only a powder on the main level isn't really the best idea (even though it is rather popular in modern plans). I think you have the room though, to get a shower in there, if you put it where the vanity is, and put the vanity where the closet is, and then turn your closet so it opens out into the hall... At least, that would be my first recommendation to try (I also can't see all your dimensions very well).
And, just because I am interested, what type of window is placed above your (master) bed?
Moving on... why the separate door for the toilet in Bath 2? (It doesn't seem like it needs one, and the one that is there is dangerous).
If it were me, I'd choose the master bath you have pictured (larger shower), except I'd reverse the door swing. :)
For Bd3's WIC, remember that you will have some limitations with the attachment of closet rods and shelves with the pocket door wall... You will need to attach most of your shelves and rods via the BACK wall of the closet and not the bedroom wall, since there will be a door in the wall... (unless you change that door).
In your kitchen, I'm not crazy about your fridge location, but have difficulty recommending a different spot. So, with that in mind, I'd recommend a prep sink in the island. As it is, anyone who wants a quick veggie or drink needs to go from fridge AROUND island, to sink (to wash, fill glass, whatever). With a prep sink in the island at the fridge end, you can eliminate the traffic from fridge to main sink by all but the cook (who will still have to skirt around the island to go from one to the other). And, it makes taking something out of the fridge to prep for dinner (peppers, lettuce, whatever) easier to rinse with a prep sink in the island.
I'm also not thrilled about having to walk through the mudroom to get to the pantry, but you know your family better than I do. In my climate with my family, I'd always be stepping on pine needles or sand on my bare feet on my way to the pantry while cooking, and that'd get old fast. Not to mention always tracking that into the kitchen. Only you can answer how tidy your family is, and what sort of climate you have.
As placed, it appears you may have a door conflict at the mud room to outside and mudroom to garage door location. You might check that.
And, again, with the pantry door being a pocket door, you will have a limitation how you attach shelving to that wall. (It can be done, you just don't want to forget about it.)
That is...
Hollysprings - great thoughts.
We could not find a solution for moving the kitchen to the corner because we did not want the outside door or garage door to open directly into the kitchen.
As for a downstairs bedroom, its would be nice to have. When you say flip the stairs, do you mean move them into the foyer facing the front door?
For the living room, we originally did not want that space but we are leaning towards moving the computer upstairs and turning the former office into a formal living room. That would keep our "formal" spaces in the front and the family space in the back.
Kirkhall - you dont disappoint. :)
I am curious about the bathroom door feedback. Thinking back to past several houses that I have owned, it seems like I have had water closets both ways and never really noticed. Not sure what they says about me, but hey, would love to understand the viewpoint.
We have two kids (aged 7 and 10) and plan on living in this home for a minimum of 10 years (until the kids graduate high school).
The window in the master suite is a transom window that would be above the king bed.
Great points on the pocket doors - the builder did discuss that with us and he said he could make those walls wider (I think he said 6 inches) to ensure we had the right support in the pantry and closet 3.
A prep sink is a great idea - something we can certainly add.
I have used the pantry in the mudroom layout in a previous home and it worked for us. Not sure if we are tidy or not, maybe we just dont eat at home as often as we should?
Thanks for the discussion!
Hi VAfamily! It's tiny type, but it looks like your garage is 21 feet deep. Possibly even 21x21? What kinds of cars do you drive? If you're hoping to park an SUV inside or a truck, it's going to be VERY tight. And forget about parking 2 cars.....well, you could, you just wouldn't be able to open the doors to get out! :) Unless, of course, you're a compact car family. Then you could just disregard.
And I'm with Hollysprings- I'd love to see you take advantage of windows in both kitchen walls.
Are you hoping to use the mudroom for the ever popular benches/hooks? Doesn't look like you'd have much room to place these objects.
Can you afford to add a few more feet to the plan? If so, I would bring the garage forward and slide the mudroom and pantry in that new space. Enlarge and move the kitchen to the corner and give your breakfast room (and island seating) a little more space. Move the doors around in the mudroom to give yourself more usable space. VERY crude paint mock up:
Wow, Kelhuck! This is why I love this forum so much. We have struggled on this mudroom/pantry layout from the very beginning and I think you just gave us the best idea on how to fix the things that worried us about that the most. Taking your layout change to the builder right away to have it changed. Thank you!
We have also decided to change the billiards room to a bedroom by adding a 4 foot extension (equal to the family room) and will add a closet and a bathroom. We will need to tinker with some options for layout. The bedroom will end up being smaller than we normally like but fine for a guest room for the occasional visitor that struggles with stairs.
Anyone have a good suggestion on how to change the billiards room to a bedroom, closet and bath(shower only)? The dimensions available after the change will be 12 feet wide and 18 feet long.
Kelhuck's version is what I was thinking to solved the corner issue. It also can get your pantry out of the mudroom path. I'd swap the location of the mw/oven and Fridge though, because in this version, you have even further skirting of the island to get to it...
Now on the bathroom toilet door issue...
In small bathrooms or toilet only rooms, if a person collapses or passes out and needs attention (it happens more than you care to think about), with an in-swing door, the hinges are on the inside of the door and an EMT cannot push the body out of the way of the door to get access... Make sense? Not a pretty picture, and not something I'd want to be faced with if I had a collapsed loved one on the other side of the door "stuck" in there.
gaonmymind - sounds like a great idea. We will need to rework the kitchen layout with the new design. Adding windows on both sides of the stove is an excellent idea and moving the fridge closer in are both on the list.
Laura12 - based on the feedback, we are going to change the billiards room into a bedroom and add a 4 foot extension on the back to make room for a bath and closet. The billiards table will just need to hang out in the basement and wait patiently until we finish the downstairs game room.
Your floorplan is very similar to ours. It looks like yours is designed for a more formal lifestyle, but other than that, it's the same basic concept. :) We have a much more casual lifestyle (no paid staff, unfortunately) so my responses are based on MY lifestyle. If your lifestyle is different, you take take my comments with a grain of salt.
(1) Will you actually dine in the dining room? Who is the cook in your house? Does he/she enjoy carrying hot dishes 28 feet across the house? Even if you have household staff who cook and serve your meals, it's quite the distance.
(2) Your pantry is not easily accessible from the kitchen. Will the cook in your house be okay carrying food/appliances 21 feet from the pantry to the island on a regular basis? Will your kids put their cereal boxes back in the pantry, or will they be left out on the counter due to the 42 foot march back/forth to the pantry?
(3) Ensure your garage is wide/deep enough for your needs. Our current garage is about the same dimensions as yours and it is a nightmare for two cars, plus garbage/recycling bins and some tools. Once we added the baby stroller into the mix, we pretty much want to throw things every time we navigate our garage.
(4) I envy your screened porch. What a delightful space that will be!!!
(5) Do you play billiards often enough to justify having a dedicated space for it on your first floor? We don't play billiards, but I would keep this room because it would make a great play room for children!
(6) Of the two bathroom options, I prefer the "optional" one. I hate corner bath tubs because they are a pain in the butt to clean. (Again, we don't have paid staff. If we had a maid I would probably have a different opinion.)
(7) The master closet door placement makes it difficult to place furniture in the master bedroom. I see only two walls (one for a bed, one for a dresser). If you plan on keeping most of your clothes in the closets, I think this isn't a big deal, just something to think about. (We are minimalists and keep all of our clothes in the closet, so a dresser isn't a priority.)
(8) I'm confused about the Bedroom 3 bed and layout. Is that a nook for a dormer window? Is the bed one of those L-shaped bunk beds?
(9) I personally wouldn't want a bathroom for every single bedroom in the house, mostly because I hate cleaning toilets. Even if they are not used, I hate cleaning them because my least favorite thing to clean is dusting around the base (which gets dirty whether it is used or not). Again, I don't have a maid...I'm sure having a maid would change my perspective. :)
You don't say much about your family make-up, but based on your floorplan, I would assume that your household consists of one man, one woman, 2 teenaged/adult children living at home, and a part-time maid/cook.
minneapolisite - thank you for taking the time to add your feedback to the plan. Lots of great points - we dont have any staff - our family is husband, wife and two kids (aged 7 and 10). Not quite teenagers yet but we are building the house with the idea that they will become ones (whether we are ready or not)!
Enjoyed your comments and insight into the pantry distance. We were very excited when kelhuck helped us change that portion of the layout to reduce that walk. My rough estimate is now we will only be walking about 10 feet to get in/out of the pantry. We rarely eat in the dining room, our family prefers eating in the breakfast area instead. We do have lots of family that likes to visit and when they are in town, we then eat at the larger dining room table.
Thanks for the comment about the screened porch, we have never had one in our previous homes and are excited about the possibilities!
About Bedroom 3, it is a nook to accomodate the dormer window and the furnture pictured is a L-shaped bunk bed for our son. As he gets older, we have a different furniture layout in mind for that space.
We wrestled with the one bathroom per bedroom. Our final determining factor is that we really dislike hall baths that are shared and we are think a private bath per bedroom really fits our lifestyle.
If you will be adding a full bedroom and full bath in the billard space, could you have the bathroom have hall access and then remove your 1/2 bath?
That would allow you to open up your floor plan, allow light in from both sides all day, and also make your dining room feel as if it is part of the rest of your space instead of a small room tucked off to the front.
Yay! I'm glad you liked it! I'll share a couple of inspiration pictures that I have that I thought of when suggesting the changes. I would definitely enter the pantry from the kitchen now- you'll be able to better utilize the space in the mudroom.
I like how this pantry door looks like it's part of the cabinetry. It's hard to see, but the open door reveals a nice sized walk in pantry, which is what you'll have.
that's a blackboard on the top part of the door
same kitchen, different angle
And this kitchen makes me drool. The lights around the cooktop and over the sink are just heavenly. I think @lavenderlass posted this pic as an inspiration once, and I copied it to my file, as well. You can find tons of pictures like these on Houzz and Pinterest, if you haven't already started browsing those sites.
Of course, these pictures are my inspiration, not necessarily yours. But I think they give an idea of the potential your new space holds.
Good luck with the build!
Laura12 - love the idea of doing away with the powder room to let the dining room be more open to the rest of the house. Struggling with how to accomplish that - do you mean just do away with that space and add it to the dining room? Maybe you could expand a little to help my mental roadblock.
Kelhuck - I can tell our taste are very similiar - love all those pictures and the windows on both sides on the stove really set off the space. Thanks again for giving such great inspiration!
Congrats on the new build!
Lots of great ideas already suggested here. My only 2 cents is on the screened porch and access to it. Perhaps give some thought to how you will use it. We will be using ours to eat outside without bugs, to stay out of the sun and to enjoy rainstorms under cover. Without direct access to the screened porch, you'll be walking through the rain, or carrying food and dishes out the breakfast room door and then have to open the porch door, or, if you like to go barefoot, the sundeck floor may be rather hot on your feet when you make the trek. Just a thought. I would definitely want a door from the family room to the screened porch. Again though, it depends on how you plan to use it.
Good luck!
I am awful at drawing out my ideas, so unfortanatly I can't help you in that respect, however I know I've seen many floor plans that have an open front dining room.
Perhaps someone can help locate a floor plan where the dining room is to the front as per VAfamily's plan, but open between the dining room and the rest of the house?
Here are some inspiration photos that show what I am referring to:
Traditional Dining Room design by Seattle Architect Paul Moon Design
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Traditional Dining Room design by Nashville Architect Norris Architecture
Traditional Dining Room design by Charleston Architect Christopher A Rose AIA, ASID
Traditional Dining Room design by Chicago Interior Designer Michael Abrams Limited
Here are a few plans to use as inspiration regarding the dining room setup. They vary a bit in their similarity to your plan, but I thought they could help!


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You'll build a simple contact list web app that is built on ASP.NET MVC 5 and uses the ADO.NET Entity Framework for database access. The following illustration shows the login page for the completed application:
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From the File menu, click New Project.
In the New Project dialog box, expand C# and select Web under Installed Templates, and then select ASP.NET Web Application.
Name the application ContactManager and click OK.
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In the New ASP.NET Project dialog box, select the MVC template. Verify Authentication is set to Individual User Accounts, Host in the cloud is checked and Web Apps is selected.
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In Solution Explorer open the Layout.cshtml file in the Views\Shared folder.
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<title>@ViewBag.Title - Contact Manager</title>

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In Solution Explorer, right-click the Models folder, click Add, and then Class.
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using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Globalization;
namespace ContactManager.Models
public class Contact
public int ContactId { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public string Zip { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
The Contacts class defines the data that you will store for each contact, plus a primary key, ContactID, that is needed by the database.
The ASP.NET MVC scaffolding feature can automatically generate code that performs create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) actions.
In Solution Explorer, right-click the Controllers folder and click Add, and then click Controller.
In the Add Scaffold dialog box, select MVC 5 Controller with views, using EF and then click Add.
In the Model class dropdown box, select Contact (ContactManager.Models). (See the image below.)
In the Data context class, select ApplicationDbContext (ContactManager.Models). The ApplicationDbContext will be used for both the membership DB and our contact data.
In the Controller name text entry box, enter "CmController" for the controller name.
Click Add.
Visual Studio creates a controller methods and views for CRUD database operations for Contact objects.
The next task is to enable the Code First Migrations feature in order to create the database based on the data model you created.
In the Tools menu, select NuGet Package Manager and then Package Manager Console.
In the Package Manager Console window, enter the following command:
The enable-migrations command creates a Migrations folder, and it puts in that folder a Configuration.cs file that you can edit to seed the database and configure Migrations.
add-migration Initial
The add-migration Initial command generates a file named <date_stamp>Initial in the Migrations folder that creates the database. The first parameter ( Initial ) is arbitrary and is used to create the name of the file. You can see the new class files in Solution Explorer. In the Initial class, the Up method creates the Contacts table, and the Down method (used when you want to return to the previous state) drops it.
Open the Migrations\Configuration.cs file.
Add the following namespace.
using ContactManager.Models;
Replace the Seed method with the following code:
protected override void Seed(ContactManager.Models.ApplicationDbContext context)
context.Contacts.AddOrUpdate(p => p.Name,
new Contact
Name = "Debra Garcia",
Address = "1234 Main St",
City = "Redmond",
State = "WA",
Zip = "10999",
Email = "firstname.lastname@example.com",
new Contact
Name = "Thorsten Weinrich",
Address = "5678 1st Ave W",
City = "Redmond",
State = "WA",
Zip = "10999",
Email = "firstname.lastname@example.com",
new Contact
Name = "Yuhong Li",
Address = "9012 State st",
City = "Redmond",
State = "WA",
Zip = "10999",
Email = "firstname.lastname@example.com",
new Contact
Name = "Jon Orton",
Address = "3456 Maple St",
City = "Redmond",
State = "WA",
Zip = "10999",
Email = "email@example.com",
new Contact
Name = "Diliana Alexieva-Bosseva",
Address = "7890 2nd Ave E",
City = "Redmond",
State = "WA",
Zip = "10999",
Email = "firstname.lastname@example.com",
This code initializes (seeds) the database with the contact information. For more information on seeding the database, see Seeding and Debugging Entity Framework (EF) DBs.
In the Package Manager Console enter the command:
The update-database runs the first migration which creates the database. By default, the database is created as a SQL Server Express LocalDB database.
Press CTRL+F5 to run the application, and then click the CM Demo link; or navigate to https://localhost:(port#)/Cm.
The application shows the seed data and provides edit, details and delete links. You can create, edit, delete and view data.
OAuth is an open protocol that allows secure authorization in a simple and standard method from web, mobile, and desktop applications. The ASP.NET MVC internet template uses OAuth to expose Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft as authentication providers. Although this tutorial uses only Google as the authentication provider, you can easily modify the code to use any of these providers. The steps to implement other providers are very similar to the steps you will see in this tutorial. To use Facebook as an authentication provider, see my tutorial MVC 5 App with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google OAuth2 Sign-on .
In addition to authentication, the tutorial will also use roles to implement authorization. Only those users you add to the canEdit role will be able to change data (that is, create, edit, or delete contacts).
Follow the instructions in my tutorial MVC 5 App with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google OAuth2 Sign-on under Creating a Google app for OAuth 2 to set up a Google app for OAuth2. Run and test the app to verify you can log on using Google authentication.
In this section you will add a local user and the canEdit role to the membership database. Only those users in the canEdit role will be able to edit data. A best practice is to name roles by the actions they can perform, so canEdit is preferred over a role called admin. When your application evolves you can add new roles such as canDeleteMembers rather than the less descriptive superAdmin.
Open the migrations\configuration.cs file and add the following using statements:
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework;
Add the following AddUserAndRole method to the class:
bool AddUserAndRole(ContactManager.Models.ApplicationDbContext context)
IdentityResult ir;
var rm = new RoleManager<IdentityRole>
(new RoleStore<IdentityRole>(context));
ir = rm.Create(new IdentityRole("canEdit"));
var um = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(
new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(context));
var user = new ApplicationUser()
UserName = "email@example.com",
ir = um.Create(user, "P_assw0rd1");
if (ir.Succeeded == false)
return ir.Succeeded;
ir = um.AddToRole(user.Id, "canEdit");
return ir.Succeeded;
Call the new method from the Seed method:
protected override void Seed(ContactManager.Models.ApplicationDbContext context)
context.Contacts.AddOrUpdate(p => p.Name,
// Code removed for brevity
The following images shows the changes to Seed method:
This code creates a new role called canEdit, creates a new local user email@example.com, and adds firstname.lastname@example.com to the canEdit role. For more information, see my ASP.NET Identity tutorials.
In this section you will temporarily modify the ExternalLoginConfirmation method in the Account controller to add new users registering with an OAuth provider to the canEdit role. We will temporarily modify the ExternalLoginConfirmation method to automatically add new users to an administrative role. Until we provide a tool to add and manage roles, we'll use the temporary automatic registration code below. We hope to provide a tool similar to WSAT in the future which allow you to create and edit user accounts and roles.
Add the following call to AddToRoleAsync just before the SignInAsync call.
await UserManager.AddToRoleAsync(user.Id, "canEdit");
The code above adds the newly registered user to the "canEdit" role, which gives them access to action methods that change (edit) data.
// POST: /Account/ExternalLoginConfirmation
public async Task ExternalLoginConfirmation(ExternalLoginConfirmationViewModel model, string returnUrl)
if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Manage");
if (ModelState.IsValid)
// Get the information about the user from the external login provider
var info = await AuthenticationManager.GetExternalLoginInfoAsync();
if (info == null)
return View("ExternalLoginFailure");
var user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = model.Email, Email = model.Email };
var result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user);
if (result.Succeeded)
result = await UserManager.AddLoginAsync(user.Id, info.Login);
if (result.Succeeded)
await UserManager.AddToRoleAsync(user.Id, "canEdit");
await SignInManager.SignInAsync(user, isPersistent: false, rememberBrowser: false);
return RedirectToLocal(returnUrl);
ViewBag.ReturnUrl = returnUrl;
return View(model);
Later in the tutorial you will deploy the application to Azure, where you will log-on with Google or another third party authentication provider. This will add your newly registered account to the canEdit role. Anyone who finds your web app's URL and has a Google ID can then register and update your database. To prevent other people from doing that, you can stop the site. You'll be able to verify who is in the canEdit role by examining the database.
In the Package Manager Console hit the up arrow key to bring up the following command:
Run the Update-Database command which will run the Seed method, and that will run the AddUserAndRole you just added. The AddUserAndRole will create the user email@example.com and add her to the canEdit role.
In this section you will apply the Authorize attribute to restrict access to the action methods. Anonymous users will be able to view the Index action method of the home controller only. Registered users will be able to see contact data (The Index and Details pages of the Cm controller), the About, and the Contact pages. Only users in the canEdit role will be able to access action methods that change data.
Add the Authorize filter and the RequireHttps filter to the application. An alternative approach is to add the Authorize attribute and the RequireHttps attribute to each controller, but it's considered a security best practice to apply them to the entire application. By adding them globally, every new controller and action method you add will automatically be protected, you won't need to remember to apply them. For more information see Securing your ASP.NET MVC App and the new AllowAnonymous Attribute. Open the App_Start\FilterConfig.cs file and replace the RegisterGlobalFilters method with the following (which adds the two filters):
public static void
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
filters.Add(new System.Web.Mvc.AuthorizeAttribute());
filters.Add(new RequireHttpsAttribute());
The Authorize filter applied in the code above will prevent anonymous users from accessing any methods in the application. You will use the AllowAnonymous attribute to opt out of the authorization requirement in a couple methods, so anonymous users can log in and can view the home page. The RequireHttps will require all access to the web app be through HTTPS.
Add the AllowAnonymous attribute to the Index method of the Home controller. The AllowAnonymous attribute enables you to white-list the methods you want to opt out of authorization.
public class HomeController : Controller
public ActionResult Index()
return View();
Do a global search for AllowAnonymous, you can see it is used in the log in and registration methods of the Account controller.
In CmController.cs, add [Authorize(Roles = "canEdit")] to the HttpGet and HttpPost methods that change data (Create, Edit, Delete, every action method except Index and Details) in the Cm controller. A portion of the completed code is shown below:
[Authorize(Roles = "canEdit")]
// GET: Cm/Create
[Authorize(Roles = "canEdit")]
public ActionResult Create()
return View(new Contact { Address = "123 N 456 W",
City="Great Falls", Email = "email@example.com", Name="Joe Smith", State="MT",
Zip = "59405"});
// POST: Cm/Create
// To protect from overposting attacks, please enable the specific properties you want to bind to, for
// more details see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=317598.
[Authorize(Roles = "canEdit")]
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "ContactId,Name,Address,City,State,Zip,Email")] Contact contact)
if (ModelState.IsValid)
return RedirectToAction("Index");
return View(contact);
// GET: Cm/Edit/5
[Authorize(Roles = "canEdit")]
public ActionResult Edit(int? id)
if (id == null)
return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
Contact contact = db.Contacts.Find(id);
if (contact == null)
return HttpNotFound();
return View(contact);
If you are still logged in from a previous session, hit the Log out link.
Click on the About or Contact links. You will be redirected to the log in page because anonymous users cannot view those pages.
Click the Register as a new user link and add a local user with email email@example.com. Verify Joe can view the Home, About and Contact pages.
Click the CM Demo link and verify you see the data.
Click an edit link on the page, you will be redirected to the log in page (because a new local user is not added to the canEdit role).
Log in as firstname.lastname@example.com with password of "P_assw0rd1" (the "0" in "word" is a zero). You will be redirected to the edit page you previously selected. If you can't log in with that account and password, try copying the password from the source code and pasting it. If you still can't log in, check the UserName column of the AspNetUsers table to verify firstname.lastname@example.com was added.
Verify you can make data changes.
Click the Settings tab on the left side of the Publish Web dialog box. Click the v icon to select the Remote connection string for ApplicationDbContext and select the ContactManagerNN_db.
Under ContactManagerContext, select Execute Code First Migrations.
Click Publish.
Log in as email@example.com (with password of "P_assw0rd1") and verify you can edit data.
Log out.
Go to the Google Developers Console and on the Credentials tab update the redirect URIS and JavaScript Orgins to use the Azure URL.
Log in using Google or Facebook. That will add the Google or Facebook account to the canEdit role. If you get an HTTP 400 error with the message The redirect URI in the request: https://contactmanager{my version}.azurewebsites.net/signin-google did not match a registered redirect URI., you'll have to wait until the changes you made are propagated. If you get this error after more than a few minutes, verify the URIs are correct.
Right click on the web app and select Stop.
Alternatively, from the Azure Portal, you can select the web app, then click the stop icon at the bottom of the page.
await UserManager.AddToRoleAsync(user.Id, "canEdit");
Right-click the project in Solution Explorer and select Publish.
Click the Start Preview button. Only the files that need to be updated are deployed.
Start the web app from Visual Studio or from the Portal. You won't be able to publish while the web app is stopped.
Go back to Visual Studio and click Publish.
Your Azure App opens up in your default browser. If you are logged in, log out so you can view the home page as an anonymous user.
Click the About link. You'll be redirected to the Log in page.
Click the Register link on the Log in page and create local account. We will use this local account to verify you can access the read only pages but you cannot access pages that change data (which are protected by the canEdit role). Later on in the tutorial we will remove local account access.
Verify you can navigate to the About and Contact pages.
Click the CM Demo link to navigate to the Cm controller. Alternatively, you can append Cm to the URL.
Click an Edit link. You will be redirected to the log in page. Under Use another service to log in, Click Google or Facebook and log in with the account you previously registered. (If you're working quickly and your session cookie has not timed out, you will be automatically logged in with the Google or Facebook account you previously used.)
Verify you can edit data while logged into that account. Note: You cannot log out of Google from this app and log into a different google account with the same browser. If you are using one browser, you will have to navigate to Google and log out. You can log on with another account from the same third party authenticator (such as Google) by using a different browser.
If you have not filled out the first and last name of your Google account information, a NullReferenceException will occur.
Right click on ContactDB and select Open in SQL Server Object Explorer.
Note: If you can't expand SQL Databases and can't see the ContactDB from Visual Studio, you will have to follow the instructions below to open a firewall port or a range of ports. Follow the instructions under Set up Azure firewall rules. You may have to wait for a few minutes to access the database after adding the firewall rule.
Right click on the AspNetUsers table and select View Data.
Note the Id from the Google account you registered with to be in the canEdit role, and the Id of firstname.lastname@example.com. These should be the only users in the canEdit role. (You'll verify that in the next step.)
In SQL Server Object Explorer, right click on AspNetUserRoles and select View Data.
Verify the UserIds are from firstname.lastname@example.com and the Google account you registered.
Follow the steps in this section if you can't connect to SQL Azure from Visual Studio or if you get an error dialog stating "Cannot open server".
You will need to add your IP address to the allowed IPs.
In the Azure Portal, Select SQL Databases in the left tab.
Click on the ContactDB.
Click the Set up Azure firewall rules for this IP address link.
When you are prompted with "The current IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is not included in existing firewall rules. Do you want to update the firewall rules?", click Yes. Adding this address is often not enough behind some corporate firewalls, you will need to add a range of IP addresses.
The next step is to add a range of allowed IP addresses.
Select the Servers tab, and then click on the server you wish to configure.
Click the Configure tab.
Add a rule name, starting and ending IP addresses.
At the bottom of the page, click Save.
Please leave feedback and let me know if you needed to add a range of IP address to connect.
Finally, you can connect to the SQL Database instance from SQL Server Object Explorer (SSOX)
From the Connection Strings page, copy the Server and User ID.
Past the Server and User ID values into the Connect to Server dialog in Visual Studio. The User ID value goes into the Login entry. Enter the password you used to create the SQL DB.
You can now navigate to the Contact DB using the instructions given earlier.
Follow my tutorials which build on this sample:
To enable the social login buttons shown at the top of this tutorial, see Pretty social login buttons for ASP.NET MVC 5.
Tom Dykstra's excellent Getting Started with EF and MVC will show you more advanced MVC and EF programming.
This tutorial and the sample application was written by Rick Anderson (Twitter @RickAndMSFT) with assistance from Tom Dykstra and Barry Dorrans (Twitter @blowdart).
Please leave feedback on what you liked or what you would like to see improved, not only about the tutorial itself but also about the products that it demonstrates. Your feedback will help us prioritize improvements. You can also request and vote on new topics at Show Me How With Code.
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The Young Members Committee (YMC) is organizing a service project to take place during the Spring NOSSCR conference. We will be collecting children's books, toiletries, gift cards and monetary donations to benefit Bread for the City, a non-profit organization that provides vulnerable residents of Washington, DC, with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services. A list of the items Bread for the City needs the most can be found here: http://www.breadforthecity.org/get-involved/wishlist/. Donations will be accepted at the registration desk.
Are you bringing a guest who will be looking for something to do while you attend the NOSSCR conference sessions? A NOSSCR member is organizing a "hop-on-and-off" bus tour of Washington D.C. with lunch. A $50 non-refundable deposit will be required. The final cost will be determined later. For more information, please contact Tom Scully at email@example.com.
Don't miss our next NOSSCR conferences:
Denver, CO
Sheraton Denver Downtown
October 28 - 31, 2015
Miami Beach, FL
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
June 1 - 4, 2016
Seattle, Washington
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
November 2 - 5, 2016


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Internet Software and Services
Company Overview of ShopRunner, Inc.
Company Overview
ShopRunner, Inc., a social eCommerce company, provides its members with access to various online stores and products. The company partners with retailers and brands to provide deals on various products, including apparel, baby, books, music, movies, electronics, food and gifts, health, beauty, sporting goods, pets, toys, luggage, automotive, and more. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. As of June 17, 2011, ShopRunner, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Kynetic L.L.C.
935 First Avenue
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United States
Founded in 2009
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W: M. Boggs (1-0) L: H. Bailey (0-2)
|3rd Inning
Ludwick doubled to deep left, Ryan scored.
Albert Pujols (16) 2 run shot to center off Bailey, Ludwick scored.
Rick Ankiel (9) solo shot to right off Bailey.
|4th Inning
Ludwick doubled to deep right, Ryan scored.
|4th Inning
Joey Votto (11) 2 run shot to center off Boggs, Dunn scored.
|7th Inning
Ryan Ludwick (15) solo shot to center off Weathers.
|9th Inning
Ludwick singled to right, Ryan scored.