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Cosy Apartment by Vatican City
Size60 m²
Floor No.5(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Family/child friendly
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
Accommodation summary
|via Santamaura, 00192 Roma, Italy
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|2 weeks ago
The apartment has been designed using modern comforts to provide a cosy atmosphere. A double bed and ample storage space can be found within the master bedroom, as well as a desk with a TV and a computer equipped with free internet. The living area has a double sofa bed and a single sofa bed, and also contains a dining table and an open plan kitchenette.
Ottaviano Metro Station is a 5-minute walk away. Walk for 8 minutes' to Piazza Risorgimento Square to find bus lines, or continue along Via Cola di Rienzo Street to discover many shops. At the end of the street is the Piazza del Popolo Square which is a 10-minute walk from the Spanish Steps.
Round the corner from the apartment is a supermarket, the Trionfale Market which is famous for its fresh food, and several restaurants.
House rulesPlease treat the apartment as you would your own home.
An obligatory city tax of €3.50 per guest per night applies for a maximum of 10 days. The fee does not apply to children under the age of 10.
A €35 cleaning fee is required.
A refundable €200 security deposit is required.
Guests must leave a copy of their valid ID with the host on check-in.
A €30 fee is required for check-in after 9:00 pm.
Bed linens and towels are provided.
For bookings longer than a week, a free house cleaning service and a linen change is provided.
A free baby cot and high chair are available on request.
A babysitting service is available.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 16 CA per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
|1 year
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Reviews of this property
Manuela's apartment is cosy and equipped with everything you need for a short - or even longer - stay. One other big plus is that it is right outside the walls of the Vatican Museum and close to the Metro line A. There is also a Farmer's market nearby and a supermarket for those who are less adventurous food-wise.
And Manuela is nice. She answered all of the questions I had sent her by e-mail before our trip. She also tried to get tickets for us to the papal Mass on Wednesday. That alone is more than many hosts would do.
Lovely apartment! Great communication and information on finding and gaining access to the apartment. Although in a busy, sound insulation was good, and air conditioning worked perfectly. Metro is quite close, and so are coffee shops and restaurants.
The apartment is fully self contained, and with fresh markets close by, it can be a real home away from home.
Highly recommended, and a nice base to explore Rome.
Phil and Hülya
We spent a lovely stay, especially with the Manuela apartment, next to the Vatican. Organized by genuine Italian ingenuity, it is more pleasant to live. Cleanliness is also the rendezvous, and if the street is fleeting, the building is a very appreciable calm.
I highly recommend this address that allows the discovery of this beautiful city in optimal conditions
Gisele and Daniel
Nous avons passe un superbe séjour, du en particulier à l'appartement de Manuela, voisin du Vatican. Organisé selon une ingéniosité toute italienne, il est des plus agréables à vivre. La propreté est aussi au rendez-vous, et si la rue est passagère, l'immeuble est d'un calme très appréciable.
Je recommande vivement cette adresse qui permet la découverte de cette ville magnifique dans des conditions optimales
Gisèle et Daniel
Nice, clean and comfortable apartment.
Good location.
Very friendly owner Manuela
Mooi , net en gerieflijk appartement.
Goede ligging.
Zeer vriendelijke eigenares Manuela
We are a couple at the age of 50 and 60 years. We had a very nice stay in the appartment 2 minutes from Vatican City. Everything was clean and we felt very much like home. Manuela is so helpfull and we can only give our best recomandations. We wil be back in the new year.
Dorthe and Frands, Denmark.
I have to say that I have spent 4 days in a very cozy apartment and at a strategic point.
Ms Manuela was very kind and has always made available throughout.
I recommend everyone to take advantage of this opportunity.
Devo dire di aver trascorso 4 giorni in un appartamento molto accogliente e in un punto strategico.
la sig.ra Manuela è stata gentilissima e si è sempre resa disponibile in tutto.
consiglio a tutti di sfruttare questa opportunità.
House very nice, bright, spotlessly clean, with all amenities, very fresh, in an ideal location close to shops, restaurants and bus and Metro to easily access any part of Rome. In addition Manuela and her husband are two lovely people that make your stay in Rome even more 'enjoyable and unforgettable.
Casa molto bella, luminosa, pulitissima, dotata di tutte le comodità, freschissima, in una posizione ideale vicina a negozi, ristoranti e ad autobus e metropolitana per raggiungere facilmente ogni punto di Roma. Inoltre Manuela e suo marito sono due persone squisite che rendono il soggiorno a Roma ancora piu' piacevole ed indimenticabile.
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Is Obstructionism an American value?
Original post made by Kentucky Mitch, another community, on Aug 2, 2013
Mitch said this, while America was in the deepest throes of the Bush Great Recession, losing 800,000 jobs in the month before Obama was inaugurated: �The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president�
More important than American jobs, Mitch?
Well, after five years of No, McConnell's term is up, and guess what?
The deepest of red states, Kentucky, is where the President suffered his biggest margin of defeat (60%-38%). McConnell, as the incumbent senior senator from Kentucky, the state that thinks Rand Paul is qualified to be a senator, should be an easy ride to reelection. Mitch has already railroaded Ashley Judd out of the race with negative advertising before she even announced a candidacy.
So how badly is Mitch beating a second tier Democrat in the reddest state in our great Union? The two most recent polls, from this week:
- PPP (some claim left bias): Grimes leading McConnell, 45-44 Web Link
- Mellman (Grimes internal): Grimes leading McConnell, 44-42 Web Link
No word from McConnell internal polling this week. They're obstructing it for some reason. Obstruction by habit, Mitch? Or is it that bad?
Americans want action on the economy and jobs. They do not want today's vote on obamacare - the 40th useless House vote (yes, FORTY TIMES - see Einsteins definition of insanity) to repeal the law that prevents insurance companies from implementing the dreaded "pre-exisiting conditions" rule on Americans in need of medical care.
Get to work Mitch, pass some laws that HELP AMERICANS. Stop fighting our President, he already won. Keep up the obstructionism, and you may not be able to say the same about yourself.
Obstructionism is not an American value.
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a resident of Gunn High School
on Aug 2, 2013 at 11:28 am
No way. What you call obstruction is as American as the Constitution.
And senate races are what they are, not like the gerrymandered house districts we have in some states, though one could argue that each state getting two senators regardless of size, was the original gerrymander.
Wyoming = half a million = two senators
Calif = 38 million = two senators
Elbridge Gerry must have thought highly of the way it worked out. Certainly the Southern slave states were ecstatic.
McConnell wins. Both parties dump a ton of cash into it, as the republicans don't want to have their leader Daschle'd. They gloated mightily on that one.
Nothing to see here.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 2, 2013 at 2:28 pm
bru is a registered user.
This is the reason Republicans can wield as much power as they do, it is a corruption of democracy from the word go to allow tiny insignificant states with small populations and easily corruptible local and state governments to make the marginal difference in the whole of the United States.
Sounds like we need half a million Californians to hold their noses and move to Wyoming.
I'd be so happy to see Mitch McConnell have to get an honest job. Wonder if he's tough enough mine coal?
a resident of Mountain View
on Aug 2, 2013 at 2:37 pm
maguro_01 is a registered user.
Senator Mitch McConnell's state is part of the Confederate culture area and is on welfare using Texas and Blue State funding through Washington. The whole Confederate culture area is on welfare except for Texas with the most expensive states per capita being in the Deep South.
I remember when the Neocons claimed as justification for the last Iraq War that they would reform the place and parachute Democracy into the Middle Eastern Sandtrap. Yet the US has not been able to develop Mississippi in the 148 years since the Civil War. It has less than 3 million population. In fact, the Confederate culture area from the border states to the core actually lowers US life expectancy enough to give the US the lowest of all the Western developed countries. Yet we spend twice per capita overall than anywhere on earth for medical care. Mississippi has a county where the male life expectancy is between 66 and 67, lower than many developing countries. Since the Civil Rights acts of the 1960's that restored citizenship to Black Americans the core South, especially, has been totally Republican.
McConnell's party in general is no longer Conservative either. It's primary incompatible factions are the Confederates and the Tea Party groups. The latter originated from some Astroturf groups funded by the medical insurance industry, if memory serves. Of course it has outgrown that, but it's no wonder its present funders want anonymity. It's known who funded the Swift Boats campaign, but it's not known yet who funds the Birthers. Both, of course, are Astroturf as are an undetermined number of Tea Party groups. I don't doubt the sincerity of many individuals we hear from.
The Confederates are very regional and seem to want to return the US to the Articles of Confederation. Their movement to throttle Washington with Starve The Beast attacks when they themselves are kept in Hush Puppies through Washington programs is a puzzle to some extent. That would explain why they want to remain part of the United States. However, if they no longer had the funding available they would most likely drive out and North their lowest income, oldest, and sickest residents to balance the budget. They did something similar in the late 1950's and into the 1960's with unemployed agricultural workers, mostly Black, which they regard as an historic success.
It might seem reasonable for the US to pay less attention to the world and develop and assimilate the Confederate culture area within hanging around since the Civil War. However, cultures are very resistant and no one has any idea how to do that. It's basically another country and always was. One possibility that China has shown may work would be to overrun it with immigrants from, say, Mexico, Asia, and the rest of the US.
The primary Constitutional reform that the US requires is to end, or nearly end, the institutionalized corruption of the Washington Pay-To-Play political system. There is no Jefferson's Wall between politics and money in the first place because of the need to bring the slave states and their system into the Revolution and new country to succeed. But after the inevitable Civil War the corrupt system had become so entrenched that it was never reformed. The US cannot be successful in this century without that reform. The present system also gives the lie to most of whatever the US says in the world about democracy and free markets.
The present Washington gridlock and wars implemented by McConnell and Boehner also suggest that another Amendment might be to replace the Congress/Presidency with a modern Parliamentary system after examining those of the rest of the world. But reforming the corruption needs to be first priority. Both our politics and our economy would have a Renaissance.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 3, 2013 at 11:02 pm
bru is a registered user.
> But reforming the corruption needs to be first priority.
The very problem has been carefully and deliberately built - strongly and purposefully on the cornerstone, the weakest part of the cornerstone, but the very cornerstone nevertheless of the Constitution, and the indefensible is defended by hiding behind this almost perfectly genius document. What evil genius that took.
I don't see reform, or even an objective discussion about this coming any time soon ... does anyone else? Even though most would like to see the electoral college eliminated there is not even any way that is going to happen. We have reached the limits of our flexibility as a nation, and this nation was supposed to be conceived in hopes of being able to evolve past limitations in our Constitution.
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text: You couldn't help but feel sorry for the Saints after Katrina hit. It forced them to play in our stadium. ( But beating them then was like stepping on your kid brothers head, while he was asleep ) But that was then, this is now. After winning their SB, and embarrassing the Giants on national TV. We get them out of their " Comfort Zone " I hope we bust them up, but good on Dec. 9th


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By the same token, I don't feel any real negative emotions towards the niners or ravens. 2008 erased any lingering animosity over the lost super bowl (remember Jacobs trucking Lewis?), while last season did the same for the niners. It's a blank slate for the most part, and the 2000 and 2002 teams are almost entirely different.
For me, this SB is a war of ideologies: the stationary pocket passer vs the mobile option QB/running game combo. Flacco is starting to become an Eli clone, in his demeanor and how he approaches the game. Ray Lewis, while he has a checkered-to-dark past to say the least, is trying to go out in Strahan-like fashion. Ray Rice reminds me of rookie Bradshaw a little too... lots of fire and youth there. Honestly, at this point, i'm going to have to root for the Ravens.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
Hmm, that Bradshaw comparison is a bit of an insult to Rice. They're both the same age, too.
I like Flacco so I'll root for the Ravens. Don't really care about Lewis.
Hopefully it's tough-going for the Niners, if only to see more of Jim Harbaugh's over-the-top, sideline histronics.
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I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by MotownPride, Sep 7, 2010.
And I'm even home on 10/10 for the draft. Keen.
I don't think that this is the draft date
26 days, 4 hours and 18 minutes and 8 seconds according to Yahoo. 17 minutes and 50 seconds... got to hit submit.......
Yep, I do enforce a weekly move maximum. It will be the same as last year. I'll post all of the settings soon. So far the only change appears to be the number of GMs and the new day of free agent option (should we choose to implement)
It likely will be the draft date unless there is a massive uproar from the managers.
In case you were curious, this is the 6th Year of the Advanced Fantasy Basketball League! Below I have listed the top 3 finishers of each year since the 2004-2005 season. A couple things jump out at you when you look at the list. There have only been 3 champions in the 5 year history of the league. Pretty impressive. #1Pistonsfan and TWOTIMESRALPHI have dominated the Advanced league with 2 back to back championships a piece, but LA Dre has finished in the top 3 more than any manager in Pistons Forum Advanced League history. Webz has also been impressive with 2 top 3 finishes in 5 years. If we can somehow coax #1Pistonsfan out of retirement this could be one of the most interesting fantasy basketball seasons ever! Will we have our first 3 time champion? Will LA Dre join the illustrious 2 ring club and make a bid for greatest PF.Com fantasy basketball manager ever? Will Webz finally break through in win the big one? Or will someone else emerge as champ? Should be an exciting season! Gentlemen...and ladies, please start your engines! 2004-2005 - Champion - #1 2nd - Old Miser's Squad 3rd - FD 2005-2006 - Champion - #1 2nd - Rancho Drebabys 3rd - Webz Wombats 2006-2007 - Champion - Rancho Drebabys 2nd - VanSmack 3rd - Winless Hustlers 2007-2008 - Champion - Rapid Wien Sektion B 2nd - Webz Wombats 3rd - Jammer's Time 2008-2009 - Champion - Rapid Wien Sektion B 2nd - Loanshark 3rd - Rancho Drebabys
Know wonder I was being referred to as Joe Dumars, getting to the final four, but have only broke through once.... Look out Ralphie!!
bringt it on guys, now that Ralphi declared to come back the way is pathed for the first 3-peat in Advanced League History! I've done my homework already - WHEN IS THE DRAFT???
Any chance to get in both the advanced and novice league? If the advanced league needs more people, count me in! If not, I'll just blow through the novice league again, and move up next year.
Of course we'd love to have the current novice league champ in the big boy league! However, you will have to completely make the jump from novice. Novice is designed for those who are new to fantasy basketball. The intent of that league has always been to provide an outlet for those that don't have much experience. It's easy to get discouraged by a relentless group of GMs who already have the game relatively mastered . So, if you are truly ready for the big boys then you can't continue to play with Junior Varsity. If you feel you still need to polish your skills and defend your Novice League title, that is completely understandable as well. Just let me know, but decide quickly because spots get swallowed up pretty quickly in this league. Good luck!
You should play in Advanced, you're obviously too good to play in Novice again.
Oh, the Big Dog is too scared to come play against the puppies again this year? Didn't you swan-dive almost right out of playoff contention in the last week of the season?
My Squirrels basically handed the Freethrowers our playoff spot and Hita took advantage. We thought we had the #7 spot on lockdown the last week of the season and my coach took the team on a week-long pub-crawl. Some alcohol/drug related related arrests were made and a few of our guys found themselves in various 12-step programs. ...and of course, we just missed the playoffs. Hita, I hope you go slumming down in Novice again this year so my Squirrels can kick the (expletive) out of your guys!
Oh, and Hita - He's not talking about basketball.
I think it is apparent I need to defend my title. I will see you Advanced teams next year though, thanks!
I think the Novice champ should be obliged to compete with the bigger fellas. I mean, this is like someone from Development-League declining a max contract from an NBA team because he wants to win a ship with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Where are these GMs?
After I win this year, I will move up next year. But, hey, even I will admit that my victory last year COULD have been a fluke. We shall see after this year! I did have the number one draft pick, and Lebron did help me quite a bit.
I had one season in Novice before I got to the Advanced; don't let MotownPrides intimidate you, he's probably trying to avoid getting pounded by a rookie. :D
Ha! I welcomed him to the league with open arms, Ralphi. I love the competition! And as for you... I wouldn't be so cocky Ralphie, you have a target on your back!
I second that.
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bunch 'o shock friggin jocks on here
we dont win SB 46 without him ... and ask a team like the Eagles how many 1st round picks they would give up for 1 Lombardi trophy ... im guessing between 5 and 10
Apologize to Melo 5
Maybe Prince needs to throw him into a cold tub to wake him up
Because our defensive line depends on one player only - JPP.
For anyone thinking that JPP has been off his game, e seems to be attacking his man pretty well. It's the rest of the defensive-line that's been awful.
It doesn't take one guy for the defensive-line to be good. When you're rushing one side and getting no help anywhere else(no distribution), JPP will seem like a slacker.
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I still think Tuck is trying to get some of the "dirty jobs" done (in terms of contain etc.) but Osi strikes me as only being interested in the Hollywood plays that gets him numbers and kudos.
It's a team game and JPP and Tuck are team players, but the point about getting an effective pass rush is valid, especially with the beat up secondary.
"When I was 15, I could not believe how dumb my father was.....when I was 25, I could not believe how much he had learned in 10 years"
1st to use the phrase "In Reese we trust"
That's right, because great players make everyone around them better and clearly the guys around him aren't better!
this was a sarcastic thread title, JPP's still a beast.


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Thief Admits Identity Scam Used to get $300,000 in Student Loans
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona announced that on January 20, 2004, JOHN EDWARD CHRISTENSEN, (D.O.B. 4-21-41), of Mesa, Arizona, pled guilty to one count of Student Aid Fraud and one count of Identity Theft, in federal district court in Phoenix, Arizona. Christensen also admitted the forfeiture allegations of the indictment.
CHRISTENSEN had been charged with violating Title 20 of the United States Code, Section 1097, Student Aid Fraud, Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B) (Social Security Fraud), Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(1) (Access Device Fraud) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7) (Identity Theft).
According to the indictment in the case, beginning in 1999 and continuing until September 2003, CHRISTENSEN devised a scheme to use the personal identifying information of others as though it were his own, thereby concealing from lenders, schools, and the United States Department of Education the number and status of loans and other forms of student aid he had already received. According to the indictment CHRISTENSEN used more than 50 different identities to obtain about $313,416. The personal information he used typically pertained to prison inmates serving long prison sentences. The indictment also sought forfeiture of more than $58,000 from 10 bank accounts, $11,600 in U.S. currency found during searches, a house, and a car, all alleged to be proceeds of the scheme to defraud.
According to the complaint filed previously in this case, Christensen arrived at Mesa Community College on September 2, 2003, to claim an student financial aid check under the name of Frank Morgan. Staff at the Financial Aid Office recognized Christensen as the same person who had claimed an aid check under the name George Aikens, and called campus security. Christensen took off on foot shortly after security arrived, but was caught by campus security and Mesa Police. Christensen then produced identification in the name of Joseph Bruce, and had in his possession identification in the names Frank Morgan and Donald Joy, according to the complaint. According to the complaint, student loans were applied for or obtained in six different names (Frank Morgan, Donald Joy, George Aikens, Joseph Bruce, Paul Reed, and John Dubalski), at three local community colleges (Mesa Community College, Maricopa Community College, and Scottsdale Community College).
A conviction for Student Aid Fraud carries a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment, a $20,000 fine or both. A conviction for Identity Theft carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine or both. Thus Christensen faces a potential sentence of 20 years and $270,000 fine. Because of his admission of the forfeiture allegations, he faces forfeiture of his house, his car, computer and electronic equipment, and forfeiture of nearly $70,000 in cash and bank accounts.
CHRISTENSEN has been detained since his arrest on September 2, 2003.
Sentencing is set before Judge Roslyn O. Silver on March 22, 2004.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Education, the Office of Inspector General of the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, the Mesa Police Department, and College Safety, Mesa Community College.
The prosecution is being handled by Daniel R. Drake, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.


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You — or your neighbor — may do it at home, but now area restaurants, hospitals, schools, and grocery stores are also reducing their waste and producing rich soil by turning food scraps and paper products into compost.
Brett Richardson, 34 and Greg Williams, 41, met as graduate students at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service. Three years ago their business proposal — to create a company that would reduce food waste, divert recyclable materials from landfills and incinerators, and create enriched soil — took first place in the USM Student Business Plan competition. They received $25,000 in start-up money and in-kind help to form the company they now call Resurgam Zero Food Waste.
"Portland is an ideal place for composting," Richardson says. "It is a community with good consciousness, 250 restaurants, universities, hospitals, supermarkets, and expensive solid-waste costs. It is a nice stew of incentives for folks who want to do the right thing."
About 20 restaurants and coffee shops — including Fore Street, Street and Co., Arabica, Bard, Crema, El Rayo, Duckfat, and Twenty Milk Street — are now composting their food scraps. The Portland public school system, Hannaford's corporate cafeteria, and Mercy Hospital are also on board.
Each restaurant is provided with a narrow, green compost bin; staff are instructed to compost not only veggie scraps, but also paper napkins, meat, and fish. Williams and Richardson pick up the bins, replace and clean them, and bring the food waste to their commercial composting facility at the city's Riverside recycling center.
Williams said the service makes it convenient and easy for restaurants, supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, and schools to do the right thing.
El Rayo on York Street has been composting with Zero Food Waste since the beginning of the program. Chef Karl Okerholm of El Rayo's Cantina said the restaurant recycles cardboard, plastics, and foil. "It was natural for us to compost," he says. "We have compost and recycling bins, but no garbage bins."
Duckfat on Middle Street has also embraced composting. General manager Ashley Shane is known by her staff as the compost/recycle cop: She monitors the bins to make sure there is no contamination. Duckfat now uses compostable cups and lids; Shane plans to switch to compostable straws and portion cups soon. The restaurant recycles paper, glass, cardboard, plastics, and metal — and now with composting, Shane says about 90 to 95 percent of their materials stay out of the conventional waste stream.
She says when Zero Food Waste starts producing compost, she'd like the farmers who work with the area restaurants to be supplied with the compost so they can grow more produce for the restaurant.
For executive chef Alan Cook, the food cycle is part of the reason Twenty Milk Street at the Portland Regency composts. The restaurant has diverted about 80 percent of its waste — including toothpicks, lobster shells, and chicken bones. His vision is to use Zero Food Waste's compost to enrich the soil at the hotel's Cumberland farm, which raises chickens, cows, and pigs. "I like the idea of taking the waste from our kitchen to make compost and then using that to grow vegetables on our farm to cook in the kitchen," he says.
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A Brief Conversation with Moshe Kasher
Comedian, writer, lover. We catch up with Moshe Kasher to talk about his recent memoir, how he lives with being so gangster, and stand-up before heading down to the Just for Laughs Festival.
When we first heard about Moshe Kasher's incredible story, which you can read all about in his memoir, Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16, it was hard not to be charmed by his awesomeness. Then when we found out that he was also a stand-up comic, we were downright impressed by how this guy turned his life around without summoning some sort of dark magic.
Before heading down to Montreal's Just for Laughs we caught up with Moshe Kasher.
Playboy.com: It's been a couple of months now since your memoir, Kasher in the Rye, came out. What has been the most memorable reaction to it?
Kasher: Probably the most memorable reaction was the threat of grave bodily harm from a guy in the old neighborhood. I was horrified but happily surprised that those guys were reading books. If I die, at least I did it promoting literacy in the white gangster community. It has all been worth it.
Playboy.com: Was it hard for you to write stand-up material while you were writing your memoir?
Kasher: No, I'm what's known in the industry as a "joke thief." So what I would do was go to the clubs at night and plagiarize the best jokes I heard open mic'ers tell. Who are they going to believe?
Playboy.com: A lot of comedians stop using material after they've done a special that contained those bits. After writing the book, do you feel that those parts in your life are now unusable as material?
Kasher: I don't think so, as these are stories no one really has heard about me. Onstage I come off like an aggressive Liberace, so tales of my sordid, violent past will be a refreshing surprise. I hope. In fact, my hour show at the festival is entirely tales from the book.
Playboy.com: You seem to really like talking about the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in your stand-up, a thing that (believe it or not) comes up quite a bit on our site, too. What is your take on Playboy?
Kasher: I love the interplay of people's perceptions of what makes a man. I'm from the San Francisco area, so the lines have always been pink and blurry. I guess Playboy likes blurred lines too. Color lines, sexual morality lines, Hugh Hefner age lines. I respect the hell out of Playboy's middle finger to the world. Also I like tits.
Playboy.com: Do you remember your first Playboy encounter?
Kasher: It must have been Madonna's spread. Oh, the hours I spent in deep meditation on that.
Playboy.com: Aside from being an aficionado of all things gangster, what prompted The Champs podcast?
Kasher: The Champs is a podcast I do with Neal Brennan, the co-creator of Chappelle's Show, and DJ Douggpound from Tim and Eric. Every week we interview a different black celebrity. So if you are a white person and you want to know what black people are like, please tune in. If you are a black person and you want to hear what white people are like when they timidly interview black people, please tune in. If you are a non-white, non-black person, you are not welcome to listen to the podcast. Kidding. All are welcome.
We are three white boys who in some way are aficionados of black shit. So it fit right into our wheelhouse (please forgive me for saying "wheelhouse"). We also thought it would be a neat way to have guests who are not often heard on podcasts. (You'll be surprised to hear that podcasts are a very white world.) We have had such cool guests and most of them have never done a podcast before. Robert Townsend, Blake Griffin, Lex Steele, Pras from the Fugees, Questlove, John Legend, Jose Canseco — I know he's not black, but what are you going to do, say no to Jose Canseco?
Playboy.com: It seems that social media is really affecting the comedy industry of late. What's your view on all of that stuff?
Kasher: I love it all. I'm a huge presence on MySpace. I'm the guy who originated all those LinkedIn emails you get so often and also the reason you get so many Facebook invites from people you have never met. I'm also the blogger who is really upset about that one thing. In reality, social media is a huge tool for comics. Twitter has been very good to me and for me. It's also a great place for people to lob insults at you. Just imagine, somewhere, right now is a baby being born with a pure and perfect spirit who in just 18 years will be a fat, racist virgin typing anonymous insults to the comedic stars of tomorrow.
Playboy.com: I just heard you'll be doing a solo show as well as a Gala at Just for Laughs this year. Is there much of a difference between performing for larger and smaller crowds (not to say that there won't be a sea of women throwing themselves at you at your solo show)?
Kasher: I like my shows like I have had to accept my penis — small and intimate. There is a lot more magic in a show where I can see all the faces of the people watching me. I then take my very small penis and rub it on those faces and that is how comedy is truly manifested. I'm kidding about my penis; it is actually very very very very very very very very very very very large.
Playboy.com: Is there anything you want to plug?
Kasher: Well I'd love everyone to follow me on Twitter @moshekasher and to listen to The Champs. And of course I'd love it if everyone read my book, Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16. It's the best work I have ever done and I am beyond proud of it.
Beyond that, I am writing on a new show on NBC this fall called The New Normal. It's a show about a gay couple who want to have a baby so they find a surrogate to carry their baby, and that surrogate and her eight-year-old daughter become a sort of blended family with the gay guys. I call it "The Gaydy Bunch." Also, you have Ellen Barkin as a kind of gruff Archie Bunker–type, so that's gotta be fun. Also come see me live. Also I love you.


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Does anyone know about the Blue Sky suits that advertise on this page? They are kind of pricey but look interesting. The colored ones look like pajamas though. It seems that these run from $60 to a couple of hundred.
Does anyone know about the Blue Sky suits that advertise on this page? They are kind of pricey but look interesting. The colored ones look like pajamas though. It seems that these run from $60 to a couple of hundred.
I dunno about blueskys bee suits but I like the jacket/veil I got from Dadant for around $55...
I did around 15 cutouts last summer and it worked perfect.
I like my ultra breeze, if there is a breeze it blows through the jacket. http://ultrabreezesuits.com/suit/order_2011.htm
fwiw I wear a pair of jeans, old long sleeved white shirt, pith helmet and veil. Sometimes gloves. Beekeepers got along real well for an awful long time without spending big bucks on fancy suits. fwiw.
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Our BBWear suits are used by some of the largest commercial beekeepers in the US, due to their quality materials/design and they often purchase 5 or more at a time. We offer a custom sizing option at NO ADDITIONAL fee, so if you take your measurements on our sheet--you have a suit made especially for you. The colors are primarily personal preference, however colors like sage offer advantages when moving bees at night, so that they are not attracted to white in the night light. Colors are also useful at meetings or in crews to differentiate speakers and workers.
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I just received my jacket from Brushy Bee Farm in yesterday. Very comfortable and cost me $55.
Thank you one and all! I'm trying to return to beekeeping after an 18 year hiatus and it seems that a lot of things have changed. I had three different suits years ago…none of which I was just thrilled with. The one I used the most was a cotton jumpsuit from Kelley with a helmet veil. I think if I had it to do over I'd go with a hood instead of a helmet though.
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Parole violation policy changes approved
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Department of Corrections parole division will undergo an immediate change in procedure that will allow more officers to go after parolees that are not following the rules.
On Thursday, Division of Adult Parole leaders announced they have support from the Joint Budget Committee and the governor's office to implement a new plan. It would allow officers to go after parole violators more quickly and devote more resources to the problem of parole absconders.
"With consistent dedicated resources in this area, we can reduce the overall percentage of parole absconders. This is a sound public safety initiative for Colorado. We appreciate the support of the Joint Budget Committee and the state Legislature," said Tim Hand, director of the Division of Adult Parole.
All this comes in the wake of the Evan Ebel saga. Ebel, who was under intense supervised parole, cut off his ankle monitor several days before the murders of Nate Leon and Tom Clements.
Parole leaders said the new policy would require parole officers to check with tampered ankle-monitor bracelets within two hours of that violation being reported. There will also be monthly roundups of violators.
Neither move is expected to cost taxpayers any money. No additional officers are expected to be hired but the redistribution of appropriated funds did require approval from state lawmakers in charge of the budget. The budget adjustment includes $273,317 for absconder roundups and $222,070 for enhanced tamper alert responses. That comes to a total of $495,387 each year to implement the new policy. The Joint Budget Committee approved the plan through the next fiscal year.
The Department of Corrections said on average 136 parolees disable their ankle monitors every month. Thirty one of those offenders are under closer watch in the intensive supervision program. DOC leaders estimate right now they only catch about 7.2 percent of these kind of offenders without help from law enforcement. Since 2011, the DOC estimates they've had 3,252 absconders from the parole system.


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1) Still need identifying information at top (name of destination, your name, type of attraction, date of visit)
2) Provide link to Bridgton Drive-in website.
3) Run text through grammar-check, or edit yourself for length of sentences, clarity, spelling, etc. "Whether" is spelled incorrectly in paragraph 6. And you switched "thought" and "though" in par. 10.
4) Also edit down some of the longer sections--like your paragraph about pricing. We don't need to know all of these details.
5) You might want to add something about what other things visitors can do in the area--parks or beaches to go to during the day, area restaurants, etc. This kind of specific information would be helpful to tourists.
Grading Criteria
1) Did the author show that he or she visited the location and made careful observations? Yes
2) Does the review follow the basic requirements for length, format, and overall content? Basically, although it would be nice to have more information for tourists, plus maybe directions to get there.
3) Does the review give the reader a good idea of what it is like to visit this location? Yes
4) Does it give the reader information about the attraction, e.g., costs, hours, location? Yes
5) Does it offer opinion regarding the quality of the attraction and its goods and services? Yes
6) Is it written in a readable style, with few or no grammatical, spelling and other errors? Wordy in parts; some grammar and spelling areas.
7) Does it include photos or videos (these are optional but can earn extra credit points). One photo
8) Was everything done on time, including draft, class presentation, and final version? Yes
Bottom Line: Needs some improvement.
Come see the stars under the stars: Bridgton Twin
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Name of Reviewer: Hadley Hurd
Type of Attraction: Outdoor Theatre
Date of Visit: September 14, 2012
Visitors and residents of the quaint but expanding town of Bridgton Maine, which is nestled in the Lakes Region of Cumberland County, have noticed some significant changes over the years. With the development of multiple new chain restaurants and supermarkets some think that the old historic town, established in 1794, has caved into catering mainly toward tourists with the 'urbanization' of the small town. However, those that question Bridgton's preservation of history needn't go further than 383 Portland Road, the location of the Bridgton Twin Drive-In Theatre for the past 55 years. In this day and age Drive-In's are a dying breed, as only 5 remain in the state of Maine (in their prime there were 46). With so many closing down due to the lack of sustainable business, the Bridgton Twin Drive-In has had a pretty good run so far, being open for over half of a century and it shows no signs of slowing down! All 55 years the theatre has been owned by the same family- the Tevanian's. The current owner John Tevanian, bought it from his father and has been running it ever since.
When you pull into the Bridgton Twin, which gets it's name from being the only Drive-In in the state that has two screens, you'll see cars lined up into two separate lines on either side of an old ticket box. One line for Screen 1, and the other for Screen 2. As you reach the ticket box you're greeted by none other than John Tevanian himself, who's hasn't missed a single night that the theatre has been opened since the early 80's. He makes a point of running the box solo for the first half of the night to be able to greet and interact with his customers personally. The screen that you choose to go to is your screen for the night, and you can stay for one or both of the movies that are playing on it, on the average night there are two movies per screen that are showing. Many Drive-Ins have a carload price but not the Bridgton-Twin, though their prices are MORE than affordable! Ages 12 and up are $7.50, ages 5-11 are $5.00 and ages 4 and under are free. If you do the math, the very most that you are possibly paying if you stay for both movies, is $3.25 per person - which is the best deal around if you ask me! Though do take note: that the theatre does have some additional fees and rules for pricing on certain days. For example Fridays, Saturdays and Holiday's that fall of a Sunday - there is a $15.00 MINIMUM to come into the theatre, even if on a weekday your total would have been less than $15.00. Also there is a fee to switch from one screen to another- so if you want to see the first movie on one screen and the second movie on the other you have to pay the same prices you did to enter all over again, and if you happen to be by yourself, it is $15.00 to switch. I would recommend that you and your group plan accordingly for these rules, if half of you want one movie and the other half want the other it might be more economical to take separate vehicles.
With your tickets you are given a few flyers with information about the theatre on it such as the radio stations for each screen (sound is broadcasted though your cars radio, rather than speakers that clip onto your cars window), the upcoming movies for the season and on the backside, a menu for the snack bar. The other flyer handed out is a promotional deal that the Drive-In has been running for the past two summers; a coupon where for every $15.00 you spend in the snack bar in one night you get $5.00 off in the snack bar, available starting the next business night through the end of that year's season.
After you receive your tickets from John you're directed toward your screen for the night. Screen 1 which is the larger of the two can hold around 300 cars - while Screen 2 can hold around 150 cars. Each screen has rows to park in that offer almost any angle to the screen one could want. Once parked many people set up chairs or blankets on the grassy area in front of their cars or in the beds of their trucks. Families are usually seen tossing around a football or frisbee, playing a small game of wiffle ball or tag in the roped off area in front of the screen from when they arrive up until showtime.
The snack bar which is located a short walk from screen two and halfway through rows of screen one offers affordable and freshly cooked food. Customers have the options of double or single ham or cheeseburgers cooked on the grill, freshly steamed hotdogs, personal 9 inch pizza's available in pepperoni or cheese. Though their most popular food item which is widely known by locals and other returning customers is the perfectly cooked and piping hot crinkle cut french fries, if it is a busy night be prepared to wait for these! The snack bar also offers a wide variety of candy, soft drinks, bottled drinks like water and ice tea, and some hot options such as coffee, cocoa and tea - as well as a medley of novelty ice cream. Another customer favorite is the freshly popped popcorn topped with real butter that is melted on site, you wont find any fake hydrogenated oils here! The most expensive thing on the menu is the personal pizza ringing in at just under $6.00, some other highlights on the menu would be candy at $1.75, hotdogs at 1.65 and the jumbo popcorn which comes in at $5.50. The snack bar remains open throughout all of the movies until the last movie is done running for the night.
When the previews begin at sundown everyone settles into their cars, blankets, truck beds, or car hatches and enjoys a movie together under the stars, which shine beautifully in the tranquil darkness of the theatre property. Walking around you can hear audio from the cars so clearly it actually sounds like the speakers are still working.
When it comes to the end of the first movie there is a 'vintage' intermission trailer that was widely used by drive-ins in the 70's which is a big hit among customers, returning and new. This serves as time for customers to use the restrooms, stock up on some more refreshments and get up to stretch before the second feature of the night begins. Things have been known to get a bit cramped in the small snack bar and three stall bathrooms throughout the night, especially if the intermissions on each screen happen to line up. Though this is part of the reason why Tevanian has started construction on a whole new snack bar in the fall of 2012.
The new snack bar, will be relocated from the middle of the Screen 1 area to the back, creating more space for cars to park. It will also hold 8 new stalls for the women's room and a new larger and updated snack bar area - including a specific window for drinks, popcorn and candy to cut down on foot traffic in the snack bar for actual meal items. There is also a new projection booth which will hold the 2 original projectors for now. Tevanian isn't quite ready to switch to digital just yet- though the switch from film reels (which he breaks down, splices, loads and rewinds himself nightly) to digital will indeed be happening within the next few years when the industry finally stops printing film all together. For now his hands are full planning and working on the construction of the new snack bar currently, in the theaters off season, as he plans to have a full opening with everything up and running in the spring.
The theatre usually opens for the season as soon as the snow is done flying for the year, which is often in April but no later than Memorial Day weekend in May. The 2012 season was the theaters earliest opening to date, gates opened for the year in late March! The theatre is also has been known to be open as late in the year as Halloween. However the largest weekend toward the end of the season is Labor Day weekend when they run a 'Dusk Till Yawn' triple feature on Screen 1 that is a big hit with the customers. Whatever the last weekend of the year may be the Bridgton Twin runs a 'Customer Appreciation Weekend' in which per person ticket sales change into a $10.00 a carload price and items such as candy, hotdogs and ice cream are discounted to $1.00 each!
Tevanian hand picks the movies that run on the screens himself, putting a lot of though into what will appeal to the masses, and are appropriate for all ages - since a lot of business seen at the Bridgton Twin are families. Very rarely will you see a rated R movie playing on Screen 1, which is usually reserved for kids movies and the big summer blockbusters. Screen 2 tends to hold the more violent, graphic or young adult oriented movies. The thought behind Screen 1 movie choices usually is to have a movie for the kids first, and then one for the parents after the kids have hopefully fallen asleep in the comfort of the backseat of the car. The movies run on a weekly schedule, though that doesn't necessarily mean that they change every week. Sometimes movies run for weeks at a time if the demand for them is high enough - though they do try to bring in new movies as often as possible to give returning customers some variety in their options.
While many of the people that live in the surrounding towns year round do support the outdoor theatre, a lot of the business the Bridgton Twin sees is from out of state vacationers staying in the heavily populated rental houses and cabins nearby. Luckily the theatre is located in a beautiful beach area with lots of lakes and interesting boating, camping and hiking attractions that bring people driving by the theatre daily. About 10 minutes one way is Pleasant Mountain, better known as Shawnee Peak to those that travel to Bridgton in the winter months, a great place to hike during the ski resorts off season. Five minutes in the opposite direction brings to you to the newly redone Naples Causeway. Along the causeway you'll find many attractions to occupy yourself during the day such as: jet ski and bike rentals, surf and sport shops, small boutiques, a mini golf course, ice cream stands, public beach access to Long Lake and a wide variety of restaurants such as Rick's Cafe, The Landing, and Brays Pub. Some other attractions within an hour drive of the Bridgton Twin are Sebago Lake State Park, North Conway outlets and the Portland coastline.
Bridgton Maine and the surrounding towns have a lot of recreational activities to offer the locals, seasonal residents and tourists. There is truly something for everyone nestled in the beautiful Lakes Region area of Maine. As far as the Bridgton Twin Drive-In theatre, I would highly recommend anyone to this family friendly and affordable option for a nice night out, because is anything really better than spending time with your family under the Maine stars?
Directions if coming from Portland area:
Take Route 302 west this will bring you through Windham, Raymond, Casco and then to Naples. Follow 302 along the Naples Causeway, approximately 5 minutes from the causeway you'll see a marquee for the Bridgton Twin Drive-In on your left.
Directions to Bridgton from the Maine Turnpike:
(South) Take Maine Turnpike to Exit 48, take the right when leaving the tollbooth area and go through 2 sets of lights, at the third light take a left onto Route 302 (from here follow directions above).
(North) Take Exit 63, make a left onto Route 115, heading towards Windham. Approximately 10 minutes later take a right onto Route 302 intersection in Windham. 30 minutes from there you'll reach Bridgton.
For information about show times, prices or any other Bridgton Twin related inquiries use the following contact information:
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bridgton-Twin-Drive-In-Theatre/110760448960435?fref=ts
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Kreg, I decided to leave the initial information I had about the pricing. If i were a potential customer one of the most important things I would look for would be the pricing and any specific exceptions to everyday pricing that they have - such as the switching of screens and the weekend minimum. I feel that the information is relevant and helpful. I don't think the review is better off without it.


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For most of the season, the Giants offensive line has attempted to set up their blocks according to how Gilbride has been drawing up the plays.
Now, this approach might be all well and good for a running back that is going to stay with the play (please refer to Andre Brown v. Bucs and Carolina).
However, what the offensive line really needs to do is set up their blocks according to where they think Ahmad Bradshaw is going to be running.
For example, had they done that at the end of the game v. Philly, there's a good chance Bradshaw would have busted off 5 or 6 yards. Who knows?
Anyway, I think we should be set up for Cleveland's defense if they can work this into the gameplan.


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Just your own. The point of this challenge is to create a supportive environment to help you get through your stash.
You mean this is a therapy group? Is this so we do not buy more or just to give us an incentive to use what we have so we can buy more.
I am using up three yards of fabric right now for the backings on my thanksgiving table runners I am working on getting done. I hav ethe binding about done just have to finish quilting them. I will be piecing the back on one of them just so I can use it up. So that will be three more finishes and using up that stash this month. Bought the turkey fabric two years ago and has been waiting for me to make these up. Cut up and then resewed. I like one a lot, and the other two aren't real bad. Well, better get a move on.
Life is short, live it while you still can. QuilterMomma
Jillaine! I can post PHOTOS of the stash drawers immediately!! The quiltS will take a while
Let's see 'em, Sandi!
Well dang it! I just sent a bundle of Asian themed fat quarters to my secret santa partner. Oh well!
Is it too late to join ,or do I need to wait till New year starts???


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"The climate crisis," Klein told me, "is the ultimate indictment of capitalism, certainly the model of capitalism that we have, and the solutions to the climate crisis are the same as the solutions to the economic crisis." That means restoring democracy and reinvigorating the public sphere, reining in and re-regulating corporations, re-localizing our economies, taxing polluters and the wealthy to put a stiff price on carbon and bring basic fairness into the system, and building alternatives to limitless profit and unsustainable growth. The book's argument, she said, is "an attempt to weave together disparate movements under the banner of rising to meet the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced."
To illustrate, she pointed to a community in El Salvador, one of the many places where she and Lewis have researched and filmed. Set in a floodplain, the residents now find themselves regularly inundated. "It's a community that was born out of the civil war, a community of refugees," she explained, "and they bring their revolutionary history — and their history of fighting for economic justice — to the climate fight. They're finding ways to respond to climate change that really transform their community in every way, from housing to health care." For Klein, it shows that the climate fight can and must be about "deepening democracy."
Indeed, Klein wants to see more young activists, inspired and galvanized by the Occupy movement, making the same connections.
"If I had a role in Occupy Wall Street, it was to try to push the climate issue," Klein said. She told me about Yotam Marom, one of the many OWS organizers she's met in New York. "Yotam, who's an amazing organizer, was one of the more resistant" to integrating climate into his worldview, she said. Not that he didn't think it's important, "but he just couldn't find a way to connect." She's found this fairly typical.
"For a really long time," said Klein, "lefties thought climate was the one issue they didn't have to worry about, because big, rich green groups had it covered. And now it's like, actually, they really don't. That was a dangerous assumption to make."
But she had just spoken to Marom again the day before. "Obviously, Sandy has changed the game for New Yorkers," she said. Marom told her he was writing an article that would be a kind of "12-point recovery program for leftists, about what they need to do to engage with climate."
"But he said something so insightful," she told me. "When he thinks about why he was resistant, he realized that if he accepted the reality of climate change, truly accepted it into his body, his soul, then he would have to drop everything he was doing. And he doesn't want to drop everything he's doing."
What Klein is trying to say to those like Marom is that they don't have to drop everything. "In fact," she said, "you need to do it even more."
"Climate change lends urgency to our fights for social justice, like nothing else before," Klein said. "We have to win these battles against free trade, we have to win these battles to re-localize our economies. This isn't just some little hobby.
"So it's not about abandoning all of those fights, it's actually about supercharging those fights, and weaving them all into a common narrative. That's the story we need to tell.
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A driver was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital after a 2:20 p.m. Saturday crash on Neyhart Road in Hamilton Township, state police said.
Vanessa Lee Gearhart, 18, of Stroudsburg, was heading south when the vehicle went off the road into a tree.
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The father of the 18-year-old under investigation for running down a bicyclist on Foothill Road in Pleasanton has been charged by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
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I guess the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the dumb-a$$ redneck tree. One more repuke in jail. Too bad the punk kid had to kill someone for it to happen.


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ART DECO Apartment - SOSPIRO (84)
Número máximo de hóspedes6
Tamanho60 m2
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- Recebe famílias (com crianças)
- Cozinha
- Estacionamento disponível
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|świętego Filipa, 30-001 Krakow, Polônia
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Guests have at their disposal two stylish double bedrooms, a spacious kitchen combining Art Deco elements (table and chairs) with contemporary solutions (plasma screen TV, kitchen appliances, modern furnishings), as well as a bathroom with contemporary décor and a shower stall. The apartment's cozy interior, attractive furniture, and comfortable furnishings guarantee pleasant stays for both couples and families.
ART DECO Room 1 – the room's décor has been reduced to simple lines. The furniture's shapes are spacious and comfortable, while surfaces have been finished with marble in shades of violet and pink. Small tables are located adjacent to beds with bed heads characteristic of the Art Deco style, as well as a 3-door wardrobe, allowing for longer stays with us. An antique dresser, equipped with a mirror and convenient "nooks and crannies" for keeping trinkets, stands in the corner. The room's comprehensive furnishings have been supplemented by a chest of drawers with a marble tabletop and drawers for personal items. A beautiful crystal chandelier along with the cream-coloured shades of the room's drapery add a touch of magic and mystery.
ART DECO Room 2 – with walls in shades of powdered pink and chocolate-bronze furniture. The stylish classic furniture finished with marble tabletops adds a unique mood to the room's interior. The glistening crystal chandelier, original tapestries, and maroon window décor combine to create a space with a singular atmosphere. An antique 3-door wardrobe with mirror blends beauty with functionality. The discreet decorative accent brings out the natural texture of the highest quality wood, while the walls' beguiling shade underscores the furniture's unusual colour.
Electric cooker, Refrigerator, Electric kettle, Iron, Crockery and Cutlery, Coffee
Shower, WC, Washbasin, Hair dryer, Soap, Towels
Single bed: 2
Single bed: 2
Sofa, TV(Sat), Video cassette recorder, WiFi-Internet
Regras da casaFor our guests guarded PARKING across the street for 30 PLN per day.
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Das Apartment ist in komplett renoviertem Zustand und Bad und Küche sind sehr modern und sauber. Die Vintage Einrichtung mit Kronleuchtern und alten Möbeln ist wirklich schön und hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Die Matratze könnte mal erneuert werden, wir haben aber trotzdem sehr gut geschlafen. Das Haus selbst ist etwas shabby, das ist in Krakau bzw Polen aber nicht ungewöhnlich, so viel Geld für Renovierungen ist häufig nicht vorhanden. Die Lage ist gut, man läuft nur wenige Minuten in die Altstadt. Wir waren in Krakau zu einem Swing Tanzevent, der größtenteils im Haus nebenan stattfand. Für uns hätte die Lage also gar nicht besser sein können.
Comentários sobre outras ofertas desse anfitrião.
It was great! Beautifull location and very friendly driver. Would definitely recommend
The apartment was clean and everything was working well, is really nice and it's just few meters from the main square so it was very easy to get everywhere. We enjoyed the stay. Thanks for all, totally recommend it!. Great host, quick responses during booking etc, made arrangements for key, air port transfer and check out
good, clean apartment, everything was working. very well located, only a couple of minutes' walk from the market square. only two points: the apartment did not correspond to the announcement (the pictures shown in the announcement refer to another apartment) and the second night there was a party going on in a neighbouring flat, people were really extremely loud until 3 am, shouting like crazy
Great apartment with an unbeatable view of the main square and despite activity outside quiet and relaxed inside.
One negative booked apartment transfer did not show up at the airport, but a taxi for about the same price sorted that and in future would use the integrated train link much cheaper, quicker and more convenient to get to the office to pick up the keys.
The description of this apartment did not match at all to reality.
The description says 4 bedrooms, big living room and also 2 balconies.
There was only 3 bedrooms and 1 balconies.
There was also only one tabel and six chairs in the kitchen. And I have asked Martin especially if there was space and Equipment for 12 people in the kitchen..
The coffe maker did not work okey. One toilet leaked quite a lot.
It would have been good if someone from Wimdu had met us at the apartment and shown us the apartment. Instead we had to get key from office and then make a mumbers of call to fix all trouble.
Thank you very much for your patience.
The attic was fantastic and in a very good situation, very near the center, and it is lovely.
Localitation is perfect, in the downtown and near train and bus station. Spacious flat with a nice view. Needs more kitchenware, there isnt a toaster or microwawe. Is a 3th floor without lift. The street in summer is noisy and if u sleep with the windows open is sometimes molest. The bath needs a bath screen
Incredible views of the main square and nice high-ceiling apartment directly in the heart of the Stare Masto. The furniture and other home furnishings aren't of the highest quality but the apartment is spacious and has lots of room for a group of at least 4 people. Lack of air conditioning can be a problem in the summer months and the music from the square can be distracting but this overall is an excellent choice for Krakow for the location.
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ok, so I know the rule is don't bother them for 3 days but I just couldn't contain my self. I have a full length window in my TBH so I just had to take a quick peek. Boy was it worth it!! The photo is unfortunately glary but in person it was the coolest thing I've ever seen!
I cut some medium frames down for them to get started, it's frame-frame-topbar-frame-topbar-frame then all bars and they're hanging from first to last cut frame all the way down to the queen cage at the bottom. I presume that this means they haven't chewed the mashmallow away and released the queen yet(?)
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The Halo series tends to polarise gamers. First-person shooter purists hate the game with a passion, yet their combined hatred can't deny that Halo is one of the biggest video game franchises of all time.
With more than 42 million games sold (not including Halo 4) and nearly US$3 billion ($3.6 billion) in revenue, its makers have obviously been doing something right.
Halo 4 marks the first game since 343 Industries took over the franchise from Bungie Studios, and the expectations of millions of fans weighed heavily upon its shoulders.
Set nearly five years after Halo 3, Halo 4 follows the Master Chief and his AI companion Cortana as they venture into a mysterious new world and discover an ancient evil that threatens to annihilate mankind.
With humanity's fate hanging in the balance, the Master Chief and Cortana are thrust into a desperate mission against overwhelming odds to save mankind from imminent extinction.
Although it may be a generic story at face value, the narrative set within the Halo universe is far from run of the mill.
Visually, Halo 4 is the most striking to date - especially in the cut scenes which need to be seen to be believed. The musical score is also a masterpiece.
Of course, Halo is nothing without its multiplayer modes and these too have been re-envisioned by 343.
If you're a Halo fan, then I'm preaching to the choir. No doubt you already have Halo 4.
But if you're undecided then put it on your Christmas wish-list, because this is a game you'll be playing until, well, Halo 5.
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The Bucks have fired Larry Drew from his head coaching position.
The writing was on the wall with the trade for the coaching rights to Jason Kidd. Drew was absolutely horrible with the Bucks last season, leading the team to the worst record in the NBA. Brandon Knight was really the only offseason pickup to work out for the Bucks while guys like Ersan Ilyasova, O.J. Mayo and Larry Sanders were abysmal signings. Drew will likely catch on as an assistant elsewhere.
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Ten Questions About Infertility to Ask Your Doctor
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- What is my diagnosis, and how does this condition specifically interfere with fertility? Does my partner have a condition that interferes with fertility? Will these conditions worsen over time, improve, or remain constant?


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Is it fair to draw parallels between the Occupy movement and the
antiwar demonstrations in the 60s and 70s? True, both sprang up more or less
spontaneously and expanded from a left wing origin to include the whole
spectrum of society. Both spread from the US and sparked similar movements
overseas. The head breaking and violent repression, however, has yet to become
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So, what is the best looking new car on sale today?-I've always liked the Maser Quattroporte -The Jag XF looks better every time I see one going down the road-Aston V8 Vantage is still just stunning-I still love the proportions of the Range Rover...for an SUVWhat do you think?
1. Aston V82. Audi S83. Cobalt SS4. Toyota Yaris5. RS4 Cabriolet6. MB CLS7. S58. BMW X69. Civi Si10.MB R63
After going through the lines, you can end up with the old generalizations:Most british or italian; same as it ever was... Italy has been pretty weak lately, but is fortified by the Alfa 8C. Unfortunately, Lotus, the most brilliant British car, has japanese-like overwrought styling (cues, and handling prowess).The only US statement in auto art is the CTS and it is hideous. "Bold, Unique, Ugly." Solstice provides some hope, but it is dipped in that Pontiac cheapness.German cars to a model are clean, practical and efficient looking, but cold. But, a sharp kitchen knife isn't 'beautiful.' The French and Swedes have a history of cars with unique styling (cues and handling prowess), but really aren't producing 'beauty' today. Better than most, but kind of ho hum.Japan is hopeless. The 09 Acura TL, for example, gets its front-end styling cues (and handling prowess) from the Grinch. They have it in'em to produce beautiful cars, too. Their underground custom motorcycle scene (particularly, Harleys) is - by far - producing the most captivating motorcycles, anywhere. Someday, they may produce a bearable looking Evo.Take your pick: Aston, Jag, or Alfa.
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Interesting list svxSTI...My comments...-V8 Vantage -stunning, wonderful, perfect proportions-Audi S8 -aggressive, German but I wouldn't say beautiful-Cobalt SS -not beautiful but not bad looking-Yaris -sorry, lost you there. 5-door version is decent-RS4 Cab -sorry, not so good. RS4 Avant is the only really good looking RS4-MB CLS -love the theory and the aggressive design but bad headlights-S5 -very, very good looking car but I prefer the simple A5-BMW X6 -really?-Civic Si -no too much style there-R63 -now you're just pulling my leg...
Ooh, ooh, ooh! Here's my list! Here's my list!Presenting the 2008 Monoblocks' Abuse of the word 'Looker' Awards:Best looker in British Racing Green: Aston Martin Vantage V8 coupe. Distant second: Bentley Conti GT. Svelte over Brutalism.Best looker, on a really, REALLY tight budget where "tight" is the epitome of the term 'everything's relative': Chevrolet Corvette Z06Best looker, on a sort-of really, REALLY tight budget that means you can't see fit to do an M3: Infiniti G37Best looker, on a really, REALLY tight budget without such snobbish qualifiers: Mitsubishi LancerBest looker where no sane human had really expected it to be a looker given its predecessor: Nissan MaximaBest looker where the previous iteration set a decent enough aesthetic bar that it would be easy to expect a flub with the next version: Mazda 6Best looker when retro is about the only thing your company has left after the unions tried to take it all: Dodge ChallengerBest looker where the previous car's styling wasn't bad (but wasn't great either): Cadillac CTSBest looker in a Transformers theme: Nissan GT-R (yes, even this one has grown on me, in a Steath Fighter sort of way...someday, I must learn to limit my time playing Gran Turismo and Need For Speed...and stop watching old Optimus Prime cartoons and The Military Channel...also, this one should end my apparent lovefest with Nissan). Second place: Cadillac CTSBest looker in a green theme: I'm still looking...get back to me in a year or twoBest looker, despite the threat that one or two or a hundred sundry electrical glitches that will leave you stranded by the side of the road, between the available range of cell phone towers on your network: Volkswagen GTIBest looker after spending one too many hours on the Playstation 3: Nissan Z (okay, so I lied about the Nissan thingy earlier...so sue me)Best looker after spending one too many hours on the Xbox 360: General Dynamics M-1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (what can I say? Too much 'Call of Duty 4'?)Best looker after spending one too many hours on the Nintendo Wii: well, I'm not sure of the make but that thing Mario was zipping around with in 'Mario Cart Wii' is lookin' purdy spiffy...Best looker out of Italy, once Monica Bellucci has been disqualified: Ferrari F430 Scuderia (I admit the big Maser is an eye-catcher, but NOTHING truly says 'catch-me' more than a mid-engined fire-breathing beast from Marenello...Lambo, eat yer cuore out, even if it's got a little too much Germanic blood running through it)Best looker out of Zuffenhausen: THERE IS NONE! Bring back the classic, taut, air-cooled lines of the 911, PLEASE! Daytime running bling? P-U-W-S-L-E-E-E-Z-Z-E! Enough with the bulbous Cayenne. Still born the Panamera. Toughen up the Cayman into a REAL gator. The Boxster? Well, at least make the profile of its BUTT look more different than its FRONT...can't tell if it's coming or going. (Okay, Porschephile rant over...it's all clear now)Best looker with the acronym 'BMW' plastered somewhere on its flanks: I'm kidding, right? With Chris Bangle at the helm of design?Best looker, after a couple of shots and requisite beer chasers: Mazda 3 (I was going to pick the Smart TwoFer or is it FourToo (hiccup), but then I concluded that no amount of inebriation (hiccup) is able to make that thing look...uh, smart)That about does it for this year. I am looking forward to seeing the Rapide in the skin, and the 240SX successor (again, with that Nissan thang, but 'Silvia' is such a temptress name, doncha'll think?).
Wow, well done monoblocks.-I think the Mazda 3 hatch is good looking, even when sober.-I like the 997 911-Yes, new Maxima looks much better than the last but I'm still not crazy about it's design. Plus, it should be rear-wheel-drive, based on the Infiniti G. It looks very front-drive. -I've never thought of the Z06 as a looker but a crazy fast machine for the money-Our long-term GTI was reliable though I agree with the VW reputation for reliability. My Dad's last Passat had many problems.
marc.noordeloos:Wow, well done monoblocks.-I think the Mazda 3 hatch is good looking, even when sober.-I like the 997 911-Yes, new Maxima looks much better than the last but I'm still not crazy about it's design. Plus, it should be rear-wheel-drive, based on the Infiniti G. It looks very front-drive. -I've never thought of the Z06 as a looker but a crazy fast machine for the money-Our long-term GTI was reliable though I agree with the VW reputation for reliability. My Dad's last Passat had many problems.a. My wife thinks the same about the 3. I, on the other hand, think you're both nuts. Actually, as much as I adore the hotrod nature of the Speed3, I just can't hang with the cut of the c-pillar.b. I get to look at my 993 every day, even on those days when it stays firmly planted at home (it's actually hard to avoid not looking at it, since I have to go through the garage to get to one the other cars to take to work). As much improved the 997 is over the relatively slab-sided 996, it still ain't no 993, no matter what sort of spin the marketing department back at Porsche tried to hoodwink the world with. My babe's luscious hips to the turn of her wheel arches and the timeless lay of her headlamps along with the classic haute couture profile of its greenhouse...sorry, but no water-cooled 911 since has done enough to stoke my fire in the same way (not that I would actually turn away from buying and driving a 997 GT3 at some point...someday). And c'mon, how can anyone deal with those LED running lights? Who does Porsche think that they are? Audi? It's supposed to be the other way around after assuming control of VW, isn't it? (okay...this time I'm REALLY over my rant...I'm much better now...really I am.)c. I very much tend to agree with Cumberford's assessment on this one; the new Max is a handsome car. I like it better than the styling of the Malibu-or-is-it-yet-another-Passat/A6-offshoot-knockoff that everyone else seems to fawning over. I even prefer it over the relatively bubbly-greenhoused G35. I even like the goofy headlights; it sort of reminds me of a Northwest native depiction of a open-mouthed salmon (must be due to the rain around here). Plus I've maintained a soft spot for Maximas over the years, ever since I bought new the original 4DSC 3G version, a '92 SE. So it wasn't anything close to a sports car that allows you to slam four separate doors; but who cares? It was a pretty spiffy machine for a tail dragger. That affinity to the marque was sorely put to the test with subsequent models, with the last discontinued lump being the worst offender of all. I do take issue with Robert C's so-called copycat criticism of Nissan's use of the BMW bend at the c-piller: it's not like Nissan hasn't used the forward-turning treatment before on its Max; my old Maxima also had that turn in its c-pillar, and that's an element which is now 20 years old for the Max.d. I'm a sucker for Vettes that has lasted to this day, ever since a neighbor one day came home with a brand new '67 Sting Ray when I was a kid all those decades ago. I had (and still have) it so bad that I can even find stylistic goodness out of those aesthetically-challenged C3s that endured throughout most of the mid to latter half of the '70s and into the early '80s (the early C3s weren't nearly such of an...er, 'eyeful' to my pair of brownies).e. I was willing to give VW and its GTI/Golf/Rabbit/whatever the benefit of the doubt when it came to reliability, but the bloody GTI I test drove earlier this year had a gremlin in its ventilation system...shades of deja vu of the first electrical glitch we suffered at the hands of MY then newly purchased Passat from ten years ago. I really enjoy driving VeeDubs. I think the have a sense of style and fun, particularly on the small end of their lineup. But I just hate living with them and "personality" flaws. (A service manager once referred to all of our woes with the Passat as 'personality'. Initially I thought he was joking only to find out moments later that he was actually serious about the tagging, as if it's really supposed to be something good with the car.)
1. Maserati Granturismo2. Audi R83. Aston Martin DBS4. Maserati Quattroporte5. Jaguar XK Coupe6. Saturn Sky (why don't these sell more?)7. Dodge Challenger8. Nissan GT-R9. Ferrari F430 (old, but still awesome to see one)10. Volvo C30 (don't get one in dark blue)
Some great comments here... But if money is no object it's gotta be the Alfa 8C. That's just rolling pornography.
EverydayDriver:Some great comments here... But if money is no object it's gotta be the Alfa 8C. That's just rolling pornography.Nice I admit, but I actually like the styling of the more affordable Brera S coupe better. Plus, it's more in character with the mainstream aspect of marque than the 8C Competizione is.
I want to like the Brera but I'm always disappointed when I see one in person. I actually find the more upright, conservative Alfa GT better looking.
Hi guys. I think that Jaguar and Mustang cars are great ones. Guess everybody agrees to that. Well, if not.. why?
In my opinion the new G37 Is a very nice car i have been researching it for a while i heard in sept they might even come out with a G37 Convertible..i think it would be a really nice car..i have been working with this http://theleaseoutlet.com Lease company need some opinions on what you guys think let me know
Sedan:Maserati QuattroporteCoupe: (tie)Maserati Gran Turismo, Alfa 8C, Bentley BrooklandsConvertible:Bentley AzureSupercar:Bugatti VeyronSUV:Chevy Suburban LTZ (even the super rich buy them)


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French Alps Raviole du Royans in Whole Egg Dough
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This "miniature" ravioli is a classic French take on traditional Italian cuisine. It combines three decadent French cheeses: Comte, Emmental & Fromage Blanc, giving it a bit of a sharp Swiss cheese flavor. These tasty little treats are great served in a soup broth as well as baked gratin.
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Filling: Ricotta Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Vinegar, Salt), Comte (Cows Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Emmental (Cows Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Fromage Blanc (Cows Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Eggs, Parsley, Butter, Pepper, Salt. Dough: Durum Semolina Flour (Milled Wheat, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Eggs, Wheat Gluten, Vegetable Oil, Salt.
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On a flux core wire as you weld flux can and will enter your base material "your hole "or spot left unfilled . Flux core has its place but not really accepable results on 040. as the thinnest wire is .035? 030 maybe .
Ideally .023 wire co2 @ ~20psi~ or other inert gas amps /current set as low as you can . The inert gas is the flux so no flux contaminate in the base material.
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