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Getting Stuck in Case Interview?
Here are Some Must-Know Tips & Tricks to Improve Your Performance
The worst feeling one can ever experience is to get stuck in the middle of a case interview.
We don't know what to do, we don't what to say. And even added to that, the stupid thought of us bombing the case keeps echoing in our heads!
Too bad, this does happen, and quite often for many of us.
How to avoid falling into that situation, though? What to do when you happen to be there?
Welcome to our next video of case interview tips & tricks! It's happening right here right now!
Hi, my name is Kim Tran, a former McKinsey consultant and the founder of this platform.
Well, based on my experience coaching many candidates of various backgrounds and levels, there are three most popular spots where people get stuck in case interview. Let's tackle each one at a time.
Situation #1
Getting stuck when needing to set up an issue tree or framework
Sometimes, it's the first issue tree. But most of the times, candidates really struggle after having explored and exhausted the first issue tree and not knowing what to do next.
The textbook solution is to develop an issue-tree-drawing skill so good and robust that you can react and proceed in any situation. While one part of our Case Interview End-to-end secrets, the Business Intuition part, does focus on that long-term purpose, the solution most last-minute case interviewees do is to learn as many frameworks as possible. More frameworks, better chance of drawing good issue trees.
Like I said in the framework video, this is only partially true. Sometimes, learning a lot of frameworks without knowing what to do with them is dangerous. So how do we find the sweet spot here?
Well, there's one thing that never gets mentioned as a conventional framework, but works like a framework and is very safe to use. It doesn't work 100% of the time, but it works most of the time. And at worst, it won't hurt you to use it. That magical thing is: segment.
Whenever you feels like don't know how to break things down, amid the vast universe of possible frameworks to apply out there, just go for segmentation.
Say things like: "At this point, I would like to break down the situation. One good way to do this is through segmentation. What's the natural way to segment ABC in this industry?"
Situation #2
People get stuck when getting a piece of data
A lot of the times, that's because we don't intuitively perceive what a number or piece of data means in an unfamiliar industry. The quick tip here is to benchmark that number. A number can only have some meaning when put into perspectives.
Two very good benchmarks are: (a) history and (b) competitor.
- Sales this year's at $10 billion? What's that in each of the last 5 years?
- Profit margin is 12%? What's that for competitors?
- Customer index is 82 points? How does that compare to historical index and that of competitors?
Situation #3
Getting stuck in the middle of analyses
Of the three, this is probably the most difficult to deal with. So first of all, we have to understand, technically, why do people get stuck in the middle of the analysis?
Well, if you watched the video "Candidate-led case", technically it's impossible to get stuck like that. If you haven't watch that video or you have not yet grasped that content super well, I strongly recommend going back and watching that video before continuing here. The link is right here.
Assuming you have got through the basic learning of case interviews, there are only 2 possible causes of getting stuck in middle of the analysis.
- No.1 is obvious: There are parts of our analysis that are not MECE. Come back to the Movie Theater example. Suppose the question to solve is: there is an anonymous feedback that the sound was really bad from his/her seat. If we divide the whole theater into the back area and the left area, we may not find the exact bad-sounding seat and get stuck. On the other hand, if we divide the whole theater into left & right, or back & front, we almost never get stuck, except for one very special situation like in No.2 below.
- No.2: The way we divided the problem somehow doesn't isolate the root-cause. If you conduct case interviews, sometimes you will run into this. You notice the interviewee do a perfectly MECE analysis but it doesn't lead to the root-cause or possible answer you have in mind.
Suppose all seats in the back have audio problems and the interviewee divides the theater into left and right areas. This structure doesn't isolate the problem and the interviewee will find partial problems in all groups.
That's the two ways you can get stuck in the middle of the analysis, now what should we do to avoid it?
(a), Always, always, make sure your analysis is perfectly MECE. Watch our video on MECE for much more details.
(b), Align with the interviewer as much as possible. Interviewers rarely deduct points when you ask questions. And even if they do, it's much, much better to be on the side of asking too many questions (see also Questions to ask in consulting interview) than on the side of asking too few questions and ending up going into directions that don't fit with the interviewer's idea at all.
(c), Mentally "plan for the worst". Even if you hope you never run into this situation, being mentally prepared for what to do and what to say will help. At least, you will stay calm, score some points and work your way out of the situation.
Ok, so those are some very helpful tips on not getting stuck. But we can never completely eliminate that possibility. Assuming you have done everything you can to avoid getting stuck and you still do, what's the best course of action at the point?
- Step 1: Calmly and confidently admit to the interviewer that you are stuck. Do it with STYLE! Everybody is stuck at some points, and in many cases, it's not his/her faults. So acting like this is something very normal and you are still in good control of the situation is a good idea.
- Step 2: Literally say the following scripts. You can develop your own wording a little bit to be more natural, but this is what I would say:
"My whole analysis seems to go into a dead-end, which means either part of my issue tree is not MECE or my method of breaking down doesn't isolate the problem. Either way, I would like to take a timeout to take another look at it."
Just by saying that, you get a plus point immediately.
- Step 3: Now use your timeout to look into your analysis critically. If it's not MECE, fix it. If it's perfectly MECE, confidently says you need to break the problem down through another perspective, a.k.a re-structure the issue tree or framework.
This is a rather short video but I hope it adds some values to your prep. I really hope to include an example here to demonstrate all of these insights but it's hard to do that without bringing a whole case.
More importantly, I hope you grasp these tips really well and along the process of practice, you will get stuck at some point … Well, it's strange to hope you get stuck, but that's really what I mean. I hope you practice SO hard and SO much that all of the worst case scenarios, all the worst mistakes will get out during the practice. At that point, remember to apply the insights I show you in this video. I promise that you will feel this much more profoundly, and much more helpful.
Well, comment below for any questions or suggestions. Have you got stuck before? How was it? What was the cause for it, what did you do and what would you do differently after seeing this video?
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The design of our garden — especially the area behind the house — was heavily influenced by Japanese aesthetics. We loosely incorporated three styles of Japanese gardens into our design: Pond, Stroll and Tea Gardens. If you look at the map you can see the pond is the centerpiece of the garden and is of a size and location that we can see it from inside at all seasons. There are multiple paths that let us stroll around the pond to enjoy different views and Mark designed and build a stucco Tea House at the top of the slope next to the Header Pool.
Other than digging and shaping the pond and setting the largest stones, Mark did all the construction himself.
The view from the deck not long after we moved into the house in the autumn of 1994. It was the perfect blank canvas.
The same view in the Spring of 2012.
Looking towards the bright yellow house you can see two more of the major selling points: access at ground level and a window wall to let us enjoy the garden from indoors during the winter.
As I mentioned last week, we created many small, distinct gardens that all link together via a series of path into a unified whole; what we refer to as "the big idea." The TSUKUBAI GARDEN is right off the deck and is a Mid-westernized version of a traditional feature seen at the entrance to Tea Gardens. We often made mock-ups of features, including cardboard "rocks," to help us visualize the final product and give us a sense of the proper scale and proportion.
Here you see the path coming around from the West Gate to the Tsukubai with assorted stepping stones sitting where they will ultimately be set in place. Early plantings are in the ground and the water feature is operative. We replaced a traditional stone bowl with a ceramic pot made by a local artist and a metal pipe replaces the traditional bamboo flue.
A few years later the plants almost hide this feature and the house has been painted. The old pipe has been replaced with antique copper.
The pond took an entire summer to create. Mark worked on his own or with a young landscape architect who also drove the bobcat and hired the backhoe driver. The top of the stone retaining wall is ground level. The back yard strongly sloped upward which was helpful in creating a natural looking pond. We used some of the dirt that came out of the hole to create small hills. You can see the "shelves" that circle the pond which are used to hold the pots of water lilies under water.
The hills have sod to prevent erosion as it was an amazingly wet summer. The bottom of the pond is dirt with no rocks or rough spots, topped with sand and a layer of old carpet. The final layer is rubber. Note the sea of mud that goes across the width of the garden and stretches from the pond to the deck. It stayed that way for at least a few years.
The rubber liner is in place and large stones are being set inside the pond. Mark and our landscaper, Jon Adams-Kollitz, are standing on carpet to protect the liner as they wait for the rock to be swung into position. It is glued to a sheet of styrofoam with a cement collar and has not shifted in 20 years.
The gives you an aerial view from the roof of the house. I suggested we add a grass square to repeat the geometry of the deck but give it a twist as though it was under the deck and sticking out at the edges. We also added bluestone pavers to contrast with all the natural stepping stone. The triangle off the deck eventually was planted with a Ginkgo tree that my co-workers gave me when my Dad died. There are stone steps going up the hill to right where the Tea House will eventually be built.
If you look at the picture above you can see the long stone path and the front edge of the deck to orient yourself to the views below. The Tsukubai is off to the left and mostly hidden by foliage.
We decided we should have another gravel garden to relate to the Yin Yang garden out front and filled in this area. The view below is in the opposite direction from the image above with the Tsukubai on the right. The Spirea hedge never thrived and was replaced with a bamboo fence.
There's a pine needle path along the fence that goes behind the Tea House and meanders through the Sacred Grove at the top of the hill out of view to the left. You can also use the stone steps to get up to the Tea House, then turn left and cross the stream via stepping stones.
To the east of the pond we had a moss garden until we decided it required too much maintenance. We lost one of these apple trees and the remaining one is not in good shape so we are re-thinking this area in case we lose this tree. We started with a casual mulch path, then added a brick edge and then updated it again with gravel and a stone edge.
The front apple tree came down in 2015 but the area looks fairly similar today. The dry steam and bridge are between this mossy area and the deck. Note the path splits: go left around the the Turtle Mound and Katie's Crescent or go right to go behind the low hedge that edges the the Buddha Mound and along the Back Border where the gray gravel path continues over to the Sacred Grove.
When the neighbors whose yard adjoins ours announced they were going to have a baby, we announced that we were going to have a fence. Mark spent three years building this cedar fence. The support posts are pressure treated lumber and are sunk four feet deep to withstand frost heave. He created a design module so he could add more or fewer modules depending where the support posts were placed. He assumed he would hit rocks or tree roots which would force him to move the post and this was how he dealt with that problem while giving the fence a unified look.
The fence has a dramatic gate and the entire creation is topped with a cedar shake roof. The fence was designed to look the same from both sides. We're on our third set of neighbors since Mark built the fence and I think the presence of the gate has always made for good relations with each new family.
You can see from this image that we spent a lot of time thinking about hardscaping and evergreens, features that would make the garden interesting even in winter. The fence has turned out to be one of the best winter features of the garden.
If you look at the aerial photo you can see the stone steps that lead to the Hedder Pool and the Tea House. Turn left at the top of the steps as you cross the stream and you will see the Weeping Purple Beech that is the focal point above the yew curve.
As you cross the stream look right and you see The Sacred Grove.
I named this area The Sacred Grove right after we moved in. There was a huge old Crabapple tree, three Austrian pines, a big Juniper and some scrubby shrubs. It was woodsy and mysterious, the perfect spot for the Delphic Oracle to appear with a pronouncement. Alas, we've lost most of those trees including a couple of special ones that we planted over the years.
They turned my shady Grove into a much sunnier area and one that does not look that mysterious in early Spring. The Hedder Pool is between the big rocks and the Tea House.
Looking the other direction
The Sacred Grove in 2015.
We decided to create a lower maintenance area along the fence by planting Yew and Boxwood. We used cardboard circles to estimate mature size and how many shrubs we'd need to buy. The hose is marking the future path.
The view today with the Buddha Mound on the left. The arching tree trunks belong to an old Lilac. The tree in the back center is a Carolina Silverbell and marks the beginning of Katie's Crescent.
The Crescent was formed when we piled up all the grass that was removed to build the pond. Eventually it broke down into a beautiful planting bed which is home to Geranium 'Biokovo' and a weeping Katsura that we've trained to create a leafy tunnel.
We're having a computer problem that is keeping me from accessing our photo archive. So I don't have any photos to show the story of the Tea House. This link gives you a timeline and further links to construction details.
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Thanks to all of you who commented on the first post about creating the front and side gardens, and to Loree at Danger Garden for getting me enthused enough to find all these images and put this together.
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If you are a junkie for design construction details and step-by-step photos, you can follow the entire process under My Garden Odyssey in the categories list. As you know, posts are chronological so the last post is at the top of the list. The very first post on this topic ran on Nov. 26, 2008. Those little "You Might Like . . ." boxes that appear below link to related posts which is another way to follow this story if you start with the first post.
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We spent the first two-and-a-half years in this house designing the garden and stockpiling material. This is our original plan which is based on paths (in orange) from the house to the various features we intended to build. Thus we could create small gardens one at a time using the paths as the boundary lines. Except for the largest projects like the pond and the driveway, we did the work ourselves — which really means Mark did the construction and hard physical labor and I did the planting. We argued equally about design and control issues.
This is my drawing of the above plan where you can see the names we've given to each area. We named them so we had a way to talk about different areas without getting confused about what or where the other person meant. We continue to use those names for the most part. We still refer to the compost corner though the bins are long gone and it's all planted. We've just never come up with a new name that has stuck!
The front view of the house in 1994 on the day we had the inspection. The lot is one-half acre which is very big for an urban property and was a major factor in our decision to buy. You'll notice the lot goes right down to the street with no sidewalks. That means the city technically owns the first 16 feet of our lot should they ever decide to put in sidewalks. If the house had not been wood siding and able to be painted, that yellow color would have been a deal-breaker.
Summer 2011 after we replaced the bark on the front paths with gravel. The house has been painted twice — in the exact same color: Seal Beach Green. We've added a border the length of the driveway on the left and trees and shrubs along the slope on the right side.
October 2016, a year after we replaced our concrete driveway with pavers, added a boulder retaining wall and stone steps into the Moon Garden.
A closer look at the gravel path across the front of the garden out by the street. This area is mostly Geranium macrorrhizum ground cover and shrubs and trees and requires little maintenance.
The look of this area — aka The Wild Time Border — varies slightly by season with white daffodils in early spring, daylilies in mid-summer and Geraniums all the time.
We used Round-Up to mark out the front paths a long time before we began actual construction.
The pictures above and below clearly show the layout of the area known as the "Moon Garden" with the Yin/Yang Circle in its earliest days. Mark shot these standing on the roof of the house.
Spring with our 'Tina' crabapple in full bloom in the Yin/Yang Circle. The River Birch trees in the background are the adjacent "Birch Grove."
The Upper Moon Garden bed in very early Spring carpeted with fallen petals from an old crabapple tree that shades this area.
The new beds in summer 2015 that link the stone steps up from the front door to the Moon Garden
Coming around the curve of the Upper Moon Garden wall and approaching the West Gate garden. Note the obelisk which we brought with us from our former house and garden.
As we built the garden, we moved tools and materials from place to place. This is the West Gate area when it was the materials yard. Note the large stepping stones that took a Bobcat to be put into place as well as the stone grouping next to the fence.
A stone path with gravel edges is in place along with baby Epimediums and branches of an exsisting Burning Bush half on our side of the fence and half on our neighbor's side.
When Mark regraded this area as part of a project to help control rainwater runoff, I had to move all the plants which explains their small size.
The Epimediums all filled in. The rocks are Argillite, a highly compacted sedimentary rock, and not petrified wood despite its looks.
The view toward the street (before the regrading next to the house)
The Tea House is the focal point of this garden and so we've never decided if we want to add the gate that has given the area its name.
The opposite side of the house has a structure which gives this space its name: The East Gate. There's a sloped gravel path so we can get a wheel barrow into the back gardens and the gate panels open wide enough to get modest equipment through the area.
This space is on the side of the house with only a couple of high windows so you don't see this work yard from inside. Mark built the gate and set up this area in 2014. He recently told me to start looking for ideas for a permanent potting bench to replace the old door on sawhorses on the right of the image below. This is where we pile debris to take to the city drop off site where they will shred and compost garden waste. It's also where we store our ceramic pots for the winter and all the bags of pine needles I've been collecting from friends and neighbors to use to refresh the garden paths next spring.
Remember this picture that I posted not long ago showing how Mark had beautifully refreshed and redefined our dry stream? The bare area in the foreground is the spot where the black bags are piled above.
The Traffic Island garden came about when the city added these planting beds as a means of slowing down drivers. It's worked fairly well on our street and gave me a nice sunny space to play with.
It has been replanted and changed constantly over the years, most often because the plants out here grow too well and get so big they begin to obscure the sign as well as oncoming traffic. Most recently I changed the summer planting to perennials: Alliums, Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta and Geranium Rozanne. But Tulips have been a big success and have returned in this location because it is gritty and dry in the summer, just like the areas where they originated.
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A couple of weeks ago Loree at Danger Garden did a "then and now" post spanning 11 years at her house and garden. I loved seeing how her vision came together. I wrote a lot of detailed posts back in 2008/09 about Mark and my garden history, long before many of you were visiting my site. So this is the short version of where we began and what our garden looks like now. Thanks to Loree for the inspiration.
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When my husband and I met, I was gardening in a small plot behind my second floor apartment. I dug the beds, planted them and did the work myself. It doesn't look like much but I knew all the Botanical Latin names of my plants. I picked the plants to fulfill two needs: herbs for cooking and flowers to hang in a basket on the door to my apartment. My little plot nicely met those needs and helped me gain gardening experience without getting overwhelmed.
After our marriage we bought an 1899 Queen Anne house on a tiny lot in an old neighborhood on Madison's near east side. We spent the first winter planning the garden. Along the fence are the holding beds for the plants my landlord let me bring from my old garden. Just in front of me you may notice a circle of brown grass. That's where we dug out an Ash Tree and moved it against the fence next to an old rose bush I discovered there. Why am I holding a broom? Mark is trying to convince me that a big stone obelisk as high as the broom top would be the perfect addition to our as yet unbuilt garden. The yellow ropes on the ground indicate our future patio.
Here's the obelisk in place (it is now in our current garden in a slightly different shape). We had the previous owners of the house leave a big pile of old bricks as part of the deal. We used them to create the patio and paths. The pile of dirt in the back left side is our future rock garden.
Ta-da! The garden five years later — along with new house paint colors. We were growing plants in narrow strips down both sides of the house and had just put big pots full of flowers on our flat garage roof. Clearly we were now hardcore gardeners and it was time to move. Tune in tomorrow.
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I started writing this post when we were prepping for our garden tours in June. But I think it's worth sharing since it is really about the fact that even garden hardscaping needs attention over time. Just as with plants, nothing is ever really finished in a garden.
We designed our pond with one corner lower by a half-inch than the rest of the perimeter. Essentially it directs the overflow in a big rainstorm to that spot where it pours over the edge and follows the natural drainage path on our property. We turned that necessity into a garden feature by digging out the drainage path and lining it with rocks to make a dry stream when it's not raining.
Over the course of 20 years the smaller rocks have become embedded in dirt from years of rainy pond overflow. So Mark got a truck-load of gravel to top it up again.
This necessitated multiple trips up and down a sloping path with loads of rocks which he then spread around using a rake. He smiled for the camera but it was a tough job and one that I did not help him with, other than keeping him supplied with water.
Proper tools and safety measures are in evidence here: the water and ear protectors when using the leaf blower to clean out the area before he began working. He gives me a hard time when I make a banana smoothie because the blender is so noisy he thinks I need ear protection even for that! He is very good about using protective gear.
In addition to topping up the rocks in the stream, Mark added more mid-size boulders to emphasize the stream edges. We also pulled out a bunch of German iris plants that no longer bloom because of too much shade. So we added pine needles to make a path that skirts the edge of the stream.
This shows the corner of the pond that allows for the overflow during rainstorms. It is not really obvious that the edge right there is a fraction lower, but this is the only spot where water ever overflows during storms. The moss on the far right of this image is growing on hard-packed clay soil in a fair amount of sun. I frequently walk on this moss instead of the adjacent stepping stones. It is very low and flat and just filled in of its own accord with no help from me.
The stream splits when it goes under the bridge.
This view shows an area in the foreground that is ready for some new ground cover plants. The small gray gravel is the wheelbarrow working path that crosses the stream over a limestone paver that was once a step in our state capitol building. The mulched area to the left is the former moss garden which I am just beginning to redesign and plant.
Now that there have been multiple rain storms since Mark reworked the stream, the dust has washed off the rocks and they aren't such a pale presence any more. Just a beautifully refreshed feature and one that I enjoy every time I cross the stream — which is pretty much multiple times every day!
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Since my niece Sarah comes from a family of architecture buffs who particularly like Frank Lloyd Wright, visiting all the FLW buildings in Madison seemed like a natural. For those of you who are not local, I will just say that FLW is a native of Wisconsin and that Madison and the state are home to many of his landmark creations, including Taliesin, his home near Spring Green. So Sarah, Mark and I spent last Thursday visiting FLW shrines around town.
The Meeting House of Madison's First Unitarian Society was commissioned by the group in 1946. To help defray costs the congregation helped with the construction, including hauling the quarry stone, building furniture and doing interior finish work. As you can see here, the building is an excellent example of the soaring triangular shape that FLW used to great effect in a number of his projects.
The Society now has an adjacent new building used for many events including public concerts. The FLW building is still used especially for weddings and memorial services. I've attended many of both over the years and can attest that the seats are a bit on the low side but moderately comfortable. It's a wonderful space and visiting it — like visiting any FLW site — is a bit of a religious experience.
FLW used a soaring triangle in a different manner in the Gilmore House, known more familiarly — in Madison at least — as the "airplane house". Wright placed this 1908 house just below the crown of the highest hill in the University Heights neighborhood, according to my 1987 Heggland/Rankin tour booklet.
The main living rooms were on the second floor giving the Gilmores a spectacular view. The jutting triangle is a balcony. Still a great house on a wonderful site.
But I've always thought the entrance was overgrown and it never felt welcoming. I was in this house years ago and I admit I have no memory of the interior. I am guessing I was only on the lower floor because I can't imagine I would forget the view.
I love to imagine how the Buell family — who built the first home at the top of the hill in University Heights in 1894 — felt when the Gilmores and Wright put up the "airplane house" directly across the street and just above them. Perhaps Charles Buell had the last laugh since he was the first person to build so far from downtown. By the time he died in the late 1930s his house was surrounded by the homes of Madison's movers and shakers.
I have to say I've never been sure which house I'd rather live in: The Gilmore or the Buell. You can't tell it from the photo below but the land drops sharply away from the Buell house as the street turns tightly around their corner lot. Conover and Porter, architects.
If you're rambling around the Heights, you can't miss the Bradley house. My guide booklet says this massive Prairie style building from 1910 was one of the last works — and a rare residential design — of Louis H. Sullivan, Wright's mentor and one-time employer. The house was a wedding present to the Bradley's from the bride's father but they found it too large. They sold it to the Sigma Phi Fraternity in 1914. The house was "meticulously rebuilt" after a terrible fire in 1972.
The members of this house are known as "the gentlemen on the hill" according to their Rush Week signs. While we were debating walking up to the door and ringing the bell, one of the Fraternity members invited us inside and gave us a tour of the public rooms. From his presentation and answers to our questions, it seems these young men know the history and value and popularity of their house very well.
The detailing on this house — inside, outside and on the leaded glass windows — is gorgeous. The scale is so dramatic that you can stand on the curb and enjoy the design. I've been inside this house many times over the years and it's always a treat, though I'm not sure I could live with so much dark wood on a daily basis. Still, I'd be willing to give it a try.
When Mark and I went house hunting for our first home, we'd read the newspaper ads on Sunday morning and then I'd go look at the houses we noted during the afternoon while he was at work. I always remember the time I saw a little west side house that I thought was too cramped, too boring and too expensive. As I was driving down the block I saw the house below, pulled over and thought, "Now there's a great house." It took me a bit of drooling and dreaming to realize it was a FLW design.
This is the Jacobs House, built in 1937, for Katherine and Herb Jacobs. He was a newsman at The Capital Times so you know his salary was modest. The couple challenged Wright to build for less than $5,000. The house came in at about $5,550 and there are lots of stories about where Wright got some of the building materials to stay within that figure.
The house is also known as the first "Usonian" house, a word FLW coined that means the building was designed to relate directly to nature. This house does it with its L-shape with windows facing an open area surrounded by trees, swaths of prairie grass and Midwestern plants. The side street view of the house is more accessible than I remember in past years so we were able to get a good look at it. And yes, I've been in this one as well. Mark and I once spent an afternoon there with Jim Dennis, the UW-Madison art history professor who lovingly restored the house over the course of many years.
Being the home of someone who supports a progressive political agenda means there are always messages on display on the street corner where the house is located. (Not my best look ever but I love the sign!)
We ended our FLW tour with a triumvirate of Wisconsin icons: We went to Smokey's, a landmark supper club, where Sarah had her first Brandy Old-Fashioned Sweet (Wisconsin's unofficial state beverage) and deep-fried cheese curds. A perfect day no matter how you slice it.
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Multicultural mix: A Central Asian baby hat adorns the head of one of a pair of paper mache maracas-as-sculpture. Standing sentinel on either side are a pair of shigras bags, made from Agave fiber, from Ecuador. I bought the one of the right in the Matterplay shop on State Street in the 70s or early 1980s. The other bag is much older as indicated by the much finer weave and was found in an antique shop.
Up-ended against the wall is an East Indian container that is supposedly a snake charmer's basket. Somehow, I doubt that story but I love the old textile that covers the inside and outside of the form.
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Say "Buffalo, New York" and the first thing that comes to mind is usually not Frank Lloyd Wright. Buffalo's reputation for record-breaking snowstorms has overshadowed its record of a different sort: the city boasts more Wright houses than any other place in the country, outside of Chicago.
Wright's architectural legacy in Buffalo virtually all stems from his 30-year friendship with Darwin D. Martin, a local businessman. It was Martin who got Wright his first large-scale commercial commission, the Larkin Building, and then gave him free rein in the design of his own house shown here. Though we toured all the buildings on site last spring, no photos of the interiors are allowed.
Martin was born at the end of the Civil War, just before Wright. Both men spent time on the prairies of the Midwest as youngsters and both had troubled childhoods that left them trying to create the ideal home they never had. For Wright, family and home was embodied in Taliesin; a place well-known to those of us who live in Wisconsin. The design and creation of the Martin home in Buffalo offered Wright everything the architect ever wanted: a large lot, an unlimited budget and complete freedom of design.
Wright responded by giving Martin a stunning composition, what he called his "opus." Wright designed a complex of six buildings totaling almost 30,000 square feet and including a pergola, conservatory, carriage house and a house for Martin's sister. Wright called the Martin property's arrangement of buildings to each other and the landscape "well nigh a perfect composition." After visiting last summer I'd have to agree.
Construction on the entire complex of buildings took from 1903 to 1907. Wright estimated the cost of the Martin house — built in 1904-05 — at $35,000, but in true Wrightian fashion it eventually totaled $175,000. The tab for the restoration of the Martin house and the reconstruction of the demolished pergola, conservatory and carriage house that is currently under way in Buffalo is $35 million. Total restoration of the property plus construction of the visitor center is estimated at $50 million with all but $10 million raised at this point. Having grown up in Buffalo during the years the Martin House and complex fell into serious disrepair, it was a thrill to see it being restored to its full glory.
The pictures above and below show the plaza between the Martin house and the almost all-glass visitor center.
One of the most stunning aspects of the Martin house is this long covered pergola leading to Mrs. Martin's conservatory with its huge reproduction sculpture of Winged Victory amidst the greenery.
What is so wonderful about Wright's work is that no detail is too small to be ignored whether it's the house number or a spot for chores.
The large building on the left (below) is the carriage house with the chauffeur's apartment above. Double click on the picture below and you will see that the poles that held the wash lines in this beautiful laundry yard match the detailing elsewhere on the house. It reminded me of some of the things that Arne Maynard does in his garden designs which he talks about in his new book.
Wright designed 394 original pieces of art glass, including 15 window motifs for the Darwin Martin House. The Chazen Museum of Art in Madison owns one of the "Tree of Life" windows from the Martin House. The Martin House itself only has one original "Tree of Life" window, though they know the whereabouts of most of them. The glass panels perpendicular to the stained glass windows let light into the lower level.
You can find more information on the Martin house and tours here.
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Since it's almost Valentine's Day, roses seem like the perfect flower for this week's post. Though I only have one rose in my garden, I have the remains of many roses from many romantic bouquets: Dried and turned into potpourri. If I grew old roses or David Austin roses, I might be more of a fan of roses as cut flowers. But since I don't, I have to admit that my favorite roses are dried like this necklace of rosebuds and pearls.
I've never actually worn it even when it was new and pink. Instead I put it at the feet of a little gilded figure of the Buddha in our Thai Spirit House. If you look carefully you can see the hand-painted scenes on the back walls. On the top are two ceramic figures that we refer to as our studio gods. The pig is a leftover from the Year of the Pig. The figures on the lower shelf are stoneware Christmas ornaments that are so delicate they live here.
This rose pomander may have lost most of its color but it still has a strong rose fragrance. Not the world's most practical item but certainly a very pretty one. The item in the background is an ink stone used for grinding an ink stick to make black ink for Japanese calligraphy. It's 5.5 x 10 inches.
I've had this raku vase since the 1970s when I bought it from Fanny Garver Gallery right after I finished graduate school. I was working as a waitress so I always had a little cash on hand when something special came along. The vase is composed of three separate parts: the scrolled base, the body and the lid and is 9 inches tall. I've been putting dried rose petals in here for years.
This quirky image is taken looking into the interior of the vase, which is resting on its side on the base. You can see the mix of lavender and rose potpourri topped with dried rose petals that I've had in this container for years.
Years ago my husband flipped the vase over to look at its decorative curved bottom (below) with the artist's name stamped into it (John Natale). Unfortunately Mark forgot to keep a hand on the lid which fell off and broke. He glued it together for me and was most apologetic. I was able to be fairly understanding about it since his mom did the exact thing to a pot that he made when he was in college.
To see what gardeners who are able to go out into their gardens for material to put into a vase are doing today, visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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Lavender Cooler
READY IN: 45mins
Recipe by Sharon123
From Better Homes and Gardens, this is a refreshing drink everyone should try! Cooking time is approximate.
Top Review by crusingal4
I make this every summer. But I make it into a "cooler" by eliminating the lemon juice. When the lavendar syrup has cooled, I pour about 1 " into a tall glass, and add Sparkling Water, or any carbonated water , plus some ice!! Refreshing drink !!!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups water
- 1⁄2-3⁄4 cup dried lavender flowers
- 4 cups lemon juice
- 8 cups cold water
- ice
- 1 sprig of spanish lavender or 1 sprig other fresh edible flower
Directions See How It's Made
- In a medium saucepan combine the sugar and the 3 cups water.
- Bring to boiling and reduce heat, stirring often, until the sugar is dissolved.
- Place the lavender flowers in a large bowl.
- Pour the syrup over the dried flowers.
- Let stand for 2 hours or until cool.
- Strain the syrup through a fine sieve, pressing on the flowers with the back of a wooden spoon to extract all the liquid.
- Cover and chill for up to 1 week.
- To serve, in a very large pitcher or crock, measure 4 cups of the syrup.
- Add the lemon juice and 8 cups cold water.
- Stir well to combine.
- Serve over ice in tall glasses.
- Garnish with sprigs of lavender, if desired.
- Makes about 20 servings (6 ounces each).
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1/22/13- I'm still lurking around. I updated my profile again. I still need to edit my comment list on my favorite stories still.
10/20/10- I updated my profile since some details have changed.
3/29/09- I added one last chapter to Forever Single. I didn't want to leave it hanging like that so I put what I had written for some of the chapters, and the story's outline.
3/28/09- Updating my profile once again, I decided to state why the stories on my favorites are there, and I also added story ideas.
3/19/09- I added one last chapter of Forever Single before discontinuing it. I also tinkered with my profile a bit.
3/17/09- I updated my profile once again. This time I added my favorite pairings.
3/14/09- Updated my profile. I just had a birthday so I needed to change my age. :P
10/23/08- Rewrote entire profile.
I am twenty two years old American. I'm currently unmarried and not seeking a "boyfriend". I refuse to put myself in a position that I fall for someone and trust them fully before I know they are loyal and deserving of my trust. I've realized that most relationships start having trouble when people aren't being honest and sensitive to the others perspective. That is why I focus on trust building because without honesty in a relationship they is nothing to build upon. This is quite different from the stories I write. I find fiction love very entertaining but not realistic in a lasting way. A good story though will display the thoughts and feelings of the characters in such a way that the reader connects to the characters whole on an emotional level. Those are the best stories. XD
In my family, I am the second oldest of four. My family is one of the lucky few that actually like each others company. We love to play video games, talk about politics, and tease each other. This probably has to do with the respect and endearment for each others talents and flaws. It also probably has to do with how we've grown together through constantly changing environments. Some of the states I have lived in are North Dakota, South Dakota , Oregon, Missouri, Indiana, and Nevada. There are more, but those are the main. Every year, we usually ended up moving to a different house in the same town too. We have moved so much not because we have the money to go wherever we want, we move because we can't afford to stay. Because of my constant moving, I'm proud to state I attended five different high schools before graduating. This have given me a very useful ability, it's the ability to adapt to change. On the flip side though, I have a hard time keeping routines. :P
My personality is odd and varies depending on what I am doing. Most the time I'm calm but when I get hyper, hehe, stand back and watch. I kinda go through moods of things to do when I'm bored. I'll play video games, read, write, watch tv or foreign dramas, clean, learn Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, draw, or exercise. Some weird quarks about my personality are the fact that I love kids movies (I keep up with the Barbie movies for crying out loud), I only listen to orchestrated music, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese music, movie soundtracks, or music from video games. I also prefer to hang out with either six year olds or sixty year olds. Overall, I'm always learning new random things.
Out of my abnormal selection of music I listen to my favorite foreign music artists are Yoko Kanno, Nobuo Uematsu, Jane Zhang, Lee Soo Young, Sakamoto Maaya, kannon, and Oh Jun Seong. My favorite songs from the games or tv series: the final fantasy games in general, Kingdom Hearts, Xenosaga, Faith (Korean drama), Trigun, Chorno Crusade, Palace (Chinese drama), Secret garden (Korean drama), La Corda D'Oro, Inuyasha, and Fullmetal Alchemist. I do listen to English, but I don't have a specific genre or singer I listen to. I'm do gravitate to the pop genre a lot (in any language).
Out of all the books I read my favorite author is Juliet Marillier who made the Seven Waters Trilogy and Wolf Skin. She write books based on Irish Mythology. I also enjoy reading mangas like: Fruits basket, Red River, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Perfect Girl Evolution (Wallfower), Ultra Maniac, Fullmetal Alchemist, Shugo Chara, Skip Beat, Bakuman, 1/2 Prince, Aflame Inferno, The World Only God Knows, It's Not Like That Darling, Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Mademoiselle Butterfly, Midnight Secretary, Ouran High School Host Club, Ryo, Tail of the Moon, Replay, Yankee-kun to Megan-chan, Zombie-Loan, Dear School Gang Leader, Fall In Love Like a Comic, Hachimitsu no Hana, Hadashi de Bara wo Fume, etc. Majority of the time, I read fanfics, and comment on the ones I enjoyed immensely or found the plot interesting.
Other than writing fanfiction (which I have a tendency to coming up with ideas and never really getting it down on paper), I am working on a book. I am about making as much progress on it as my fanfictions, but I will complete it one day. Once I finish the prologue and the first chapter, I will put a link here to fictionpress so you can read it if you'd like. I really enjoy this story and I'm so proud of it. It's my baby. :) I started coming up with another original story lately as well, but I refuse to finish it until I have my first one done.
Favorite Parings
Avatar: The Last Airbender- Katara/Zuko
Dragon Ball Z- Vegeta/Bulma
Final Fantasy- Seifer/Quistis, Vincent/Yuffie, Auron/Rikku
Harvest Moon- Popuri/Gray, Claire/Gray, Chelsea/Shea, Chelsea/Vaughn, Ann/Cliff, Luna/Gill, Witch Princess/Mark, Harvest Goddess/Jack, Nami/Jack, Aja/Harris, Gale/Molly, Ignus/Angela
Inuyasha- Sesshomaru/Kagome
Jak and Daxter- Jak/OC
Pokemon- Ashe/Misty
Samurai Champloo- Mugan/Fuu
Star Ocean- Albel/Nel
Tales of Symphonia- Zelos/Sheena
Tales of the Abyss- Ashe/OC, Luke/Tear
Story Status
By all means, if my lack of updating my stories bugs you and you just want to know what happens, go ahead and email me. I usually always have some sort of outline or overview done.
Forever Single- Discontinued. Due to the fact I don't enjoy this stories plot very much, I decided to drop it. I'm sorry to those of you who were waiting for it to update (my lack of updating probably made you lose interest anyway). I'm going to focus on Promise Me and one shots from hear on out. If you would like know anything regarding this story, either email me or pm me. It doesn't matter.
Promise Me- I am currently working harder to finish this one since it's shorter and I enjoy the plot. I'll probably finish editing Haven and writing out one of my current one-shot before I have this finished. Sorry...
Haven- Complete/Editing. Don't ask me to write anything like this again. It was an embarrassing experiment that will not be repeating.
These are ideas I have had for fanfictions that I have not had the chance to write. I would love to see someone write these (I have extensive notes on most of these ideas).
House of the Moon (Outlaw Star)- Sometimes, I hear whispering within the wind. Even though I don't understand, I feel this calming nostalgia envelop me. My existence intertwines with another. I feel my lungs tighten as I run through a field of small blue flowers. Suddenly, I feel myself falling into an endless abyss of water. I open my eyes to find the moon staring back at me...
A story about Melfina's past (she maybe a bio-android but she was once human). An idea I've had since the first time I watch the first ending credits.
Enemy Encounters (Star Ocean)- The life of the warrior is never simple. The complex web of skill, loyalty, sacrifice, prejudice, and stubbornness are woven into their hearts by the love for their country. There is no room for compassion. Torture, however, can be a marvelous thing.
I was originally thinking of making this story an Albel/Nel, but then I started thinking about the game in general. I came up with an interesting twist to the story from the time they arrive at the gate onwards. This would be fairly long and have multiple chapters if I wrote it. Too bad I have a hard enough time with finishing my one-shots. :P
Unlocking the Heart (Shugo Chara)- It's funny how sometimes we lock the most precious feelings within our heart that prevents us to truly being ourselves. Ironically, we are unable to break the locks we have created. Only the key can unlock our true selves.
I might get around to writing this since it would most likely become a one-shot if written. It's just an idea that nagged me every time I saw Amu's lock and Ikuto's key.
Comments That Need To Be Stated
I had to say this somewhere. Read the stories on my favorites list. I'm constantly scouring fan fiction for good fan fics of games and animes I have played or watched (example: I beat my games within two to three days if not that day same as I start them. Same goes for anime or tv series unless they are like 200 episodes long then around a week), so the stories in my favorites are exclusively stories that I consider the most creative and well done. I want to do anything I can to help support these authors because they gave me what I yearn for, a story that attracts me so much that I feel, see, hear, taste, and smell everything the characters do and feel complete yet sad when they end. Okay, that's enough of my little rant, but seriously, check them out. They're awesome. I need to review this list later though since my standards are higher now and there are story I loved that aren't on the list.
My Favorite Color by Jean Cooper (Harvest Moon)- My second favorite Gray/Claire fan fic. So far, it has the most unique plot I have read in a long time. I have a feeling the ending is either going to be bitter sweet or a tragedy, but it's so well written that I it's going to keep me until the end.
My Enemy, My Friend by Jean Cooper (Harvest Moon)- My favorite Gray/Claire fan fic to date. The character development is awesome, but the plot moves pretty slow. There's an Gray/Claire fic that's similar to this one, but not as well written that I get some of the details confused with. The plot is a little unoriginal, but the characters and twists make up for it.
If You Love Me by Moonlit Dreaming (Harvest Moon)- This story was so realistically done. It was a little bitter sweet, but it just made this story put a smile on your face.
Mental Holiday by SMB814 (Tales of Symphonia)- One of my favorite fan fic stories. It a pretty long one-shot, but by the time it ended, I didn't want it to end. The way this story was written, it made the pairing plausible in the original game. There are four or five continuation one shots for this story now. I haven't gotten around to reading beyond the second one though.
Fire and Ice by altol (Final Fantasy VIII)- What can I say about this story? It was a master piece. The characters, environment, and plot all entwined beautifully. One of the best stories I have read in general. It's really long, but it's totally worth it.
Pleasurable Mistakes by DarkestScars (Samurai Champloo)- The best Mugen/Fuu fan fic I've read. It's a one-shot lemon so there's not much character development. The only real complaint I have about it is the ending. There is a difference between lust and love people...
Soldiers with Wings by Kazegami-inkpot (Tales of the Abyss)- I first started reading this just because I liked Asch, and I didn't have high expectations since the original character was the main character. After finishing the first chapter, the story had me so enraptured that I had to continue. This ended up becoming of my top three fan fiction stories. From the character development to the sequence of events, this story delivers clear and colorful mental film like pictures. I have nothing bad to say about it. The sequel is really good too, but I won't put it on my favorites until it's done.
Where We Collide by lynn.reistFinal Fantasy VII)-Hehe, another one-shot lemon. I just like how they actually communicated to each other, and attempted to understand the other. It's pretty well written as well. The prequel to this is confusing that I wouldn't recommend.
Elpitha by Zinovia (Harvest Moon)- The development of the characters and the use of poetry keep me till the end. I was not disappointed at all with this story; however, it was a little on the lengthy side though.
Far From A Fairytale by LilyGinnyBlack (Star Ocean)- There's a couple unrealistic actions in this story, but it is on my favorites because of the creative twist. It's riddled with errors, but it's not too extreme. Just a little distracting at times.
Forever Mine by Aine of Knockaine (Trigun)- This was like Soldiers with Wings and Fire and Ice combined. There's original characters and good development of the original characters. There's a little too much drama, but I couldn't stop reading. The ending wasn't too bland nor out there either.
Love Thy Enemy by RedNovember (Avatar: The Last Airbender)- This is actually a sequel to another story. I didn't find out about this until after I read it. This is probably the top well written story I've read next to Fire and Ice. It's very realistic, but not very plausible in the original series.
Unavoidable by Sorceress Myst (Star Ocean)- This was a very good short story. The characters are slightly out of character, but the conclusion is original and humorous.
Jak III: Secret Origins by Lizzy Rebel (Jak and Daxter)-The most unique plot I've ever read using the original stories characters. To find out this stories true ending, you need to read the sequel, but I feel like that story isn't as good as this one.
Eyes by Heeroluva (Dragon Ball Z)- The only poem I have on my favorite as of right now. Even though there are some spelling and grammar errors, it was very well written and portrayed the characters accurately.


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The first type, illustrated by the story in this morning's Plain Dealer, is that of current Browns offering their somewhat-more-calming views on the recent cuts of veteran starters. According to Tony Grossi's story, Kenard Lang views it as the extension of a larger scheme: "Coach Davis obviously has a plan. To be candid, I don't think he would try to intentionally hurt this football team."
I would hope not.
In other words, "Coach Knows Best". Come to think of it, that sounds like a better name for that TV show that Davis does during the season. Still, it's good to hear that the entire team isn't in the state of mortal panic hinted at by coverage earlier this week.
The other news in the second type of story is somewhat more alarming. No, not the news that Davis didn't tell Couch that he is next year's starter, although that is considered a headline in some of the papers. The alarming news is that the Browns haven't even approached Couch about restructuring his contract.
When I read that this morning, my eyes started blinking involuntarily, and my jaw actually dropped, leaving my mouth hanging more wide open than usual.
In my opinion, not starting down this path with Couch and Brown back in February was a mistake. Not starting these required steps by early March borders on unforgiveable.
While the Browns are clearly not in the position to spend big money on the free agent market, limiting their flexibility by not being pro-active in restructuring these deals is, at best, a confusing strategy.
Do the Browns expect to be in a better negotiating position with Couch and Brown after the draft? Are they hoping to get another team to swallow the contracts? Do they expect to be in a better negotiating position when the free agent pool becomes even more shallow? Do they expect media pressure to become greater on Couch and Brown to restructure over the next several months?
If the stories reported today are true, I have to admit that I am truly baffled by the team's inaction. Over 20% of the team's available room under the cap is taken up by two players whose professional accomplishments don't reflect that level of contribution to the team's success.
Yesterday, I read an article by a Bengals fan on their site that offered that he felt uncomfortable with two linebackers earning 10% of that team's salary cap. One of those players is Takeo Spikes. If that is alarming, then this situation would be enough to make the average Cincy fan's head explode.
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