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President Obama Defends Intelligence Agencies; Boston Bombing Investigation
Aired April 30, 2013 - 18:00 ET
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: And we're learning that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his wife got more welfare benefits from American taxpayers than we realized, and more of them were coming in just last year. And growing fear that Islamic terrorists are feeding off of Syria's civil war right now. CNN is in Damascus. We're capturing the bloody aftermath of a brand-new attack. I'm Wolf Blitzer. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM. President Obama is rejecting any suggestion that his administration deserves blame for the Boston Marathon bombings. But he also acknowledged today that a review is under way of intelligence leading up to the attack to make sure nothing was missed. The president talked at length about the Boston bombings during a morning news conference over at the White House, along with other great challenges weighing in on a second term. Our chief White House correspondent, Jessica Yellin, was in the front row asking questions. Jessica is joining us now with more -- Jessica. JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, President Obama came to the Briefing Room without an obvious agenda and announcement. And on a range of topics, he asked for patience. From the Boston bombing to Syria, he made clear he's moving at his timetable. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Hello, everybody. YELLIN (voice-over): At his first press conference since the Boston Marathon bombing, President Obama told the nation: OBAMA: We're not going to stop living our lives because warped, twisted individuals tried to intimidate us. YELLIN: When pressed to answer critics who allege intelligence was missed in the lead-up to the attack, President Obama defended law enforcement. (on camera): Your DNI has ordered a broad review of all the intelligence-gathering prior to the attack. And now Lindsey Graham, who is a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, has said that Benghazi and Boston are both examples of the U.S. going backwards on national security. Is he right? And did our intelligence miss something? OBAMA: No, Mr. Graham is not right on this issue, although I'm sure generated some headlines. Based on what I've seen so far, the FBI performed its duties, the Department of Homeland Security did what it was supposed to be doing. YELLIN (voice-over): The Russians wouldn't help the FBI with much information before the attack. The president says they're helping now. OBAMA: The Russians have been very cooperative with us since the Boston bombing. You know, obviously, old habits die hard. YELLIN: On the thorny question of Syria, chemical weapons and the red line, the president repeated: OBAMA: The use of chemical weapons would be a game changer. YELLIN: But he insisted: OBAMA: What we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of Syria, but we don't know how they were used, when they were used, who used them. YELLIN: Adding, even if he gets proof the red line has been crossed, he has yet to decide how the U.S. will respond. OBAMA: By game changer, I mean that we would have to rethink the range of options that are available to us. Obviously, there are options that are available to me that are on the shelf right now that we have not deployed. YELLIN: This press conference fell on the 100th day of President Obama's second term. Though his agenda is moving through Congress very slowly at best, the president added yet another item to the list. OBAMA: I continue to believe that we have got to close Guantanamo. And it's easy to demagogue the issue. That's what happened the first time this came up. I'm going to go back at it, because I think it's important. (END VIDEOTAPE) YELLIN: Now, Wolf, you will recall President Obama signed an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay two days after he came into office in his first term. Of course, Guantanamo Bay is still open. And so he is recommitting to his campaign promise in 2008 and to reverse that failure of his first term on closing Guantanamo Bay. On the larger question about the Boston Marathon attack, and whether there were intelligence failures, I called some administration sources to see why the president wouldn't get more specific about whether he thinks intelligence was missed, and I'm told, basically, big picture, nobody here wants to make any judgments until the DNI, the director of national intelligence's full report is in, Wolf. BLITZER: Jessica Yellin at the White House, thanks very much. This just coming into THE SITUATION ROOM. Tamerlan Tsarnaev's family appears to be taking steps towards burying him nearly two weeks after his death. Let's go immediately to CNN's Brian Todd. He's got new information. He's joining us from Boston. Brian, what's going on? BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, we just got word from the Islamic Society of Boston. This is the mosque where the two brothers attended in Cambridge. The Society just sent us an e-mail with a statement saying that the Islamic Society of Boston Cambridge was contacted by a man named Alvie Tsarnaev (ph), who they identify as the uncle of the two suspects, to arrange for the funeral of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The statement says they have put the family in contact with the funeral home that handles such matters for the Islamic community of Boston and that the details of the funeral rights are still not quite certain at this time. Now, in a separate conversation, I clarified some of that with a spokesperson for the Islamic Society of Boston. She said that essentially they are -- it's not clear if people from that mosque, if officials from that mosque are going to be presiding over Tamerlan Tsarnaev's funeral. They are for now putting the family in touch with the funeral home that arranges for things like the cleaning of the body and other things. That's al-Maharma (ph) -- excuse me -- I think the Al-Marma (ph) Islamic services group in Boston. But, again, not clear if a top imam of the mosque, or any mosque in this area will preside over the funeral if it's done here in Boston. And that's not clear either. This person at the mosque in Cambridge said that a top imam there probably would not do it, because they don't want to give the appearance of condoning the bombing. So a layperson would probably do the funeral if again it is finalized that that mosque where the two brothers attended is going to be the one to handle that funeral. That's what we know about the funeral rites for Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Also getting insight now into a recent group of setbacks, a group of setbacks that may have sent Tamerlan Tsarnaev down a somewhat dark path. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TODD (voice-over): A voice that now seems haunting. In a boxing documentary by "Entertainment Tonight," we hear Tamerlan Tsarnaev speak. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You excited? TAMERLAN TSARNAEV, SUSPECT: Yes. Why not? You know? TODD: Eddie Bishop remembers that swagger. He recalls a supremely confident Tamerlan at a 2009 Golden Globes boxing tournament in Massachusetts. (on camera): What was your first impression of him when you saw him? EDDIE BISHOP, TRAINER: Flashy guy. He had cowboy boots on. He had leather pants. TODD (voice-over): A swagger that soon turned sour. Bishop, who worked with another fighter, echoes the comments of other trainers who observed Tamerlan in the ring, great puncher, enough raw talent to have a shot at the Olympic team, but: BISHOP: I noticed he was lacking a key element. He just lacked heart. TODD: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a New England Golden Gloves champion, went to the national championships in Salt Lake City in 2009, but fell short of the title. The next year, the rules changed. BOB RUSSO, BOXING COACH: You have to be a citizen, a legal citizen of the United States to box in a national tournament, and the Golden Gloves is a national tournament. So, the National Golden Gloves decided that they would not allow... TODD: That killed his Olympic boxing dreams. In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight," Tamerlan's former coach John Allan said this. JOHN ALLAN, BOXING COACH: And he felt that it was done on purpose so that the guy he beat could go to the Olympic trials. ROB MARCIANO, "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT": Do you think that this roadblock in his boxing career sent him on the path to these bombings? ALLAN: Absolutely. TODD: Other former coaches don't link that setback to the bombings, but Tamerlan Tsarnaev had other problems. Tensions simmered with several members of the family living in a ramshackle apartment in Cambridge. There were arguments over the influence on Tamerlan of a convert to Islam named Misha. Tamerlan was arrested in 2009 for slapping his girlfriend. And there were financial problems. (on camera): Times were often tough enough for the family while they lived here in Cambridge that they needed welfare. State officials tell us the Tsarnaevs got public assistance on and off for 10 years which covered Tamerlan and Dzhokhar. And Tamerlan's wife and child got state and federal welfare throughout much of 2012, including the six months when he was in Russia. (voice-over): In all, a series of setbacks that friends say simply built up over time. LUIS VASQUEZ, KNEW SUSPECT: One of the sources of this could have been some kind of dissatisfaction of the bad, slow transition to coming to another country from a different one as a teenager. That's never easy. (END VIDEOTAPE) TODD: Failures that may have defined Tamerlan Tsarnaev'S life in the years leading up to the bombings. But as many observers here have told us, those are similar setbacks to those suffered by many other immigrants and they don't turn to violence -- Wolf. BLITZER: All right, Brian, thanks very much. Good report. Meanwhile, some other new developments in the Boston bombing investigation. A law enforcement source says at least one fingerprint has been discovered in the bomb debris. We're told it hasn't been matched to anyone yet, so it probably wasn't left by one of the suspects. Federal investigators appear to have spent the morning with Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell, at her lawyer's office in Rhode Island. Yesterday, agents entered her parents' home and left with bags marked DNA samples. Authorities are looking into a possible link between Tamerlan Tsarnaev and a Canadian boxer who became an Islamic extremist and died a violent death in Russia. The man's father is now speaking out. CNN's Paula Newton has been digging into this story in Canada. She's now in Boston with more. What are you finding out, Paula? PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, it wouldn't surprise anyone to learn that these two men did have a connection. The problem is right now, Wolf, no one knows what kind of a connection they had, and there's no proof. Take a listen. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) NEWTON: It couldn't have been easy. tipped off Russian authorities about his own son and his link to extremists. VITALY PLOTNIKOV, FATHER OF WILLIAM PLOTNIKOV: No friends, no father, no mother, only this is (INAUDIBLE) That's it. I don't know what's happened. NEWTON: William Plotnikov went from being a Russian immigrant in Canada trying to fit in, an aspiring boxer, a college student, to an active Islamic militant in Dagestan. In July of last year, he was killed in a shoot-out with Russian security forces, and just days after that, Tamerlan Tsarnaev left Dagestan in a hurry and flew from Russia to the U.S. At issue now, did the pair know each other? Did they meet in Dagestan? Could Plotnikov have offered any material or inspirational help in carrying out the Boston bombings? Vitaly Plotnikov says he just doesn't know. He didn't hear from his son after he left Canada to join militants in Dagestan. PLOTNIKOV: I don't know. Northwest culture, USA is enemy. Somebody change it, his mind in Canada. Tamerlan, I think same problem, same problem. Somebody changed his mind in a religion. NEWTON: Russian media have reported there were at least a few online communications between the two. While the FBI tells CNN they are investigating a possible link, one Canadian government source tells CNN, Russia has so far offered no proof of that link and says the investigation remains in the hands of Russian security services. (END VIDEOTAPE) NEWTON: You know, Wolf, we have to keep a mind here that when we listened to President Obama say earlier today that in 2011 the FBI had seen absolutely no proof of extremism, Tsarnaev went back to Russia in 2012, the very same time that Plotnikov was fully immersed in Islamic militancy and then later was killed. Again, Wolf, it wouldn't surprise them if these two had some kind of connection. They're trying to piece together the actual evidence that can prove that and what influence there was, if any -- Wolf. BLITZER: Paula, thanks very much -- Paula Newton reporting from Boston. Up next, we're getting some new information on why North Korea's Kim Jong-un may have backed off after weeks of threatening the U.S., South Korea, Japan. What role did the Obama administration play in this? Stand by. And Syrians under attack and angry, why some are blaming the United States. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They are killing our people. Even Washington knows. Even the West knows that they are terrorists. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: So, weeks of saber-rattling by North Korea, including threats of a nuclear attack, have suddenly and mysteriously ended. But it's too soon to tell if it's because of pressure, pressure from China, diplomacy, or necessity, for that matter. Our foreign affairs correspondent Jill Dougherty is joining us now with a closer look. What's going on? What's the best evidence, best information you're getting, Jill? JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, John Kerry thinks that Kim Jong-un believes that he can get away with whatever he wants, because he simply doesn't believe that China will crack down on him. Now, Kerry hopes that that's not true anymore. But even he can't be sure. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): The strongholds of our enemies will be turned into a sea of flames. DOUGHERTY (voice-over): After threatening to unleash nuclear war, why has North Korea's young leader and his generals suddenly gone silent? The U.S. and South Korea just ended their massive two-month joint military exercises that infuriated the North. Experts say that might have helped. Another possible reason? JOHN KERRY, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: China and the United States must, together, take steps in order to achieve the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. DOUGHERTY: John Kerry's lobbying trip to Beijing earlier this month, pressing China's new leaders to use their leverage to get the North to cool it. KERRY: And today we agreed to bear down very quickly with great specificity on exactly how we will accomplish this goal. DOUGHERTY: Korea watchers believe transfers of money from North Korean entities in China back to Pyongyang have been curtailed, and shipments across the border have slowed, but at least on the surface, no public signs that China has turned up the heat on Kim Jong-un. PATRICK VENTRELL, STATE DEPARTMENT DEPUTY SPOKESMAN: In terms of sort of de-escalating the rhetoric, that's a good thing, but the broader policy goal still remains in place, which is the verifiable denuclearization of the entire peninsula. DOUGHERTY: But another possible reason for Pyongyang's silence, says one Korea expert, lies in the agricultural fields of North Korea. JOHN PARK, CENTER FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION: In the past, there have been cooling-off periods that align with the time when manual labor is needed in North Korea. And the biggest pool of -- organized pool of labor in North Korea in this respect is the military. So right now we're seeing reports of soldiers who are going off for the planting season. DOUGHERTY: Park says other soldiers are needed to work in mining and manufacturing. Some of the largest state trading companies are allied with the North Korean military. The longer they stayed away, the less money they made. Earlier this month, the North said it might return to talks on its nuclear program if the U.S. and South Korea would end their military exercises, lift U.N. sanctions, and stop criticizing Kim Jong-un. (END VIDEOTAPE) DOUGHERTY: And Kerry wants China to do more, obviously, and he is using some American leverage. He's telling Beijing that if the North continues to threaten, then the U.S. would have to continue with a major military presence in the region, in Asia, and that's something that China doesn't want -- Wolf. BLITZER: I had been told, Jill, that the U.S./South Korean military exercises, the month-long exercises, which are now over with, that in recent weeks the U.S. curtailed some of the drills that really irritated the North Koreans extensively, and that may have been a factor in convincing the North Koreans, Kim Jong-un to hold back. Have you heard that as well? DOUGHERTY: Not specifically, but I have heard that there were certain things they did not do. And that would jibe with what I was hearing, Wolf. So that makes sense. I mean, they were calculating it, and trying to show a force without overplaying their hand. BLITZER: Jill Dougherty, we're going to continue to watch what happens. It's still a very, very dangerous and volatile situation on the Korean Peninsula. Coming up, a plane carrying the vice president of the United States crippled and stranded. You're going to find out what happened. Plus, we're taking you inside the Boston bombing suspect's defense team. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (NEWS BREAK) BLITZER: Up next: the game changer in Syria's civil war. When will President Obama decide if his so-called red line has been crossed? And after an outpouring of praise for Jason Collins and his decision to reveal he's gay, wait until you hear his former NBA coach's response. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Happening now: CNN is back in Syria as terror explodes in the capital of Damascus. President Obama, meanwhile, weighing his next move against the Bashar al-Assad regime. And we will take you inside the Boston bombing suspect's new legal time. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being defended by some of the best attorneys in the business. And it turns out Jason Collins had a surprising phone conversation with his former coach before the NBA player told the world he's gay. I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM. For the second day in a row, a massive and deadly car bombing in the heart of Syria's capital of Damascus, raising fear the country's two-year-old civil war is entering a new and even more bloody and deadly phase. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen is in Damascus and shows us what happened. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The wounded were still being evacuated when we arrived at the scene, just minutes after a car bomb ripped through this area in front of a government building. Mohammed Agha was close by when the attack happened. MOHAMMED AGHA, WITNESS: I saw several bags full of parts of human beings here. OK. I carry them -- hurried here. PLEITGEN: A crater marks the spot where the bomb was detonated, apparently hidden in a mini bus. (on camera): The security forces here are very nervous, obviously, after the blast. If you look at the building, you can see just how bad the damage is. The windows are all blown out; the security fence has been blown away; and there is a lot of carnage here right in front of the old interior ministry building. (voice-over): It's the second major bombing in just two days in Damascus. As the civil war in Syria drags on and President Bashar al- Assad clings to power, many in Syria's capital believe Iraq-style terror attacks will become more frequent. Some blame Islamist extremist groups and the U.S. for supporting the opposition. AGHA: They are killing our people. Even Washinka (ph) knows, even the west knows that they are terrorists. Why they are providing them with weapons. PLEITGEN: The U.S. says it provides only nonlethal aid to the opposition, and aside from political talk, others, like this woman, are simply shocked at what is happening to their country. "They are all our children," she says, "and it is sad. We are all Syrians killing each other." If anything, the increased bombings appear to be strengthening the resolve of Bashar al-Assad supporters. "God, Syria, Bashar and nothing else," these men chant at the blast site, while the emergency workers are still busy picking up the remains of those who were killed. (END VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Let's bring in Fred Pleitgen. He's joining us now from Damascus. Fred, it looks like the situation is going from bad to worse. It's been a while since you were there. Are they really giving you any chance to really go out and see anything independently? PLEITGEN: Well, certainly, we can go out independently; we don't have a government minder with us. I feel as though they're actually watching us a lot less than they did last time. But you're absolutely right: the situation here in Damascus certainly is deteriorating. The last time I was here was in early February. What you had at the time was you had a lot of shelling going on by the government, especially on the outskirts of Damascus. You had jet fighters in the air, for the better part of the day. You don't have as much of that right now, but what you have is those massive car bomb attacks. And you have those two in the past couple of days. There was one a week and a half before that. And it's certainly something that's causing a lot of fear here in the Syrian capital. And the sense that I get is that people here are feeling that the war is getting closer and closer to home. And some people I'm speaking to are saying they are getting ready to pack their bags and get out of here -- Wolf. BLITZER: So many people already have. All right. We'll check back with you, Fred, tomorrow. Fred Pleitgen is in Damascus for us. Let's dig a little bit deeper into Syria right now and President Obama's policies towards Syria. We're joined now by Vali Nasr, a former senior adviser to the Obama administration, the author of an important brand-new book. It's entitled "The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat." Vali, thanks very much for coming in. This so-called red line that the president has drawn, Bashar al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons against their own people. Here's what the president said today. Listen to this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We've got to do everything we can to investigate and establish with some certainty what exactly has happened in Syria, what is happening in Syria. We will use all the assets and resources that we have at our disposal. We'll work with the neighboring countries to establish a clear baseline of facts. And we've also called on the United Nations to investigate. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: All right. So what do you make of this, Vali? VALI NASR, AUTHOR, "THE DISPENSABLE NATION": Well, the president is very deliberate in thinking about whether or not he's going to punish the Assad regime for using chemical weapons. There's a lot lying on the line. If it's proven that chemical weapons were used, the United States would have to act militarily to punish the regime. If the United States does not do that, its national credibility is at stake. It's also very important what the president didn't say. He did not show a road map as to how the United States would get involved diplomatically, in terms of a no-fly zone, economically, to address the myriad of problems that are arising in Syria from the spread of al-Qaeda influence, extremism, humanitarian crisis. Basically, he only said that the United States only would get involved if it is to punish the regime for use of chemical weapons. BLITZER: When you say get involved, no one really believes the U.S. is going to get involved with so-called boots on the ground. But do you think a no-fly zone, air strikes, what the U.S. did in Libya, do you think that's realistic? NASR: Well, in response to use of chemical weapons, they could use Cruise missiles or a targeted bombing of a site in order to punish the regime for this use of chemical weapons and to deter future use. But actually, getting involved in finishing this very dangerous conflict requires reviving diplomacy, requires addressing the humanitarian issue, requires talking to their neighborhood about how do we help the opposition, in order to change the tide of the war. It requires much more American leadership than we are seeing. It doesn't require boots on the ground, not now. BLITZER: You served in the State Department. You advised Richard Holbrooke, the late American diplomat, on Afghanistan and Pakistan. And in your new book, "Indispensable Nation," you tell powerful stories about tension between the State Department and the Pentagon on the one hand and young aides in the White House. Give us just a headline what you have there. NASR: Well, in the context of what we are seeing, what Richard Holbrooke would have stood for, was that the president would handle Syria the way President Clinton handled Bosnia. Which is to empower America's diplomats to take leadership, to get the world community together, to create a diplomatic as well as a military path for breaking this conflict and ending it. Whereas what we are seeing is that you have a structure that is trying to make sure that the president does not take any decisive actions on Syria, and to ensure that we stay out of this conflict. The consequence of which is that the conflict is snowballing; it is becoming more difficult to solve. Many in the State Department have favored from the very beginning, including Secretary Clinton, and General Petraeus of the CIA, that the United States should get involved in Syria much earlier on in order to protect America's interests and prevent this becoming -- from becoming the horrendous conflict that it has become. BLITZER: Certainly is a disaster. The book is entitled "The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat." It's a powerful, powerful book. Vali Nasr is author. He's also the dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, my excellent alma mater. Thanks very much, Vali, for coming in. Congratulations on the new book. NASR: Good to be with you. BLITZER: Up next, the bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's expert legal team, it's a who's who of defense attorneys. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: All right. So Iraq is making news again, and it's not good news. Deadly violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims skyrocketing right -- right now. Almost 200 people have been killed just in the last week. Our senior international correspondent, Arwa Damon, is back on the ground in Baghdad for us. She's been there many, many times over recent years. Arwa, in a nutshell, how bad is the situation in Iraq right now? ARWA DAMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's as bad, if not worse than it has been in years, Wolf. Many Iraqis are understandably incredibly fearful that the country is moving down a path that is going to see the type of violence that transpired here, back when the attacks were at their worst, 2005 to 2008. Although for many Iraqis, these tit- for-tat attacks, the surge in violence really comes as no surprise. We've been seeing a steady increase in attacks ever since the U.S. military withdrew. Those have most certainly intensified, especially over the last week. But the tensions that exist between the Sunni and Shia population, those have also been intensifying, in part aggravated by the actions of the predominantly Shia government led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. We've been seeing for months now demonstrations in Iraq's predominately Sunni areas. We have been seeing clashes. And right now, especially when we look at what's happening over recent times, many people are warning that Iraq really is at a crossroads at this stage, Wolf. BLITZER: And for this, the United States went to war? I guess a lot of people are wondering. The U.S. lost thousands of troops. So many came home injured, spending, what, $1 trillion, something like that, and the situation there is as chaotic and as brutal as ever, if you will. Is that what I'm hearing? DAMON: Pretty much in a nutshell, yes. Iraq most certainly has not by any stretch of the imagination turned into a thriving democracy. And of course, the situation here is only being further aggravated by what is happening in neighboring Syria. Not only does Iraq have its own set of challenges to deal with when it comes to appeasing the sectarian tensions that exist, but in many ways, what is happening here and what is happening in Syria is part of those greater power struggle between the Sunni and Shia communities. BLITZER: And my fear is no matter how long the U.S. winds up staying in Afghanistan, the same kind of disaster is going to be there, as well. All right, Arwa, we'll stay in close touch with you. Arwa Damon is back in Baghdad for us. We appreciate it. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has become one of the most famous terror suspects in the world, and now he's being defended by some of the best criminal defense attorneys in the United States. CNN's Jake Tapper is in Boston. He takes us inside the brand-new legal team and the challenges they face. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: Wolf, what do the Unabomber, Zacarias Moussaoui and the 1996 Olympics bomber have in common? Well, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's new attorneys represented all three of them. (voice-over): When Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has his day in court, he'll be defended by some of the best lawyers in the business. Only two weeks after he and his brother allegedly set off the bombs that took three lives and severely maimed so many others, the court has appointed a defense team with client rosters that read like a worst of the worst list. Meet Miriam Conrad, one of the country's best respected defenders. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Conrad has defended notorious clients for more than two decades. This isn't even Conrad's first terrorism case. She assisted in the defense of Richard Reid, the so-called shoe bomber who tried to blow up a passenger plane in 2001 with explosives packed in his sneakers. Reid was sentenced to life in prison. She also recently defended a Muslim-American radicalized by online videos who plotted to fly remote-controlled model airplanes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. TAMAR BIRCKHEAD, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW: Miriam is really committed to the cases that have no chance of winning, just as committed as she is to the cases that she could possibly win. She's really hard-working and cares a whole lot about her clients. And really a determined, tenacious lawyer. TAPPER: Tamar Birckhead, an attorney who also defended Richard Reid, worked with Conrad in Boston's federal public defender's office. BIRCKHEAD: Miriam is extremely well-regarded by the judges in Boston, as well as by the attorneys in the U.S. attorney's office, the prosecutors. She has an excellent reputation. And combined with her own intellect and natural talents, she's a very effective attorney. TAPPER: She will have her work cut out for her. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with detonating a weapon of mass destruction. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. And for that reason, prominent defense attorney Judy Clark also has joined the team. Death penalty cases are her specialty. Clark has defended the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski; Eric Rudolph, who's responsible for the Atlanta Olympics bombing; and most recently, Jared Loughner, who went on a shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and severely wounding Congresswoman Gabby Giffords when he shot her in the head. All of them escaped the death penalty, getting life sentences instead, an outcome Tsarnaev's attorneys likely will be pursuing, if prosecutors decide to seek the death penalty. BIRCKHEAD: The primary goal that Miriam is going to have is saving her client's life. And the first step towards doing that is making a connection with the client; establishing a rapport so that he trusts her, so that she can get the information that she needs from him. And so that ultimately, he respects and listens to her legal advice. TAPPER (on camera): Legal experts say the strategy right now for Tsarnaev's defense attorneys is to slow the process down. The nation is angry right now. They want to slow things down, so that they can work their magic in the coming months when the nation's not paying as much attention -- Wolf. (END VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: All right, Jake, thanks very much. Jake Tapper in Boston. When we come back, for the first time, the NBA player Jason Collins now talking about making history. Stand by. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: At least for now, Jason Collins is probably the most talked-about athlete in the United States, and he's talking about his decision to become the first active male professional athlete in some of the major sports here in the United States to come out as gay. Here's CNN's Rachel Nichols. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) RACHEL NICHOLS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Long before Jason Collins came out on the cover of "Sports Illustrated," there had been an open debate about how ready male American pro athletes were for a gay teammate in their midst. Turns out much more so than the media that had been doing the debating. In an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Collins marveled at the overwhelmingly positive response, which also included a phone call from the president. JASON COLLINS, PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER: Just try to live an honest, genuine life, and next thing you know, you have the president calling you. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC NEWS: What did he say? COLLINS: He was incredibly supportive, and he was proud of me, and said that this not only affected my life, but others going forward. NICHOLS: On Tuesday, President Obama also praised Collins at a news conference. OBAMA: This is just one more step in this ongoing recognition that we treat everybody fairly. And everybody's part of a -- part of a family. And we judge people on the basis of their character and their performance. And not their sexual orientation. NICHOLS: Collins even earned a spot in Ellen DeGeneres's opening monologue. ELLEN DEGENERES, TALK SHOW HOST: It was more challenging for him. He's 7 feet tall, so when he came out of the closet, he had to duck. NICHOLS: Collins did see some minor backlash on his Twitter page and within the media itself, notably from ESPN basketball analyst, Chris Broussard. CHRIS BROUSSARD, ESPN BASKETBALL ANALYST: I'm a Christian. I don't agree with homosexuality. I think it's a sin, as I think all sex outside a marriage between a man and a woman is. NICHOLS: ESPN issued this statement after Broussard's remarks: quote, "We regret that a respectful discussion of personal viewpoints became a distraction from today's news. ESPN is fully committed to diversity and welcomes Jason Collins's announcement." And Collins said he's sure he'll eventually hear from more people who disapprove of him. The most important approval he earned this week was his own. COLLINS: I hope that every player makes a decision that leads to their own happiness. Whatever happiness that is in life. I know that I am now the happiest I've ever been in my life. NICHOLS: For CNN, I'm Rachel Nichols, New York. (END VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Collins, by the way, played with the Boston Celtics earlier this season. Today, the Celtics head coach, Doc Rivers, told reporters about the phone call he received from Collins just a couple of days ago. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DOC RIVERS, CELTICS HEAD COACH: When he called me to tell me, you know, and you could tell he wanted to tell me, I told him -- first, I could care less what you're about to tell me and that's how I feel. I honestly feel that way. I could care less. Who cares? But I mean -- it just -- this is not a factor to me, and I know it is a factor to a lot of people. I just have never understood why anyone cares about what someone else does. They tell me he was -- when I told him -- let's move forward. And I jokingly said I wish you could give me more rebounds, because that's all I care about, really. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Collins, by the way, ended the season with the Washington Wizards. Erin Grunfeld, the president of the Wizards, issued a strong statement of applause for what Collins has done. Collins, by the way, right now is a free agent. We'll see which team signs him up next year. He's 34 years old, a graduate of Stanford University. Coming up, severe storms in Houston and a severe attack of the hiccups for a Houston weatherman. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Getting the hiccups on live TV. Not a good thing. Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Talk about high pressure. There's never a good time for hiccups, but this was a bad one. DAVID PAUL, KHOU METEOROLOGIST: Couple of thunderstorms (HICCUP)... MOOS: When KHOU meteorologist David Paul started his forecast for the Houston area, he hoped it was just a passing hiccup. PAUL: Outside the beltway (HICCUP). Really, it's Highway 60 (HICCUP)... MOOS: But the involuntary contractions of the diaphragm continued. PAUL: (HICCUP) Excuse me, I have the hiccups, of course. MOOS: David told us he'd been having bouts of hiccups all day. Usually they stop when the red light on the camera comes on. PAUL: Some redevelopment of thunderstorms right in here (HICCUP). (via phone): It was the most helpless feeling I've ever had on live TV. That was a mess. MOOS: Sure, other meteorologists have suffered a single hiccup. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Close to 60, that's fair (HICCUP) -- excuse me. That's what Dr. Pepper does to you. MOOS: We've seen talent sneeze on air. GLENN BECK, FORMER HLN ANCHOR: But you know what? (SNEEZE) Excuse me. MOOS: We've even seen an Australian weatherman pass out. Doing the weather, pulling 8 G's in a stunt plane, but this was no stunt. PAUL: Had some rain showers developing, as well (HICCUP). I did put a storm track on this. MOOS: What we need is a hiccup tracker. (on camera): In a forecast that lasted about three minutes... PAUL: (HICCUP) MOOS: ... we counted a total... PAUL: (HICCUP) MOOS: ... of 14 hiccups. And seven "excuse mes." PAUL: (HICCUP) Excuse me. (HICCUP) Excuse me. MOOS (voice-over): David did try one last-ditch trick. PAUL (via phone): I slowed down and thought "I'm just going to try to speak slowly and swallow, and maybe it will go away." (on camera): ... at least street flooding, so I'm monitoring that very carefully this evening. So far, so good there. Here's the big picture (HICCUP). Excuse me. Big picture. MOOS: Even a drink of water didn't help. PAUL: Thank you. I appreciate it. MOOS: But at least he's getting praised for soldiering through and maintaining his dignity. All those hiccups are... PAUL: (HICCUP) compared to... MOOS: ... nothing to sneeze at. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SNEEZING) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There we go. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wow, that was a first. PAUL (via phone): All I've heard today is "Hey, it's the hiccupping weatherman." MOOS: Forecasting a 70 percent chance of scattered hiccups. Jeanne Moos, CNN... PAUL: Here's your extended forecast. (HICCUP) Excuse me. MOOS: ... New York. (END VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: That's it for me. "ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT" starts right now.


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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Guest Post: Hanging with the Hewitts!!!
14 comments:
- Hilliary@ Happily Ever Healthy said...
Off to check out your guest post! I hope that everything is going well! It is almost Friday!
- December 1, 2011 at 6:42 AM
- Laura Trevey said...
What a beautiful tour ~
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!!
- December 6, 2011 at 7:25 AM
What a beautiful home. I love the use of white! Thanks for shairng!
- December 6, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Carissa @ the Fabulous Design File said...
So beautiful! I love all of the white... but I also adore that playroom!
- December 6, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Tamra {walkswithBella} said...
What a beautiful, warm, and inviting home! I love the soft color schemes. The twin bed room is adorable! Thanks for sharing. xo
- December 6, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Cam | Bibs and Baubles said...
gorgeous home! I think I may have a few new design ideas for my space now.
- December 6, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- Lonely Wife Project said...
The playroom is the stuff of dreams!
- December 6, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Alexa said...
What a beautiful, beautiful home. Ah I want to live there!!!
- December 6, 2011 at 1:46 PM
- Alena: Oh, It's Just Perfect! said...
Such a beautiful home! I love all the white with the pops of yellow. And the laundry room is so pretty! It would definitely make laundry much more fun :)
- December 6, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- Natalie {Designer Bags and Dirty Diapers} said...
Caycees home is even more beautiful in person! Glad you showcased it!
- December 6, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Carrie @ Hazardous Design said...
Beautiful home! I can see why Caycee loves the guest room so much. How lucky to have such nice looking childhood furniture!
- December 6, 2011 at 5:21 PM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
What a gorgeous home she has! Her guest room is absolute perfection!
Hope you're having a great week, love! xoxo
- December 6, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Suzy www.savedbysuzy.blogspot.com said...
Oh my goodness...every room is awesome! Love the kids' room and playroom.
- December 6, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Hampton White Painted Furniture said...
One of the best way to keep furniture neat and clean is to use slipover. Especially when you have kids at home. You have done that very well. I especially like the cover you gave for the dining chair.
- December 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM

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School Boosters
Next Meeting is Wednesday, 1:45pm, August 20th in the St. Anthony Claret Room, lower-level of the Church.
This group supports the school in many ways including:
- •No Cost Fundraising
- •Helping Hands (at school and events)
- •Alumni Plus
The Boosters meet once a month on the SECOND Wednesday at 1:45pm in the St. Anthony Claret Room (downstairs). You can leave your name and contact information with the school office and a Booster will contact you! (school: 445-2621, church: 445-3141).
"The School Boosters are truly an asset to the school.
I have never worked with such wonderful, devoted people
and we are extremely fortunate to have their help!"
~ Pamela Dickerson, PrincipalSacred Heart Catholic School
Thank you, School Boosters!
We thank our School Boosters for the amazing End of Year Sports Banquet for our student athletes and their families! Thank you to the Garcia Family for delicious food. Thank you for the wonderful service and decorations. Your message to our athletes is that they and their academic & physical achievements are important! You help our school to create exception citizens!


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It´s already five years ago "Doppelstopp" – the German weblog about mandolins and acoustic music – started. But instead of inviting all the thousands of readers to a giant party Doppelstopp is going to start another try in a different field: Beginning on Tuesday 30th August 2011 (today!), exactly five years after the first post, the blog goes on air! "DoppelstoppRadio" (http://laut.fm/doppelstopp) is launched through laut.fm! A lot of Bluegrass music will be streamed but other music with mandolins as well: Folk, Pop and a little bit of Jazz. Okay, it´s an amateur station and some songs may be on heavy rotation without reason. But maybe you´ll like to listen to it nevertheless, 24 hours a day, and hopefully Doppelstopp Radio will develop during the weeks and months. So, please give it a try and tell your friends: it's http://laut.fm/doppelstopp. The direct link for streaming is: http://stream.laut.fm/doppelstopp.m3u
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That's what I call trend to try: Printed Pantsuits! In today's article we are going to observe my favorite fall season patterned blazers and matching pants. This head-to-toe printed look doesn't need bright accessories, instead go for minimal ones and simple tops. Looking through these images I see fresh and elegant must-haves. Honestly, the fully printed suit looks more ladylike than mannish. The tailored look can be worn formally with a collared button-ups or you can go more casual-cool and try pairing your jacket with a black sporty V-neck. The key working this glamour working girl trend is to make sure each piece is fitted. Anyway, let's the best styles to try on this Winter season:
Brand Bally keeps it shiny and abstract. In love with this pretty purple jacquard look styled with bright green accessories.
Barre Noire is here with flora & fauna inspired jacquard look.
Strawberry fields forever! Markus Lupfer keeps is dark and fully strawberry printed.
Here we see a triple belted suit from Mulberry. Love the wide, ankle-length pants and cuffed pumps.
Norma Kamali offers a marble printed suit. Love the slim-fit.
Samuji is here with fully X printed look. We see an elongated jacket and wide cropped trousers.
Brand Valerie keeps it shiny and elegant offering its clientèle a belted suit.
Avoc is here with malachite printed suit what is styled with white lace-up slip-ons.


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EXCLUSIVE: Eva Longoria's Stylist, Robert Verdi, Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Her Met Ball Prep!
Ever wondering how much prep goes into the most fashionable night of the year? Well, now you can find out!
Didn't Eva Longoria look absolutely stunning in her Marchesa gown at the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3? I can't even begin to imagine all of the prep work that goes into getting pretty, but luckily Eva's seasoned stylist, Robert Verdi, gave us the scoop on the big day! "Its the perfect opportunity to wear a dress unexpected and more fashion-y," he said, and Eva definitely took that all the way on the carpet. "It was a very sophisticated dress to wear, if it were a circus act it would be juggling on a unicycle on a trapeze," he said. "I mean between the dramatic fish tail and the odd length she's tiny and with her sophisticated pose, shes works it until its unemployed!"
So, when do they start preparing for the event? "We looked at them about a month before and we selected two that were altered," Robert said. Although he said there was no spoken reference or look they were going for, "It was very old Hollywood glamour, that look that she does really well." I couldn't imagine what it must be like sifting through a slew of gorgeous gowns, but the celeb stylist said it's not about choosing between a plethora of dresses, it's about selecting the designer you want to wear. "That's step one, step two is looking at the current collection and finding a dress no one has worn before." He said Eva decided between three dresses, but when it came down to it, she made the decision between the final two the day of the event! Believe it or not, Robert says there aren't a million catastrophes like you would think. In fact, after the dress is picked out the only issue is finding tiny shoes for the petite star! "Trying to find tiny shoes, and the length is always an issue for her," he said. "Even a small bag on her looks like a tote bag, if she carries a zip-lock bag it looks like a body bag!"
While prepping is usually drama-free, the smallest slip-up can become a big problem, and unfortunately Eva learned this the hard way! "There was a power outage when we were getting her ready, with all the blow dryers and curling irons," Robert said. "Everyone's in the same hotel for the Met Ball and it's filled with people getting ready, so I called down to tell them we blew a circuit and after fifteen minutes they still didn't come up right away." Robert said after finally calling down again, they came up to fix the fuse. "By the time he showed up we ended up moving everything from one room to another, when you're getting ready you can't waste any time."
So, what time of crew do you need to prep? Robert said Eva had someone there to do her hair, another for makeup, and S. Liz Pickett and H. Ginger Johnson of Ginger+Liz to do her manicure and pedicure, along with him of course! Believe it or not, it doesn't take all day to get glam! "It only takes an hour and a half at this point, it's down to a science for someone like Eva," he said. "For someone going to the event for the first time, it takes two to three hours, just orchestrating your nails, makeup, and hair is a lot, everyone needs to be coordinated and easily working with each other." Having a savvy celeb stylist like Robert Verdi by your side definitely makes the day go by smoother!
-Katrina Mitzeliotis


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Wow!....Wow!....Wow!.....Did I say wow? That home is fantastic. The view was even more fantastic. I'm so jealous. I completely understand you not leaving that to go to Charleston. Charleston can wait. How many opportunities do you get to stay in a 5-star beach house? I would hate to come back home to my house after staying there. Thanks so much for sharing this incredible home. Whoever owns it is VERY lucky!ReplyDelete
Hi Darling.. oh my goodness! I'm moving in "now". This home is incredible. I'm sure you felt like royalty, I know I would have. What a great opportunity, oh the memories. I must say your pictures are incredible. I'm not sure what kind of camera you have, but I want one.. the clarity is incredible. I'm going back to tour the pictures once again and droooolll. hugs ~lynne~ReplyDelete
its surely a beautiful home.. I am so happy ya'll got to stay there..
thanks for sharing it with us.
Oh WOW! I mean really, what else is there to say when your sitting at the laptop drooling over these pics?ReplyDelete
What a beautiful beach house! I wouldn't have wanted to leave it either!ReplyDelete
Wow, I love Destin and such a gorgeous, gorgeous place to stay. Looks like you had luxury all around you. Hope you are relaxed after such a fabulous view and so peaceful.ReplyDelete
One word....JEALOUS! Ha! You lucky girl, you! Fantastic house, fantastic pictures, fantastic views, fantastic decor, fantastic vacation. Umm, did I mention I am jealous. ;) Glad you had a great time, thanks for sharing. =) XO ~LizReplyDelete
Wow! That is one absolutely fabulous house!!! And it is decorated so beautifully! No wonder you stayed there the entire trip, Charleston will still be there for another time! ha! ...hope you are having a great weekend!ReplyDelete
How amazing! You lucky duck! What a beautiful place to stay!
What an incredible house! I don't think I could have come home!ReplyDelete
OMGoodness, Shenita, I can see why Charleston was left behind! Wow, what a place!! I also checked out the post on the consignment shop you visited. Goodness, gracious, makes me want to make a trip to Destin soon. I can see why you're going back with a u-haul!!ReplyDelete
GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't have left either! That roof top veranda is amazing and the VIEW!!!!!!! Be still my heart. "Your" bedroom and bath were spectacular too! I have stayed in similiar homes at OBX and they are just awesome. Glad you got this opportunity and had FUN!!!!!!!!!! XO, PinkyReplyDelete
Oh Shenita! The house is gorgeous!! You must of really enjoyed your time there. I wouldn't want to leave.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful home! Very glamorous! How fun for you to vacation there!ReplyDelete
Holy cow Shenita...what an amazing house and right on the beach! How could you possibly leave there? That courtyard and roof top deck...phenomenal!!Have a great time...Charleston will always be there, enjoy your friends and that house!!!ReplyDelete
This is a great house, thank you so much for sharing you pictures. I pinned the photos of the tray ceilings. I have a tray ceiling in my master bedroom I am still trying to figure out what to do with.
Hope your vacation to wonderful.
WOW Shenita what a gorgeous beach house!! I wouldn't have passed up an opportunity like that either! How now to spend a time like that with good friends! Loved the tour!ReplyDelete
Wow! What a way to live. Glad you had such a great time.ReplyDelete
Surprised you EVER left, but I guess we all have to come back to reality eventually. :( What an absolutely amazing home! I want one!ReplyDelete
How lucky were you! I look at those every year but we never stay at them because they cost wayyyyyy took much for when we go. Thanx for sharing it with us.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad that you had such a great trip, Shenita. Isn't it amazing how staying at such an awesomely beautiful place can be the cherry on top of the vacation?ReplyDelete
Wow, what a gorgeous home! Thanks so much for sharing this gem with us Shenita!ReplyDelete
Oh, my goodness!!! Beautiful home with such amenities and stunning details...ocean view took my breath away!!! Paradise Island, indeed! So~o~o glad you were able to enJOYthis vacation stay!!!
The white sandy beaches and crystal blue waters of Destin pales only to the gorgeous vacation digs you all enjoyed! I was humming "Up on the Roof" as I swooned over the pictures and the views- intoxicating! So thrilled you all had a relaxing vacation with friends and that you took a pic or two to share with us!ReplyDelete
Stunning! We have never been to Destin, but I hear so many wonderful things about it.Thanks for sharing your vaca with us.ReplyDelete
Wow! What a house and a great place to have a vacation. I live on the east coast of Florida and haven't been to Destin. I hear it is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
How pretty! I know y'all enjoyed yourselves in Destin. I want to go to Seaside this fall for the wine festival! ;PReplyDelete
A beautiful beach home. Lucky you. I love Destin. I cannot wait to RETIRE to the beach.... Dreamzzzzzzzzzz!!!! xoReplyDelete
BEAUTIFUL! I was chuckling at the bathroom...it's probably the size of my dining room:)ReplyDelete
OOOO.MMMMM.GGGG! That house is incredible ... wow! Not one detail was overlooked. I love the rooftop bar and breathtaking view. I can only imagine how much fun you all had (and, how sad you were to pack up)! Thanks for the fabulous tour!ReplyDelete
Now, this is what a call a dream home!!! Gorgeous, Shenita! I am glad you guys had the chance to stay in such a beautiful place! Never been to Destin, but I think we are going to have to do something to change that! :)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful home! And what a blessing to be guests there! Simply lovely! And that ocean view! Awesome!ReplyDelete
Shenita, loved your post about shopping in Destin and this one is just as much fun. Destin is a great area. Love the Gulf Coast! Glad you had a great trip. HelenReplyDelete
I love Destin! This house is incredible...I would not have wanted to leave either. :)
The kitchen is to die for...I would love to have that space and the appliances. They've done a beautiful job with all the decor and amenities.
Oh my! What luxury! I have never heard of Destin Florida. It looks like a mighty nice town though! Beautiful homes! You are a lucky one!ReplyDelete
All I can say is, WOW! What luxury. Looks like something right out of HGTV. What a wonderful vacation it must have been. I just found you through Debbiedoo's. I'm your newest follower and a fellow Newbie Graduate. I'd love it if you'd follow me back at www.crazythriftycrafts.blogspot.com.ReplyDelete
Shenita, What a gorgeous home! The home looks like it may be in the subdivision Destiny??ReplyDelete
Gorgeous home and what a fabulous view! Wow! I'd do Charleston later too, and I love Charleston.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness...what a gorgeous home....now i think I could have stayed out on the roof top deck for hours and hours...what a gorgeous view....It would have been so difficult for me to leave that magnificent home with the unbelievable views!!!ReplyDelete


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Go Ahead Honey, It's Gluten Free was started in 2008 by Naomi Devlin at Straight Into Bed Cakefree and Dried. There have been a bunch of amazing recipes submitted by incredible bloggers. Check out all the previous editions at Naomi's blog (scroll down and look to the right) for great ideas! If you missed last month, the theme was "Make Me a Happy Camper" hosted by Shirley at Gluten Free Easily. Being fairly new to this particular round up, I decided to take my cues from the creative Shirley and create a story around all the recipes. I hope you are as entertained as I was writing it!
So, today is the big day! All the contributors to this month's Go Ahead Honey, It's Gluten Free recipe round up came by to spend the day at the beach! I was so excited…I cleaned all morning – well, as much as you can clean a total construction zone. They all promised that they would use their imaginations as they look around the 100 year old home we bought less than 2 years ago. It's been neglected, so we've been putting our blood, sweat, and tears into it, and we have a TON more to do. The best part is – we are about 1.5 miles from the beach!
You didn't know that New Hampshire has a coastline? Most people don't because it's small. We've got about 18 miles of beautiful beaches. On the south end, there's the famed Hampton Beach with its old Shell Stage, the Casino of shops, fried dough stands, ice cream, arcades, and more. It's gotten a bit run down over the years, but there are big plans to give it a much-needed facelift! Keep heading north on route 1A and there are huge mansions home to former governors, foreign dignitaries, and possibly Farrah Fawcett during the 70's – that's the rumor anyway.
For our soiree today, we will land somewhere in the middle. It's going to be low tide by the time we head down, so North Beach will be the perfect setting for some summer fun. It's going to be fairly warm and muggy today, so our "Chill Out" theme will be just perfect! The guys and gals all know that we've got a strict no oven rule when the temp reaches over 80 and the humidity is just as high...
The only bummer is that August is a popular vacation time – lots of folks that wanted to join in on the fun [including the GAH creator, Naomi Devlin] were headed out of town for some much deserved R&R. They will be with us in spirit, though!
Just after I got my bathing suit on, I heard a knock at the door! The first to arrive was Shirley from Gluten Free Easily. I could hardly believe my eyes! She was carrying a beautiful fruit arrangement she calls "Glorious Fruit Easily." It's incredibly creative! She got the idea when she saw that the secret ingredient is cantaloupe at Diane's Friday Foodie Fix over at her blog, The Whole Gang, coupled with wanting to find a fun way to help her parents celebrate their anniversary. It is reminiscent of the wonderful creations that Edible Arrangements are famous for…all the brightly colored fruits that could pass for flowers…some dipped in luscious chocolate. Oh man! We decided to put it out on the counter so we could all nibble at it before heading to the ocean.
As I was stuffing my face with strawberries and grapes from Shirley's bouquet, in walked Linda from Kitchen Therapy. She was all ready for the beach – sun screen, towel, chair, hat! She saw Shirley's creation and politely asked if she could try some. "No need to be polite here!" we replied, "Dive in!" Linda said she had something fun for us to try – Monkey Tails! Shirley and I exchanged sideways glances, then Linda explained that they are frozen bananas and peanut butter dipped in chocolate. Her clients' kids gave them the fun name, and we could see why! She graciously made some with alternative butters (almond, sunflower, cashew…) in case any beach partiers could not do peanuts. (Picture courtesy of chimothy72 at Flickr).
As more folks began to arrive, I started scooping out my Curry Crab and Mango Salad. I love to serve it up in martini glasses lined with lettuce from our garden – it just looks so elegant! …and we don't get a lot of use out of our pretty martini glasses. I told everyone that this is an appetizer we had on our mini-honeymoon to Bar Harbor last June. We loved it and had to make our own version as soon as we returned.
Nicely full and ready for some fun, we jumped in a few cars and headed down to the beach at the end of our street. It was quite busy as always, but we found parking (and we didn't even have to pay the ridiculous $1.75/hour at the meters!). We set up our towels and chairs, while Linda and Stephanie tackled the umbrellas. The smell of the ocean was intoxicating! Amy and Ginger decided to take a walk over to the rocks to see if they could find crabs and interesting shells, while the rest of us people-watched. Thankfully, there was a little breeze, so it was a bit cooler than inland had been. What a relief!
After a rousing game of beach paddle ball (Ali and Christine have quite an arm!), we had worked up an appetite! Stephanie from Gluten Free By Nature said she had the perfect snack – Raw Zucchini Salad with Creamy Lemon Chive Dressing. This is a great idea for those of us whose gardens are full of zucchini…when it's that fresh, all it needs is a simple preparation. This was a perfect way to cool down!
Katrina, the Gluten Free Gidget, served up her favorite raw meal, Spicy Kale Salad. This was heaven on such a warm, sticky day! The kick of the cayenne mixed with the acidity of the lemon juice was perfectly mellowed by the agave nectar. We all enjoyed the flavorful crunch of her creation.
Next, we took a dip in the ocean. I'm not usually one to swim, but it was so darn hot out – I just had to! The tide was coming in, so we had some waves to ride. Cheryl and Christina both had fun on the boogie boards. We enjoyed floating in the refreshingly cool water, letting the waves take us as they wished.
Soon, we got hungry for more cool treats. Ginger from Gluten Free in Georgia (and Florida) brought out her Fresh Pear Salad made from the pears that she grows right in her own yard! She said that it's something she often whips up for dinner especially on those nights when she is just getting into the swing of being back to school. The flavor of the pears melded perfectly with the crunch of the almonds and creaminess of the cheese. A real summer winner! Unfortunately, we ate it all so quickly that there was no time to get a picture…very selfish of us. Sorry readers!
Penny from The Elysium Eatery had us cracking up as she passed around her Coronation Chicken! She was telling us how it got its name because it was created for the Queen on Coronation Day. Penny is not a fan of the royals – and she had a few funny tales as to why – but she loves this recipe…perfect for followers of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I was a little worried about her with the heat – she said that in Scotland, 75 degrees with 50% cloud cover is considered a heat wave! We kept her well-hydrated and full of yummy cool stuff, so she was a-ok!
Christina brought out her Mostly Raw Veggie Wraps. She is known for her delicious gluten free and vegetarian creations. Some of us had not yet tried Food For Life Brown Rice Tortillas, and fell in love with them! The hummus worked really well with the crispy crunch of all the fresh veggies. Delicious, light, and healthy!
After laying around a bit more, we decided to join a beach volleyball game. Our team rocked! We all seemed to have our talents – some are good at serving, others at blocking and spiking. It was so much fun! After the game, we decided that we had had enough of the sun and sand, and headed back to the house.
We cleaned up – got all the sand and salt off of us - and gathered around the kitchen for what we knew was coming next – ICE CREAM! For what is a summer time beach gathering without ice cream I ask you????
Some of us were salivating (I'm not going to name names, but you know who you are!), so Friedl from Kitchen Fun started scooping up her White Chocolate Ice Cream…so creamy and tasty! We all loved the flavor of the white chocolate with a hint of almond. Mmmm – perfect after a day in the sun!
Next, we sampled Ali's Strawberry Coconut Ice Cream from The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen. She didn't reveal that it is free of dairy and refined sugar until after we raved about it – you couldn't even tell! Most of us went back for seconds of both flavors, since they mixed so well in the same bowl. Hey! Don't judge… ; )
Cheryl from My Realistic Life in Derby Kansas had a great idea – she said, "Let's ditch our spoons and use my Oatmeal Banana Nut Cookies as scoopers instead!" So, we did! We shed our spoons (some people even threw them…ahem…) in favor of her hearty, healthy, flavorful cookies. She makes them dairy and refined sugar free for her daughter, which many of us appreciated!
We needed to walk off the first round of dessert (yep, I did say first round) and give Amy time to "sit out" her ice cream – she explained that it's a ritual that she and her husband, Joe, have every night after dinner so that
the ice cream reaches the right softness. I decided to show everyone the garden we put in this year. It was a labor of love, seeing as how the land was overgrown with probably 50 years worth of brush. The roots we pulled out were like ropes! Totally worth it, though, as we now have tomatoes, zucchini, hot peppers, eggplant, lettuce, potatoes, and onions! Oh, and lots of pretty flowers. We sat in the patio furniture for a while (there's no patio yet, but soon!).
Hints of evening were starting to show – the sun always sets noticeably earlier in August. Knowing that some folks had to get on the road, we decided to move on to the next dessert course. Amy from Simply Gluten & Sugar Free ran in to get her Lemon Meringue Frozen (Greek) Yogurt. We all loved her presentation – she scooped it out into little white nut and candy cups. So cute! She told us that her flavor inspiration was from her 95 year-old Grandma Ruth's Lemon Meringue Pie. We also learned a lot about using Greek yogurt to make frozen treats. Amy is always full of great info!
Christine from Without Adornment whipped up her beautiful gluten and dairy free Fruity Parfaits. Using fresh berries, raw cashews, ice cream, and sorbet, she made us a fancy-looking cool treat! It's a great way to dress up store bought ice cream or sorbet for a quick, no fuss dessert. We took our pretty parfaits out to the newly built porch and sat in rocking chairs, happily in bliss!
We could hear Shirley yelling from inside, "Save room!" Out she came with her Snickerdoodle Ice Cream for us all to try. It's a dairy free version of Cathy's recipe at Noble Pig. The thought of those wonderful cinnamon cookies in a cool, creamy ice cream was almost too much for us to bear, so we practically pounced on Shirley to get a taste! Don't worry – we didn't hurt her. We did not miss the dairy at all! Coconut milk makes such a perfectly smooth base for ice cream.
Successfully cooled off from the heat of the day and with a very full tummy, I sadly bit farewell to my guests. I told them they could come back anytime – it was so fun to enjoy the sand and surf with them (and their delicious "chill out" contributions to our party)!
There is plenty of hot summer days left to try these wonderful recipes! Next month, we are all headed out to Katrina Morales' place to celebrate Go Ahead Honey, It's Gluten Free with the theme "Dinner with Disney." Can't wait, but for now, I am wiped out from all the fun, food, and sun! Nap time!


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Dina + Paul met in 2006 and that was when we met them too. It was at the wedding of Dina's sister, Stephanie. To say this day was a long time coming is not an exaggeration. Even Paul's best man made reference to it in his toast saying, "Several times I did warn Paul that he'd better marry Dina before she came to her senses and decided to move on."
This is the third wedding we've had the privilege of spending with this loving family. We've watched three daughters get married and watched the family grow over the years. What started as a family of six has blossomed into a family of five couples with 10 grandchildren for their happy parents.
|From Top Left: Stephanie + Andrew's Wedding, Krystle + Nick's Wedding, Dina + Paul's Wedding
|Happy Couples + Happy Parents
|A Proud Mom and Her Girls
Looking back over the wedding films we did for her sisters, you can see that Dina and Paul are just as in love as they were nine years ago. It's also clear that the family loves Paul and they made him a part of the family right away.
|Stephanie + Andrew's Wedding: 2006
Here is a sneak peek at their wedding day with Dina's Prep. Hope you enjoy!
We've watched these wonderful parents transform from Mom and Dad to Grandma and Grandpa and we've watched their daughters progress from young ladies to wives and mothers. We hope that in the future each of the girls, their husbands and their kids will be just as happy as their parents are and will be just as proud of their children.
Congratulations to Dina + Paul on a beautiful wedding! It was well worth the wait!