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February 26,2015
April 25,2014
Good old Mughlai cuisine
I had tried to eat at Shalimar suring the Ramzan times, but could not do that as the restaurant was overflowing and people were waiting everywhere. On 5th April, I went to a meuseum near Byculla and thought this might be a good chance to taste and test this place.
I went to the upstairs AC area, and surprised to find that it was 90% full. The waiter could show me a table. That table was meant for 2 persons, but way too small for more than 2 dishes. I ordered shami kabab with rumali roti, and mughlai chicken with tandoori roti.
The shami kabab was just awesomeeeeeeeeeeee. I had never had such great shami kabab apart from the Hazratgunj area of Lucknow. It blended well with the rumali roti.
Mughlai chicken had so much oil that I could cook my entire months food with that oil. The taste was good, but they would really be helpful if they can do away with all those extra oils. It was a huge turn-off for me to see that above the gravy, there is a 3-4 mm layer of oil floating.
Overall, recommended highly.
Decent, value for the money
On the weekends this place is really full. We had to wait for ten minutes to get seats. Maybe it was the Sunday evening rush, but we had to wait a considerable amount of time to just to place our orders. So if you are especially hungry and need a quick meal, avoid going there on weekends during peak hours.
We ordered tandoori chicken for the starters, which was very ordinary. Once you have finished off the top crust the fleshy parts were chewy and dry. The other starter - chicken 65 was even worse. So we didn't have high hopes for the main course, but the Karhai Gosht was surprising good. Mutton pieces were well cooked and the gravy was tasty. Chicken biriyani again like most dishes here was ordinary. The best part of the meal was Falooda and shahi Tukra. It was the one of best Shahi Tukra and Falooda I'd ever had. Worth coming back just for the starters. I guess I'll give this place a second try on an afternoon on a working day.
December 09,2013
Good Palce for Good Food
Was here on Sunday with my family for a family dinner. It is a big joint, well maintained and spacious. We started with crispy Chicken which was great and nice we then ordered Raan Chilly rice which was just great we did not have to order anything else after that. We had Shalimar Flooda which as usual great. Our entire Family actually enjoyed the evening with the good food. We keep visiting this place frequently and will keep continuing. The chaats served by them are also good specially the basket chaat after having that a person cannot ask for more
November 30,2013
Mughlai treat at its best
I stumble upon this restaurant through my brother in laws. The restaurant is completely grand with endless seating capacity.
the aroma, taste, flavour, real indian spices and colors are just unforgettable.
endless menu with hundreds of dishes and preparation. I am getting short of words to decribe the food here.
its a must place for fooooood lovers. I just love this place especially during ramzaan month.
awesome food for family, friends, treat or party. Ambiance is bit crowded because of its irresistible food and demand at peak hours. Dish may be served bit late but worth waiting.
go for it.
October 07,2013
Try the Raan
One of the cleaner and better places near Mohd.Ali road where you can go for a good Nawabi fare. Situated inside an old building which has small and big interconnected rooms just like Old houses. The Raan Tandoori is the full leg of mutton slow cooked and also served with Masala. This dish is what makes me want to go back to Shalimar quite often. have it with Roti or Rice and polish it off with a bottle of Thums Up and firni at the end. The rest of the food is OK. Also be prepared for long hours of "NoMobile Network" Inside.
September 23,2013
August 20,2013
I am sorry to say but not so happy... :( :(
Okay, so I go to this restaurant with my bro to have dinner on account of Rakhshabandhan. Since we both had a craving for biryani, and we being new to South Mumbai, one of my friend suggested me this place where I can have real good biryani.
The moment we enter, there is a lot of hustle bustle inside the restaurant and it took us a while to spot the service guy who could help us with some place to sit and somehow we did manage to get a table for two without any assistance.
Now starts our real time experience here. So the person who comes to take our order is absolutely clueless as to what the dish is all about, as to whether it is spicy, medium or with bones, without bones and stuffs like that. However, we order a dish clueless as to how it'd taste and how the spice level would be. The starters that we ordered for was OK and not that great. Thereafter we jumped to the main motto of our visit to this place and thus ended up ordering for a Mutton Biryani. First of all we were disappointed by the service and to top that the mutton biryani which had come was almost cold.. And about the taste,, trust me I am still trying to figure out as to how exactly it was.. :(
Overall, it just spoiled our night and we thereafter had to compensate with some other desserts from some other shop.
P.S: Possible that we mightn't have placed the right order, but whatever we ordered for was definitely not worth the price that we paid.. :'( :'(
May 29,2013
Wish we had stayed away!
We paid the Shalimar a visit after many years. We went upstairs to the A/C section, where the ambiance is quite average. We were greeted by unenthusiastic staff who seated us near a service room entrance (with a transparent glass door). While we waited for our order we could see the unhygienic and careless antics of the staff in the service room which was quite off putting (in retrospect we should have walked out at this time). The food arrived fairly promptly but it was quite bland and unimpressive, and we had to remind the waiter for the complete order to be served. Half way through the meal we saw a mouse scamper across the top of the split A/C which was the final straw........so we settled the bill and left hastily.
It is a shame, because this used to be a good restaurant.These are the facts.....decide for yourself. However, we will never be returning to this restaurant again.
November 02,2012
October 11,2012
October 09,2012
Amazing food!
Every time we visit, their chilly chicken gravy and tandoor roti is a must have. Tastes best when eaten hot! Reshmi kebab tikka, chicken tikka biryani, chicken fried rice, paneer chilly dry are really yummy too.
The chicken cheese sandwich and the shawrma's a really nice too!
Shalimar special falooda with shalimar ice cream is the best among all the options available. Just the ice cream is really good too.
Good quick service. Except the waiting time occasionally during dinner time. But they make sure you get a table as soon as possible.
The family room's is a really good concept. It accommodates a huge family and give you privacy.
Love the place.
bad food - unreasonably priced
their low standards are now showing on the no. of patrons coming in.
last night i saw the entire 2nd hall vacant which used to be a rare sight for this place.
their food has lost the taste... esp. tandoori chk is way below the mark...
i ordered seekh kebab.. and they charged 200 bucks for 4 seekhs...
normally a meal for 2 at this place was just around 400 and now it comes to 750 and tat too this poor taste... they need to look in to this .. or some new place is will surely come up soon with better food in this area...
July 07,2012
Rates in the Menu shown in the website is too old
I love the Chicken Lollipop.
Advice to Writers of the review.
Just concentrate on the taste of Food & not any thing else.
Hotels are meant for Eating & not Entertainment.
If you really want good staff with best behavior then better go to 5 Star Hotels.
Restaurants are made for Eating so just concentrate on it.
Huzaifa Haryanawala, Senior Liaison Executive
June 24,2012
One of the Best is now WORST
The Staff/Waiter and Food year by year are going down....... Food tastes less tastier every time we went and now they have hired Bhaiyyas who might be working on cheap salaries so they dont have manners to talk and behave...... A very very good place is now fading its repu by time........
June 19,2012
This Place is Pathetic
Shalimaar its nothing the food over here is tasteless and the service is very poor and the way in which reply is given by the staff and the way they talk is senseless. If the BURRP certificate is given when the food taste was same which I experienced then the person who gave the certificate is a fool please take the accreditation back they don't deserve it. Bad Experience and Baste of Money.
They don't deserve a single star also which I had to give to post my review
Good Food but have to work on Cleanliness
The Mutton Biryani is the best in Shalimar and I have been there several times just for eating the same. The Tandoori & Kebab items are also very delicious and they also serve Indian Chinese Sizzlers which were also very good. There is a mad rush at all hours and there is also a special ac waiting room. But the last few time I have gone, I have seen baby cockroaches walking on the wall next to our table and once on the table itself. When I told the waiter he said "Apne aap chala jayega". I can understand that because of the constant rush cleaning and pesticide is not always possible but they have to get it done at regular intervals so that we can come and enjoy our Mutton Biryani.
August 17,2011
For an Avid Foodie: Average, Normal Eater Awesome
My Review explains Exactly how this Restaurant is..... This very old restaurant situated in the most crowded places in Mumbai has somehow lost its charm, The famous old "Tandoori Chicken" is drenched in Red color and doesn't taste that good anymore.... I hence mark it down on "Quality", The gravy I ordered was too less in quantity as well so I would mark it down on "Quantity".... Not extremely "Pricey" but the taste lacks the OOmph factor..... Its not a bad option if you are in the "Bhendi Bazaar" area but I would not come all the way to visit this restaurant.... which I do frequently in the city for some Awesome restaurants....
July 22,2011
Going from gud 2 bad 2 worse - still a 3 star now
Guys, have eaten at this place umpteen times. Yes they do have certain dishes whihc are unbeatable, but to be honest it is more abt the name and almost nothing about the food now. The latest experience I took was in the royal seating arrangement ( Dastarkhwaan)that this restaurent provides, the food was just passable.....still one can keep going back for Mutton Hungama, Prawns Hungama, Shawarma and the falooda. Everything else that we get there....is just abt okay.
April 01,2011
March 28,2011
December 31,2010
Food here rocks!
As I enter the Shalimar restaurant, I see the place packed with people everywhere and still more flocking in. I advise you to book your table before you land here. For the first time have I ever seen a waiting room in a restaurant! Even as I stood just outside the waiting room asking the waiter to find me a table, I found myself surrounded by naughty and crying kids, their mothers screaming at them and the fathers busy requesting waiters to book a table. Man! Its noisy with decibels reaching to a point of irritation. The waiters seem to be perpetually busy but their service is pretty fast and tolerable waiting periods for the food to arrive your table. I must say, most waiters at Shalimar display good competence in terms of communication and leadership skills.
Here comes my waiter to direct me to my table, he led me from one room to another room to another room, for a moment I felt if this long walk would ever end. This indeed is a big restaurant and can accommodate around 100 people at a time. The never ending crowd pouring in itself speaks of how famous this restaurant is for its authentic Indian cuisine; especially mughlai and kababs. Shalimar serves Fast-food, Coastal, North Indian, Tandoori, and Chinese. For the non vegetarians, the food is sure to satisfy your palate.
I ordered Khazana Kabab costing Rs.464, though this item is a bit expensive, its different from the kababs I ever had, it consists of 5 varities of chicken spread on your plate and they are well marinated and perfectly fried chicken pieces. The chicken breast and leg pieces of the kabab are stuffed with superb masalas and the crispy egg coat makes it just perfect; the way a connoisseur like me would want.
The chicken biryani costing Rs 129 and mutton biryani costing Rs. 144 are good enough. I suggest you try the Raan biryani, I unfortunately did not have the privilege of tasting Raan biryani because their stock was over for the day, its a testimony that this dish is indeed on high demand, Ive heard its the best under mughlai.
Shalimar serves excellent non-veg food, value for money is sure good and service is prompt. The host of waiters ensure youre served well. I give a thumps-up to Shalimar!
My rating for Shalimar is:
Ambience 6/10
Value for money 8/10
Service 8/10
Taste 9/10
bad bad service...
we visited shalimar on a Sunday evening....the service is really really bad the food is average the restaurant is over hyped for no reason ....the waiters and the so called manager kill the mood they think they r above the customers....people come there specially for the food but leave with a bad experience due to the service.....overall bad experience
June 20,2010
Name is not all that matters!!!
Shalimar is a name in itself and yes people flock to it in herds like starving cattle ( count me in too) , but really to be honest I'm no more part of the heard.Shalimar was never a miss when i went into town,but no more they're food is nothing but oil and spice believe me when i say it and the service was bad either way so no complaints on that front. The management itself is complacent. I really dont know if people eating this food eat it because they like it or because they love to be seen in shalimar !!!!!!!!!!.
forgetfull staff
have a few friends who have been pestering me for some tandoori raan, so last eve i thought of treating my friends to it. called shalimar at 3.30 in the afternoon and placed an order for 2 tandoori raan's scheduled to be picked up form the restaurant at 5.30 in the eve. on reaching the restaurant at the scheduled time the manager conveniently tells me he forgot to pass the order to the kitchen!!! :0 i couldnt understand the logic of not passing the order to the kitchen... i mean why is he there as a manager??? i was lost at my wits end ! after a brief arguement with the manager, he turns and says "bhool ho gaya abhi kya karne ka hai, chalo sorry bolta hun" i replied - hello.... you are not doing me a favour by servicing my order!!! i stomped out vowing never to step in the stinky place... if the owner of shalimar is reading this, trust me your manager is not managing your restaurant but damaging it !!! i did get my tandoori raan from delhi darbar tho :-)
mohammed asif shaikh, buisness
June 16,2010
February 04,2010
Awful odour !! maybe good taste
this place may have the best in Biriyanis n Tandoor... but this place stinks awfully inside. I landed a month back around 4pm and the staff said they were packing up after lunch time. Though they offered a seat and service, I couldn't wait till i hop out of this place due to the horrible stink like what u have near a train's lavatory on a long journey... Eeiikkks!!!
February 04,2010
Great Place
I have known this place ever since they were famous only for Falooda. Over a period of time they have been king. Amazing food. I love the mehefil where you are being served like a King of Sultanate..make sure u have a gang of 9-10 people for mehefil. On Sundays & holidays do book in advance or come early as u wudnt have to wait for ur turn. A must go place for non-veg lovers.
December 19,2009
September 10,2009
Theek hae...better options abound
When you are at Md Ali road, you have a plethora of options. Somehow, Shalimar has lost its touch over the last 2 yrs, hence I prefer other options like the newly opened Lime n Spice, opposite this restaurant as well as other places like Chinese Grill n Noor Mohammadi.
September 08,2009
Non-veggie Paradise
Actually the title might be a bit misleading - there are enough veg items on the menu to satisfy all the vegetarians in the group.
But then you dont go all the way to Mohammed Ali Road in Bhendi Bazar to satisfy your vegetarian cravings, do you ? No, you go there to treat yourself to the best kebabs and biryanis you can find.
And with Shalimar, you cant go wrong with that. Big sized establishment, with an AC upper level as well - the seating is a bit congested though. Service wasnt up to the mark but then I would attribute that to the Ramzan crowd. And I admit I was surprised to find that there were quite a few foodies like us, who have nothing to do with Ramzan - but just landed up for some good food.
Which brings us back to the food - it was awesome !! Seekh kebabs was moist and succulent - not the dry stuff that is passed around in other restaurants. Tandoori chicken was perfectly flavored and for the duration that it was there on the table, all conversation was suspended :)
Main course was Chicken Bhuna, Tikka Masala, naan and roomali rotis. Chicken Bhuna was outstanding - spicy as hell but damn good. Tikka masala was more mellow, but still very different from the regular. Roomali rotis also were markedly better - dont know how that is possible, but they tasted very unique. And then there was chicken biryani - delicious.
Finished the meal with Shahi Tukda, Malpua and Rabdi. The desserts were a slight disappointment as neither the Shahi Tukda nor the Malpua were sweet enough ! I know people like mild sweet but this was too mild to satisfy a sweet tooth.
Just to put disclaimers - the food here is probably the most damaging kind - seeped with oil and spices and naans dripping with butter. So if you are the kind who finds it dificult to digest that stuff or are calorie-conscious, then stay away!
Its damn crowded at this time of the year - so you can go after the month of Ramzan is over - Shalimar will be still be around. However if you cant wait for two more weeks to sample the best desi food, then go right ahead - you wont be disappointed.
Mughali at its best
In the holy month of Ramzan,i was introduced to this place called Shalimar through a common friend.
It was love at first sight.and complete surrender at the end of dinner. a fine dining experience.
we started with kebabs (tiranga)& paya soup or try Malaysian chicken or tanduri chicken.best way don't bother order any
in main course i tried Mutton Afgani ( hint of sweetness) or butter chiken,or tikka masala,if you are along with 3-4 people together try any thing in raan (whole lamb leg), with butter dripping roties ( no one can eat just one) try rumali roties, don't forget to dig on some biryani (chicken Mutton both are good,i give noorani at haji ali 1 star more only for biryani).take a breath you still have a dessert left you can have rabdi,falooda,firnee.now you can burrp!!!
warning don't try to eat everything in one go.
July 16,2009
Excellent food and service, but the area can be slightly hard to get to since Mohd. Ali Road is very congested most of the time :-( But its worth it, seriously!
Recommended: "XYZ in hot bean sauce, sizzler style"... i believe the menu only gives the option of XYZ = chicken, but we always ask for prawns. They're out of this world (priced on the higher side at Rs. 340, but that includes a huge serving size)...
Also delicious are the falooda and the phirni :-)
June 10,2009
Delicious non-veg fare
This place has the best chicken tandoori and rumali roti. The prawns masala and butter chicken dishes are amazing. I am not much of a rice person, but my friends had ordered chicken biryani. The aroma made me dig my teeth in it and guess what, it was superlicious. The chicken at Shalimar is do tender and properly cooked that you won't find it rubbery to chew as it just melts in your mouth.
Also, the falooda and Phirnee are good.
June 05,2009
Wonderful Moghlai food
We went to Shalimar with lots of expectations.. True to the word, Shalimar does appease you with its variant tastes and ambience. We had paya soup for starters, which was surprisingly bland. The waiter informed us that's because customer can add salt and pepper to suit their taste and we did just that. Next in was Raan Tandoori. Properly cooked and with the right mix of spices, that dish won hands down. We also ordered the bheja egg fry, but did not enjoy it so much because of the dripping oil. We then ordered for their signature dish Shalimar Chicken Chilly with Roomali rotis. The rotis were soft, the gravy tasty and the chicken succulent. Overall a very good experience and VFM
October 06,2008
Shalimar food is the best in Mumbai!! I have eaten in alot of places in Mumbai and the food in Shalimar is out of this world!!
Their chicken starter, is so mouth-watering I can still taste it here thousands of miles away in the UK.
Their leg of lamb biryani is the best biryani I have eaten in my life!! The service was abit crap at first, but as we became regulars, we were treated very nice and were given a good level of privacy, as we were foreigners.
If you want to have a good meal and taste and remember that food for how delicious and gorgeous it was, you deifnitely need to go to Shalimar, in Bhendi-Bazaar.
Vikram Karve, Creative Writer and Blogger
December 13,2006
A Hearty Lunch in the heart of Mumbai
Right now Im experiencing a severe case of Writers Block so Im going to write about Food. Its almost lunch time, so I close my eyes and try to recollect the most memorable lunch Ive had in recent times.
Is it the Chicken Stew with Appams at Fountain Plaza in Fort, or the Fish Curry ( Gassi) and Rice at Bharat Lunch Home, or is it the Berry Pulao at Brittania in Ballard Estate, or the Biryani at Olympia, or the pure Veg Maharashtrian Thali at Shreyas in Pune?
Im confused; so I exercise my memory cells a bit more. And suddenly I remember. Oh yes, no doubt about it; its the farewell lunch my colleagues gave me, a day before I left Mumbai, at Shalimar Restaurant situated at Bhendi Bazar in Mumbai.
We reach at one in the afternoon. At first impression I like the place an abundance of connoisseurs thoroughly enjoying their food as is evident from their body language, high turnover, no nonsense, no frills, businesslike atmosphere appetite builds up in me and I know we have come to the right place. The place is crowded, theres no place on the ground floor, so we go to the air-conditioned dining hall upstairs.
I dont even look at the proffered menu card. I am going to surrender myself to my hosts - they will order and I will just eat.
First they order a hot Chinese soup which is nice and spicy, with lots of vegetables, sea food and chicken in it, and at the end of it I am voraciously hungry.
Then is brought in front of me for my perusal, piping hot and simmering, the signature dish of the place Tandoori Raan Masala. I nod my approval, and its taken away for chopping up and slicing, and a generous portion served to me along with a Tandoori Roti. I put a small piece of the meat in my mouth; its very very tasty. Spicy and zesty, its quite different from the Raan Ive eaten at Karims in Delhi. Then I bash on regardless with the Tandoori roti and pieces of the delectable raan. In between, I scoop and devour the marrow which tastes delicious.
Then I find in front of me a dish of Shalimar Chicken Chilli a specialty of the place. Its mouthwatering! For the first time in my life I eat a so-called Chinese dish Chilli Chicken with Tandoori Roti, and let me tell you it tastes fantastic.
Now my insides are on a delicious spicy fire, my tongue bracing with spicy tang and my nose is watering, so is put in front of my a glass of ice cold Shahi Gulab Falooda to quench my fires. In a word, its heavenly; a perfect conclusion to a most enjoyable lunch and its exquisite flavour and divine fragrance remain with me for a long time.
Indeed a medley meal a Chinese soup, Mughlai Mutton Raan, Chilli Chiken (ostensibly Chinese but whose genre I cant fathom or classify!), Tandoori Roti and the blissful Falooda. A culinary symbiosis of gourmet food - mouthwatering memories of a delicious wholesome lunch Ill never forget.
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Vacant lots strewn with trash, abandoned buildings littering the city, boarded-up windows — it's no secret that neighborhood blight is a problem in Toledo. "Revitalizing neighborhoods" even became a campaign issue in the November election.
One such abandoned building sits at the corner of 18th Street and Madison Avenue in the UpTown neighborhood. The Arts Commission, Art Corner Toledo (ACT), Home Depot, the UpTown Green planning committee and volunteers from United Way of Greater Toledo are all working together to place murals over its boarded-up windows.
The artwork is expected to do for UpTown what murals have done for other parts of the city. Murals have revived dilapidated landscapes, increased a sense of ownership and transformed a neighborhood plagued by vandalism and prostitution to one that kindles respect and pride. Murals have revitalized Toledo's neighborhoods, supporters say, and more are planned.
"[Murals] have a huge, huge impact on the way people interact with the city and engage with the city," said Ryan Bunch of the Arts Commission. "They're more aesthetically appealing … they create meaning. … Some of Downtown is a little rough-looking at times and it creates this feeling that 'I'm not alone here — there's some life and activity here.'"
"Murals and public art have been proven to create destinations for people to visit, take photos and simply be in a positive, creative space and place," said Rachel Richardson of ACT. "They also attract developers and activate parts of blighted neighborhoods that need some extra help due to decades of decay."
"Neighborhood revitalization and economic development follow in the wake of public art."
The murals at 18th Street and Madison Avenue will be painted on panels that can be moved to preserve the art for the future. The Arts Commission is accepting artist submissions with a design concept of "activism and community." When finished, the murals will be 8.5 feet high and 14 feet wide with contributions from more than 10 artists.
"We are excited about it," said Julie Champa, executive director of the UpTown Association. "And it will certainly add to the overall feel of the neighborhood in general."
The mural will be adjacent to a park, called UpTown Green, that is currently under construction. Both the mural and the park are expected to enhance the neighborhood and entice potential developers.
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Toledo City Council plans to vote on a measure to spend $15,000 on murals for the city. The money will match $15,000 offered by Lucas County and will go to ACT, said City Council member Lindsay Webb. The measure was on the agenda April 22 but was held for a vote, Webb said.
"Murals are a great way to capture the heart of a neighborhood and express it visually, Webb said. "It's a part of developing and identifying and dealing with blight. My hope is that we can roll it out citywide and look at Summit Street or maybe on Secor Road and in East Toledo."
Point Place is also another neighborhood that has expressed interest in getting a mural.
"Point Place would love to put up murals about boats and that aspect. I can't do that if I don't have the resources," Webb said.
One percent of the city's capital budget is designated to the Arts Commission, Webb said, but that money must be used on city-owned property. Council would like to get murals into neighborhoods to improve blight and increase economic development, she said.
Red Velvet Jazz Club
Artist Ahmad Jacobs said people in the Junction neighborhood had a sense there was a "movement" about to happen.
The business owners in the area and the residents were "all happy and full of excitement" to have him paint a mural on the side of the Red Velvet Jazz Club at Junction and Belmont avenues.
"It was really good feedback for me. I felt special," Jacobs, 45, said. "It brought a lot of people out who didn't want to come out."
The building is under new ownership and in the process of opening, according to Jacobs.
Jacobs has painted a number of murals around the city, many of them as a volunteer. He attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and taught kindergarten through sixth grade before life got in the way and he said he lost his creative direction.
"I wanted to give up," he said. "I ended up finding myself again and experiencing art. … I had to get humble. Once I started volunteering, it worked wonders. … My whole thing was to make the city my sketchbook. No one knew I was an artist. I started going around giving businesses a 'hug.'"
Richardson enlisted Jacobs to paint the mural that he says altered the Junction neighborhood.
"The spirit of the neighborhood completely changed," he said. "A lot of the businesses had hope when they saw it. And even the people, the winos, they had something positive to talk about. They saw people come into their neighborhood who didn't live there (who) had passion and drive for their neighborhood. … They needed to step their game up and join in. … So many people I would never talk to came to talk to me and offer suggestion on what they wanted to see."
The Love Wall
The "Toledo Loves Love" mural at Adams and 13th streets has not only helped revitalize the UpTown area, it has also become a destination spot. Wedding parties, residents and people taking selfies use it as a backdrop.
"It's a great promoter of Toledo," said Manos Paschalis, owner of Manos Greek Restaurant, 1701 Adams St., and the owner of the building sporting the "Toledo Loves Love" wall. "Yes, it brings people together and it brings energy to the area and it's always positive."
That positive energy can only enhance a neighborhood, Champa said.
"The 'Toledo Loves Love' has gotten a lot of attention. … So many people come to that and take pictures. It's become synonymous with the district and we think that's really cool."
Paschalis said the mural is bringing in business; every year, more and more people who come out to see the mural are flocking to area businesses.
A new business is going in at the building the mural adorns. Toledoan Aggie Alt is opening Moxie Live, an art house and pub that will have art on display and offer theater, dance and "anything to do with art," Alt said.
"I think the mural is such a perfect fit," she said. "I think it's going to help us identify with that area. Even people outside the city know it.
"The mural shows artists, 'Yeah, you can have your work shown here and (the art world) isn't dead,' and I think the mural really promotes that."
'The Voyage'
In 2013, the United Way of Greater Toledo held its Days of Caring event. The organization set out to "transform a neighborhood, strengthen relationships." And to do that, they went straight to the Junction neighborhood residents to find out what changes they wanted.
The neighborhood responded. During the event, more than 30 properties were landscaped and mulched, 13 houses painted, five schools beautified, three wheelchair ramps built, two home foundations repaired, two playgrounds improved, one church basement floor installed and two murals painted, plus much more.
Titled "The Voyage," one of the murals looks like a big blue wave rolling across the side of a building and wrapping around its edges.
It's painted on the old Munchies building at North Detroit Avenue and Dorr Street, whose sign reads "Munchies. Again. Shrimp. Fish. Chicken." Behind it sits a Family Food Center and, next door, a dollar store.
"The concept that we wanted to capture is that there is a voyage that needs to take place, for the past, present and future — so (the generations) know who they are and how they are connected to American history with a positive perspective," said Alicia Smith, a resident and community organizer.
Smith sees the mural as not only a lesson in the voyage of life, but also a testament to relationships: Hundreds of volunteers, sponsors and residents worked together to make the mural and Days of Caring a reality.
"The most important thing is connection. There's strength in connection; there's power behind connection. … When you allow the community to have a voice you stop prescribing what you think they need and they start prescribing what they need," Smith said.
United Way shifted to a grassroots way of interacting with the community about five years ago, said Emily Avery, director of community engagement at United Way of Greater Toledo. The organization listened to the residents at Days of Caring, acted and got great feedback, she said.
"We heard a lot from the neighborhood — it gave people hope again — just to see how much community support that they had," Avery said. "It's amazing what a little paint can do. We heard from people that it just kind of spread joy through the neighborhood."
The Junction neighborhood is not done with its revitalization plan. They recently cleared sidewalks, organized a voter registration drive and will continue to landscape and paint. The journey is not over, Smith said.
"We're going to continue to do murals. The voyage doesn't stop," she said. "The minute you dock the boat, you have to continue."
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Gordon Ricketts was influenced by the Latino art of his San Diego childhood. As art professor and director of the Arts Village at Bowling Green State University, he wanted to bring the Latino art style to Toledo. To do so, he enlisted his friend Mario Torero.
Torero, an artist born in Peru, helped paint 60 colorful murals on the concrete support piers for the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and I-5, called Chicano Park in San Diego's Barrio Logan neighborhood.
Ricketts brought Torero to Toledo about five years ago for the first of several murals, two on the underpass of I-75 on Broadway Street. Passersby can see the murals are large and Hispanic in style, much like the murals at Chicano Park.
"Broadway made sense because of the bridge," Ricketts said. "We got permission from ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) and the mayor's office and business leaders in the neighborhood. It was a pretty involved project."
Students from BGSU and residents helped Torero paint the murals that stretch from the I-75 underpass to the Green Lantern at 509 Broadway St., Ricketts said.
Since the murals have graced the neighborhood, leaders said they no longer see the graffiti or prostitution they once did along Broadway Street. So far, none of the murals have been vandalized and a survey of the neighborhood showed that residents like the artwork and the gardens.
Maria Rodriguez-Winter, interim director of the Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center at 1225 Broadway St., said the murals have had a transformative effect on the neighborhood, which in the past was very depressing with boarded-up buildings and absentee landlords. The decline started about 20 years ago, said Rodriguez-Winter, who has been involved in the neighborhood for the past 40 years.
About 10 years ago, things started to change and now every day she sees a synergy at work in the neighborhood, she said. Residents now have a sense of pride and respect for the neighborhood. The murals are a big part of that.
"We love [the murals]," she said. "We feel that they really add a lot of beauty to the neighborhood and it engages people. When Mario comes and when Gordon comes into the area with the students, they are engaging the community.
"It's just a process of having the people of the neighborhood be involved in the creative aspect of it. We've gotten so much positive feedback that some of the businesses want to have their walls painted."
This year will be the fifth year Torero has come to Toledo to paint. The artist will be in the Old South End neighborhood June 17-18, Ricketts said.
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Few local development projects in our area have generated as much debate and discussion as Jewish Home Lifecare's proposed move to Park West Village, and for good reason.
In 2009, JHL announced its intention to vacate its property at West 106th Street and construct a new nursing facility within the Park West Village footprint. In turn, JHL would sell its current property to the Chetrit Group, which had already built several new residential buildings and a commercial strip within Park West Village.
The proposed development site on West 97th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues is more than just a parking lot. It's one of the last vestiges of open space within Park West Village, which has already been developed beyond recognition over the last decade.
This parcel is also located directly adjacent to a public school, P.S. 163, which only raises the alarm about the potential health and safety impacts associated with this project, because it will be taking place near hundreds of students.
For years, Park West Village residents, the surrounding community, the parents of P.S. 163, and elected officials have protested this project, citing concerns about traffic, construction safety, noise, and the scale of the proposed building.
These concerns are real ones: West 97th Street is already a busy corridor with heavy westbound traffic and a high concentration of delivery trucks arriving at local supermarkets. The traffic situation can only get worse with the construction of the new 20-story, 414-bed nursing facility.
Park West Village and P.S. 163 know very well the impacts of infill construction on their neighborhood. The residential and school community already had a grueling experience with construction several years ago during the development of the Columbus Square complex, which included loud drilling, excessive dust, and even a crane accident.
Most alarmingly, the community gathered at a meeting organized by the residents of Park West Village, where we heard the results of a study finding exceedingly high levels of lead at the proposed site for the nursing facility. Samples taken from the West 97th Street parking lot contained the highest lead levels of 12 parking lots studied throughout New York City.
Surrounding residents—not to mention the parents at P.S. 163—are right to be concerned about the potential impacts on air quality if construction were to begin on this parcel.
After extensive written communications to the New York State Department of Health requesting an opportunity to provide feedback on this project, the community won a significant victory when the department announced that it would in fact prepare an environmental impact statement for this site. DOH had previously granted approval to JHL for the construction of a nursing facility on West 97th Street.
The environmental impact statement presents an enormous opportunity not only for the community to be heard, but also for a robust study of the potential repercussions of this project on Upper West Side and Manhattan Valley residents' quality of life.
As the current City Council member and the Democratic nominee for this district, we joined with our constituents at last month's scoping meeting, which will help inform the range of issues covered by the environmental impact statement, in calling for a wide-ranging environmental review that would take into account the many concerns expressed by the community.
Now, as DOH moves through the process of preparing the statement, we need to remain vigilant as a community to ensure that the department is evaluating this project in a manner that truly considers the needs of the surrounding community first.
As we stated unequivocally at last month's scoping meeting, we simply cannot even entertain the idea of this project moving forward until we are completely certain that there will be no adverse impacts on the health of the children of P.S. 163 or the residents of Park West Village.
While we do not dispute that the older adults residing at JHL would be better served by a new, upgraded facility, the community is expressing valid concerns that require serious consideration.
Melissa Mark-Viverito is the City Council member for the district that includes the proposed location of the Jewish Home Lifecare nursing facility. Mark Levine is the Democratic nominee for the redrawn council district that will now include the proposed development site.
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I live across the street from this proposed development, so my family and I would be getting all the pollution, noise and disruption we have been warned about by the experts involved, and the neighborhood activists. Naturally, we cannot count on the developers and officials to properly "warn us". It is NOT their interest to educate the public about this monster. Please educate yourself on the potential disruption to our neighborhood that the construction and the building itself would cause. You'll be terrified and shocked, as I am now. I have never met a person who knows all the facts and would leave their kids in that otherwise great school, or would continue living across the street. It is so sad.
I live across the street from this proposed development, so my family and I would be getting all the pollution, noise and disruption we have been warned about by the experts involved, and the neighborhood activists. Naturally, we cannot count on the developers and officials to properly "warn us". It is NOT their interest to educate the public about this monster. Please educate yourself on the potential disruption to our neighborhood that the construction and the building itself would cause. You'll be terrified and shocked, as I am now. I have never met a person who knows all the facts and would leave their kids in that otherwise great school, or would continue living across the street. It is so sad.
Why does this important message go only to the neighborhood newspaper?..the Economist, the Nation and the City papers should be following this. It is certainly part of the continuing larger story of the continuing erosion of "People" values.....the tv news magazines might see possibilitities. In any case congratulations to Melissa and Mark for speaking out about this terrible mis-adventure. The "choir" is appreciative but your message has wider implications and potential interest.
You deserve a greater audience but you will only find it if you seek it.
Everything said in the article by Melissa-Mark-Viverito and Mark Levine is true up to a point, with the exception of their assent to a "new upgraded facility" for the 'older adult residents who would be better served.' These last few words might give the impression that the writers might, under certain circumstances, agree with the proposed construction, because of their compassion for the residents now at 106th St. Nothing could possibly defy logic more than this way of thinking. It is both misplaced compassion coupled with a wrong conclusion,and although i know that Melissa and Mark are both excellent people of high character and principle, they might not have said this had they known about the amount of money involved behind this proposed arrangement between the Chetrits and JHL, and who is actually behind the entire scheme. JHL has sufficient capitol to build and enlarge the existing space they occupy on 106th St. and place the present residents living there in other places, temporarily, that they own or could easily find, IF THEY WANTED TO!! Also there is no shortage of lenders who would be eager to jump at the chance to lend JHL as much as they wanted. They know they could never find a better place to put their money.
The reason they would rather not do that is that it is more profitable for JHLto enrich themselves by getting an initial bonus of between $50,000,000.00 to $100,000,000.00 just to start construction and making the swap. Need i mention the benefits that will accrue to the Chetrits?
On September 2, 2008, the New York State Department of Health granted JHL approval to construct a 408-bed replacement facility on West 106th Street within the limits of the community-approved zoning carve-out created expressly for JHL. There has never been any program-related reason for JHL to depart from this initial plan.
I was recently a patient in the Jewish Home and Hospital. The medical care and staff especially the main physicain on my floor who is affiliated with Mount Sinai, the nurses, physical therapists and orderlies were compassionate and first rate. However the building is old and the physical plant and equipment must be replaced. I understand that the rating and future of the hospital depend on the upgrading of the facility.
However the parking lot on the grounds of Park West Village is not the ideal location for a major medical facility. As a tenant of Park West Village I agree with the tenants association position. This is a real estate deal which may not be in the best interests of the community. However a modern 21st century facility is needed to serve the west side but not in the parking lot of PWV adjacent to a first rate public school. It is imperative to find another location for the proposed facility which services a diverse patient population.
Yes, my feelings exactly, there are places for this kind of institution, Park West Village is NOT that place, for many reasons. Take it elsewhere! It is a sensitive environment, a busy cross town street with tremendous traffic problems already (the street narrows from 3 lanes to 2 lanes within a block of PWV), a beloved farmer's market, and most of all, a large public school within FEET of the construction site. It is a newly built school with paper thin walls and windows FACING the proposed site. NO WAY.
As we stated unequivocally at last month's scoping meeting, we simply cannot even entertain the idea of this project moving forward until we are completely certain that there will be no adverse impacts on the health of the children of P.S. 163 or the residents of Park West Village. Does Melissa and Mark mean that the project would be acceptable to them if the issue of adverse health effects were removed?
The large building that JHL has on 106th street is certainly large enough to have part of the building closed demolished and then a new building for the residents erected.
While the new building is being erected the residents could be relocated in the remaining area of the building that could be more efficiently used and there would be no need to destroy an area next to a school an area that has a very high concentration of lead which is known to cause damage to young children's intellectual development.
The September 17 community hearing on JHL was a true case of the upper west side as CITIZENS UNITED - not, however, for any monetary gain. On the contrary - for the safety and well-being of young children at PS 163 to prevent exposure to lead and three years of construction noise, etc.
By contrast, JHL - given a waiver and concessions in 2008 to remain on their excellent and spacious 106 Street location - is ready to shoehorn itself onto 97th Street for money, pure but not simple.
This is just a cynical real-estate deal. If JHL had any interest in its patients, it wouldn't leave them boxed in on Amsterdam and W. 97th, where the only ambulance route to a hospital--north on Amsterdam to St. Lukes--is already a traffic nightmare. JHL's current property is not only closer to St. Lukes, and but the hospital can be approached in more than one direction. In fact, the current JHL has better access to any number of NYC hospitals than it would have to St. Lukes if permitted to move to that straight-jacketed corner. It's outrageous that the Department of HEALTH would even have considered approving a plan that would put patients' lives in danger like this, but under Bloomberg, real estate has been the only thing that matters.
CHIGRID: You say that "under Bloomberg, real estate has been the only thing that matters". Of course, you are 100% correct, but to put a fine point on it, it is BECAUSE of Bloomberg, and his stooge at DOH, that this project ever got off the ground.
Excellent work, Chigrid.
Note: See NY Times, Front Page, "Council Woman Bruised Feelings In Zoning Fight" 1/4/2014.
Two Problems: Chetrit's and Melissa's
1) Chetrit's: Now that the overturning of the re-zoning is certain, will Chetrit be happy forced to build within the old zoning?
2) Melissa Mark-Viverito's: her rush to disown her active participation in what will certainly be viewed by her opponent in the election for Speaker of the NYC Council as a bait-and-switch, having accepted an $8,000 campaign contribution after pushing for the re-zoning for a community nursing home that no longer will exist on the site. Her late opposition to the suspicious deal between Jewish Home Life and the Chetrit group is understandable since it appears she was an innocent bystander who was exploited in the nefarious deal.


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The Iranian opposition website, Kaleme, reported Tuesday that tear gas was fired at the anti-government demonstrators in Tehran to disperse them. On its part, the Sahammnews website earlier reported a large number of security forces had been deployed on the capital's main streets and in some of the main squares to prevent opposition supporters gathering.
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A smaller, more compact heron than the great blue: same dagger-like bill, but shorter, thicker neck and shorter legs.
Plovers are small, plump shorebirds, with a fairly large, round head and a bill that is always shorter than the head.
Woodpeckers have long, chisel-like bills and large heads. They have long, stiff tail feathers which they lean against as they hitch around on trees.
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A medium-sized songbird with a long tail, pointed crest, and a short, thick beak perfect for crushing sunflower seeds.
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Meadowlarks are plumper and shorter-tailed than their blackbird relatives, but they still have the blackbird's characteristic long, slender, but thick-based bill.
Warblers are small, slim songbirds with fairly large head, short wings, and slender tail. Their bills are slender, pointed, and straight.
Sparrows are roughly the same size as warblers but tend to look plumper, and their bills are much shorter, thicker, and more powerful.
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Silhouettes are so useful because they help with the first step in any identification: deciding what kind of bird you've got. Once that's done, you've narrowed down your choices to one small section of your field guide.
Beginning bird watchers often get sidetracked by a bird's bright colors, only to be frustrated when they search through their field guide. Finches, for example, can be red, yellow, blue, brown, or green – but they're always shaped like finches. Learn silhouettes, and you'll always be close to an ID.
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Woodpeckers range in size from the big-as-a-crow Pileated Woodpecker to the Downy Woodpecker, which is barely larger than a sparrow.
Sometimes you need two reference birds for comparison. A Cedar Waxwing is bigger than a sparrow but smaller than a robin. A Blue Jay is larger than a robin but smaller than a crow.
Compare your mystery bird to a bird you know well. It helps just to know that your bird is larger or smaller than a sparrow, a robin, or a crow, and it may help you choose between two similar species, such as Downy and Hairy woodpeckers or Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks.
Your estimate of size gets much more accurate if you can compare one bird directly against another. When you find groups of different species, you can use the ones you recognize to sort out the ones you don't.
As soon as you've learned to recognize a few familiar birds, you can start using their sizes to measure birds you don't know. These three common shorebirds – the colorful Ruddy Turnstone, tall Willet, and tiny Sanderling – are a great place to start.
Use size and shape to find the full range of species hiding in a large flock. Amid all these orange-billed Royal Terns are a handful of much smaller Sandwich Terns. If you keep looking, you'll also notice a giant Herring Gull in the background, as well as several smaller Laughing Gulls to the right and behind it.
A mixed group of gulls can be a real advantage when you're making identifications. Here, the enormous Great Black-backed Gulls make the few Herring Gulls behind them seem almost dainty. You almost don't even notice the rarity, a tiny Black-headed Gull from Europe, down in the front row.
Size and shape can be very useful for birds in flight, even for large, unruly flocks. Grackles, blackbirds, cowbirds, and starlings often flock together, but you can learn to tell them apart quickly. In this photo, look for short-tailed, sharp-winged European Starlings among the large, long-tailed Common Grackles.
For instance, if you're looking at a gull you don't recognize, it's a start to notice that it's larger than a more familiar bird, such as a Ring-billed Gull, that's standing right next to it. For some groups of birds, including shorebirds, seabirds, and waterfowl, using a known bird as a ruler is a crucial identification technique.
After you've taken note of a bird's overall size and shape, there's still plenty
of room to hone your identification. Turn your attention to the size and shape of
individual body parts. Here you'll find clues to how the bird lives its life: what
it eats, how it flies, and where it lives.
Let's start with an easy one. The pelican's nearly foot-long fish net of a bill
is a good reminder of the dazzling variety of bill shapes in the bird world.
Brown Pelican ©
Hummingbirds use their long, slender, sometimes curved bills to get at nectar hidden
deep inside flowers.
Allen's Hummingbird ©
Pigeons have surprisingly short bills for such large birds. They mainly use
them for picking up small seeds and swallowing them whole.
Rock Pigeon © Darin
Most woodpecker bills are straight, strong, and sharp, helping the birds drill into
wood and pry apart bark.
Red-bellied Woodpecker ©
William Jobes
Northern Flickers have unusual bills for woodpeckers. Their slightly arched bills
help them dig into the ground after ants, a major food source.
Northern Flicker ©
Darin Ziegler
Chickadee bills are short, stubby all-purpose tools used for delving into crevices
and cones, catching insects, and hammering at seeds.
Black-capped Chickadee ©
Laura Erickson
Though nuthatches are similar in size to chickadees, their bills are much longer
and more pointed – better for prying and pecking.
Red-breasted Nuthatch ©
Mike Wisnicki
Wren bills are long, very slender, and often slightly curved.
Bewick's Wren © Tripp Davenport
Flycatchers have broad, flat bills surrounded by bristle-like feathers that help
them catch insects on the wing.
Eastern Phoebe ©
Tripp Davenport
Thrush bills are straight and pointed, used for catching insects or plucking berries.
Hermit Thrush ©
Laura Erickson
Thrashers have long bills that can be strongly curved. They use them to flick aside
leaves in the understory looking for insects.
Curve-billed Thrasher ©
Sam Wilson
Shrikes are remarkable songbirds that catch lizards, insects, and small mammals.
Their strongly hooked bills reflect their carnivorous lifestyle.
Loggerhead Shrike ©
Ken Schneider
Vireos are small birds seen among leaves and tree branches. They often look like
warblers, but their bills are thicker and very slightly hooked.
Red-eyed Vireo ©
Byard Miller
Warblers have straight, slender, pointed bills that they use to grab caterpillars
and other insects from leaves and branches.
Yellow Warbler ©
Any bird with a short, thick-based, conical bill spends a lot of its time cracking
and eating seeds. Sparrows have moderately sized seed-eating bills.
Chipping Sparrow ©
Michael Hogan
Finches have conical, seed-cracking bills of many sizes. Notice how this siskin's
bill is longer and more slender than the goldfinch's behind it.
Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch ©
Eddie Callaway
Grosbeaks have extremely heavy and powerful beaks that make short work of hard-shelled
seeds. They are famous among bird banders for giving painful bites.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak ©
Eric T. Black
Crossbills slip their curious-shaped bills into closed pine cones. As the bird opens
its bill, the tips pry apart the cone's scales, allowing the tongue to dart out
and grab a seed.
Red Crossbill ©
Start with the bill – that all-purpose tool that functions as a bird's hands, pliers,
knitting needles, knife-and-fork, and bullhorn. A flycatcher's broad, flat, bug-snatching
bill looks very different from the thick, conical nut-smasher of a finch. Notice
the slightly downcurved bills of the Northern Flickers in your backyard. That's
an unusual shape for a woodpecker's bill, but perfect for a bird that digs into
the ground after ants, as flickers often do.
Bills are an invaluable clue to identification – but tail shape and wing shape are important, too. Even subtle differences in head shape, neck length, and body shape can all yield useful insights if you study them carefully.
Noticing details like these can help you avoid classic identification mistakes.
An Ovenbird is a common eastern warbler that has tricked many a bird watcher into
thinking it's a thrush. The field marks are certainly thrush-like: warm brown above,
strongly streaked below; even a crisp white eyering. But look at overall shape
and size rather than field marks, and you'll see the body plan of a warbler: plump,
compact body, short tail and wings, thin, pointed, insect-grabbing bill.
This is the most powerful way to use a bird's size for identification. It's hard
to judge a lone bird's size, and an unusual posture can make shape hard to interpret.
But you can always measure key body parts – wings, bill, tail, legs – against the
bird itself.
Downy and Hairy woodpeckers have almost identical markings and occur in many of the same habitats. One of the best ways to tell them apart is to judge the length of the bill compared to the head. The Downy Woodpecker's is on the small side, measuring only about half the length of its head. The Hairy's is long and sturdy, about the same length as the head.
The two common accipiters of North America, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks, are difficult to tell apart in the field. One useful trait is the size of the head compared with the rest of the body. The Sharp-shinned Hawk has a small head that barely protrudes ahead of the wings. The somewhat larger Cooper's Hawk has a much more prominent head.
Look for details like how long the bird's bill is relative to the head – a great way to tell apart Downy and Hairy woodpeckers as well as Greater and Lesser yellowlegs, but useful with other confusing species, too. Judging how big the head is compared to the rest of the body helps with separating Cooper's Hawks from Sharp-shinned Hawks in flight.
Get in the habit of using the bird itself as a ruler, and you'll be amazed at how much information you can glean from each view. Good places to start include noting how long the legs are; how long the neck is; how far the tail extends past the body; and how far the primary feathers of the wing end along the tail (or past the tail).
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Planet, I guess I missed this but can your mom not hold him even when she's sitting down? I would imagine that will be very challenging for a variety of reasons. I'm not trying to freak you out but what if there was an emergency? Could she pick him up at all?
Cordelia, good to hear the anatomy scan went well
Cananny, no, we will wait until baby arrives to find out the sex....we love the surprise, it's super exciting and at least for DD's birth really added to an awesome experience
seraf, I appreciate your optimism!
We are now looking for a friend who can watch him for the second half of the day. So my mom can still have her time, just not got a full 9 hrs...
Planet, I would still let your mom have a day or two alone with him unless she is uncomfortable with it. Babies are very different when their parents are home, especially when their parents are home but not responding to them. Just because he doesn't go to sleep on the bed or in a rocker or stroller for you doesn't mean he won't for her. Our solution to the bottle thing was just to offer it when the milkies were out of the house. My older kids refused bottles. That meant Ari went 10 hour days without milk starting at 5 months. She was offered bottles, cups and solids. If he has already successfully taken bottles, he will come around again probably. One other thing about milk, do you taste it? If I freeze milk immediately after pumping, it tastes sweet when thawed and served. If I leave it in the fridge for a day before serving it, it has a funky (soapy?) aftertaste. Sara's does the same. They boys took one suck on a yucky bottle while Sara was out of town and they refused the next several bottles.
seraf... your milk probally has high lipase .. ive had several moms I have worked for who had this same issue.. the fix is to scald the milk just a little bit.. then freeze it...
heres one article about it
:) my last night nanny family had this problem and she was able to scald the milk and then freeze and the baby would drink it again :)
I actually tried scalding milk a few babies ago. It didn't seem to help for us. O says he remembers nursing with his mama with the SNS and said that he didn't like it because the milk tasted funny. He was under a year and he still took it, so I'm not sure what that means exactly.
Has anyone heard anything from AmandaHope or LibraryLady recently? I've been wondering how they are doing.
Hi to everyone else!
AFM: Our 15-month-old is never a great sleeper, but he is having an especially tough time this week. It's hard--we're not willing to let him cry much, and since he reverse-cycles I want him to get as much breast milk as he needs, but I am tired. My current hope is that at some point in the next year I will sleep 6 hours in a row.
Funny you should ask...
I had fallen out of the habit of checking this board, in part because I'm trying to finish my book manuscript this spring (finally, and as required to keep my job...), but I'd been missing you all and wondering about all the newbies, so I came over to check in and found your message, Esher. I was so happy to see you here! And Max! (so sorry about the heartbreaking adoption news, though...). And many other familiar folks, along with all the newer members whom I'm looking forward to getting to know. I'm on the Facebook MDC board and depend on it for help with parenting issues...mostly Lilah's sleep challenges. But I like the longer updates here and the other people. So I'm back!
Brief intro for those who need it:
Name/Username? AHope
Who is in your family? Me (37), DP (39), DD1 (akaZ) age 10, and DD2 (Lilah) age 18 months.
What pronouns do you and your family members use? she all around (even the dog, though who knows? maybe she'd prefer he)
If you're pregnant, when are you due? sadly, no. I loved being pregnant both times and really miss it some days, but we are DONE!
If you already have kids, tell us two interesting things about each of them.
Z: She still adores taking baths, especially bubble baths with Lilah; she is learning Mandarin.
L: She just started experimenting with plurals and possessives; she is obsessed with music of all kinds whenever she is awake.
If you work outside the home (or inside the home at something other than parenting), what do you do?
I'm an assistant professor of Women's Studies and History.
If you stay home with your kids, what do your days tend to look like?
Some days I wish I did, though I suspect I'm not cut out for it. My dream job would be my current one, but only half time and on the west coast. (I'm a Seattle girl stuck in the midwest because of my career).
What are your favorite things to do when you're not working/doing the grunt work of parenting?
Singing songs and dancing around the living room with my girls; yoga (though I find it hard, both physically and mentally); hanging out in bed talking with DP (which happens rarely); visiting friends and family on the west coast; skiing.
Partner of 17 yrs to DP, Mommy to 10-yr-old Z , and Lilah Nyx, born 7/24/11 .
Hi AmandaHope! I guess I am new and have never filled this out:
Name/Username? bigfoot
Who is in your family? me (36), DW (username mrsandmrs, 30), the teenager (16 and learning to drive, ack!)
What pronouns do you and your family members use? she, she, he
If you're pregnant, when are you due? DW is due early September with twins (so perhaps late August?)
If you already have kids, tell us two interesting things about each of them.
Our little nerd is a Knowledge Bowl superstar. When he was born one of the first things the doctor said was, "This baby has dimples!"
If you work outside the home (or inside the home at something other than parenting), what do you do?
I am a 911 dispatcher. It's a pretty cool job. Never a dull day at work, unless it is a dull day and I get to read a book. So never a dull day.
If you stay home with your kids, what do your days tend to look like?
I wish! But I have alternating 3 and 4 day weekends and look forward to lots of long, fun days with the twins.
What are your favorite things to do when you're not working/doing the grunt work of parenting?
Cooking, baking, taking photos, going on road trips, growing food, taking DW on dates, family movie dates, watching chicken TV in the backyard.
Wow, just realized that I have not been around in months!! Life has been busy arond here :) We are now 19 weeks pregnant & found out that we are having a baby BOY!! So thrilled and excited! Time is just fying by with this pregnancy. I am going to try and catch up here somewhat, hope al is well with everyone!! I will do my best to be around more often. <3
April & Jenn--Mommy & Mama To Three Kiddos, DS-17 DS-14 & DD-12 Rest in Peace sweet Elliana, our DD who was stillborn 10-1-11. You will forever be our Sunshine Cautiously anticipating our rainbow baby on the 4th of July!!
Hi Tourneymama! Congratulations on the baby boy! Feel free to join us over on the new February/March thread. I will also add you to the July due dates if that's ok with you.
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Thanks Pokey! I will head out of here and try to find that one!! Congrats on your boy also!! I did get to read far enough back to see what you were having ;)
April & Jenn--Mommy & Mama To Three Kiddos, DS-17 DS-14 & DD-12 Rest in Peace sweet Elliana, our DD who was stillborn 10-1-11. You will forever be our Sunshine Cautiously anticipating our rainbow baby on the 4th of July!!
Thank you!
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"I don't think there's anything for me at the lightweight division," he told MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps). "I already beat everyone at lightweight or I fought everyone already. The only person who beat me was Ben, and Gil's going to handle him Saturday. I'm going to sit around and fight the guys all over again? Boring. There's no motivation in that. I'd rather fight someone new."
In fact, since winning "The Ultimate Fighter 5," Diaz has fought 13 times at 155 pounds and posted a 9-4 record. But his most recent bout ended in a decision loss to Henderson. With a Henderson rematch unlikely anytime soon, and since he figures Melendez will dethrone him anyway, he's looking elsewhere for his future.
Diaz said the move has everything to do with compelling matchups and nothing to do with the weight cuts needed to get down to 156 pounds.
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Formed in 2007 by 24 women representing the medical, legal, educational, realty, insurance and banking professions, Appalachian Women's Fund (AWF) has contributed over $300,000 in grants to women in need in the mountains of North Carolina.
On Friday night, Nov. 16, Kay McCloskey, member of the AWF board of directors, opened her home as a venue for a "Friend-raising" event.
The event's purpose was to celebrate achievements of the AWF and bring women together to discuss women's issues such as domestic violence and other forms of abuse, and the resources available to those who decide to assert their independence from damaging relationships.
McCloskey said she got invlolved with the AWF by attending a Women of Vision luncheon at which Liz Murray spoke. Murray's inspiring memoir "Breaking Night" was the basis of the television movie "Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story."
"While women's issues have always been important to me, this particular story just blew me away. This woman's determination was so inspirational. So many women are determined, but just don't get the breaks. The Appalachian Women's Fund helps women get those breaks," said McCloskey.
President of the Board of Directors Jean Brooks said, "The goal of the Appalachian Women's Fund is to build a network of women who will work together to identify and address needs in all parts of the county….We would like to spread our influence through members in Ashe. We have huge ambitions for ourselves, and the only way we can make them happen is to grow membership here."
Executive Director Parker Stevens said that the AWF serves eight counties and works closely with agencies for abused women, assisting them through grants and volunteer projects. Stevens gave statistics about the status of women in the area, beginning with the fact that 20 percent of women are living in poverty, which translates to one in five. "That's pretty astounding," said Stevens.
She went on to say 50 percent of single mothers live in poverty, on average, women in this area make 75 cents to every dollar men make, and the median income for a female head-of-household is around $21,000 per year. Also, the average childcare expenses are more than college tuition.
Parker said last year 2,000 women sought services from domestic violence and sexual assault programs. "The problems are vast and funding is limited, which is why it is so important there are organizations to address these issues."
Last year, grants from the AWF funded many projects including building a women's dorm for the Hospitality House, paying for extra staff in women's shelters and providing summer school scholarships to first generation college students. "We take care to figure out where programs are making an impact," said Stevens.
One of the agencies benefited by the AWF is A Safe Home for Everyone (ASHE), which provides services and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault to help them escape and recover from abusive environments. Among the services provided by ASHE are crisis assistance, shelter, court advocacy and accompaniment, support groups and counseling services, educational programs and training and financial assistance for survivors to become self-sufficient.
Robin Falkner, program director for ASHE, said, "Our first priority is to serve the needs of women in the county." She said ASHE served 218 clients during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, 173 women and 45 children. 167 of those served were new clients. The shelter served 23 women and 23 children.
"The fact that there are so many new clients does not mean that domestic abuse is increasing, but that more women are hearing that there is a resource. It is a positive thing that women are reaching out for help," said Falkner.
Some of these resources might not be available without the help of organizations like the AWF. Falkner said, "We were able to pay the cost of the crisis line with grants from the Appalachian Women's Fund. There were 114 calls last year just to the emergency crisis line."
"What we do at ASHE is provide options and information. We're the generalist that connects women to specialists and resources," said Falkner.
Another source of funding for ASHE is the Threads of Hope thrift store located on East Main Street in Jefferson next to Becky's Hair Boutique. Tonya Roark, supervisor of Threads of Hope, said it is not just a store, but a place to spread the message of what ASHE does. The store not only sells items to the public, but also donates clothing to ASHE clients. Roark described Threads of Hope as an upscale thrift store boutique. "Last year, we served 31 clients, giving them over $1,000 worth of clothing," said Roark.
"The empowerment women feel when someone tells them they need to get something nice for themselves, then being able to go into the store and pick out items of their own choosing that look good on them is amazing. Being able to get clothes for a job interview or household items when moving to a new violence-free home is very important to them," Roark said.
Falkner said, "Women come to us sometimes with just the clothing on their backs, and when we're developing a plan for them, you hear the hopelessness in their voices when they think they have nothing. It feels good to be able to say to them, 'It's okay, we have a store where you can go and get what you need.' Empowerment is an integral piece in their healing process. Making decisions for themselves without being controlled or given strict parameters is a big deal for abused women."
Making a difference in the lives of women is what Appalachian Women's fund does every day. For more information about the organization or for volunteer opportunities, visit www.appalachianwomensfund.org.


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The Food Lab: Easy Sausage and Kale Soup With Black-Eyed Peas
Unraveling the mysteries of home cooking through science.
It's time for another round of The Food Lab. Got a suggestion for an upcoming topic? Email Kenji here, and he'll do his best to answer your queries in a future post. Become a fan of The Food Lab on Facebook or follow it on Twitter for play-by-plays on future kitchen tests and recipe experiments.
Editor's Note: All month, the soup's on, with over a dozen new recipes coming at you for everything from simple 15-minute meals, to updated homemade versions of the canned classics you loved as a kid, to all-dayers that are hearty enough to eat like a meal. Check out all the recipes right here, and be sure to come back—we'll be updating all month!
I don't have much to say about this recipe other than it's delicious and it's ridiculously simple to execute, which may mean that this will be the shortest Food Lab post EVER. Fancy that!
The trick to this recipe is to start with a crazy flavorful ingredient—Italian sausage—add to it a few other crazy flavorful aromatics—garlic, rosemary, and lemon zest—then cook it all down with a couple of ingredients that just love sopping up flavor—dried beans and kale.
Ok, there are a few more tricks than that, like soaking the beans in salted water overnight in order to improve their texture (the salt weakens the structure of the beans' skins, which allows it them tenderize more effectively when simmering later on), or adding the rosemary and lemon zest in two stages: once at the beginning to flavor the broth, and once just before serving to give your soup a punch of flavor at the end. But really, it's simple. I swear.
The last key to good flavor here? Really, really good olive oil drizzled over the top at the end. Break out the fancy stuff. Now is the time.
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The Ashe County Board of Education has announced that Mr. Donnie Johnson has agreed to serve as the interim superintendent of Ashe County Schools for the remainder of this school year.
Johnson served as superintendent of Ashe County Schools from 1999 until his retirement in 2009.
"The school system is fortunate to have a person of Mr. Johnson's caliber and character to provide stability through this transition period," said Charles King, chairman of the Ashe BOE.
Johnson appointment comes after current Ashe County Schools Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves announced his resignation last week to accept a similar position with the Surry County Schools.
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