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Casterbridge. Bustling market town in Hardy's fictional Wessex countryside in southern England. Its origins date back to Roman times, and several of its features remain from that era: a Roman amphitheater, a graveyard, and the straight roads connecting Casterbridge with adjacent towns. Hardy describes Casterbridge from two opposite perspectives. On one hand, from Yalbury Hill a mile away, it appears a well-defined urban community, set square in rolling, open countryside, sharply divided from the country by a wall, tree-lined avenues, and a river. On the other hand, from a worm's-eye view, it seems to be a sprawling, confusing set of streets in which boundaries are constantly eroded. Market stalls cover sidewalks; carts jostle for right-of-way; smart private residences abut commercial premises. Secret back alleys lead to houses and pubs.
This double perspective of the town symbolizes the ambiguity of protagonist Michael Henchard's own rise and fall. From one perspective his downfall seems to be brought about by a cruel but clear-cut fate; from another, by the muddle of his own character and choices. The tensions created by these opposite perspectives create the power of the novel.
Recurring geographical features of the town include High Street; St. Peter's Church; the market house; the town hall, in which magistrates preside over the police court; two inns, the Mariner's Arms and the King's Arms...
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Historical Context
Victorian England
The Victorian age began in 1837, when eighteen- year-old Queen Victoria ascended to the British throne, and ended with her death in 1901. Victoria and her husband, Albert, set the tone of English life and culture for most of a century. It was a time of social and moral conservatism; the "family values" of the time were similar to those touted in late-twentieth-century America. Pragmatism was valued above romance, duty above pleasure.
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Fictional Map of WessexBeneath the veneer of gentility and commitment to duty and family, the Victorian age, like every era, had its dark side. Prostitution flourished, and lurid crime stories—both true and fictional— were popular. Hordes of small children living by their wits on the streets of London and other cities were a testament to the limits of the commitment to family. The wife-selling incident that is at the center of The Mayor of Casterbridge is a fictional instance of a type of transaction that did, indeed, occur in rural England in the nineteenth century.
The early Victorian period was a time of social reforms. Laws were passed governing working conditions of women and children (they could not work in underground mines, for example), and attempts were made to improve conditions in prisons and insane asylums. Efforts to...
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Literary Style
Victorian Literature
It was during the Victorian period (1837– 1901) that the novel became the dominant literary form, and Hardy is considered one of the major novelists of the era, along with Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Rudyard Kipling, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and many others. It was common for novels to be published serially, in magazines or in stand-alone sections. The Mayor of Casterbridge was first published serially, in twenty installments, in an English periodical called The Graphic in 1886. It was published simultaneously in the United States in Harper's Weekly. Hardy's original manuscript, with some sections missing, is at the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester.
The Mayor of Casterbridge was published in book form as soon as the serial publication was complete. Many novels of this period differ slightly in their serial and book forms (authors were aware of the serial format as they wrote and structured their stories to keep readers interested from one week to the next), but this book differs substantially from the serial novel. In the serial form, for example, Henchard marries Lucetta. Hardy's biography (supposedly written by his second wife but actually written almost entirely by Hardy himself) reveals that he felt this novel had been...
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Literary Techniques
Although he was trained as an architect, Hardy's special strength as a novelist does not lie with technical innovation. Unlike his American counterpart of a succeeding generation, John Dos Passos, who was also trained in art and architecture and turned much of his creative energies to redesigning the very form of the novel, Hardy is essentially a conservative Victorian novelist, in many ways even more the traditionalist than his predecessors Dickens and Thackeray. His novels, like theirs, were written for serialization. That is, chapters or groups of chapters were published in magazines or even newspapers. To insure that readers' interest would carry over to the next issue, many Victorian novelists followed their eighteenth-century predecessors by creating a sense of suspense or climax at the end of the episode, much as a modern television program creates a climax of attention just before a commercial. This has the result, which Hardy did not quite successfully revise out in novel publication, of anticlimactic moments in the novel.
While preparing to write The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hardy, according to biographer Martin Seymour-Smith (Hardy, 1994), immersed himself in the files of the Dorsetshire County Chronicle to attain verisimilitude for what he clearly intended as an historical novel about what we can call a vanishing rural culture, one that was for all intents and purposes extinct by the time Hardy began his novel. He sets the...
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Ideas for Group Discussions
The Mayor of Casterbridge is bound to raise stimulating discussions of fate and free will, and such conversations might lead inevitably to the degree to which Henchard's fate is what he deserves; or is he in the words of Shakespeare's King Lear (see "Literary Precedents" above), "A man more sinned against than sinning"? As a global question, then, it might be advisable to consider to what degree is Fate or destiny a malevolent presence in this novel? Those who want to do so might be advised to study some of Hardy's poems on the subject, such as "Hap," "The Subalterns," "The Dynasts," "Channel Firing," or "The Convergence of the Twain." Is his vision of fate in this novel consistent with that of the poems?
1. To what degree is the community act of the Skimington-ride, to mock Lucetta, Farfrae, and Henchard a legitimate response by an affronted moral community? To what degree is it a collective wickedness that stems from malice or depravity?
2. Is there any basis for the occasional claim that the novel deteriorates as it comes to rely more and more heavily on unexplained coincidences toward the end?
3. To what degree does Henchard's belief that he completed his penance by twenty-one years' abstinence from liquor contribute to his downfall?
4. How sincere do you think Farfrae is in his acts of charity toward Henchard?
5. Do the repeated references to ancient Britain and Roman rule finally interfere with...
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Social Concerns
The Major of Casterbridge opens with a brilliant and ominous scene that sets forth many key social concerns of this novel of colliding cultures. At Wedon Fair, a rural, communal custom tracing back at least to feudal times in southwestern England, a stranger and his family come to mingle with other bucolic people. The fair is itself a vestige of a past culture, one the novel will show as on the verge of extinction. At the fair strangers are welcomed, and the tent, with its "furmity," a local brew that can be, and in this case is, enhanced by rum at the consumer's request, can become a scene of conversation and exchange among farmers and workers in the agricultural trades. The opening scene thus engages several key cultural issues, most importantly the deterioration of folk customs into travesties of their original function in creating community, and the debilitating effects of a patriarchal system that demands that women be subservient.
Few readers will ever forget this powerful scene. A frustrated hay-trusser (an agricultural vocation that had been all but rendered obsolete by the time Hardy wrote the novel, but in its time a task demanding strength, energy, and great skill—Hardy describes his youthful protagonist as a "skilled countryman") imposes upon the artificial community created by the fair to complain about his frustration with his station in life. This is in itself a familiar theme to readers of Hardy's earlier novels Far From the...
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Compare and Contrast
Late Nineteenth Century: The price of English grain is falling due to competition from overseas farmers. Better transportation and refrigeration mean that foreign farmers can ship grain to England and undercut local farmers. Large estates in the grain-growing regions of England, such as Hardy's Wessex, face falling profits and in some cases are broken up into smaller holdings. Unemployment is high among farm workers. Dairy and fruit farmers prosper, however, as they do not face foreign competition.
Today: England imports most of its food, including grain. England's crop income is only about one-third of that from livestock and dairy products, but southern England is still an important farming region. Farms are much smaller than they were in Hardy's time, averaging less than two hundred fifty acres, and are much more mechanized. Major crops are wheat, potatoes, barley, sugar beets, and oats.
Late Nineteenth Century: The Third Reform Bill of 1884 extends the vote to male farm workers in England; previously, only men of the upper social classes were allowed to vote. In addition, laws are changed to make it possible for upper-class women to retain their property when they marry, to vote in local elections, and to attend universities. Working-class women such as Susan in The Mayor of Casterbridge still have virtually no rights under the law.
Today: All men...
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Topics for Further Study
Hardy originally subtitled The Mayor of Casterbridge "A Story of a Man of Character." What is meant by the phrase "a man of character?" Do you think it was an appropriate subtitle for the novel? Explain your answer.
Compare and contrast Michael Henchard and Donald Farfrae. What traits do they have in common, and what differences are there between the two men?
Name a single character trait that you think is the cause of Michael's downfall and explain why you think that trait, above all others, is Michael's tragic weakness.
In The Mayor of Casterbridge, Susan allows herself to be "sold" and willingly goes with the man who has "bought" her. What else might Susan have done? What alternatives did she have? Do some research about rural life in England at the time, and list only alternatives that were realistically available to a woman such as Susan. Then explain which alternative you think is the best choice for Susan—one of those you have listed or the action she takes in the novel—and why.
Hardy set all of his novels in the Wessex region of England where he was born. In The Mayor of Casterbridge and other novels, he used real places—towns, roads, bodies of water, and even shops and hotels. He used the real names of some of these places and gave fictional names to others. Imagine that you are going to write a novel set in the region where you live. Draw a map of the region,...
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Literary Precedents
The Mayor of Casterbridge has many affinities with the serialized novels that were so very popular in Victorian England. An equally important debt, to the classic and Shakespearian tragedies of which Hardy was so very fond, may help to account for the continued appeal of this novel.
The essence of tragic fiction involves the relative isolation of the hero, who deals uncompromisingly with forces that threaten and ultimately intimidate ordinary people. To give Henchard this tragic posture, Hardy closely follows the advice Aristotle offered in the Poetics, to deal with a person who is both greater and lesser than we—greater in his capacity to suffer, but one whose fate is the result of his own tragic error or flaw. Henchard's flaw is his excessive and impulsive nature, and his titanic rages and broodings have about them something both magnificent and despicable. It is the means by which he injures himself and others; but it is as well the path that leads him to self-knowledge, however terrible that knowledge must be.
To reinforce his tragic dimension Hardy constantly reminds us of the presence of history, a collective past dating back to the days of Roman conquest, thus superimposing on the bucolic landscape of Wessex the simultaneous scope and grandeur appropriate to tragedy. Moreover, the text of The Mayor of Casterbridge could almost be said to be Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, King Lear (1605). Like...
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Media Adaptations
Unabridged audio versions of The Mayor of Casterbridge have been published by Books on Tape, Inc. (1983), Chivers Audio Books (1991), John Curley and Associaties (1991, with Tony Britton as reader), and the Audio Partners Publishing Corporation (1998, with John Rowe as reader).
The Mayor of Casterbridge was made into a seven-part television miniseries in the United Kingdom in 1978. It was directed by David Giles III and written by Dennis Potter. Alan Bates starred as Henchard, Jack Galloway as Farfrae, Janet Maw as Elizabeth-Jane, and Anne Stallybrass as Susan.
A 2001 made-for-television movie of The Mayor of Casterbridge was directed by David Thacker and written by Ted Whitehead. Ciarán Hinds starred as Henchard, James Purefoy as Farfrae, Jodhi May as Elizabeth-Jane, and Juliet Aubrey as Susan.
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What Do I Read Next?
Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd was published serially in 1874 and is ranked as a Victorian classic. It is the story of a woman farmer and her three suitors. Author Virginia Woolf commented that this book "must hold its place among the great English novels." It has the distinction of being Hardy's only novel to offer readers a happy ending.
Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles was published in 1891 and has always been one of his most popular novels. It tells the tragic story of Tess, a young farm worker on the estate of the wealthy D'Urbervilles. Working to support her drunken father and the rest of her family, she is raped and impregnated by a son of her employer. When her baby dies, she moves away and is courted by a hardworking young man. But tragedy continues to follow her.
Selected Poetry: Thomas Hardy (1996), edited by Samuel Hynes as part of the World's Classics series from Oxford University Press, is a good introduction to Hardy's poetry. The collection spans Hardy's writing career and includes poems that influenced later poets, including Ezra Pound and W. H. Auden.
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë, was published in...
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Bibliography and Further Reading
Alden, H. M., Review of The Mayor of Casterbridge, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, November 1886, pp. 961–62.
Guerard, Albert J., Thomas Hardy: The Novels and Stories, Harvard University Press, 1949.
Seymour-Smith, Martin, Introduction, in The Mayor of Casterbridge, Penguin Books, 1978, p. 21.
Further Reading
Armstrong, Tim, Haunted Hardy: Poetry History, Memory, St. Martin's Press, 2000. This volume focuses on Hardy's poetry and its frequent references to death and ghosts—particularly ghosts of lost children.
Bettey, J. H., Rural Life in Wessex, 1500–1900, Sutton Publishing, 1989. This nonfiction look at rural Wessex before and during Hardy's time offers an in-depth view of the part of England in which Hardy set much of his work.
Mallett, Phillip, ed., The Achievement of Thomas Hardy, Palgrave, 2000. These essays explore Hardy's fiction and poetry, covering elements such as the nature of storytelling and the relationship between poems and songs.
Mitchell, Sally, Daily Life in Victorian England, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. This comprehensive look at both city and country life in Victorian England covers social classes, morals, economics and finance, laws, and more. It includes excerpts from primary source documents and illustrations.
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Bibliography (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition)
Berger, Sheila. Thomas Hardy and Visual Structures: Framing, Disruption, Process. New York: New York University Press, 1991. Berger takes a look at the narrative style in Hardy's novels, focusing on acts of storytelling, subjective points of view, and the construction of the "omniscient" narrator.
Enstice, Andrew. Thomas Hardy: Landscapes of the Mind. London: Macmillan, 1979. A good historical analysis of the novel, in which Enstice uses a thorough discussion of nineteenth century Dorset and its economic circumstances to interpret Hardy's rendition of Casterbridge's history and society in The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Milligate, Michael. Thomas Hardy: His Career as a Novelist. London: Bodley Head, 1971. A thorough study of Hardy's life and his concerns, attitudes, values, and problems as they affected his writing and its reception; a critically acclaimed work that offers a fair perspective on Hardy's personal and artistic development.
Widdowson, Peter. Hardy in History: A Study in Literary Sociology. New York: Routledge, 1989. An interesting analysis of traditional readings of Hardy's novels that argues that Hardy has been produced as a "rural" novelist in the literary imagination; in reality, his writing deals with his urban vision of Wessex. This work lends a new perspective...
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I'm Julie Banderas are watching foxnews.com live in hey you know what we're gonna take a little break in the -- of all the negative news it's out there and and give you a bit of positive news and one that I love to talk about and that's anything that has to do with animals.
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Dog's best friend -- joins us here and you have been doing charity work with funny for -- -- yeah I personally feel like I'm a woman discovered you however you have a reality show on another network right.
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Actually -- even up to you've been busy.
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And -- CBS approach to the idea of the show -- basically just follow me around with cameras as I go from training session the training session to training session.
And it's been an incredible ride sort of -- sinking.
You know what I do without animals -- -- the entertainment genre which is what I can do with my charity for a -- -- anyway.
I know basically he uses a lot of different celebrity comedians -- And they put on a charity and that's where you come up with funny for -- now.
The whole dog -- thing which we don't wanna call the dog whisper but everybody is more familiar with that my arm that's fine but speaking a language of dogs -- mean.
That'll started because you started dog walking.
I started no I started fostering dogs I -- I mean dog I was -- a lot of time with dogs and -- to sort of read their body language and get to sort of give us an insight as to what's going on their heads right right right -- we -- misbehaving especially the.
I was doing standup comedy and I got home in the middle right at 3 o'clock in the morning and we met at a -- -- club when I don't.
At 3 o'clock in the morning it's like kind of depressing nothing's on with the depressing out we did not know it's 3 o'clock in the morning in a comedy club for the record -- and.
I comedy -- to the owner of the comedy so right because I was living there temporarily I haven't -- another story.
But anyway so so then he's going to come home and and you know the depressing animal commercials are on and they would rip my heart out in the night -- next -- I know I was like I'm searching for more meeting in my life I started fostering dogs and -- you when you fostering dogs they're a mess and so you're trying to work out their four doubles and that's how I cut my teeth as a trainer and I became known as sort of the be the guy in the neighborhood where this constant rotation of dogs in rehabilitating them and next thing you know one thing led to another and I started working with neighbors' dogs and and the best start recommending me and then I was.
You know doing everything from working in in the shelters are really troubled thoughts where it -- -- upstate and my company the language of dogs was born so it started I was doing dog walking I was doing dog training I always we were doing overnight pet sitting and then.
Started funny for Fido which is.
Sort of like comic relief rationality goes to what that money goes to all the nonprofit.
-- animal rescue groups like the ones that rescued my dogs from in and around New York City.
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And now we're looking to get picked up hopefully for a second season which is you know the -- time space I have right now is we just finished filming we felt we know this this season and it's already aired it already and when did you film.
We filmed for six weeks -- and it wrapped about a month ago so anyways it was showing -- were filming several I got thrown into the mix like.
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So tell me some of some of their most challenging experiences that you had to deal with when being having followed by cameras a lot of pressure because if something doesn't work as you know we -- right hours.
Training to -- -- -- sat and watched Ryan you spent hours training these two dogs and I mean if it doesn't go right on camera.
Your little petrified that I know you know this now -- might not look good to eat you did it.
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We we take the a lot of time that we needed to take and then on air of course you see the highlighted versions of -- but.
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Highly skilled trainer.
And you know canine unit working with -- and working with the dogs and bring -- my dogs in to help.
Assess sort of the debt -- job I have three dogs night to fail to latch -- -- -- but can I say that sexy vague we'll get hepatitis.
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This is out at the opposite of what you normally get because a lot of times you'll get dogs that.
Need training I have yet been train I -- -- -- is quite the opposite where you actually have to then.
Almost remove part of these previous training in order to apply new training which I would think would be harder -- not we -- With the police thought you were we were doing is just basically trying to integrate the two new dogs who -- it was the new police thought stepping in and he's coming to -- in -- in the household -- And we wanted to see.
The aggression level between the programs -- police are so I actually used -- key to one of my -- to start working with.
The new dog that was stepping in to write that way it's like I can control are in Kevin -- the other dog and we just kind of felt that out a little bit yeah and then when I felt more comfortable we took Riley the old police dog and -- -- and it was just a beautiful day we had together and it's fun for me working with another person -- -- -- so once he I guess one tip that you -- -- pet owners who have a dog that disagrees because we all have gone down that road right or dog that barks like crazy every time you see another dog and at least.
It's all about being in control that's what I learned from you is that you have to be the pack leader I don't think it's so much -- terms of I.
In terms of pack leader and sort of like a hierarchy like that I think more like this they're looking for guidance from you and -- child so you look to you they are they want you to control them.
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They want a leader they want to ask someone to guide them in some dogs that are hyper active -- -- -- right crazy when their owner leaves right they they can be fixed right.
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Great cocktails! Excellent pasta dish and duck. Coq au vin was a bit disappointing.
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My husband and I enjoyed our meals very much. We both ordered hamburgers and they were prepared exactly the way we like it -- medium rare. We were going to a concert at Davies that evening and found that the service was prompt and the wait staff was responsive. We definitely want to return to try other items on the menu. We looked around at the other tables and it looked as the hamburger was very popular with many other people.
This was an amazing brunch! Lets just start with the cinnamon rolls.. they were absolutely delicious! Our main dishes were also very good. I enjoyed a oyster shot with a nice bloody mary mix as well. A couple of the guys ordered Absinthe, which was pretty good as well. We will be back here next time we are in San Francisco
My friend and I enjoyed our brunch here before our concert afternoon. We were welcomed and shown to our table promptly and served excellent coffee right away as we requested Our brunch selections were delicious and the coffee refills timely. We felt well served and attended to. My only discomfort was with the noise level when we first entered and the restaurant was absolutely full..
My first time going to this restaurant, my colleague and I had heard about it from online reviews (Open Table, Yelp, etc) and other friends of ours. This lovely restaurant lived up to the expectations. First of all, it was very busy even for a Tuesday night. We were told they only had space available for an 8:15pm reservation. We arrived early (around 6:45pm), hoping they could squeeze us in early, and they did. We had a lovely dinner, great service, and amazing ambience. I had the Coq de Vin, perfectly embodying the fall with root vegetables and a perfectly cooked half chicken - sauce was amazing! I would go back in a heartbeat, next time to bring my wife.
Found this little gem while searching the internet for restaurants close to the Orpheum Theatre. We BARTED in from East Bay. We were late due to BART issue, The restaurant was understanding, and got us out in time for the show. The food was excellent! The burgers are delicious and come with fries cooked to perfection! We will be back when we have more time!
When I dine at Absinthe, whether it's before or after the Ballet or Opera, I always have a memorable dining experience. The food is always delicious and the service is outstanding.
Service, food and atmosphere were excellent. Portions were large. Recommend a reservation on the earlier side. It seemed to get packed pretty quickly. Brunch at Absinthe seems like a destination for a special occasion than a regular thing due primarily to cost.
My uncle and I ate at Absinthe recently after a matinee performance at the War Memorial Opera House. To a person, all staff who assisted us were friendly and gracious. Our server understood that we wanted a leisurely meal and paced everything accordingly. She extremely knowledgeable about the menu - food and drinks. The food was fabulous! Caesar salad and duck breast for me and cream of pumpkin soup and coq au vin for my uncle - superb! And the Uptown Manhattan was the best Manhattan I've had. I'll definitely go back the next time I'm in the City.
We've enjoyed eating at Absinthe pre and post opera for several years now. The food, wine list and ambiance are fantastic! Great energy level: lively without being too noisy. Would recommend for all ages!
Stellar cocktails. Food is quite good, though entrees are a bit overpriced.
Really nice spot int he middle of HAyes Valley. The bar is bustling and the adjoined room is a little more quiet with a classic French Brasserie style setting. Low lights and chilled ambiance made for a great date sport for two of us. I had the wagyu steak which was divine and perfectly cooked. My gf had the lime sole which was also beautiful.
We haven't been to Absinthe for several months since moving out of San Francisco. But remembering that it was always reliable and very good we went for Sunday brunch last Sunday. Very pleased to find that the food was even better than we remembered it, and the service and ambiance just as good. It was as crowded as we remembered it for Sunday brunch, but still a most enjoyable experience. Would suggest always making a reservation as it is very popular with people attending the opera and symphony.
French onion soup was insane! Mushrooms were delish too.
Brilliant cocktails, amazing cuisine; warm & comfortable. Great murals.
Absolutely delicious food, a place you can always depend on for quality, and incredible service: what more could you ask for?
We went to Absinthe before a show at the Symphony. It is almost around the block. Park for one, walk to the other. We showed up about half an hour early, but they seated us with no problem--and that left us enough time for a cocktail before ordering a bottle of wine. The three-cheese plate was good for two people to share. She got the salmon; I went with the hamburger and gorgonzola cheese, and it was pretty fantastic. We ended up staying for a full two hours and watched as the place filled up. It is not a cheap date, but it's also not crazy expensive. Definitely worth visiting again.
Quaint neighborhood gem. Walk through the door to a cozy, energetic interior with a great absinthe selection. Highly recommend: Mujer Verde (chartreuse and gin) for those of you that do not drink absinthe. AMAZING! Had the seafood ceviche, sole, and rib-eye. Heaven on earth!
Wonderful pre-symphony dinner. Delish! Great service & ambience.
Truly a San Francisco Gems - Treated like a royalty. The waitress was super, non disruptive and we had the most amazing table.
Persimmon salad excellent fun ambience and enjoyed sitting in back booth. Service very slow. We were there early with few diners and it took 15 minutes before waiter came over.
Absinthe drips with atmosphere...you feel as if you might be in a French restaurant in Paris. Great place to go after or before the opera, symphony or ballet. The food is good, great cocktails, the service is excellent but the desserts are a bit funky.
You will not be disappointed coming here. Excellent food and service and should be a staple for anyone living or visiting San Francisco.
Recently, I met my granddaughter at Absinthe for Sunday brunch. She'd just turned 21 so we splurged on champagne and caviar. It was worth every penny. The caviar presentation was wonderful - warm blinis and all the fixings. She felt grown up and I felt pampered. I've been going to this Hayes Valley favorite for years and it never disappoints
Me and friend wanted to meet for lunch, and after some back and forth we decided on Absinthe. It had been a few years since wither of us had been back (no particular reason for that, just new places to try) and within minutes we both began to appreciate the sense of calm, the superior service, and, when lunch arrived, the great bistro-style food. Moral: don't take excellent places like Absinthe for granted. Drop in, have some lunch, have dinner and be reminded of what comfort is.
Absintthe is one of my 3 favorite restaurants in town. Go there for lunch/ diner at least 3 or 4 times per month, since the day it opened. You do the math ! The food is better and better. The service is uneven : from outstanding to average, it depends on the waiter.
Terrific for pre theater/opera spot. Service is well timed and food is delicious.
The food was outstanding and service excellent! Menu and libation choices were eclectic, varied, interesting -- begging exploration! You cannot beat the ambience, which is sumptuous! Terrific place to dine, see and meet people!
I had a great brunch with a friend here a couple weekends ago. Due to heavy traffic, my friend was about 30 minutes late, though the staff was very understanding about this. They sat me right away and were not trying to rush us at all. As for the food, it was absolutely delicious and was all served in a very timely manner. Will definitely be back!
Year after year Absinthe evolves and presents a fresh approach to seasonal favorites.
I visited the restaurant first time with my parents for the birthday party. We had very good experience in this place. The food we ordered was light and very well prepared, refreshing cocktails were matching to our order. The service is outstanding. Thank you so much. we will be back.
Another excellent dinner at Absinthe. I love the place. Great service at the bar and at the table. Our food was outstanding, and the waiter recommended a great syrah to go with my entree, which was a great match. Bravo!
and planning to take muy husband there for his next birthday. ;>
Absinthe is a wonderful restaurant for a special occasion; the food is deliciously unique but not trendy or weird as one often finds with chefs trying to set themselves apart. Both my husband and I enjoyed the steak; it was perfectly cooked and seasoned and melted in our mouths. We ordered a side of Brussels sprouts, which was was expertly prepared. For our appetizer, which we split, we were a bit adventurous with the chicken liver pâté on toast. It was very rich and reminded us a bit of eating a good liver wurst. Our waitress gave us excellent advice on the wines to pair with our food and was otherwise very helpful and efficient. It was our first time eating at Absinthe, and we are very much looking forward to returning soon.
Not into saying much .... at this time -- BUT --- VERY GOOD restaurant. Good dining, drinks, service, desserts.
Absinthe is my favorite place for dining near the Civic Center, Opera, Symphony, Herbst and the SF Jazz. The staff including the Bartenders to Maitre D, Waiters and Servers are the best in the City.
The food is excellent, fresh seasonal ingredients carefully prepared. Outstanding service and staff.
My husband has been wanting to try this restaurant for months and we finally went before heading to the Opera. It was amazing! Our service was impeccable and the food was delicious. The steak was tender and seared perfectly. The gnocchi was rich with layers of flavor and the pumpkin soup was out of this world. I am thrilled we were able to experience this place and will no doubt be back again.
It was a perfect evening! The food,service, and atmosphere were wonderful. Our server Ting was special!! Can't wait to return.
I believe there has been a change of chef since we last visited Absinthe, but the quality continues. I was very impressed by the creativity in one of the new dishes, the tuna confit. Great combination of flavors. The coq au vin was one of the best I've had and the pork skirt steak was completely new and a revelation. Great job.
Our dinners were wonderful! The best coq au vin I've ever had anywhere. Desserts were unusual, creative and very delicious!
Really liked this restaurant and will definitely return. The gnocchi and coq au vin were particularly delicious, as was the french onion soup.
Absinthe has one of the best brunches in the City. A nice assortment of breakfast and lunch items, although, alas, none of Absinthe's delicious fresh baked pretzels. The onion soup, grilled Portobello mushroom sandwich with bacon and cheese and the bacon and eggs were all delicious. The French fries are the icing on the cake.
For brunch I had one of the items I hadn't tried before -- rice and eggs. It consisted of (in addition to jasmine rice and 2 fried eggs) grilled pork shoulder, broccoli, black bean paste, deep-fried shallots and chilis. Absolutely delicious. For dessert, I again chose an item I hadn't tried before -- spiced parsnip cake. It was moist and delicious and accompanied by yogurt sorbet, parsnip milk jam, poached apples and chicory root crumble. Superb!
My wife and I went to Absinthe before an 8pm opera show. We had reservations (recommended, as the place filled up), and we were promptly seated. Our waiter was courteous and knew about the food and winelist. The food (persimmon salad, pumpkin cream soup, and porkchop with a side order of mushrooms) was excellent. Very well executed and presented. I do not really like mushrooms, but even I liked the ones here. Absinthe has a great ambience. The main dining room is not loud, cozy, and perfect for a romantic date. The front area with the bar was full and lively. This place has been around for many years, and it has been consistently good.
Bustling Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Great wine list, interesting food, professional service. The (very) noisy group at the bar made it much louder than we would have liked - interesting how some people seem to think that shouting is appropriate level of communication in a fine restaurant. Recommend sitting in the second room, further away from the bar.
Absinthe was a nice place to go right before seeing our musical show at Orpheum Theater. The wait staff is attentive to time if you let them know that you've got a concert after dinner. We ordered chicken liver mousse, the mixed green salad and their signature pink lemonade. We enjoyed ordering several appetizers in lieu of large entrees. Food was delicious, a nice date night place.


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Seattle Center Festál: Bastille Day - A French Celebration!, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday, July 14, in Seattle Center Armory, Fisher Pavilion and Fisher Lawn explores the cultural roots and contemporary influences of France through live musical performances, cultural displays, hands-on activities, food, wine, cars, cooking demonstrations, children's activities, and more fun for the whole family.
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I haven't seen anyone post anything about this yet so thought id start something up myself. What's everyone's opinion on the new FV artist Jarren Benton? Im personally digging his style, although it's only early days and being i have only heard 2 songs of his it's still hard to tell thuss far in, but ill put myself out there and say good call on FV for signing him.
On a side note he would suit Odd Future more lol.
If anyone knows how to post video links feel free to post one up!
im listening to my first jarren benton song and he reminds me of danny brown
Although I find this song pretty ill, I'll still have to find and listen through more of his work to make a final judgement. I really hope with the talent displayed within this track that he doesn't turn out to be another rapper who contains no further depth or substance. Even as legit as that single may have sounded, there's nobody who can deny that particular style gets old very quickly.
I think he's interesting he can spit great and I cant wait for what else he got
i'm not blown away by any means.
listen to billion bucks with rittz. i posted it like a month ago on here and no one gave a shit
ive heard 2 songs from him and his verse for Can't Trust Em.
Skitzo was dope, but not blown away, like mindframe said, it gets tiring.
And Billion Bucks is just freaking awful
Didn't mind his verse for Can't Trust Em though.
I didn't hear a lot from him, but I thought he was an odd fit to FV. The first video they put up for him was about money, the kinda songs Hopsin is kinda known to be against. I like his voice, flow, and lyrics, but for some reason I don't really see him standing out or anything. That video posted above makes me think he fits a bit better now, but idk still. That beat kinda takes it out of the song. So, despite the interesting lyrics, I probably wouldn't listen to that song much.
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Berkshire Bank, Pittsfield, Massachusetts - permission to establish branch offices at 1) 262 Saratoga Road, Glenville, New York; and 2) Town Center Plaza, 1704 Western Avenue, Guilderland, New York - approved August 22, 2006.
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office at 85 Broad Street, Westfield - non-objection issued August 18, 2006.
Premier Source Credit Union, ("Premier") Springfield and Embeco Credit Union ("Embeco"), East Longmeadow - permission for Embeco to merge with and into Premier under the charter, by-laws and name of Premier Source Credit Union. The main office of Premier would remain the main office of the continuing credit union and the sole banking office of Embeco will be retained as a branch office. As part of this transaction, the by-laws of Premier would be amended to change membership eligibility - approved August 31, 2006
Quincy Credit Union ("Quincy"), Quincy and Braintree Educators & Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union ("Braintree"), Braintree - permission for Braintree to merge with and into Quincy under the charter, by- laws and name of Quincy Credit Union. The main office of Quincy would remain the main office of the continuing credit union and the sole banking office of Braintree would not be retained as a branch office - approved August 9, 2006.
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank, Salem - notices to establish branch offices at 1) 33-41 Boston Street, Lynn; and 2) 441 Main Street, Woburn - non-objection issued August 17, 2006.
Springfield Mass. Municipal Employees Credit Union, Springfield - permission to close its branch office located within the Hampden County Hall of Justice, 50 State Street, Springfield - approved August 11, 2006.
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BJP wishes Yeddyurappa will flop like Gujarat's Keshubhai Patel
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Published: 22nd December 2012 01:18 PM
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Karnataka's ruling BJP, battered by corruption scandals and rebellion, is gung-ho about the Gujarat assembly poll outcome, more so because the once BJP strongman Keshubhai Patel bit the dust.
The party is hoping that it will not only retain power it won for the first time in May 2008 but its former strongman in the state, B.S. Yeddyurappa, will meet the same fate
as Patel in the assembly polls due next May.
As of now, both prospects seem unrealistic as the situation in the two states is hardly comparable.
Bharatiya Janata Party is unlikely to retain power in Karnataka as it has no popular or strong state leader to charm the voters to forget the party's scandals and infighting to give it another term.
Yeddyurappa is also not likely to see his Karnataka Janata Party, which
he formally launched Dec 9 after quitting the BJP Nov 30, emerging as a
strong force in the elections but achieve the limited purpose - of denying the BJP victory.
The reason for a Gujarat not being repeated in Karnataka is that the former has been a BJP stronghold for long, while the party is still struggling in the southern state to be a dominant player.
While Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi has been in power for the last 11 years without interruption, the BJP is daily doing a somersault in Karnataka to save Jagadish Shettar, its third chief minister in four years, from being toppled by rebellion.
Keshubhai Patel, who tried to challenge Modi after the latter had assiduously projected himself as larger than the BJP, the party in Karnataka is searching for a leader or a combine to take on Yeddyurappa after bowing to him to choose two chief ministers of his choice in less than a year.
First it was D.V. Sadananda Gowda last July when Yeddyurappa was forced to quit as chief minister following mining bribery charges. And this July it was Shettar after Gowda fell out with Yeddyurappa.
In Gujarat, Keshubhai Patel took on Modi and not the
BJP, but in Karnataka Yeddyurappa is challenging the party as he considers that its state leaders are no match to him in popularity despite his entanglement in various corruption cases.
Ever since the BJP declined to make him state party chief after he quit as chief minister, Yeddyurappa has been going round the state painting the several national leaders of the party, starting with its president, Nitin Gadkari, as "betrayers" and "not worthy of trust".
To the BJP's misfortune, its Karnataka chief, K.S. Eshwarappa, is himself under
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FIR (first information report) has been filed against Eshwarappa, his son K.E. Kantesh and daughter-in-law Shalini in his hometown Shimoga, about 280 km north of Bangalore.
Fearing arrest, the trio have sought anticipatory bail from a Shimoga court.
is also one of the two deputy chief ministers and holds the revenue portfolio. The other is R. Ashoka, in charge of the home and transport portfolios, who too faces charges of illegal land acquisition.
Eshwarappa is the latest addition to the list of around a dozen of Shettar's 32-member cabinet fighting corruption cases.
senior leader of the BJP in the state is its general secretary and Lok Sabha member from Bangalore, H.N. Ananth Kumar. He carries the burden of
a scancal in HUDCO (Housing and Urban Development Corporation) when he was central minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet.
In Gujarat, the BJP did not have so many headaches, though the biggest problem was Modi himself. But that was to overcome his "communal" image,
which, as the assembly results show, did not matter much in the highly-polarized state.
The real test of the BJP's ability to win
an election as a party not dependent on a larger-than-the-party image of a single leader will be in Karnataka in the coming assembly polls.
the last assembly polls the party, more so Yeddyurappa, rode on the emotional "betrayal" plank after coalition partner Janata Dal-Secular did not hand over the chief ministership to Yeddyurappa in 2007 as per their understanding in 2006.
This time, there is no such platform
and with everyone from Gadkari to Eshwarappa entangled in scandals, the
BJP may well be on its way to seeing, not a Gujarat, but a Himachal Pradesh repeating in Karnataka.
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Project Sri.S.Gowda as a CM candidate immediately sure BJP will win, In Karnataka implement uniform civil code immeidately, sure BJP will win.
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If BJP Continues with Mr. Gadkari they can forget about winning. They will loose 5% votes at least in all in all places on this alone.
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BJP must go to the public apologise and say the corruption of YEDURAPPA and his adamency has spoiled the growth of KARNATAKA.also say made a mistake to adjust with him the Chiefministers had been changed. Now such a situation will not creep in making the honestman in that post. Karnataka will not again jump from frying pan to fire by electing the CONGRSS OR DEVAGOWDAS party without analysing who could deliver the growth if elected in majority. Coalition govt will never make the sate or the country to improve. The ruling party president has no role in developing the sate Only the respective CHIEF MINISTER'ROLE only will help that state MODI could deliver because he kept the party aside and thought of the sate improvement only. So in karnataka also people have to decide who can brng the developments irrestive of the party.I ANYBODY SAYS THERE IS NO GROWTH IN GUJARAT, THERE have to be proof and the world is watching us to find which state is growing . Hope KARNATAKA will choose properly
Posted by VENKAT at 12/24/2012 03:55 Reply to this Report abuse
BJP has created a strog base in Karnataka.Sidelining the corrupt and criminal elements giving leadership to honest and clean leaders there many in BJP grassroots level compaigning record voting will surely bring positive results
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He is -- -- a buy and hold a warm up that releasing his -- -- the longtime favorites in his portfolio during the quarter was secrets can you glean.
From the way to billionaire is trading right now was Phyllis claim and joining me now that kind of talk about the this or what's going on with mister -- well.
He's he's always active that he was particularly active in this last quarter press it's really not so much a surprise about what he and his team -- -- now -- a team of stock pickers what they sold but rather what they are buying this time.
That when people crowd around Warren Buffett by the thousands are follow his stock picks by the millions.
It's because he has a strong record of success so what chest peace moves did he make with his portfolio.
A new position for mr.
Buffett he'd bought National Oilwell Varco ticker symbol NOV this company designs and constructs systems.
For oil and gas drilling you can see the stock of all of his picks this time around getting the biggest bump up more than a full percentage she is no stranger to energy.
He owns mid American energy bunch of utilities he's taken a stake in First Solar so what appears he spreads it around working hard to cover all his bases.
This is about a two point eight million share piece that he spot now in -- And now let's look it over to refiner Phillips 66 is centrist -- you guys because Berkshire takes a stake.
In the ConocoPhillips.
Spin off and he is now accumulated about 27 million shares what's interesting here is that a couple of years back when oil was at its height.
Of around a 140 dollars a barrel in 2008.
Buffett bought a big stake in ConocoPhillips.
OK you see that big drop off there.
It tanked after he brought it because oil prices plummeted.
That trade actually hurt the Berkshire stock portfolio in a meaningful way -- saying in his annual shareholder letter back then about the timing.
I did -- really dumb things but those were his words and now he's back in the game with the spin off Phillips 66 -- still -- some ConocoPhillips but.
He's adding to some already existing positions we saw that idea which is getting just a tiny bump here.
Then it's getting a lot of attention he bought a huge state closer to the end of last year now buying more adding another 3.5 percent to his already substantial stake in the Dow component.
It's out about 66 point six million shares and one of his top five holdings.
And that this when you guys I find very interest and more interesting than IBM he's adding to his stake in -- company called de -- this is -- dialysis provider.
You could see it's up about a third of a percent perhaps.
This is Warren Buffett or his stock pickers -- on the health care business overall this is a favorite of one of his new stock pickers Ted Wexler.
Ted Wexler -- he brought on board last year along with Todd Combs now you conceive their personalities of these two guys coming through with stock picks.
Like Intel for example.
He is out of Intel now.
Now this is easily one of Warren Buffett shortest duration trades is very -- like -- so I asked him was this attack or -- idea.
To biotechnology stock a year ago November which Buffett has kept away from in the past here's a profit set on the yeah I didn't.
I didn't do -- -- didn't do the you know how he did the idea -- who -- into topped one of -- -- -- the dog because he was the only one here that -- -- did Todd Combs who is one of your new investment managers it was his idea.
And so it's obviously talked idea to get out of -- he's out now -- -- getting just a slight loss there today.
And now from the SEC filing that came out yesterday we see the traders over no more Intel in the portfolio.
But as you see over the year they capitalized on the stock.
That -- there that Intel has enjoyed over the past 52 weeks about what's the value of Buffett's entire stock portfolio.
About 73 billion dollars set includes 400 million shares of his favorite Coca-Cola and 411 million shares of Wells Fargo.
He loves trading stocks and he's brought on these two guys.
And they're getting more and more opportunity gave them just a little bit of money first to see how they did they must've done well he's right and the more.
Thanks very much Liz Claman always on the case for -- -- that Berkshire --
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